The snake venom had been driven out.
Hyuga Sho breathed a sigh of relief.
The Miko had finally completed the exorcism ritual as well.
Looking at the Miko leaning against his shoulder, her head drooping to one side, Hyuga Sho could not help praising her. "Miko... you've worked hard."
Afterward.
He carried the Miko back.
Along the way.
The patch of water stains left behind by Shion's exorcism ritual on the ground around the corner of the wall was particularly conspicuous.
Hyuga Sho said nothing and simply left the place.
At noon.
Hyuga Sho found Uzuki Yugao again.
This time, she had reached sixty-four strikes of the Eight Trigrams Palms.
Uzuki Yugao, defeated, collapsed trembling. With a thump, she lay completely flat.
Hyuga Sho withdrew his move and stood there.
Then he left.
Not long afterward, Uzuki Yugao got up, supported herself against the doorframe, slowly made her way to the bathroom, and took a bath.
After coming out of the bath, she saw Gekko Hayate, who had come to deliver food.
She casually took it from him, her face filled with coldness.
"Yugao..."
Looking at his lover like this, Gekko Hayate... felt even more pain in his heart.
In the afternoon.
The weather was bright and clear.
Hyuga Sho went to the Uchiha Clan's settlement.
Uchiha Hazuki was chatting with the others.
Everyone said that her complexion had improved greatly.
No one else knew that Uchiha Izumi had returned.
Uchiha Hazuki still appeared to be living as she usually did.
Afterward...
She said goodbye to everyone, went to the market, and bought some vegetables.
She planned to make more delicious dishes that evening as a way of repaying them.
After carefully calculating her money.
This year... she had enough.
Normally, Uchiha Hazuki would help people with various