[Hijikata is glad that Kou can hold his own with his staff - it allows him to focus on the other enemies instead of shielding him. A few broad, low swings of his sword, fast like flashes of lightning, decimate multiple rabbits, and the couple that avoid the blade earn a sharp kick and, after a quick evasion turn, an impalement from above, respectively.]
What the hell is going on here?! Are they zombies?
[That wouldn't explain the maple saplings growing out of them, though... or would it? Plants do flourish in decaying matter, after all. Hijikata is damn glad they didn't go too far into the forest, otherwise this would turn into a hellish battle run back out! This is already way too much! He slashes through another rabbit that catapulted itself into the air to jump at his throat.]
I really wonder who the hell normally comes here to get the maple syrup!
CW: Animal Violence/Death
What the hell is going on here?! Are they zombies?
[That wouldn't explain the maple saplings growing out of them, though... or would it? Plants do flourish in decaying matter, after all. Hijikata is damn glad they didn't go too far into the forest, otherwise this would turn into a hellish battle run back out! This is already way too much! He slashes through another rabbit that catapulted itself into the air to jump at his throat.]
I really wonder who the hell normally comes here to get the maple syrup!