Chapter 191 Cover Operation
'Our objective is to protect Yushiro.'
Looking at the undulating buildings, Zenitsu and Kaigaku recalled Murata's words. As inheritors of Thunder Breathing, they were arguably the fastest of all breathing techniques, making them the best at providing cover.
Following the instructions, the two quickly moved across the moving houses, moving like lightning. After passing through a wooden door, they heard some music.
"Big brother, where is this...?"
Zenitsu looked at the platform in front of him, which was only surrounded by railings. There was a hint of uncertainty in Zenitsu's voice. He strode forward, and suddenly a breathtaking scene came into view.
Countless buildings, like floating islands, rise and fall, slowly shifting, creating a bizarre and fantastical scene. And they, at the highest point, look down upon the flowing architecture below.
Kaigaku leaned against the railing, his gaze sweeping rapidly across the towering buildings, a dizzying array of structures. He looked down into the seemingly bottomless abyss, causing him to frown; they were now trapped.
"Wait, brother—I hear fighting sounds coming from that direction."
Zenitsu reached out and pulled Kaigaku around to the other side, pointing in a direction. Although Kaigaku was displeased, he still carefully scanned the area, knowing full well the guy's hearing.
Kaigaku fixed his gaze on a building partially obscured by a backdrop. A lithe figure leaped onto it, and with a series of light jumps, several cleverly cut wooden doors fell away.
That's... the Love Pillar, Lord Kanroji.
Zenitsu saw it too. What he heard was not only Mitsuri's voice, but also the voice of Iguro, the Serpent Pillar, who had tied him up with ropes during training.
“Looks like we’ve found it.” Kaigaku said, involuntarily looking down at the unfathomable abyss beyond the railing. He slowly walked around the railing, each step taken with extreme caution, and discovered that this building was not only the tallest, but also isolated and without any other buildings connected to it, as if it were a lonely island floating in the void.
Faced with this sudden predicament, Zenitsu and Kaigaku's faces were filled with helplessness and anxiety; they couldn't go down. Zenitsu, looking at the bottomless abyss, was pale and said to Kaigaku with a mournful expression, "Brother, if we jump down, we'll be smashed to pieces, won't we?"
"Shut up, I know." Kaigaku scratched his head, regretting that he hadn't run so fast; he had originally planned to let them attract attention first.
He watched the moving building, and suddenly an idea struck him. Kaigaku grabbed Zenitsu by the collar and shoved him aside without a word. Zenitsu was suddenly freed from the platform's restraints, his entire body rising into the air, a mixture of fear and screams filling the air: "??? Aaaaaaah—Help!"
Kaigaku followed closely behind, leaping over the railing without hesitation, his figure like a soaring eagle, soaring into the void. He reached out and grabbed Zenitsu's kimono, using his astonishing judgment and reaction speed to control his body to flip in mid-air, landing precisely on a protruding building.
Without pausing, Kaigaku dragged Zenitsu into the air, tossed him onto a platform to the side, and then landed steadily on it himself.
"That scared me to death!"
Zenitsu was still shaken and felt weak. Kaigaku gave him a disdainful look, then turned and quickly moved to another building, heading towards Mitsuri-Iguro. Zenitsu also straightened up and followed closely behind.
"I'm so angry!!"
Mitsuri gripped her soft knife and said unhappily that she and Iguro were unable to cut Nakime no matter what they did. Although the opponent had no offensive power, the buildings that allowed people to move and the endless traps were very troublesome.
"Kanroji, are you alright?" Iguro leaped over the constantly opening wooden door and stopped beside Mitsuri, asking.
"I'm fine!"
Mitsuri quickly stood up and said that she had just grabbed a protruding railing and hadn't bumped into anything else. Hearing this, Iguro also breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up in the direction of Nakime and frowned.
"Breathing of Thunder - First Form: Thunderclap Flash - Six-Hit Combo".
As thunder suddenly roared around them, the two saw a golden figure flash by at an incredible speed, using the surrounding buildings to quickly approach Nakime like lightning, and then leaping up at the last moment to slash at her with its sword.
"when--."
As Nakime played her biwa, a wall suddenly appeared in front of Zenitsu. After Zenitsu slashed through it, Nakime fell violently into an open wooden door.
"Thunder Breathing - Type 3: Gathering Mosquitoes into Thunder".
Kaigaku seized the opportunity and charged forward, his Nichirin Blade twirling with his movements. He spun rapidly around a target, leaving behind golden, wave-like lightning trails in his wake.
As Nakime began to play her biwa, a building suddenly extended out and struck Kaigaku, continuing to extend further and further away from Nakime.
"Damn it! Their ability to restrain us is too strong."
Kaigaku flipped over and kicked, landing on a building. He looked up at Nakime's direction and cursed under his breath.
"Oh! What a pity, they're so fast."
Mitsuri looked regretful, and Iguro nodded in agreement, grabbing his Nichirin Blade and charging forward. Mitsuri followed closely behind; they were Pillars, after all, and couldn't be outdone by those two.
Restraining the four was indeed quite difficult. Nakime's biwa music became increasingly urgent, and as Mitsuri fell again, Kaigaku's blade swung down with his movement.
He slashed open the wooden door that suddenly appeared, flipped his body and kicked it, then dodged the open door and attacked Nakime.
"Snap—".
The pillar suddenly struck Kaigaku's waist, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He reached out and grabbed the protruding edge, then looked up to see Zenitsu slashing at him with incredible speed.
After the yellow trail flashed, Zenitsu severed Nakime's arm. As he turned to swing his sword again, the wooden plank beneath his feet suddenly disappeared, causing him to lose his balance and fall.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
Zenitsu waved his hands haphazardly, unable to reach any of the surrounding buildings. Kaigaku raised his hand and swung his Nichirin Blade straight through Zenitsu's clothes, pinning him firmly to a wooden window.
"Are you alright?"
Mitsuri reached out and pulled Zenitsu up, and Kaigaku took a few steps over and drew his Nichirin Blade.
Zenitsu patted his chest, still shaken. He wasn't startled by the fall, but by Kaigaku's Nichirin Blade, which had almost grazed him.
"Big brother! That's dangerous! What if you stab me?"
Kaigaku glanced at Zenitsu, who jumped up in dissatisfaction, and replied casually, "You're just unlucky."
"???"
"puff--."
Mitsuri couldn't help but laugh. Just then, the building suddenly shook violently, and several buildings crashed into it, shattering it.
"Ganlu Temple——."
Iguro quickly rushed forward and caught the falling Mitsuri, while Zenitsu used the shards to leap up and pull Kaigaku down to the other side of the building. Just as they were about to make contact, the wooden planks beneath their feet suddenly opened, and the two of them fell down unexpectedly.
"Zenyi-kun! Yuyue-kun!"
Mitsuri, being held by Iguro, saw this and couldn't help but call out in worry, but the only response was the rapidly closing wooden door. Iguro landed steadily on a platform and saw Nakime's rapidly recovering arm still playing in the distance. Just as he turned to say something to Mitsuri, a boy suddenly appeared there.
"Wait, calm down. I know you can tell I'm a ghost, but I'm on your side..."
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