NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System
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chapter-642
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu
Later that night, Seiji was contacted by Hana .
"Those daggers are a spiritual weapon crafted by the Messengers organization . The people you met are from that faction," the cat-eared hat girl reported to him . "The Messengers organization is actually a new faction that split off from Soul World . The Messengers were created by some former members of Soul World that believe in using any means necessary to achieve what they desire . "
That was a lot of information to take in at once!
"…Did Sister Yui give you this information?" Seiji inquired ."That's right, Sister Yui told it to me . She's a member of Soul World," Hana quietly stated something that should have been an incredible secret .
"Since she's let you know about her identity, that probably means it doesn't need to be a secret anymore . "
"Yep, since it's no longer considered to be a crime to be a member of Soul World . "
"Will she join Soul Society later on as one of their higher-ups?"
"I don't know, but I think it's highly possible . "
They both fell silent for a moment .
"So the Messengers are an evil organization that split off from Soul World, and Soul Society is the organization of justice that opposes them…?" Seiji folded his arms ."I think that a more appropriate analogy would be to call them factions of chaos and order . " Hana also folded her arms .
"I suppose you're right… so the next classical development will be the battle between chaos and order?"
"That depends on what the Messengers' goal is . "
"Sister Yui doesn't know their overall goal?"
"She didn't say anything about that . She only said that the creator of the Messengers was someone who would stoop to any means . "
Stoop to any means? This typically meant that one wouldn't care about any collateral damage or harm caused to others . No matter what this organization wanted to achieve, being willing to "use any means" was already the best evidence that they were relatively dangerous .
It was truly unfortunate that Seiji had created a grudge with such a faction… but perhaps it was something bound to occur .
"What about anything else? Is there anything special about those daggers?"
"They're a weapon that's specially created for the Awakened . These daggers are capable of absorbing and storing the energy from defeated spiritual monsters and transmitting it to the holder . However, it should be noted that the transference mechanism is under remote control . Someone else is capable of controlling the mechanism and adjusting the energy output . "
"So, you're saying that this weapon's energy output can be controlled by someone else?"
"That's right . This design allows someone else to control the weapon's holder . Someone else with the control mechanism can self-destruct the weapon with a single press of a button . Or, it's possible to instantly have the weapon start transmitting energy at maximum level, without any regard to the weapon holder's will or well-being . "
Seiji recalled the scene from before when he heard this .
Those three individuals who attacked him had all seemed to be rather abnormal . Perhaps they hadn't attacked him out of their own will . Perhaps it was due to that person behind them…
Seiji felt that it was a pity he didn't manage to stop that Spiritual Ability user and the last Awakened there .
Seiji felt pity for the three people under the Messenger organization's control . He now also concretely had a better idea of what the Messengers were really like .
"Is there any more information?"
"That's all about the daggers . Next would be regarding your friend Hoshi Amami's combat uniform . " Hana paused for a moment . "The damage to his uniform is highly likely to have been caused by spiritual weapons . "
"…Are you talking about all of the damage?" Seiji now had a serious expression .
"Yep, 100% . "
They both fell silent yet again .
Hoshi had stayed behind in that realm by himself for more than three hours . All the various types of damage done to his clothing had been from spiritual weapons… Did Hoshi go fight a battle against an army of Spiritual Ability users!?
Just how many people were there? What faction were they from? What was the result? Those were all important questions .
Yet, the main character of the incident in question had lost his memories!
It would have been fine if Hoshi had only been fighting against spiritual creatures . Yet losing his memories after fighting against humans? That was no laughing matter at all .
"We need to think of some method to help Hoshi recover his memories . Otherwise, we won't even know what trouble he's gotten into . " Seiji sighed .
"Perhaps he met another group from the Messengers and had a huge fight against them . " Hana took a random guess .
"…That's possible, but we'll only know for certain once he remembers . "
Well, it would be slightly better if Hoshi had fought against another group of Messengers, since Seiji and his friends had killed three of them already . It wouldn't change much more if they antagonized the Messengers again… the important part was if Hoshi's identity was exposed or not! Did they see his face!?
The Messengers organization was a split-off faction from Soul World that trended towards chaos . Becoming enemies with them would be no laughing matter . If Hoshi's identity was exposed, that would be incredibly dangerous!
'Maybe I should load back in time . ' Seiji suddenly had such a thought .
But, he then sighed after recalling what Hoshi had said back then .
'Let's try to have my idiot junior recover his memories first before deciding what to do . '
Hoshi was sitting down under a tree, observing beautiful flowers while watching tiny butterflies dance among the flowers .
A light breeze blew past which slightly shook the flowers . There was a sweet aroma and bright red leaves were falling… This scene and atmosphere were so beautiful as to be addictive .
An ethereal song sounded . When Hoshi looked to find the source, he noticed that the golden-haired girl was already standing next to him since an unknown time .
Hoshi silently looked at her and listened to her song . He felt as if his very soul was being cleansed . He had no idle thoughts whatsoever, and his heart was completely calm .
At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded .
Hoshi turned around and saw a squadron of people in various types of clothing . They were all holding blood-red weapons or guns .
All of them had black, gray, or red misty auras around them which gave Hoshi an ominous impression . He felt that they didn't belong in such a beautiful location at all .
The golden-haired girl also looked at this squadron and stopped her singing .
These people then did something that caused a dense gray mist to arrive . The air speedily became chilly .
The flowers started losing their color as they wilted in large patches . All the butterflies dropped on the ground and turned into dust .
Even the tall red-leafed tree was speedily losing its life force at a visible rate . Its bark dimmed in color as its leaves kept dropping… it finally became rather ugly and scary with how dried out it appeared .
This squadron of people then left this area .
They destroyed the beauty and calmness of this location and then left just like that .
A feeling of anger arose within Hoshi's heart .
He looked at the golden-haired girl . Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, he could sense her sadness .
Hoshi then witnessed this scene repeating itself countless times .
At first, the golden-haired girl didn't do anything at all . But as her sadness increased, she started hiding her garden's presence .
Yet, those people still kept finding and destroying her garden . Evidently, they had a method of locating her garden .
After that, she was forced to start fighting off those people .
But even if she chased them away, they would soon return with even more and stronger companions!
The golden-haired girl was having a bitter and difficult time fighting against those people .
All she wanted was to maintain her garden . Yet, those people always brought along destruction and turned the entire world to grayness .
Hoshi's anger reached its peak after witnessing all of this .
Just chasing those people away would be insufficient . They needed to be killed!
Only by killing them would they never return .
As if she sensed his anger, the golden-haired girl looked at him and slowly reached out with her tiny hand .
Hoshi stretched out his hand and lightly held her hand in his .
Her hand was cool, soft, and smooth… a subtly wondrous sensation .
But, that wasn't the important part . The important part was that this was the first time that he was finally able to touch her .
Hoshi tightly gripped her hand, transmitting his own will .
'I will help you .
'I will protect your garden, your home! I shall make those people that bring destruction pay a fitting price!!'
The girl sensed his feelings . Her mouth arced upwards slightly as she smiled movingly .
She then spoke one sentence .
Hoshi didn't recognize the language she spoke in . Yet, he was mystically able to understand the meaning . . .
"Thank you, my dear knight . "