"Ah----!!!"
Amid Noritoshi Kamo's screams, Akutagawa Shang shot straight into the air with the recoil of his leap...
Looking down from above, he caught sight of rows of old-fashioned wooden buildings amid the mountain forest...
"Hey, Kamo..."
"Snap out of it. Is this the place...?"
Akutagawa Shang called to Noritoshi Kamo, bringing him back to his senses...
"Yes, this is it..."
"Stop already...!!"
Noritoshi Kamo focused his gaze. Those familiar buildings were none other than the Kamo Clan Headquarters...
"You got it..."
After locking onto the location of the Kamo Clan's main gate, Akutagawa Shang adjusted his posture,
and the two plummeted toward the Kamo Clan's entrance...
"Thud----!!!"
Their figures slammed down in front of the Kamo Clan's main gate,
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Akutagawa Shang set Noritoshi Kamo down from his arms,
and the billowing dust rising from the ground made them cough...
"Well...?"
"Wasn't that much faster than climbing the mountain...?"
Akutagawa Shang pointed at himself smugly, looking as though he wanted praise,
but not only did Noritoshi Kamo show no gratitude, his face was positively speechless...
"What did you grab me for...?"
"You nearly scared the hell out of me----!!!"
"Wasn't that because watching you walk up step by step was too slow...?"
Akutagawa Shang scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly...
But seeing Akutagawa Shang's expression only left Noritoshi Kamo even more speechless...
He widened his eyes and pointed a finger at himself,
"I needed you to carry me----?!!"
"It's not like I can't fly myself----?!!!"
Indeed, unlike Akutagawa Shang's false suspension in midair, achieved through the reaction force of kicking off the ground or stepping on air,
the blood-controlling ability granted by Blood Manipulation allowed Noritoshi Kamo to step on blood and achieve true flight...
He could also freely control his speed and direction in flight. In