445 Yin-Yang Master Seiji (1/2)

”I'm not going to duel that guy by myself. Instead, I want to duel him together with you.”

”Eh?”

”After you lectured me, I carefully thought things over, and came to the conclusion that it was indeed too arrogant of me to want to singlehandedly take on Akatsuki Mitarai. Also, I didn't take your pride into consideration,” Seiji said seriously while looking at Natsuya. ”Just as he said, he's your opponent. For me to want to duel him and make you into a mere spectator was truly foolish of me. I shouldn't have taken the main role away from you. You're the real person that should be dealing with Akatsuki Mitarai, while I should only be your companion… That is to say, the correct way is for me to fight together with you against Akatsuki, just like when we fought together against Okubo Yoshiaki.”

Natsuya didn't know what to say after hearing all this.

His logic sounded correct, but she somehow still felt like there was something off. The student council president revealed a complex expression.

”Akatsuki Mitarai is very strong. I learned that already at the Winter Snow Festival. This will definitely be a difficult duel, but we can win. Just give me a little more time…”

”Wait… I noticed something wrong here.” Natsuya stopped him.

”Hm?”

'What's wrong?' Seiji asked that with his eyes.

”I recall that I told you to stop getting involved in this and to leave it alone…”

”I apologize, that's impossible,” Seiji responded directly. ”I've said it multiple times that I truly dislike that guy and really want to beat him up.”

”So you just changed your idea of dueling him by yourself to dueling him together with me?”

”Yep.”

'Isn't this just a circular way of coming back to the starting point!?' Natsuya felt rather chaotic inside as her expression became even more complex.

Seiji looked directly at her.

”Don't you want to duel with Akatsuki Mitarai and utterly defeat him?”

”It's not that…”

”Then is it that you think he's too strong, and that we can't win?”

Natsuya felt silent.

Indeed, that was the foundational problem.

If it was so easy to defeat Akatsuki, she would have done so long ago. It was precisely because he was stronger than her that she had always been forced into passivity.

Something flashed in Natsuya's eyes.

”While it may be willful of me to say what I'm saying, I didn't just mention it casually. I hope that you can consider what I said.” Seiji retracted his gaze. ”Also, I need just a little more time…”

”Hmm?” Natsuya didn't clearly hear the last part of his sentence.

”I'm going to go eat breakfast now. Let's talk after that.”

Seiji left just like this after saying so.

Natsuya watched him leave. She didn't imagine what would happen to him immediately after breakfast…

In his guest room, Seiji lay on his bed, opened up his system, and chose the [Yin-Yang Seal activation card] in his system.

An exquisitely beautiful card that glowed silver appeared in front of him. There was a shadowy figure that gave off a mystical upon the card. This shadow was wearing white clothing and appeared to be trying to create a seal.

Seiji was intending to use this card now to fulfill the final two requirements that he needed to create his own [Yin-Yang Seal]!

However, he believed that the process likely wouldn't be so easy on his body.

Seiji mentally prepared himself, then used his card on the fifth and sixth requirements for the [Yin-Yang Seal].