Stepping through the Garganta, a young man stepped into the bustling streets of Shibuya. Lights and sound assaulted his senses immediately after, as he found himself standing amongst the innocent civilians.

So... so... so many targets.

All walking by him without a care in the world. The diminutive young man mostly blended in with those around him, only set apart by the eerie skull-like mask emerging from his hood, and the fact that he was stood in the middle of the road, and the light turned green.

It was a fact that didn't matter until a car came rushing towards him. But the car found itself split in half as the young man cut it apart with a sword much larger than he himself was. Each half of the car was sent screeching to either side of the road, and then the screaming began.

So... so... so many targets.

So... so... much prey.

He caught himself drooling and wiped it off his lip. Clearly he was overdue for a good hunt. Now, in the company of other arrancar, seemed like a good time to wreak chaos. "Time to feast." He grunted.

"Tear down the stars, Devorador del Sol."

Immediately his spiritual pressure shook the streets, cracks forming in the asphalt as the young man changed. His form became amorphous, growing... growing... growing! Soon he took shape once more as a gargantuan wolf, only distinguished from a larger version of the animal by the hollow mask covering its face.

This was Loki no more. This was Fenrir. A beast driven by only base instinct -- and it showed it, sitting on its haunches and howling, before moving in for the kill.

And so began the Wild Hunt.

Rei watched the unfolding chaos from the viewing platform of Shibuya Sky with a grim huff, this was worse than she thought. She could only hope Akane would heed her warning and stay put while she handled this mess. For now, she wasn’t sure of the full extent of the conflict, but there was time later for that. “All of you stay here, don’t leave until the authorities arrive.” She barked the order to the other onlookers, drawing some heads a moment before she deftly jumped the rail to the horror of the civilians now peering over to watch the woman fall.

Weightlessness and a rush of air passed Rei by as she sailed through the air, her landing spot aimed towards one of the lesser hollows that had joined into the fray thanks to the explosion of spiritual pressure. She aimed to land precisely on the back of the unaware creatures’ neck to drive it mask first into the asphalt. The impact stunned and cracked the shocked monsters mask only for Rei to unveil her hidden sidearm to execute the hollow on the spot and move on to her primary goal.

Now at street level in the centre of Shibuya crossing, Rei scoped out her real target. The oversized mutt that was drawing the others in like moths to a flame which meant the longer this thing was allowed to live, the worse the attack was going to be. That was ignored the clear danger the wolf itself threatened to every human still in the area. Rei equipped her rifle in a brief flash of light and raised it to her shoulder to send a shot downrange before it could take notice of her presence. A thin mass of energy rapidly travelled towards its mask in an attempt to end this quickly. A direct hit might even do the job, but she had no doubts this was never going to be quite that easy.

The gunshot rang out through the street, echoing through the buildings only to be drowned out by ever raising shrieks of fear from those fleeing innocents. There was no telling how this might affect the giant wolf, but the goal was to draw its attention her way. First step towards her goal of protecting those immediately in danger.

- Abilities –
- M40 Rifle: Cero Damage, 1 post cooldown.

Only moments after finishing its howl, Fenrir detected a stronger spiritual pressure than the fleeing crowd. Its eyes locked on as the bullet screamed through the air, its head lurched back only quick enough to turn a fatal blow into a glancing blow. A glancing blow which, to one who looked carefully, was being mended at an unnatural pace¹. Not the shot that Rei likely wanted, but at least its focus was firmly locked. Rei appeared to be a delightfully juicy bundle of a soul compared to the rest. A prize indeed.

The beast was quick to spring to action, however. Pain meant nothing to it, and it closed the distance between it and its newfound prize at an alarming pace. The beast lunged forward, its head tilting to the side and its maw opened wide, intending to make Rei into a quick snack as it plowed through all of the people, cars, and storefronts happened to be in front of it. Regardless of where Rei happened to dodge, the asphalt street would crumple before it, and the power was knocked out of many buildings as it careened through infrastructure.

