In a patch of grass.
Yushiro groggily got to his feet.
Uchiha Kazama's kick yesterday had knocked him unconscious in an instant.
Looking at the color of the sky, Yushiro was startled.
Someone had knocked him out with a single kick, and he had only just woken up.
Just as Yushiro was about to hurry back and tell Lady Tamayo about that violent, ill-mannered brute, Uchiha Kazama.
A terrifying presence entered his awareness.
"Is this... someone fighting?!"
"But it's daytime right now!"
Yushiro was bewildered.
Only demons at least as powerful as an Upper Rank could give off such a terrifying presence.
But these demons had already come out in broad daylight?!
At that thought, Yushiro dashed toward the source of the presence.
Whatever dangers lay ahead, he had to check the situation immediately, then report everything to Lady Tamayo.
When Yushiro reached the site of the battle, he was dumbfounded.
Uchiha Kazama was fighting Giyu Tomioka.
Although the two appeared evenly matched.
Yet... Yushiro could clearly see it.
Uchiha Kazama held the dominant position in this battle.
In fact...
Their fight looked more like a teacher guiding his student.
"Why is this guy..."
"So strong?!"
"That's... the Water Hashira!"
Yushiro now felt a lingering fear.
After the way he had acted last night, he could hardly have complained if Uchiha Kazama had simply killed him.
And it seemed he still hadn't completed the task Lady Tamayo had given him...
Thinking about all this gave Yushiro a headache.
If Yushiro could sense it, Giyu Tomioka understood it even more clearly.
At first, he had barely been able to keep up with Uchiha Kazama.
But gradually.
The Nichirin Sword in his hand began to feel as though it no longer belonged to him.
The various slashes he unleashed with his Breathing