𝕊𝕆𝕃𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕊 | 𝐁.𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐧×𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤!𝐎𝐂

𝟘𝟡. 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖

Benimaru looked at the letter in silence as did Konro.

When the three arrived in time to see Baba, Koshi was already gone. However, she left something behind that she wanted Baba to give to Benimaru. It was a letter given to her a long time ago when she was a child. Once Baba gave it to Benimaru, his emotions were unreadable as he read the letter. His eyes, however, did faintly glow.

The letter read as followed...

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𝘒𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 

𝘐 𝘰𝘸𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦... 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 7 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘴𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥... 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘭 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.