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After Kenji’s previous match in the Tournament, he felt a bit displeased, and hoped that this battle would satisfy him. He stared at his opponent and hoped for a reaction as he twirled his katana in his right hand. He saw how his opponent mumbled something. Kenji’s eyes were then caught on the fountain and how the drops of water glistened in the sunlight. Before he could even blink, he saw his opponent jump off the same fountain. Kenji knew that without any time to prepare, all he could do was improvise.
Kenji witnessed how his adversary made a vertical slash right in front of him. He had little time to react, and with his blade still holstered, he had little choice but to hold his katana before him, with casing and all, hoping he would block the attack. Kenji was thrilled when he saw he actually blocked his opponent’s blade. But he also noticed the smirk on his face. Before Kenji even knew it he was swung to the side, spinning as he did. He managed to kick his opponent, knocking him down.
They were now both knocked down, but Kenji was the only one that was injured. It had seemed that his opponent’s lashknife had hooked Kenji behind his armour; right behind his right strap. Kenji felt the pain of the cut in his right shoulder blade. He then stood up slowly: “Yeah…many thanks for the heads up. By the way, the name’s Kenji. And you are…?” Giving his opponent about a second to answer, Kenji didn’t hesitate in preparing his attack.
Kenji used the wall near the southwest corner of the courtyard to boost him in to the air. He deliberately leapt to his opponent’s left side, as Kenji now had problems using his right arm. As he was in the air, he swiftly drew and threw his dagger at his adversary, almost reinsuring that he would dodge it. Kenji then tilted his weight to his left, in which he slashed in mid-air with his left arm. He was now able to land on the same arm, and roll over to boost him in the air again. In his roll, he drew his broadsword for the few seconds he was in the air afterwards.
In this short moment Kenji held both swords over his shoulders, behind his back, in order to release a fairly powerful attack with both blades. Kenji did this at a rather fast pace, meaning it would be hard to dodge for his opponent or hard to follow for Kenji himself. It was at that moment that he would find out…
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