Ren jumped instantly into the shadows, his body moving there with the ease he'd developed after months practicing fleeing from groups of girls when they got too intense with their "social interaction studies."
Those skills had unexpected applications. Evasion was evasion whether you were escaping overeager admirers or dodging attacks from multiple opponents. The footwork transferred perfectly too.
Lin's techniques flowed naturally through his movements. Not her lethal combat techniques designed to kill efficiently and brutally. But the ones she used for training, for teaching and punishing mistakes. Techniques designed to incapacitate, those he could use now to demonstrate superiority without creating corpses.
The first enemy Ren recognized was Kai, fused with his Green Lizard. He never saw the blow coming…
