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T̷a̸i̵n̶t̸e̷d̶ ̸o̶n̴e̴,̸ ̶w̶h̵o̸ ̴h̵a̷s̵t̸ ̵t̷u̵r̴n̸e̴d̸ ̴t̸h̵y̵ ̸b̷a̵c̷k̶ ̷a̸g̵a̴i̸n̸s̵t̶ ̷o̴u̷r̵ ̵F̷a̸t̶h̷e̶r̸—̷D̴o̴ ̵n̶o̵t̶ ̵r̷e̶s̴i̵s̸t̶.̵" To those who can understand Pokemon, the Manaspawn spoke eloquently, "
Ḿ̸̨̖͊ÿ̶̠̱́̿ ̴̢̜̈́͘b̷̧̓o̸̭̠̐͐d̸͚͒ÿ̶̯͋ ̶̹͕͑̀ş̶̙́h̵̺̾͗ả̶̼l̷͔̔͝ͅl̸͕͔͌̆ ̷̗̫̂̎c̷̙͐̐ư̵̦̘̐r̵̢̈́e̴̩̥̾ ̴̯̱̽ẗ̵͓́͜ḧ̸̢́͐y̴̩̋ ̷͙̊̉c̵̪͝ö̷͕̗́̾r̶̯͌͆r̸̙̈́ų̴̻̀̈́p̸͔͍̐t̴̺͒ͅë̷̗́d̴̦̱̈ ̸̨͎͌s̸̲̐͝ǫ̷̙͋ù̵͎̙l̶̟̞͝ ̷̢̦̅a̶͉̲͊n̷͖̰̈d̷̯̺̉ ̷̤͓͒͂ŗ̴̼͒ę̵̞͐t̷̟̆ü̸̺̟r̵͓̅̑ñ̴̬ ̷̫̞͊̍ẗ̷͙́h̷̡̆̌ŷ̷̜̈́ ̷͈̟̐̉s̴͓̬̍̍p̷̞̟̌͘ȋ̵͓̥r̷͓͝ȋ̷͚t̴̺̜̔̏ ̵͔͌o̷͙̫͠n̶̡̝̓̄ṫ̷͇ŏ̴͕̩̊ ̷͕̈́̆t̵̰̄̚h̶͙͌ȇ̶̗̾e̴̫̽;̴̹͒̿ ̴̳̊̾F̴̡̈́͆o̷̢̤͐̅ȓ̷̫̻̑ ̵͓̑͘t̶̪̽̉h̸̘͍͊͊ă̷̡̇t̸̡̏̆ ̴̭͇͋̚ì̴͈̃ṣ̵̨̆̿ ̵̥͛͊y̸̤̏̓o̸̧͎͛u̶͚͑̑r̸̮͌̅ ̸͔̍ͅr̴̫̽̕ẽ̷̲͑͜d̷͎̿è̷͕m̸̨̨͘p̷͖̂t̷̳̂i̸̻̩͝ơ̶̤n̴͚͆̎.̴̦̱̌̽" In spite of the barriers encroached upon the Flame Manaspawn by Aijou, the sapphire gel that once wrapped around the Water Manaspawn began to encroach upon Flambe. However, before it could, several newcomers jumped into the fray; a giant black lizard appeared and separated both Manaspawns by rushing at the Water one. The Flames slightly doused by the liquid the Water Manaspawn secreted and wrapped around itself at the last minute, but the force of the lunge is enough to launch it away from Flambe
Ben pulled back the string of his bow, an arrow of light manifesting as the bowstring was stretched back. He then circled around Flora and released the arrow, shooting his shot right at the Manaspawn's water barrier. As it landed on the barrier, the arrow burst into light, blowing the water apart for a brief moment as Eon formed a temporal barrier around Flambe in an attempt to protect.
Before anyone could do anything more to pull the two Skullfiends apart, the mild mannered journalist suddenly leapt into action, brandishing blades of flames that roared to ablaze as he raised his arm above him, the flames spiraling and around a thin, invisible pole as the heat counteracted the pouring rain, dispelling it with loud sizzling noises as Touma swung it down.
While Touma himself didn't cry out his attack, Aijou could hear the words the flames rang out in silence;
DAI DAN DAN
GRAND JUDGEMENT CLEAVE
In what felt like coincidence, Touma's strike landed on the exposed part of the barrier, letting out a sizzling explosion and a burst of flames, spreading out like wild petals in a gust. This was immediately followed by Shujinko and Retsujou's pair of Talismans flying towards each Manaspawn with their respective polar opposites.
The burst remainder of the gel froze over as the Water Manaspawn fell to the ground, wobbling about in a state of disorientation–it's knocked down thanks to Touma's Attack landing a critical blow!
This opening allowed Blitzo to pull a bullseye in every single one of his shots, cracking the skull where his bullets would land; though this only prompted the skull's eyes to glow, as if being roused from its stun. Aware enough to anticipate King Dedede appearing behind the Water Manaspawn, prompting it to unleash a burst of water in all directions. Pushing away the mutated penguin with the added stinging like effect from just touching the water. It looked and
felt murky, the irritating sensation when touching contaminated water.
It felt weakening.
Aijou attempted to muster the remainder of the DAI DAN DAN noise to materialize it into a burning construct, but failed due to the sudden bork of a very angry dog as it charged in to bite Retsujou!
"
Watch out!" Aijou called out, using her Stand to reach out and grab Pretzel with its mechanical hand, recreating Touma's flames as it projects the very name of his attack, though much smaller in comparison. Due to it being Spiritual in nature, Pretzel couldn't possibly sense the summon reaching out to grab him, but because it's spiritual, its nose would likely associate it to a Ghost-Type sort of smell and be alarmed regardless.
The rest is up to fate.
