"And the spiritual energy from that world will spread along this hole into our world."
As Duanmu Huai spoke, sand in the hourglass started cascading down, and silence hung around, with only the soft sound of sand dripping.
"Of course, if it were only like this, then it wouldn't be much of a problem. After all, Curse Masters will die; once they're dead, the pathway gets blocked. However, unfortunately, an exception has emerged."
"You mean...?"
Otonashi Youta looked towards Tianyuan with a grave expression.
"Exactly, Tianyuan, you've just mentioned, Tianyuan's strength has been guarding Japan. It is precisely due to the assistance from his strength that Japanese Curse Masters have been empowered with powerful Barrier Techniques———and coincidentally, this answers my initial inquiry, why is it that only in Japan there is an extraordinary number of Curse Masters?"
Duanmu Huai flicked his left hand, retrieving the hourglass, and snapped his fingers.
