Volcanic eruption

"I haven’t other choice!"

Fumiko was zealously defending her position right in front of her sister. They were sitting opposite each other in the Shinkansen by the window. Itsuki was sitting next to Kamiko, and Toshi was sitting next to him. Jan was occupying two seats, sitting with Fumiko.

"This mission could be dangerous! You should have stayed at the base — it's well protected and the monks would have protected you and Magmatama." Kamiko objected.

"Have you forgotten what happened at the Inari Temple? Mukibutsu can't be stopped by monks and a few agents…"

"That's right, we’ll protect her!" Jan supported him, clenching his powerful fist, and with his other hand holding the suitcase with Magmatama, which fit his size. "Leave it to me, Fumiko!"

Mellow blushed from such pressure and fell silent.

"Oh, sister… is this what I think it is?" Kamiko looked at her sister silently with a smirk.

"Shh! And you?" Fumiko turned her gaze to Itsuki, and now Kamiko blushed.

"Now, now, that's enough, it's all already decided. And shouldn't we use call signs on missions " Itsuki calmed everyone down.

"Jutsu is right." Toshi supported. "So, this test subject…"

"Tamiya Keshita. Twenty-three years old, Japanese, graduate student at Tokyo University. Smart and physically well-built." Fumiko was given details about the target.

"It's absolutely perfect." Itsuki noted.

“No relatives, financial problems, and also…”

"I understand, I understand. Nothing can be hidden from your gaze…"

"That's right, I always tell her the same thing!" Kamiko laughed, finding something in common with Itsuki.

"I see. He was under the influence of the SNH virus and went to Fukuoka on the Shinkansen. But why?" Toshi continued to investigate.

"Mukibutsu's information network is well protected, so there is very little data. Perhaps he was heading to help Ningen?" Fumiko answered.

"And why…" Toshi nervously ran his finger along his cheek and looked at Fumiko's lap, where she was holding a large box.

Ningen's head at the base! Who knows what might happen?"

"Brother's head might come in handy!" Kamiko joked.

"Hmm, that's weird…" Jutsu looked at his device's screen with concern. "Mellow, don't you feel anything?" Fumiko closed her eyes, briefly entering a trance.

"Yes, now that you say it… High density of M-particles and it's growing!" Fumiko also detected a signal similar to that emitted by the Magatama and Magmatama.

"Huh? Interesting… I felt it too when I was driving by somewhere here before the mission…"

Kamiko said thoughtfully. Everyone except Jan looked at her in surprise, clearly doubting that she could have picked up such a signal without a specialized device.

"What? I actually felt something!"

"We need to check deeper." Fumiko returned to cybertrance.

Itsuki joined her, although he used external devices to surf cyberspace - a digital system, the own production of one of the subsidiaries of the Sun Guardians, including their local network with servers, the Internet and other networks that were accessed through roundabout ways.

"Waaah!" Mellow suddenly returned. "The e-energy is simply incredible. It significantly exceeds Magmatama at rest…"

"It seems like our mission is changing, right?" Itsuki clarified. “We can’t ignore such a surge of M- particles… Shall we split up?"

"No need. Keshita's trail is lost in Izumo, in the mountains north of which the energy surge was recorded."

"What? It can't be a coincidence?" Jan asked calmly.

"Unlikely." Toshi spread his hands.

"Hmm, but I don't see anything special."

Kamiko used the zoom on her glasses to look at the northern mountains of Izumo, which they were now approaching.

"Are the clouds in the way?"

"No, Gi-an. The glasses work in more than just the visible spectrum."

"Gian? Like a giant? I get it! Kamiko, you’ve a talent for creating nicknames."

"Maybe he's right? Interference from the thunderstorm, for example. " Itsuki intervened.

"S-sister? Help me out, Mellow!"

"It's hard to say. The glasses are the latest technology available to us. Although due to their mobility they’re less powerful. In any case, we'll have to get closer. Then we can return to searching for Tamiya Keshita…»

***

The weather turned bad near Izumo Temple in the evening on the last day of Obon. However, this didn’t stop people from continuing the celebration. Moreover, they took the rain as a blessing from Susanoo. And even that was only a light rain, when at that time a real storm began in the mountains, hidden behind torii and mountain haze so dense that even the glow from a dozen lightning bolts was reduced to nothing by multi-layered refraction.

Ami leaned her healed hand against the ground, “listening” to the vibrations beneath the earth’s crust, waiting for something, while using up the last molecules of oxygen, reflecting off the ground and the bottom of the umbrella.

"Ready!"

Ami concluded and then prayed before executing the plan.

"Brother Kagutsuchi, god of fire and blacksmithing, I ask for your help! Once, by scorching our mother's womb, you destroyed her and doomed her to an existence in darkness. But now you must help stop her! "

"Hanten!"

From above, a deep roar suddenly came from Hidora, who no longer wanted to wait for her victim to be prepared.

Gradually, the flow of thunder energy emitted by Hidora in the form of a column slowed down. And then the energy moved in the opposite direction, creating an inverse flow.

In a second the lightning struck again with even greater force, pressing Ami and her umbrella back into the ground. The lightning either pulled or pressed the dome back. Hidora performed such "swings" several more times, as if tugging at a closed door.

Reverse magnetic thrust and inversion, reverse magnetic thrust and inversion. And because of this, Ami's energy and oxygen consumption increased. The umbrella cracked, its protective abilities weakened. Ami tore off a few beads and inserted them into the handle to "recharge" the umbrella device. Then she thought for a moment and added more to use their charge immediately.

"Okay, let's go!"

Ami pressed the handle, and an activation sound was heard.

In the darkness under the dome, light quickly poured from the handle down into the ground, and then a shot rang out. This served as a signal, and Ami pressed the button again, removing the protective dome. The girl waved her umbrella and broke the electric arc.

" I see you’re ready to accept death! " Hidora burst into joyful and ferocious laughter.

The ground shook under Ami, she raised her leg high and brought it down sharply, sending a shock wave deep into the ground. Feeling the recoil, the girl stuck the closed umbrella into the ground, and then opened it, increasing the gap in the ground and sat on the bottom of the umbrella. Hidora sent all the heads straight to her, while preparing a volley of lightning.

"Dai Yami Kaminari!"

A roar was heard from the ten mouths of Hidora, preparing black lightning.

At that moment, the earth could no longer contain the magma and with a crash it burst out, spewing out lava and accumulated natural gases that forcefully pushed Ami straight up on the umbrella.

The girl soared into the sky at high speed under the cover of smoke. Hidora shot lightning, but couldn’t aim due to the change in the target's trajectory. Ami continued to fly until she felt a decrease in gas pressure and her own inertia. Then she changed the umbrella mode to "hook” but straightened the umbrella and released the blades from it, turning it into a circular saw.

Continuing to fly, the girl began to spin in the air, waving her weapon and setting the umbrella petals in motion. With quick and powerful movements, she went over all ten heads, as well as the visible part of the body, turning them into a single mince. The sound of the saw merged with the screams of the snake, turning into a single scaly composition.

"Idaina Kazan Bazusou!"

Ami screamed during the attack.

"The Great Volcanic Circular Saw!"

Even the sky couldn't withstand the pressure and rain began to fall, mixing with Hidora's red and black blood. When Ami was done, she changed the umbrella mode and used it as a parachute. Although it was still quite heavy, it was still able to soften the landing.

"Go back to the world of shadows!"

The cursed blood rain. What's hiding behind it?