"Two-Shaku?"
It was actually her?
From a distance, Ririko looked completely ordinary. Dressed in white and having withdrawn all her power and aura, she seemed like an ordinary person on a main road.
If she had not still been floating in the air, no one would have noticed her presence.
Ririko gazed toward the end of the horizon.
She stared at the Buddha Light that illuminated the sky—a light that inspired compassion and warmth in the blessed, yet made anyone hostile toward it feel incomparably cold and grim.
That feeling of two completely different aspects existing as one...
Ririko had only ever seen it in Uesugi-kun's Shikigami, Two-Shaku-Sama.
"I thought I might have to settle accounts later. I never expected things to work out this perfectly. This really is a heaven-sent opportunity."
Ririko curled her lips and gripped the long sword condensed from her aura behind her back.
—Both of them had chosen to be "born" in the present world. Both had reached level forty-nine at roughly the same time. Both had chosen their own correctness without hesitation, and both happened to be in an area where they could see each other.
What a coincidence...
"Does the Onmyo Assistant want to see something interesting too?"
Ririko chuckled.
Feeling power far greater than what she possessed in the present world, she transformed into a streak of pure white light in midair. Amid violent sonic booms, she sped toward the place where the Buddha Light dyed the sky.
In the present world, Two-Shaku-Sama had already crossed the threshold of the divine and the demonic, while Ririko still had quite a way to go.
If they truly fought, then even though she far surpassed her opponent in mentality, skill, and sword domain, she would most likely end up utterly defeated.
Ririko never underestimated