The Family Bonding Game Had to End! Uesugi Tetsu, I'll Bite You to Death! The Memories of Swordsman Musō Gonnosuke

Tokugawa Ryūji stared straight ahead, at the direction where Ririko did not exist.

There was no response.

A barrier of unknown principle, invisible to the naked eye and imperceptible to the five senses, impervious to sound and spiritual energy, expanded with Tokugawa Ryūji at its center, completely separating everything around them.

In an instant, the crowd, the noise, the lights—everything in the living world—vanished without a trace.

Only three people remained inside.

Ririko, who felt her Sword Realm compressed into her body in an instant, remained unmoved.

She knew this was probably the super-evolved version of the [Sword Domain], a small world of the sword formed from the perfect interweaving of Technique and Principle—something that even many sword grandmasters might not possess.

—[Sword Realm]!

"Big Brother."

Ririko stared at Tokugawa Ryūji, who had ignored her from beginning to end, and sighed softly. "This may be the last time I call you Big Brother."

Tokugawa Ryūji still said nothing.

Because Tokugawa Motoyasu had not spoken yet.

The old man was in no hurry. Only after the entire Sword Realm had been shrouded in silence for more than ten seconds did he finish sizing Ririko up. After nodding with something less than complete satisfaction, he smiled and spoke.

"Ririko, long time no see."

This time, Ririko was the one who did not answer.

Ever since she had escaped that Tokugawa Family in the pitch-black night, many years had passed since she had last seen this great-grandfather of hers.

Yet after meeting again following such a long separation, Ririko felt none of the warmth or emotion an ordinary person might have felt.

There was only hatred.

Ririko rarely hated anyone, much less to the point of loathing them.

Unfortunately, the head of the Tokugawa Family before her—her great-grandfather, Tokugawa Motoyasu—was one of those