Pov 3 person
Shouted bull man , sounding at this point more like a wounded beast than a human / faunus being . After his agonized scream he looked straight at Kurmi with those bloodshot eyes of his . At this moment , Kurumi with a slight daze was goting up from the ground , only to then locked eye contact with the bull faunus .
The steam on his muscular and tensed body , gushed again , wrapping around his body like a living organism , taking the form of a bull . The bull itself , despite being inanimate, buzzed and rubbed the asphalt with it's front hoof . Reflecting perfectly the violent and brutal mood of the man in it .
Tilting its head , bull aim its horns at Kurumi giving an indication of what was about to happen . At that moment, however, Kurumi regained her clarity and immediately looked around for her comrades .
Neo was not far from her , they were practically side by side . Thanks to this Kurumi immediately noticed that at first glance everything seemed to be fine with Neo . And Neo has shown it through that she wasted no time and was already standing , stepping forward in front of everyone to face the bull .
But looking at her more closely , Kurmi as well as the bull faunus saw that Neo was on the edge . Not completely exhausted , but close to it . Perhaps one more such area attack and even if facing off against the shockwave only , Neo could have been knocked out of the fight or even worse .
Just like it happened with Emerald . Poor Emerald flew across the street away from them . She was laying helpless and open , face down on the asphalt . Her aura had apparently given up after today's effort . That said, was she breathing ? Was she simply unconscious ? Was she injured ?
No one could confirm anything from this distance . But at that moment such a thought couldn't even cross Kurumi or Neo's minds . They automatically assumed that Emerald was fine . Because if they started to worry now , it would not help at all . Emotions in such a situation made it difficult to think and focus .Unfortunately , despite knowing that . Sometimes you can not ignore the emotions . You can not ignore the anger .
The bull faunus with his eyes fixed on a distracted Kurumi was about to charge again . And so was Neo , whose always calm and defiantly grinning facade had cracked . Now she was furious , visibly furious . Her eyes , drenched with hatred and revealing a somewhat sadistic , unstable mind stared at the bull in front of her . The blade in her umbrella was already about to be pulled out . However, despite this, the bull faunus did not even look at her .
Kurumi ! She was his target . That damned girl . The Bull Faunus felt and understood that she was the brains and backbone of this three . Besides , he read the current situation . Emerald was unconscious , Neo was barely fit to fight . There was no real threat in them. The only threat there was Kurumi .
She was the only one standing without a scratch or fatigue visible on her face . She was smart and clever , the fullness of her skills remained unknown . His instincts and intuition gained after years of dangerous work were telling him that Kurumi had to die . After her death , taking care of the rest will only be a matter of hand swipe . However, first the head must be eliminated .
But before the bull faunus did anything , and before Neo threw herself at him . Kurumi stopped Neo . Kurumi had another plan .
" My little pink mous... leave him to me . Take Emerlad to safety . "
Those were Kurumi's only words as she passed by Neo . From the strangely stretched shadow behind her ran many clones with weapons in there hand . Along with them emerged many hands , and in their palms , rifles taken from the gunmen just a moment ago . It all was intended to buy time while Kurumi prepared the zefkiel .
Kurumi attitude was confident as she spek , superficially she was calm . But similar to Neo , there was everything written in her gaze , the truth . Kurumi was angry , really angry . Befor , she could see this as a hindrance to the escape plan . But now , it was a threat to life . Emerald , she was hurt . Just like once when she almost lost Neo . Now Emerlad was threatened .
Sadism hidden under the innocent face and acting , crawl slowly on Kurumi face . Her mouth smiled widely showing beautiful white teeth . Along with them , her eyes opened wide , clearly showing the colors of her eyes . All this twisted Kurumi's face , taking away all her charm , now she looked like a psychopath on withdrawal . And the antique pistol in her hand , with barrel of which she tapped her temples did not help to convert this perspective .
Neo did not have time to oppose , nor did she dare to defy Kurmi . Not out of fear , but out of trust and understanding . Neo knew what kind of monster Kurumi really is . In this small and delicate body there were three different auras , at this point all of them were at the level of professional hunters . This provided Kurumi with three times as many auras as any professional . Which allows Kurumi to win against anyone , as long as the fight drags on long enough to exhaust her opponent .
