The place I have been calling the Underground Torture Chamber, seems to be officially called the Underground Ritual Tool Shrine. Meaning, Ritual Tool Shrine is synonymous with Torture Chamber.
According to Takano-san’s theory, even after the
Meiji period, the Watanagashi and other blood stench rituals have secretively been continued by the
Gosanke
And if agreed, they have the preparations to perform these rites at anytime.
As long as these Ritual Tools are signified by words like blessed (enshrined) through their torturous use; one cannot deny the foundations of Hinamizawa is based on this culture of brutal killings.
Takano-san’s theory is correct.
And unlike the symbolic Ritual Tool Shrine, the Sonozaki Estate’s Underground Ritual Tool Shrine is indeed maintained in condition for regular use.
Even here, Takano-san’s theory is correct.
I do not know about the Kimiyoshi’s storehouse but, since the Sonozaki and Furude families enshrined these “Ritual Tools,” they must have a treasured structure of a similar scale.
Yes, even in the present, the Gosanke ceaselessly continues this horrendous ceremony.
In this cursed village, even today the village as a whole is preparing for this truth carried out by this mysterious body.