813 A warrior who obtained the power of the Evil White Sakura Goddess? (1/2)

”…Will this be dangerous for your younger brother?”

”Of course it will be, but it should be fine. And even if something happens… aren't younger brothers supposed to be used just like this?”

Yui fell silent as she felt like she sensed sharp sarcasm in Raizen's question aimed directly at her.

Raizen looked directly at her while laughing under his minotaur mask.

”I'm not making fun of you. In fact, it's the opposite. I think that you're not taking enough advantage of that little brat. You're still too kind. Protecting your younger brother like this is no different from spoiling him too much. It won't be good for either you or him. Not only that, there's also your younger sister. Just how long do you intend to allow her to continue being a useless NEET? You don't really think that allowing things to continue as they are… will be fine, do you?”

”My family affairs are none of your business,” Yui replied icily.

”I'm just reminding you for your own good. We are companions with the same cause, isn't that right?” Raizen spoke in a light tone.

Yui remained silent.

”Let's just get to the main point already. Say what assistance you require.” Meisei Sorin wanted to get back on topic.

..............

The next morning was dark and cloudy, making people's mood unhappy with the weather. Everyone went about yet another seemingly normal day under this cloudy sky.

Seiji told all his friends to tell their friends and relatives to leave the city before tonight if at all possible. He said that he just received bad news yesterday night that something terrible might happen tonight.

If the Destruction Timeline ending occurred yet again, with countless people in the city dying because of the Sakura Catastrophe Goddess's arrival, Seiji would definitely load again. However, this didn't mean that he wasn't going to do nothing to warn others.

Seiji had his landlord Nozomi Uehara leave the city together with Reo. He also convinced Chiaki's father Shingo Wakaba and Editor Yoshizawa to leave the city as well, traveling together with Nozomi.

Originally, Reo's uncle Shouhei Hirai should have also left together in the same group. However, something unexpected happened—in a good way.

Shouhei had already left the hospital. He had already taken a long time off from work due to staying in the hospital for so long. He had to work his very hardest in order to get back in good graces with his company. That was when he met a woman at work whom he got along really well with. He was hopeful that things could develop between them romantically.

Taking even more time off work would be no small matter for Shouhei, since he had just returned recently. He was quite hesitant to do so despite how serious Seiji made the matter sound. However, Shouhei finally decided to work up the courage to explain the situation to the woman he liked. She seemed to believe him and was willing to take some company vacation time off to leave the city together with him!

So, Shouhei went on a ”vacation” together with that woman. They were basically an official couple now. It seemed likely that they would be doing adult things together, which was why it was inconvenient for Shouhei to travel together with his niece.

It was fairly simple to convince Nozomi and Shingo to leave the city as they both previously already knew about spiritual abilities because of Seiji. It was more troublesome to convince everyone else's friends and family as they didn't know about spiritual abilities. Still, if things really became dangerous, Seiji felt that there was no need to hide the spiritual abilities and that his friends could all just display their own powers.

That afternoon, Seiji and his friends all gathered at Natsuya's mansion.

Seiji asked everyone how successful they were at convincing their friends and family to leave. He learned that almost everyone was successful in the end, so that was one small burden off his mind.

He then began the party that he had promised everyone for passing the White Sakura Goddess's trial.

”Cheers for us passing the god's trial!”

”Cheers!”

Just like the party that he hosted during the Destruction Timeline, everyone ate together and chatted. However, the atmosphere this time was rather subdued.

This was unavoidable.

Back during the Destruction Timeline, nobody knew that such a calamity would befall the city, which was why everyone had great fun at the party. But this time, Seiji told everyone the ”information” he received that great danger might befall the city tonight, and even had everyone evacuate their friends and family. This made everyone highly tense about what might happen tonight.

Although everyone was tense, they were all socially apt enough not to talk about anything so serious. Everyone only talked about casual topics during the party.

Chiaki then stood up and was about to begin her same performance from the Destruction Timeline. However, she suddenly paused in her movements as she went into a daze.

”What's the matter, Chiaki?” Mika was the first to notice that something was off with her best friend. Seiji and the others also immediately noticed.

Chiaki soon returned to her senses.

”Seiji… the White Sakura Goddess is in danger!”