Starting With The Sefirah Castle In The Anime World

After putting her luggage away in her room, Chika headed downstairs, mentally prepared.

Facing her family, she maintained her usual bright smile.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, I'm coming down."

"Chika is here."

The old man's smile instantly brightened, completely different from the stern expression he had just moments ago.

"You just got back from Tsukikage Island. Do you want to rest for a day first?"

"That won't be necessary, Grandpa," Chika replied with a smile.

"I slept well on Tsukikage Island these past two days. I even slept until dawn last night."

"It's just that my appetite hasn't been great."

"Grandpa, I don't want to see any meat for the next week. Just serve vegetarian dishes for now."

The two old men immediately understood what she meant.

Not wanting to eat meat?

That could only mean she had seen something unpleasant, something that had ruined her appetite.

Their minds instantly turned to the events on Tsukikage Island.

The old man frowned.

"Chika, did you witness the cleanup process firsthand?"

"Not exactly."

In reality, Chika had seen some of the cleanup process, but since the ones being eliminated were inhumane drug dealers, it hadn't made her nauseous.

"What we couldn't accept was seeing how those drug dealers had handcuffed ordinary civilians on Tsukikage Island to conduct human experiments."

"Elderly, middle-aged men and women, young adults… even children."

"Especially the children, only six or seven years old, lying on the experiment tables with festering wounds, their faces twisted in agony as they died."

"Aside from Amamiya and Saginomiya, we all ended up vomiting."

Even now, as she recalled those scenes, Chika's face paled, and the nausea threatened to return.

Seeing their granddaughter's expression, the two old men were filled with heartache.

"You idiot! Can't you see that Chika looks unwell?"

"Go get her some water, now!"

Daichi, once again unfairly blamed, pointed at himself in disbelief before sighing and going to pour a glass of hot water.

"Thank you, Dad."

Taking the warm glass into her hands, Chika felt the lingering chill in her palms fade, and with it, some of the fear in her heart.

Looking at his daughter's pale face, Daichi also felt a pang of distress.

His daughter, usually so energetic and cheerful, had always been protected from the darkness of the world.

But now, she had been exposed to its cruelest depths.

After taking a small sip of hot water, Chika managed to suppress the nausea.

"Actually, Amamiya-san didn't recommend that we watch."

"But… this was a necessary step."

"Because one of us might eventually take that path, we need to understand that world more deeply."

"And human nature plays a crucial role in it."

"Grandpa, what do you think of Hayasaka's ability?"

"It's terrifying," the old man responded almost instantly.

"The ability to move through space… If used for assassination, it would be nearly impossible to escape."

Avoiding an assassin with spatial abilities was practically unrealistic.

To the old man, this kind of power was simply too overwhelming.

"It's not just about assassination, it's also invaluable for intelligence gathering."

"Just now, Hayasaka and I stood in the room for a full minute."

"And we heard everything you discussed."

The old man's pupils shrank slightly, realizing that the situation was even more complex than he initially thought.

Being able to travel through space and gather intelligence undetected… the applications of this ability were far too broad.

"Hayasaka's ability is already excessive, but it doesn't have any direct offensive power."

"But according to Amamiya, if Hayasaka pushes her ability to its limits, she should be able to trap people inside another dimension."

Chika highlighted some key points but deliberately left out the most critical details.

Her goal was to make her family aware of the supernatural world and to make them reconsider their previous assumptions.

"Additionally, Hayasaka's ability allows her to open portals by touching any material. even air, to enter an alternate dimension that perfectly mirrors reality."

This time, the old man fully grasped the implications.

The intelligence-gathering aspect was just a side effect of this power.

The true core of the ability was spatial manipulation.

If someone were to use it offensively, even the most powerful modern weapons wouldn't be able to counter it.

Unless an event like a planetary explosion occurred, collapsing space and forming a black hole, it was unlikely that anything could interfere with it.

The sheer deterrent force of this ability was overwhelming.

"The deterrent effect alone is already incredible but this is just one application of spatial abilities."

"If that child were to use it for assassination, no one in the world would be able to escape."

"That's not entirely true."

Chika immediately refuted her grandfather's statement.

"Is there actually someone who can counter that child's space ability?"

"Yes. When Hayasaka used her power, I noticed that Amamiya-san's eyes were always locked onto a single point."

The old man took a deep breath before silently turning to his son.

This son of his… had really stumbled upon something big.

Now, he was certain, that seemingly "ordinary" boy was, in reality, the most extraordinary of them all.

Status and background were irrelevant.

In the face of mystery, such things were no more significant than dust on the ground, frogs in a well, or mayflies under the sky.

"So, Kaguya also awakened a special ability?"

"Yes."

Chika didn't deny it.

"I was honestly scared when I first saw Kaguya use her power."

"The water in an entire swimming pool froze almost instantly."

"And when she activated her ability, her body practically turned into ice."

"I heard from Amamiya that if Kaguya masters her ability fully, she might be able to reach absolute zero."

The temperature at which atomic motion completely ceases.

Yet another heavyweight power.

Although the old man wasn't a physics expert, he understood enough.

All life functions rely on atomic movement.

But absolute zero could halt all atomic activity.

Which meant that the power Kaguya now possessed was far from weak, if anything, it was terrifyingly strong.

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