Back to Asanuma and Ken at present time, Asanuma looked half-lost in thought, as he remembered the time when he was sealed. On the other hand, Ken who had just heard Asanuma's words earlier appeared surprised to know that Asanuma had been sealed for so long. Ken said
“You have been sealed for that long?”
Hearing Ken, Asanuma immediately came to his senses completely from his lost in thought. Asanuma's expression turned astonished
“Surprised? Not just you, even me surprised also"
Ken's expression turned confused
“I, I don't understand what you mean…”
Asanuma replied
“I feel like I can live forever, but unfortunately, this can also backfire on me, and other Yokai. This sealing and eternal life is not a good combination. If it wasn't because of sleep as the thing that didn't happen to me before being sealed and interactions with my controllers, I might have gone crazy long ago”
Asanuma appeared to have realized something, he then looked a little embarrassed. Hearing Asanuma, Ken looks a little sad, he then gave a nod.
The next day, the time is now 7:00 am. It appears that Makoto and Ken are walking down the corridor on the first floor of this main house, towards the library. Ken is wearing the glove puppet Asanuma on his right hand. While walking side by side, they chatted with each other. Makoto said
“How was your discussion with Asanuma yesterday?”
Ken replied
“Not bad Grandpa, we talked about the topic of our practice today. But, it seems that even Asanuma himself is also questioning his origins”
Hearing this, Makoto appeared to have expected it
"That's exactly what I wanted you to know"
Hearing this, Ken's expression turned astonished. Makoto continues talking
"There is a hereditary knowledge about the Yokais' origins that we'll learn today. This knowledge was gathered by monk Rengoku as the first sealer and the first Yokai controller"
Ken's expression turned astonished, he then cut off Makoto's words
"Okay, wait a minute Grandpa, I'm not only interested in the origins of the Yokai, but the origins and life of this monk too. First of all, can you explain who this monk really is?”
Makoto's expression turned doubtful
“Monk Rengoku Shinokuro is indeed very famous among Yokai controllers, but unfortunately not much is known about him unless he is the one who discovered the sealing and Yokai controller technique. He also investigated the Yokais, like what happened before their appearance, their weakness, their origins, because of the fact that the Yokais don't remember memories before their appearance in this world. After all, Yokais can't just appear out of nowhere"
Ken's expression turned curious
"Then, did monk Ren found the answer?"
Makoto replied
“You will soon find it out today”
Hearing this, Ken's expression turned serious.
After some time walking down the corridor on the first floor of the main house, they arrived in front of the door to the room they were going to, the library room. It appears that Ken is familiar with this place because he has been here several times on various occasions before. Makoto then walked to the section of the library which was locked and Ken is follow him along. Makoto said
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“Coming here reminds me of you who barged in here by stealing the key from my office room”
Ken looked reluctant
"I'm sorry, Grandpa..."
Makoto smiled, he then unlocked the door in front of him, and they then walked in.
Inside this room, was another library room that Ken had previously been in, with its tall shelves, along with their numbers, an atmosphere that was familiar to Ken
"I did come here before, Grandpa, but I didn't pay much attention to everything, because I was in a hurry"
Makoto's expression turned astonished
"So? But even if you are not in a hurry, what you are looking for is not in this place"
Hearing this, Ken looked surprised
“But, why is this room locked?”
Makoto smiled
"You should have realized, if the documents you've taken from here, everything has been obscured"
Ken appears to immediately remember it, from the documents he had previously retrieved from here. Makoto continues talking
“This large locked library room is just a distraction, where the contents are mostly just records of various activity logs. Anyone who infiltrated here never found what they wanted”
Ken looked surprised
"Then, where's the secret document stored?"
Makoto smiled
"You think? Where else is it?”
Ken appears to immediately realize something, he then turned to face behind him and looked towards the library outside this locked library
“Don't say… is it in the library outside that isn't locked?”
Makoto replied
"Correct, but you still can't find it just like that"
Hearing this, Ken's expression turned curious.
The time is now 7:30 am. Inside the library at the Takeru family's main house, Makoto and Ken appeared to walk out of the locked part of this library, Makoto then immediately locked it back
"Before I show you the place, can you lock the entrance door of the library?"
Ken's expression turned astonished
“Yes, of course, Grandpa”
Ken then walked towards each entrance door to this library, which was on the first floor or through the second floor, Ken then locked all the doors, and immediately returned to his grandfather.
Ken and Makoto were now in front of a tall bookshelf, with Makoto then pulling one of the books from this shelf. Unlike other books, it appears that the book that Makoto is trying to pull from its place gets stuck in its place so the book is now sticking out more than the other books on this bookshelf. Upon seeing this, Ken's expression turned astonished. Makoto walked over to another bookshelf, which was quite the opposite of where the bookshelf was, and completely pulled out one of the books. Makoto then headed for another shelf but was now pressing one of the books on the other shelf, and this pressed book now was further back than the other books on this shelf. Makoto continued the other bookshelf, and made one of these books with the state, one of the previous ones, pulled, pulled loose, or pressed. While doing this, Makoto said
“There is a mechanism in this library, which will open the secret bookshelf”
After finishing conditioning a total of 9 books, the bookshelves in the middle of the library were then raised, where below were other shelves that were embedded in the floor. Seeing this, suddenly made Ken surprised.
In total, there are 9 bookshelves in the center of this library that are raised, and reveal another shelf that was previously hidden. Makoto and Ken walked towards these raised bookshelves. Makoto said
"These books on the hidden shelves contain the knowledge of the previous Yokai sealers, including the monk Ren, you can choose for yourself, where to read them first"
Ken looked surprised and amazed, he then gave a nod.
Ken walked to one of the existing bookshelves and appeared to be looking at it carefully, Ken then took one of the books that made him curious. After some time reading the books on these secret shelves, Ken's expression turned serious
"There's something that has caught my attention while looking for clues so far"
Hearing this, Makoto's attention, who had been sitting at the long reading desk here while reading a book, then turned to Ken, Ken continue talking
"It's said that the existence of the Yokais, they all tried to forget and erase from history due to its terrifying potential power as a living weapon"
Makoto stood up from his seat, then walked over to Ken
"Right, I think you can understand it from your experience so far?"
Ken remembered again how strong Asanuma was before this, while he doing sparring with Asanuma in his training, and when he witnessed a fight between Nellson and a hyena Yokai. Ken then gave a nod
“There is no objection to that. Great physical strength, incredible speed, regeneration, and so on that I may not have been aware of, or that I didn't even know about”
Makoto's expression turned serious
“Alright, let me continue from here. In his investigations, Monk Ren found possible clues to the presence of these Yokais, which he wrote about in some of his books that are found. From several new appearances of Yokais that were not recorded by the Monk, not long before their appearances, there was an "Unusual Phenomenon". But sadly, that is all that is known”
Ken's expression turned astonished
"Only to that extent? How about the continuation?”
Makoto's expression turned astonished
“You ask it like this is a serial story”
Ken smiled
"I'm just curious Grandpa, hahaha"
Ken laughed casually.