816 Should I give you something interesting? (1/2)

Inside the Realm of Cherry Blossoms.

Yui Haruta looked at Raizen Tendo's back. She wanted to say something, but didn't know what she should say.

Consolations or apologies would both be useless here.

On the surface, Raizen had an expression as if he didn't care what happened to his younger brother Shigure. However, Yui could tell that he actually really cared about Shigure. The evidence was how well prepared Raizen was for investigating the Tendo Family's Dragon Vein. Even though this was all prepared on such a short notice, Raizen had spent a great deal of effort on the preparations to lower the risk as much as possible.

Yet, something unexpected still ended up happening.

A Dimensional Eye suddenly appeared and sucked Shigure Tendo into an Inner World. He vanished completely, without Raizen and Yui knowing if he was dead or still alive!

Even though they were clearly investigating the Tendo Family's Dragon Vein, a Dimensional Eye connected to the Realm of Cherry Blossoms had appeared. This already proved that there was something wrong with the Tendo Family. However, the cost of finding out might have been Shigure Tendo's life.

Maybe Shigure was still alive… however, his odds of survival would be immensely low as he was teleported somewhere deep inside the Realm of Cherry Blossoms.

Yui was unable to see Raizen's expression right now. Nor did she want to.

As silence permeated all around them, the sound of footsteps approached.

Meisei Sorin walked over.

”I truly apologize about what happened to Shigure Tendo,” he spoke in a light tone that didn't sound even one bit apologetic. ”Thanks to his sacrifice, we can now confirm that the Tendo Family's Dragon Vein is secretly connected to the Realm of Cherry Blossoms. And, the catalyst for this connection is highly likely to be the Yasakani no Magatama. Now, what we need to do next is unravel the secrets contained within… Since time is of the essence, the ends will have to justify the means.”

”What do you intend to do?” Yui looked at Meisei.

”Kouran Tendo,” Meisei Sorin stated, giving a single name in a heavy tone.

Yui understood what Meisei intended to do from his expression and tone of voice. She furrowed her eyebrows.

”Are you certain?”

”I'm certain. Although targeting Kouran Tendo will be rather troublesome, that's no longer an issue with how serious the problem has become. The important thing right now is to take care of the problem.” Meisei looked over at Raizen who was currently standing completely still. ”I'll have to trouble you again for this, Raizen Tendo.”

”Shut up!!” Raizen shouted at the top of his lungs.

The scene fell completely silent.

*Boom!!* A streak of purple lightning instantly struck Meisei Sorin.

Meisei's figure was devoured and shattered by the purple lightning. However, he instantly reappeared at another location with no signs of apparent injury.

”If you want to regret, or if you want to vent, there's plenty of time for you to do that after all of this is resolved. Now's not the time.”

”That's enough! Sorin-san, please stop talking for a while.” Yui was unable to watch this anymore as she intervened.

Yui then turned towards Raizen.

”Tendo-kun, I also truly am sorry about what happened to your younger brother… But Sorin-san is also correct. The most important thing right now is to find out the truth. Otherwise, something absolutely catastrophic could happen… and it won't do right by Shigure Tendo.”

Raizen didn't say a single word.

He silently took out a black spiritual artifact that released a red light. He tossed this artifact onto the ground, where it created a bright red circular swirl. Raizen stepped on this red circle which teleported him back to the real world.

Meisei Sorin also left the Realm of Cherry Blossoms after Raizen.

Yui was the last to leave.

Right when she returned to the real world, her cell phone began to ring.

...…..

Shigure Tendo had no idea what had happened to himself.

All he knew was that he had been on his way to visit the Yanagi Samurai Family and suddenly ambushed. He didn't know who had attacked him, because he had been knocked unconscious without getting the chance to resist.