The girl's hand tensed slightly as Nico spoke. She didn't speak, and indeed she didn't move. Not to attack, nor to lower her guard. Instead, she was simply quiet.

When Nico was finished speaking, bending low and breaking into a sprint, that was when the girl finally responded. Indeed, it seemed she bought into the magical catgirl's feint entirely.

"Curse Essence: Bounty!"

The rippling wave of gold spread across the ground, the 'spikes' flowing as if carried in a breeze as they spread across the rooftop towards the other girl. And yet, Nico's footwork was plenty swift to avoid being struck, allowing her to avoid the wave of magical energy. In spite of its resplendent appearance, the attack felt strange, dark, as if something wicked was lurking in the golden field of rice.

It withered and blackened, as the 'curse girl' turned to follow Nico's movements. At this point, thus far, it appeared that she was not a physically capable fighter, given how little she had moved.

But since she had only used a single attack, there was no way to be certain.

The white-haired girl brought her arms together, hands clasped together with the left stacked upon the right, aiming towards Nico.

Then she opened her hands, as if emulating a gaping maw.

"Curse Serpent: Frog Eater!"

Suddenly, the image of an enormous snake appeared before the magical catgirl. It was pure white, with gleaming, crimson eyes. Beyond its head it simply faded into nothingness, but when it opened its mouth it gaped wide enough to engulf an entire human being, fangs extended as it prepared to bite down...!

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There was an almost comical whining sound when Kokoha's sword struck the over-inflated frog in its enormous belly. Rather then the orange, blood-like fluid that usually filled Shades, a rush of air exploded out of the creature's belly and struck the magical girl head on, with enough force to knock the average person off its feet.

All the air it had used to inflate its body to such sizes suddenly rushed out, and it shot in the opposite direction, slamming into the wall with enough force to send cracks spiderwebbing through it.

Its belly now completely deflated, the twitching, amphibian-like shade looked rather hollow now, one large leg trembling in the air for a few moments before the creature went completely still, sagging limply.

Soon enough, it was dissolving, breaking down into a shadowy mist.

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