"Hey, hey, what's going on? Even Naraku won't be able to take much more of this, will he?"
On a nearby hilltop, Byakuya muttered with a strange demon sword strapped to his back.
Kanna, Kagura, and Red Child around him all began entertaining other thoughts.
It seemed...
Letting Naraku die like this would actually be pretty good?!
"Kagura, hand Akago to Kanna and come cut off these tentacles of mine immediately."
Naraku transmitted his voice to the elf-like girl through the mental plane.
At that moment, flames and Thunderbolts born of their bond enveloped him, and the barrier that had protected him had lost its effectiveness because of his tentacles! The lightning and fire had severely paralyzed his entire body, leaving him completely unable to fly or shake off Kinka and Ginka. He could only drag the brothers along as they fell from the sky together.
He looked utterly wretched.
Hearing this, Kagura cursed under her breath.
She was unwilling in every possible way.
But when she saw her older sister Kanna already walking over, she had no way to refuse. Catching Byakuya's ambiguous smile as well, she could only sigh inwardly and reluctantly hand over the infant-like Akago.
Then, a beat slower than usual, she plucked a feather from her hair and tossed it in front of her. As she cast her demonic art, a Feather Flying Boat swiftly materialized.
After she jumped aboard the Feather Flying Boat, her speed was also a tiny bit slower than usual.
An extremely slight bit.
Yet in those few inconspicuous seconds of delay, a streak of fire came charging toward them from afar.
Dozens of breaths earlier, Li Xia had spotted the situation through the Telescope he carried with him. Riding Entei and holding Kagome, he had rushed over at top speed.