"I'd changed my mind," Li Muchen said. "You were right. This is the destiny of a nation. I don't want to destroy a nation, nor do I want to save them. Let them continue on the path to a slow death. Destruction or salvation—they should choose it for themselves."
"Since that is the case, I am relieved," Mitarashi Kengeku said, a smile touching his face. "I am not here to guard the blade. Survival or destruction—since they have chosen their own faith, they must have the resolve to face it. What I feared was that your sword would stir the dormant war-soul within this blade, bringing a calamity from nearly a century ago down upon the world once more. And the ones who always suffer first are the common people."
Li Muchen nodded, finding deep truth in his words.
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