Amaterasu-Ōmikami slowly turned her head. The beaded curtain swayed slightly before her as her pale golden eyes slid from Oda Nobunaga's rage-contorted face to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's murderous one, then back again.
"Stop."
A single word, light as the wind.
Yet Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi instantly froze in place.
Amaterasu-Ōmikami continued, "Going there would only get you killed."
"That mortal took only five minutes to kill Susanoo-no-Mikoto. The Yata Mirror revealed no traces. We don't even know what methods he used."
"You couldn't even withstand a glance from Susanoo-no-Mikoto. What could you possibly do there?"
Oda Nobunaga clenched his jaw until a hard ridge bulged in his cheek, and the knuckles gripping Sōza Samonji cracked in rapid succession.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi slammed the Golden Tachi back into its scabbard. His short frame shook violently inside his Tōsei Gusoku as he forced a curse through his teeth, so muffled it was almost inaudible.
The next moment, Amaterasu-Ōmikami's tone turned cold and murderous. "Our plan is going smoothly! Once he takes the bait and comes to Takamagahara, we'll make him pay dearly!"
Everyone present looked expectant at those words!
That little bastard was utterly hateful! Once they captured him, they could torture his soul for ten thousand years and never tire of it!
The President's office on the top floor of the Eye Society Headquarters.
Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the entire office. A faint eucalyptus scent lingered in the air, mingled with a sweet, cloying afterglow that could make one's legs go weak.
Selina Kyle came around from behind the desk, her short, dark brown hair clinging messily to the sides of her neck. A lingering flush still tinged her dark green eyes.
She bent down to pick up the close-fitting tactical underlayer scattered on the carpet and pulled