784 Nothing to say (1/2)

Yui fell silent once again.

Seiji wanted to say something else, but then he felt that there was nothing more to say.

Would he be able to change Soul Society's decision just by saying a few words? That was likely impossible.

Would he be able to change Soul Society's actions? That would also be impossible.

If it was possible, he believed that Yui would have done so already.

If there were anything that he could help with, Yui definitely would have mentioned it already.

Yet, all she did was remain silent.

There was nothing to say.

The sacrifice of more than three thousand lives was something unchangeable and set in stone.

If there was anything else to say, that would be about the specifics of how to go about this cruel action, or if there would be any unexpected additional damage. There was also the matter of how Kamitani knew such top-secret information within Soul Society, and whether the Messengers would be doing anything regarding this.

But, after confirming how serious this matter was, Seiji didn't want to ask about it anymore.

No matter what he learned, or what was going on behind the scenes, it all seemed meaningless to him in comparison to so many lives that were going to become a planned sacrifice.

So many people would die.

And he was helpless to do anything about it.

He wasn't a superhero who could save everyone. There would always be people that he couldn't save… Seiji had understood this already long ago, and accepted it. Yet, he was unable to remain calm when faced with the reality of such a cruel, large sacrifice before him.

'Is there really nothing else that can be done?'

Seiji really wanted to ask this.

Yet, it seemed meaningless to do so.

There really wasn't anything else that could be done.

Thinking too much on this would be meaningless.

It wasn't his fault.

His power was limited.

It would be impossible to save everyone.

It was good enough already to just protect the people important to him…

...

”Seiji onii-chan, want to play together?”

Seiji snapped back to his senses when he heard a little girl's voice asking him this.

Only then did he notice that he was now back in his own apartment.

Saying goodbye to Yui, getting off her car, and walking back to his apartment… it was as if this entire process had been erased from his mind. He couldn't remember any of it at all.

Reo was currently holding out a game controller to him. Kaede was also by her side and looking directly at him. Both of them were worried about how he seemed to be giving off such a heavy aura.

”Sure.” Seiji took the game controller and forced himself to smile as he sat down in front of the TV.

Meanwhile, another chibi character with ”Player 2” over his head appeared in the battle. This character was a youth who wore a helicopter rotor on his head while carrying a large wooden sword. He shouted ”I shall create a legend!” while also rushing at the hoodlums, waving his wooden sword and shooting out some cute little birds from the rotor to attack.

The battle seemed fierce yet comical. This game seemed quite simple, but was actually surprisingly difficult… Seiji had only started playing for a few seconds when a blond-haired hoodlum suddenly went berserk and dealt his character a mighty blow. The chibi youth made strange chirping sounds while flying backwards and smashing into a telephone pole on the street. Then, numerous other hoodlums ganged up on him with fists, kicks, projectiles, and blunt weapons. Seiji's character's HP bar was instantly decreased by half.

Seeing this, Seiji started focusing more on the game and played it more seriously. He barely managed to dodge another vicious attack from the blond hoodlum while counterattacking with his wooden sword. Seiji's character then knocked over a vending machine, revealing a fried chicken that he ate for some health restoration.

Why exactly would a fried chicken appear under a vending machine?

Well, this was only a video game, so there was no need to nitpick the details… Otherwise, Seiji would be stuck commenting for an entire day on how unrealistic video games could be.

Just earlier, he had been thinking about such a serious topic, but now he was being distracted by such a small matter. Seiji almost wanted to laugh out loud.

It seemed that rather than remaining quiet and thinking about everything on his own, doing something to distract his attention would be much better.

After playing this video game for a while, Seiji suddenly recalled something.

”Reo, have you still been hearing those strange sounds like you previously told me about?'