This seemed to be the only possibility.
If there was only one possibility, then this would be the answer.
Would it be possible to obtain information about the ritual from these remnant souls?
No, before that, that town … Koutarou and the others, were they related to these remnant souls?
Could these soul fragments be the true bodies of those "people"!?
Seiji asked Yomi this question as he thought of this possibility. He received a "possible" answer.
This instantly made him excited.
He had thought that he wouldn't be able to save them, but now it seemed that there was still hope …?
"Is there any way to communicate with these remnant souls?"
"There is, but it's usually impossible to communicate with them. After all, they're only remnant souls."
The method Yomi taught Seiji wasn't difficult at all. Seiji learned it instantly.
Seiji cast a spell to communicate with the remnant souls closest to him. However, he only heard some random noises that sounded like roars or screams. He was unable to discern any useful information, nor was he able to communicate with them.
Seiji tried communicating with the remnant souls one by one, and then several by several. However, all of them were useless.
Seiji even considered giving up, but immediately rejected the idea and decided to try again.
Finally, he heard a rather clear voice from a red remnant soul!
"… Who are you?" a soft and seemingly incredibly weak female voice spoke up.
"I'm Harano. May I ask who you are?"
"I … don't remember …"
"What do you remember? Anything is fine. Tell me about it. "
"I … remember that there was light … someone shouting … it was very noisy … it felt scary …"
"What was scary?"
"Tree … cherry blossoms … dragon …"
Dragon? Seiji blinked upon hearing this.
"What type of dragon was that? How did it come here? "
"…"
The female voice stopped speaking as if she had no more energy left.
Seiji obtained what seemed like important information, but it wasn't enough.
He would have to continue if he wanted to learn more. However, it was likely that Yui had already arrived, so he could only pause.
Seiji left the Soul Room and Spirit House and returned to the real world.
Yui had indeed arrived.
She quietly sat there, giving off an aura that suppressed everyone present.
"So this is Seiji's older sister …"
"She's so beautiful … she seems really strong …"
"She has such an extraordinary aura …"
"Seiji created his team with the goal of defeating her …"
"I want to draw her …"
"I feel like she's super strong … It'll be very bad if we fight …"
The knights who saw this older sister for the first time were all amazed by her beauty and aura, and so were Mika and Chiaki who had seen her before.
Yui Haruta was the target that Seiji's team needed to defeat. Right now, she was sitting right in front of everyone. Just this alone was enough to intimidate everyone present, causing everyone to reflexively stop talking.
Seeing this person with their own eyes, the members seemed to be able to understand why Seiji tried to defeat her. Such a beautiful and powerful sister made it difficult for people to have the thought of resisting, but it was precisely because of this that they needed to resist, or else they might live under her shadow for the rest of their lives.
Yui had a calm expression as she endured everyone's gazes.
She was looking at Shigure Tendo.
Gungo was also indifferent, but that was only on the surface.
The woman who had just appeared gave him an extremely dangerous feeling. She was much more dangerous than Harano … than anyone else here!
Although it was only a faint feeling, Seiji believed in himself and was on the highest level of vigilance.
This was the scene in the living room when Seiji returned.
"Sister Yui, you're here."
"Yeah."
Yui looked at Seiji Mukai, and then glanced at Gungo.
"It's a little troublesome, but it can be taken care of."
This caused Gungo to become highly nervous. In fact, he was even considering whether or not to commit suicide right now.
Yui then looked at the broken sword on the table.
"Can I pick it up and take a look?"
"Go ahead."
Only after receiving Seiji's answer did she pick up the broken sword and carefully examine it. A golden-red light flashed in her eyes.
Seiji and everyone else quietly waited.
"This is a very important item. I'm going to take it back to Soul Society," Yui said after she finished examining it.
"Sure, but I want a payment of equivalent value," Seiji stated.
"You'll receive it later." A white light flashed in Yui's hand, and the broken sword vanished.
"Could you tell me why it's so important?" Seiji asked.
"Sure. You've probably guessed it already." Yui paused for a moment. "This sword is highly likely to be a spiritual artifact used by the Tendo Family to establish a connection with the Realm of Cherry Blossoms. It's also the actual evidence of their scheme."
With evidence, there would be a reason to attack.
Although it was still possible to attack without evidence, and they had already done so, it would still be much more convenient to have evidence.
"You've done an excellent job, Seiji," Yui praised him. "You'll receive the payment you deserve."
She then looked towards Gungo.
"As for this one … will you obediently come with me, or will you be killed by me right here?"
The moment she finished speaking, Gungo instantly raised his hand with a resolute expression, as if he was about to commit suicide!
However, Yui was even faster than him. She snapped her fingers, causing a white bolt of lightning to shoot out and wrap itself around Seiji's body like chains!!
"Wahhh …" Gungo screamed in pain before his voice suddenly stopped. He couldn't even move his throat.
Seiji froze in his chair as his entire body trembled. He was completely unable to move. Despair appeared in his eyes.
"If you obediently come with me, perhaps I can let you live. But since you've chosen to resist …" A sharp glint flashed in Yui's eyes.
"Wait!" Seiji called out to stop her.
Yui turned around to look at him with a questioning expression.
"This … he might still be useful. If it's possible, don't kill him yet," Seiji told her.
He was thinking about the remnant souls in the Soul Room.
If those remnant souls were related to the "people" in that town, then perhaps Gungo would be able to help communicate with them.
Yui fell silent for a moment.
"I'll need to return to Soul Society in order to extract him alive."
"Then take him to Soul Society. Sorry for the trouble, Sister Yui."
"It's no trouble at all. Someone will help me with this after I return."
After all, this was his younger brother's body. Yui thought to herself.
She then increased the power of her spell and completely stunned Gungo. Then, she used [Telekinesis] to take him away.
After she left, almost everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Seiji's older sister is quite dignified," Feng Wu was the first to speak up.
"Yep, yep. As expected of Milord's older sister." Tomohisa nodded in agreement.
"She's the most suitable person to be called 'older sister' that I've ever seen in my entire life." Genji spoke up. "Although it'll be rather embarrassing to actually call her that, I really want to call her that."
"I think so as well …" Hoshi raised his hand.
"I really want to draw her. By the way, can I start drawing her right now?" Mayuzumi's eyes were sparkling.
"She's the target that Seiji's team is trying to defeat …" Mika told her.
"Although she's the target, she's still my older sister. I really want to talk to her, but I don't dare to," Chiaki told her.
"Me too. I feel like I'll be killed if I talk to her," Kazuko said. "I can understand why Seiji wants to defeat her."
Little Shi and Kaori didn't say anything. Summer Night calmly sipped her tea. Hitaka was stroking his cat, and Rona was being stroked. Mai smiled and didn't say anything.
"Sister Yui is incredibly strong. You've all seen it for yourselves this time. We'll need to continue growing if we want to defeat her and her Spirit-branded Retainers, "Seiji told them.
That was the end of the story … not at all.
"Summer Night, come with me to my Spirit House to take a look."
Seiji told Summer Night to enter the Spirit House again to look at the remnant souls together.
He wanted to try communicating with all the remnant souls. Perhaps he wouldn't be able to obtain any information in the end, but he might be able to obtain some incredible information.
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