"I don't know."
"?"
"[Sophon]'s intelligence contained no specific location for [King Zhenruo]. We can't determine whether that guy is inside the [Royal City]."
Kuramitsuha answered.
"Couldn't calculate it, or simply unwilling to tell us...?"
Natsume sneered.
He was not too disappointed.
To put it nicely, his relationship with [Sophon] was one of cooperation.
To put it bluntly, they were simply using each other.
Besides.
In this dire situation.
What he feared was not being used, but having no value to be used.
Just then.
In the distance, the defensive barrier around the duke's castle was breached by the three foreign demigods as well.
[Duke Otsutsuki Yasakayo] was forced to engage them.
Having mastered the Spirit Coffin Divine Art, he ranked among the more formidable demigods in both offense and defense.
Unfortunately.
On his own, he naturally could not stand against three foreign demigods.
In mere moments.
Over half of the duke's castle, which was comparable in size to several ninja villages, had been leveled.
A great number of direct-line Otsutsuki from the Night Branch Family perished, and the losses were devastating.
However.
Very soon.
As several [Yomotsu Hirasaka] portals opened in the distance.
Three streaks of light shot out instantly and swiftly joined the battlefield.
Without a doubt, they were [Grand Duke Tosaya] and two army group commanders from the Main Family Royal House, who had come rushing to reinforce them.
With these three demigods joining the battle.
The situation immediately reversed, suppressing the three foreign demigods dispatched by the [Council].
"The royal house took the bait?"
"Most likely."
"This is an outright open scheme. The Main Family Royal House can't stand by and do nothing. Abandoning support would mean abandoning the entire Branch Family and handing it over to the [Council]..."
With Nisshiki's memories, Natsume was also