Satou felt it happening. Felt his biceps dissolve and reconstruct. Felt his quadriceps liquefy and reform. Felt every major muscle group in his body go through death and rebirth in cycles measured in seconds.
The pain was indescribable. Like being dissolved in acid while simultaneously being rebuilt. Like drowning in his own flesh. Like dying and being resurrected hundreds of times in moments.
His bones began fracturing.
Not from external force. From internal pressure. His liquefying muscles, reforming denser and larger, exerted force on his skeleton that exceeded bone strength.
Satou felt ribs crack. Felt his spine fracture in twelve places. Felt his femurs develop stress fractures. Felt finger bones splinter.
And then his Legendary Regeneration, forced into overdrive itself, began healing the fractures—but not restoring the original structure.
