4-75: A Cornered Rat Will Be Used by a Cat (1/2)

4-75: A Cornered Rat Will Be Used by a Cat (1/2)

But just one boy acted as though everything made sense.

Of course, shed get mad. Whoops.

As someone who had known her since childhood, Ryou understood very well the reason for her anger, and he swung his arms.

In the next moment, the remaining black-clothed men screamed as they sank before his spiritual power.

He didnt know if he should be dismayed that they could be defeated in just a single hit, or praise their loyalty for trying to defend their master despite their weakness, regardless, he couldnt just let Tomoe do all the work, or he really will get an earful later.

Fearing that, Ryou descended to the garden and started clearing the people down below to prevent them from getting in Tomoes way.

You people are as disgusting as ever, huh! Trash left behind by the times! Dont go around playing with dead peoples souls()!

The black-clothed men jumped at him in response, but he just beat them up with his bare hands.

Ryou was also angry about the inhumane things these people have done.

Messing with a dead persons soul was not something that a person who has lost someone could easily forgive.

These people wouldnt even let the dead rest.

Y-You bastard! How dare you call our honorable selves trash!? Hurry up and kill that impolite monkey already! How long do you intend on allowing these low-lives to prance around before me!

Michizane said as though in a rant, and the black-clothed men just nodded and immediately rushed toward Ryou.

One of them took him head on only to be kicked, while an ally took that opportunity to cut Ryous neck from a dead angle only to have his arms caught, hen be swung around to take down the rest of his allies that were trying to sandwich Ryou.

What!?

It was curious who it was that yelled in surprise, but regardless, Ryou had crushed more than ten people in an instant.

His eyes have also grown rapidly these past few days.

The black-clothed men certainly had good coordination, but as someone who has experienced true cruelty, their skills were still too shallow.

Being attacked from all directions just wasnt as scary as being attack by Shinichi.

With him, there really was no telling where the attack would come from, but these guys movements were too faithful to the textbook, so they were easy to read.

And an attack that could be read wasnt scary at all. Ryou dealt with the black-clothed men and made his way for Michizane step by step.

Eek, w-why Why cant you deal with just one guy!?

Even someone without knowledge like me can tell. You forcefully took peoples souls and used them for your jutsu.

Ryous one-sided beating of the black-clothed men mad Michizane scream out in fear, but Ryou had no intention of listening to him.

T-Thats!

Ryou hadnt been asking anything in the first place, but the way Michizane stammered, unable to offer a response, proved his fears true.

It was also the job of the exorcist clans to monitor that the flow of souls was normal, yet these people forced those souls to stay in this world and even outrageously used them for their jutsu.

Already, they were looking at him neither with hostility nor pity, and that pissed him off even more.

Why!? How!?

Its unpleasant! Its frustrating!

Power! If I just had more power!!!

Sorry to keep you waiting, Michizane-sama.

Amidst his boiling rage, the voice of a woman suddenly resounded.

It sounded just like a demons sweet whispers, but Michizane didnt care and looked at her.

You

!?

Tomoe and Ryou half-reflexively braced themselves and grew wary of the woman.

Kneeling before Michizane was another person in black clothing just like the rest of his subordinates.

But she gave off an intense sense of malaise that made them unable to move.

In the meantime, the woman presented Michizane with a long, thin object wrapped in cloth that she carried under her arm.

Please use this.

Hah?

It is what youve requested.

O-Ohh! This is!

The woman gave just a few words, but Michizane understood and happily received it.

That object wrapped in a cloth, that seemed to have an history on its own, was raised up toward the heavens.

From the silhouette that could be seen through the thin cloth, the object seemed to be a sword.

Ive finally gotten it! A spirit sword worthy of my hands! With this, theres no way I can lose to these low-lives!!

Spirit, sword?

Tomoe didnt care about Michizane but was drawn() to those words.

Ryou also felt the same tugging feeling when he saw the cloth wrapping the object.

I feel like Ive seen that cloth before Right, my mom said something about it before

Thismustntremoved.

Hey, hey, I dont get it all that well, but I dont think thats anything good!