Masimo snarls, planting his foot hard into the ground, and launches a brutal uppercut straight into Hoshin's core.
The hit lands like a cannon — air explodes out of Hoshin's lungs, his body folding slightly from the impact.
He grits his teeth, refusing to fall, and fires back with a right cross chained into a sharp left hook that collides clean with Masimo's jaw.
Masimo (thinking): He's got power too…
Masimo snaps his eyes wide and swings a thunderous right hook straight at Hoshin's temple.
THUD!!
A sharp, splitting pain shoots up Hoshin's skull — it feels like his head might shatter in two. His vision blurs.
Then… darkness.
His body collapses to the floor, lifeless and still.
Sofia (screaming): "Hoshinnn!!!"
Blood drips from the side of his head, pooling slowly on the tiles.
The hallway is frozen — students watch in silent shock.
Masimo cracks his knuckles, looking down at him.
Masimo: "What a pity."
Sofia (crying): "Get up! Hoshin, get up!!"
Masimo: "Oi, stop it."
Sofia (sobbing): "Get up, you idiot! You said you'd help me—so get up and do it!"
Masimo's confident smirk twitches. Something in the air shifts.
The sound of her voice echoes through the hallway like a trigger.
Masimo grabs Sofia's hair, yanking her toward him—
but suddenly he freezes.
His body stiffens.
The air feels heavy.
Masimo (thinking): What… what is this feeling?
It's cold, sharp, suffocating.
His instincts scream.
Something bad is about to happen.
Something terrifying.
Masimo: "What the hell… am I feeling right now?"