Kinka and Ginka's escape was something both sides had tacitly allowed.
More precisely, it was the result of Li Xia deliberately guiding them with the aftershocks of his earlier attacks.
In other words, it was not that Bankotsu and Jakotsu were lucky. Their boss had actively given them a hand, granting them a chance to prove themselves.
It was a compromise on Naraku's part: he had no attention to spare to stop those two and had to let them go for now.
That was much better than letting the brothers fall into the hands of the formidable enemy before him, wasn't it?
Even if he missed this chance, he could find Kinka and Ginka again later.
And so.
With both sides' tacit cooperation, the brothers, who had spent who knew how many years hacking away at each other, ran straight into Bankotsu and Jakotsu.
Both sides were a pair of brothers.
Brothers against brothers.
On one side, they were blood brothers, yet an enormous, unmistakable gulf lay between them. The kind that left them fighting to the death, with no hope of reconciliation.
On the other, they were not blood brothers, yet they were closer than brothers by blood.
"Jakotsu, let's take them down quickly and prove our worth."
"Okay, big brother Bankotsu."
At the main battlefield.
Naraku's scalp was practically crawling.
He could not understand how the information about the demon heart had leaked.
But now was no time to let his thoughts wander.
Could Kanna alone protect Akago?
Could Akago's powerful barrier alone stop Li Xia?
Even his own barrier could not withstand the Adamant Barrage!
"Li, don't even think about it."
A purple light curtain appeared before Kanna.
It was a barrier the little girl had raised using Naraku's bones.
Its purpose was not to defend