Editing Apocalypse Witch:Volume4 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 1===

Tanba Musubi was a magician with a mastery of Onmyodo.

Magician was the correct term here. The Onmyoji had once been a central part of the country’s government, but their very presence had been erased from the public consciousness, leaving them with no official shrines or temples and no respect of any kind. The lucky directions known as Ehou were originally an Onmyodo concept, but who gave a single thought to that when they saw Ehoumaki sushi at the convenience store?

So no matter how much influence an Onmyoji might retain, they could never be a saint. And if they could not be a saint, there were no religious or moral restrictions requiring them to clear their mind of all worldly desires and only use their abilities for the public good.

(I will bring us back to the ''center''.)

What was wrong with using the world for her own sake?

The world had already used her people and thrown them out.

(The Taira city of Kyou remains the rightful capital. And if I can prove to everyone that ''we'' are the center of the world – heh heh – then I am more than willing to chew up Second Grimnoah and spit them out.)

They had once been known as saints.

And now this lonely heart longed for the public to once more recognize the miracles they controlled.

Onmyodo came in many forms, but she specialized in Katatagae. That technique allowed you to accurately determine each day’s new unlucky directions. By avoiding those directions, you could eliminate any danger on the way to your destination. For example, if south was to be avoided, you could zigzag southeast and southwest to avoid ever moving directly south.

And.

Refine that process enough and you could waltz through a minefield just by knowing your unlucky directions.

When you got down to it, Tanba Musubi did not actually view her opponent in battle. By understanding the currents of the world around her, she could avoid any battles before they began and peacefully resolve any problems that did crop up. But she had intentionally thrown all of that out to come here today.

She sought battle.

She felt bad doing this to her opponent. This was a tragedy she could have avoided if she had put in the effort. But ''she had let it happen.

And once the battle began, she would take all the right steps to reach her destination.

Anyone who stood in her way would be automatically destroyed by the path she chose.

To repeat, Tanba Musubi did not even view her opponent in battle.

(I’ve completed the Ehou reading. I cast a spell to the northeast and south, where Taihakujin and Tenichijin are located, I have cut off all evil omens from reaching me. Now I need to lure my prey into the slight opening I left to the west-southwest to plunge them into deadly misfortune. I know all the unlucky directions for this date and the labyrinth has been formed. By avoiding those directions and walking accurately across the board, I can win as easily as following a guide to a tsume shogi problem.)

“Heh heh. I may have overdone it.”



“Ouch, that has gotta hurt!! The horned shrine maiden Onmyoji, Tanba Musubi, was brought down to the mat by the very first blow, but Alchemist Tribikos Yorkshire is not letting up. Do those kanji-filled directional calculations not work right with all those shooting stars and down this far south where the Big Dipper isn’t in the center of the sky? And wow, this is why you don’t want to get on the wrong side of a woman!! To be clear, this is being livestreamed around the world. Hey, sexy blondie, did you not notice the first blow already had her convulsing on the mat!? You aren’t changing the odds by continuing to hit her in the face. Don’t mount your opponent and beat her until her blood splatters back on you!! Keep that kind of thing in the bathroom or break room where no one can see you!!!!!”