"You'd known this would be the outcome all along, hadn't you?" Nangong Natsuki said with a smile.
"I just didn't expect it to go so smoothly. I always thought I'd seen through his strength, only to realize later that I'd never truly seen it clearly."
Nangong Natsuki smiled. "You could observe him up close. You remember how that bad guy made a move on you on the rooftop, don't you?"
Shigure Yomi's usually unchanging expression shifted slightly. Her face reddened faintly, giving her a touch more humanity. Of course she remembered what had happened on the rooftop, but because of her position, she usually avoided Chen Fan. Still, she kept track of everything that happened to him.
"But that guy has become more dependable each time. At this rate, that matter isn't without a solution either," Nangong Natsuki said. That matter referred to Holy Annihilation. The Demon Ancestor Cain, also known as Cain, was the reason the Fourth True Ancestor had been created. The Demon Ancestor was simply too powerful. To anyone in this world, including demons, the Demon Ancestor was an enemy. That was also the real reason the three vampire progenitors had agreed to a truce with humanity. There was a stronger enemy out there. Without unity, the result would be death.
Shigure Yomi nodded. Aoba Asagi was Cain's miko, and Gen Shima had also been built for Aoba Asagi's sake. To ensure that Aoba Asagi would not die, as long as she remained on Gen Shima, all coincidences and inevitabilities would converge. No matter how grave the threat she faced, she would not die. She would always be saved and escape alive.
Killing Aoba Asagi would prevent Cain from descending, but another of Cain's Mikos would then be born, and finding her would be extremely troublesome. They