304. Sword Hunting 2

"Don't you know? The meaning of Iai Kagero of Tsubanari? When you hear the sound of sword sheathing, someone's already been sliced to death! That's why he holds the title of Otokoeiaigiri (Supersonic Sword Draw Slash)!" shouted Hakuseki.

Before Housouin could even ask for a clarification, his shoulder suddenly burst in pain as he felt something cut into it. He fell down in agony before noticing that not only was his shoulder cut, but his spear had been whittled tp pieces.

"I apologize for that. Your spear was pointed in my direction, so I instinctively reacted to it as a threat. I didn't do it on purpose, so you should be able to survive if you treat the wounds quickly," apologized Kagero

Though Housouin could survive from the wound, his time as a martial artist has ended. The injury was deep enough that it had cut into the bone. He would never be able to wield his spear the same way ever again.

"Everyone else, please step at least 3 meters away from me" suggested Kagero.

"Ah, I forgot to mention this is my rue book for others" added Kagero as he pulled out a stack of notes, "Just for the next 10 seconds, you can ignore rule number one as I need to pass them out. You should take a closer look" Kagero said to which Hakuseki numbly nodded as he accepted the rule book as he quickly began to scan through it.

"Here take it don't be shy" said Kagero when one of the men standing there couldn't take it and said, "Hey, big guy are you kidding me"

"You guys should read it" said Hakuseki making sure that everyone reads them.

1.'Don't come near me.'

2.'Don't use Offensive words.'

3.'Make sure you read this guide thoroughly'

4.'Words such as 'huge' or 'disgusting' are strictly forbidden'

5.'Don't stand behind me.'

It was simple but thorough, but more than enough to drive a point in, As if to embellish his rule, two more that had been standing behind him when Kagero turned around were struck down for breaking rule 5. In the end, Kagero took a seat on the temple floor before looking at the remaining fighters, "How embarrassing. I don't mean to disturb you. You can have the first strike. I will be watching here..... let me witness a great fight"

'Che, I didn't expect YAMI's weapon group to show up... Even if it's that girl, she's as good as dead... Ah... I wish I could fight her one more time... I should be heading home now' thought Hakuseki.

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Shigure leaned back and sighed knowing just who Kii Kagero was. It was hard to forget such a face and technique, especially since Kagero had been the one to kill her sparrow friend when she was just a very young girl. He had done it merely to test out his new blade, without any real purpose. Shigure even with her talent back then had been unable to even see Kagero draw or sheath his blade. Still, Shigure wasn't going to back down from this challenge. However it was more dangerous than she had expected as she looked over at Kaname.

"Don't worry about me, I knew what I was signing up for when came on this trip," whispered Kaname as she looked down the cliff, a bit shaken at the sight of Kagero. Despite trying her best, she couldn't see his attack at all. But she chose this path, and she was going to see it through.

"How did you know Kenichi?' asked Shigure remembering that Kenichi said about real threat.

"You said for yourself that, you are going in a trap and since it's a trap set for you it would need a weapon of your father and from what I know most of the weapons your father made were for YAMI. Seeing that you have been successful in getting out of precious traps made by then it's obvious that they would send someone of at least your level to make sure that you don't get away this time" explained Kenichi.

Though there were some loopholes in Kenichi's explanation, neither Shigure nor Kaname were good enough to point them out. If it was Niijima then Kenichi's lie would have been caught, thankfully he wasn't there.

"Now let's go and get my father-in-law's weapon shall we" Kenichi said to Shigure.

Shigure smiled after hearing Kenichi's words and nodded her head, then she threw a shuriken without looking, striking at the temple bell. A resounding gong could be heard, alerting all the martial artists that someone, or more specifically Shigure was here.

"On the cliff" pointed Kagero, prompting several of them to fire arrows at where he pointed.

"Are you two ready?" asked Shigure once more as the trio scooted back to gain cover from the arrows, "Just stay near me... and survive till the end."

Shigure took out her own kusarigama as she began to twirl the fundo end. Kaname took out her staff, ready to fight. Kenichi sighed as he pulled out his sectional staff.

This time however instead of being made of wood, Shigure had made Kenichi a steel one, crafted personally by herself with the secrets of steel built within it, since she herself knew the tempering process and everything.

"Let's go" ordered Shigure.

"Right!" replied the two as they jumped down the cliff with Shigure.

Kaname was treated to close-up view of how the Mistress of Weapons performed and was amazed. Shigure deflected arrows as they went down while twirling her chain, protecting herself and them. Two men dashed forward to meet her head-on. One was struck down when Shigure threw the fundo into him. Almost at the same time, Shigure threw several shurikens at the other opponent wielding a saber, who blocked it with ease, while pulling the fundo back already.

The saber wielder tried to time Shigure's fall with a chop, only to miss as Shigure suddenly stopped falling, momentarily seemingly defying gravity. Kaname slightly turned her head to see the sickle end of her weapon latched onto a rock, the chain pulling Shigure back to track the saber user.

'Looks like Kaname fell in love with Shigure'