Using my skill [Stealth] I approached the area where Shigure and Tachibana were fighting.
Shigure was driving Tachibana back with a barrage of attacks that were beginning to cover his body with small cuts. Tachibana managed to avoid the dangerous cuts and they were only superficial wounds so he was not actually hurt.
"Navi, go in front of Shigure, you must stay in front of her abdomen, but do not obstruct her movements" - I prepared to intervene in the fight.
Navi did as I told her while I took a frog-like stance to make the most of my leg strength.
When Shigure's sword made a vertical cut, Tachibana moved his left hand which was bandaged.
I did not wait to see what Tachibana had prepared, I made the black blood under the ground rise to the surface to tie Tachibana's feet while I rushed at full speed to hit that idiot.
Tachibana moved his broken hand with such speed that I couldn't see it, the only thing I could see was a small steel thorn sticking out of his bandage and trying to stab Shigure's stomach.
"Muahahahaha, predictable asshole!" - Navi shouted happily when the steel thorn hit his body without hurting him.
I concentrated the hardened black blood on my right fist, covered it with Ki, and used Rasen to make rotating energy, since he is a martial arts expert with a strong body I broke my false promise with Hayato and used the force of the vibrations to increase the force of my blow.
Tachibana had put all his concentration and strength into that attack so he couldn't block my blow that hit the right side of his face destroying his jaw and cheekbone.
Tachibana's body jerked as his bones cracked, as the black blood had trapped his feet and his body stayed in his place causing the recoil force to do additional damage to his neck.
When Shigure noticed me, she stopped attacking and left the 'one with the sword' state returning to normal.
"You let your guard down" - I spoke with a little anger while my handheld Tachibana's neck.
Shigure looked down, if it hadn't been for Navi that attack would have hit her in the stomach.
I let go of Tachibana's neck and taking advantage of the fact that he was too stunned to defend himself, I used a series of quick blows to dislocate his joints while I introduced small blades of black blood into the joints so that Tachibana could not accommodate his limbs.
Tachibana was dying as the vibrations had reached his brain causing a dangerous jolt that was causing multiple internal bleeding.
Hayato was not exaggerating by saying that this improvised technique that I did is very dangerous, even the bones in my hand turned to dust since I did not control the vibrations correctly, but the black blood has already repaired them so it does not matter.
I removed Tachibana's broken hand bandage to see what he planned to do.
Tachibana's hand was partially broken, he had managed to heal his finger joints, but most of his muscle tissue was torn so he had to use special bandages to keep his fingers protected.
His hand had been hiding a small hollow steel thorn, it was thicker than a needle but too thin to be considered a stake.
The hidden weapon was a kind of injection designed to penetrate Shigure's chainmail, if Tachibana had hit her attack then Shigure would be injected with whatever is inside the weapon.
I took the thorn and a thread of my black blood entered the thorn to taste the liquid. With the help of Shiguma I learned to study certain chemical components through black blood, which combined with my superhuman sense of smell allowed me to recognize most chemicals such as poisons and medicines.
I checked what the liquid was inside the gun and wanted to applaud the person who devised this plan.
It seems the plan was to lure Shigure away from the reinforcements during a fight. Shigure is not a person to think too much about her surroundings and to some extent, she is a naive woman so it was easy to lead her into a trap.
Since Shigure is fully focused on combat when she enters her 'One with the Sword' state, there is a high possibility that she will fall into a sneak attack.
The instincts of an experienced martial artist can sense when a sniper aims at them from two kilometers away, but if the attack is not life-threatening or the attack lacks hostility then the instincts can be deceived, which is why my assassination tactics are so dangerous in this world as I do not emit hostility or killing intent.
Tachibana tried to take advantage of this so she planned to inject a special drug that was not harmful to her body so Shigure's fighting instincts would not warn her of the sneak attack.
I approached the trembling body of Tachibana who was experiencing an epileptic seizure from brain damage, ripped his shirt and found a small, almost imperceptible sound transmitter, it was even more discreet than the transmitter Jennyfer gave me.
"Jenazad, Saiga, or whoever is the idiot who prepared this plan, listen to me well ..." - I showed unbridled fury in my voice making me seem like someone impulsive who is carried away by his emotions. - "Bring your ass to this island so I can break your damn face or I'll go find you myself"
I raised my foot and concentrated a large amount of Rasen generating a small tornado that covered my leg, then I stomped on Tachibana's neck destroying his throat and separating his head from the rest of the body.
