"Rest assured, Lord Yanmo. Though we borrow your power, it will never have any effect on your strength."
"The contract merely collects the Spiritual Pressure you ordinarily let dissipate for no reason."
"Even if the Hell Gate undergoes some anomaly, it will not affect your combat ability—not even if both happen at the same time. Please rest assured of that."
The man spoke in a low voice, giving Kenma a solemn guarantee.
Kenma was slightly taken aback. This was beyond his expectations.
"That's all?"
"That's all."
Seeing that the man did not seem to be lying, Kenma pondered for a moment, raised the scroll in his hand, and asked, "If Hell riots and even the Hell Gate cannot suppress it, what will happen to those who signed the contract?"
Kenma remembered there had once been a movie where sinners in Hell broke free from Hell's restraints and caused a riot.
And there was also that huge new plot thread from 98, the Hell Howl Arc.
The middle-aged man said, "Over millions of years of history, Hell has experienced several disturbances. Our clan's archives contain records of them all."
"Either too many dead souls accumulated in Hell, causing it to occupy too great a proportion of the world for Hell to fully suppress them, or a contemporary powerhouse supplying Spiritual Pressure to the Hell Gate suddenly perished..."
Kenma did indeed remember something about that.
In the Hell Howl Arc, after Yamamoto Shigekuni, Yhwach, Unohana Retsu, and the others died, the Hell Gate's suppression had indeed loosened.
Szayelaporro took that opportunity to temporarily break free from Hell's restraints and return to the Human World.
That did lend some support to the man's words.
The man continued, "When Hell truly erupts into chaos, the Hell Gate will suspend its collection of Spiritual Pressure