Seeing the girls' confusion, Kawashima Toya said gently, "The world is far more complex than it appears on the surface."
"Generally, the stronger one is, the longer they can live. For Abe no Seimei to live this long and only die today is already incredible."
After explaining, Toya expressed his own confusion. "Yusa, how do you know Abe no Seimei is dead?"
Realizing Toya didn't know the history, Yusa explained, "The Great Onmyoji Abe no Seimei did indeed die a thousand years ago."
"That part is true, but he chose to die voluntarily."
"A thousand years ago, Japan was in chaos. Yokai, anomalies, and all sorts of entities plagued the world."
"A thousand years ago, a child named Abe no Seimei was born with the most exceptional talent."
"Abe no Seimei used all his power and soul to perform an extremely blasphemous, modified version of the Taizan Fukun Ritual."
"Using the power of the Three Sacred Treasures, he usurped a sliver of power from Lord Taizan."
"He dispersed his soul into countless pieces to suppress various parts of Japan."
"With his soul split into countless pieces, Abe no Seimei was effectively dead. However, that sliver of power from Lord Taizan was mysterious and wondrous."
"Abe no Seimei used that power to restore sentience to his soul fragments, which had lost their intelligence."
"Each soul fragment revived, becoming another Abe no Seimei."
Hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Yuigahama Yui were stunned.
Abe no Seimei was so ruthless that he even dared to usurp the power of a god.
A trace of awe flashed in Yusa's beautiful eyes. "Usurping a god's power is something even yokai wouldn't dare imagine."
"Abe no Seimei didn't do this without consequences. He suffered an unbreakable curse because of it."
"Once his soul is completely exhausted, he will truly die, with no possibility of return."
Toya listened quietly, then asked, "So, the soul of the very last Abe no Seimei has completely died out?"
"Yes, Abe no Seimei is truly dead." Yusa's expression was grave. "The formations he left behind will fail one after another in the coming days."
"Demons, ghosts, and those unknown, bizarre evil spirits will gradually manifest in the human world."
The atmosphere grew heavy.
After a long while, Yui asked tentatively, "How dangerous will the world become?"
"Will those man-eating yokai run onto the streets and eat people?"
Yusa shook her head slightly. "I don't know."
Toya, who was pondering the Evil God's banquet, noticed everyone looking at him and laughed helplessly. "Don't look at me; I'm busy these days too."
"If yokai invade and you want to hide, come to the agency."
"You don't have to worry about evil spirits or yokai invading this place."
Although the agency had almost nothing in it, with the angel halo present, no blind evil spirit would dare cause trouble.
Yui looked at Toya with puppy-dog eyes. "Kawashima, do you sell items like Ofuda here?"
"If we encounter danger, we can't always stay in the agency."
"If we had Ofuda, we'd be much safer."
Toya spread his hands helplessly. "My focus is different. I'm not good at those things."
"Your hope of buying Ofuda for protection is dashed."
He specialized in extreme combat power. Combined with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, he was practically invincible.
No matter what demon or anomaly he encountered, as long as he killed it, there would be no danger.
He knew almost nothing about Ofuda, Onmyodo, or similar arts.
Learning that Toya didn't know Onmyodo, Yui turned her gaze to Yusa.
If anyone present knew these things, it would undoubtedly be the Yuki-Onna, Yusa.
In her long life, she must have encountered Onmyoji or Monks.
Toya looked at Yusa. "Yusa, do you know any Onmyoji or the like?"
"I don't." Yusa shook her head. "My memory wasn't very good when I was a little Yuki-Onna."
"I've basically forgotten everything from my childhood since growing up."
"Mystics like Onmyoji and Monks are said to have disappeared a long time ago."
The discussion about evil spirits breaking through Abe no Seimei's formation ended inconclusively.
Among those present, except for Toya and Yusa, everyone else was an ordinary person.
Even participating in a discussion at this level wouldn't produce any mystical effects.
When Yukino and Yui left, Toya reminded them again that if they encountered danger, they should rush to the Trash Fox Detective Agency as soon as possible to be safe.
As for other help, he couldn't provide it for now.
After seeing off Yusa and the little Yuki-Onna, Toya sighed softly. "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I really can't."
In the System Shop, inheritances related to Spirit Arts cost at least 30,000 Source Points.
And that was just for the knowledge. Learning it would take a massive amount of energy and time.