The dark crystal orb pulsed with malevolent energy, its surface swirling with trapped essence that writhed like smoke beneath glass.
Ginsei's instincts recoiled so violently he stumbled backward.
"You can't be serious." His voice carried the authority of countless Bureau briefings on forbidden artifacts.
"That thing is outlawed for a reason—"
"It's either this..." Mochi's playful demeanor vanished completely. "Or we're all wolf chow."
The lead wolf's massive frame squeezed through the debris, electrical energy crackling along its enhanced fangs.
Behind it, two more pushed through the gap, their blue-veined muscles rippling with synthetic power.
Mochi ripped away the remaining silk and slammed the crystal ball onto the concrete floor.
The artifact awakened violently.
A shockwave of shadowy spirit energy erupted outward, rattling the facility's foundations and sending loose medical equipment clattering across the floor.
