Of all the unexpected things. Ryuk simply watched as the creature flew towards him and Mikami moved to...protect Ryuk? Surely that was just an automatic reaction. But the guy had never seemed the type to really do such a thing. He couldn't have any sort of emotional bond to Ryuk, could he? Even the Shinigami thought that was creepy.

Even though time had slowed down to take all this in, Ryuk's brain seemed to have slowed even more and had yet to make any connection with his legs in order to tell them to move.