"So, you're the lone Servant mentioned in the intelligence—the rat in the hermitage?"
Minamoto no Raikou tilted her head as she looked at Senji Muramasa.
"Quit spouting that bullshit at me."
Senji Muramasa snorted coldly.
"You say you're Raikou? Then what are you holding in your hand?"
"Yasutsuna? Or Spider Cutter?"
Dojigiri Yasutsuna, the famed blade that killed Shuten Douji; Spider Cutter, the famed blade that killed the Great Earth Spider.
"Want to know? Then come and find out for yourself."
Minamoto no Raikou bared her teeth in a smile.
That smile was completely unlike the gentle Minamoto no Raikou Fujimaru Ritsuka remembered.
As though provoked, Muramasa took a step forward.
"Lord Muramasa, don't rise to this bastard's provocation."
"She is no longer the real Minamoto no Raikou. She is merely a monstrosity living within Raikou's corpse."
Sakumura stopped Muramasa.
"For now, we should be more concerned about the children."
"Quit nagging. I'm only putting up with those two yapping because I know that."
After taking a deep breath, Muramasa took another step back and returned to Fujimaru Ritsuka and the two children.
"It's up to you now."
The instant Muramasa finished speaking, Miyamoto Musashi made her move.
Her target was—Shuten Douji!
Clang—
Clang!
Shuten Douji seemingly had not expected Musashi to be so fast, but she still raised the claws in her hand and blocked Musashi's attack.
"Oh my, that was dangerous. If it had been just a tiny bit closer, my head would probably have gone flying."
"How frightening, Miyamoto Musashi."
Standing to one side, Muramasa narrowed his eyes.
The female Musashi truly lived up to the Musashi name. Her sword tip left no trace when she struck, though her sword aura was still unstable—a tremendous weakness.
Neither of these two would be easy to deal with.
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