The Lost Past

"So you figured out our connection that quickly."

"I'm not an idiot. We look alike, we have the same Cursed Energy, and there's Nue..."

As Mo Bai spoke, Mo Hei muttered under her breath and summoned Nue.

"Skree?"

Once summoned, Nue seemed unsure what was going on.

The Shikigami tilted its head on instinct, then looked at the two masters before it.

In the past, it had been summoned either to scout or to fight.

It had never expected to be called out just to enjoy the view.

So it hopped over to Mo Hei, who had once been Mo Bai's shadow alongside it.

"See? Nue knows me... but it isn't even my Shikigami," Mo Hei muttered.

Mo Hei had realized that when Mo Bai first taught her how to summon Nue.

She didn't have that faint, elusive bond with Nue.

She should only have been able to use Nue, yet the Shikigami was still close to her.

"Fair enough. I'd be the idiot if I kept trying to hide it now."

With a sigh, Mo Bai showed her what he could do with the Ten Shadows Technique.

He summoned Shikigami and manipulated shadows.

Finally, he showed her the [Light] produced by Cursed Technique Reversal.

"It's beautiful..."

Mo Hei gazed at the faint glow in Mo Bai's hand and let out a soft breath of wonder.

"You learned to use this before I did."

With that, Mo Bai extinguished the glow in his hand.

"Ah! You said it! You admit we knew each other before!"

"There's no point hiding it anymore. It would only put more pressure on you."

A smile appeared on Mo Bai's face as he watched Mo Hei's excitement.

At least she was no longer frowning and worrying about one thing after another.

"So what were we