His words were so chuunibyou. Seiji cursed in his heart.
"May I ask why you say that I'm an Oracle?"
"You're currently using a god's power. I can see it," Voidfire answered.
'You were able to see me using Shirasakura's power … I see. Is this the reason you think I'm not human?
"Let me ask again. How did you determine that I'm not human?" Seiji continued to ask.
"You have an inhuman foundational nature. I can see through it," Voidfire replied in a raspy voice.
Then, the "flames" completely shrank and formed the shape of a robe, revealing the face of the figure within.
He looked like a youth with orange-red short hair, a pale face, bright red eyes, and very thick dark circles. He looked a little sick.
"If you released your power, you would've become an incredibly powerful existence. However, you didn't. You restrained yourself, which resulted in your current form," Voidfire continued speaking as he floated into the air. Seiji Mukai flew towards him.
"Actually, you don't have to be so merciful … Self-restraint to protect humanity and the world will only benefit humanity and the world. It won't benefit you at all. It will only put you in a weak position and make you suffer pain that you shouldn't have."
"But it is also because of this that I can see that your essence leans towards holiness, a holiness that ugly humans and this clumsy world should not have …"
"So, I'm glad to meet you."
Seeing the other party land before him and hearing those words, Seiji felt quite moved.
These words were also very chuunibyou, but they contained a hint of insight, making people unable to tell the truth from the falsehood.
This is a member of the Messengers! How high is the possibility that he's just a simple-minded chuunibyou?
Seiji felt that the possibility of this was extremely small.
Perhaps he really had a severe chuunibyou syndrome, but there was no way he was a simple person.
And what he said … about "self-restraint" was indeed spot on.
Seiji was indeed restraining himself from abusing his power, but —
"I am restraining myself not to protect humanity and the world, but to protect myself" he said sincerely.
Protecting humanity and the world? This title was too big.
Rather than saying that it was for the sake of humanity and the world, Seiji felt that it was for his own sake that he was restraining himself.
Voidfire looked directly at Seiji.
"This way of thinking also proves your holiness."
Seiji: "…"
He wanted to complain, but he didn't know how.
"What do you want from me, divine envoy?" Voidfire asked.
"I just said, I want to know what happened," Seiji paused, "about your actions and the reason why the modern world has become like this …"
"Foolish humans have always been making mistakes. I previously wanted to stop them from making yet another major mistake. However, their foolishness combined with the world's clumsiness created too much resistance. That's why I failed," Voidfire spoke in a raspy voice.
"There's nothing much to say about the process, but for the world to become like this, it's a bigger mistake caused by mistakes and failures."
"But for the world, perhaps this is the correct development …"
Correct development? Seiji frowned slightly.
"You mean, even if it didn't happen this time, it would have happened sooner or later?"
Voidfire fell silent as he looked up at the spiritual tree's crown in the sky.
Was this a tacit agreement?
He felt that there was a lot of information hidden in those words, but it also seemed like he was just trying to shirk responsibility for his failure. Seiji didn't understand.
"According to Kamitani, killing the Sakura Calamity Goddess will solve this problem and restore the modern world," Seiji told him. "Right now, there's a plan to combine our current combat strength to kill a Sakura Calamity Goddess. However, the success rate is rather low … Will you participate?"
"Even if we kill a God, the mistake won't be corrected," Voidfire stated.
Seiji paused in surprise upon hearing this.
"Even if we kill the Sakura Calamity Goddess, we won't be able to restore the modern world!?"
"The modern world will be restored, but humans won't. At least several hundred thousand human lives will be sacrificed for this mistake," Voidfire stated coldly.
Several hundred thousand human lives … Seiji furrowed his eyebrows deeply.
He had expected a large number of human lives to be sacrificed, but he hadn't considered the specific number, because he didn't want to think about it.
The calamity had already happened. Even if they successfully stopped it, many, many people would die!
Unless …
"What should I do if I want to stop this before it happens?" Seiji reflexively asked.
Something flashed in Voidfire's eyes upon hearing this.
"Are you able to return to the past, divine envoy?"
Right after saying this, Seiji instantly felt that something was wrong. Now that he heard Voidfire's question, he felt rather complex emotions.
"It's just that if … if it's possible … what should I do?"
Voidfire took a deep look at Seiji.
Seiji was quite nervous as he faced this high-ranking member of the Messengers.
Seiji didn't understand why he suddenly said this out loud. Was it an accident? Or was it because he was moved by Voidfire's words?
"If divine envoy can truly return to the past before the mistake occurred, then you should be able to find me," Voidfire spoke in a raspy voice. "Tell me about the mistake that will occur in the future and stop my actions."
"… That's it?"
"That's it."
"Then how should I find you? And how should I make you believe me? "
"Call my number, then tell me the password."
"Password?"
Voidfire nodded and told Seiji his phone number, along with a long string of numbers and letters.
Seiji noted it down.
"That's it?"
"Yes. I'll believe you when I see you. "
It could be solved so easily?
No, this wouldn't be simple at all. Returning to the past would be no simple task.
Not only that, he would need to contact a high-ranking member of the Messengers and tell him about the future and his secrets!
If he really wanted to tell Voidfire his secrets, it would be better to find someone else … such as Yui.
"I swear that I'll protect your secrets." Voidfire seemed to see through Seiji's thoughts. "You can also ask my past self to do the same."
"… It's quite difficult for me to trust you so much," Seiji said as he looked directly at Voidfire.
"Indeed, if you still want to maintain your current attitude." Voidfire also looked directly at Seiji.
Everyone fell silent.
Then, both of them simultaneously sensed something and turned around to look to the right.
They saw mist swirling and flashing red. Many tremendous spiritual creatures were swiftly forming!
"We've been seen." Voidfire's robe started burning and transformed back into flames. "You should leave. Leave this place."
"What are you going to do?" Seiji asked.
Voidfire didn't answer. The flames around him floated up and formed numerous fireballs that shot towards the cherry blossom mist demons!
Seiji felt a tremendous sense of danger. It was as if an invisible giant was looking down on him. He felt that staying here any longer would be far from good.
Voidfire flew up and engaged in a fierce battle against the mist demons. Flames exploded and flashed … Snake demons and Samurai Demons also began appearing. Enemy monsters surrounded Seiji from all directions!
Seiji speedily broke through the encirclement and left the scene.
Many enemy monsters were chasing after him, with even more appearing nearby … Seiji didn't stop running as he speedily fled. At the same time, he poured even more Mana into Shirasakura's power so that he could turn invisible as quickly as possible!
It was highly likely that the Catastrophe Goddess had discovered him because she valued Voidfire highly.
Seiji wondered how he was going to escape … as a powerful high-ranking member of the Messengers, Voidfire probably wouldn't die so easily.
Boom!
After Seiji ran for some distance, he suddenly heard a deafening sound behind him, along with a wave of scorching hot air rushing towards him.
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