Wolf Amongst Sheep [Africatastrophe Act IV]

Another push.
The alert had gone out quickly enough when the sudden surge of activity was sensed from the Hole itself. But it was something else to see once again just how many obscene, massive monsters would surge from the pit itself. Igen narrowed his eyes slightly as he surveyed the damage from afar. What an absolute wasteland. Having watched it all over the course of the incident had been jarring. The initial destruction alone had been enormous, but seeing that destruction spread with every attack, no less with the incessant gush of smaller hollows that had either been drawn in or spewed from that pit, it had been an enormous undertaking just to minimize the damage. And so, the sight of one of these beasts so haphazardly firing off such potent blasts caught his attention.

"Third Seat Igendai Engaging in Area NE-2." He reported into his Soul Communication device. A report which would let the Support units in the Third and Fourth NorthEeasts Area to find safe distance and be ready to support. Or well... for the more zealous members to know where to converge. Though, glancing around, he could tell that attention would still be split.

"Alrighty! HUP!~" Igen stood up straight and raised both arms into the air. Streeetching his frame as he sighted the Hollow from a distance. A ways away, but not TOO far. He let out a slow, steady breath and promptly held his hand out. A Soft crackle of spiritual energy as Koozoku slithered along his frame. Those black stripes creeping out from the sigil between his shoulders, spreading along his frame in anticipation, decorating him with those tiger stripes he'd become well known for.

All of this was done within the confines of a Noren Makuri veil. Well, him and his partner for the fight. Kaminari Hatakeyama. Second Division Officer. He'd erected the veil with her assistance, using their combined skills with Kido to ensure that they would be properly hidden. "I'll try and restrain it's movements, See if you can get a good hit in. I'd prefer if we could kill this thing quickly." He noted with a bright smile toward the woman, vanishing with the whisper of a Shunpo, launching himself from that barrier, only to appear high up in the air above the rampaging hollow. After all, it'd be a bit silly to launch his restraining Kido from the spot with Kaminari.

He reached out with his hand and a bright beam of energy formed in his grasp as he cocked it back like a javelin. Hyapporankan Narrowing his eyes at the Hollow down below as that blunted length hummed quietly, pumping energy into the spell before he shot downward like an arrow, flying straight toward the Hollow from above with that length of Kido formed within his grasp, aiming to spear the creature from above to try and drive it into the ground. Hardly something that would kill it, but he was hoping to stun it for Kaminari to get a proper shot onto.

Damage?

Igen's eyes widened slightly in alarm when he saw how easily he had pierced through the hollow. After seeing that destructive potential before, how was it this frail? And instantly alarms went off in his head. Was this a decoy? In an instant, he shot a glance around, half expecting this to be some sort of dummy or lure. But no, rather, the damage on its body simply regenerated almost instantly! His eyes widening for a moment. The energy he picked up definitely was of a strong hollow, but what the heck were its abilities? "Whoa there big guy! Finish your meal FIRST before desserts!" He grunted, the word Desserts delivered just as he shot after the hollow, vanishing with a shunpo to speed past them, twisting with a flourish of that Hyappourankan still brandished as suddenly those stripes FLARED around him. Sharp stripes stabbing outward, suddenly creating a massive wide fan, blocking the creature's fath with sharp lines, several slicing into the ground to anchor him, presenting himself as a shield.

Of course that left him a bit more vulnerable to the charging hollow themselves. But he felt.... strong actually. Stronger than usual! Whatever strange Kido Kaminari had used to bolster him, he felt almost fearless as that beast would no doubt slam right into him. Raising that Spear vertically. A few stripes winding around it's length. adding to it's durability and stopping power as that Hollow CRASHED into him! But with those other stripes buried in the ground, he'd be hard pressed to move! It would be then that he finally released the rest of the spell. SLAMMING that length of Kido into the ground, dozens and dozens of additional spears suddenly popped into existence all around him. Saturating the ari with those light purple blunted spears, all of which pointed inward at the hollow before collapsing in on them! A barrage of those binding spears intent on punching into the creatures frame and binding it's movements.

Of course, with that desperate move before, he couldn't be sure that the creature wouldn't just rip itself apart to try and free itself, and so, once those rods swarmed in, he'd shout out to Kaminari. "Hit it from above!" normally he wouldn't encourage her to leave that little veil, but well, the hollow seemed to have already zeroed in on their position. She may as well get mobile and try to hit the thing from a different angle right? Igen in the meantime kept his eyes on the hollow. Healing couldn't be the only thing going on with this creature. Acid? Fire? Hypnosis? No way to tell just yet. Best he could do was try to lock the thing down and keep an eye out for tricks..

GUH!

The thing didn't even slow in the slightest on impact! And Igen gritted his teeth as he skidded ever so slightly from the strike! Those stripes planted in the ground anchoring him and keeping him from moving much in the slightest despite the impact! Though the sudden onslaught from the hollow immediately jarred him from the impact itself! A sudden surge of adrenaline kicking along his frame as his body shifted into a sudden blur! Blocking those raining blows as best he could! His flexed hands slamming into thsoe stabbing points! the stripes that covered his palms taking the bite from those strikes though the impact still was felt! And where his arms failed, those endless stripes lashed out and tore into the hollow! And yet.... it seemed not even to care!

The sudden, brutal pace set by the creature had him on the backfoot! Struggling to split his attention to keeping his anchor and intercepting those strikes. A few cutting through and landing on his sturdy frame. Cuts and bruises slicing into existence in little scattered cracks in his defense. Making him grit his teeth! No poison. No dizzyness. No sudden shifts in perception. Thankfully this thing wasn't poisonous. At least not yet.

Thankfully, Kaminari hadn't just left him to his fate, and that sudden bursting strike from up above saved him from further abuse! Panting as that raining flurry of blows finally let up! And it was an opportunity he would not let go! Seeing that sudden brilliant glow he narrowed his eyes and raised his arm! All of those strips flowing along his body and congealing along that one arm, gliding from his palm to flow into the compressed black frame of a smooth blade. Well...almost all of them.

FWISH!

Black lines erupted from the ground beneath the creature with enough force to impale it and lift it bodily up and into the air! Those stripes which had been buried into the ground having curled back upward to erupt like pikes to lift the creature up and impale them, intent on trying to lock them in place as he then PLUNGED that weapon into the creature. But rather than stabbing inside, that black blade peeled open like a flower and promptly swallowed the creature into a dark shadow. Individual stripes winding around it's body to form a smooth seal around the creature. There wasn't even really time to shout out to Kaminari. Hopefully she caught onto what he was doing and would add some sort of barrier ontop of it. Intent on trapping the hollow inside of his Shikai's stripes so that those ceros would simply detonate on itself at point blank.

Sure, he was ALSO there. But he was tough. He could....feasibly take it. Even with the stripes busy pinning and enveloping the hollow rather than protecting much of his body, but hey. He had those spells from Kaminari to help with that.