Bakuza came in first no restraint, no finesse.
He exploded forward.
Crimson fire wrapped in Shade detonated beneath his feet as he activated Hollow Amplification, chaos emotion surging through his veins. Every step burned the ground into glass.
BOOM
His fist crashed into Gorou's raised palm.
The impact didn't knock Gorou back.
Instead
The earth behind Gorou rose.
A mountain wall surged upward, absorbing the force like a breathing organism.
Gorou's Stone Affinity wasn't just durability, it was resolve given form.
Stone Affinity – Emotion: Resolve
Shinrei shaped not by aggression, but unyielding will.
The stronger the conviction, the denser the manifestation.
Bakuza snarled.
"You didn't move."
Gorou exhaled.
"A mountain does not step aside for fire."
Miraku appeared behind Gorou instantaneously.
No sound.
No warning.
Void rippled as Miraku's hand plunged forward, fingers distorting like broken glass.
