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Ryan and Uzume finally arrive in front of Izumo Inn. It looks like in animation and comic. However, the real-life view of Izumo Inn is very different from the animation and comic since it is in the real world. Moreover, Ryan finally meets Miya Asama, the Pillar Sekirei. Said woman has been sweeping the front lawn between the front door entrance and the gate of the Inn; as of now, she has stopped sweeping and is currently watching them with an inquisitive look.

When Ryan sees Miya, he's stunned because of her beauty and inborn elegance. Just like the Sekirei he has winged so far, Sakurako Gakurakuin's drawing in the comic and the motion-picture photography of her in the animation didn't do the justice for the real one.

She's also seemingly very young in her early twenties with a slender body and ample breasts, slim waist, and wide hips that make her figure seems as though it imitates an hourglass shape. Her current attire doesn't hide her glorious figure whatsoever. Speaking of her outfit, she wears a white Yukata and purple Hakama which is tied with a sash around her slender waist. She is truly a gorgeous woman.

"Ara, Uzume, you've finally returned. And who's this young man?"

Miya starts playing her usual game as the widowed lady. She smiles demurely and squints her eyes into a pair of a slit in her delicate and well-featured face.

"Ah, Miya, hehehe, he's my "boyfriend". His name is Ryan Maxwell, a foreigner!" Uzume emphasizes the "boyfriend" part with double meanings.

"Is he now?" Miya nods as if she understands what Uzume has hinted.

When Ryan watches the byplay before him, Ryan has the strong urge to roll his eyes, and he doesn't hold himself back; he rolls his eyes rudely before Miya, which seems to irk Miya because the next moment, the infamous Hanya comes out.

Miya smiles serenely while squinting her eyes. Yet, her body exudes dark aura around her. Behind her left shoulder, floating in the air, the purple Hanya suddenly appears in the real world.

"Eek! That thing comes out! Why it's coming out!"

Uzume shrieks in fear and hides behind Ryan's figure. Ryan can feel that Uzume is trembling behind him. However, he feels nothing when he faces Miya's infamous Hanya.

(It seems normal.) Ryan thought blandly at the conceptualization of Miya's negative intents and shrugged it off without any problem.

Ryan doesn't seem to be aware of it, but something inside him has changed after his death. Unlike Miya who accumulated her bloodlust from killing countless invaders that tried to invade Kamikura Island in the past, Ryan has experienced the actual death. He's been baptized by it and it changed something in him.

Although Ryan is unaware of this fact, his comprehension of the concept of "death" and related topics is beyond Miya who never experienced death.

Ryan doesn't realize the change yet because he's been focusing on his system and his old dream that has taken shape and going forward with unstoppable momentum. Moreover, the past three days have been hectic for him.

"Cool trick. I don't know you can do it too."

Ryan feigns his impressed expression. Of course, he already knows about the infamous Hanya of the North. However, he feigns it because it's their first time meeting each other.

"My..." Miya seems surprised because her favorite trick to get into other skin is invective against Ryan. She thinks Ryan is a strong-willed person. She doesn't know the actual truth behind Ryan's resistance to her projected negative intents. What an interesting young man, she mused silently.

"What are you doing Ryan-Baby! Don't annoy Miya further! Apologize quickly! I want that thing to disappear!"

Uzume wails behind Ryan as she grabs his shirt and shakes him to no avail.

"Let me show mine, Landlady-san." Ryan declared before he projects all his negative intents towards Miya.

The next moment, pitch-black miasma and incomprehensible aura of death come out of Ryan's body. A hideous red-skinned devil's face that seems to come out from the deepest pit of the hell appears on his shoulder. Fortunately, Uzume cannot see it due to her position behind him. He focuses his Intent Projection skills entirely on Miya.

The next moment, Ryan's dumbfounded because Miya's eyes roll back into her skull and her body sways before falling to the ground with a soft "Thud!". She is even frothing from her mouth!

"Eh?" Ryan makes a stupid sound when he sees that. He cuts off his projection abruptly and looks at Miya's unconscious form in disbelief. The strongest being in the Sekirei World is twitching and frothing in the mouth. It's a pitiful sight.

"What hap—huh?" Uzume who glances in Miya's direction quickly falls into a stupefied state. Her jaw hangs and her eyes turn wide. She cannot believe what she's seeing. Her landlady whose real identity is the strongest Sekirei is unconscious in front of the Izumo Inn's entrance. It's an unbelievable sight that makes Uzume question her own eyesight.

"What happens Ryan-Baby?" Uzume asked Ryan with a perplexed tone.

"Ah, it seems I've miscalculated the intensity of my negative intent projection. I was excited when your landlady can project her negative intents in the shape of a Hanya mask, so I showed mine." Ryan explains with a dull tone. He's still staring wide-eyed at Miya's form.

It's only normal for Miya to collapse from Ryan's all-out, focused negative intents. Moreover, he also used Conqueror Haki. His domineering mental projection is out of the world.

And, it has not been affected by his Multiplier since he hasn't increased his Nonphysical Multiplier. Otherwise, even Gods and Devils, Ghost and Buddhas and all manners of freaks will roll over due to the otherworldly intensity of it. They would die just from that alone!

"Wait for a second! You have that accursed thing too!?" Uzume sounded aghast after she fully digested the content of Ryan's statement.

"Mine isn't Hanya, though!"

"Who cares! Just don't show that thing in front of me... Wait! Why are we arguing about this! Let's help Miya! She needs help, ASAP!"

Uzume finally remembers Miya's state and carries the unconscious landlady inside the inn.

(For someone who is supposed to be the strongest in the Sekirei World, she's sure weak mentally. She could not even endure my Negative Intents mixed with Conqueror Haki. What a letdown... Still, I wonder why that red-haired pervert doesn't show up. Should I wing her too? Nah, I already have Kochou. I don't need Matsu, I think...) Ryan silently mussed as he followed after Uzume.