"What are you worried about?" Tetsu no Sosuke looked at him. Sitting in the shadows, Ubuyashiki Kagaya seemed even weaker than before.
"I worry that even after I die, there will still be a long wait. The blood of innocents will drench this land, and the devil will lie dormant, only to awaken again and set another chain of tragedies in motion."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya looked at Tetsu no Sosuke and said, "After this unexpected incident, we at least learned something about Kibutsuji Muzan's attitude. He seems to have learned caution, and he takes you far more seriously than we originally anticipated."
"There must be another reason for his fixation on me..."
"The Breathing Technique?"
Tetsu no Sosuke nodded silently. "Yoriichi Tsugikuni left a deep impression on him. These past few days, I've been thinking that if he had truly intended to kill me, I might have died right at the start. I would never have lived to see the sunrise... Looking back now, the one he wants revenge on is still that shadow sleeping deep in the past, a thousand years ago."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya nodded. "That doesn't matter. What matters is that you're still alive."
He tried to stand, but without anyone to support him, even that movement seemed terribly difficult.
Tetsu no Sosuke frowned and rose to help him.
"No..."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya waved him off. "Let me stay like this... There's nothing more that can be done for this body of mine."
He sank back down dejectedly. "Although saying this may be selfish, and an affront to those we lost in that battle, please allow me to say this now... What happened is already behind us. Now, let's organize our intelligence again and make a fresh start!"
Tetsu no Sosuke watched him quietly for a few seconds, then nodded