Kouko managed to keep her balance on the roof as the ground broke beneath. She leaped from one sinking roof to another stable one, eyes settling on the Tree Spirit that was rising from underneath. Asuka had been able to take care of the puppets attacking them, but now... there was this. It would be best if they could calm it without- what's that? Black beads... that must be what's causing it to act so violently. Her eyes settled next on the two men above the gate out of the city. One seemed to be a sorcerer or some sort, while the other was... Hanzo? Someone familiar to Mizuki, from the sounds of it. Well, no matter.

Those black beads were going to be troublesome. Even in this incomplete state, the power of her sword combined with her Ki should be enough. She heard Kaede propose ideas to assault the beads, but Kouko simply smiled and burst forward from the roof. "Please leave the matter to me." She lands with her feet planted on the large creature, just below the beads. Her Ki had already been focused into her sword, and she swipes through them to cut the thread binding the focuses of dark power. Yawakaite-Te Masamune, the sword of peace, should have no trouble cutting through such aggressive energy.

Once done, the tiny woman backflips off the Tree Spirit and gets ready to deflect any incoming blows, or move out of the way.