Did Shuten throw her brother under the bus? Yes. But... in her defense, she had to keep him on his toes and if it was obvious that her brother wasn't pursuing the course of action she thought he should, well there was no harm in her bothering him from time to time, to handle things. A chuckle came from Ibaraki as she witnessed this interaction, she needed to learn from this purple haired lass, who obviously knew something about handling one's older brother. The explanation she received made her eyes widen just a bit, she hadn't expected such a thing. Of course, she did consider herself a proper better fit than her brother, but she'd intended to earn such a thing, not simply have it handed over to her by veritable strangers. "Sou sou, well... I mean I probably am better. But if I don't prove it, it won't be worth anything... I can't just take a handout and expect other Oni to follow me," she said already showing a great deal of understanding. "Blood and sweat. Earn it then, and I'll give you something nice as a coronation present. A gift from an old leader to a new one~" these were the words of Shuten who seemed to have some understanding beyond even the girl behind the Avatar and tied to the original Shuten Doji. The very quiet Kitsune perked up. "If you need a proving, I might be able to provide you the means to do so, and build your future alliances with your own hands..." Tamamo mentioned, knowing that if she could get the Oni to eliminate the Spider pests of the Kitsune, she'd be able to free up more of her own time for the preparations of her fun. And while that served her purposes, it also worked out for the long term goodness of this place. It was a win-win, a great and fair deal, "Taishou, I knew you were always prepared to make a deal, but even for you this is a little fast..." mentioned Tomoe, who knew the pink haired lass to be trustworthy above all others. She gave a gentle nod to the questioning gaze of Ibaraki as if to imply it would be fine if she heard out at least what the Kitsune had to say.
In the meantime, Kuroka and the snake boy were content to wait on the outcome of a certain slimes activities. And after meeting a Yuki-onna he seemed to be a bit lost for words and quieted himself quite a bit for a moment or two. Soon enough though his words made this lass' brow raise and a look of confusion spread across it. "No, they'd die before reaching that stage. No matter. I am the light which dwells in this darkness," she said almost cryptically but she soon giggled slightly crossing her arms under her ample chest. "If you're an adventurer then you are probably here about the problem of this place. If that is why you are here, you need only speak your truth. All is heard here..." she said easily. Depending on how this lad answered, a certain other individual would begin to become visible to his eyes. She was taller with pure white hair. She wore a perfectly white kimono with red and white crystal decorations and had dead looking deep blue eyes. Like all of the leaders she was clearly very tied to this land and as she appeared the spirits which dwelled in this place would become more clear as well. Simply tying them to this place was taking all of this lady's energy and as such she could barely take manifesting in this place, much less could she facilitate the manifestation of the rest of the spirits. They whispered about the deceptions long coming, a problematic serpent and even about the rise of the three.