Outside the cave...
The shrine maiden Miroku came to her senses and stared at the volcano, which had stopped trembling, her expression slightly stiff.
Still shaken, shrine maiden Miroku murmured, "I wonder how big a storm this man will stir up in this world... He's too dangerous..."
The next moment.
Terror filled shrine maiden Miroku's eyes.
Because at that instant, a huge shadow covered the top of her head.
A monster formed from black-and-purple burning Chakra loomed above her, a pair of Red Eyes fixed on shrine maiden Miroku.
Its enormous head rose high, and a hissing roar came from its tightly closed mouth.
It sounded like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, yet also like the sigh of a demon dragon.
Shrine maiden Miroku did her best to maintain her dignity.
But instinctively... the primal fear that all living creatures felt toward gigantic monsters continued to churn within her.
The reason Miroku had not immediately used Sealing Jutsu...
was because of the man standing atop Mōryō's Body... Hyuga Sho.
Judging by his appearance, Hyuga Sho had already subdued Mōryō.
To be precise...
he had subdued Mōryō's "flesh."
The instant he gathered all the fragments of "Mōryō's Power"...
Hyuga Sho established some kind of connection with Mōryō's Body.
This connection felt similar to the one he had experienced when summoning the ninja dog Pakkun in the past...
A Summoning Contract.
From now on.
Hyuga Sho could use Mōryō's Body as a Summoned Beast.
"..."
Just as Mōryō's Body instinctively approached shrine maiden Miroku and displayed its hostility...
Hyuga Sho stepped on its head.
Mōryō's head jerked back, and it let out a threatening hiss.
But when it realized that Hyuga Sho was the one stepping on it.
That hiss turned into an ingratiating whimper.
It looked just like a humble