Ashikaga Yoshiteru's eyes were sharp, and he shouted coldly: "...... Are you really an undercover agent sent by the Miyoshi family!, so Matsudaira is also one of their men?!"

As a result, contrary to the panicked reaction he had expected, the young maid only shook her head calmly in the face of the wrath of the high-ranking general.

"Nope. Changguang-kun and I are not on the side of the Miyoshi family at all, and we will not be used by them. Her voice mingled with the sound of rain falling outside the eaves, but it was exceptionally clear.

“...... It's a pity. We wouldn't have come this far if the monsters that possessed the famous knives in your collection hadn't appeared......" She lowered her gaze, a look of grief on her face.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru: "......"

He seemed a little confused, but he seemed to have understood something.

"Hmph. He sneered, slowly clenched the famous knife in his hand, and made a posture before the attack.

"It's so nice, but in fact, the meaning is not much different from those thieves in the Miyoshi family. He laughed sarcastically.

"After all, what kind of era is this?...... The black monster seems to want to save the general, and keeps talking about loyal subordinates, or gentle and harmless new maids...... But with the idea of rebellion, I want to do something rebellious—"

At this point, he suddenly stopped. After two seconds of silence, a dull expression suddenly appeared on his face, as if he had grown tired of the absurdity before him, and he put away the futile accusations, and said simply:

"Let's do it. ...... I won't show mercy to your men anymore. ”

Even though he said this, his expression showed his hatred for her alleged "betrayal", but Ashikaga Yoshiteru didn't look like he was really threatened by her life at the moment.

This is also perfectly normal. After all, he was a person who studied under the two contemporary swordsmanship masters of Tsukahara Buchuan and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, and learned the superb swordsmanship called "New Dang Stream" and "New Yin Stream", and had the reputation of "Sword Hero General".

On the other hand, there was nothing more than a very young girl standing across from him, and although she had shown some swordsmanship in the Kiyomizuji Cān Bài incident, she was a woman after all, and she was not very old, and even if she practiced swordsmanship, she might not even have experience on a real battlefield, and she would not have been able to worship any famous teacher like him, let alone the huge difference in physical fitness between men and women—what chance would she have of success?

No, it's ridiculous that she dared to show such ambition to assassinate him to his face—ridiculous and self-conscious.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru sneered again, seeing that the young girl who didn't even have a knife in her hand after handing over the previous "Great Prajna Nagako" to her lover, easily pulled out a knife that had been inserted upside down from the tatami mat next to her, as if it didn't seem to be very easy at first, and set it up a little awkwardly.

"Uh-huh. Ashikaga Yoshiteru snorted again without discernment, and didn't bother to taunt her about why she used his knife if she wanted to assassinate him.

Ashikaga Yoshiki saw the man named "Matsudaira Nagamitsu"—speaking of which, he didn't know if Matsudaira Nagamitsu was called that name or not, and whether he was the real lover of the new maid "Ayuki"—and turned around from the door.

He seemed to be a little surprised by Ah Xue's determination, and paused, as if hesitating whether to come over and take over Ah Xue's assassination mission - but before he could move, he heard Ah Xue interrupt and say, "...... Changguang-kun, please join the two of them and go outside to fight against the march back in time!

Her left hand suddenly raised and pointed at the two teenagers standing not far from her, motioning for them to hurry up and join Matsudaira Nagamitsu, and together go to the porch outside the door to crusade against those monsters that were covered in black qi and seemed to be called "Time March".

Strangely enough, at her order, neither the two young men nor the big man Matsudaira Nagamitsu seemed to have any intention of questioning her or challenging her decision—despite how strange it sounded that she was going to do it alone to become a swordsman—they all turned around almost at the same time and rushed down the corridor outside.

Now, in this spacious hall, only the two of them remained.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

...... Does she have such strong self-confidence?!

He couldn't help but ask.

"Do you really think you can do this......

He saw the young girl tilt her head in confusion, as if she had no understanding of his intentions.

He suddenly felt that the whole thing was ridiculous and crazy to the extreme. So he sneered as he wished, and made it clearer.

"You...... Have you ever killed someone before? Killing someone sounds easy, but it's not a simple thing......

He didn't really want to dissuade her from doing such a rebellious thing. Because he didn't think that he had to rely on any rhetoric to defeat a little girl who didn't know the height of the sky. His life and death have their own destiny. It's not her, it's someone else—he just suddenly felt a little pity, and he didn't know what force drove her to stain the slender and slender hands of such a young and beautiful girl with the blood of others—

But he saw her grinning. She clearly understood what he meant, and smiled a smile that was contorted as if she were crying.

