The Cornered Kill

Although he had already gotten all the cores back—and, due to certain special circumstances, his waist was a little sore today—well, in any case, Naraku still had to be dealt with.

Earlier, he had already asked through Spirit Communication whether killing Naraku would have any consequences once he had recovered the cores.

The answer was... no.

After all, in Lin Yun's original plan, if Naraku really proved too strong, made his save against Eternal Stasis, and burned through most of Lin Yun's Spell Slots, then Lin Yun might have no choice but to kill him outright.

So Lin Yun naturally had to prepare for both possibilities. He couldn't just throw the friends who'd been with him for over half a year under the bus for Kagura and Kanna.

It was a question that absolutely had to be answered.

In fact, if killing Naraku meant Kagura and Kanna would die along with him, Lin Yun would probably have to postpone the plan again and wait until he had made more thorough preparations before cornering Naraku.

But there was no denying that by then, Naraku might have grown even stronger. A plan that was more carefully prepared now could end up full of holes if Naraku became stronger.

In that case, it wouldn't be Lin Yun cornering Naraku like he had the day before yesterday. Naraku would be the one cornering him.

That was why Lin Yun had decided that, since he'd already made his choice and prepared for it, he might as well go all in and rush over to corner the other side.

As it turned out, it had worked—and he'd happened to pick a time when Naraku wasn't in a good position to act.

From another perspective, the timing, location, and circumstances had all lined up perfectly.

So... time