Fists to a Knife Fight [R, DE, PvP]

January, 6th
Tokyo, Japan
1:34 PM

"Hello everybody this is Trisha Yearwood from World Wide News Channel 2! I am here in the great city of Tokyo, where very soon the President of Lifeinvader, Jay Norris, will be presenting the companies brand new mobile device! Oh, you can hear the excitement in the crowd as each and everyone of these Lifeinvader fans are excited to see the new gadget that the young prodigy is going to unveil!" The perky young asian reporter said to the camera, being held by her chubby, overweight, yet lovable cameraman Toshi. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand cut." Toshi said in his clearly asian accent. He gave her a goofy grin and a thumbs up before saying "Very good Trish, very good. Better than the last five other times. When is he coming out?" Toshi was saying, to which Trisha just shrugged. "Uhuh, we have been waiting an hour. I'm hungry, Toshi got get me a big hot sausage." She said. "From...where?" "I...don't know! I just want some big meat in my mouth!" Trish complained, making a stink face as she crossed her arms.

Suddenly, the large red curtains covering the large display stage in the park opened up! And out came the ginger haired child prodigy, Jay Norris. He raised two hands in the air as he walked towards the stage and shouted, into a mic, "LIFE INVADER!!" the gathered crowd of around a hundred people burst into cheers, screams, and applause. Jay Norris, a measly 22 year old man, had successfully created the worlds most used and powerful social media site in the world when he was just a twelve year old boy. He had made it from within his parents basement, and it was now a billion dollar profit site connected across the world. All in all, the boy had done well for himself. But, he was not done doing well for himself.

"Users of LifeBook, LifeSearch, LifeVideos...I am proud today to bring you the next biggest thing. Actually, I am bringing you the next GREATEST TWO THINGS! I am bringing you the power of LifeInvasion..to your mobile devices! I present to you, the LifePhone!" He shouted, as a screen behind him suddenly light up and showed the video of the new phone. It didn't look like anything special, just another smart phone. "LifeInvader is now allowing you to bring LifeSupport wherever you go, with not 5 not 6 BUT 7G SERVICE!" Jay shouted, jumping up in the air and slamming his fist down to the ground as the crowd erupted. "You can share ALL your information at any time. Play your favorite games, like Farmville or Angry Birds, whenever you want! We are also partnering with Electronic Games, so we will be bringing you the best sports games for your mobile devices ever! Nothing can stop LifeInvader, we are taking over the world!!" Jay shouted, as the crowd drank in his words like the milk of a holy cow. He had his arms out, his chest puffed up and walking towards the end of the stage as the gathering sheeple screamed and praised to their God.

Jay had the greatest grin on his face as the thought of him becoming even richer was making him hard in the pants. Nothing could touch him, he was invincible! But, he was wrong. The entire back of his head exploded as the smaller hole appeared directly between his eyes. Blood, flesh, brain matter, skull all flew over the stage. Everyone stopped cheering....then rushed the stage. So many people were trying to get a picture of the corpse, shouting things like "OH SWEET SWEET KARMA HERE I COME!""MOVE YOU FUCKERS 4CHAN NEEDS TO SEE THIS!!""OH GOD THE PATRIARCHY!""SOMEONE CALL A AMBULANCE!"

Six Hours earlier

The rooftop door opened, basking the visitor in bright warm light....that also ended up pseudo-blinding him due to how dark the staircase ended up being. No matter. He was finally ontop of the department store that overlooked the park where, in a few hours, LifeInvader would be presenting their newest product. LifeInvader...funny how Zack was hired to take them down. One might wonder, why on earth would someone hire a hitman to whack the CEO and founder of the worlds largest social media outlet? Well, it was a funny story. See, Mr. Norris didn't just get his money from the amount of money people threw into LifeBook and his other things. Rather, Mr. Norris was selling the personal/private information of his users straight to corporations and goverments. This was a big no no to people, and finally someone had both the money and the balls to hire Mr Jensen. Well, that was all well and good, Zack needed the work.

He scoped out the rooftop, noting the cover that was provided to him by a could of large pieces of ply wood. These would most doubt hide him and his weapon. Zack was carrying a large suitcase with him, inside of it was his standard high powered sniper rifle with it's obligatory suppressor. Opening his suitcase, Zack began to assemble his rifle. He did not have the time, today, to simply wait out for an entire day. He had a second job calling, and two jobs at once meant Zack was moving up in the assassins world. It also meant he would getting paid much much more than usual and that was what really mattered. Getting paid, making money. It was all that mattered.

As Zack was screwing in the barrel of his gun the pendant he wore around his right wrist came free of his suit and dangled in the air. It caught Zacks attention, causing him to stop what he was doing and staring at it. He paused his construction of his rifle, placing it down onto the roof floor as he gently touched it with his hand. Kind memories of a life before this filled his mind, a life full of happiness. If only that night hadn't happened....if it hadn't happened Zack might have been happy. He let go of the pendant and stuffed it back into his wrist collar.

