"Huh?!"
Before Hiruko could react, he was whisked away and appeared before the mountain of flesh. He shuddered. "That blood... was yours?!"
"Yes..."
Shinji placed a hand against the mountain of flesh. "Come on. Let's see what this thing can do. If it's what I expect, you'll have earned yourself a great deal of credit. If not..."
"..."
Hiruko stared, dumbfounded.
Whoosh!
The next second...
The two men and the monster vanished from the cave.
Thud!
With a tremendous muffled impact, the Monster landed before Shinji, kicking up a cloud of dust. Shinji flung Hiruko away.
He formed hand seals. "Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
Boom!
A line of fire spread with the wind. A wall of flame rose across the Wasteland, surging toward the mountain of flesh in wave upon wave!
"Huff... huff..."
Pfft!
Faced with flames that blotted out the sky, the mountain of flesh's murky eyes finally moved. All three pupils fixed on the fire.
Then—
It let out a piercing shriek!
Its mouth opened.
A torrent of water poured out like an ocean unleashed!
Rumble!
Fire and water collided, filling the sky with steam. Shinji stood with his hands behind his back, no longer pouring Chakra into the attack.
A moment passed, but the mountain of flesh made no move to attack.
Shinji blew out a gale that swept away the mist. When he looked up, the mountain-shaped creature was making strange gurgling noises.
Its three eyes darted about.
It looked uncannily like a meme Shinji had seen a very, very long time ago.
The drool running from its mouth made the resemblance even stronger.
Bang!
The next instant, Shinji vanished from the ground. A neat, web-shaped crack more than ten meters across burst open where he had stood, and Thunder flashed.
In an instant, Shinji