"I ...... In the past, I didn't just swing a knife at someone. ”

She seemed to want to say her reply in a lighter tone, but unfortunately failed. So, she took a deep breath.

“...... Fire/qiāng, do you know? I still took that thing and drove qiāng at someone very important to me—"

Her tail note fell like a choked voice. That made Ashikaga Yoshiteru stunned.

“...... That's what I just mentioned to you, and what you think of before you die, such an important person. ”

At this moment, there was a sound of lightning splitting the sky in the courtyard. The electric light seemed to shine through the shoji door, reflecting the front of the courtroom transparently.

With that lightning bolt piercing the sky, Ashikaga Yoshiki's pupils suddenly constricted!

Because he was surprised to see that the young girl in front of him actually took the lead in attacking him!

She was still a few steps away from him—the distance now seemed to have been deliberately set aside by her—and then, as if the weakness she had just shown had never existed, and in the thunder that accompanied the lightning, she used the distance to run, then leaped onto a low table on the way, and finally took advantage of the momentum to rise, her body impossibly light, and in an instant above his head, the snowy blade that flashed cold light pierced the almost frozen air in the room, and fell on his head!

Ashikaga Yoshiteru: !!

He subconsciously took a step back and crossed the blade—

However, he was a step too late to resist her blade's movements.

On the glorious hall where the candle flame was extinguished, there was a sudden sound of gold and iron clashing!

Sassy –

A strange wind swept through the hall.

The next moment, a figure with black qi all over his body suddenly appeared between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the young girl who attacked him!

And as soon as he raised his right arm, the blade of the knife in his hand, which was also wrapped in black mist, had already resisted the blade that the young girl had slashed in the air. And the crisp sound of gold and iron clashing was made by their blades hitting each other!

There was a buzzing sound from the blades clashing, and the shadow flapped its arms violently, taking advantage of the momentum to remove the young girl's volley, and the young girl leaned back, leaping into the air and falling lightly, standing a step away from him.

Immediately, she crossed the knife in her hand, narrowed her eyes, her eyebrows slowly furrowed, and her face was gloomy as if it were the night sky outside the house at this moment.

Opposite her, the blackened figure re-erected the knife without saying a word.

The thick layer of black qi wrapped around him and the famous knife in his hand, floating slightly with the wide sleeves and hem of the wide hunting coat on his body.

There was a boom, and more thunder rang out in the sky outside the door. The torrential rain seems to be getting heavier and heavier.

Ashikaga Yoshiki seemed to be alarmed by the thunder at this time. He turned his head to look at the gap that had suddenly appeared in the tatami mat—and the original scar left by the tip of the knife that had pierced the tatami mat—and then turned his gaze back to the back of the young man in the hunting suit.

“...... Three Days Moon Sect is near?!" he muttered, his eyes fixed on the knife raised in the black shadow's hand.

However, the dark shadow did not answer him.

Instead, it was the young girl who had taken the lead in attacking him.

"Huh. He heard her sneer, and the murderous intent in her voice wasn't even like what a young girl could say, but more like a battle-hardened warrior—

The clarity and calmness that had once carried in that voice was completely gone. He heard her lower her voice, and the compelling momentum in her tone was like substance, and for a moment it made him trance.

"These are those monsters, fallen monsters summoned from your famous sword, 'Three Days and Moon Sect'—" Her voice was cold and full of anger.

Then, something even more incredible happened.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru suddenly chuckled when he heard the dark shadow—and it could only be the black shadow, because the voice undoubtedly belonged to a man.

"Don't you have no respect for the gods?"

Then, Ashikaga Yoshiteru saw the young girl's shoulders shake violently.

Of course, he could tell that it was because his body would subconsciously react after being extremely shocked.

However, why did this young girl, a woman with a strong heart who couldn't shake her will and can't shake her will, as if she had to carry out such a big rebellion as the assassination of the general with her own hands, revealed such a huge flaw in an instant after hearing this so-called "monster" speak?!

Ashikaga Yoshiteru thought quickly, but he didn't get any answers.

He also didn't understand why a monster covered in black gas and looking very strange and terrifying should call himself a "god".

But, it seems, the young girl in front of him apparently knew why.

Because she quickly regrouped, the wavering that had occurred at that moment was as if it had never happened, and her voice was even more condensed.

"Huh......" she chuckled.

"That's right, you used to be a god...... her last note gradually lowered, and suddenly she raised her voice an octave, and shouted, "But do you still look like a god now!!"