Even so, of the four, only Great Tengu and Yukigyo could fly.
Jin Jianglang and Shuten could only chase after a figure on foot.
But this Tsuchimikado Jūichirō seemed exceptionally cunning, adept at fleeing and astonishingly fast.
After they had pursued him for the time it took an incense stick to burn, the doubles before Great Tengu, Jin Jianglang, and Shuten vanished.
Only the double in front of Yukigyo remained.
He accelerated and swooped straight down.
Just as he was about to take the man's life, a powerful force suddenly blasted him away.
"Wonderful!" Tsuchimikado shouted, running toward the distance, where another group from the Tsuchimikado Household stood.
Yukigyo cautiously folded his wings and landed on the ground.
It turned out that the Tsuchimikado Household had more than one team of Onmyoji.
That overwhelming force had come from the other group's leader.
The man was plainly male, yet he wore vivid lipstick, making him look particularly bizarre.
Yukigyo kept weighing his options. His companions were far away now, so he probably had no hope of reinforcements.
"Little monster, are you hunting down a member of our Tsuchimikado Household?" the man in lipstick asked softly. "Who gave you the nerve?"
The aura emanating from him was intensely cold and dangerous. He was no ordinary Onmyoji.
Yukigyo's eyes shifted. Bowing his head slightly, he said, "My apologies. I didn't know he belonged to the Tsuchimikado Household. This is all a misunderstanding. Your lineage is powerful, so I shall take my leave."
With that, he immediately beat his wings, leaped into the air, and fled at tremendous speed.
"Don't let him get away!" Tsuchimikado Jūichirō shouted. "He attacked a member of the Tsuchimikado Household! Kill him!"
Yet not a single person in that team obeyed his orders.
Their lipstick-wearing leader revealed a sly