There was something in this place, this mansion, something dark. The shards of the cursed sword she had taken from the body of the Greek woman who had destroyed it, the ones she had forged together with Mekki-maru were reacting to it, and even if it they weren't, all of Taki's experiences up to this point would have told her there was. Her time as a demon slayer and the training she performed in order to learn the exorcising techniques she uses in her profession had given her already heightened senses an acute awareness of the presence of otherworldly powers

At the sound of footsteps Taki unsheathed her twin blades and in swift graceful manner she rolled and using the edge of the wall propelled herself upwards and landed hard and rough on the mysterious person.

"Start talking...now.."