A tongue lolled out, drool streamed down, and madness filled the face of this utterly irrational being.
Isagi Yoichi was deeply puzzled. He had clearly activated Superior Vision, so why had he been completely unable to sense Itoshi Rin's presence?
Wait... wait... Did Rin use my blind spot?!
Isagi Yoichi's eyes widened as a bold guess formed in his mind.
Although Superior Vision granted unparalleled observational ability, the most important thing was using peripheral vision to observe the entire field and update one's information. Just now, all of Isagi Yoichi's attention had been focused forward, so he had not updated the information behind him—logically speaking, there had been no need to observe it, because there had been no enemy behind him at all.
Yet Itoshi Rin had just used Isagi Yoichi's visual blind spot to complete the steal.
Was it a coincidence?
Or had Itoshi Rin also mastered Superior Vision?
"This is the second time Rin has been like this."
Beside Isagi Yoichi, Bachira Meguru spoke.
"The second time?"
"That's right. Didn't Rin and Kira have a match during the final selection's second round? Rin was in a similar state back then."
"Something like that happened?"
Isagi Yoichi was somewhat surprised. They had watched the recording of that match before, but all their attention had been focused on Kira Ryosuke, so they had not noticed the change in Itoshi Rin's state.
"But Rin seems a little different this time."
Bachira Meguru slowly spoke as he turned his gaze toward Itoshi Rin's back.
"This time, Rin seems even crazier. And after this period of hellish training, Rin's strength has improved by leaps and bounds!"
At that moment, Itoshi Rin had already broken through the halfway line—but instead of advancing along the optimal attacking route, he chose to attack from the outside.