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part of her revenge scheme, and that she never actually loved Chun. She elaborates how she turned other people's love into a weapon of hate, and has now successfully killed all who hurt her. A shocked Chun tries to defend herself against Ainu, but her injuries lead to her defeat. As she lays dying in a bedroom, Chun admits that, despite everything, she still loves Ainu, and asks for one last kiss. Ainu obliges, but then Chun reveals, with her dying breath, that she sneaked a poison capsule into her mouth which is now eating away at both of their insides. Ainu writhes in pain before collapsing, and the chief constable arrives in the bedroom to witness Ainu's last moments, remorseful that he was too late.
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to be subject to Madam Chun's methods, and constantly fights with her. Ainu's fiery attitude eventually gets her locked away in a cell and physically punished. After whipping a defiant Ainu, Madam Chun proceeds to lick the open wounds on the girl's back. Ainu befriends a mute young man who looks after her in her cell, and begs him to rescue her, but he non-verbally signals that he cannot break her out at this time.
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