Shis Lux was buried at four in the afternoon. By then, the rain had stopped. Torn clouds were still passing through the sky, and most of the attendees arrived with black umbrellas provided by the funeral home. At the request of Madd, the director who held the short non-sectarian ceremony, he read a Shinto passage that begins with the phrase: "None of us live for ourselves or die for ourselves."
Santino, standing at the side of the grave, looked at his father above her. For a moment, Fugaku looked back at him, but then he looked down. He didn't feel like fighting that day. He gave him the impression of a man who didn't know where he was. He tried but still found no pity for him in his heart.
Ayame's family was there too, including her. The young woman (one year younger than her late partn
