"Bang!"
The dark red kagune slammed down, easily smashing the ground where Louis had just stood.
[Sakuragi Aoi, S-Rank Ghoul, codename: Peregrine Falcon, kagune type: ukaku, overall combat power: S+]
She was a petite girl with black dirt covering her face, and she looked even smaller than Hinami. Yet her attacks were vicious. If Louis had not dodged fast enough, that dark red ukaku would probably have cleaved him in two.
Sakuragi Aoi had no intention of holding back. When her ambush failed, her speed surged again, and she charged at Louis.
Ukaku ghouls possessed tremendous bursts of speed. In a confined space, even an SS-Rank Ghoul could suffer badly if caught unprepared.
Louis's right arm completed Crystallization instantly, and he reached for Sakuragi Aoi's neck. But her extraordinary speed let her evade him, leaving his hand grasping empty air.
"..." Watching the ukaku ghoul bounce rapidly off the room's walls, Louis's heart sank. This ghoul was far faster than Touka, and her petite frame had become an advantage.
Viper, meanwhile, showed no intention of intervening. She merely moved closer to her cabinet to keep the two combatants from damaging it.
Although Louis still did not know what was happening, he was fairly confident he could subdue this S-Rank ukaku ghoul as long as Viper stayed out of it.
The confined space was not a disadvantage for Louis. In just a few seconds, cold air had filled the entire room.
Ice Spikes!
A layer of white frost instantly formed on the walls. Before Sakuragi Aoi could react, densely packed ice spikes erupted from them.
Sakuragi Aoi's pupils contracted as she sped through the room, and she hurriedly shielded herself with her kagune. With a bang, a patch of ice spikes on the wall shattered. Her body came to