You Come, I Go-A Clash Between Equals! Where Did the Curse Go After Lord Magatsu Cursed Uesugi Tetsu?

Before the pillar of light teleported him onto the arena, Uesugi Tetsu first landed beside the main platform and took Kaga Kiyomitsu back from Ririko.

Swinging Kaga Kiyomitsu around with a happy, delighted look that he absolutely didn't dare show on his face, Uesugi Tetsu smiled at the girl.

"Let me borrow it."

As he spoke, he looked toward Tsuchimikado Ran, who had already landed on the opposite side of the arena and was calmly and silently sizing him up.

"He isn't an opponent we can afford to underestimate."

"It was your sword in the first place. Why are you saying all this...?"

Ririko sighed, then flicked her finger and used her aura to shove Uesugi Tetsu forward. "Get up there. I'm still waiting to see what kind of spectacle you and this Tsuchimikado can make."

"Sure."

Uesugi Tetsu skillfully strapped Kaga Kiyomitsu back around his waist, finally making the sword give an involuntary, refreshing tremor.

Before he stepped onto the platform, he heard a voice from behind him.

"I'm looking forward to it."

Without turning around, Uesugi Tetsu waved toward the voice behind him.

Uesugi Tetsu and the god-demon referee stepped onto the arena together, but his gaze was entirely fixed on Tsuchimikado Ran, over a hundred meters away.

--Tsuchimikado Ran wore a plain hunting robe. He had no traditional Eboshi on his head, and his long black hair hung down past his shoulders. He held none of the fans most Onmyoji chose to carry.

There were no ornaments or tools anywhere else within sight, either.

Hmm... He couldn't sense the slightest fluctuation of Spiritual Power from Ran.

Even master-level Imperial Spirit Technique seemed to have become useless at this moment.

It wasn't that Tsuchimikado Ran had concealed his aura and fluctuations particularly well. It was more as if