"You think you can..." Yamori's eyes widened as he watched his former toy slowly approach, irritation stirring inside him. He had just been about to run when he suddenly heard someone sliding in.
"Come any closer and I'll eat you... I could use a refill." Yamori glared at Kaneki, abandoning his plan to flee.
"Kaneki... you..." Tsukiyama tried to stop Kaneki, but the cold, indifferent look in his eyes made him withdraw his outstretched hand.
It was a familiar face, yet at that moment, it felt utterly foreign.
"Tap... tap... tap-tap... tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-" The footsteps suddenly quickened.
Kaneki gave no verbal response to Yamori's taunt. Instead, he gradually picked up his pace, then abruptly accelerated when he was about ten meters away, charging straight at Yamori.
"..." Seeing Kaneki rush straight toward him, Yamori broke into a savage grin. The rinkaku behind him shot out, smashing down along Kaneki's predicted path.
The earlier fighting had left the ground covered in small stone fragments and dirt, and this blow sent dust billowing up again.
"Too reckless!" Tsukiyama startled and was about to help, only to discover that Kaneki had already vanished from his original position.
Through the dust, all he could see was a figure dodging Yamori's attacks and steadily closing in.
"Kaneki's maxed out his evasion. Don't worry." Louis wasn't nervous at all. When Kaneki had sparred with the SS-Rank ukaku ghoul Renji Yomo, his greatest talent had been dodging.
Rinkaku were flexible, powerful, and quick to regenerate, but their weakness was poor defense. Kaneki's knack for evasion made up for that perfectly.
And besides...
Louis looked toward the spot where Kaneki had suddenly accelerated. "Ten meters."
Louis thought back. When Yamori had faced the enraged Tsukiyama, he had started attacking at roughly that same distance. Did that mean the maximum