KATANAGATARI 3
Casually, like she was asking him to run over to the store for her.
“While you’re out, assassinate Hohoh Maniwa.”
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Of the Twelve Possessed of Kiki Shikizaki.
There now remained─just four.
Oto the Cured.
Seito the Garland.
Dokuto the Basilisk.
Ento the Bead.
Togame the Schemer, who designed7 to round up all thousand of the Mutant Blades under the auspices of the Yanari Shogunate of the Owari Bakufu, was coming ever closer to her goal─but in the shadows, another battle had begun.
The Maniwa Clan versus the Aioi Clan.
Ninja versus ex-ninja.
Hohoh Maniwa versus Emonzaemon Soda─
As goes without saying, the conclusion of this one-hundred-and-seventy-year-old feud─would engender very negative developments.
Bito the Sundial: Check
End of Book Eight
To Be Continued
1 美刀 BITŌ “beautiful sword” vs. 微刀 BITŌ “subtle sword”
2 ちゃんちゃん CHAN CHAN onomatopoeic expression mimicking a coda, connotating a neat finish
3 気持ち悪い KIMOCHI WARUI “feels bad (icky)” creepy
4 仕組みに気付く SHIKUMI NI KIZUKU noticing the mechanism
5 太陽電池 TAIYŌ DENCHI “sun electric pool”
6 なめ過ぎ NAMESUGI “lick too much” make light of
7 企み TAKURAMI plot, intrigue