829 Remnant souls (1/2)

Whoops, it was time to calm down.

Although the Totsuka no Tsurugi was apparently worth 3 billion sakuras, that would only be when it was in pristine condition. This one was obviously only a broken one, so of course it wouldn't be worth the same price.

1.5 billion, then?

That would be foolish to expect. Something broken would be completely different from a complete and usable item. For instance, maybe a famous painting would be worth millions, but even that would become nothing more than worthless scrap paper if it was torn apart.

Perhaps that was why Natsuya remained calmer than everyone else here.

Although she was also the daughter of a rich family, 3 billion sakuras would be a tremendous amount even to her family. If this broken sword still had such value, it was unlikely that she could still remain so calm.

After their astonishment passed, everyone figured this out on their own, and calmed down as well.

Still, they were still somewhat excited.

This sword was still something so precious. Even if its remaining value was still only 1%, that would still be 30 million sakuras, an incredible find!

So, how much would this broken sword be actually worth?

Seiji asked Natsuya this question that everyone was thinking about. She replied, ”I don't know. In its current condition, it's probably only worth the base materials used to craft a new one. I wouldn't know how to calculate its current value.”

Alright, so it turned out that Natsuya didn't know about everything in the spiritual society after all.

”So if this was really left behind due to a failed spell, what type of spell would that be? Why would it be left behind in the Realm of Cherry Blossoms?” Seiji continued asking questions that he considered to be critically important.

”Any spell that requires a Totsuka no Tsurugi will be a major large-scale spell or ritual. It will definitely be extremely important. As for the type of spell, that's hard to say because this spiritual artifact's main effect is simply to support large-scale spells, so it can be used for all sorts of spell formations,” Natsuya explained. ”If I had to guess, the greatest possibility is that it was used for a sealing ritual. That's because the original purpose of the Totsuka no Tsurugi was to eliminate and suppress demons. It was invented for the purpose of dealing with powerful demons.”

”A sealing ritual… Perhaps to seal away the Realm of Cherry Blossoms? Could this be something left behind by Soul Society after a failed sealing attempt?”

That seemed possible.

However, Seiji came up with another possibility that he considered more likely.

Perhaps this spiritual artifact sword didn't actually belong to Soul Society. Maybe it belonged to the Tendo Family instead!

He had obvious evidence to back this up—Shigure Tendo's body!

Perhaps… this was the concrete evidence that the Tendo Family was secretly connected to the Realm of Cherry Blossoms!

When he realized this, he felt that it was time to call his older sister Yui.

...

Capturing the target, Kouran Tendo, didn't go very well. But at least it succeeded in the end.

Next up would be interrogation. However, this wouldn't be done by Yui, so she was able to rest for a while.

At this moment, she received a call from Seiji.

Something flashed in her eyes as she listened to her younger brother's report.

Her younger brother had given her a great ”surprise” once again!

”I'll immediately head over to your current location,” she said instantly, and hung up after Seiji finished his story.

With how Yui didn't say a single extra word and wanted to come over immediately, Seiji realized that he had indeed been immensely lucky.

No, more accurately, Kazuko had been the immensely lucky one.

When considering the value of this broken sword, he would need to reward Kazuko correspondingly.

Seiji glanced at Kazuko for a while before he finally picked up the broken sword for the first time to check it out.

He suddenly received a system notification as words appeared before him...

[You have obtained a mystical item that contains Inner World Essence. You may use some points to absorb the Inner World Essence. Would you like to absorb Inner World Essence?]

Inner World Essence?

Seiji's gaze sharpened as he read this sudden unexpected notification.

What on earth was this new term?