One butterfly defeated two Hashira! Shinobu Kocho stabbed Shinazugawa right in the kidney!

Kanao Tsuyuri nodded without another word.

She knew her master was angry.

Kanao scooped Su Chen up and ran into the room.

A moment later, Shinobu Kocho's lungs expanded rapidly.

The oxygen consumption of Insect Breathing reached its peak at that instant.

"Shinazugawa!" Shinobu shouted angrily, holding back her fury.

But Shinazugawa was having too much fun fighting to hear her shout.

Shinobu said no more.

Expressionless, she raised her Nichirin Blade, its cold gleam making one feel as though needles were pricking their back.

"Insect Breathing, Dance of the Centipede-Hundred-Legged Zigzag!"

The girl lightly pushed off the ground with her toes.

In an instant, a hundred footfalls thundered out.

A figure faster than either the Wind or Flame Hashira hurtled into the battlefield!

As the Insect Hashira, Shinobu ranked among the top two Hashira in speed. She closed within striking distance of Shinazugawa almost in the blink of an eye.

Only belatedly did Shinazugawa realize that Shinobu had already charged right up to him.

"Kocho, you're here..."

Before Shinazugawa could finish, Shinobu's Nichirin Blade had already plunged into his kidney.

Shinazugawa: "???"

The wound was shallow, only half an inch deep.

But the numbness that followed left Shinazugawa in utter misery.

Paralysis rapidly spread throughout his body. The Wind Hashira, who had been so imposing just moments before, instantly lost the ability to move.

His limbs stiff, he fell from midair and landed face-first.

Kyojuro took two steps back and met Shinobu's still-furious gaze.

Kyojuro swore he had never seen Shinobu look so "terrifying"!

Her expression of utter fury made even someone as fiery and enthusiastic as Kyojuro feel needles prickling his back.

He could not understand why the usually gentle, sweet Kocho was acting so unlike herself.

Kyojuro stood like a statue, not daring to move.

Fortunately, Shinobu