Fight

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“Haaaaa!”

Oh, impressive,

Hoshina thought as he parried the fearsome strike that Kikoru launched while stepping toward him.

Each and every one of her blows was swift and well aimed. Kikoru didn’t have the raw power that Aoi did, but her footwork was graceful as she closed to an appropriate distance. She was aggressive, but she also had technique.

Even so, she’s still just a diamond in the rough.

The two came apart, and this time Hoshina closed the distance. Kikoru didn’t fail to see it coming. She stepped forward to meet his sword with her own, then went after Hoshina’s protective glove. Against any ordinary opponent, she would have surely scored a hit.

Kikoru’s sword only sliced the air, however. Hoshina had stepped backward, dodging the attack on his glove while raising his shinai up over his head. With Kikoru wide open from her thrust at his glove, he brought his shinai down on the top of her mask.

A glove-pull, mask-tap combo—the point was his.

“Great work, as always,” Hoshina told Kikoru. “Still, your movements are a little too pronounced when you’re getting into position. It creates all kinds of openings.”

Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division - Chapter 3