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Chapter 96: Pressure

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Ichiki: Call Shiba and Hiyuki, they must return to HQ at once.

???: B-but..!

Ichiki: Protecting the bearers who are still left is a good idea in practice, but at this rate, if the Sword Saint dies, the remaining wielders will go aswell due to the effects of the Lifelong contract.

Ichiki: Whatever we do, things must stop HERE and now.

Editor’s Note: Yura, who now bears the powers of the Shinuchi..!

Azami (thinking): ..This feeling, its —

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(A picture of the Enten and Tobimune are shown)

Uruha: ..Samura-san..!

Uruha (thinking): The two of them are getting closer.. together!

Uruha (thinking): So Chihiro got to him after all, didn’t he?

Uruha (thinking): They’ll be here.. At any moment they’ll be here!

Yura: …

Azami: He’s using the Shinuchi’s power and I imagine his goal is to kill the Sword Saint with it. In any case, moving recklessly isn’t ideal here.

Uruha: But why does he want to —

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Azami: Before the two of them get here, we’re going to put an end to all this.

Uruha (thinking) : So it was the Shinuchi’s power, as I thought… So the Centipede that Chihiro fought was this after all… And with that being said…

Uruha: Azami-san!

Azami: Yeah, I get it!

Uruha: Natsuki!

Natsuki: I get it too, don’t you dare underestimate me!

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Azami: Koin (Literally coin, kanji is 己, ‘oneself’ + 印, “stamp”

Yura (thinking): Sorcery..

Yura: A coin, is it? If its for a gamble, have to say I’m quite the fan myself.

Azami (thinking): ..”Yura”.. The one who appeared in the Rakuzaichi aswell, the leader of the Hishaku himself.

Azami: I sure can imagine. But this? This isn’t anything near that dangerous..

Azami (thinking): THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ROKUHIRA’S ASSASSINATION.

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