"Oh, wow." Valachi's smile spread across his face with a gleam of madness clearly in his single white eye. "You are clearly worthwhile."
The compliment hung in the air for barely a heartbeat before...
*Swoosh.*
It happened again, just like that quick, sudden flash that had caught them off guard before. Valachi disappeared completely from Master Sung's field of view, vanishing as if he had never existed in that spot at all.
Even the air itself didn't flutter, almost as if it didn't detect Valachi in motion.
Master Sung knew better—the terror of losing track of such a dangerous opponent—and he wasn't about to sink himself into the luxury of deep thinking. Panic and hesitation was the last thing anyone should ever feel while facing opponents like these.
Without a moment's delay, his voice rang out:
*"Absolute Harness!"*