Could it be... that there was something wrong with this fog?
"Hiyamaru."
Seele looked at Hiyamaru beside her.
"I'm here. What can I do for you, Big Sister?"
"...Seele isn't your big sister!"
Hearing Hiyamaru's form of address, Seele once again enunciated each word seriously.
"Oh, got it, Big Sister."
After thinking about it, Hiyamaru nodded with equal seriousness.
"..."
"Forget it, I can't make you understand... Hiyamaru, go disperse all this strange fog!"
As she spoke, Seele reached out and rubbed Hiyamaru's fox ears.
"No problem! Leave it to Fishball!"
Hiyamaru did not resist Seele's actions at all, allowing Seele to pet her. Even though her ears were somewhat sensitive, it stirred certain feelings within Hiyamaru.
Once Seele finished rubbing them, Hiyamaru flew into the air ahead and transformed from a little fox girl into a red-and-white five-tailed fox seven or eight meters tall.
A thick Shimenawa rope was tied around the fox's neck in the shape of a bow. Red Foxfire burned around its four paws, while blue flames blazed from its tails.
At that moment, the giant fox let out a furious roar toward the sky, and terrifying flames instantly erupted across its body. Though it was a dark night, everything turned a deep crimson.
The scorching heat instantly drove away the chill, and the white fog around them quickly dispersed as well.
"This is... Tianhuo Barrier..."
Hiyamaru's current move was clearly the Tianhuo Barrier from the Memory Battlefield, though it had not fully manifested.
If it were the Tianhuo Barrier from the Memory Battlefield, Hiyamaru would create a map-wide burning effect while enraged. So... Hiyamaru must have been holding back.
Still, this move was truly powerful. In an instant, it erased the white fog entirely.
After the white fog vanished, Hiyamaru transformed back into a twenty-centimeter-tall