"Children, what do you plan to do?" The middle-aged Priest whom Ino had met earlier arrived in front of them with several subordinates.
Tapion was like many protagonists: possessing extreme courage, as well as sufficient decisiveness and resourcefulness. Upon realizing that the Phantom Majin intended to kill every Konatsian, he prepared to sacrifice himself.
He picked up a wind instrument hanging at his waist. It looked somewhat like a clay ocarina, but it was silvery-white.
"I will play the Divine Song in front of the Phantom Majin to awaken the last shred of the god's consciousness. After that... after that, I will seal this demon inside my body. Finally, I ask that you all seal my body using the Sacred Coffin and throw me to a place far away from Planet Konats."
As the younger brother, Minotia's face was filled with worry, and even more so with heartache. Regardless of whether this plan succeeded, he would never see his brother again.
His brother's life would be forever intertwined with the Phantom Majin. In the future, the name of the Hero Tapion would vanish from the lips of the Konatsians, leaving only the Phantom Majin Tapion.
But he knew he had no reason to stop him; it seemed he could only watch his brother walk down a path of no return.
At this moment, the Priest spoke from the side in an unhurried tone, "The Phantom Majin's power is too great. Even if you sacrifice yourself, you cannot seal him."
Minotia shouted loudly, "What if you add me? I am willing to serve as a vessel to seal the Phantom Majin together with my brother!"
The Priest nodded. "That would be about enough."
This time, it was the older brother's turn to look at the younger brother with pity, seemingly unwilling to let his brother endure such a nightmarish destiny.
"Um, well... let me interject." Ino stepped forward under the Priest's amused expression.
She asked, "Mr. Tapion, this so-called seal of yours—you just use that instrument and play a song? Are you sure that will be enough to seal it?"
Tapion nodded firmly. "Thousands of years ago, our god left a prophecy hinting at the scene happening today. My melody combined with my body can definitely seal the Phantom Majin."
Ino looked at Tapion, then looked at the Phantom Majin in the distance.
This Konatsian Hero Tapion was quite strong, but his strength was still within her range of comprehension. That Phantom Majin's strength, however, was completely beyond her sight.
Since young Minotia had saved her earlier, she felt she needed to contribute.
She immediately said, "The village I was born in was also ruled by an evil old woman in the past. In the end, my teacher came up with a method to seal that old woman. My method might not necessarily work, but I think we can try it to add a layer of insurance to your plan."
In Ino's view, Master Six Paths' "Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei" could be called the pinnacle of sealing jutsu.
She hadn't seen that chubby Grand Supreme Kai's "Magic Capture Wave," but she had seen the "Evil Containment Wave" used by Earth's Mutaito in the Underworld. That thing stood out for being simple and crude: employing life as the cost—succeed or die trying. In fact, the "Magic Capture Wave" was much the same; if the Grand Supreme Kai hadn't sacrificed too much magic power using the "Magic Capture Wave," he wouldn't have been absorbed by Majin Buu, eventually turning into Fat Buu.
Now, Hero Tapion's sealing technique also looked like a move that required risking one's old life.
Compared to the idiot-proof operation where one simply clapped their left and right hands together, then ate hotpot and sang songs while the "Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei" completed itself automatically, the sealing jutsus of these aliens were all still in a very primitive state.
As a mature sealing jutsu, automatically sealing the enemy up is the only reasonable way to go, right?
"You two, if you trust me, please extend your hands," Ino said.
The younger brother, Minotia, trusted her more and subconsciously extended his hand. The older brother hesitated for a moment, then also extended his hand.
"Press against my hands." Ino floated in mid-air, her left and right hands pressing against the brothers', carefully sensing their energy.
As expected of such a standard brother-complex pair, the brothers indeed had one energy leaning towards Yin and one towards Yang.
Ino's realm was higher now; it wasn't as strenuous as when she sealed Kaguya two years ago. Spending just a little time, she imprinted two semi-finished seals onto their palms.
The Hero brother Tapion received the Yin Seal on his palm, while the younger brother Minotia received the Yang Seal.
The way the two used energy was ultimately different from Ino. Enduring the tsunami-like tearing pain in her spiritual world, she transferred a portion of Six Paths power to each of them.
"You can feel my energy, right? Afterwards, find an opportunity to get close to that Phantom Majin. As long as the palms of you brothers—the specific palms I marked—touch the Phantom Majin simultaneously, you can reverse-utilize the opponent's energy to automatically activate the seal."
Ino narrated the process once. This thing was completely an idiot-proof operation. The complex part lay on her side; as long as there were no issues with the Yin and Yang seals she created, there would be no issues with the sealing jutsu.
The younger brother, Minotia, had less experience and didn't sense any problems yet, but the older brother was a bit stunned. "Just our palms touching the Phantom Majin at the same time is enough to seal it? Then what is the cost?"
"Cost?" Ino paused. "There is no cost. Just one requirement: you must place the seals on the Phantom Majin simultaneously. Remember, simultaneously. Not early, not late. Just that one requirement."
Was it that simple? Tapion couldn't quite believe it and looked toward the Priest he trusted most.
The middle-aged man nodded. "What she says is true. I think you brothers can give it a try."
Only then did Minotia react. "Big Sister, does this mean that using your method, Big Brother won't have to sacrifice himself?"
"That's right. As long as you brothers coordinate well, the rest won't be a problem."
The Hero brothers were overjoyed. Not having to sacrifice oneself and continuing to live their own little lives afterwards—this was simply a great thing falling from the sky.
"Good! Leave it to us! Minotia, cover me!" A burst of determination revealed itself in the older brother's green eyes as he took the lead in charging toward the Phantom Majin, who was wantonly destroying the capital.
The Phantom Majin occupied the body of the Konatsian god. At this moment, its consciousness was still a bit dazed, knowing only to blindly vent the violence in its heart.
He emitted waves of roars inaudible to the human ear. Dark red waves of energy swept out in all directions with him as the center.
The Priest's guards and the Konatsian warriors frantically established defense lines, organizing the civilians to retreat. By this time, the majority of these elites had been sacrificed, and the remaining personnel were still circling the Phantom Majin.
"Everyone, retreat as quickly as possible! Please leave this place to me!" Tapion held that silver ocarina in his hand. This item was likely a very famous treasure among their tribe; the warriors' faces showed joy as they retreated one by one, as if relieved of a heavy burden.
Tapion took a deep breath. Seeing out of the corner of his eye that his brother was already in position, he immediately played the Divine Song toward the Phantom Majin.
The melody of the song was poignantly beautiful and pleasant to hear, like the sounds of nature. The richness of emotion contained within it instantly made Ino think of Hinata and Himawari back in Konoha Village.
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