"What—?!"
"The strongest of Orochi's Eight Servants actually launched a sneak attack?"
In a conference room at Jujutsu High in Tokyo, Island Nation, a group of transcendent bigshots could not help but rise to their feet in astonishment.
Where was a strong fighter's dignity? Whenever their boss, Yamata no Orochi, appeared, he was either being ganged up on or—cough—outsmarted. Yet here, they first feigned weakness before lying in wait for a sneak attack. It was simply:
People just weren't what they used to be!
All that could be said was that after being schemed against so many times, Orochi's faction had learned to scheme as well.
"Then wouldn't the Sea Kingdom..."
Be defeated?
The head of the Koga family stopped speaking halfway through.
Whether the Sea Kingdom lost or not did not have much to do with the Island Nation. Even if those newly born Orochi's Eight Servants charged into the Island Nation, they could simply fight them!
Besides, the Principal was still here. Even if they wanted to avenge Orochi, they would first go trouble Abe Seimei. Moreover, the Island Nation faced a world-ending crisis every few months anyway. Everyone was used to it by now.
But Amamei was on the battlefield right now!
In the past, they had faced peerless Great Demons like Yamata no Orochi and the Nine-Tails. Losing to them was not shameful.
But if they still lost to Orochi's Eight Servants while wearing the Three Sacred Treasures, that would be rather humiliating.
"What did the imperial family say?"
Director Takeya's clone watched the livestream of the battle and asked calmly.
"Yes."
The clerk beside him immediately bowed as he replied, "General Ichika has already set out with the Three Sacred Treasures Families."
Everyone had been able to sit tight before, but then an even stronger