A lionlike roar shook the very air.
Kyojuro Rengoku descended from the sky like a burning meteor, landing beside the tracks.
His flame-patterned haori snapped in the fierce wind, and his Nichirin Blade blazed with roaring flames, every slash carrying scorching power that could devour everything.
The flesh-and-blood train at the front roared toward Central Station, the neck within the tumor on its engine throbbing wildly as slime dripped through gaps in the metal.
Rather than retreat, Rengoku advanced, his footsteps striking sparks from the rails as his blade traced an arcing curtain of fire. "Hah!"
Riiip-!
The flaming blade flashed straight into the tumor's toughest core.
The writhing buds of flesh instantly charred in the heat, and the massive demon bone they encased snapped at once.
At the same time, the entire engine became like unsupported rotten flesh, hurtling several meters on its momentum before crashing to the ground.
The carriages behind it broke apart under the immense pulling force and slid into the guardrail beside the tracks instead of continuing toward Central Station.
"Mm! Not done yet!"
Rengoku did not pause, his flaming blade flashing again.
Like a moving wall of fire, he sped between the tracks, every swing striking a train's neck with precision.
The sharp cracks of bursting tumors, the dull snaps of breaking demon bones, and the sizzling of flames burning flesh mingled together.
In just a few breaths, four flesh-and-blood trains that had been hurtling forward lost their heads and lay twitching wildly on the tracks.
Just as Rengoku finished clearing the fourth train, a clear ring of steel suddenly came from the dome.
Kirishima Bupai had finally arrived. His targets were the people inside the trains, and amid flashes of steel, he severed the tentacles attacking the passengers.
Blue light flickered as he