[He makes a startled little sounds as he'll pulled up (with strength that is indeed unexpected), but after a brief moment of clinging he finds his balance (see, it is paying off that they tried this before!). In the meantime, the injured shark has been getting away! It's moving under the snow, albeit more laboriously than before, with its back fin just barely bobbing above the surface.]
Damn, it's tenacious!
[Thinking better of summoning an unwieldy fire bazooka on such a tightly packed ride, and realising that simple fireballs wouldn't have much impact through the layer of snow, he surrounds the shark with a generously measured ring of fire, turning up the heat to melt the thick blanket of snow. The fin stops, then turns, but there's unpleasant heat in all directions around it!
Hijikata keeps it up until there's a broad ring of snow-free rock around the shark, then dismisses the flames. With the heat dissipating, it finally swims onwards... only to plop out of the snow, land on the naked stone ground and, flopping and struggling, fall apart into pieces.]
...
Huh.
[Out comes his phone to take photos for the guild! (Yes, he'll use them as proof for Shang Qinghua too.)]
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Damn, it's tenacious!
[Thinking better of summoning an unwieldy fire bazooka on such a tightly packed ride, and realising that simple fireballs wouldn't have much impact through the layer of snow, he surrounds the shark with a generously measured ring of fire, turning up the heat to melt the thick blanket of snow. The fin stops, then turns, but there's unpleasant heat in all directions around it!
Hijikata keeps it up until there's a broad ring of snow-free rock around the shark, then dismisses the flames. With the heat dissipating, it finally swims onwards... only to plop out of the snow, land on the naked stone ground and, flopping and struggling, fall apart into pieces.]
...
Huh.
[Out comes his phone to take photos for the guild! (Yes, he'll use them as proof for Shang Qinghua too.)]