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...No...

No use trying to resist.

You're just some errand girl.

Yet you keep preventing us from getting closer.

Don't worry. We only want a small examination to see if you're the real deal.

Boss.

This last piece over here looks suspicious.

Gotcha.

No!

And just who are you?

Examination, huh? Want me to examine your heads instead then?

With me, the almighty Chouhi, and my fists of course.

What?!

Stop fucking with us!

You dare Chouhi? You're nothing but worthless scum.

You're the one who needs a bonk in the head.

Trash should know their place.

What's up with you?

What did you come back here for?

Are you an idiot?

You should have just ran away straight after that.

Well, I forgot my skirt.

Alright. It's blue.

The sky is blue as usual today.

My body may have lost, but my will hasn't.

The sky still looks pretty blue to me.

Never a lie has passed just yet today.

Did the sky ever looked this blue?

On that day, I made a decision.

My way of life that is full of lies,

will forever be gone.

Today the sky is blue once again.

Chouhi.

I can be an S-rank Toushi?

That's right.

Your latent powers I believe, has the potential to even surpass that of Kan'u.

Me, surpass Kan-san...

... and become an S-rank Toushi?

Nah, that's not gonna happen.

For me to be stronger than Kan-san...

Besides, Kan-san is the best in Kanto-

No.

She's the best Toushi in the entire country, and I'm not even kidding.

Our leader, Gentoku.

The strongest, Kan-san.

And I, who is supporting the two.

Hits the perfect balance between all of us.

And you are fine with that?

Do you think Kan'u and Ryuubi also think the same way?

Are you not just forcing yourself to deal with it?

Who cares.

No one's gonna be happy with that decision.

That's...

Alright, it's decided then.

Decided.

We'll start your training right now.

Training.

Training? Like, really now?

That's right.

There's not much time before your confrontation with Himiko, correct?

B-Bring it on then!

I hate cats.

What ~meow?

Stop speaking like a cat.

Shut yer mouth ~meow!

I don't have any more time to waste on you!

We're done.

Depending it was trained and developed,

you can turn a fist into water or steel.

And my fists, can break any metal no matter how tough it is.

Also, your mask.

You've done enough.

I would at least like to see the real culprit's face.

A cat?

I always have an extra mask on, for situations like these.

Oh, uh.... sorry.

I didn't plan on ripping your clothes as well.

Wait.

I actually have nothing to hide now that I think about it.

No embarrassment, so long as my identity remains hidden!

I hate cats.

Takezou = alternate reading for 'Musashi' Shinmen Takezou

Kansai's number one-

No.

Japan's number one swordmaster.

Musashi, the peerless among mortals.

Hyakuhekitou.

If I can destroy this,

I shall be peerless.

Well done, Kan'u.

You are the first Toushi to break the Hyakuhekitou.

I appreciate your words, Lady Choshou.

That is not a reason for you to be proud.

Those above also have those far above them.

Will you teach me?

Who is the strongest at the moment?

And what will come of comparing one's strength?

To be peerless does not bear any meaning.

Then please tell me.

Toutaku.

Ryofu.

or is it Sousou?

How restrained.

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.

You are still far too inexperienced.

Shinmen Takezou of Kansai.

For her, strength, peerlessness,

are simply insignificant things for her transcended way.

She has yet to reveal the very depths.

Japan's number one swordmaster.

Shinmen Takezou.

Who... are you?

Kanto's Seito Academy, third year:

Kan'u Unchou.

Kan'u?

Who?

Kan...nu?

What is this sensation?

I can't sense any killing intent at all.

This is the country's best swordmaster?

If you're from Yamato Academy,

then you must be under Himiko.

Himiko... you mean that woman?

I'm supposed to meet with someone strong here in this mountain.

But I found nothing but a fox.

Pull this out.

Pull it.

Take it out.

In front?

Just when did she...?

Take it.

Pull it.

Take it.

What is she tying to do?

She handed over this katana.

