Calm Down? You're Telling Me to Calm Down Now?! Tell Me Everything, Then Let Me Change It All!

Late at night, Okabe Motonobu's question, though spoken in a quiet voice, carried a long way.

At least, everyone present—every Shikigami and every blade—heard it clearly.

Ririko recalled [Imagawa Yoshimoto], whom she had just seen in the encyclopedia, then looked at Uesugi Tetsu's expression and fell into thought.

Karuta in the back was slightly startled. She rubbed the cover of the Black-Skinned Book with her finger, hesitating over whether to record this as usual.

Koga, seeing again the big sister who liked to touch her all over, was somewhat confused.

The last time they had met, she had thought that although Okabe Motonobu liked to get handsy with her, she was, overall, a warm and very kind big sister.

She had even worked with her before, catching monsters and demons!

But now, in Kaga Kiyomitsu's eyes, Okabe Motonobu had become twisted and black, radiating resentment even denser than that of most demons she had ever seen.

Qing remained silent.

Two-Shaku-Sama immediately raised her brows and loudly retorted, "Okabe! Master Tetsu didn't abandon—"

"Two-Shaku, don't say anything yet."

Uesugi Tetsu reached out and used telekinesis to press down lightly on Two-Shaku-Sama's shoulder. When he saw her puff out her lips and turn away angrily, he shook his head at her.

If Two-Shaku-Sama continued responding angrily, the situation would probably spiral out of control, and his home might end up reduced to ruins.

Looking past Two-Shaku-Sama, Uesugi Tetsu looked again into Okabe Motonobu's cold, dark eyes.

The trust and admiration she had once so often shown him had vanished completely. All that remained was rejection, indifference... and thick, concentrated hatred.

That was only natural.

Uesugi Tetsu thought.

In Okabe Motonobu's eyes, he had probably disappeared immediately after leaving the city wall when the Great Revival began.

He thought again of that history