Chapter 833: Beheaded
The situation was already clear. If the Sonno-joi faction could not defeat the Daoists within the yin-yang rift, it would be even more impossible outside it.
They had already committed nearly all their elites for this assassination, and there were no hidden cards left to play. This was the style of Fenglin, hinging everything on a gamble.
If they won the gamble, the reward was tremendous. If they lost, there would be no chance to turn things around.
In contrast, the Daoists always kept something in reserve.
The Koga Jonin summoned a bolt of crimson lightning with the third-generation Onikiri, momentarily forcing back Spirit Guard Ding Wei.
His figure flickered, vanishing and reappearing beside Zhang Yuelu and slashing at her with the Onikiri.
Startled, Zhang Yuelu transformed her Amorphous Paper into a paper umbrella to block the strike. But the strength disparity between them was too great. Zhang Yuelu was violently thrown back due to the impact.
Yet the Koga Jonin’s goal was not to kill Zhang Yuelu but to abduct Princess Tamako.
With Nichinin and Ishida already dead, all the blame would fall on the Koga Jonin if Princess Tamako perished too.
Neither the Asahi-jingu nor the Jinsho-ji would bear responsibility.
In the face of Ise-jingu’s post-mortem inquiry, the dead would ironically serve as their best protection, and out of respect for the dead, Ise-jingu wouldn’t press too hard.
But with no fatalities in the Koga School, the bulk of the blame would land squarely on them.