About a dozen Chis came running from the woods.
They were draped in ragged and tattered strips of cloth, far from enough to cover their bodies, remnants of garments torn apart during the transformation into Chi.
Through the exposed, and now strangely altered, secondary sexual characteristics, one could generally discern their original genders.
"Circle around, circle around, oh birds in the cage, ever longing to break free..."
The sound of a childish nursery rhyme began to ring out from Mary's location, accompanied by the surge of red mist.
Flames of karmic fire leapt up around Inugami as well, with the glow reaching the skies and the sounds of gnawing and howling endlessly piercing the air.
It seemed that they were already engaging in battle with the human Chis.
"As long as it's not the black maggots, it should be okay."
Kamiyagawa held his buzzing straight blade over his head and charged at the Chi closest to him...
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