I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 167
6-4. Identifying the Sealing Location
As Uchikage-Ojiichan spoke, everyone turned serious.
Present were myself, Amariaz, Mom, Uchikage-Ojiichan, and Ouren-san, Houen-san, and Lize-san. Ashera-san was undergoing a medical examination due to drug testing, and she would be brought here if everything was fine.
Houen-san spoke up.
“But Uchikage, you already know, don’t you?”
“Of course, I am aware. After all, I witnessed it myself.”
“Huh?”
Ouren-san and Houen-san tilted their heads in confusion.
Indeed, the sealing location was at Sacred Fish Plain, adjacent to Oni Village. Ouren-san and the others knew the sealing location, so it wasn’t surprising, but Uchikage-Ojiichan mentioned witnessing the sealing process, which was unusual.
I thought only Dacia-san knew about it, as she was the one who led the four to the sealing location.
“So why did Uchikage witness Reizen being sealed?”
“It wasn’t just me. All the oni living 400 years ago witnessed it.”
““Ah…””
Ouren and Houen simultaneously realized something.
Amariaz and I couldn’t follow the conversation. Since it seemed to concern people from that era, we decided to listen quietly. Amariaz seemed to do the same.
Houen-san covered his face with one hand while Ouren-san chuckled.
“That damn guy…”
“Haha… how big was he?”
“Spirit Turtle, right? Of course, he was huge.”
“Yeah, it’ll be tough when he wakes up.”
Apparently, my father was large. Ouren-san, in his monster form, was quite big, but was my father even bigger?
Listening to the conversation, it seemed that might be the case. The oni from the past must have seen the sealing from afar.
To get from Oni Village to Sacred Fish Plain, one must cross a forest. Considering that… he might indeed be extraordinarily large.
“Well, we know the location. I remember its size well enough, so let’s go and have Yuuzen-kun lift the seal.”
“Yes, that’s best. It’s not like the angels will come immediately.”
“No, Houen. We can’t be sure. When my seal was lifted, angels and humans attacked immediately. Their response can be incredibly fast.”
“Is that so…”
Perhaps they had some special information network. If they could act as soon as a seal was lifted, they might have been monitoring us continuously. We should keep that possibility in mind.
We might still be under surveillance. Houen-san nudged Ouren-san, who understood and began scanning Sacred Fish Plain with his ‘Mist’ skill. It would take time due to the area’s size, so we continued our discussion.
“As Ouren said, the angels are likely heading here now. However, since they are investigating, they probably don’t know Reizen-dono’s exact sealing location.”
“Indeed. This gives us an advantage. But gathering in one place will reveal our location quickly.”
“Houen-dono is right. Therefore, here’s the plan.”
Uchikage-Ojiichan pointed to each of us, giving instructions.
“The key to this mission is Yuuzen-kun, who can break the ‘Seal Suppressor.”
“…Yes!”
“You’ll be accompanied only by Amariaz-kun to lift the seal.”
“…What?”
“Eh?”
Wait a minute?
“Just the two of us!?”
“Yes.”
“No, no, no, just the two of us is too much! Even with Yuuzen-kun’s ‘Substitution’, if the angels fail to stop us, they’ll know we’re all gathering! They might deploy all their forces!”
Amariaz protested, but Uchikage-Ojiichan sighed in exasperation. Houen-san also slumped his shoulders.
“…Amariaz, wasn’t it? If you understand that, you should grasp the plan’s intent…”
“…Huh?”
“Indeed, if Reizen revives, all four of us will be together. That’s inconvenient for the angels. But from what we’ve discussed and seen, Ouren was in a cave, and Lize woke up in a dungeon. There were no angels there, right?”
“There shouldn’t have been…”
“Then, the angels don’t know how we break the seals. They’ll likely target us who might have the skills to break the seals.”
“…True…!”
Of us, Ouren-san had the most skills. It wasn’t surprising if he had such a skill.
But since Ouren-san broke the first seal, the angels might suspect someone present has the skill to break seals. However, only skilled individuals were present then. The angel present was quickly defeated, and the summoned slaughter angel was also swiftly dispatched by Ouren-san, so they likely had little information.
The angels probably didn’t know the specific skills of each of us now. At most, they knew about Ouren-san and Lize-san. Uchikage-Ojiichan intended to use this to have just the two of us break the seal.
Ouren-san laughed as he opened his eyes.
“We need to manage the aggravation. So, moving conspicuously should be fine?”
“It’s good to join the conversation, but did you find any enemies?”
“Yeah. Three are hiding in the forest. Fourteen angels are heading this way.”
“…What?!”
“Eh?”
As soon as Houen uttered his angry words, Uchikage-Ojiichan and Mom stood up. Houenaggravation, also rising, smacked Ouren on the head.
“Ouch!?”
“Say that sooner, idiot!”
“Ouren-sama, Houen-dono, Lize-dono, please scatter and divert their attention! Karna, come with me!”
“Understood.”
“Wait! Uchikage-Ojiichan!? Where are we going!?”
“Ah, it’s a place you know well, don’t worry.”
The location Uchikage-Ojiichan specified was indeed familiar.
“Head to the riverside where you caught the treasure fish as a child.”