"I'm not going to duel him by myself. I'm going to do it together with you."
"Eh?"
"After what you said, I thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed too arrogant of me to duel Akira Mitarai alone. Also, I didn't consider your self-esteem." Seiji looked directly at Summer Night and spoke in a serious tone.
"Just as you said, he's your opponent. It would have been too foolish of me to have you watch while I duel him.
I shouldn't have tried to steal your position. You're the one who should be dealing with Akira Mitarai, so I can only be your companion …
"Basically, it was correct for me to duel him together with you, just like how we dueled against Okubo Yoshiaki."
Summer Night was rendered speechless by this.
Seiji's words sounded correct, but something seemed off. The Grand Mistress of the Student Council revealed a complex expression.
"Akira Mitarai is incredibly strong. I noticed this back at the Winter Snow Festival party. This will definitely be a difficult duel, but I have a chance of winning. Just give me some more time … "
"Wait a moment … I think something's wrong." Summer Night stopped him.
"Hmm?"
What was wrong? Seiji asked with a questioning look in his eyes.
"I remember that I told you not to get involved and to leave …"
"My apologies, but that's impossible." Seiji directly responded, "I've said this more than once. I really hate that guy, and I really want to beat him up."
"… So, you only changed your idea of dueling him by yourself to dueling together with me?"
"Yes."
Didn't this just mean that they were back to square one!? Summer Night felt rather confused as her expression became even more complex.
Seiji looked directly at her face.
"You don't want to duel Akira Mitarai and completely defeat him?"
"No …"
"Then, you think that he's too strong to win?"
Summer Night remained silent.
Yep, that was the fundamental problem.
If it was so easy to defeat Akira Mitarai, she would have done so long ago. It was precisely because her opponent was so strong that she was the one who was on the losing end.
"Akira Mitarai must be thinking the same, so this is an opportunity." Seiji said, "He will definitely accept your request for a duel, and may even make some concessions."
"Initiating a duel is a risky move for you, but letting him continue like this is also a risky move. Moreover, it is very likely that you are taking an even greater risk because he is morbidly infatuated with you. He will definitely not give up on you. He will definitely do something in the future."
"Rather than dragging things out like this and waiting for him to finish preparing to attack you, it would be better to take the chance now … Just like how you dealt with Okubo Yoshiaki, you should attack before he finishes preparing."
"Besides, if I think about it in a bad way, I think he's probably almost done with his preparations. Otherwise, why would he be in such a hurry to eliminate me? Of course, it's possible that she just doesn't like me, but that's also possible, isn't it? "
Summer Night's eyes flickered.
"My words are somewhat willful, but they're not random. I hope you can think about it." Seiji retracted his gaze. "Also, I need some time …"
"Hmm?" Summer Night didn't clearly hear what he said at the end.
"I'm going to go eat breakfast now. We can talk later."
After saying this, the young man walked away.
She watched him leave, but she didn't expect at all what was about to happen next …
…
In his guest room.
Seiji lay down on his bed and opened up his system. He chose the [Yin-Yang Seal Cultivation Card].
An exquisite card surrounded by a silver glow appeared in front of him. A white-clothed black figure was depicted on the card. The figure appeared to be attempting to create a seal, and it was giving off a mystical aura.
If he used this card to complete the remaining two cultivation requirements, he would be able to learn the [Yin-Yang Seal]!
And, he felt that this process wouldn't be simple.
After mentally preparing himself, Seiji chose [Use] and chose the fifth and sixth cultivation requirements for the [Yin-Yang Seal].
The card immediately turned into a mass of dazzling silver-white light, and entered his body.
Seiji felt as if something had exploded in his head as he watched the two conditions rapidly increase in progress! His consciousness was drowned out by something incredibly deep before he could even feel the intense pain.
He faintly felt like he was floating.
Everything around him was dark, but he could see some colors and hear some sounds.
Colors transformed into scenes, sounds became lively, and he could smell scents. He also felt like he could touch something if he reached out … but there was always something in between.
A tremendous, countless, and endless existence existed there, clashing, crossing, overlapping, and fusing …
A voice spoke up that seemed to come from an incredibly, incredibly far away place.
"Just what are spiritual power and Spirit Energy?"
"Spiritual power is the power that humans use to contain Spirit Energy, and Spirit Energy is the essence of all things in the world."
"That's such a careless way of putting it."
"Then what do you think?"
"Spiritual power aside, Spirit Energy … when you think about it carefully, this type of energy goes against many natural laws, such as the conservation of energy, the conversion of mass and energy, and so on. It's truly inconceivable. Combined with my experiences, I suspect that Spirit Energy isn't just everything in this world. "
"What do you mean?"
"Actually, Spirit Energy is different from different worlds … it's energy created by multiple parallel worlds colliding or overlapping!"
"Oh … that's quite an interesting way of putting it."
"Right? At the very least, I think it's more interesting than a careless way of putting it like 'the essence of all things in the world.'"
"Heh heh, just because you think it's boring, you're so easily denying the basic knowledge of all Yin-Yang Masters … no, all Spiritual Ability users in the world."
"Don't give me such a big name, I'm just saying … Apart from the 'parallel world hypothesis,' I also have the 'dark matter hypothesis.'"
"What's that?"
"I'll first need to talk about dark matter, as well as dark energy. Actually, I don't really understand these either, since I'm only …"
The voice gradually faded away.
Just who was speaking? He felt like he knew, but couldn't figure it out.
He simply floated there, feeling and experiencing …
His consciousness gradually rose up, yet also seemed to fall down at the same time. His consciousness was split into two extremes that were clearly separate yet also mixed with each other.
In a situation where everything, including the existence of the entire world, was so hazy and illusory, what was his true nature?
He felt like he heard this question and smiled at the existence that asked him this question.
The answer was quite simple. 'I am …'
…
The handsome boy opened his eyes.
He felt like he had just finished an incredibly long journey. He lay down on his bed to rest, and then forgot everything in his sleep. He woke up in a state where he didn't remember anything, but he did obtain something.
"I … just what …" He carefully thought about it and finally remembered who he was, as well as what had happened to him.
"I am Haruta Seiji … and from this moment onwards …"
Seiji raised his hand, causing a silver light to flash in his palm. A mystical circular spell formation formed by intricate runes of black, white, and gray appeared. At first glance, it seemed like a mutated Taiji diagram.
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