He thought for a bit and added, "It should be doable, but whether it will actually work can only be determined after I see Kohaku himself.
Just bring him to me once you've managed to take Kohaku back from Naraku. Don't worry, I have plenty of sacrifices on my end; I won't need you."
As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a wooden Kunai was shot precisely to land at Sango's feet. He said, "There's a formula I left on this. When you need to find me, break this, and I'll be able to sense it."
Having said that, he no longer hesitated and directly activated the Flying Thunder God Technique. The two of them instantly vanished from the spot.
"They've vanished?" Seeing the two disappear in the blink of an eye, Shippō couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
"That guy has always been elusive; there's nothing to be surprised about."
Inuyasha had seen Retsu's ability to vanish instantly before, so he wasn't surprised now. As he sheathed the tessaiga, he spoke calmly.
Today has certainly been an eventful day."
Kagome looked in the direction where the two had disappeared, stretched, and said with emotion,
"Not only did we encounter Naraku, but we also saw Retsu and Kikyo being resurrected with our own eyes. Thinking back on it now, it still feels incredible."
"Is that so!" Miroku thought back on the series of events that had happened today and nodded in deep agreement.
Sango bent down to pick up the wooden Kunai from her feet and carefully tucked it away inside her clothes.
She turned to look at Miroku, whose face was still pale, and said, "Let's find a place to rest. Monk Miroku, your body needs treatment as soon as possible."
With that, she bent down to support Miroku, slowly walked to Kirara's side, and helped him onto Kirara's back.
"Thank you, Sango." Once Miroku was settled on Kirara, he said to Sango gratefully.
"It's nothing." Sango shook her head gently. Now that there was hope for her brother's resurrection, she was very happy.
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On the other side, the figures of Retsu and Kikyo instantly appeared inside a room in the Temple where they had stayed before.
"This is... the Temple from before?" Kikyo looked around at the familiar furnishings and recognized this as the room where Retsu had rested when they stayed there previously.
"Yeah, it's so late, I didn't feel like walking, so I just came straight back." Retsu nodded, walked to the window, and pushed open the wooden shutters. The night breeze blew into the room, bringing a touch of coolness.
"You didn't kill Naraku earlier; there must be another reason, right? I have a feeling that even if you could have completely killed him then, you wouldn't have done it."
Kikyo didn't leave immediately; instead, she walked up to him and stared at him as she spoke.
"Hmm? What's this? A woman's intuition?" Retsu glanced at her with some surprise upon hearing her words.
Hearing his words, Kikyo gave him a look and said with certainty, "It seems my feeling was correct."
"Yes." Retsu didn't hide it. He nodded, agreeing with her guess, and explained seriously, "That's right. I'm worried that if I kill Naraku now, a second Naraku might appear."
"A second Naraku? What do you mean?" Kikyo frowned, her face full of confusion.
Retsu looked at her and asked in return, "Let me ask you, how did Naraku come to be?"
Kikyo said in a heavy voice, "That Bandit named Onigumo, because of his evil desires, offered his body to countless Demons, and their fusion ultimately gave birth to Naraku."
"On the surface, that's indeed how it was."
Retsu nodded, then his tone shifted, and his expression became serious: "Onigumo was just an ordinary Bandit. He wasn't a Demon, a Monk, or a Priestess. He was nothing—just an ordinary Bandit you saved. Why was he able to do such a thing?"
"This..." Hearing his words, Kikyo was suddenly stunned. This was a question she had never thought deeply about.
Seeing that Kikyo had been enlightened, Retsu continued, "You have to realize that in this world where Demons run rampant, many people die every day—killed by robbers, killed by Demons, starved to death, drowned—there are all kinds of ways to die.
There are plenty of people who are more miserable and more evil than Onigumo. Why was he the only one who could become Naraku?"
At this point, a mocking smile appeared on Retsu's face: "If Naraku were really that easy to create.
In a world like this, there would probably be crowds of people lining up every day to sacrifice their bodies to Demons in exchange for power. How could it ever be the turn of an ordinary Bandit like him?"
He stared intently into Kikyo's eyes and said in an extremely serious tone, "But the fact is, in these fifty years, there has only been one Onigumo, and only one Naraku was born!"
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