"It means we are going to need help from dead." It was Lin who spoke.
"What" everyone practically screamed excluding Naru.
"Does that make sense?" old monk was standing on his toes.
"I'm going to bring spirits back from spiritual realm. That is the only way we can save Mai." Naru said straight forward.
"But exactly how are you going to do that?"
"Lin explain them. And now everyone leave. Mai needs to rest." Naru shoved them towards door.
They stood and left with brooding faces.
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The idea was absurd. And in the words of old monk, they were not supposed to do it in any condition. They can't control spirits. Even making them appear, and against their own will, was harder than the rocket science. And if they couldn't do it properly, they would be dead even before confronting Kuroyasha.
"Why are you so against it oyaji." Asked Takigawa again.
"Is that head for decoration. Use your tiny brain sometimes. The method is ridiculous. You yourself heard it didn't you?"
Takigawa recalled how Lin had explained them in a monotonous way :
"As Naru said we don't have enough spirituality even if we combine our power. Thus the only option we have is the dead. Not all dead are spiritually strong and are righteous. We need spirits that are on verge of becoming deity."
"As you know we don't have capability of bringing them forcefully from spiritual realm but we can try to summon them with certain sutras that are given in the scriptures of Buddha. The sutras are the only thing that they can hear but it's upon them to come or not. This makes things quite difficult because never once they showed themselves in last 70 years."
"Then what if we try and they decided not to appear." Asked Masako.
"They will come. Cause we'll be using beads of Buddha as an offering."
"Now what does that mean? Don't we need that to stop Kuroyasha?" Takigawa raised an eyebrow.
"Is there two beads?" asked John.
"No. There is only one." Lin answered.
"Then just how are we gonna do it? If we offer them beads we won't be able to bind Kuroyasha. And if we were to bind Kuroyasha how do we offer them beads, nonetheless we can't bind him without spirits." Yasuhara was visibly confused.
"I think Naru is going to negotiate with the spirits." Lin told them massaging his nose bridge.
"What?" they exclaimed.
"That's what I too think right now. Further detail will be given to you by Naru as I, myself am not understanding it fully yet."
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"Ahhh...my head hurts." Takigawa was pulling his hair in the corner. He didn't know what to do and it was frustrating him to no end.
The old monk had left already to prepare the scriptures for the upcoming ritual of bringing spirits from the other side. He didn't wanted to do, but had finally surrendered when Takigawa kneeled on his knees and literally begged him.
"I can't understand so many things. And Mai doesn't have enough time until we all figure that out." Matsuzaki was staring straight at the door from where Naru was supposed to come and explain them.
"Say Takigawa...How is the old monk your father. I mean can Monks really have a family?" Matsuzaki tried to divert Takigawa's mind.
She didn't want to look at a bald Takigawa. But of course than he would have looked more like a real monk.
"Yes monks can have family. But no, he is not my real father. It's just turned out that way. And before you ask, I am not adopted. I have my own parents. It's a long story." But he still hadn't stopped pulling his hair.
"Ohhhhh" there was loud understanding voice among SPR.
"Okay. Then. Just stop pulling your hair. It's irritating me." Matsuzaki said.
"Oh.." Takigawa looked baffled. He didn't realize what he was doing.
"Everyone is here?" finally they heard one voice they were waiting for, for two hours to hear.
"Naru..." they murmured.
"I know what you want to know. Let me explain first." Said Naru while sitting in the middle of the room.
"I understand Lin told you about negotiation?"
"Yes but he didn't tell us about how are we going to do it. I means how can we use one bead two times." Masako said.
"First we're going to summon them while putting beads for offering. Then when they appear we'll tell them that we won't give them beads immediately but after we have captured Kuroyasha. We'll give them beads with Kuroyasha to be exactly." Naru paused for a bit and saw their reaction.
"And they'll be like, 'okay Naru as you wish' right." Matsuzaki said sarcastically.
"No. If we failed to negotiate they'll kill us. But this offer is not something they can refuse I guarantee you that." Said Naru full of confidence.
"But why. Why would spirits want to take beads or Kuroyasha or both??" Masako asked.
"Because it would give them Moksha." Naru declared.
To be continued...