However, just as Yoruichi Shihoin lost her balance and was about to crash heavily into the ground,
the expected sensation of falling never came. Instead, she felt a strong, powerful arm wrap around her waist from below.
Master?!
Yoruichi Shihoin reacted instantly. Looking up, she saw Chiba Makoto's gentle, handsome face.
As he held Yoruichi Shihoin with one arm, Chiba Makoto raised his other hand toward her back.
Vast swathes of enormous trees burst forth with a roar, surging toward Pernida like raging waves.
"Rumble!!"
Speed could be converted into strength!
Thus, when Pernida crashed into the vast forest of giant trees, it almost instantly bored through large stretches of wood like a drill.
Yet the impact from Pernida's own momentum was completely spent after advancing less than ten meters. What followed were countless giant trees that continued to engulf Pernida and the large number of dead objects it controlled.
From afar, it looked as though an endless sea of wood had erupted from the ground around Chiba Makoto, thoroughly submerging Pernida as it tried to rise against the tide.
Several giant trees also rose beneath Chiba Makoto's feet, carrying him and Yoruichi Shihoin upward above the ground that had been completely swallowed by the forest.
Only then, as Chiba Makoto exerted a little force with his arm to help Yoruichi Shihoin straighten her fallen body, did he suddenly notice her missing left arm. His expression visibly darkened.
Although the relationship between Chiba Makoto and Yoruichi Shihoin was exceedingly complicated, mixed with that of subordinate, beloved pet, friend, and more, that did not mean Chiba Makoto did not value her.
"Pernida did this?" Chiba Makoto asked softly.
Yoruichi Shihoin's eyes, which had remained calm and sharp even while facing a deadly crisis, softened at once. A glimmer of tears even