August 31, 11:20 PM.
The moment the ritual started, there was a supernatural phenomenon.
In this huge boundary that was surrounded by light, Yamisaka continued to pull the bow, yet his body was trembling like he had the flu. Disgusting sweat flowed down his body, and the focus of his eyes started to waver.
Right now, what Yamisaka was doing was to basically look into Index's inner world. There was no mistake in the spell and method; the spell itself wasn't dangerous at all, there were no side effects.
But Yamisaka's life was trickling bit by bit.
The 103,000 grimoires that were hidden in that girl's heart were that vicious.
"--,----!!"
Yamisaka Ouma was having a severe migraine and couldn't say anything. It was as though his skull was being hammered.
In fact, Yamisaka didn't intend to obtain the full knowledge of the 103,000 grimoires. It was impossible to download such a large number of grimoires into his head.
However, he just needed one. The name of that grimoire was 'baopuzi'. In Chinese culture, it was a grimoire that was said to teach people how to be a 'deity' and live an immortal life. It should have a record of what was called 'alchemy'; in other words, it had a method of creating an immortal elixir that could heal any disease or curse.
He just needed this book.
He didn't want to see a counterfeit or a copy with a wrong explanation, but rather, he wanted a grimoire that was very close to the original and was high in purity. He just needed that one grimoire.
"---!!!"
However, he had never expected it to be so devastating.
At this point, Yamisaka finally realized why it had been heavily modified into 'counterfeits' or 'copies' with so little purity. It was because the toxicity of the original was too great. If they hadn't lowered or removed the purity, no ordinary person could even read it.
Yamisaka stared at the girl who was screaming, telling him to stop.
It was unbelievable that this girl had actually managed to read all 103,000 grimoires, when reading just one page alone was enough to cause a huge migraine in his head.
This wasn't something that any human could do.
The girl who had achieved such an amazing feat was actually the most abnormal person.
"---!!!"
Each time he pulled the bow, the toxic grimoires started to flow into his mind page by page. Each page of poison started to flow in like milk mixing into coffee, fusing with Yamisaka's soul and corroding it.
But Yamisaka still continued to grit his teeth and pull the bow.
Up till now in his life, he had always thought that magicians were all powerful. It had been because he didn't want to meet any more setbacks that he had sworn to be a magician. Thus, he wouldn't be stopped by such a thing. That woman who was dying. That woman who didn't even have the strength to ask for help. That weak woman who could only smile as she gradually stepped towards death. If he couldn't even save such an ordinary woman, how could he shamelessly declare about being 'all-powerful', what 'not wanting to suffer any setbacks'? How could he let such an ordinary woman suffer and leave a black mark on his record?
Thus, Yamisaka continued to pull the bow.
Even if blood continued to flow out of his eyes and ears, he wanted that grimoire.
Letting himself get scarred and suffer the sin of wanting to fulfill his desire.
It was definitely not because of that ordinary woman.
It was definitely not because of that ordinary woman at all!