Sealed In Blood

Within the Mashiro Temple's Sacred Forest, a CEO and Priestess stared at one another for a moment. Both of them were not privy to each other's thoughts, but both thought and considered one another's future actions, depending on the state of the contract.

"Do you think you can do that?" he asked. "If neither of us are capable of fulfilling it, does it mean we both die?"

Mitsuko smiled. "Do you fear death?"

"No, but it would inconvenience me," Li Yang said.

The Priestess blinked and then stifled a chuckle. "You make it seem like you could rebirth yourself into another vessel or something close to it. My initial suspicions are only growing with how you state things."

He shook his head. "And I assure you that is not the case, at least as far as I'm aware of."