Sakumura once again stood above Lake Kurokawa.
His eyes felt a little numb.
What exactly was going on?
Or was this inevitable punishment for being the culprit who had created the Singularity?
"Sakumura—!"
Oryou-san, the great serpent of Watatsumi, let out a dragon's roar. Even the clouds in the sky trembled as she roared challengingly at Sakumura.
"Ryoma and I will fight with everything we have! Are you ready?!"
Unlike the last time he had fought Yukina here, when the place had been deserted, the nosy Takasugi Shinsaku and Okada Izo had come along this time to watch the excitement.
"...Can I say I'm not ready?"
Sakumura did not seem to have much fighting spirit.
After all, he had once been taught that once a samurai drew his sword, all he needed to do was fight without restraint.
Though, that was only if he were viewed purely as a samurai now.
"Then I'll take that as you're ready!"
Oryou-san opened her mouth directly, firing an enormous purple-black beam of light.
Sakumura finally grew serious. Spreading his black wings, he moved to block the beam—he could have dodged, but there was no need for that now.
The nodachi in his hand had already formed. He swung it vertically at Ryoma and Oryou, carving a long streak of light through the air.
"Oryou-san, you should probably take human form!"
Ryoma felt that Oryou-san's Watatsumi serpent form made too large a target. Like Mama Bear before her, Sakumura would be able to hit her regardless of which direction he swung his blade.
"The two Ama-no-Sakahoko can be used as any weapon. I can support Oryou-san from below."
Looking at Magatsu God Toyokumo Ayaka-no-Mikoto, whose overwhelming presence radiated a terrifyingly powerful aura, Ryoma swallowed.
"It's fine, Ryoma." There was a hint of excitement in