The Ash Bones hissed in Sen's palm, billowing black smoke.
The pungent stink of rotten eggs shot straight up his nose, choking his throat.
Sen abruptly tightened all five fingers, and a brittle crack burst from the bone.
Green Sage Art fluid spilled between his fingers.
It pinned that lethal aura of death firmly within his palm, letting none escape.
Kaguya's entire arm suddenly sank.
Her deathly pale face twitched twice, something it had never done before.
In all her thousands of years, she had never seen a lunatic dare grab an All-Killing Ash Bone with his bare hand.
Her white eyes filled with horrified disbelief as she desperately tried to wrench her arm back.
"Let go! You filthy peasant with a death wish!"
Kaguya's voice was as shrill as metal scraping glass, stabbing painfully at the eardrums.
"Oh, getting upset? Your osteoporosis is pretty serious, lady."
Far from letting go, Sen planted himself another half step forward, his feet seemingly rooted to the ground.
The Supergravity made his kneecaps crack.
He stubbornly braced against that crushing force and grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
His other fist, covered in gray dirt, swung straight at her with a low rush of wind.
"I told you I'd teach you hand-to-hand combat. Lesson one: respect your elders!"
Thud!
His fist, carrying the earthy smell of dirt, slammed squarely into the right side of Kaguya's face.
A patch of her pristine face caved in on the spot.
Mud splattered across her face and neck, and her white hair whipped about, plastered with sludge.
Kaguya toppled sideways and rolled twice through the gray dirt like a torn sack.
All her life, she had floated high above everyone else.
She had never been treated like this, like someone caught in a brawl between village