Kaito
The rot started at the tail.
Brown patches bloomed across the translucent chitin and spread forward along the segments in uneven waves. The tissue beneath the shell was dissolving. Muscle fibers separated and liquefied, visible through the thinning membrane as though the creature were being unmade under glass.
The Hammertide's swimmerets sputtered. Two on the right side went dark entirely, the tissue that tethered them to the body sloughing off in wet strips that slapped against the tile.
[Brisk Hammerwraith — B-grade Elite]
[HP: 26,000/26,000]
The number made no sense. Climbing while the body fell apart.
It dropped from the ceiling with both clubs unfolded, faster rotting than it had been whole. The remaining swimmerets compensated with raw output, burning through whatever the terminal phase had dumped into its system.
One club caught Kise across the hip before Kaito could close the gap. She hit the corridor wall and slid, leaving a red smear down the tile.
