Nishikata Shiki, another member of the occult research club, stepped forward from the corner of the room.
He was a quiet, pale-skinned boy with messy black hair that fell over his eyes.
He adjusted his glasses slightly before speaking in a calm, almost detached voice.
Shiki explained his powers without much emotion.
His ability allowed him to summon the undead. If he witnessed a dead corpse or arrived at one that had died no more than five to ten minutes earlier, he could bring it back under his control.
However, the corpses he summoned were never fully restored.
Their souls were incomplete — only partially pulled back from death.
Because of this limitation, the revived bodies moved with a hollow, mechanical obedience.
He demonstrated by raising his right hand.
A faint, dark purple energy gathered around his fingers. He described how, during actual fights, he could call upon these corpses to battle for him.
