After observing them, he had realized that despite the seemingly indiscriminate onslaught, Eyepatch favored attacking Ice Mask, while Ice Mask deliberately or otherwise maintained a balance between all three.
As the RC suppressant gradually took effect, Eyepatch's attacks grew slower and slower. Without replenishment, that frenzied fighting style would soon exhaust his stamina. Ice Mask, on the other hand...
Shinohara pondered this as he deflected Eyepatch's kagune and attacked Ice Mask again, only to find that his opponent continued defending in silence. Those crystalline hands were as indestructible as diamonds, every collision producing a thunderous crash.
The RC suppressant doesn't seem to affect him...
The thought sent a surge of turmoil through Shinohara's heart, bringing with it several possibilities he found difficult to accept.
Was he a ghoul immune to RC suppressants, or was there truth to what Yu Fura had discussed with him in private-that Ice Mask wasn't a ghoul at all?
But the battlefield left no room for distraction, nor did it give him the chance to ask.
He quickly assessed the situation and made his decision. Rather than continuing to attack indiscriminately, he would cooperate with Eyepatch and take Ice Mask down first...
The moment Eyepatch attacked Ice Mask, Shinohara decisively passed up that opening and joined him in attacking Ice Mask.
The centipede kagune and the Black Great Blade came at him simultaneously, startling Louis.
"You..." Louis frowned. The swift centipede kagune rapidly filled his vision, and his shoulders abruptly sank. It pinned his arms while its tremendous force lifted his feet off the ground.
A second later, another towering figure, blood mist bursting from his body, appeared before him with surging murderous intent. The enormous blade cleaved toward his exposed waist without resistance.
"Damn it..." Louis gritted his teeth and twisted his waist, taking the