If that wasn't enough , Kurumi had three sembelmace . Something impossible but already confirmed by Ash . Although only a small circle of people know about it though , pawn shop , Emerlad and her . Creating bullets for her weapon using Aura , shadow clones , time manipulation . Three powerful sembelmace powered by her powerful aura .
Although continuous firing and using shadows burns so much aura that no normal person would use them mindlessly . Kurumi with her reserves could shoot a hundred times or create a hundred clones before she is drained .
And all of this without swpominating the ability to manipulate time . Neo does not know the details . No one knows . Only Kurumi , who spoke about it briefly . But Neo knew how this ability saved her from an impossible situation . Still , the price of using it , completely independent of the aura . Makes it so that even if Kurumi ran out of aura , she could still escape .
As for Kurumi devouring someone else's time ? Something Neo knows about . Neo doesn't care . No one cares . Power is power . It's not like Kurumi is actually consuming someone's body in a physical way . So there is nothing to think about .
So Neo has no doubt about Kurumi's ability . However , it does not mean that she wants to be useless .How much Neo would want to join Kurumi . But she trusted Kurumi and she knew that currently she could be an obstacle . And Kurumi herself will manage without a problem . However, this did not mean that Neo would escape . No Neo already knew that she will hide somewhere, watching the situation.
However, this was no longer the time for Neo's thoughts . The bull faunus began his charge . It turned out that Kurumi's distraction bought nothing . This monster with his harge , milled the clones in front of him and threw their broken bodies all over the street . One unfortunate clone was even taken for a ride , while being impaled on a bull's horn .
" Come on , it will devour you , leaving nothing but skin and bones..... Hahahaha !!!! "
Kurumi laughed , revealing herself . Her real self . The sadist in her surfaced , her slowly growing madness found an outlet . At that time rusty screwdriver hold ambidextrously by the clone on the horn , uninterruptedly tried to break through the bull's head . However, this effort did not pay off .
At thah momęt all guns on Kurumi's side , simultaneously started firing at the bull men . But then did nothing more than make noise and tore apart the clone who was hanging on the horn . Bullets ricocheted from him all over the street . But he , he was unstoppable and Kurumi realized it too late . With the gun already at her temple and the golden light appearing behind her from the blak-red mist , Kurmi was forced to pause and dodge to the side .
Unfortunately , horn was already rubbing against her stomach , which fortunately was protected aura , so there was no damage left on it . Nevertheless, the sheer force of the wind , created by the charge of the bull , blew Kurumi away .
However, Kurumi unable to allow herself to slow down , so as not to give her opponent a chance . While still in the air , she twisted her body in such a way that after falling to the ground she was already on her feet . On which she had to slide across another half a meter of asphalt to brake . And she did it just in time to see the bull fanus as plow the asphalt with his boots to slow down , and while doing it , he turned holding the hammer with only one hand .
The next thing Kurumi saw , was the bull fanus hurling the hammer straight at her head . Only because of her quick reaction , Kurumi dodged in time . The hammer flying just above her head blew her hair away and then it broke through the wall of the building behind her flying inside , followed by an explosion of flames and debris
Was it the propety of the hammer itself ? Or was it an old supply of fire dust that had been in the building even after it was abandoned, and now it had been hit by the hammer and activated ?
Kurumi did not know . As long as this was not a threat or was not related to the fight , Kurumi did not care . She could not be distracted . She was now fully focused on the bull , that was charging at her again . He gave her no time to breathe , nor time to prepare .
And it was intentional , even despite his anger he did not lose his intelligence and instinct . He saw from Kurumi's behavior that she was trying to do something and needed time . As soon as he saw the mysterious crimson - black mist and the mysterious flash of gold behind Kurumi , he immediately increased the pressure .
He did not know what it was , it was unlike anything he had seen . Therefore, he increased caution .The only thing he could exude , was Kurumi's eye . To the clever eye of the faunus, something so striking would not have been missed . The golden clock , previously ignored as merely an ornament or aesthetic choice of the young girl . Now appeared to be a source of dangerm