As Okamoto Masao turned to stone, the petrified half of Chu Ge's body also began creaking back into flesh and blood.
The young couple both breathed a sigh of relief.
There should be no problem with this. This type of esper ability ought to be absolutely impartial and reciprocal in the first place. Otherwise, why call it something like a "Heavenly Dao contract"?
The recovery was just a little slow... Petrification had taken only seconds, but undoing it looked like it would take several minutes.
As long as there was no problem... Chu Ge did not dwell on it. He looked at Miyamura Jiro. "Your son is dead, yet you still haven't left. Do you think your violence nullification alone will let you kill us?"
"Of course it's because his ability isn't limited to violence nullification," Qiu Wuji said mildly. "Just as the contract effect accompanying Okamura Masao's ability restricted us from leaving and forced us to exchange questions with him, this Miyamura Jiro's violence nullification is merely an accompanying restriction that serves his real ability."
Chu Ge laughed. "Poor Okamura Masao thought his adoptive father's ability was meant to complement his own, but never stopped to think: if his adoptive father only had a support ability like violence nullification, how did he become president of the Black Dragon Society before meeting him? You were inseparable from him so others would think you relied on Okamura to kill people and were only there for support, downplaying their awareness of your trump card."
Miyamura Jiro smiled faintly. "Correct. You're both very clever."
Chu Ge repeated his question. "Where do you get the confidence to take on both of us?"
Miyamura Jiro smiled. "I might not be confident against two of you, but right now, half your body is still petrified. With