Adachi had seen some nasty things but this in particular was incredibly unpleasant, especpially having to watch the transformation. Seriously, yuck. He summoned his Persona as well, grimacing as he did so, and began by taking the cautious root and boosting his defence and such.

"You might wanna stand back a bit," he warned Birkin, eyeing the Shadow. "We don't know what it can do yet, so let's not get ourselves killed too quickly, yeah?"