That one job [Private]

Today, instead of sweeping the barracks of the Seventh Division, Ichika was setting up some dummy targets on the field, which was the first time the auburn-haired girl ever performed such a job. It all started with one question:

Just whose job is it to replace these dummies we destroy on a per-minute/by-the-hour basis?

So she researched. Then she found out.

And for one day, she was doing that job. This was nice because:

1) She found out where they were being made
2) She learned about the peak times and low times, so that meant she also knew the best times to use the field.
3) She learned where all the destroyed ones went.

So with that, she set about her task.

-A good fifteen minutes later-

As the final one went up, she noticed she had a few targets for Kido practice left over. Hmm...

Well, it can't hurt for her to have a go, right? Every Shinigami has a little something to practice, and Ichika wanted to make sure she was in shape for the time it really mattered. How many Shinigami die wishing that they had just practiced their abilities a bit more? Maybe there weren't a lot of Shinigami dying, but in a world that deals with death, this can be a very good reason for a person's downfall! Unfortunately, nobody is able to ask the dead.

So the only solution is to heed all advice.

Taking aim at one of the targets with her palm and supporting that arm with her other hand, she began the chant.

「天光満つる所に我は在り
^{Tenkō mitsuru tokoro ni ware ha ari}
"Mine place be filled with the heaven's light

来世の門開く所に汝在り
^{raise no monhiraku tokoro ni nanji ari}
Thine place be the opening to afterlife

輝く御名の許
^{Kagayaku mina no moto}
Under thy shining Lord’s name

天竜が咆哮により万象を薙ぎ払え！
^{tenryū ga hōkō ni yori banshō wo nagiharae!}
The Divine Dragon’s roar shall strike all!

響け、天罰の雷！」
^{Hibike, tenbatsu no ikazuchi!}
Resound, thunder of heaven’s judgement!"


A mighty rumble rang through the wide ground as Ichika gathered an incredible mass of energy at her palm.

All she had to do was say the name.

「咆竜天破雷炮！」
^{"Hōryū Tenha Raihō!"}
"Roaring-Dragon Heaven-Breaking Thunder-Cannon!"

A flash of light. A cannon of energy. Light that surpassed light. Thunder that surpassed thunder. The power that roared like a mythical dragon and threatened to shatter the skies burst forth and made the targets regret everything they've ever done.

Which wasn't anything, really. They were just standing there, but in the next moment they were gone. All that was left was scorched earth and a very shallow but wide trench-shaped depression extending from the girl to the targets and beyond.

She might have aimed a bit too low on that one. Oh well, Ichika shrugged and replaced the targets with the extras. She was satisfied enough that she was able to pull that power on a whim, which she would need to pull out if anything like that strange abyssal creature ever showed up again.

Speaking of mistakes, she also kind of forgot there might be someone around to witness that, even if few people ever came around at this time.

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Name: 咆竜天破雷炮 (Hōryū Tenha Raihō) [Roaring-Dragon Heaven-Breaking Thunder-Cannon]
Class: Kido
Tier: VII
Type: Offensive
Range: 75m (100m)
Incantation:
天光満つる所に我は在り、来世の門開く所に汝在り！輝く御名の許、天竜が咆哮により万象を薙ぎ払え！響け、天罰の雷！
[Tenkō mitsuru tokoro ni ware ha ari, raise no monhiraku tokoro ni nanji ari! Kagayaku mina no moto, tenryū ga hōkō ni yori banshō wo nagiharae! Hibike, tenbatsu no ikazuchi!]
Mine place be filled with the heaven's light, thine place be the opening to afterlife! Under thy shining Lord’s name, the Divine Dragon’s roar shall strike all! Resound, thunder of heaven’s judgement!
Description: An even more powerful version of the Hadō 88 that fires a larger Cero-speed blast of absolute destruction over a longer distance. 100m range with incantation.