Ever since accepting Junpei Yoshino's invitation, Aikawa Kaze had felt strangely uneasy.
An ordinary person might have dismissed that faint sense that something was off, but Aikawa Kaze had read and watched countless novels, anime, and films. Naturally, he would do no such thing.
He would rather take the warning seriously than dismiss it.
There was no harm in making a few extra preparations anyway. Ideally, he would never need them, but if he did, they could save lives.
In theory, Aikawa Kaze didn't think his own life would be in danger.
After all, he normally kept Karna's abilities active, with the Golden Armor protecting him. Unless the Hidden Boss ambushed him, he might not win, but he could at least survive.
Aikawa Kaze even secretly switched Heroic Spirits and tested things with the King of Knights' Instinct. He picked up a faint sense of trouble.
"Speaking of Junpei... could we run into Mahito on this outing?"
After thinking it over and running through every boss he knew of, Aikawa Kaze finally pinned his premonition of danger on Mahito.
Ryomen Sukuna hadn't entered his vessel yet, and Brain preferred stirring up trouble behind the scenes rather than attacking head-on. With Aikawa Kaze's current combat strength, anything below Special Grade would pose no real challenge.
By elimination, only Mahito had that ill-fated connection with Junpei, and they might actually run into him.
"This could be troublesome... can the Golden Armor defend against attacks on the soul?"
That was a tricky question. All Aikawa Kaze remembered about the Golden Armor's limitations was that it "could not defend against internal attacks."
In other words, attacks that bypassed his external defenses and pierced inside could actually hurt him.
That probably meant attacks on his soul would work on him too.
"I'd love to say,