“Are they following behind us?” Honda Tadakatsu was leading the charge on the surface of the waters, and he glanced back momentarily, “You didn’t disappoint me. You’re worthy of your name, Azai-kun. Although I don’t have any intentions of helping you in your quest to slay Oda Nobunaga, but… I’ve got no qualms helping you reach the cruise liner safely.”

With that, he turned back to look at the cruise ship once more with eyes that burned with great passion. Something told him that if he were able to slay the people on the cruise and retrieve the divine artifact in their possession, then… he would be able to reach new heights in his cultivation and be on par with Izanami!

He had earlier chanced on this book upon his arrival at the Strait of Tsushima. Then, upon closer inspection, he realized that it could well be one of the primordial treasures of Hell, the Book of Life and Death.

Thus, he did his best to keep the news of his discovery to himself. He even went about discreetly testing the powers of the artifact he had gained, thereby resulting in the incidents with the several ghost ships. And as soon as he ascertained the authenticity of the divine artifact, he no longer harboured any thoughts of remaining at the Strait of Tsushima.

In other words, he had already been making plans to leave Yomi-no-Kuni altogether. However, things changed.

I need to kill that man. Although I don’t know what treasure he might be in possession of, the fact that it can create such resonance in the Book of Life and Death means that it’s no ordinary artifact!

And what if I’m unable to kill that man?

Honda Tadakatsu suddenly smiled - That’s impossible.

He was the strongest among all of the daimyos of the Nipponese Warring States era. He had been completely unscathed despite personally participating in dozens...