mtl008 Chapter 797 - 797
Chapter 797 - 797
Kojou Akatsuki felt deeply hurt. As expected, he was just picked up off the streets—his treatment was far worse than Nagisa, the biological child."Then how do we save Nagisa?"
Kojou grumbled in a muffled, sulky voice.
"To save Nagisa, Aogami Lora is the key!""
Kojou Akatsuki's expression turned extremely serious.
"When we were at the ruins on Gozo Island, the Fourth True Ancestor had no reason to save you. Essentially, Nagisa forcibly mobilized the Fourth True Ancestor's power to rescue you. That's why Nagisa became so frail and sickly."
Forcing the Fourth True Ancestor's power wasn't something Nagisa could accomplish effortlessly.
Although she ultimately succeeded, it left severe hidden consequences.
"After that incident, Nagisa appeared to lose her shrine maiden powers, right? But that's not the truth. She has actually been in a constant state of spiritual channeling. Her power as a spiritual medium has been maximized every single moment without a second of rest. Because of this, Nagisa's physical strength rapidly diminished, creating the illusion that she lost her shrine maiden abilities..."
That was the price paid for saving Kojou Akatsuki.
The further fusion with the Fourth True Ancestor's soul meant Nagisa Akatsuki and the Fourth True Ancestor remained perpetually connected through spiritual channeling. Two souls inhabiting one body—this was the real reason Nagisa Akatsuki became a frequent visitor to hospitals.
Kojou remained silent, secretly clenching his fists.
"...Did you all know about this all along?"
"Yes, both Mimori and I knew. I've been traveling abroad these past two years specifically to find a way to save Nagisa."
Kojou Akatsuki admitted straightforwardly.
In reality, only Kojou Akatsuki and Nagisa Akatsuki lost their memories of the Gozo Island ruins incident. Kojou Akatsuki and Mimori Akatsuki had always been aware and had been working tirelessly to save Nagisa.
"Wahh... Curse me... Attribute the original sin to me!Aogami Lola wept uncontrollably nearby.
"No, it's not your fault either. Why are you apologizing..."
Kojou rolled his eyes helplessly.
His mind was already overwhelmed with information bombardment and exhausted enough—she really didn't need to add to the chaos.
"Is the spirit Nagisa is channeling really the Twelfth?Eiji observed the continuously sobbing, occasionally hiccuping Aogami Rora with growing suspicion.
"Oh?"
Kojou Akatsuki shot him a surprised look, seemingly not expecting him to notice this detail.
"From what I can see, the Twelfth... Aogami Lola shows no signs of a missing soul. Conversely, if Nagisa has been constantly channeling Aogami Rora, then Aogami Rora's soul should be residing within Nagisa. In that case, who is this Aogami Lora standing before us?"
Eiji laid out his reasoning.
He didn't possess spirit vision capabilities.
That was the privilege of those who cultivated spiritual power—psychics and shrine maidens.
Spiritual power and magical energy were completely opposing forces, belonging to two independent systems that couldn't be practiced simultaneously.
But after becoming a demon, Eiji had grown inexplicably sensitive to matters of the soul, perhaps because his own soul had broken free from fate's shackles.
"The Aogami Rora before us is the genuine Twelfth.""
"In that case—"
"Nagisa is channeling the Fourth True Ancestor."
Before Eiji could press further, Kojou Yukina had already given the answer.
As an archaeologist who frequently wandered through various ruins, he had long since investigated and uncovered all the answers.
Eiji narrowed his eyes.
Kojou Yukina's explanation made it seem as though he was treating the Twelfth and the Fourth True Ancestor as separate entities.
In theory, the twelve vessels were twelve beast spirits that had taken on human forms. The personalities they exhibited were the traits of the beast spirits, and these twelve beast spirits were part of the Fourth True Ancestor.
Eiji had originally assumed that merging the twelve vessels would result in the Fourth True Ancestor.
But now, it seemed that wasn't the case.
The Fourth True Ancestor appeared to be an existence separate from the twelve vessels.
Combining this with the differences between vessels like the Twelfth and the Ninth, the answer became clear.
"So, the Twelfth is the vessel for the Fourth True Ancestor?" Eiji mused thoughtfully.
He had always felt there was something unusual about Nagisa, but he never imagined it was for this reason.
"You know quite a bit," Kojou Yukina said, giving him a deep look, his gaze tinged with a hint of barely concealed wariness.
"What are you two talking about?" Kojou Akatsuki looked at them in confusion, his face scrunched up like a crumpled cloth as he tried to make sense of their conversation, unable to grasp how they had arrived at the same conclusion.
"Anyway, Akatsuki, you just need to understand one thing," Kojou Yukina said lazily, raising a finger. "To save Nagisa, all you need to do is return the soul residing in her body to its original place!"
"I can understand that..." Kojou Akatsuki breathed a sigh of relief.
Nagisa had always been weak and sickly because she was in a state of spiritual resonance with a soul that didn't belong to her. If that soul could be separated and returned to its own vessel, breaking the resonance between them, Nagisa would return to normal.
"So, that's why you wanted to wake up Achronora?" Kojou Akatsuki suddenly understood what his annoying father and Eiji had been discussing.
The soul residing in Nagisa originally belonged to Achronora.
So, Achronora originally contained two souls: her own and the one from Nagisa.
Thus, Achronora was the "vessel"—the vessel containing the Fourth True Ancestor!
The soul residing in Nagisa was the Fourth True Ancestor!
Back in the ruins, Nagisa hadn't resonated with the Twelfth but with the true "Primordial Fourth True Ancestor's" soul!
"Thinking about it, Veldiana's act of breaking the ice coffin sealing Achronora was incredibly timely!" Eiji said with a smile.
"Hahaha, wasn't Mr. Nanjo's appearance also very timely?" Kojou Yukina forced a dry laugh.
"Hehe, actually, wasn't Mr. Kojou's appearance also very timely?" Eiji retorted with a smirk.
Old fox!
Little fox!
Both silently cursed each other in their hearts.
Kojou Akatsuki rolled his eyes in exasperation.
Even he realized how many people had been watching Veldiana—presumably the female assassin's name—at the very least, his annoying father and Eiji had been keeping an eye on her from the start.
Thinking about it carefully, even Mimori Akatsuki might have been involved. It was strange that she had left her work ID in Nagisa's room—didn't she need it herself?
That woman was truly pitiful.
"Hmm?"
Eiji suddenly raised his brows.
"Oh dear, it seems the pursuers have caught up?"
Kyougashira seemed to have noticed the abnormality as well, sighing as if troubled.
"How about you go deal with them, Nangong-kun?"
"Sure, but if I make a move, it might turn into a bloodbath. If the security forces get involved, your identity as a stowaway will be exposed in an instant!"
Eiji chuckled nonchalantly.