Douman Ashiya was indeed an evil person.
And, he was even worse than the villains in many of Seiji's works. There was no room for subversion at all. He was truly evil!
However, that was only from a normal person's perspective. More accurately, from a "human's" perspective.
Douman Ashiya was incredibly cruel to humans, even to his own children. He had almost no morals like a normal person. He could only be described as "insane" and "evil." However, he was quite gentle and generous to non-human creatures, namely, spiritual creatures such as devils and ghosts.
Normally speaking, Spiritual Ability users would stand on the side of humans when humans and demons clashed. Douman Ashiya was the exact opposite. He always acted on the side of demons. In fact, there were even records of him slaughtering an entire village for the sake of a single demon.
Such a Yin Yang Master would doubtlessly become the enemy of all righteous Spiritual Ability users. Yet, he was incredibly powerful and had many demons under his command. Ordinary Spiritual Ability users would be no match for him.
The only person who could truly stop him was Seimei Kamijou.
The final result of the battle between these two powerful Yin Yang Masters was that Seimei crippled Douman's cultivation, sealed him away, and exiled him.
As for what happened to this "evil" Yin Yang Master, there were many different stories. Some said that he died a pitiful death, some said that he became a demon, some said that he regretted his actions, and some said that he used evil techniques to prolong his life … There were no clear records of the truth in history.
However, it was clear that he had descendants.
If Douman Ashiya had been a righteous Yin Yang Master, it was likely that the seven major families would have been the eight major families. Unfortunately, he wasn't. And because of this ancestor's terrible reputation, his descendants naturally had to bear a heavy burden of negativity.
Seiji didn't know much. He only learned a little from his conversations with Summer Night. He didn't know what it meant to carry the "Ashiya" family name.
Seiji was curious about this, but it was obvious that he shouldn't provoke Douman Ashiya right now.
By the way, as a descendant of the Haruta Family, Seiji felt rather subtle when he thought about how the two families' ancestors were publicly acknowledged as mortal enemies.
Voidfire didn't seem to care about this … or perhaps he cared but didn't show it.
On top of that, could Kamitani have told him to go find Voidfire because of this? Purposely letting the descendants of the two families' mortal enemies meet was indeed a wicked idea that those fellows would have.
"Thank you for being willing to tell me." Seiji paused for a moment. "May I continue to call you Voidfire-san?"
"Whatever," Dousei Ashiya, or Voidfire, responded lightly.
"Voidfire-san, I'd also like to ask where Tree Kamitani is located. Didn't he come with you? "
"I don't want to be followed by that thing."
He actually referred to Kamitani as "that kind of thing" … Seiji's mouth arced upwards.
It would seem that Kamitani wasn't well-liked by Voidfire's side. It must have been hard on Kamitani to call Voidfire out to meet a stranger.
Kamitani: "It's good that you understand. You have to be gentler to me in the future ~"
Seiji: Shut up and get lost.
"What do you want from me, Haruta Seiji?" Voidfire asked.
"I would like to advise you to stop attacking Soul Society, because this operation will definitely fail, and it will result in an incredibly terrible result," Seiji spoke in a serious tone.
"What makes you say that?"
"Because I saw the future."
Both of them fell silent for a moment.
"Is your prophecy 100% certain?" Voidfire questioned.
"Yes." Seiji didn't even try to hide it.
This was the limit of what he could explain.
Prophecy was an important function of Spiritual Ability users in ancient times. Prophecy spells could be used to predict anything from major events like the fate of a country to minor events like daily life.
But as time passed, more and more examples proved that prophecy spells weren't very effective. Too much trust in prophecy spells would actually result in negative consequences. That was why prophecy spells declined in popularity.
Fate was unfathomable. The future was unforeseeable. Prophecy spells were untrustworthy. That was what most Spiritual Ability users believed.
Compared to ordinary people who were passionate about fortune, prophecy, and horoscopes, Spiritual Ability users had even less trust in prophecy spells. Even if some Spiritual Ability users did prophecy spells, it was highly likely that they themselves wouldn't believe it. Honest Spiritual Ability users would tell their customers the probability of prophecy, while those who claimed that they were 100% certain were either idiots or bad people.
Yet, Seiji just accepted it like this.
Something flashed in Voidfire's eyes as he fell silent.
Seiji quietly waited for Voidfire's reaction.
If Voidfire turned around and left, or if Seiji insisted on telling Seiji what prophecy spells he used, Seiji would have no choice but to load again.
Telling Voidfire the secret message he previously obtained was his last resort. Unless absolutely necessary, Seiji didn't want to do this. That was because he didn't know what this secret message meant.
Seiji would rather use Kamitani to find Voidfire than directly call Voidfire and tell him the secret message … In the end, he still couldn't easily trust a high-ranking member of the Messengers.
"We can't stop our operation," Voidfire spoke up in a raspy voice after a period of silence.
"Why?"
"Because Soul Society is currently making a major mistake. We need to stop this mistake."
"You're referring to the plan to sacrifice several thousand people to lock onto the Realm of Cherry Blossoms' location. I also think that this plan is a mistake. But if you insist on doing this, it'll only result in even greater sacrifices," Seiji spoke in a serious tone.
"There's no prophecy spell that can truly predict the future," Voidfire stated. "Even if your prophecy is correct, the moment that I learned of such a possible future, the future has already changed.
If it were possible, I'd like to be so optimistic as well. But, if things were really that simple, I wouldn't have chosen to talk to you even if I had to deal with Kamitani. "Seiji could only sigh.
Would reminding Yui and Voidfire, and telling both sides to be on guard against the terrible future really be able to prevent the destruction of Soul Society?
It was possible to be optimistic.
But, Seiji still felt an indescribable sense of unease in his heart after witnessing such an ending.
"The future I saw was incredibly cruel. Millions of lives were lost to the cherry blossom rain … Can such a scene really be avoided as long as you act more cautiously?"
"I want to believe it, but it's difficult to believe."
"Voidfire-san, I beg of you to seriously consider this!"
"… If I stop my operation, will I definitely be able to avoid the future you saw?" Voidfire looked directly at Seiji. "Wouldn't it be the exact opposite?"
'That's what you said yourself!' Seiji wanted to say that out loud.
But now that he thought about it carefully, Voidfire had said "change my operation," not "stop my operation."
There seemed to be a difference.
Seiji furrowed his eyebrows as he thought about this.
If Voidfire stopped his operation, Soul Society would be able to smoothly carry out their plan. This wouldn't lead to the destruction of Soul Society … Seiji reflexively believed this.
But when he thought about it more carefully, there was no guarantee that this path would succeed.
"You're not certain about this, are you?" Voidfire continued speaking after seeing Seiji's silence. "The destruction you saw was related to my operation, but you don't know the specifics, do you?"
'Yes … that's because you didn't tell me at the time!' Seiji retorted in his mind.
Should he load now and talk to the Voidfire at the time again?
Seiji was completely capable of talking to the same person in a different dimension.
However, Voidfire didn't seem to want to talk about the specifics at the time. How to make him talk about it would be a problem. Not only that, Seiji was soon attacked by the spirits, so he didn't have time to talk.
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