Subduing the Four Battle Gods; Kanade Hime's Will to Protect

Ryuro roared and raised the twin blades in his hands.

Lightning answered his summons.

His voice echoed along the coastline as the other three demons erupted with Demonic Power at the same time.

The flames around Kyuro reignited, transforming into a sky full of flaming birds.

Juro's trump card, the Heaven-Equaling Cannon, condensed a destructive sphere of Demonic Power.

Goro's massive mouth gathered an energy breath powerful enough to evaporate seawater.

The combined force of the four demons was right before him.

Chiyo merely stood where he was, a trace of surprise appearing in his scarlet eyes.

"Interesting."

He murmured softly.

Facing the Four Battle Gods' combined attack, he could not even be bothered to assume a defensive stance.

Just as the four attacks were about to strike him.

"Fleeting Bloom."

Chiyo's Rinnegan opened.

An invisible ripple spread outward with him at its center.

Reality was rewritten at that moment.

The Four Battle Gods discovered in horror that the attacks they had unleashed were "retreating" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Kyuro's flaming birds turned back into flames and flew into his fan.

Juro's sphere of Demonic Power decomposed in reverse into pure Demonic Power and returned to the Heaven-Equaling Cannon.

The energy in Goro's mouth flowed back into his body.

The lightning Ryuro had unleashed actually returned along its original path, wrapping itself around his twin blades again.

It was as though none of it had ever happened.

"H-How is that possible?!"

Ryuro stared at his own hands in disbelief.

Meanwhile, Kanade Hime, farther away, was undergoing an even more unbelievable change.

The wounds on her body were rapidly healing. New flesh visibly grew over injuries deep enough to expose bone.

Her Miko robes, soaked through with blood, became spotless once more. The Spiritual Power within her,