"!"
Turning his head to a certain location, Toga felt incredible.
Kirinmaru's aura actually disappeared?
Although he sensed who the other party was fighting just now, he never expected it would be such a result.
Feeling the still-existing contract connection, Toga subsequently understood the other party's situation.
'Is it a seal or being exiled to another space... But an opponent who can make even Kirinmaru fall for it... Who could it be?'
With Kirinmaru's ability, ordinary youkai simply couldn't withstand him. Let alone a character who could make Kirinmaru suffer a loss.
'The youkai aura still has residues; must go take a look.'
With such thoughts, Toga glanced at Sesshomaru who was just lost in thought, ignored him, and chased directly in the direction where Kirinmaru left.
"Is it the sword I should truly hold?"
Sesshomaru looked at Toga's back figure, recalling the other party's education just now, and muttered in a low voice.
He could feel the metaphorical reminder from his father, but even with Sesshomaru's thinking, it was hard to understand the meaning within.
The proof of surpassing Father... What exactly was he lacking...
Throwing away the broken Tokijin mercilessly, he happened to see Inuyasha running from afar head-on.
CLANG!
"Sesshomaru!"
Just running over, Inuyasha saw the Tokijin broken into a section falling on the ground and was stunned.
'Tokijin was cut off?'
Looking at Sesshomaru's relatively embarrassed posture, Inuyasha found it hard to believe for a moment. After all, although he was very impatient with this stinky older brother, his strength was unquestionable.
Inuyasha hadn't seen a guy who could make Sesshomaru look like this yet.
"Sesshomaru-sama! Did you see the Old Master?!"
Myoga was lying on Inuyasha's shoulder, his voice trembling a bit.
"Right... Is it really the Old Man?!"
Coming back to his senses, Inuyasha remembered the goal of this trip and then asked loudly.
"..."
No answer; Sesshomaru just stared at Inuyasha.
"Hey? What's wrong?!"
Being looked at a bit uncomfortably, Inuyasha immediately said with displeasure; suddenly being stared at like this constantly, he really wasn't used to it.
"Don't misunderstand. I was just looking at Tessaiga."
But Sesshomaru's subsequent cold words instantly raised Inuyasha's anger.
"Bastard! Are you still obsessed with Tessaiga?!"
"Wait! Inuyasha-sama! We came to find the Old Master, not to fight with Sesshomaru-sama!"
Having the impulse to draw the sword on the spot, he was persuaded by Myoga's loud shouting.
"The scent went over there; it's the place where the youkai aura erupted just now. Who is the Old Man's Summoner?"
Calming down and sniffing, Inuyasha subsequently had questions.
Running over without greeting Kagome and others this time was because Inuyasha indeed wanted to meet this Old Man he had never met.
After all, when he was born, Toga was already gone. Let alone appearance, even his voice and personality were unclear.
Now having the opportunity to contact the other party, Inuyasha naturally wanted to see him too.
"Hey! Sesshomaru? Where are you going?"
"If you want to see Father, just go."
Watching the appearance of Sesshomaru turning his head and leaving, Inuyasha asked a sentence which caused a response.
Not scolding his status as a half-demon, Sesshomaru now wanted to understand the words his father said before more.
'The path you should take is not looking at my life. Like that, you cannot surpass me. Sesshomaru, go find your own true sword!'
Find... Since Father said that, it proved that he had such caliber existence. There must be something he hadn't noticed.
Not a sword forged by relying on Totosai or others... The sword that truly belonged to him, Sesshomaru, should exist somewhere.
Father should have discovered this point to remind him like this.
Never had he been so serious; Sesshomaru even placed this matter at the most priority moment.
"Maybe... Mother would know something..."
...
"The youkai aura blocked here. It contains a very strange smell."
Toga looked at the surrounding environment, probed a little, but found nothing.
He only knew that Kirinmaru fought with some youkai here and then disappeared.
"It seems there are some troublesome opponents."
Glancing around and not finding any corpses, Toga also extinguished the thought of using So'unga.
If there were corpses, he could use So'unga to recall the dead to inquire about intelligence. Unfortunately, it was too clean here.
The opponent seemed to know he had special investigation methods, so they deliberately cleared the field here.
"No clue for the time being. Maybe other participants..."
Kirinmaru's disappearance exceeded Toga's expectations. There wasn't even a clue to search for...
BUZZ BUZZ!
The Tessaiga on his back was resonating. Toga reacted and subsequently revealed a complicated expression.
"Is it Inuyasha? He rushed over..."
Turning around, waiting for the upcoming figure, Toga also wanted to take a good look at how this son was doing now.
...
"Sesshomaru-sama hasn't come back for so long."
"Wordy! You hurry up and rest!"
Jaken leaned under the tree, watching Rin who was mumbling instead of sleeping, and instructed.
"Akame-san isn't resting?"
Rin didn't care about Jaken's words, but turned her head and shouted to Akame standing on another tree in front.
"No, that person hasn't returned yet, I'd better do some guard duty."
Looking at the Master's innocent face, Akame hesitated for a while before answering. She herself lived in a harsh environment for a long time, so she wouldn't relax too much.
"!"
But at this moment, Akame faintly detected a familiar smell.
"The smell of blood..."
It seemed not very far from here. She looked back; Akame knew that place very well. It was the village they deliberately avoided during the day; there should be many humans living there.
No firelight or smoke; it didn't look like being attacked by bandits.
'Youkai?'
"If there is danger, you must call me."
Need to go there to take a look; unable to sit back and watch, Akame turned her head and spoke to Rin and Jaken.
"Wait!! Where are you going?!"
Before Rin could speak, Jaken panicked first. These guys were not resting peacefully one by one, but running around everywhere instead. What should be done when Sesshomaru-sama came back?
"It's okay, Jaken-sama. If necessary, I can call Akame-san back in an instant. Won't let Sesshomaru-sama wait long."
Smiling slightly, Rin raised her hand, revealing the crimson mark and said.
"Ah? Is that so? That's good. However, where is she going at this late night? That direction seems to have a village."
Breathing a sigh of relief, but immediately Jaken became puzzled.
Although he looked down on the opponent's human identity very much, Jaken still recognized this girl's ability very much.
Ghost-like speed and the sword holding Cursed Poison... Used to kill many powerful youkai was piece of cake.
This period of getting along with the other party wasn't bad. As a companion, Jaken naturally would be a little worried about the other party's actions.
"Ah ah... Don't let anything happen... Otherwise, I, Jaken, can't explain to Sesshomaru-sama."