4-81: The Summit Meeting – Evil Machine God (1/5)

4-81: The Summit Meeting – Evil Machine God (1/5)

It was truly unexpected.

Words woven with disappointment born of arrogance.

No ones countenance or expression changed, or perhaps, they simply could not react.

And that spoke volumes of how terrifying Mikotos words were.

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

Essentially, what she was saying was that the Abe and the Shinguuji families had antagonized the clans by accepting outsider blood for two generations, but that was by design, and they truly did want to antagonize the entire clan. This recent even was a rehash of that.

Wherein the last heirs of their blood were used as a spark to plot the same thing.

Not to destroy the clan, but

Once theyve been torn to shreds, and they start raving about vengeance an whatnot, I would use everything and annihilate the clan.

To end everything with her own hands.

Mikotos face remained void of expression, yet her lips loosened and smiled, giving her a crazed air.

But while she might have confessed her schemes frivolously, there was a coolness to it that suggested this was not some rashly thought plan.

If she were to try and destroy them from inside by herself, they would either unite or scatter and go into hiding.

Thats why it was better to create an opponent for them and get them killed.

A method like that certainly wasnt bad.

Or at least, that was the case when only reliability was taken into consideration.

Back then the air in the clan was strange. That was especially true in those parts where the influence of the clan master was strong. We could feel it headed toward us, so Asuka and I left. Who wouldve thought that that was the prelude to the collapse of the clan instigated by none other than the Clan Master herself

A-Are you serious, Mikoto-sama?

The old mans voice trembled as he ascertained not the truth of the matter but her true motives.

By the time he was old enough to remember, her time had already stopped.

This was someone who had been working with him since his youth to maintain the organization and uphold the duty of the exorcists.

So when he asked that question that he did not want to ask, there was a heartrending emotion in it akin to desperation.

Its true that weve wasted a lot of time out of fear of making a mistake. But thats no reason to fall into despair, not to mention involve these childrenUpdated from novelbIn.(c)om

The old man insisted that the blame was with them, but the voice he got in response was too casual.

It doesnt really matter Because the exorcists have already fallen. Rather than try to fix this broken clan, wouldnt it be better to just get rid of it once and for all?

And he continued to abuse the old yet young woman with no restraint.

Thats why you turned into an annoying existence that can neither live nor die. You should have made your decision a long time ago, but you kept sitting on the fence, and now, here we are.

He rudely pointed at the young yet old woman as though she were a terrible example.

For what reason did she even stop her bodys time? He glared at her as though he were looking at something filthy, and her face twisted.

Neither Shouko nor the old man were on the receiving end of that gaze, and yet they found themselves losing their nerve.

That gaze carried with it just that much pressure.

Mikotos cheeks twitched in anger as she glared at the boyWhat does he know? She thought.

Just barely, she managed to keep her irritation from showing on her voice.

You talk as if you were there.

Long-lived, a leader with a problematic organization and is somewhat decent at heart When people like that end up no good, the situation ends up like this. Its a stereotypical development.

!

This problematic situation that she couldnt do anything about was apparently just something on that level.

A stereotypical development.

You!

The desire to kill this boy right here and now surfaced, but she kept it at bay.

This was a matter that concerned a sensitive topic to her.

Perhaps, it was only thanks to her age that she was able to swallow that anger, or perhaps, it was because she thought of the perfect response.

Well, okay. So, what is it that you intend to do with me? Do you intend to dispose of me for putting your precious disciples in danger?

If you can do it, then do it, she said in provocation, but Shinichi just kept quiet, though not without glaring at her.

Meanwhile, everyone else was just shocked. Because

Mikoto-sama cannot be expelled

It was her fame and power that was keeping the clan together.

If Mikoto were to disappear, the clan would disintegrate, and the various families would act as they please, eventually inviting destruction upon themselves and others.

If such foolish elites were to be unleashed into the world, the only fate that awaited them was for them to cause an incident and die.

But of course, that was exactly what Mikoto wanted.