Abilities Used:

(1) - High Speed Regeneration (Passive)

Rei narrowed her eyes as her shot landed, only to graze the beast. Not ideal, but in the end, she had achieved her goal of drawing its attention. The people she aimed to protect were that much safer… relatively. Unphased by the speed of the hollow’s approach, Rei cycled the action on her rifle, releasing the spent round to expertly load the second. It wouldn’t be ready by the time her foe arrived though, so her primary weapon vanished into its holster to be replaced with paired sidearms.

Rather than retreat, as would be expected of a ranged fighter, Rei charged in direct opposition of the gargantuan wolf. A surge of energy flowed through Rei’s form, indicating the activation of her secondary stage abilities.

Rei’s movements were hard to track and covered by a short flurry of four shots while closing the distance. The weaker rounds would likely do little more than annoy it, but that mattered little. Even still, Rei was steadfast in rushing right into the jaws of the beast that primed to snap her up in one fatal gulp.

Of course, she wanted to get close enough to expose a weak point. If that thick skull of his wasn’t going to yield, then Rei intended to feed the creature more than it bargained for. Midair, moments before the teeth closed in, Rei aimed her weapon into the dark that awaited her and fired a bright green bolt of energy with her fifth and final shot right down the middle, even as the teeth closed in.

Her reflexes kicked in just in time, allowing her to teleport free of the beasts’ mouth at the last possible moment. If her plan didn’t kill this beast entirely it was certainly going to take notice of her as she locked her gaze with its own while aiming to land on its back. Deftly catching her footing to inspect the results of her second attempt.

- Techniques Used –
- Swapped to pistols, Bala damage, 5 max per round.
- Empowered final shot: HE infusion. 10m explosion impact, cero damage.
- Blink charge status: [3 post cooldown] / [Blink Available]

The wolf leat out a deafening roar of pain as the shot connected -- blood flowed over the asphalt as the monster bled out from its mouth. Its hierro stopped the bullet from coming out the other side, and once more, its high speed regeneration got to work.

It was dazed long enough to have careened into the side of a building. Rei landed on its back, and when it finally recovered from the trauma it had just been dealt, Fenrir bucked, intending to launch the woman up above it. Failing that, it would begin to roll, intending to crush the woman under its mass. Either way, if at some point it knocked the woman off of it it would think twice about eating her, instead going for a massive Cero Nova aimed right at her, which would level the city for quite some distance behind its intended target.

Abilities Used:

Hierro
High Speed Regen

Rei’s attack hit just about dead on, it didn’t have the stopping power to put an end to the fight, but it was sure to scramble whatever brains the beast happened to have. She had little choice but to escape, managing to keep her footing easily enough when it tried to shake her loose. The attempt to roll and crush her did work however, and the assassin deftly made her way back to the ground to avoid being crushed underneath that massive wolf. She skidded back from the landing to see what was likely a large gathering of energy that the hollow was about to unleash.

This wasn’t the sort of attack that Rei could easily handle, and she knew it, but there was nothing else to do but try. If she could somehow redirect its aim to mitigate the collateral damage.

She switched her weapons once more and took off swiftly, putting some distance between them, leaping effortlessly up the various discarded vehicles and rubble to draw it’s attention from as many people as she could only to leap into the air while she took careful aim.

Rei waited, hoping to have timed her manoeuvre just right as she tried to focus on the peak of the collecting energy to let loose another empowered shot from the rifle. This time the energy was far more expansive as it tore through the air, strangely enough toward the ground instead of the creature itself.

On impact, the bullet ricochets from the ground back towards Fenrir, aimed to hopefully slam into its chin at the precise moment to knock its aim off entirely.

- Abilities Used -
- M40 (1 post cooldown) + Spirit Infusion (3 post cooldown) + Trick Shot (1 post cooldown): Gran Rey damage
- Blink Charge Status: [2 post cooldown]/[Blink Available]

Fenrir charged the cero, accumulating massive spiritual energy into one single point. At the height of its charge, the bullet clinked off the ground and pummelled the beast in its chin, true to form, and Fenrir wound up launching its Cero Nova up a few degrees higher than intended, clipping the tops of some buildings but otherwise missing just about everything.

