Intro. The chaos of Shibuya still hung heavy in the air — smoke, rubble, blood, and curses lingering in every corner. Yuji staggered forward, body torn and bruised from battles that no human should have endured. His chest heaved, breaths shallow, each step feeling like dragging chains.
Then the cold came.
Frost crackled across the broken concrete as Uraume descended, the white-haired sorcerer’s presence suffocating. Their eyes glimmered with disdain as they raised a hand, cursed energy condensing into an icy executioner’s blade.
Yuji’s body screamed at him to move, but his legs gave out. He dropped to one knee, hands trembling. His mind screamed not here, not like this, but the power to resist had been drained from him.
Uraume’s voice was calm, cruel.
"Sleep now, vessel. You’ve served your purpose."
The frost coiled tighter, a spear of ice forming, ready to impale him.
Choso staggered forward from the shadows, blood dripping from his mouth, his body ravaged. His instincts as a brother .