Hiruko's miserable shriek echoed in everyone's ears. It sent shivers down their spines while filling them with awe toward that demon-like figure.
Pure violence.
The ultimate power.
From the initial outburst to the end, it had taken only a dozen seconds.
Hiruko had been defeated.
Hyuga Sho had one foot planted on Hiruko.
With one hand, he held Hiruko's arm as if he were carrying a chick.
That arm.
Along with the shoulder and half of the chest, it had been torn away.
The entire scene was horribly bloody.
Even though there was not the slightest trace of fresh blood at the severed arm or the body's wound, it still gave off that feeling.
"..."
At a moment when no one noticed...
Shimura Danzō quietly concealed his presence and retreated like a gale.
His subordinates, who had climbed to their feet, also began covering his retreat little by little.
They moved cautiously, as if afraid of alarming Hyuga Sho.
[Detected "Dark Release" Kekkei Genkai. Plunder?]
"Plunder!"
Hiruko's arm suddenly became a little lighter.
The power of the Dark Release Bloodline Limit was stripped away and instantly flowed into Hyuga Sho's body.
At the same time...
The two overlapping black diamond-shaped patterns in the palm of the severed arm also vanished.
However.
Before he had time to inspect the Dark Release Bloodline Limit he had obtained...
An abnormal change occurred in Hiruko's body.
"Ahhhhhhh~~~~~!!!"
Hiruko screamed again.
Pfft! Pfft!
His body began to swell and proliferate strangely from the wound.
A large amount of transparent, black-and-blue, gelatinous material suddenly surged out.
This sudden repulsive force thrust Hyuga Sho away.
The force was so great that even Hiruko himself swayed in the sea of gel like a rag doll.
"Run wild?"
Hyuga Sho narrowed his eyes and examined him with