"So the reason you came was to ask us to join you and, while we're at it, help you conquer this world?"
The Twenty-Seventh Head neither confirmed nor denied Kuma's words, instead continuing with the main topic of the meeting.
"Inviting the Hanakaiin Clan to join the Yin-Yang Bureau and relocate to Sea Star Wano Island is indeed one of our goals."
"But you need not trouble yourselves with the latter." Kuma's tone remained calm.
"Oh?"
The Twenty-Seventh Head rubbed his smooth scalp.
"Whatever other goals you have, say them all at once. We'll address them one by one."
Kuma said, "We hope you will cooperate with us in removing the Spiral Seal."
"What?!"
The hall erupted in an uproar.
The onmyoji of the Hanakaiin main family all cried out in alarm.
Even the boys "hiding" in the corner to eavesdrop wore stunned expressions.
They were three of the "One Supreme, Three Strong."
Keikain Ryuji of the main family, Keikain Akifusa of the Eighty Stream School, and Keikain Mamiru of the Thunderbolt School.
Mamiru had yet to forcibly seal the Thunder Beast inside his body.
Thus, he appeared perfectly normal and had a relatively cheerful personality.
But precisely because he had failed to completely subdue the Thunder Beast, many considered him lacking in talent.
Akifusa was the same. In the end, he had still suffered the negative effects of the Demon Possession Art.
Ryuji, meanwhile, was a more well-rounded genius.
But he was luckier than the first two. By finding the entrance to the Aoi Spiral Barrier, he proved himself to be a true genius in barrier seals.
He had even vowed that he would one day create a barrier of that caliber.
Because each of them had flaws, they could only be the "Three Strong" beneath the "One Supreme."