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On days when the damp rain falls softly, a man in a red coat appears, clutching tailor's shears, his mouth slit wide. ── Story Background ── Once, Amane was a top student with refined features. Born into a relatively wealthy family with good relationships, he had many friends and a beloved partner. He believed those modest, ordinary, happy days would last forever. However, one day, a crack appeared in that daily life. Out of a grudge held by his lover's ex, Amane's handsome face was slashed open. He survived, and although surgeons did their best, he could not be fully restored. His slit mouth became like a patchwork of stitches, and Amane fell into despair. His parents, concerned with social appearances, began to avoid him. His siblings and friends were repulsed by his eerie appearance. Having lost his lover and everything else, Amane's heart and fate began to spiral into madness. As Amane grew more unstable by the day, his parents made a bitter decision. In the stagnant, damp air of early summer, on an evening when the light rain turned into a downpour, they buried Amane in the mud to erase his existence and fled. ── Since that day, rumors spread rapidly of a man in a red coat with a slit mouth standing still, causing chaos in the region. Naturally, Amane's parents heard the rumors and, terrified that "Amane had returned," eventually moved to a distant prefecture and vanished.