But looking at the torn pages before him, Ren could confirm one thing: they really were written in Soul King Script!
Mayuri Kurotsuchi said, "Lord Ren... I didn't believe it at first either! But under interrogation, the clan head revealed that his ancestors once served the Hakuda Family. When the Hakuda Family was about to be destroyed, they betrayed them and survived the purge. Even so, their clan kept many records of the Hakuda Family, which vanished thousands of years ago!
"Using those records, they happened to discover several descendants of the Hakuda Family a few centuries ago. After a secret investigation, they learned that the descendants possessed quite a few of the family's treasures. So they sent people to find them, stole the treasures, and killed the last surviving descendants. These torn pages were among the treasures they seized! There were other items too, but most couldn't compare to these pages. Only one strange treasure surpassed them!"
As he spoke, Mayuri took an ancient-looking box from his pocket.
Ren studied the box and the patterns carved into it. They looked somewhat like Soul King Script. "What is this?"
"I don't know either," Mayuri said. "But what's inside is strange. If the clan head hadn't sworn they stole it from the Hakuda Family, I would have thought it was a fake. He also said the Hakuda Family's descendants treasured it dearly!"
Ren took the box and ran his fingers over its unusual patterns. They resembled Soul King Script, as though the script represented something beyond ordinary writing.
He shook his head, set the thought aside, and opened the box.
"What the—what is that? It looks like a black rock," Yoruichi said, giving Mayuri a strange look.
An irregular black object lay inside. On closer inspection, it really did look like