812 The Tendo Familys Dragon Vein (2/2)
The major families were all capable of doing anything at all for the sake of preserving their foundational strength! All three people present in this room understood this facet of spiritual society quite well.
The minotaur mask boy's information about this Tendo Family secret was quite important, but the most important thing right now was still the Yasakani no Magatama jewel artifact.
”Do you believe that the village's destruction was related to the attempt at stealing the artifact?” the black-clad man inquired.
”I believe that they're connected, but I can't find any concrete evidence,” the minotaur mask boy answered.
”If they really are connected, then the Yasakani no Magatama attempted theft incident was in no way as simple as it appeared on the surface. In that case… the destruction of that village might reenact itself in a similar fashion in the current day, and cause the situation to go out of control,” the black-clad man extrapolated.
Yui recalled what Seiji told her and felt a chill down her spine. An unimaginable destruction—was this what he had foreseen?
”These are nothing but inferences,” the minotaur mask boy commented.
”However, they're highly likely to be correct because we're now certain that there's a problem with the Yasakani no Magatama,” said the black-clad man as a dark look appeared in his eyes. ”We can't find anything wrong with the artifact itself, but there's something else we can investigate—the Tendo Family's Dragon Vein!”
”…What do you intend to do?” the minotaur mask boy looked at him.
”I should be the one asking you what you can do, Raizen Tendo.” The black-clad man looked at the minotaur boy and called him by his real name.
Raizen Tendo was the name of Shigure Tendo's older brother—the genius of the Tendo Family who should have been dead already! Not only that, Yui was the one who ”killed” him during a duel!
”Don't call me by that name,” the minotaur mask boy, or Raizen Tendo, spoke in a heavy tone.
”No matter how much you resist it, your true name is still your true name,” the black-clad man stated lightly. ”It represents your background and personal history. It's your foundation for everything that you are. However, your true name can't determine what type of person you are, what you can do, or what you want to do.
”I don't care what attitude you have towards the Tendo Family. Right now, I need you, and Soul Society needs you. You're needed to investigate the problem with the Tendo Family's Dragon Vein in order to prevent a likely catastrophe from happening!”
”What if I refuse?” Raizen took a rebellious tone against the black-clad man's authoritative attitude.
”You can't refuse,” the black-clad man spoke coldly as his aura grew even more powerful, to the point where it was almost physical.
White lights began to appear around him, appearing ethereal yet also containing great danger.
*Clap!*
Yui forcefully clapped her hands.
The white lights suddenly disappeared. The energy level in the room lowered.
Raizen and the black-clad man both turned to face her instead of facing off against each other.
”Don't be like this, Sorin-san.” She calmly tried to defuse the situation. ”You, me, and Tendo-kun… we're all companions with the same cause.”
”Hmph…” Raizen Tendo harrumphed slightly, but stopped giving off such a defiant attitude.
The black-clad man also stopped giving off such an authoritative aura.
After a period of silence, Raizen looked back at the black-clad man.
”I can try my best to investigate the Dragon Vein. However, I need assistance, and you owe me for this, Meisei Sorin.”
”Alright. But, you need to hurry.” The black-clad man, whose name was Meisei Sorin, agreed. ”We don't have much time left.”
”What do you intend to do?” Yui asked Raizen.
”The easiest way to investigate the Dragon Vein is to investigate a member or disciple of the Tendo Family who recently had tremendous changes to their spiritual abilities,” Raizen explained. ”There's an extremely appropriate candidate that I'm highly familiar with.”
”Who?” Yui could faintly guess already.