Kokomi led Muramasa to a house on Watatsumi Island. This was where the doushin was being held.
"Your Excellency!" "Your Excellency!"
The two guards at the door, upon seeing Kokomi, had different expressions on their faces, a testament to the young lady's popularity. As for Muramasa beside her, one looked at him with envy, the other with... hostility? Given his younger age, the reason was self-evident. But Muramasa couldn't be bothered with such childish thoughts and walked straight in after the two let them pass.
"My, my~ it's been so many days, and this is the first time someone has come to see me." In the room was a young man who didn't look very old. His short, dark red hair was neatly styled. The moment he saw Muramasa, he spoke. "Hmm… you don't look like you're from the Tenryou Commission. It seems the battle isn't over yet? Then, if I'm not mistaken, you're here to ask me why I came."
Upon their first meeting, the young man seemed to have been holding back for a long time, and a torrent of words flowed out of his mouth.
"What a sharp-tongued little fellow~" At least Muramasa could tell that this was not someone who had just stumbled here. "You're right. That is indeed why I'm here."
"I'd love to have you sit for a while, but you have the air of someone entangled in troublesome matters" His eyes darted around Muramasa, as if he had been holding back for a long time. "So, let me ramble on for a bit first, shall I? I've been stuck here for so many days, I'm about to die of boredom! Let's make a long story short"
Shouldn't it be a short story long? Muramasa thought to himself, but seeing his confident, 'I-guarantee-you'll-be-satisfied' look, he didn't correct him. He'd just consider it the interest on the information loan.
…
In the Fatui Stronghold
The Balladeer sat on a high place, his arms crossed, watching the combat personnel below him modify what was originally a Delusion factory. He had a green terminal attached to his ear, repeatedly simulating the blacksmith's various combat data. Some of this data had been extracted from the initial Delusion, and the other part from the 'meteorite' that was later given to the Tenryou Commission. Unlike the Delusion, which could only store and retrieve data at fixed points, after receiving the first batch of Muramasa's data, 'The Doctor' had made further modifications to the meteorite fragment. Therefore, Muramasa's battle with the Tenryou Commission members had also been completely recorded. Thanks to his opponent's reluctance to attack, his evasion methods and movement techniques had all been recorded in the battle.
"As long as I kill him…" A ferocious smile appeared on the Balladeer's face, his wide eyes overflowing with an emotion that had been missing for a hundred years.
Since you abandoned me, since you cast me aside as useless, since you betrayed me—I will prove how wrong you all were! As long as I kill that smith, I can seize that opportunity, the opportunity to ascend to godhood.
The empty cavity in his chest seemed to beat because of this. The rapidly changing emotions made his mind a little hazy.
'This feeling, do you feel it? This feeling that has not been complete since that year.'
'My name is Kunikuzushi.'
'Because of that boring name, my revenge was not fully completed, leaving so many years of regret…'
'Now, you can finally complete it.'
"Although that smith's physical abilities are almost on par with mine, as long as the preparations are complete, he cannot defeat me." For this victory, he had brought almost everything from all these years, even making him regret not having collected more devices that could make him stronger. He had brought dozens of odorless, colorless poison release devices, and all the Fatui squads and elite teams he could deploy. In addition, there was his exclusive Delusion, and even three elemental power cores developed by 'The Doctor', which he had installed in various places in this stronghold.
"Hurry up!" he urged the Fatui members below, looking down on them as they worked. A large number of combat devices, auxiliary elemental energy barriers—as long as he dared to step in here, he would never leave. Even if his physical abilities were on the same level, after being worn down by so much, his remaining stamina would be no match for his.
"I almost forgot, there's also the most important thing…" He used the device on his ear to contact a few Fatui on Narukami Island. "The thing I told you to do, is it done?"
"As you commanded. We have already installed explosive devices in his workshop," a respectful voice came from the other end. "As long as he dares to come, with one command, we can blow his house to pieces!"
After all, the opponent was a being driven by elemental energy, and according to the intelligence, this person seemed to be able to supply himself only through a territory. With this guarantee, he was foolproof. "Now the last problem is how to get him over here…"
The Balladeer stroked his chin, thinking about how to carry out the final plan.
"Report!" A Fatui member suddenly rushed up from below, shouting, "That Senji Muramasa, he's already nearby—"
"What?" The sudden surprise made him jump down from above, his face filled with disbelief. He had clearly not released any information yet. Why was that guy already nearby? A faint sense of unease grew in his heart. "Oh well, the result is the same."
Although this factory had not been completely modified, the current preparations were sufficient. "Send out a few vanguard teams first. When they're about to be defeated, you all retreat back into the factory." The Balladeer immediately commanded, then sat back down, his expression twisting as he tried and failed to suppress a smile. Five minutes, no, four minutes... after four minutes, let them retreat, and then I'll declare victory.
One minute…
Two minutes…
Can't smile, not yet…
BOOM—
So soon? Has that guy already broken in? His opponent's actions were faster than he had expected, but he could finally stop holding back! "You all heard me! Use all your strength and act according to the plan—" he roared, intending to open the fully operational elemental power cores according to the plan and turn the ignorant smith into a skeleton in the factory.
BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—
The continuous explosions continued to sound, and the victorious smile on the Balladeer's face froze. "What's going on?" This sound was not the elemental energy explosion of the cores, but more like something breaking and collapsing. At the same time, the floor beneath his feet also tilted, and the words of the hastily run-up Fatui member left him stunned.
What do you mean, the factory was cut down by him in a few strokes?
What do you mean, he didn't even come in?
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