A normal human being should not be able to avoid the attacks from
augmented physical bodies. Yet, the supposedly normal Sullivan
fluidly dodged the attacks. This wasn’t something that could be
accomplished with athletic prowess. R’s blade, which was originally
aimed at Sullivan’s neck, had unnaturally shifted its trajectory and slid
elsewhere. As if being pulled along by the blade, Q slid before R and
managed to stifle Sullivan before he began his attack.
“He can even change the trajectory of the blade that’s in my hand!?
How are you able to manipulate such powerful magic?”
“I have no reason to explain this to you why I am no longer who I
was.”
“Silence!”
Suddenly bursting in a sprint, Q changed the direction of her
downward stroke and cut a hole in Sullivan’s coat to reveal the carbon
armor beneath. Immediately on her heels, R was closing in and
striking at the gap between the armor with her blade.”
“Ugh!”
Still, R’s blade slid across Sullivan’s chest as he turned. The blade’s
trajectory once more when awry, causing R to lose her balance and let
out a gasp.
As if performing a magic trick, a blade that looked just like the ones
the hunters had materialized in his hand.
Sullivan immediately swung the blade downwards towards R’s back.
Yet, his blade bounced back as if it had impacted an invisible wall.
“Inertia Reversal!? And at this degree of strength!”
“Major!”
Sullivan’s line overlapped with Q’s outcry.
Sullivan immediately realized the implication behind those words and
swooped directly towards R, who was still trying to recover her
balance.
At this time, blades descended from the skies.
Four daggers flew towards Sullivan’s back as he leaped.
Sullivan’s body massively slid to one side.
His original leaping trajectory would have led directly to R, but he
was forced to slide to the right in order to avoid the descending blades.
The moment he landed, Sullivan immediately pulled R’s body towards
Q and threw the four daggers towards them.
The blades that flew towards Sullivan rebounded just before hitting
the ground and blocked the daggers through towards Q and R.
Sullivan took this opening to leap onto the walls of the skyscraper.
After kicking off three times from the skyscrapers, he reached the
rooftop of the buildings that formed one of the alleys.
A Magician with flaming red hair, golden eyes, and wearing a mask
planned to follow the others footsteps and pursue as she watched his
fleeing form.
Still, taking note of the newly active psions bustling about in the alley,
she abandoned the pursuit.
Correction, in order to prevent additional victims from appearing, she
charged headlong into the depths of the alley