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A few hours later, after you've finished calming Ife down and convincing Dude to give him his tools back, you find yourself touching down on the familiar stone slabs atop Kami's Lookout. You'd come to the conclusion that you couldn't afford to move forward without identifying the foreign energy embedded within the statue properly, and if anyone could help you with that it'd be Kami. He...may not be much older than you are, truthfully, but his position does grant him some unique insights apparently, alongside earning some Contacts in the Otherworld that may be more knowledgeable than himself.
Mr. Popo is watering the garden as he so often is, and he glances your way as soon as he detects your presence and raises a hand in greeting.
"Wyald Honta! A pleasure to see you again. What brings you up here to the Lookout today?" The attendant asks, setting his watering can down and standing straight, arms tucking behind his back comfortably.
"I needed Kami's expertise on a new development!" You reply, flashing Popo a warm smile. "I hope everything is going well up here?" You ask, out of politeness.
"Well and quiet." Popo replies with a nod, before gesturing to the door. "Kami is expecting you, so it would be better to not keep him waiting." He reveals.
"Of course. Have a good one, Mr. Popo!" You offer him, jogging past him to the doors that seemed a lot bigger to you in the past and opening them up to enter the meeting hall.
Sitting upon his throne is the Kami Formerly Known as Piccolo, which is still a strange sight to you given how many years you saw his predecessor on that same throne and sat before him to learn as one of his disciples. It fills you with a strange mixture of pride and sadness, though you know the previous Kami more than earned his eternal rest.
"Welcome back to the Lookout, Honta. I know what it is that brings you here." Pic- Kami states, his demeanor regal and serious. "I've been watching the developments on that island carefully. Trouble always has a way of finding you, or you finding it...it always pays off to keep an eye on whatever you're doing." He comments.
"I...can't really refute that. So you think this is trouble, then?" You ask, curious.
"Indeed. After communing with some experts on the matter, I've come to believe that it's Mental Energy gathering within that statue, bleeding into it at an accelerating rate. From where, I'm not sure...but it's not an energy that would belong to the petrified victim. He was a warrior, gifted with his Ki and some small amount of magic, but entirely unversed in Psychic Disciplines." Kami reveals.
"So...someone's trying to, what, use psychic techniques on it or something?" You ask, bewildered.
"Or something. I cannot say for certain yet, it's not my forte. But...I do know of some who could help us in that regard. None among the living, unfortunately...but it seems that won't be a problem for you, no?" He suggests with a smile.
