Kyouka's eldest two brothers walk inside the bath, heavily muscled bodies hidden beneath beautifully lacquered samurai armour. Jirobe gives her a smirk. "Hey, sis. Having a good time, I see."
To his surprise, they don't. The tattooed woman gives a pleasant smile. "I hear you're not being treated well by your master?"
"Hey there." She waves her hand to greet them. "Mm, indeed I am. And I doubt you came here just to peek at me. What do you two want?"
Jirobe chuckles. "We might've." He kneels down next to the bath, expression growing serious. "Listen, it's our time. Time for Clan Mitsurugi to rise again. The Yokuboo are weak, and we're strong." He gives her an earnest look. "There's no one I'd rather have at my side than my family. Oichi's a lost cause, but you're not. Are you with us, sister?"
"I thought you'd say that." Kyouka sighed, "I don't mind if the clan gets revived. But I'm not particularly going to go out of my way to do it." She replied. "I don't mind helping you out. But as I said. I'm doing my own thing, so." She shrugged, making her breasts jiggle underneath the hot water.
Both men's eyes are attracted to the movement. Jirobe sighs. "Fine... Oichi did send men after us, and I assume she's made a move on you too, so I'd say that we should probably deal with her, though."
"Yeah, she has. Though Shintaro Yokuboo saved be, before it got bad." She replied, "Don't worry, I've paid him, and her back. Shintaro with alerting him of an assassin coming for him, and Oich by burning down one of her factories. So yeah. I am gunning to deal with her."
At the bottom is a tunnel, with its walls covered in ivy and some sort of bioluminescent moss, emitting a bright blue glow. Water runs past his boots, and he hears a chittering sound from further down.
“It went well. I'll tell you in a moment, just let me take off my clothes first. I want to test what happens if I am not wearing any when I create my clone, and if she can put on any clothes she was not wearing originally.” Midori smiled at her sister, then proceeded to strip down to her underwear and create another clone, instructing her to get dressed in the discarded clothes.
Jian looked around and drew his sword, waiting for Chitsukiko to descend the ladder. Once they were both in the tunnel, he nodded to her and slowly moved forward, keeping his eye out for the living plants.
"Really now? Do you see me as someone that'd tie the knot? I simply repaid my debt. He saved me, I saved him." Kyouka replied, "Anyway. I'm trying to enjoy my bath. So unless you two voyeurs are done peeking, you can find me in the wayside tavern." She told them the address to her current base, "Just try not to kill any of my men."
Like it was when the clone removed her clothing, there is an uncanny valley feeling of something being off when she dons the clothing. However, once she's put the clothes on, they fit to her curvy frame perfectly, looking entirely natural.
As he traverses the tunnel, he sees two vines spring forth from the walls, aiming to grab his arms. Chitsukiko gives a yelp from behind him.
Jian quickly slashed at the two vines before they could reach him, then turned around to help Chitsukiko.
Jin gives another grunt. "Just make sure, that when a line is drawn, that you're on the right side of it." Jirobe puts a hand on his shoulder, and he calms down. The elder brother smirks, trying to lighten the mood. "Just a few more moments..." He chuckles. "As if you'd care if we were peeking. Alright, sis, we'll see you later." He begins walking away. "Love ya, kid." Jin grunts, clearly not as loving, and then they're gone.
His hand darts out quickly, slicing both vines with his dao. Chitsukiko is being dragged backwards across the floor, vine around her neck, and strange insects come out of the wall, surrounding her, their bloated bodies glowing red.
