Though the giant serpent was enormous, it could not fully turn around within the cramped courtyard.
"An opening!"
"Lord Kotarou!"
Using the edge of the roof, Miyamoto Musashi leaped into the air. Though she could not jump as if she were flying like Sakumura, she still soared quite high, her longsword descending toward the giant serpent's head.
"Yes!"
Whoosh—
Several piercing whistles tore through the air as the kunai and shuriken in Kotarou's hands flew in different directions, tracing various paths through the air and sealing off Assassin Paraiso's position, buying Miyamoto Musashi that sliver of space.
That strike—would surely kill the giant serpent. Sakumura, looking up from below, knew that clearly.
But why—
Assassin Paraiso, why was there not the slightest trace of panic on your face?
Did she have something up her sleeve?
Or would something even more troublesome appear after the giant serpent was killed?
"Slash—!"
Clang!
No matter what, the giant serpent had to be killed. Musashi's blade swept through, nearly splitting its head in two. Before it could even scream, it died miserably on the spot.
Whoosh—
Dodging Kotarou's attack, Assassin Paraiso suddenly threw several kunai toward—Sakumura?
"They're coming at me?"
Sakumura did not understand. Crane Feather spun, effortlessly knocking the kunai aside.
Was she trying to drive me away, then kill Kiyohime directly?
But Assassin Paraiso's next move made Sakumura's pupils suddenly contract.
Her attack on him truly had been a feint. What Assassin Paraiso actually wanted to attack—
"Got you!"
Assassin Paraiso let out a feral grin. A blurred shadow flashed past, and she had already appeared—
Before Fujimaru Ritsuka!
Her target was the Master!
"Don't even think—"
Whoosh—
Clang—
A flash of sword light whistled through the air. Sakumura—stood before Fujimaru Ritsuka.
As long as he was there—no one could harm Fujimaru