Little Koga, Transform for Me! Just Like the Invitation at Arakawa Village, Daruma Is Coming-and the Demon Guiding Society Suddenly Appears

The strings of the heart?

Uesugi Tetsu held his breath and focused his attention inward.

After quite some time, he really did discover a brand-new string of the heart that had suddenly appeared beside the thick one belonging to Two-Shaku-Sama!

But generally speaking, weren't strings of the heart connections that existed only between a Shikigami and its master?

Uesugi Tetsu rubbed his chin as he examined Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was circling around in front of him.

He calmed his mind again and touched the threadlike, faintly drifting string of the heart with his thoughts. He could even vaguely hear a sound coming from it.

But he couldn't make it out at all.

All he could tell was that it was a buzzing, vibrating sound. Yet it seemed to contain some sort of rhythm or pattern.

Uesugi Tetsu seemed to understand.

—This string of the heart should be an incidental product of Little Koga reaching spiritual perfection—or, more precisely, of the new effect, "Spirit," appearing.

And the effect of "Spirit" should be that it had given Kaga Kiyomitsu a more independent and complete intelligence.

—Before this, Kaga Kiyomitsu could only emit buzzing or vibrations of varying strength. Now, however, it could fly into the air on its own and was even trying to communicate with its master through the string of the heart.

If he could hear it a little more clearly, perhaps he really could speak with Kaga Kiyomitsu.

Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts stalled at that point, and he shifted his gaze to another panel.

—[Imperial Spirit Technique].

Right. His original purpose in learning the Imperial Spirit Technique had been to communicate with the spirit-infused object, "Nanjō Doll."

Since communication between a person and an object had been possible then, there was no reason it shouldn't work now!

With that thought,