Sekirei 97

Mikogami scares off Uzume and declares his intentions to Minato.

I don't think Mutsu would dare call Miya a witch to her face.

Summary:
Mikogami, Mutsu, and Akitsu face off against Uzume. As Uzume is distracted by the new arrivals, Homura frees Minato and Uzume decides to retreat. Before Uzume disappears, Miktogami tells Uzume to tell her handler to stop cheating and ruining the game. After Uzume is gone, Mikogami states to Minato that he doesn't plan to fight him here as someone else would benefit. As Mikogami's group turn around to leave, Homura recognizes Mutsu as a member of the original Disciplinary Squad. Mutsu recognizes Homura as well and gives Homura some encouragement for living with the "crazy witches" at Izumo Inn. At this moment, Mikogami turns back to Minato and states that he is not going to let Uzume off so easily next time. Mikogami also adds that he still hates Minato for winging Kusano and taking out Yomi, but he is going to obey the rules unlike a certain cheater. Mikogami then declares that he will be the winner and leaves with Mutsu and Akitsu.

After Mikogami's group leaves, Minato calls back to the inn to Matsu. Minato and Matsu had already suspected Uzume was the Veiled Sekirei, and Minato has just planted a tracking device on Uzume (when he hugged her). Minato is confident that Uzume is being forced to act against her will, and he wants to teach a lesson to whoever is manipulating Uzume.

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Ha, looks like the real Minato vs. Higa fight is finally in sight. Thanks to Mikogami's not-so-subtle hinting and the tracking device, Minato will probably soon confirm that Higa is responsible for Uzume's behavior. I'm really looking forward to Higa getting his ass kicked and Minato saving his sister. Ideally Minato would save Uzume and Shiina as well, but with the way the Sekirei Plan works Uzume and Shiina will have to go down eventually if Minato is to win. Hopefully it won't take too long until we see this showdown.

Back to this chapter, Mikogami showed himself to be a rule-abiding player for some reason, although I think there is more to him than meets the eye. Having Minato go after Higa is of strategic benefit to Mikogami, so Mikogami may have planned this move. Mikogami might be questionable, but Mutsu seems like a cool guy. I loved how Mutsu referred to his days in the Disciplinary Squad as "the Dark Ages" and his encouragement to Homura for living with the "witches". He also accurately described Matsu and Kazehana as "Hentai" and "Drunk", but I'm not too sure about describing Miya as "Hanya" (Wisdom in Buddhism I believe). I'm not sure why that's her nickname. I think Miya should be called "Demon" lol. It's interesting that Mikogami doesn't know about Mutsu's history but Akitsu does. This is more evidence that Akitsu was Sekirei #7.