[centre][colour=#B7410E][i][h1]XAKU[/h1][/i][/colour][/centre][centre][h3][colour=ff0000][i]A Restless Night - Torigoya Onsen[/i][/colour][/h3][/centre][sub][colour=#B7410E]Mentions:[/colour] [@Dane] [@Randomguy][/sub]
[hr]Xaku does not waste her energy on things such as anger. Disappointment, sure. Perhaps even a modicum of annoyance, but never something as intense as anger. Such meaningless emotions were long cast aside even before she had become a demon.

That will not change.

However... there is only so disappointed one can possibly get before there is nothing left to hope for.

The altercation at the onsen was one thing; there was no significant damage done. But to fire a weapon in a public area? When she is present, no less? Along with the fact that apparently a [i]Hashira[/i] was responsible for a mass shooting just a scant few hours ago, that implied a pattern she is not fond of.

It seems as if her presence hasn’t quite had an effect on the criminal populous yet.

It’s about time she rectified that.

Human or Demon. All are subject to the law, and if they believed they weren’t? If they believed they were somehow exempt?

Well, she is more than capable of proving them wrong.

She arrives at the scene before anyone else, of course. Even as ‘fragile’ as she is now, there were still few who could outpace her. She had, of course, heard one of Muragarasu’s familiars on her way to the location of the gunshot, an observation she filed away for the moment. It was irrelevant to the situation at hand.

The Demon Slayer with the firearm is within her sight and has long since been within her range. Killing her would be easy, effortless. She would never even know an attack was forthcoming.

That thought never even crosses Xaku’s mind.

[i]Rend.[/i]

The attack isn’t spoken into being, it simply [i]is[/i]. Before Tenko’s slash can even hit Mamushi, her sword is blocked by seemingly nothing. The only indication of another attack is the faint trench carved into the pavement. Nevertheless, the recoil from having her weapon deflected is brutal, even for a Demon Slayer. Disinclined as Xaku is from spilling blood in these streets without reason, she will not hesitate if her hands are forced.

She lands between the Demon Slayer and the demon she had just attacked.

[colour=#B7410E]“That is enough, Demon Slayer Thompson-san. I suggest you come quietly.”[/colour]

This was not Xaku, the demon. This was Xaku, Police Chief of Osaka, and she would not offer another warning to a lawbreaker.

Either Tenko would surrender without resistance, or her blood would paint the streets first.