Ch. 441Kusa vs. Ibaraki Doji
Raiden Mei prepared Kusa to fight Ibaraki Doji by teaching her the Inch Heart Fist and giving her powerful gauntlets, then left the others to handle the battle. Mei infiltrated the imperial palace to protect Nue’s upcoming birth and found Hagoromo Gitsune in a hidden building.
- Raiden Mei told Kusa to fight Ibaraki Doji, assuring her that this generation’s great yokai was weak enough for her to defeat.
- Raiden Mei gave Kusa CAS-II Drifter gauntlets and promised her a greater gift if she won.
- Raiden Mei instructed Yuyuko to watch over Kusa, asked the group to leave the final blows on the great yokai to Higokumaru, and departed alone.
- Raiden Mei concealed her presence with Honkai energy and magic and infiltrated the imperial palace unnoticed by the Great Tengu.
- Raiden Mei passed Kidomaru, who briefly sensed something, then located Hagoromo Gitsune in a hidden building filled with tangible resentment and other negative emotions.