After This Slash, Your Shikigami Will Be Out of the Game; Eight-Shaku Nioh, Ten Seconds of Invincibility, Descend!

Minamoto Shizuka frowned, suddenly feeling constrained.

Had I been read in advance?

--Had that Uesugi Tetsu completed his breakthrough into Clear Sword Heart in silence, condensing a sword heart and surpassing her in state of mind?

In her eyes, Uesugi Tetsu's skin had turned completely crimson, and great amounts of high-temperature steam billowed from beneath Red Brahma's mask.

He was like a giant machine operating under an excessive load, rumbling loudly.

The sense of threat he gave her also rose sharply.

If Uesugi Tetsu's threat before had been "someone at the door making threats," then now it was "a cold blade pressed against her neck."

The two were worlds apart.

Yet Minamoto Shizuka had experienced scenes like this countless times.

There was a high chance she would die? That was perfectly normal.

But recently, it had indeed been rare.

There was one thing that was rather strange, though.

--Being read in advance represented a vast gap in states of mind.

After observing for several seconds, Minamoto Shizuka discovered that Uesugi Tetsu had not condensed a sword heart. Naturally, she could not understand how he had made her feel as though she had been read in advance.

But her opponent was Uesugi Tetsu.

That Uesugi Tetsu, praised by her elder sister and serving directly under Nanjō Emi.

It was only normal for him to possess some unknown methods.

She only needed to do what she had to do.

Regardless of how strong the enemy was, as long as she continued to do the "correct" things in battle, the scales of victory would gradually tip in her favor.

Her cold-white fingertips touched the deep-blue blade. Minamoto Shizuka once again pressed her Willpower above Hotarumaru, controlling everything like a tyrannical dictator.

Minamoto Shizuka took a deep breath and felt the omnipresent "waves" surging