"Your clues are extremely helpful and always help us interpret their meanings, allowing us not to pave the wrong path. The reason why I brought this topic is because I am simply amazed by your deduction skill.
Narukami, I want to hear your theory on who it is. I will pay. Then again, if a rank two sorcerer could figure it out. The powerhouses might as well disband themselves."
Nah, I'd rather appreciate it if they self-destruct, Narukami didn't quite agree with them simply disbanding like a band. Self destruction has its charm and was way exciting to see! Now he had the urge to make that happen.
"I'm sorry, Egasa- Hirohito-sama. I still want to live for another fifty years." In the middle of his sentence, to make things less confusing. Narukami called Hirohito by his first name as Higuchi possessed the same family name.
With that, Hirohito walked away. He didn't have anything to say as he understood that Narukami was a man that valued his life.
Furthermore, I gained more clues toward my memories before I got reincarnated for the first time and problems regarding Asahi and Ryu had to be solved too.
Moreover, I have that agreement 'Her' and have to do it everyday,
Otherwise those who know my existence will perish, better not to mess with high existence again, sigh.
I'm a busy man…
Series of thoughts raced through Narukami.
He recalled the scene where he met with that existence. His age at that moment was eight. Even though it happened more than nine years ago, his strong memories kept the contents intact, it is quite fresh in his mind as though it happened yesterday.
The moment where he met 'Her' in his dream.
It is a different deity from the one who reincarnated Narukami. That deity is on a whole different level, the strongest god of all time. "He" has no other self even in different realities, "He" only one.
The deity Narukami met was the strongest in this country, the most worshipped god. "Her" believers was more than millions of people. "She" was called Amaterasu.
In that dream, "She" warned Narukami to not do anything reckless upon "Her" land as "She" noticed that Narukami was a soul of a god in another world, making him a potential threat.
So as to eliminate this threat, "She" directly invaded his dream and made an agreement with Narukami.
Just because Narukami became a lot weaker, "She" didn't dare to lower her guard and underestimate him, for the fact Narukami's soul had the faint aura of the strongest god of all time!
"She" quickly understood that Narukami was reincarnated by "Him". Amaterasu didn't dare to put malicious attention to such a soul which interested "Him".
In his dream.
In that hazy, white world, Narukami could live on "Her" land as long as he agreed to the agreement "She" had.
"She" is still cautious of me despite seven years passed. And again, such years are considered seconds to "Her". It might take a hundred years to earn "Her" trust. After recalling the contents of that dream, he looked at Higuchi who sat on a long, wooden bench with a worried look.
Before they arrived on this bench, Narukami recalled his encounter with "Her" and before he realized it, they arrived and Higuchi take a seat.
There was a vending machine next to her right and Narukami stood in front of it. Let out a white light as it illuminated the stone path.
He then got himself a warm coffee from it as he asked, "you want some? My treat."
Higuchi didn't answer but that didn't stop Narukami from buying another drink.
Clang clang.
Two drink cans fell from the vending machine and Narukami slightly crouched down as he reached his hand towards the pick up box.
After he grabbed them, he felt the warm sensation of the cans transmitted to his brain.
Giving one to her, she accepted it with hesitation.
"What's your relationship with my brother?"
"Only an ordinary one, we didn't get very well so you don't have to worry about me snitching him from you." Narukami joked with his straight face and found it weird.
I really wish that golden brooch didn't steal my facial expressions as a compensation for using it.
"... Are you interested in him? I don't care." After momentary shock and said that, she opened the can and gulped its content.
"We participated in the Mabashi Shrine accident, it is an accident involving the awakening of an evil, ancient creature. Powerful organizations band together to kill it." Narukami act like nothing happened.
Higuchi never heard such a thing before despite he was always in the city.
Just how powerful those organizations were to keep the city safe from a powerful creature without revealing its existence? She silently pondered as her brows frowned.
At the same time, Higuchi was in awe and could imagine those powerful organizations were powerhouses in the sorcery world! They perhaps could change the tide of the world!
But, she can't be sure as she often heard from her grandpa that governments act like they didn't see anything and would capture sorcerers who claim themself to be working under those organizations.
"How many died?"
"Less than two hundred sorcerers, their sacrifices will not be forgotten by their friends," he said solemnly.
The Sorcerer's corpse had to be burned to ashes and their corpse must not come into contact with air for more than five hours or it turned into a hideous monster similar to Anomaly.
"Why does the government ignore the existence of Anomalies? The number of missing persons in this city increased, and the public began doubting the police credibility."
Narukami took a sip of the warm coffee to slightly warm his body. It soon spread from his stomach.
"Probably in a few years they can't hide it, months if not. The appearance of an ancient creature motivates many believers of dark cults to try to summon the deity they believed in to bring peace to this world. Heh, peace for them is madness in our eyes.
Our enemies aren't Anomalies alone. Humans with twisted goals, evil deities waiting for a perfect chance to strike, dangerous cults sprouting like mushrooms and the worst among them is to watch these events to occur and you can't stop them.
Once removed, there will be another to replace them. Higuchi, why do you want to become a sorcerer?" Narukami asked as he gulped down the last liquid in the can. He had to slightly tilt his head to the back, facing himself to the sky.