779 Evil White Sakura Goddess (1/2)

Chiaki had learned the truth of everything from her mother.

When Chihiro Wakaba had gotten pregnant, she learned that she would die after giving birth to her daughter.

Chihiro became afraid of this happening… not because of her own impending death, but rather because she was afraid of not being able to accompany her husband Shingo in seeing their daughter grow up together.

That was why Chihiro prayed to her goddess, asking to be able to live just a little longer, long enough to at least raise her daughter for a while.

Since Chihiro was descended from a bloodline that had the White Sakura Goddess's favor, her prayer was answered and her wish was granted.

The price for lengthening her life was her disappearing from existence.

As a mother, Chihiro made a request that defied her fate, hence the heavy price of being forgotten by almost everyone, including the daughter she loved so much.

Chihiro's husband Shingo was the only person who still remembered her due to their deep connection. However, even he forgot her name and appearance.

”…That's how things were. Mom wasn't harmed by the goddess, but rather the opposite. The White Sakura Goddess helped her and then protected her,” Chiaki explained to everyone.

Just as Seiji Kamijou had judged, the White Sakura Goddess was a kind and friendly existence.

However, the White Sakura Goddess had an evil counterpart, who had vicious intentions towards humanity. That was the Evil White Sakura Goddess!

The Evil White Sakura Goddess was the one who had been targeting Chiaki. Not only that, the Evil White Sakura Goddess was also the mastermind behind the Realm of Cherry Blossoms manifesting in the human world!

No… calling her the mastermind might not be the correct term. It would be more accurate to view the Evil White Sakura Goddess as the final boss in the Realm of Cherry Blossoms.

The White Sakura Goddess was unable to fight back against the Evil White Sakura Goddess… it was precisely because the White Sakura Goddess was weaker that the Realm of Cherry Blossoms manifested.

But although the White Sakura Goddess was weaker, she could still at least interfere with the Evil White Sakura Goddess. With the White Sakura Goddess's protection, Chiaki would no longer be targeted by the Evil White Sakura Goddess.

Meaning, Chiaki's crisis was now resolved.

Her mother had already passed away in the real world. It would be impossible to bring her back. However, Chiaki had now regained the memories of her mother, and escaped from being targeted by an evil goddess.

Yet, the danger wasn't over yet, as the Evil White Sakura Goddess was about to descend upon the human world.

.........….

The ”God-Devouring” mission failed. All of the ”Yamata no Orochi” experimental subjects had died!

Although none of these experimental subjects had been completed, they were some of the more stable Yamata no Orochi experimental subjects. They were all quite strong and possessed almost limitless regenerative abilities in their combined Orochi form. Even if the mission failed and they lost in battle, it was highly unlikely for them to have died.

But, not only had they died, all seven had died without a single survivor!

Just what exactly had they met with!?

After repeated confirmation, the organization ascertained that there had been no mistake in identifying the mission target. Everything had been carried out according to the plan. Logically speaking, this type of result shouldn't have been possible. In that case, something unexpected must have occurred during the mission.

The most likely possibility was that Soul Society had intervened… however, the organization's intelligence didn't indicate that Soul Society had done so.

Had Soul Society superbly hidden their involvement in this incident? But, was there any reason for them to hide their involvement if so?

The organization couldn't understand what had happened at all. An investigation would be necessary.

Either Soul Society had an unknown trump card, or something else entirely was involved… But no matter what, this seemed rather interesting.

The organization would remember this favor and pay it back later with interest.

Still, it was rather troublesome that all the best Yamata no Orochi experimental subjects had died at this point in time. Although it was still possible to reproduce the experiment and create more test subjects, that would take a significant amount of time. The organization decided instead to use more forceful shortcuts.

Why not be a little more reckless and try using some risky materials? Although the failure rate of the experiment would be much higher, succeeding might result in something incredible.

If Soul Society had some sort of hidden trump card that was behind this, the organization really wanted to know what it was, or at least even some information about it. It was regrettable that there hadn't been a single survivor to bring back any information.