I can't pull it out.

That katana is rusted with blood.

No ordinary Toushi can pull it out.

No 'ordinary' Toushi can.

Now give it back.

I thought you could provide me with a good challenge.

But it seems you were never the one I was looking for.

My intuitions can actually be often wrong.

I wouldn't have made it out unscathed if we actually did engage each other.

My only mission for now,

is to protect Gentoku.

And a part is to retrieve the stolen magatama.

However...

The Peerless.

Japans ultimate one, is right in front of me.

I ask you a moment, Lady Musashi.

Lady Choshou.

So this Musashi is that kite, and I am this dragonfly?

I ask you, Kan'u.

Did you know that the story of the frog in the well has a continuation?

No matter how high kites fly,

it would never see beyond the mountain of Fuji.

Those above, have those far above them.

That is just the way it is.

The kite, and the dragonfly.

So you thought that you are that close to her.

I refer to that Musashi, as the mount Fuji itself.

I cannot even begin to see how you would think that way.

Lady Musashi.

I humbly request to trade blows with you.

I am such a fool.

This is a mistake no matter how one sees it.

But...

As a Toushi...

As Kan'u Unchou...

Seeing the very summit right before me,

how can I just let the chance to climb it easily pass?

Trade blows? What do you mean?

Trade...? Blows...?

Blows...

Oh.

You mean you want to fight?

Hey, that is what you meant, right?

Am I right?

Hey.

But your weapon...

Where's your naginata?

Where-is-you-na-gi-na-ta!

How did you know that I use a naginata?

Your fingers. Your fingers!

The way a naginata is held.

Your ring finger and pinkie.

Am I right?

Wait, am I wrong?

Huh, my intuitions can actually be often wrong.

Such observation.

My Blue Dragon Crescent Blade was damaged.

I handed it over to Muramasa to be repaired.

Muramasa?!

This!

This, this too!

Muramasa was also the one who gave this.

So they're the same.

Though...

Muramasa never gives a weapon to one that he doesn't deem as strong.

Then...

Are you that strong?

Kan'u.

Are you...

Hey,

it feels like our fight at Sekiheki was ages ago.

Yeah.

Also, despite it being my first time talking to you like this,

it feels like I've already known you since forever.

So,

you came here because you wanted to talk about something, right?

This actually feels quite good.

Are you afraid?

I am. Very.

At the moment, I fear battle so much that it leaves me shaking.

So this is how uneasy one can feel without a magatama.

Even so, you decided, even without one,

that you must fight those Kansai monsters,

whom we had very little chance of winning against even when we did have ours.

Am I wrong?

Yeah.

I'm afraid.

I want to run away.

No.

I already did run away.

I knew that I won't catch up to the train once I got off.

I wonder.

How many times you needed to hide yourself from others so that you could cry.

I understand it well.

All too well.

That's why tonight, you don't need to hold back your tears.

You okay?

Yes.

Thanks to you, Ton-chan.

No, it's thanks to you.

We never could have survived that jump off that height.

That was the first time I sensed the dragon.

Forget Moutoku and Sonsaku,

you seem to be the one favored by the heavens the most.

I wonder if the others are alright.

We've agreed to meet under Tougetsukyou if we ever got separated.

So if we wait here, eventually...

Who is it?

It's me.

Souji!

So you're okay?

She's not!

Such wounds.

That fox mask girl did this to you?

Eh?

No, well...

Umm...

I... actually fell off a cliff while I was trying to escape,

and grazed myself a bit.

My magatama!

Insurance. Just in case we're not able to capture Ryuubi.

If you want it back, you just have to bring hers to Himiko.

If you don't,

then I'll destroy it.

What's wrong?

Does it still hurt?

Oh, umm no...

Anyway, that's kind of heavy for someone who just slipped.

That's not true!

Those wounds look really serious!

Really?

She just fell of a cliff, right?

What in the world is this?

She's awake.

