A moment of silence fell between them.
Summer Night's face reddened yet again.
"No, no, I was just … thinking about it a little! Not accepting his harem right now … by the way, I'm not even his girlfriend yet!! "
'What did I just say!? Why did I say something like that?
Was it a joke, or was it just going with the flow … either way, it didn't seem right! This wasn't something that she should be talking about right now!!
"I … I was actually joking. Harem or whatever … I was just casually talking about it." She did her best to maintain her composure.
"… But you seemed to be serious just now," the cat-eared hat girl said in a low voice.
"I wasn't serious! I was just … thinking about the current situation … "Natsuya's face became even redder as she averted her gaze." It was from an objective and realistic point of view … I wasn't thinking about what would happen in the future … "
Hana was rendered speechless.
She wanted to say something as she watched this scene, but didn't know what to say.
"Whatever you want … it's none of my business anyways. Let's just leave it at that, Wanhua -san. "Hana ended the conversation after several seconds of silence.
Afterwards, Summer Night silently stood up, left the study, and returned to her bedroom. She locked the door behind her.
"Wahhhh ~ ~ ~" The Grand Mistress jumped onto her bed, buried her face in the pillow, and started rolling around.
…
Seiji sneezed.
At this moment, he arrived at the business district, walked to an internet cafe, and entered a private room.
Tomohisa was waiting for him in the room.
He wasn't playing any games or reading any manga. He was quietly sitting by the kotatsu and greeted Seiji when he entered.
"Did you want to talk about your older brother?" Seiji asked after sitting down.
"That's right."
"Specifically came here to talk … what happened?"
"I don't know," Tomohisa said as he poured some tea for Seiji.
"Eh?"
"I don't know what exactly happened to him. That's the problem."
Tomohisa also poured some tea for himself, took a sip, and began his story.
"Ever since that day … the day you saw us last time, he went out for a few consecutive nights. No one knows where he went."
"When I asked him, he only told me that he was going to cultivate and show me his improved flame ability. He also told me not to tell you."
"Until today, he has been going out at night … Gradually, he began to change."
"Change?" Seiji raised his eyebrows.
"Hmm … the look in his eyes changed. He became a little … crazy." Tomohisa pushed up his glasses. "That guy is an idiot who likes to fight. He's a fighting maniac, but at least he's a sane person. However, during this period of time, he has changed in an abnormal direction … "
"Darkening?" Seiji tried to say.
"… You could say that," Tomohisa agreed.
"I don't know what happened to him. I can't get an answer from him."
"If this continues, I feel like it will develop into a bad situation, so even though he told me not to tell you, I still did it."
"Seigo, do you know anything?"
Something flashed in Seiji's eyes.
"I can think of a place he might have gone."
"Where?"
"A Spirit World."
He disappeared at night, and his Spiritual Power became stronger … Seiji thought of a Spirit World.
If Zankita Juumonji had gone to a Spirit World, then how did he obtain information about it?
Not to mention, Spirit Worlds were dangerous places. It would be incredibly risky for an Awakened to go there by themselves. To go there every night and return unscathed … that was impossible.
"That's why, if that guy really did go to a Spirit World, then there must be someone who gave him information, or someone who went together with him … which means that other Spiritual Ability users or Awakened came into contact with my older brother without my knowledge."
Something flashed in Tomohisa's eyes as he listened to Seiji's general explanation.
"Yes. But that's only a possibility. "
"I believe that it's highly likely that he came into contact with other Spiritual Ability users or Awakened. While these people made him stronger, they also caused his personality to change … The reason why he forbade me from telling you is probably because those people wanted him to keep this a secret. "
Seiji remained silent for a while.
Both of them remained silent for a while.
"I'd like to ask a favor of you, Seigo … Seiji," Tomohisa said in a serious tone.
"What?"
"Beat up my older brother."
"I've already done this twice."
"I'd like to ask you to do it a third time … Depending on the situation, you might not need to beat him up, but I think that he'll only listen to you after a fight."
"Will it really work? What if it backfires? "Seiji asked.
"That's possible … but apart from that, there's no other way."
"Where's your father?"
Tomohisa fell silent for a moment.
"Father … is currently hospitalized."
"Was he injured by Tengu?"
"That's right … you guessed it."
"That night, when you told me that you were representing your father to entrust your younger sister to me, I felt that something was off." Seiji folded his arms. "After that, I didn't see Michirou Juumonji-san again, so I had an idea."
"You're so perceptive; as expected of you."
"I don't think this counts as being perceptive."
Tomohisa took another sip of his tea.
"Father collapsed, and now the Juumonji Group is being supported by my older brother and me … and it's mainly because of my older brother's reputation that we're able to maintain the group, so I can only do some things that aren't in the public eye.
My older brother is under a lot of pressure … Although he's an idiot, he knows what he should know … The heavy pressure caused him to become impatient, which caused him … to get close to someone he shouldn't have gotten close to. "
Seiji fell silent.
"I want to have a serious talk with him, and if I can't stop him with words, then I'll have to rely on you, Seiji." Tomohisa slowly lowered his head.
"Beat him up for the third time … This time might be more difficult, because I don't know just how strong he's become, and you might get injured.
And the people who are affecting my older brother … might notice you and bring you trouble.
I'm truly sorry for making such a request of you, but … please! "
Seiji slowly lowered his arms as he faced his friend who was lowering his head to him.
"Alright."
Just like last time, he agreed.
"Thank you." Tomohisa was truly grateful.
Even though Seiji agreed just like last time, the meaning was completely different.
"When do you intend to talk to him?"
"As soon as possible … is tomorrow night alright?"
"I'm busy tomorrow night." Seiji shook his head. "Let's talk right now."
"… Okay." Tomohisa nodded.
…
Zankita lazily sat on the sofa.
A gigantic blue fireball floated in front of him and spun slowly as he waved his hands, sometimes shrinking and sometimes expanding. It was a dazzling sight.
Compared to the beginning, his power had increased by several times … no, more than ten times!
Back then, he was only able to cover his fists with flames, which was quite limited in power.
But now, not only could he cover his entire body with flames, he could even leave his body and cause tremendous destruction!
It was wonderful …
Zankita felt that the rapid increase in his power over the past few days was incredibly wonderful.
The power that he had painstakingly trained for so many years was insignificant compared to the power that he had obtained recently!
In the past, he was nothing more than an insignificant existence.
The current him was a true strong individual! And, he would only become stronger and stronger!
He stared at his flames and was intoxicated by them.
He desired to become stronger, desired more power, but he seemed to have forgotten why he wanted to become stronger.
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