"Kikyo... I didn't expect... that you would actually be resurrected..." It seemed that Kikyo's gaze provoked Naraku; he struggled to look at her and spoke hoarsely.
"Naraku, fifty years ago, you plotted to kill me. Fifty years later, I have been resurrected using your life. This is karma," Kikyo said calmly, staring at Naraku word by word.
"Hmph... I just didn't expect... that the man beside you... could actually bring you back to life..."
Naraku rolled his eyes with difficulty, his hateful gaze sweeping over Retsu. A cold sneer curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Kikyo, I killed you fifty years ago. Now you can make your move; kill me and have your revenge."
"Retsu, should we kill him?" Kikyo ignored Naraku's provocation and turned to look at Retsu, asking for his opinion.
"Of course we should! This bastard caused the deaths of so many people, we absolutely cannot let him go!" Inuyasha immediately stepped forward, drawing the tessaiga. He stared at Naraku with a fierce expression, prepared to cut him down with a single stroke.
However, Retsu shook his head and spoke unexpectedly: "No, let him go."
"Why?!" Inuyasha shouted angrily.
He stared fixedly at Retsu, not understanding why he would do such a thing.
Retsu glanced at the fuming Inuyasha, a playful smile curling on his lips as he said faintly, "Because the one with a grudge against Naraku is you, not me."
"On the contrary, I should thank him for using his own life to help me gain a new one."
"You bastard!" Inuyasha's hair practically stood on end. "I'm definitely going to kill Naraku!"
With that, he suddenly raised the tessaiga and charged toward Naraku.
"Inuyasha! Don't be impulsive!" Kagome hurriedly called out to stop him.
Seeing that Inuyasha had no intention of stopping, Kagome grit her teeth and shouted at him, "Sit!"
The Kotodama Beads around Inuyasha's neck instantly erupted with a blinding light, and an invisible force slammed him to the ground. With a loud "boom," the earth itself shook.
Looking at the disheveled Inuyasha pinned to the ground, Retsu slowly lowered his already raised hand. Since Kagome had stopped him, there was no need for him to act.
"Kagome! Why did you stop me?" Inuyasha struggled to crawl up from the ground, looking at Kagome and asking in confusion.
"Inuyasha, come back for now," Miroku stepped forward, advising in a heavy tone. "With Retsu here, you won't be able to kill Naraku at all. Even if you rush in, it will just be a waste of effort."
"Dammit!" Inuyasha shot a glance at Retsu, but ultimately sheathed the tessaiga unwillingly and retreated silently to Kagome's side.
Seeing that Inuyasha was no longer acting impulsively, Retsu withdrew his gaze and turned to Kikyo. "Kikyo, give me a shard of the shikon jewel."
"Alright." Kikyo didn't ask questions. She took a bamboo tube from her robe, poured out a shard of the shikon jewel, and handed it to him.
Retsu took the shard and, with a slight flick of his finger, the shard of the shikon jewel shot out like an arrow from a bow, precisely entering Naraku's chest and sinking into his withered flesh.
As the shard entered, Naraku's aura stabilized slightly, and his originally dim eyes regained a bit of their luster.
"Naraku, consider this shard a thank-you gift. Don't go dying so easily, now," Retsu said, his tone carrying a trace of faint mockery.
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