Though, I kind of got curious to see her face after being obstinate about her masks.

So you look very...

No way.

No.

No!

No, no!

Don't look!

I wanna die. I wanna die!

Someone saw my face...

I want to die already.

Umm, you know,

I don't think there's anything to be ashamed about.

Besides, you look very cute.

Anyway, will you tell us more about Himiko?

I'm willing to release you as soon as you tell us some details.

What?!

Remember this.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I think.

But you're bleeding so much.

This is different...

I'm okay, really!

So please leave it.

Huh, this is...

This pose feels so embarrassing to do, you know?

You're not just making me do this on purpose, right?

Hmm.

I suppose it does look great over here.

Why you wriggly slimeball baldy, die!

Chouhi, you never use your ki.

Or should I say, I'm quite surprised you came this far without ever using your ki once.

Quite surprised.

I don't get it.

What do you even mean by ki?

Sansai, Ittai, Tenchi-jin.

All ki is connected to the body,

A symbol of the connection between heaven and earth.

A symbol.

Focus only inward your body.

Visualize the space above, and the earth below you.

Within it are the senses that will pierce through your body.

That is ki.

Oh no. I'm gonna die.

You will not.

If the heavens are calling you forth,

then it will provide the breath to survive.

And the earth,

the people,

will call you forth.

Have you not noticed?

The earth embraces you.

It already has long accepted you.

No, I really think I'm just drowning!

You still have a long way to go.

So green.

Too weak.

No, you're the weakest!

Insubstantial.

No, you're even a lowbie.

A super lowbie!

That's getting old now!

Would this even make me stronger anyway?

Don't you have something a bit better?

With that attitude, it won't be just Kan'u,

you won't even rise up to the special ranks.

Perhaps I was mistaken in judging your potential.

Yeah, that's right. You should have just told me that from the start.

The hell are you asking me to be an S-rank for anyway?

The difference in potential between me and Kan-san was just too large right from the start.

Do you really think that?

What do you mean?

Follow me then.

Follow me.

Hey old man! Where are you going?

We're changing a few things.

Things?

Just hurry up and come here already.

Hey, wait up!

I wasn't able to see that.

So this is Shinmei of Takezou?

You were almost done for, Kan'u.

A fox, at your back. A fox, at your back.

It tried to give a big bite.

She hit the fox, and not me?

It's only been a short while but...

Here.

In place of your naginata.

We can't fight if you don't have a weapon.

At that moment,

not only did she take down the fox,

she was also able to cut down a bamboo tree?

This is far more...

Higher more than my already high expectations.

I truly am the frog in the well.

You have my gratitude, Lady Musashi.

My life would have already ended here had you aimed for me earlier.

For such an inexperienced one like me, a duel is something I am yet to be worthy of.

However, if you would allow,

This duel, no-

Will you be willing to let me give you my life for a short while?

As your opponent,

will you be willing to give me the time to one day become worthy?

How strange.

I can sense no feelings of regret and loss upon this defeat.

Rather, I feel nothing but gratitude.

So we won't fight?

And here I just prepared things to make us move easier.

Lady Choshou,

I feel like I've finally grasped what you were trying to say.

It is indeed my weakness.

Indeed my position below.

That I am able to see and appreciate such beautiful thing.

I'll lend you that.

We can't fight if you don't have a weapon.

Give it back to me when we meet again.

I'm already invincible with just this.

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.

The words that come after, is exactly you, Kan'u.

It is true that it would never know the great ocean.

However...

There is one thing a creature from a well knows best.

That a frog is a frog.

A dragonfly is a dragonfly.

If we drive it to the simplest point,

the sky that is even higher than Fuji itself,

could be something that it could eventually claim.

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.

But, it knows the depths of the skies.

That moment...

Oh come on, it's morning already.

I haven't ate or drank anything since yesterday.

We're almost there.

So just shut it and follow me.

Follow me.

There, I can see it now.

Is it done yet,

Koutetsu?