Aura.
An indescribable aura shocked Seiji.
Saito's tone was low. His tone wasn't intense at all. In fact, it didn't even rise or fall at all.
However, what was contained within his words … if he had to describe it, it was like a bottomless volcano! The darkness was deep and contained an unimaginably tremendous amount of energy. It seemed as if it was capable of destroying everything if it exploded.
Not only was Seiji astonished, Little Shi and Rota were also astonished. Rota seemed to feel this even more deeply than Seiji, as she had an expression of being moved.
"You … you're not Saito -san," Rota muttered. "May I ask … who are you?"
This detective also noticed this. The person who spoke just now wasn't Saito himself. Instead, it was someone who possessed him or was controlling him!
"You can call me 'Kanzaki,'" "Saito" responded.
Kanzaki … Seiji wanted to say that he finally met a powerful person.
The leader of the Revenge Alliance, the creator of the Domain … Seiji highly suspected that the person who forced him to load was Kanzaki!
Although he didn't know why Kanzaki would attack at such a time, Kanzaki didn't hold back at all. It was an instant kill. Kanzaki couldn't afford to offend him.
The truth proved that only games, anime, and movies would talk before a demon king attacked. The real deal in real life wouldn't do something so foolish. If Kanzaki wanted to kill, he would kill. Not only would he not say anything, he wouldn't even show his face.
"Kanzaki-san, I am indeed quite ignorant about what my family has done. I apologize if I offended you," Seiji spoke calmly.
"I have no intention of exonerating my family, because I don't understand them at all. I don't have the right to do so. However, I was born into the Haruta family. Although I was exiled, I still kept my family name, and I still have family members that I value …
"At any rate, Kanzaki-san, if you think that a half-baked person like me has some value, why don't you consider cooperating with me? There's a certain matter that I really need to win. That's why I want to borrow any power that I can borrow. "
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Kanzaki closed his eyes and took another deep puff of smoke. He opened his eyes again after exhaling.
"That lord is considering."
His tone changed again and returned to normal.
"Mr. Saito …"
"Don't ask me anything about Kanzaki-sama, because I don't know anything either." Saito flicked the cigarette butt away. "I'm just working."
"Are you the only one doing this job?" Seiji asked.
"I don't know." Saito smiled. "Mr. Haruta, you really have guts."
"Why do you say that?"
"Isn't it obvious? You were born into the Haruta Family, yet you wanted to take advantage of the Revenge Alliance. You even told Kanzaki-sama everything …"
He was really courting death. Saito's expression conveyed this message.
Of course I knew I was courting death. Seiji looked calm.
Strictly speaking, it was equivalent to dying once.
I had mysteriously died in my first cycle. In order to avoid dying in my second cycle, I absolutely had to know who the leader of the Revenge Alliance was.
Now that he knew this important situation, it would be worth it even if he had to load again. But from the looks of it, there was a possibility of continuing, so he decided to observe the situation for now.
…
"Stop …"
Seiji heard that mysterious voice again.
Just who this mysterious woman was was yet another mystery.
"You want me to stop Kanzaki, right?" Seiji faced the sea and spoke in a low voice. "I'm sorry, but I'm unable to do so."
After witnessing that frightening power from Kanzaki's Domain, Seiji clearly realized just how weak he was.
Fight against the demon king to the end? That was impossible.
When he saw Kanna and Izawa on the island, he would strongly urge them not to participate in the tournament. He would urge them to immediately give up and leave.
Even if they would be severely punished, it would still be better than falling into a dangerous situation later on.
After having Kanna and Izawa leave the tournament, Seiji would only need to protect himself and Little Shi, and strive to win until the end.
As long as he could achieve this goal, he didn't mind cooperating with the demon king. As for the other tournament participants … even if they all died, it would have nothing to do with him.
Was he cold-blooded? Indeed.
However, this was what the weak could do.
Seiji was no hero. Although he now had some power, he was still a weakling against someone like Kanzaki. He could only care about himself and the people around him. He didn't have the time to care about others.
"Every man for himself, and the heavens shall destroy him."
This saying was actually quite profound. It wasn't as simple as making people selfish. It had a deeper meaning that could only be understood after careful consideration. However, the literal meaning was far too easily misunderstood, which was why it became a classic bad saying.
Seiji also had his own personal understanding of this saying. It was difficult to explain the specific meaning. At any rate, he believed that this was one of the truths of the world, both positive and negative.
That was why he wouldn't try to save everyone.
However, he wouldn't feel completely at ease either.
"Brother?" Shika Kagura noticed that something was wrong with Seiji. She couldn't help but feel worried.
Seiji looked at her.
"I'm sorry, Little Shi …"
"Eh?"
"I knew that it would be incredibly dangerous to continue, but I still wanted to take the risk … I brought you into danger in order to be together with Summer Night. I'm sorry." Seiji sincerely apologized.
"Brother Seiji …" Something flashed in Shika Kagura's eyes. "Don't say that …"
"No, I have to apologize. Although you resolved yourself to fight, I knew that the situation would become even worse. I still chose to put myself in danger. I'm dragging you down with me, "Seiji told her seriously.
It wouldn't matter to him if he fought by himself. However, he absolutely couldn't ignore her now that he had a partner by his side.
"It's fine, because I'm Brother's Spirit-branded Retainer," Shika Kagura spoke gently.
"Thank you." Seiji was filled with gratitude.
* Ding-dong ~ *
There was a clear, melodious sound that sounded like the ringing of a bell.
Seiji: "!?"
This was the sound that Seiji had heard last week when he was attacked by a soul attack on the ship!
But this week, Seiji had already talked to the big boss, Kanzaki, in person. Why was he still …
* Ding-dong ~ * There was a second sound. This time, it was even clearer.
The sound of the sea breeze disappeared, and the world instantly fell silent.
However, this time, his body didn't stiffen up, nor did black mist appear. Only a large number of cluster amaryllis flowers appeared and bloomed.
A hazy grayish-white figure appeared on top of the brightly colored flowers. It seemed to be a girl wearing a long dress.
"Please … stop that person … otherwise … I'll die …" she stuttered.
"Who are you? I already told you that I can't do it … "
"Yuuzou … Yoshihara …"
'Yoshihara … that assassin uncle!?' Seiji was astonished to hear this.
"Stop Yoshihara for what? Isn't Kanzaki the one who'll cause such a tragedy!? Could it be that Kanzaki is actually Yuuzou Yoshihara!? "
"Please …" The grayish-white figure floated over and reached out with both hands.
Seiji reflexively raised his hand and touched it. He instantly felt his palm heat up as some sort of energy was being injected into it!
Before he could ask what this energy was, the grayish-white figure vanished.
* Ding-dong ~ * The sound faded away.
The cluster amaryllis flowers disappeared, and he heard the sound of the sea breeze again.
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