828 Picked up a priceless treasure! (1/2)

The mist was now everywhere, dense and icy cold.

Seiji was greatly fatigued both physically and mentally as he forced himself to trudge onward.

Although he could previously hear some sounds, he was uncertain if he was heading in the right direction with how the environment was now. He could only numbly continue trudging forward.

And then, he saw a figure standing before him.

This person wore rather tattered samurai garb, and he was also missing his left hand. He seemed to be looking off into the distance.

He was Shigure Tendo.

However, it was also impossible for this person to be Shigure Tendo, for Shigure's consciousness was still in the dream world, reading Seiji's light novel.

”Who are you?” Seiji asked.

The youth slowly turned around. His handsome face had a downcast expression, but there was also a sharp glint in his eyes.

”Harano… why couldn't you have died?” he spoke in an icy tone.

Seiji immediately furrowed his eyebrows.

”If only you had died, there would have been two available bodies, and my master wouldn't have…” The youth stopped speaking halfway through his sentence.

”You're Kungo?” Seiji asked.

The youth—or, more accurately, the existence which took over Shigure's body—didn't reply.

Seiji took this as tacit admittance.

Kungo was now inside Shigure Tendo's body! How had this been accomplished?

Had the ”woman” accomplished this? Where was she right now?

Seiji looked all around, but saw nobody else.

Kungo turned around, and started walking away. It seemed like he was about to leave.

”Wait!” Seiji stopped him. ”That body doesn't belong to you.”

Kungo stopped for a moment.

”No matter who he was in the past, I am now him,” he stated with his back still facing Seiji. Kungo then began to walk away again.

”Stop!” Seiji chased after Kungo, and blocked him with his sword. ”You need to return that body, Kungo!”

Kungo glanced sidelong at Seiji with an icy expression. ”What if I refuse? Are you going to kill me?”

Seiji was rendered speechless.

Of course Seiji couldn't kill Shigure's physical body.

He needed to think of some method to force Kungo out from Shigure's body… but how would he even do that? And if he forcefully tried to do something, what would happen to Shigure's body…

”Get out of my way. If you try to stop me, I'll kill this body completely,” Kungo stated icily. ”Although I might have lost most of my power for the time being, it will still be easy enough for me to kill myself instantly.”

That was how things were now.

Shigure's body that he was now in had basically become a hostage!

Seiji didn't know what to do.

”What do you want to do now that you have this body which doesn't belong to you?”

To be honest, he didn't really want to live anymore without his master. But, since his master wanted him to live, he could only follow the command.

”How do you intend to live?” Seiji slowly put away his sword. ”First of all, do you even know how to leave this place?

Kungo was rendered speechless.

All he could see everywhere was nothing but thick mist. Where was he even supposed to go?

He indeed wanted to leave this place and go to the ”real world” that his master had mentioned. But now that he was asked such a question, Kungo noticed for the first time that he had no idea how to leave here.

”I will keep walking until I find something.”

”It's likely that you'll die before you can find anything here,” Seiji told him in a serious tone.

Right after he said this, he suddenly sensed something.

Kungo sensed the same something simultaneously. Both of them turned around.

Gigantic figures appeared in the mist.

There were Samurai Demons approaching!

Seiji immediately pulled Kungo after him when he saw these powerful spiritual monsters approaching. ”Run!!”

Kungo could also tell that these monsters definitely had hostile intentions. He didn't try to resist when Seiji pulled him along.

Both of them swiftly ran away together. They then saw more spiritual monsters appearing from other directions. A Snake Demon suddenly sprayed a wave of Mana Bullets at them!

Seiji managed to grab Kungo in time to dodge this wave of attacks. He then carried Kungo on his back, and started running at full speed!

At this moment, he suddenly heard someone shouting out to him ”Seiji!”