"As for playing, that will have to wait. Still, what a shame..."
Evil God Nami shook her head helplessly, helped the sleeping Yui into an upright sitting position on the ground, then brought over the Evil God Skull beside her, set it down, and drew a magic circle.
"If you won't accept my power, so be it. But I never imagined you would have a way to transfer the power I left behind. How intriguing."
She murmured to herself in the quiet Cave, stripped off her cumbersome blood-red robe to reveal her voluptuous figure, and sat cross-legged in front of Yui. Spreading her fingers, she pressed her hand against the top of Yui's head.
"Let me read your memories and see how you transferred my power."
"Ugh!" The instant she probed, a sharp pain tore through her head, as though insects were gnawing inside it. It came in waves, each threatening to grow worse.
"Hiss! This won't be easy! Such powerful mental energy-has she been practicing some kind of ninjutsu?" Evil God Nami gritted her teeth, left with no choice but to shorten the span of memories she would read. "Looks like I can only read the last two months."
Alluring blood-red markings crept up her cheeks and gradually spread onto Yui's forehead. Fine beads of cold sweat dripped from both women's temples.
An unknown stretch of time passed before a crisp drip marked the completion of the memory reading. Evil God Nami now knew how Yui had transferred the Cursed Seal.
"So it happened by accident! Shikkotsu Forest, the Slug Sage, a Split Body... Hmm! Good, good. At least it didn't fall into someone else's hands." She nodded to herself, then felt a little helpless as she sensed how little power she had left.
"As long as the Cursed