840 Im only a high school studen (1/2)

”Congratulations on the family reunion…” Should he say something like that? The thought flashed through Seiji's mind.

He decided against it. The relationship between the two of them was something only they could understand.

At any rate, Sayaka Tendo's relation to the White Sakura Goddess was now clear. What about Sayaka's relationship with the Catastrophe Goddess?

”She's different from us,” the White Sakura Goddess answered Seiji's question.

”Does this mean that Tendo-san isn't especially connected to the Catastrophe Goddess?”

”That's not it.” The White Sakura Goddess paused for a moment. ”If you could describe me as an existence that obtained from Sayaka, then she is an existence that steals.”

'Steals…' Seiji instantly understood.

”Tendo-san voluntarily created you, while she stole part of Tendo-san's soul to form herself! Is that it?”

”Yes,” White Sakura Goddess confirmed.

”I wasn't the only one whose soul was stolen from,” Sayaka added. ”Everyone else present at the experiment had their souls stolen from. This is why all of us are now tattered soul shards.”

Ah, so that was how it was. This indeed made sense.

Koutarou's theory was that the souls of everyone who died had corrupted the dragon, changing it into the Catastrophe Goddess. However, his theory had been wrong. It wasn't that the white dragon had been corrupted. It was that ths dragon had been an existence that was the amalgamation of sin energy. When this dragon appeared, it started stealing everyone's souls, and combined with this power to become a god, turning into the Catastrophe Goddess!

”If it wasn't for White Sakura Goddess whom Tendo-san created, then the Catastrophe Goddess probably would have stolen away everyone's soul completely… absorbing all these souls.” Seiji looked at Sayaka.

”I agree with this extrapolation.” Sayaka nodded in agreement. ”The sins of the Tendo Family had no divinity of their own. That was why she needed human souls to obtain divinity. However, my struggles gave birth to White Sakura, which prevented the Catastrophe Goddess from absorbing everyone's souls completely. This made her divinity incomplete, or perhaps insufficient. Or, maybe she was injured due to the interference, causing her to go into hibernation right after appearing… Of course, it's also possible that the Tendo Family members who went to clean up the experiment did something that calmed down the Catastrophe Goddess temporarily. However, now she has awoken again, and brought calamity to the city… Perhaps her goal is to absorb more souls and complete or level up her divinity.”

Divinity. The right to be a god. Simply speaking, this was a core concept of being a god. This was something absolutely necessary for a god to be a god, directly related to the god's level and power.

Absorbing human souls for the sake of personal strength… no, not only souls.

”The Catastrophe Goddess doesn't only want souls. She also wants flesh and blood… she wants bodies!” Seiji stated in a heavy tone. ”This time, not only does she want more souls to improve her divinity, she also wants to form her own body so that she can materialize with a physical body and descend into the world!”

Descending in a physical body would be the equivalent of becoming a true god.

This was the Catastrophe Goddess's objective.

”Her awakening is because of the Tendo Family doing something that woke her up… If we could have stopped the Tendo Family before they did this action, would that make the Catastrophe Goddess remain asleep?” Seiji asked this in preparation for potentially loading.

”No,” White Sakura Goddess answered. ”She will definitely awaken, because she wants to awaken.”

”That is to say, even if we had stopped the Tendo Family, she would still awaken sooner or later?”

”That's right.” Sayaka nodded. ”It's impossible to have her remain asleep forever, because she already exists. To think about it more, it's already quite long that she's been asleep for—ten years already. In that case, maybe things aren't what we think they are. It might not be that the Tendo Family wanted to wake up the Catastrophe Goddess. It might be that the Tendo Family was unable to suppress her and keep her in hibernation any longer?”