804 My bro Haruta, youre truly a demon (1/2)

Convincing Kamitani was easier than Seiji had expected.

Kamitani had a ”misunderstanding” about Seiji being special. Seiji intended to use this to convince him to help out, even though there was no guarantee that Kamitani would agree.

Seiji had already mentally prepared himself to save and load this conversation many times if necessary. Luckily, he succeeded on the first try. So, what Seiji said next was...

”I want to personally meet the person who's leading the attack against Soul Society.”

Kamitani fell silent for a moment.

”That will be rather difficult… must you meet him in person? It will be much easier for me to put you in contact with him if it's only by phone.”

”I must meet him in person.”

”Why?” Kamitani asked.

'Because Voidfire will only believe me if he meets me in person,' Seiji thought to himself.

Of course, he wasn't going to say that to Kamitani.

”It will be easier to talk face to face. You don't need to worry about anything else. Just help me arrange a meeting with him.”

”You've truly given me a nice task, my bro Haruta.” Kamitani chuckled. ”This exactly happens to be something that I can help you with that barely won't cross the line… Heh heh, I really want to know just how much of everything is within your calculations.”

”I'd also love to know how much of everything is within your calculations,” Seiji responded in a copycat manner. ”I'm willing to tell you everything I'm planning right now. In exchange, you tell me everything that you're planning. How about it?”

”An interesting suggestion, but it will actually become boring if we do this.”

”If you think it's boring, then shut up and go to work!”

”Don't be so violent. I'll do it properly for you. I just need some time to put you in contact with him.”

”Do it for me within three hours.”

”That will be a little tough…”

”Let's go with one hour then.”

”That's even harder! My bro Haruta, you're truly a demon.”

”I can't compare to you,” Seiji stated icily. ”Stop wasting time and go to work already. No tricks allowed, Kamitani-kun!”

Seiji then immediately hung up on him.

If at all possible, Seiji would instantly kill Kamitani for the sake of world peace. But, it was difficult for him to accomplish that right now, so he might as well make use of Kamitani instead.

As long as Seiji could achieve his objective, he was even willing to make use of enemies.

Although Seiji had offered Kamitani his friendship, there were many types of friendship. His ”friendship” with Kamitani would obviously be different from his friendship with all his companions.

Both Seiji and Kamitani naturally knew this without needing to say it.

Seiji then slowly put down his cell phone and heaved a sigh as he looked at the ceiling.

......…

This was a rather subtle sensation. She was unable to discern just what exactly about him had changed. Yet, it didn't feel like just a mistaken impression.

So, she directly asked him about it.

Seiji paused in surprise when he heard her asking about this. He laughed and said that he was fine.

Shika didn't pry when she saw his smile. However, she learned from him that he would be going to meet an important person later tonight rather than going to sleep. Shika insisted on accompanying him.

”No need for that. It won't be dangerous.” Seiji tried to convince her to go to sleep instead.

”Then why won't you tell me whom you're meeting?” Shika countered with this question.

Seiji fell silent for a moment.

”Alright, I admit it. It might be slightly dangerous. Still, it will probably be alright. There's no need to worry.” Seiji sighed.

Shika silently looked at him.

Seiji wanted to try and convince her some more. However, he was unable to say anything when faced with her expression.

After he loaded back into the past, all other experiences for other people were basically erased, including when he ”acted spoiled” to Shika.

That was a very important memory for him, but Shika no longer ”remembered” it. This was unavoidable and gave Seiji a feeling of loneliness.

Seiji didn't intend on reenacting that scene, because for him, his ”acting spoiled” memory had happened already. It would be impossible for him to behave and feel the exact same way again… if he really did the same thing in this timeline, it would mean that he hadn't matured at all.

This was the loneliness of a time traveler that he knew he had to accept.

However, even though he accepted it, that didn't mean he could hide it completely. He knew that he must have unknowingly revealed his loneliness in his expression, which must have caught Shika's attention.

Both adopted siblings remained silent for a while before Seiji finally spoke up again. ”There's an eighty percent chance that nothing will happen during my meeting with that person. But, things will be different if I take someone else with me. It will become more dangerous.”