When the three bodies were brought into the main hall of Angkor Fortress, Zhi Li was already waiting there. She stood beside the long table near the entrance, her hands hanging at her sides. Her gaze swept over Cang, then settled on the three bodies being guided into the hall. Her eyes lingered briefly on Momoshiki, then Kinshiki, and slightly longer on Urashiki before she looked away.
"Their condition?" Zhi Li asked.
"Sealed. Consciousness shut down. Origins intact," Cang said. The three bodies were laid down along the edge of the long table in sequence. Urashiki was on the far right, his fishing rod laid across the tabletop over his chest. The tip of its hook hung over the table's edge, stopping about a palm's width above the floor.
Light and Shisui entered the main hall from different directions. Kagami and White Fang arrived shortly afterward. Once Zhi Li had confirmed that everyone was in position, she stepped up before Urashiki. Her palm stopped about a palm's width above his chest. Chakra extended outward from her palm, preparing to connect with the sealed origin inside Urashiki.
Urashiki's eyelids began to tremble the instant she touched his origin core. First, a fine, persistent tremor appeared along the edges of his lids, then spread across the entire area. After lasting for roughly two breaths, the tremors began to intensify. Then, at a certain point, his eyelids suddenly flew open.
The eyes that usually carried a frivolous smile were utterly vacant when they opened, their pupils dilated nearly to the limit. That state lasted less than a breath before they contracted sharply, narrowing from dilation to almost pinprick size with extreme speed. Once his eyes refocused, his gaze locked onto Zhi Li's face. He recognized her features, then swept his eyes down to