The Woman Who Realized Her Mistake

For a kunoichi, death was an unavoidable fate.

To have her neck snapped for failing a mission.

Or to disappear in enemy territory when poison took effect, without even leaving a name behind.

From the moment they began living in the shadows, their lives included one day vanishing without a trace.

Chiyono had learned that, and taught it too.

This defeat was no different.

Accepting a head-on duel with her eyes covered had been her own arrogance.

Taking a direct hit to the uterus, the very source of a female Awakened’s power, had also been her own mistake.

A humiliating outcome didn’t make the defeat any less real.

‘Leave no regrets.’...