My hit also destroyed the transmitter, but just in case I reached into my pocket to pull out the phone given by the system and texted Yellow Queen to tell her to block all radio signals in this area.
When I confirmed that Yami's people could no longer observe me I was able to stop acting like an impulsive idiot, although actually, I am a bit angry, rather, very angry.
I heard Shigure's footsteps approaching me and then he stood a few steps away. She must be confused by my actions, and maybe a little sad that I just beheaded her childhood friend.
"Shigure, you are very strong, in combat with short-range weapons you are stronger than me, but in a combat without rules you have a great weakness" - I used a slightly angry tone of voice, but mainly concerned. - "You entered a very obvious trap, when Tachibana started backing away without counterattacking you shouldn't have pressed him, you should change the angle of your attacks so that he couldn't go back"
I heard Shigure's fists clenching.
"Shigure, do you know what this is?" - I raised the steel spine without looking at it again.
I did not receive an answer so I kept talking. - "This thing was designed to break your chain mail, it was a trap specially prepared for you. Do you know what would have happened if this had hit you? "
Whoever designed this serum is very smart, the effects of sleeping pills can be reduced by Ki, even poison can be restricted, but there are two things that Ki cannot expel from the body, muscle relaxants for medicinal purposes and aphrodisiacs, this liquid is the combination of both.
Although the aphrodisiac would have had no effect on Shigure thanks to the Hamon helping to keep the blood system clean, the fact that Tachibana tried to inject this into my wife makes me want to revive him to kill him again.
Oh, wait.
I took a quick look at Tachibana's corpse and saw that the black blood was coming out of his body after extracting something from his chest, it was Tachibana's soul.
"Good job? Woof "- Madness asked in my mind.
"Yes, a good job" - I wanted to smile, Madness is a good pet.
Returning to Shigure, I turned around to see how my pretty wife looked at the ground sadly.
"Shigure, if this had entered your body, it is possible that you and I would have separated" - She said with a tone of deep regret.
I am too possessive, if one of my wives is unfaithful to me it is possible that I will kill her in an impulsive act. As for a rape topic, I will erase my wife's memory so that she does not remember the incident and then I will kill anyone who knows about it so that no one can bring it up.
That's why I want to finish conquering the apocalyptic world, I want to make it my main base where my wives can be safe to never have to go through a scenario like that.
Shigure began to tremble as some tears fell from her eyes.
I walked over to her and gently hugged her. - "Fortunately I am here, but even if I want to be by your side at all times, there is always the possibility that something bad will happen, that's why, Shigure, I want you to learn from this experience"
Shigure hugged me tightly. - "What should.... I do?"
"Becoming strong is not enough, an insignificant poisonous insect can kill a strong lion" - I stroked Shigure's hair affectionately. - "I will teach you what I know, they are not martial arts, it is not fair combat, it is survival"
Shigure showed no reluctance and she just held onto my warmth as if she was afraid to get away from me.
Well, she taught me how to handle the sword and I will teach her to use cheating and deceit for murder, this should be considered a happy and equal marriage.
At this rate Shigure will go from being a samurai to becoming a ninja, I think the proper term is kunoichi, although I remember reading that kunoichi women had to learn seduction tactics to seduce their murder targets ...
Shigure will definitely be a ninja and not a kunoichi.
"I also want you to teach me..." - Tsubaki murmured within my Core of Existence.
Her rivalry with Shigure is making her more attached to me, how cute, although in reality Tsubaki's ninja techniques are better than mine at least in concealment and hiding the trace, I am only good at murdering people.
"Let's help the other girls" - Although I said that, I did not let go of Shigure and she did not leave my hug either.
She didn't seem to care about the death of her friend, it seems that I became the only important man in her life, that's cute.
Using Navi I looked at the situation of the other girls and seeing that there were no problems or accidents I was able to relax a bit.
"…" - Shigure didn't want to let go of me so I had to separate our embrace or we could stay like this all night and there is work to do.
"Come on, tonight I'll reward you for showing such a good fight" - I smiled warmly and caressed my silent wife's cheek.
Shigure's gaze lit up. - "I got ... maid clothes ... and I have a ... headband with cat ears ..."
… Rimi's influence has corrupted my pretty Shigure… I'm not complaining.
Although maybe I won't have time to have fun as killing Tachibana and capturing Raki will cause a big problem with Yami.
Maybe I just have to make a nuclear hell in this world and when everyone is dead I can finally take a break ... I'll take it into consideration, for now I'm hungry.
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Author's Note:
I made a new cover for this novel, if you like it then I'll leave it, if not then I'll go back to the previous one c: