The main reason was that training with firearms was far simpler and faster than cultivating spiritual power, martial arts, swordsmanship, and the like!
As long as one became familiar with firearms and mastered a certain degree of accuracy,
it would not even take a month to kill with a single shot a samurai with ten years of swordsmanship experience, provided he lacked sword qi, inner force, or any other special powers...
After all, flesh and blood were simply that fragile before modern weapons!
"Huh! I can too?"
Taniwara Natsu, who had merely been listening quietly, immediately stared at Sirin in surprise upon hearing that.
"Of course! You're one of the most important people to me too!"
"The... the most important person..."
Upon hearing Sirin's words, Xia Ji immediately began stammering, unable to say anything. If this were a manga, steam would probably have started pouring from Xia Ji's head by now!
Moreover, she directly ignored the words "one of," leaving only three words in her heart: "most important"...
"Xia Ji, are you all right?"
Seeing Taniwara Natsu fall into confusion, Sirin quickly shook her hand.
"Huh! Huh~ I... I'm fine."
Feeling Sirin's movement, Xia Ji came back to herself and immediately lowered her head shyly.
"Mm, then it's settled!"
"Kikyo!"
After returning to the shrine, Sirin saw the beautiful Miko ahead of them wiping down her arrows. She hurried over with Kaede and Xia Ji.
"You're back!"
Hearing this, Kikyo set down her bow and arrows, then turned and smiled at the three of them.
"Mm, Demon Soldiers from Purgatory really have arrived outside the village." Sirin nodded, released Kaede and Xia Ji's hands, and then looked at the arrows in front of Kikyo.
These bamboo arrows were no ordinary arrows!
"They've already reached the outskirts of the village?