Anomaly

"Huh? What are you looking at?"

Kuruyashiki asked with a baffled look. Then, he sharply noticed something strange about his captain's gigai.

"Captain, the color of your pupils seems off... Are you all right? Did you run into some trouble during your seclusion?"

Fengjin stopped mid-step, then turned around and, with a swish, drew Asauchi from Kuruyashiki's waist. Using the gleaming blade as a mirror, he examined his own eyes.

The black had nearly consumed all the whites of his eyes. Around the pupil of his already dark right eye, there had originally remained a ring of sclera about three millimeters wide; but now, his left...