And so, the tall man and his opponent faced off on the rooftop of a certain building. Although he wanted to continue the pursuit, the tall man believed that he couldn't do so without understanding the intentions of the person in front of him.

Because this person in front of him would definitely try to stop him. If he teamed up with the person from earlier, it would be quite troublesome, as the tall man deduced.

Was this person the companion of the one from earlier? Although he did think so for a moment, he quickly dismissed that thought. The tall man examined the girl in front of him. She was wearing a black evening dress, which she wouldn't wear if she was a companion. However, at this stage, he could only confirm this much and couldn't rule out the possibility that she was an enemy.

To dispel his concerns, the tall man decided to probe the girl.

"So, who are you and why are you blocking my way?"

"I am a Yin-Yang master from the Tsuchimikado family," Hiyori revealed her identity.

Although he didn't expect the other party to voluntarily disclose their identity, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

"Tsuchimikado?" the tall man pondered for a moment. "Is it that Tsuchimikado? I see, no wonder you are so capable. Although your clothes are different, that sword..."

Getting his answer, the tall man decided to cut to the chase.

"So, Sword Shaman of the Far East, what is your purpose? Why did you try to stop me earlier? If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, I won't back down. Although I didn't originally intend to fight with you."

"I don't have any particular purpose, I just wanted to help that person, and didn't that move just now seem a bit harsh?" Hiyori changed her usual attitude and now seemed incredibly reliable. However, it was only for this specific situation.

"So, you don't even know that person?"

"That's right, I don't know them."

Hiyori admitted frankly.

The tall man's expression showed displeasure; it seemed that her answer was unacceptable to him.

"Just meddling for the sake of it? So the Shrine Maiden of the Far East likes to meddle, huh?"

"I just hope that you temporarily stop."

"Temporarily stop?"

The tall man's voice changed slightly.

"Do you know what you're doing? Although attacking someone from the Tsuchimikado family might cause a series of problems, weighing the pros and cons, the current issue is more important."

"..."

"It seems like you're not going to back off from this trouble. If that's the case, then there's nothing more to say. Since you're blocking my path, does that mean you're my enemy?"

The tall man reached a conclusion at this moment. After all, he really disliked troublesome matters. Since the conversation had reached this point, there was nothing more to discuss.

Facing the tall man's overwhelmingly murderous aura, Hiyori didn't back down either.

"If you're not willing to stop, then I have no choice but to stop you here."

And so, the short conversation ended.

Both sides assumed their stances and began to guard against each other. Both stood still, ready for the battle to commence.

Whether it was because they were pressed for time or because they had enough confidence in themselves, the one who broke the stalemate first was the tall man.

The tall man charged straight ahead, swinging his right arm backwards and swiping horizontally at his opponent. But he missed, as the figure of his opponent suddenly disappeared.

Hiyori easily evaded the attack by lowering her center of gravity. However, it seemed that the tall man had already anticipated this, as his earlier strike was just a feint. As he swung his arm and shifted his body to the right, he clenched his left fist and attacked Hiyori, who was half crouching on the ground.

"Watch as I finish you off," the tall man intensified the speed of his arm swing.

However, Hiyori, with her Sword Shaman's unique spirit vision, was able to easily deal with this unexpected pursuit. Although it was quite unexpected, with the help of her spirit vision, she could easily cope.

Knowing the path of the opponent's attack in advance, Hiyori took a step back to the right side, narrowly evading the tall man's left fist.

What? She actually dodged it.

Dodging his confident strike caused some doubts to arise in the tall man's heart.

At this moment, Hiyori has already reached the left side of the tall man, and the tall man is currently unable to move freely due to the inertia of his body.

So, while avoiding, Hiyori focuses her magic on her left foot, quickly rotates counterclockwise once, and then extends her right foot to perform a spinning kick.

"Thunder Shock."

She directly kicks the left shoulder of the tall man, and due to his own inertia towards the right combined with Hiyori's powerful kick in the same direction, he flies directly to the right in the next instant and crashes into the wall, not knowing how far he flew.

This is an instant kill.

The wall also cracks open due to the impact of the tall man, making a loud "boom."