After Zhong Baiye and Kujou Sara split up, one of the guards surrounding him turned his attention to Kujou Sara nearby and charged at her, brandishing his Tachi.
Kujou Sara still wanted to distance herself from Zhong Baiye, but she grew irritated when she saw the guard attacking her.
Since Kujou Sara was currently posing as a maid, she carried no weapon and could only dodge the guard's attack.
Seeing Kujou Sara engage the guard, Zhong Baiye slowly let out a breath. Only now could he be sure she had no way out and would probably help him escape.
With Kujou Sara joining the fight and drawing away one guard, the pressure on Zhong Baiye dropped sharply. Although he still could not defeat them, he could now barely keep the battle under control.
Meanwhile, without a weapon in hand, Kujou Sara could only dodge the guard's attacks while surveying her surroundings.
Zhong Baiye knew perfectly well that they were in the heart of Inazuma-the Tenshukaku. A fight of this scale would certainly draw other guards. For now, no one had noticed only because the room Raiden Shogun had assigned him was effectively at the very back of the Tenshukaku.
But Zhong Baiye and Kujou Sara were running out of time. If they could not deal with these guards within ten minutes, the soldiers patrolling outside would surely discover what was happening.
Knowing he could not let this drag on, Zhong Baiye shouted straight to Kujou Sara.
"I have a plan! Hold off two of them for me, and I can deal with the other three!"
Kujou Sara wanted to roll her eyes at Zhong Baiye's plan, but the guard in front of her was attacking too quickly for her to manage even that. She could only snap at him.
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