--- [Lett’s perspective]
Victor and Luna both won their matches…
Time for me to do the same!
“Now it’s time for a match between the woman with the power everyone wished they had, and the woman who made history by defeating everyone in the preliminaries singlehandedly! Lett vs Valentina!” – Bob
I should do like I’ve done before; trick my opponent into thinking my specialty has conditions that it really doesn’t.
It’s a really effective way to catch them off guard.
The best case scenario is winning the match then and there, but even if it doesn’t quite go that far, I’ll still get a solid hit in.
That can be enough to tip the scales in my favor.
I clap my hands, and the moment I do, I teleport behind her.
I punch her in the back of the head before she realizes what happened, making her fall over.
Stopping now would be a mistake; I can’t wait for her to recover.
Before she can get back up, I slam my foot into her back, making her shriek in pain.
I try the same maneuver again, but she rolls away, making me miss.
She grabs my leg, but with a swift clap of my hands, I’m out of her hold and instead standing on top of her.
I dig my heel into her stomach, making her yet again yell out.
She takes a swing at my legs, but before she can hit, I clap my hands and teleport away.
She expected this to happen, so she used the momentum of her attack to get back up.
So far, the fight is going well.
She’s not weak by any means, but not nearly strong enough to defeat hundreds of D-rank hunters by herself…
How did she do it?
“Teleportation, huh? The announcers were right; that is a power everyone has at one point or another in their life wished they had. But is that enough to beat me? We’ll see about that…” – Valentina
Suddenly, her eyes start glowing and my body starts tingling…
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‘Is that enough to beat me?’
What an arrogant bitch.
Who does she think she is?
I’ll fucking show her that it’s more than enough.
Without clapping, I teleport right her and throw another punch to the back of her head.
She foresees this and moves her head away while slamming her elbow backwards, right into my stomach.
How dare she dodge!
I grab her arm and dig my nails into her, making her bleed.
She throws another punch, but instead of teleporting away, I take the opportunity to land one of my own.
Her fist crashes into my chest, breaking a rib.
Unlucky for her that mine does the same.
I teleport into the air above her and throw a kick to her head.
She sees me, and grabs my leg before it lands.
That little…!
With my other leg, I throw another one, but she grabs that too.
I put my hands together and prepare to smash her head in, but before I’m able to, she slams me down to the ground.
The impact makes me cough up blood, and completely whiff my attack.
“I’ll fucking kill you for that!” – Lett
--- [Valentina’s perspective]
After using my specialty on her, her mind is filled with rage and hatred for me.
She has no sense of rationality, and only wants to kill me.
She forgoes all defense and all strategy, and instead strictly focuses on taking me out.
Against certain people, that can make them harder to fight.
Especially really passive people, and those who tend to hold back.
I can undo my specialty at any time, but then I’m left with only BDM.
Luckily, that doesn’t seem to be the case with her.
When the fight began, she was clapping every time she teleported.
After using my specialty on her, she immediately stopped.
I suppose she was trying to trick me into thinking she needed to clap to teleport so that she could catch me off guard later on.
Honestly, it probably would have worked…
But now she has completely abandoned that strategy.
Well, not just that strategy, but all strategy.
All she does is attack.
There’s a problem though…
She’s strong and can still use her specialty offensively.
We keep trading blows…
Overall, that’s probably good for her.
With her current mindset, she won’t let some measly injuries slow her down.
What I did in the preliminaries was impressive for sure, but it’s all thanks to my specialty.
My ability does one more thing; the thing that made that crazy feat possible, but still doesn’t help me here…
The more people are affected by my specialty, the stronger I grow.
I’ve never used it on hundreds of people at once before today; the power I got from it was beyond my wildest imagination.
If I could access some of that now, taking her out would be a breeze…
Alas, I’m stuck with this…
Suddenly, she starts wildly teleporting around; punching and kicking everywhere.
The speed at which she teleports is insane.
Most of the time her attack nowhere near me; it’s like she has no control over where she’s going…
A kick lands on the back of my neck.
A punch to my knee.
An elbow to my face.
Although most of her attacks miss, many of them land.
And I have no way to fight back!
Suddenly, I feel an attack landing just in the wrong spot, making my consciousness start fading away…
…
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--- [Lett’s perspective]
I’ll fucking kill her!
I’ll fucking kill her!
I’ll fucking…
Wait…
What am I thinking?
As she passes out and falls to the ground, I suddenly come to my senses again…
What was that all about…?
After her eyes started glowing, it felt like my mind went completely blank.
All I wanted was to kill her…
What kind of specialty is that…?
“And just like that, after a whirlwind of blows, Lett knocks out Valentina!” – Barbara
“What a turn of events! After seeing Valentina’s display of power in the preliminaries, I was sure she’d win! I guess Lett is a lot stronger than we thought!” – Bob