"If the situation really becomes like that..."
Summer Night looked directly at Seiji.
"The best result is, of course, for us to block their attacks and defeat or force them to retreat.
"In the worst case scenario, all three of us will die."
Death.
Even though Wanhua Summer Night spoke calmly, Seiji could still detect a trace of fear hidden deep within her words.
"Is a duel between Yin Yang Masters... based on killing their opponents?"
"No, but it's still a 'duel.' Both sides will use their own methods to achieve victory, so it's normal for injuries to occur."
Summer Night slowly sipped on her tea.
"As for the school, it probably won't be a big deal. Duels between Yin Yang Masters usually don't involve ordinary people."
Seiji sharply detected the hidden meaning behind her words.
"'Probably' and 'usually'... it seems that you're not so certain."
"... I don't dare to say that innocent people won't be harmed at all." Summer Night sighed.
"Not attracting the attention of ordinary people is a Yin Yang Master's rule... But on the other hand, as long as it doesn't attract the attention of the public, it's acceptable for a few people to die.
It's just like how it's natural for lions to stomp a few bugs to death? "Seiji furrowed his eyebrows.
He felt rather uncomfortable when he saw the pictures of the frozen corpses at the Juumonji Group's headquarters.
Although they were scum that nobody cared about even if they died, and they only died because they were tempted by benefits and were willing to be used, it was impossible for him not to feel anything when people died so easily.
Now, hearing that the students at his school might die in the same manner, it wasn't just uncomfortable.
Seiji's eyebrows furrowed even deeper as he recalled Mika and Chiaki's faces.
"Now I can understand why Grand Mistress doesn't want to make friends with ordinary students."
Wanhua Summer Night smiled wryly.
Shuho Hitaka glared at Seiji.
"What do you know? Grand Mistress is... "
"Hitaka!"
The red-haired girl could only bite her lip.
She was hiding something … Seiji could tell that this was quite obvious.
However, if the other party didn't say anything, he wouldn't know.
"Sorry, I might have been too sarcastic."
"No, what you said is the truth."
Seiji and Summer Night exchanged glances.
"In order to prevent the worst possible outcome, the first thing we need to do is intercept the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer." Seiji rubbed his chin.
In fact, he thought of an idea.
The method was quite simple. As long as he knew where the Spirit-branded Retainer would appear, he could load back and tell Summer Night and Natsuya.
The problem was how to tell them!
Be honest with him about his abilities? Don't be silly. Seiji knew that the system and the save and load function were his trump cards, and they were also special secrets that he had to hide.
In that case, should he pretend that he had a certain level of prophecy, such as inspiration or intuition, to fool them?
It seemed possible … But a layman trying to fool an expert like this would leave too many openings.
What should he do then?
Seiji continued mulling it over.
"You said that you're going to use a spell to locate the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer. What's the specifics?" he asked.
"I placed a detection spell on it. As long as the Spirit-branded Retainer uses Mana within the spell's detection range, the spell will react.
Then, you'll notify Shuho-san to intercept the Spirit-branded Retainer, but they're always late … Is there no one else who can help? "
Summer Night sighed.
"Of course I can ask my family for help, but I don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary."
"There seems to be a deep reason behind this."
"Yes, I don't want to tell you. Please don't ask." Grand Mistress revealed an awkward expression as she averted her gaze.
"I'm not so blind as to not even have the ability to tell." Seiji scratched his face awkwardly.
"In that case, is it possible to have an ordinary person help?"
"Didn't I say that ordinary people shouldn't get involved?" Summer Night didn't understand and furrowed her eyebrows. "Haruta-kun, was your attitude just now fake?"
"Of course not. I'm not going to have ordinary people fight against the Spirit-branded Retainer." Seiji waved his hand.
"I just wanted to ask if it's possible to have them act as support for your detection spell without attracting the Spirit-branded Retainer's attention … something like that. Is it possible?"
"Support …" Summer Night paused in surprise for a moment as she fell into deep thought.
Seiji was sipping his tea when he noticed that he had run out of tea. He indicated to Shuho that he could pour some for himself, but Shuho coldly averted her gaze.
'So I'm being hated …' Seiji could only smile wryly as he stood up and poured some tea for the two girls. He also filled up their cups.
After a while, Summer Night finally returned to her senses.
"What you said … is possible," she said slowly.
"I can create a talisman that allows ordinary people to act as the spell's nodes. They can carry the talisman with them and move around within the spell's detection range. This will increase the spell's sensitivity.
However, this will be quite inefficient. In order to truly increase the spell's sensitivity, I'll need a large number of people.
And I'm unable to mobilize so many people … even if I do my best to mobilize so many people, having them walk around on the streets will be quite conspicuous, and it's highly likely that the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer will notice them. "
Seiji smiled as he listened to everything carefully.
"A large number of people that won't attract any attention even if they move around on the streets, right?"
"What a coincidence. I met someone who can prepare these things yesterday."
Wanhua Summer Night blinked upon hearing this.
"Are you talking about the local mafia?"
"Of course. They're the organization that rules over the dark factions in this area. It'll be quite easy for them to have the hoodlums or other people who already move around on the streets wear talismans."
"Will they be willing to help? Normally … "
"Normally, these types of people will try their best to avoid incidents that even the police won't talk about, right? But this Juumonji group is an exception! "
"If it weren't for the fact that they have a bit of backbone that even the police don't have, I wouldn't have been called over for questioning, and I wouldn't have come here right now."
Seiji shrugged.
"They want to protect their own territory. Even if they know that they shouldn't be involved, they still want to find out what's going on."
"This little bit of backbone, this so-called dignity … I actually don't quite understand it. Looking at it from a different perspective, perhaps it's just a laughable act of seeking death, but this type of mafia does indeed exist!"
"Their boss even kneeled in front of me and begged for information! That's why I came to ask you. Now that I've obtained information, I'm sure he won't refuse if I give him what he wants and ask him for a favor. "
"Of course, their boss isn't someone who's easy to deal with, and he might ask for additional conditions. If that's the case, Grand Mistress, you can negotiate with him. I believe that you'll be able to come up with a mutually acceptable result. "
Everyone fell silent.
Wanhua Summer Night fell into deep thought once again.
But this time, she didn't have much time to think.
"The mafia …" She sighed.
"It's rather embarrassing to talk about using the power of the mafia, but now isn't the time to care about such things."
"It's a fact that I'm lacking in my abilities, so in order to make up for it, I should put aside some of my so-called Yin-Yang Master pride."
"Grand Mistress …" Shuho Hitaka furrowed his eyebrows and glared viciously at Seiji, as if this was his fault.
Wanhua Summer Night turned around to face Seiji Mukai with a serious expression.
"Your suggestion is excellent, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Haruta-kun."
"I also need to trouble you to negotiate with the leader of the 'Juumonji Group,' and have them do this for me. If necessary, contact me and have me talk to them. "
"I'm counting on you!"
She lowered her head as she spoke.
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