[Hijikata joins in with more fire, allowing the flames to hitch a ride on Wendy's wind. Given the reach of the attack, a solid chunk is taken out of the Darkness! The temptation to keep going is strong, but he restrains his enthusiasm.]

This is the best progress I've seen since I got here a year ago, seriously. Until now, we couldn't do anything about it!

[In fairness, it didn't help that the Research Centre's mecha testing project fell victim to manipulation and ended in disaster, but even so, this is a breakthrough!]

Still, let's not go in. I'm worried that it'll close up again while we're dealing with monsters or whatnot in there.