*Plonk!*
Another strike came flying at her.
Yō gripped the hammer in her hand tightly. Once might have passed for a coincidence but twice would make it clearly intentional. Moreover for the person to escape Yō’s five senses that were as sharp as a wild beast, that would make the throw truly unusual.
(……)
She quietly took on a battle stance. Since there’s a second, a third wouldn’t be that surprising.
Closing her eyes to focus on her hearing, Yō prepared herself for the third wave.
Yō wasn’t that forgiving to laugh while receiving some unknown attacks. Izayoi had said that the market rate for him was to return things tenfold. Whereas for Yō, she would want to return it a hundredfold.
Preparing to sense the hammer that would fly out from the crowd at her—
“…..Are you alright?”
“?!!”
Yō almost leapt out of her skin.
Suddenly having a stranger striking up a conversation with her, Yō had almost fallen to the ground in her surprise.
And that was to be expected for in the state where Yō had heightened her senses to the maximum, for this female stranger to approach this close would have been impossible. But it was a fact that the young lady[7] stood before her and it could be said to be a flawless sneak attack.
“Uh, um……”