786 Tree (1/2)

As if his system heard his comment, another notification followed right after the first one—[You can still open the door to the Spirit House by paying an additional amount of points or Inner World crystals.]

That was more like it!

This made his system seem like a merchant who was raising prices during a time of crisis? Never mind, Seiji decided not to care too much about it.

He instantly chose to pay an extra price to open the door to his Spirit House!

A gray crack appeared in midair and slowly opened up. This dimensional crack opened up far slower than normal as if it was difficult for it to open up.

Shika came over at this time, having interrupted her shower to put on her clothes.

”Brother…”

”Shika, go find Mika and the others, and summon all of them here!” Seiji gave this order.

Shika glanced at Reo and nodded before heading out the door.

After opening up the portal to the Spirit House, Seiji had Reo enter first. He then took out his cell phone, intending to contact everyone else.

Actually, he really wanted to call Yui to ask about the specific situation, but he felt that it was likely she wouldn't pick up.

”An abnormal situation is occurring! Watch out for white mist—”

Seiji swiftly started writing a group text message, but his cell phone rang before he could even finish.

Yukari was calling him.

”Seiji, I'm seeing some white mist…”

He immediately heard her reporting on her situation.

”I can also see some white mist. Right now, I don't know what's going on. I only know that it's highly likely to become a dangerous situation.” Seiji paused for a moment. ”If things over there seem abnormal, you should head over to Natsuya's place immediately. I'll be heading there as well…”

After he finished talking to Yukari, his cell phone rang right away again.

At this time, Mika and her mother Nozomi arrived in his apartment.

”Seiji, mom says that she feels really cold…”

It seemed that Mika had also been in the middle of a shower. Her hair was still wet and rumpled, and her face had a worried expression.

Meanwhile, Nozomi Uehara was hugging herself and trembling all over. Her face was pale white as if she was currently in an extremely cold environment.

She had the same reaction as Reo?

”Hurry and take her into the Spirit House!” Seiji immediately indicated to Mika to bring her mother into the Spirit House.

Mika listened and started bringing her mother towards the portal.

”What's… this?” Nozomi couldn't help but ask since this was her first time seeing the mystical dimensional portal.

”This is the Spirit House… a special space.” Mika had her mother enter first, and then she followed right after.

Seiji then took the second phone call. It was from Natsuya.

”Seiji, can you see it?”

”Not only white mist, there's also a light… If you look outside your apartment towards the north, you should be able to see it!”

”North…” Seiji wanted to go outside and take a look, but his Spirit House portal would automatically close if he left this room. ”It's not convenient for me to look right now. What's to the north?”

At this moment, outside Seiji's apartment.

Shika, Chiaki, and Kaede were all looking to the north.

There was a certain light in that direction.

A tremendous bright red pillar of light was rising from the ground to the sky. The red pillar of light was so large that even the biggest skyscraper would be dwarfed in comparison. At a rough estimate, the pillar was already six to seven hundred meters tall, and was still rising. It seemed like it would rise until it reached the heavens!

All three girls sensed danger from that giant pillar of light.

Although they didn't know what it was, they instinctively felt that it was something ominous… that it wasn't a good thing!

'I need to tell Brother Seiji immediately.'

Right as Shika thought this and was about to go inside again, she suddenly saw the top of the pillar of light explosively begin expanding. The entire pillar began transforming as if it was swiftly being sculpted.

It was a tree!

Shika and the others were soon able to identify that the pillar of light was rapidly changing into the shape of a tree—a towering, blood-red, magnificently blossoming cherry blossom tree!

The crown of the tree started spreading into the skies, obscuring the blue sky with red branches. The scene was beautiful and breathtakingly majestic.