In fact, it was beginning to become apparent that the wolf was being worn down, as blood dripped from its teeth and jaw, it appeared that its regeneration abilities were being overtaxed. A low growl filled the air, indicating animalistic aggression, and perhaps somehow frustration at this tiny, unhittable creature.

The wolf charged forward once again, driven by blind rage, its eyes locked on Rei. Rather than coming with a bite first, it would attempt to crush her under its paw, then in an act of utter sophistication grip and tear up the asphalt, throwing it at wherever she chose to dodge.

Abilities Used:

Cero Nova (missed) 4 cd left

If she had the time, Rei might have taken a sigh of relief to see that destructive energy blast off into the sky. The damage was minimized… she just hoped that no one was near the rooftops that had been essentially vaporized on contact. The landing was rougher than she hoped, with a less than ideal angle but there wasn’t a moment to spare. What she was doing was working, the creature was bleeding out before her, and its regeneration looked to be failing. She just needed one more good shot and that would spell to end for the hollow.

As fast as she was, Rei wasn’t expecting a moment of tactical thinking from the so far bestial foe. Its initial attack was hardly worthy of mentioning, a clumsy stomp wasn’t going to catch her off-guard and she another fatal attack while unloading her swiftly retrieved sidearms. The low-energy shots were aimed at just about anything that looked like a weak-spot but she doubted it would do much more than annoy it at this point.

The follow-up shotgun blast of asphalt was far more successful. With such a wide spread of debris coming her way, all Rei could do was avoid the chunks of torn up road that would put an end to her altogether. While she managed to avoid the worst of it, Rei was unable to avoid the smaller bits and finally the creature earned its first true hit.

it wasn’t enough to stop her though, bloodied as she was, Rei continued on moving to avoid a second attempt and instead moved closer. If she wanted to kill this thing then she’d need to ensure a hit to something vital.

- Abilities Used -
- Pistols: 5 bala shots
- Blink Status: [1 post cooldown] / [Blink Available]

The wolf powered through the bala shots, mats of fur flew off and blood peppered the asphalt. Such a large beast's blood painted the streets as only a river of crimson could. It took a moment, it seemed, to catch its breath, the damage it had accrued finally caught up to it. This prey was tricky -- too tricky too tricky too tricky

Voices echoed in its head, legions of souls never departed, a concerto of wills, instinct manifest. But now paralyzed.

Its eyes focused on Rei momentarily, seeming to briefly acquire some kind of lucidity if she looked hard enough. But whether that was anything worthwhile or nothing was difficult to determine as it plummeted into instinct once again, its head low, bashing cars out of the way, a cero forming at its teeth as it decided the next best solution was to attack from point blank instead. It would stop only when it loomed over her, bloodied jaw housing a pale green light which would explode in her direction.

Abilities Used:

Cero (ordinary)

Cero Nova 3 cd left

As expected, her attacks did little against the raging wolf, Rei wasn’t concerned though, if it wanted to close the distance too than all the better. Even with the growing concentration of energy coming her way she knew that it had failed to think ahead and question how she might react. Running away would have been a surefire way to die here, instead, the assassin charged forward towards the beast with reckless intent to put a stop to this mess. Swift as ever, Rei sprinted forward while swapping her weapons once again, leaping at the last moment as if to take the cero head on.

Of course, she vanished the moment the beam blasted toward her, to teleport forwards and appear atop the wolf’s mask. With her weapon levelled and her aim steady, she pulled the trigger. Her rifle issued forth a flash of red energy in a dense beam, designed to pierce armour and hopefully put the shot somewhere in the creatures brain.

Rei couldn’t be certain that the attack would kill it, so far it had proven more than capable of surviving but she hoped that either way this would be the end of it. At this point her own damage and fatigue was beginning to build, and she couldn’t be certain how much longer she could last.

- Abilities Used -
- M40 + AP Infusion: Cero damage, 75% armor reduction, 2 post cooldown.
- Blink Status: [Blink Available] / [3 post cooldown]