The moment Shojo showed intent to attack, Michael's two other Rank 4 undead reacted.
But they were a beat too slow.
In the end they were just two newly revived undead. However capable they were in terms of raw power, or however much of their original strength they had retained or gained through the resurrection process, they were still operating with the particular dullness that came with being freshly raised.
The instincts were there, preserved in some form within the body and the remnants of what they had been, but the edges were not sharp yet.
The Rank 4 demonic supernatural was a particular case as well, as its consciousness had been devoured by Jester to extract information.
One's true self was ultimately rooted in the soul rather than the mind, so there had been no catastrophic loss but an empty skull was still an empty skull.
