Chapter 10: Epilogue

After the stream, “the Hyakumonogatari stream” had become a topic among the more dedicated viewers.
It all started with an offhand comment posted on a certain message board.

—That stream was incredible, wasn’t it.

At first, the replies were mostly indifferent ones like, “Supernatural beings showing up is nothing new.”

But the next line changed the whole atmosphere.

—It listened to ninety-eight identical voices at the same time and counted them perfectly.

“That’s amazing.”
“Even Prince Shōtoku could only handle ten people at once.”
On the message board, posts praising the supernatural being were written one after another.

Whether it truly distinguished every voice, or whether the supernatural being had simply been watching from the start and appeared on a whim—

No one knows the truth.

There is only one thing that is certain.
On this night, a new tale of a supernatural being was born.

As it is told and retold, that tale will surely change its shape.
Someday, it may even be spoken of as “the supernatural being that can comprehend every story in this world.”

—The Hyakumonogatari of this day had sown the seed of a new supernatural being.