After withdrawing his gaze, Shinji said nothing more.
He had told no one about the Overlord. Its corruption was simply too powerful—even the Lantern Bearer wasn't completely immune.
Ryuhei Ubuyashiki had been targeted by the Overlord because he'd let his greed and carelessness get the better of him.
So at least until the Overlord devoured the Demon Slayer World and truly began to infiltrate the Shinobi World, Shinji had to keep the secret as much as possible and do everything he could to delay the Overlord's discovery of the Shinobi World.
Using the power of his "Lantern," Shinji silently opened a Space Rift.
Seeing this, Karin and the others took it upon themselves to cross through the rift one by one, returning to the Shinobi World.
Haku was the last to remain. After hesitating, he asked Shinji, unwilling to give up, "My lord, is there really no hope for this world?"
Shinji nodded. "Yes."
Haku said, "Could you give me some time? I want to—"
Shinji didn't refuse, but said flatly, "Even if you told them the truth, what good would it do? It wouldn't change a thing. It would only make them despair sooner!"
He knew what Haku wanted to do, but he also knew it would be utterly pointless.
If Ryuhei Ubuyashiki had come to the Shinobi World from the beginning to discuss the matter with him and ask him to accept refugees from the Demon Slayer World, Shinji might have agreed.
Even if he couldn't save everyone in the Demon Slayer World, he could at least save a small number of them.
But Ryuhei Ubuyashiki hadn't done that. To preserve his privilege as the Demon Slayer World's Lantern Bearer, he'd chosen to invade the Shinobi World without hesitation. If he abandoned the Demon Slayer World, he would