The evil oni howled and roared, while the warrior stood opposite her, watching coldly.
Flames surged into the sky, furiously seeking to burn everything around them to ashes.
"I—I cannot—forgive you!!!"
"Lord Yoshinaka—Lord Yoshinaka!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAOOOHHHHH--------"
Amid the evil oni's roars, Fujimaru Ritsuka keenly caught a crucial word.
"You said—Yoshinaka?"
Miyamoto Musashi noticed the name as well.
If it was the historical Yoshinaka...
"The Rising Sun General of the Kamakura era?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately answered.
"Kiso Yoshinaka! I see, I see."
Sakumura understood a little, and a trace of realization appeared on his face.
No wonder, no wonder this woman—this evil oni—kept repeating her hatred, hating everything about this country. So that was it.
The current shogunate was the Tokugawa Shogunate, and by bloodline, the Tokugawa Shogunate were descendants of the Seiwa Genji, whether they admitted it or not.
Kiso Yoshinaka had once joined forces with the Minamoto bloodline to overthrow the Taira Clan's rule over the land. His valiant military achievements had once earned him the rank of Seii Taishogun, but in the end, his defeat in his struggle against Minamoto no Yoritomo had driven him into a corner.
By Kiso Yoshinaka's side was a beloved concubine who had remained with him throughout his life.
Perhaps because all three of them had mentioned Kiso Yoshinaka's name in turn, the evil oni unusually fell quiet for a moment.
"It is said that the concubine who accompanied Kiso Yoshinaka was famed for her martial prowess, a valiant woman said to be worth a thousand riders."
Sakumura said this.
"She wore armor and rode freely across the battlefield, a woman no less than any man."
"She was the daughter of Nakahara Kaneto, and the younger sister of Higuchi Kanemitsu and Imai Kanehira, who were known as the Kiso Four Heavenly Kings."
"From beginning