Kanroji Mitsuri gave the two of them a puzzled look. "What are you two talking about?"
"Ask him." Shinobu Kocho pointed at Tetsu no Sosuke. "Who knows what goes through his head all day?"
Kanroji Mitsuri looked at Tetsu no Sosuke.
After a moment's silence, Tetsu no Sosuke said, "Kokushibo... I'm glad he came today."
Something stirred in Shinobu Kocho's heart.
Kanroji Mitsuri said, "I remember that when you encountered him before, only the Storm Pillar was there."
"The Storm Pillar is on this mountain." Tetsu no Sosuke broke into a wide grin. "He'll get to see this."
Shinobu Kocho and Kanroji Mitsuri both fell silent.
For Shinobu Kocho, though, it struck a different chord than it did for Kanroji Mitsuri.
She had fought in that battle too.
The sword in her hand had once accompanied the Storm Pillar into battle.
When he had appeared before them, covered in blood and missing limbs, the first thing he had done was apologize for dirtying her sword.
"It wasn't dirty at all..."
Shinobu Kocho tightened her grip on the sword and looked at Tetsu no Sosuke. "Will it work?"
"It will." Tetsu no Sosuke closed his eyes. "If we still fail with everything we've set up here, what's the point of fighting? We might as well go home, wash up, and sleep."
Boom!
He had barely finished speaking when a rumble and an explosion erupted from the mountain.
Tetsu no Sosuke's eyes lit up, and he looked at the two women across from him.
Kanroji Mitsuri's eyes shone. "They really stepped on it."
"This is only the beginning..." A voice came from nearby. "That blast means they've entered the most spectacular Death Zone we prepared for them!"
Chapter 249: The Demons' End
"Flashy Monster..."
Shinobu Kocho found herself failing to live up