"Kaguya, I gave you a chance! But you didn't cherish it, so don't blame me." Yae Sakura advanced step by step, watching Kaguya and the changes in her expression.
"Hahaha! So what if you weren't affected by Mirror Stillness? Do you think that means you've got me cornered?"
As Yae Sakura drew closer, Kaguya's expression darkened. She pulled the hairpin from her hair and transformed it into a yellow sword, then immediately slashed at her.
Yae Sakura calmly raised her sheath and blocked the strike. Just as she was about to move, the red sash around Kaguya's body suddenly stretched out like tentacles and stabbed directly toward Yae Sakura's lower body.
But at that moment, Yae Sakura suddenly vanished, leaving the sash to strike empty air.
"I'm here!"
Just as Kaguya became alert, Yae Sakura's voice rang out behind her. Then she swung her blade down, mercilessly cutting across Kaguya's body!
But...
"Hm?"
Yae Sakura did not feel her blade strike anything solid. Kaguya's body had turned into a cluster of cherry blossom petals, dancing in the wind... Before reappearing elsewhere the next second.
The petals gathered into human form again. Kaguya raised her sword and, without hesitation, swung it to launch a massive fireball at Yae Sakura. Yae Sakura neither dodged nor blocked, allowing the fireball to crash into her and shatter her body into pieces.
Yet Kaguya did not rejoice, because... the shattered body was nothing but a pile of ice. Clearly, it was not the real one. As for the real one... Kaguya's vision blurred, and a figure rushed right in front of her.
Without thinking, Kaguya held her sword upright and deployed a defensive barrier, only to see Yae Sakura looking at her with a teasing expression...
"Higokumaru, you're up!"
Yae Sakura struck the barrier with