Yogiri raised a hand towards the people running at them. “I’m warning you, if you attack us, I’ll fight back. If you don’t want to die, stop there.”

The people had spoken earlier, so they should have been able to understand him. However, not one of them stopped. They may have just been convinced that Yogiri couldn’t do anything to hurt them. Getting others to understand his power without a demonstration was rather difficult, so he immediately gave up on trying. In the end, it was their fault for attacking. He had already warned them, so he had no reason to hesitate.

“Uhh...Dannoura-Style Fatal Technique, Underworld Judgment!”

“Why do you have a name for it now?!”

“I figured it was easier to understand if it had one.”

“Then think of your own! Don’t steal our name!”

The man leading the charge collapsed, face planting into the ground. The next soon followed. By the time the third had collapsed, the others rushing towards him had realized something was wrong. It didn’t seem like they were monsters who had lost the ability to think. They all stopped where they stood.

“Right there. That’s where I set up my technique. If you cross that line, you’ll die.”

Yogiri pointed at the ground in front of him. They seemed to recognize what he was saying, as they grabbed their fallen companions and pulled them back. They then began to inspect their bodies. They didn’t look like they were trying to treat them. It seemed more like they were trying to confirm they had actually died.

“Impossible. There’s no way they could die.”

“That’s right. They’ll probably start moving again soon, like always.”

“Soon? It’s already been too long.”

“There’s no traces of him using a cylinder, though...”

“Look, I broke his finger, and it won’t go back to normal. It’s still broken.”

“No way...”

“It’s true.”

“We can die?!”

The people conversing turned to look at Yogiri again. It was then that Yogiri recognized they all had something in common. Every single one of them had purple eyes.

“No, that’s impossible. There’s no way...”

“It’s easy. All we have to do is check.”

One of the men stepped closer to Yogiri. When he passed over the “line” Yogiri had indicated, Yogiri killed him. The rest of them grabbed the newly dead man and pulled him back, crowding around him once again.

“He’s not moving...”

“Is he really dead?”

“Let’s wait a bit more.”

“Yeah. Energy absorption attacks and those cylinders made the revival process a lot slower than before.”

“But come on. He’s dead, right? No matter how you look at it! He’s not moving at all!”

“That’s true. Even if they don’t revive instantly, they’d always be twitching or something.”

“No way! I can’t believe that! How many times have we gotten our hopes up before for nothing?! Believing now just means a deeper despair later!”

“Then why not just give it a try? You don’t have to expect anything. If you come back to life, it’ll be the same as always. You’ve got nothing to lose.”

They had originally tried to attack Yogiri and Tomochika. But as if they had forgotten their initial objective, they had become obsessed with talking over the bodies of their dead companions.

“Umm...their attitude seems to be changing...” Tomochika said hesitantly. Her fear of being attacked by the people of the city seemed to dissipate.

“Ha ha ha ha... Are you serious?! We can actually die?! Can we?!”

Another of the men rushed at them and then collapsed. Yogiri didn’t know what they were thinking; he was just killing anyone who got close, before they could do any harm. That was all he could do, and it had to be done. However, he couldn’t help but hesitate. Even though they knew they would die, they were still approaching.

“Hey, you guys can talk, right? Then let’s talk about this. Watching you kill yourselves this way feels wrong.”

At Yogiri’s suggestion, they put their heads together again.

“He says he wants to talk. What should we do?”

-Volume 10 pages 107, 108, 109, and 110