The moment Ren shouted, the world seemed to slow down.
With an inhuman screech, the seemingly unconscious girl's mouth cracked open unnaturally wide, stretching like it had no bones or limits.
Her jaw clicked and snapped open like a trap from some nightmare, aiming straight for the closest girl's neck.
Ren didn't hesitate. In fact the moment he screamed he had already acted.
With a grunt, he swung his kusarigama like a master reeling in a beast from the depths.
Swish!
The chain rattled through the air, a blur of metal and momentum, and the spiked club at the end wrapped around the curse's neck with a low whirl.
He didn't just stop there. He twisted his wrist, wrapped the chain around his arm, then yanked it sideways with brutal force.
The body was ripped clean away from the girl she had almost bitten, the momentum sending the curse crashing into a nearby pillar. Bits of the stone cracked from the impact.
For one brief moment, everything stilled again.
