>>5813245It wasn’t going well for your wolf ‘allies’. One of them was dead, being torn to shreds by a ball of hungry centipedes. The other four had fallen back closer to the old woman, barking and growling, keeping another 8 of them at bay. For how much longer, you had no way of knowing. The giant one continues undulating and watching, wrapped around its stone monolith.
Well. Here goes nothing.
You begin launching your ranged weapons, kunai and shuriken, one at a time at the centipedes near the wolves. You didn’t have unlimited ammo and you needed to make each throw count.
And count they did. You had a total of three kunai and six shuriken, and each one finds its mark on a centipede with a solid whack, embedding into carapace. While not necessarily lethal, each confirmed hit was a fatal wound, given time. And the wolves respond accordingly, managing to pick off one wounded centipede at a time as you hit them with your tools.
Unfortunately, one wolf takes a poisonous bite and you’re down to three as it staggers to the side and falls. In total, there are now two lesser centipedes, the greater centipede, and three wolves remaining.
Just as you’re beginning to wonder if you should commit to passing out in order to take out the big one, you’re saved from that issue as Naoki launches out of the woods at a spring, flying into the clearing and immediately launching into a heavy kick to the greater centipede's head, cracking its shell slightly. It was made out of sterner stuff than that though, and soon enough it’s bearing down on your teammate at high speed and Naoki has his hands full dodging its pincers as it rapidly lashes out at him over and over.
Masami soon enters the fray as well. At least, a crab does on her behalf, slowly scuttling sideways out of the forest and grabbing the giant centipede by the tail to hold it in place, lowering its mobility substantially so Naoki can focus on beating the shit out of it.
The remaining three wolves are now savaging the remaining two lesser centipedes. It was questionable whether or not they would remain friendly enough to let you extract Mrs. Sato after was all said and done, but at least for now they were focused on the insects.
Having caught your breath, you are ready to assist however you’re able. Passing out is no longer a death sentence since you have backup that will assuredly keep you alive.
>You are in control.>1d100, 1d100+10 