No Helping You~

"Was that you?"

Kano looked at Seele, who stood before her, panting. There was no one else here. Though she had no idea how Seele had done it, it could only have been her.

"Hmph! You attacked Seele first."

Seele's blue eyes fixed on Kano as she made no attempt to deny it.

This was Seele's unique power, one of the abilities granted by the natural Stigmata on her chest. As long as she planted a unique consciousness mark on an enemy and resonated with it, she could harm them from within their own bodies.

Although Seele's earlier attack had not struck Kano, the consciousness mark had already been planted inside her. When the time was right, Seele directly resonated with the mark within her body and triggered it.

However, Seele understood that this would only injure her, not strip her of her fighting ability.

Sure enough, Kano wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at Seele with even greater satisfaction. At the same time, she extended her hands and pulled a katana brimming with sinister energy out of thin air.

"This is Juzumaru, one of the Five Swords Under Heaven. During the Kamakura period, Emperor Toba had it forged by the famous swordsmith Aoe Tsunetsugu. The characters 'Tsunetsugu' were engraved upon it, which is why the blade was also called Juzumaru Tsunetsugu."

"Later, because this sword was far too sharp and bloodthirsty, it slew countless people. The resentment and pain of those who died by its blade turned it into a cursed sword capable of slaying all ghosts and gods. Afterward, Master Nichiren used it. In order to redeem this cursed sword, he hung prayer beads from its hilt, and that was how it finally came to be known as Juzumaru."

Kano did not attack