The Subdued Marshal

The blonde woman slowly rose amid the black flames.

"What is this?"

The flames had not damaged even a single thread of her clothes.

"Innocence?" Claude raised both hands as the black flames fused with her body, slowly vanishing beneath her skin.

Only the final wisp of flame flickered between her brows.

"Innocence isn't the only thing. Take your time experiencing this power."

Jin looked at her with a faint, ambiguous smile.

He wondered how quickly someone capable of rising to the rank of marshal would grow after gaining Dark Power.

Claude's pupils suddenly turned pitch-black. With a stomp, she lunged straight at Uchiha Jin, raising a fist engulfed in black flames.

She threw a punch at Uchiha Jin.

Jin tilted his head. Claude's fist swept past his face and slammed into the iron railing behind him.

The sheer force instantly blasted the entire railing away, sending it crashing into the opposite side.

Jin suddenly raised his knee and drove it into Claude's abdomen.

With a muffled bang, Claude was launched into the air, struck the ceiling, and fell back toward the floor. Jin merely took a few steps aside and let her hit the ground.

Jin clapped his hands as he looked at Claude.

"As expected of someone at the marshal level. You mastered the use of Dark Power so quickly."

"You really aren't a gentleman," Claude said as she slowly rose, staring at Uchiha Jin.

To treat a lady like this...

"Don't worry. I treat everyone equally." Jin smiled.

Everyone received the same treatment from him.

"Now it's time for you to make your choice."

Jin raised a hand at Claude. "My power isn't so easily taken. Will you submit to me?"

"This isn't the power of Innocence?" Claude clenched her fist, black flames burning across it. It