A sudden jolt of energy lashed out, hurling him backward.
"How is this thing here?"
A calm, mature voice echoed in his mind — it was Ekoh.
"You recognize it?" Nioh asked, rising slowly, his hand scorched.
"It's curious... how such a tiny oyster can house so many seeds," Ekoh mused, his tone equal parts wonder and warning.
"Your little love possesses a powerful biocore — frighteningly similar to the ones you've been collecting."
"Meaning?"
"If you're hunting sins, then you could say... she awakened a virtue."
Nioh's gaze darkened. His fingers clenched.
"Those fools," Ekoh continued coldly. "They tampered with forces they couldn't comprehend."
"Do you have a way to fix this?"
"Her biocore is a knot of colliding energies," Ekoh replied. "If you had the Sin of Greed, you could simply devour the malignant currents suffocating her."
"But I have the Cosmic Suppressing Physique," Nioh countered.
