"Huh?"
Furōkawa and Yuta both smiled sinisterly as their unspoken plan was finally realized, and now they could clean up the Sendai colony without any further hassle.
A putrid mist sprayed out of the bracelet of Mist like a jet, leaving a gust that completely enveloped Uro, her technique becoming disrupted and useless.
'My technique..! Not only are they a team, but this Fujiwara intentionally led me straight to him!'
Uro coughed violently while swatting away the toxic gas, her eyes and throat burning unlike they ever have in her whole existence!
Anything to get away from this sensation!
But Furōkawa did not stop at just letting out a large zephyr of fumes— he also formed a pseudo-barrier around Uro using Hrist: Catalyst, trapping the gas inside in an attempt to asphyxiate her.
Domain expansion served as the perfect model for this experimental technique.
On the outside, Furōkawa and Yuta blitzed Ishigori with impeccable finesse and power, ducking or blocking his blast and attacking simultaneously. Not only did they both relentlessly strike Ryu, but Rika also occasionally threw in a slam or punch. If the attack didn't connect, it sure helped Furōkawa or Yuta succeed in their next moves.
"I'll take you both on! Bring it!!" Ryu said with a jubilant and determined glee on his face.
One thing they didn't notice was the steady cracks starting to appear from inside of the thin dome surrounding Uro. The opportunity to take Ryu out of the fight for good was all too appealing, and Yuta nor Furōkawa would pass up on this golden moment.
Yuta landed a huge uppercut on Ryu, launching him upwards onto the roof of a building. He could barely regain his footing before corrosive tendrils latched around his waist, tightening and singeing through the sleek leather jacket Ryu was wearing. Furōkawa yanked him off the roof and swung him through many other buildings.
"I'll murder you!!!"
A loud shout resounded from the distance, signaling Uro's inevitable escape from Furōkawa's trap.
"It's hard to keep her held down, but we can keep the destruction to a minimum focusing on Ryu and keeping her at a distance!" Furōkawa explained while keeping the pressure on Ryu, backpedaling through the city.
Separating the fighters and exploiting their mindsets and weaknesses proved to be an excellent strategy, as leaving Uro out of the fight and shafting her technique obviously hurt her ego, while not giving a chance for Ryu to fight back to keep him from killing civilians as collateral damage.
"Follow me, Furō!"
Rika's partially manifested arm attempted to grab onto Ryu's leg and throw him in the air, but Ryu hopped slightly over the fist and jumped off it towards Yuta, who engaged in a moving scuffle down the street. Furōkawa waited for Ryu to charge a Granite Blast, but to no avail.
His focus was strictly on preventing that pesky beam of energy.
"He must've caught on," Furōkawa sharply exhaled as he hovered above the two fighters, waiting patiently for a change in the situation.
'It's hard fighting with Yuta… he can definitely take him on alone. We'd just be getting in each other's way.'
CRACK!
Furōkawa was sent crashing into the clashing sorcerers by Uro's signature Thin Ice Missile.
'Damn! The moment I put my focus on someone other than this witch, she finds a way to be annoying as hell!'
"It's taking me a lot of strength and patience to not up and kill her, Yuta.."
"Well, nothing to worry about anymore, we've made it far enough away from the civilians. Now it's time to finish this. Grab Uro and take care of her in the mall and I'll finish off Ryu out here. In five minutes or so, we'll reconvene."
"Five minutes?"
Yuta cracked a smirk at Furōkawa and turned his attention back to Ishigori Ryu, who combed his hair back into a pompadour.
The four sorcerers were now all gathered in front of the AeonMall, anticipating another rally of battle. Furōkawa healed himself and flapped his black steel wings in the air to match Uro's level. Onamazu's liquid metal flowed out of his ring finger into Oryx— Onamazu's "offense mode."
Yuta, on the other hand, put his childhood wedding ring on his finger, making his declaration known to all:
"Rika, give me everything."