As the incantation was chanted and the hand sign formed,
the shadows beneath Megumi Fushiguro began churning ceaselessly. Two large dogs, one black and one white, silently emerged from his shadow and stood on either side of him.
"Big dogs... attack-"
Megumi Fushiguro slowly spoke, ordering the two large dogs beside him to attack.
At his command, the two snarling dogs lunged at Maki Zenin.
"Bring it on..."
Faced with the Divine Dogs charging straight at her, Maki still did not dodge. She braced her legs, lowering her center of gravity while crossing her arms over her chest, intending to take their attack head-on.
This was not simply recklessness, but a small personal agenda of Maki's.
She wanted to test just how powerful the Ten Shadows Technique-the Zenin Clan's inherited technique, supposedly on par with Limitless-really was, and how it compared to a "failure" like her, who could not even see curses.
Besides, even if she got hurt, wasn't there a fully automatic healer watching right beside her...?
In an instant, the two large dogs' sharp claws were upon her.
Riiip-
With a tearing sound, the Divine Dogs' claws ripped straight into the arms Maki held in front of her, sending hot blood and scraps of fabric flying through the air.
It had to be said that the Ten Shadows Technique's base damage was absurdly high, even when its user was Megumi Fushiguro, whose cursed energy reserves were relatively low.
Even Divine Dog: Totality, formed merely by merging the black and white Divine Dogs, could tear straight through the flesh of Hanami, one of the four great disaster cursed spirits renowned for defense.
And now, the black and white Divine Dogs' attacks landed on the unawakened Maki, leaving several fairly deep claw marks on her arms.
Seeing the Divine Dogs'