The total amount of souls remained unchanged, and souls wandering outside the cycle of reincarnation were called "drifters."
Drifters were divided into two parts: souls and memories.
The part containing only soul energy was called—Kihon.
The collective entity possessing all memories was instinctively pursued by the Kihon. The sum of those memory fragments was called—a Memory Bead.
A Memory Bead contained the memories of all Kihon. It had no memories of its own—or rather, after absorbing so many memories, the Memory Bead itself had become an independent individual.
And now, the Memory Bead formed from these Kihon memories had acquired a name of its own—Senna.
Asano Kiyoshi's gaze froze when he saw the purple-haired girl who had somehow appeared among the Shinigami ranks.
After he shouted for everyone to retreat, the girl clearly froze for a moment. Just as she was about to withdraw with the others, Asano Kiyoshi had already appeared before her.
Before Senna could say anything, she found herself hoisted up, and in the next instant, she was directly transported into the heart of the Kihon horde.
Upon seeing the Memory Bead right before them, the Kihon all descended into a frenzied pursuit.
They disregarded the companions before them, disregarded those beneath their feet who were about to burst apart. Devoid of any memories, they were simply incapable of thinking. The only thing they craved, the only thing they desired, was the memory that belonged to them!
Only by obtaining that memory could they become complete souls again, enter reincarnation once more, and escape this endless wandering.
Thus, the Kihon nearly madly crushed together. Several were shoved and squeezed by their own companions, their bodies directly trampled into explosions—yes, literal explosions.
And the exploded Kihon dragged along the companions who had trampled them, joining together in this