"Oh-ho..."
Akutagawa Shang looked at Nue, who had become incredibly docile,
and reached out with interest to scratch under Nue's bird chin...
"So this is... Nue after being successfully subjugated...?"
"It looks... pretty well-behaved, actually...?"
Megumi Fushiguro nodded, gently stroking the top of Nue's head with both hands...
"That's right. The Subjugation Ritual succeeded..."
"I can feel it... now, it should follow any command I give..."
As for Mai,
she was completely captivated by Nue's fluffy feel...
Her hands kept stroking back and forth over Nue's feathers, as though she simply couldn't bear to let go...
"Mm... good kid..."
"There, there... there, there..."
Satoru Gojo walked over to Megumi Fushiguro and slowly bent his knees, crouching down...
Looking into Megumi Fushiguro's eyes, he slowly spoke:
"Megumi... how are you feeling...?"
Megumi Fushiguro paused, then shook his slightly dizzy head and answered:
"Not bad..."
"Then... do you want to keep subjugating other Shikigami today?"
Megumi Fushiguro grew serious and nodded, his gaze firm.
"Yes..."
Bracing his hands against the ground, Megumi Fushiguro slowly stood up.
Nue, nestled in Mai's arms, also slowly turned into pitch-black shadows and merged back into the ground, drawing an involuntary cry of surprise from her...
"Huh----?!"
Megumi Fushiguro took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled. Quietly watching the others before him, he slowly said:
"Phew..."
"Let's keep going----!!!"
"O-kay----"
With the experience of the first Subjugation Ritual,
Megumi Fushiguro was clearly much more practiced in the rituals that followed...
The third Shikigami, Great Serpent...
Its body was that of a terrifyingly enormous python.
Its attacks
mostly consisted of constricting, crushing, and biting...
During its fight with Megumi Fushiguro,
Great Serpent opened its bloody maw and swallowed Megumi Fushiguro in a single bite...
Watching from the sidelines, Satoru Gojo suddenly tensed, barely able to restrain himself