Book 9: Chapter 2 (4)
Shin and his party left the dungeon and returned to Fuji’s shrine. Mitsuyo, who had been sitting waiting for them, came running as soon she saw the group.
“That was pretty quick. Did something happen?”
Maybe because she had noticed Munechika’s sickly complexion, Mitsuyo seemed to think that some accident happened.
“Something happened, that’s for sure. For starters, we recovered Yasutsuna.”
Shin answered somewhat awkwardly, then showed 『Yasutsuna』, which had not been changed to a card. The miasma had vanished, but the katana’s hilt and blade were still in terrible condition.
“What’s…that…?”
The sight of 『Yasutsuna』 left Mitsuyo speechless.
“It was already in this state when we found it. The miasma has been purified, but I don’t know what happened to its consciousness. Maybe Kagutsuchi could know something?”
“This way!”