"Bang!"
As Genya's gunshot rang out, Shinobu Kocho immediately drew her blade and lunged, keeping Mingjing from focusing her attacks on him.
Insect Breathing: Bee Sting Dance-True Stab!
The needlelike Nichirin Blade thrust forward with unstoppable force. Having just sidestepped Genya's bullet, Mingjing was completely exposed!
Yet the young woman in the kimono showed no trace of panic.
Her fingertips rolled the string of bells. As their chimes rang out, Shinobu's vision blurred, and even the tip of her blade began to tremble.
The Nichirin Blade had been aimed straight at the foul demon's throat, but its quivering tip carried it far off course, sending it skimming past the woman's side.
Sensing something wrong, Shinobu Kocho immediately bit the tip of her tongue. The pain cleared her head, and she snapped her blade around, turning back for another fierce thrust.
At the same time, Genya fired furiously from behind her. The bullet shot from the barrel, forming a pincer attack with Shinobu's blade and leaving Mingjing nowhere to escape!
The girls stood tensely at the ready, intent on killing this Lower Rank demon right here!
"Jingle, jingle..."
The bells in Mingjing's hand kept giving off clear, soul-shaking chimes. Wearing thick-soled geta, she turned gracefully between the attacks from both sides.
Her seemingly snow-white sleeve brushed lightly across Shinobu Kocho's face, bringing with it a foul stench.
No matter how beautiful her appearance was, it could never change the fact that she was a man-eating demon!
The bullet struck the surrounding trees, while Shinobu Kocho's attack merely grazed her sleeve.
Mingjing bowed, every bit as graceful as she looked.
Damn it... she's slipperier than an eel!
The bells in her hand had the strange power to unsettle the mind. Combined with her ability to hear others' thoughts, she could predict Shinobu's