“But that’s neither here nor there – listen, Shichika. This just goes to say that on my way here to Gokenji Temple – I, too, have been through hell and back again. I’m not the person you left on the island. Starting with the members of the Bug Unit Maniwa – I’ve had the chance to fight all kinds of people, including the entire Itezora Clan and the Sacred Guardians of Mt. Shirei, not to mention the warrior monks of Gokenji Temple. And I’ve absorbed every single one of them” Nanami said. “With my eyes.”

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