Congratulations … should I say something like that? Looking at the scene in front of him, Seiji thought.
It was better not to say that. Only they could fully understand the relationship between them.
At any rate, Asaka Tendo's relationship with Shirasakura was now clear. What about his relationship with the Catastrophe Goddess?
"He's different from me." Faced with Seiji's question, Shirasakura answered.
"Does this mean that Tendo-san has no special relationship with the Catastrophe Goddess?"
"No." Shirasakura paused for a moment. "If I'm the one who gains, then he's the one who deprives."
Deprivation … Seiji instantly understood.
"Miss Tendo created you on her own initiative, and he was formed by stripping Miss Tendo's soul! Is that so? "
"Yes," Shirasakura confirmed.
"And it wasn't just me who was deprived, but everyone else who was present at the time." Asaka continued, "This is why all of us are only fragments of our souls."
So that's how it is. Everything makes sense now.
Koutarou said that the souls of the dead corrupted the dragon, causing it to transform into the Catastrophe Goddess. However, this was incorrect. It was not that the White Dragon was passively contaminated. Instead, it was an existence born from the energy of sin. After it appeared, it took the initiative to deprive the souls of everyone present and fuse with them, thus becoming a god and becoming "him"!
"If it wasn't for Tendo-san creating Shirasakura Kagura, the Catastrophe Goddess would have probably stolen your and everyone else's souls … and absorbed them all." Seiji looked directly at Natsuya.
"I agree." Asaka nodded.
"Since he's the incarnation of the Tendo Family's sin, he doesn't have a divine spark to begin with. That's why he needs human souls to form a divine spark.
"However, due to my struggles, White Cherry was born, which prevented her from absorbing everyone's souls. This caused her Divine Core to be incomplete, or perhaps it wasn't enough. Perhaps it was damaged by interference, which caused her to enter a dormant state right after she appeared … Of course, it's possible that the people who arrived later did something as well. At any rate, the Catastrophe Goddess's commotion died down just like that."
"Now, he has awakened and brought disaster to the human world … Perhaps his goal is to absorb more souls and form a complete and higher level Divine Spark."
Godhood was the status of a god. To put it simply, it was something like the core of a god. It was something necessary for a god to exist in the world, and it was directly related to the level and power of a god.
Absorbing human souls in order to become stronger … No, not only souls.
Seiji recalled the scene of the destruction last time. The scene of the people "melting" in the rain of flowers appeared clearly in his mind! At the same time that he felt a chill, he also had a more accurate understanding of it.
"The Catastrophe Goddess doesn't just want souls. She also wants flesh and blood … a body!" He said in a deep voice, "This time, not only does he want more souls to form a higher Godhead, but he also wants to form his own body and descend into the world with a physical body!"
His physical body descended and he became a True God.
This was the Catastrophe Goddess' goal.
"The reason why he woke up is because the Tendo Family did something … If we had stopped the Tendo Family beforehand, would it have been possible to make him continue sleeping?"
"No." Shirasakura answered this question. "He'll definitely wake up, because he wants to wake up."
"So, even if we stopped the Tendo Family, he'll still wake up sooner or later?"
"Yes." Asaka nodded.
"It's impossible to make him sleep forever, because he's already appeared in the world.
Actually, if you think about it more carefully, making him sleep for ten years is already quite a long time.
If that's the case, perhaps the truth is the opposite of what you think. It's not that the Tendo Family doesn't want the Catastrophe Goddess to continue sleeping. It's that the Tendo Family isn't capable of making him continue sleeping. "
… That was right.
Seiji suddenly felt like he had discovered a blind spot!
He … or more accurately, Yui and Soul Society thought that the Tendo Family was scheming against him. But, perhaps that wasn't the case. Perhaps the Tendo Family was unable to suppress the Catastrophe Goddess, which caused her to wake up …?
If that was really the case, then wasn't the Tendo Family being wrongly accused?
No … in the end, the Catastrophe Goddess had been born because of the Tendo Family's actions. Although it was possible that the Tendo Family had misunderstood the Catastrophe Goddess' awakening, it couldn't be said that the Tendo Family was wrongly accused. The Tendo Family wouldn't be able to get rid of the title of the main culprit.
As for individuals, the main culprits were undoubtedly Shinzen of the Will and the mysterious person who called himself the "Abbey Dean."
"Abbey Dean" … "Abbey Dean"? A "Taoist temple" in China?
Seiji didn't want to think that the culprit behind all this was a Huaxia person, but it was possible.
Not even the Tendo Family was able to find out Seiji's identity. Seiji had spiritual techniques that even the Tendo Family recognized as highly valuable … It didn't seem wrong at all to say that Seiji was a powerful spiritual ability user from Huaxia.
He sighed inwardly. Regardless of whether he was Chinese or not, the sin of bringing disaster could not be erased.
Sin is sin, regardless of nationality.
Back to the Calamity Goddess.
It seemed that the Catastrophe Goddess' awakening was unavoidable. In that case, they needed to figure out how to deal with her.
"The only way to deal with the Catastrophe Goddess is to seal her with a human pillar?" Seiji asked. "Now that I understand the relationship between you and the Catastrophe Goddess, is there anything that you can do, Tendo-san?"
Asaka Tendo remained silent.
"I apologize … I'm making things difficult for you." Seiji sighed. "But, no matter what, I want to find a better method."
"That's not your responsibility." Asaka looked directly at him.
"Although I don't understand your standpoint or situation, you already know enough. It's quite valuable to pass on information.
You've already done well enough, Haruta Seiji. An existence like the Catastrophe Goddess isn't someone that you and your companions can deal with. To put it bluntly, you don't even have the right to stand in front of her.
"Perhaps there are better methods to deal with her. But, leave that to someone more qualified to think of. Don't think that you can save the world by yourself. Something like a high school student saving the world will only appear in anime."
"No," Seiji spoke in a serious tone. "She'll even appear in manga and novels."
Asaka Tendo was rendered speechless.
"I was just joking." Seiji chuckled.
"Your words reminded me of a certain someone. She once told me something similar.
But, I'm not vainly trying to do something impossible in order to obtain more. It's just that I don't want to say 'that's it.'
"I'm quite clear that I'm unable to fight against the Catastrophe Goddess. But, that doesn't mean that I can't do my best.
"If my best still ends badly in the end, no matter how unwilling I am to accept it, I'll still accept it.
"But, if I don't do my best, if I don't do what I can, I … won't be able to accept it.
"It's not for the sake of personal benefits, nor is it because I want to save the world. I'm simply being willful."
Something flashed in Asaka Tendo's eyes when she heard this.
"Such willfulness … is truly naive," she said softly.
"Rather than being naive, perhaps it's more appropriate to call it youth." Seiji smiled. "After all, I'm only a high school student."
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