[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/8OhIRJC.png[/img][/center][hr][color=saddlebrown][b]"And thus spoke Sun Tzu: 'A victorious general wins first and then goes to war. A failed one goes to war first and then seeks to win',"[/b][/color] Isana quoted in a dignified tone —which made her sound like some sort of modern-day Takeda Shingen— to none other than Keiji while the group that formed around Shuro and herself waited for the train to arrive at the station.

[color=saddlebrown][b]"If you step on a battlefield with a mindset that you might face defeat, your enemies will have won half of the battle,"[/b][/color] she added a moment later.

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While the train didn't have the convenience of letting them get as near to the forest as possible, it was also faster than going by car and, barring any unforeseen disasters, always on time.

It was no surprise that Isana would be the first to disembark and, still with her hands folded within her sleeves, begin her way to the forest. Determination was evident in each of her steps as she made her way to the quite literal youkai hive.
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