Hesitation Means Defeat (Request Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

It was still that same field of white reeds.

Isshin Ashina had died, and Ashina had been fully invaded.

Gyoubu, who guarded the gate; the Red Demon, who used Mortal Blade to hold back the enemy; the Fire Bull that ravaged the battlefield; as well as the Tengu and the Lone Shadows.

More than half of the forces known by the Blademaster as "Sekiro" had been wiped out.

In the final desperate situation, Genichiro would stop at nothing to protect Ashina.

When the Wolf returned to the Ashina Style swordsman beneath the castle tower during the Interior Ministry's full-scale invasion, the man had already used the Red Lump to become a red-eyed iaijutsu master.

Yet even after giving everything, he still had no way to resist such powerful enemies.

At this moment, Genichiro Ashina had only one path left: utilizing the power of the Dragon's Heritage.

By the time the Wolf arrived, Kuro had already been severely wounded.

"It's been a long time... ninja."

"Look, the other Immortal Blade."

Holding the Immortal Blade in his hand, Genichiro spoke as he looked at the Wolf.

This was his final means of saving Ashina: using the Immortal Blade to obtain Kuro's Dragon's Heritage.

Zhang Yi was not particularly surprised by Genichiro's words.

Because he had already gathered plenty of information from the previous game's storyline.

There were two Immortal Blades in total. One was called Open Gate, a blade used for sacrificial rituals.

The other was called Bairei, a ritual blade used to obtain the Cherry Dragon's tears.

And according to the notes left by Jō and Tomo, it was clear that neither Jō nor Tomo had obtained Bairei back then. What they had obtained was likely only Open Gate.

As for the beautiful witch seen at the Cherry Dragon's former dwelling,