Zack suddenly winced and placed a hand on his head, gritting his teeth and closing his eyes as a pulse of pain rocketed through his head. Zacks former employers, the Worlds Assassin Organization, betrayed and tried to kill him...and failing....and Zack meeting two members of the mysterious Xcution who then offered Zack a spot in their ranks....Zack went to drinking. He was stressing out, freaking out, and just not doing so hot. Losing his job via attempted assassination, and meeting the legendary group of the underworld easily made Zack freak. Not only that, but the appearance of his unique powers and the fact he was not the only human with powers made it even worse on him. Zack went back to drinking enough to consider him an alcoholic. He had drank twice as much as he did this week when his wife died. Zack was lucky to not be dead. However, his head was constantly hurting now...and it felt like his mind was slower than usual. Ah well, Zack was starting to cope with what was going on and Xcution giving him some work before he was even an official member was nice.

After finishing setting up his sniper rifle he placed it between two of the wooden boards before heading over to the door. Zack spotted a few cinder blocks placed along the wall, meaning that there was recently some construction done on the roof. He grabbed these and placed them infront of the door, to keep people from coming through. Heading back to his suitcase he looked into it. He had brought along a few items, as Xcution suggested doing in case something hairy happened. Having powers meant Zack could be targeted by things called "Hollows". All Xcution told him was he would know one if he saw one. Well, no luck yet.

Zack waited on that rooftop for a few hours waiting. At about four hours into the waiting Zack took a "break" by sitting down and listening to some music. He had arrived far to early, honestly. When the time finally came, Zack wasted no time in getting the job done. As Jay Norris was displaying the new phone, the hitman lined up the rifles sights and took the shot. Sure enough, it hit. Down went Jay as shocked onlookers rushed the stage to get pictures. Zack pulled the gun back and instantly began to disassemble it. He wasn't going to go back down the stairs, rather he was going to hope to a nearby rooftop and go down its fire escape. It was a solid plan, nothing could go wrong.



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[Stealth] {2}

[Weapons: Knives / Short Swords] {2}

[Battle Analysis] {2}

[Pain Tolerance] {2}

[Acting] {2}

[Crafting] {2}

[Focused Eye] {2}

[Memory] {1}

Total SKP: 15
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It had been a quick and clean job. The Organization would be very pleased to hear that Zack had finished his job without any sort of issue. Get in and get out, it was that easy. Still, Zack seriously hated public kills. He preferred to strike from the shadows, at night, or under disguise. Attacking like this, out in the open and not in the cover of the darkness was uncomfortable. And now, with these current events, Zack was paying for his contractors desire for a public kill. Well, it was also Zacks fault for rushing. He did have a second job calling.

As Zack made his escape across the roof he was suddenly stopped by the sudden appearance of one rather odd looking individual. The assassins’ eyes narrowed slowly, before his left eye rose upwards quizzically as he took in this mans appearance. The stranger before him was wearing a near exact replica of Batmans costume. Minus the symbol, the costume was well put together and nearly exact in every detail. In fact it was fairly ridiculous. Zack wasn’t sure whether to laugh or just glare at this man. So, he decided to go slightly in between and give an amused smile.

However, when Kazura referred to Zack as a kid his smile vanished and was replaced with another raised eyebrow. Kid? This guy is dressed as the Batman and I’m the kid? Cute.[/i] Zack adjusted his stance, making it appear as though he was relaxed when in actuality he was not. His skills in acting as well as in stealth allowed him to adopt completely false body motions. He looked the “Batman” in the eyes, adjusting his grip on the suitcase carrying the sniper rifle as he let out a sigh before speaking and reaching into his suite.

”The price of privacy. People believe they are entitled to privacy, yet they will publish their personal information onto a social media website. They will post their phone numbers, addresses, important dates, etcetera etcetera and then complain when their privacy is under attack.” Zack said, pulling a pair of sunglasses from his suit and single handedly putting them on. ”Well. The price of privacy is apparently one hundred pounds of gold, converted into modern currency. I do like to know the reasons behind my jobs, so to answer your question; it was to protect privacy.”

Zack was usually a quiet person but every now and then he did enjoy a little chatting. Besides, this person had simply seen Zack perform the hit and it wasn’t like that ever happened before. The assassin detected no spiritual energy coming from the stranger, so Zack had no reason to fear any sort of supernatural attack. ”Jay Norris was selling the private information of his customers to third party businesses and government organizations. Someone didn’t like that and paid for it to be taken care of.” Zack responded, adjusting his sunglasses as he gazed at the Batman.

Zack actually had no reason to attack this stranger. After all, he was simply a innocent civilian who had happened upon the murder. It happened before, it would happen again. Accidents happen. The Organization had protocols to keep witnesses from speaking. First; kill the witness if there is no choice. Second; offer to pay off the witness. Third; render the witness unconscious. Well, Zack didn’t have a reason right now to kill this costume weirdo. He also didn’t like to kill people that were not his targets. The second option was something Zack didn’t want to do, at all. In fact, paying off this stranger was the last option. Giving him Zacks own money? Hah! Well, the third option was always available. So, Zack spoke again ”Are you going to try and stand in my way, or are you going to forget you saw this and let me go on my business?” Zack asked.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1000/1000

"You should know better than I that we never have privacy. They are always watching. The filthy Shinigami. They will never leave us alone until they are all destroyed. And you use your skills to destroy human lives. Not cool, bro. Not. Cool."

Zack raised an eyebrow behind his sunglasses as the costumed man made a mention of Shinigami. From the way he spoke, he considered the spiritual beings a threat and a menace. He wanted all the Shinigami gone, destroyed, eradicated. Why was that? For what reason could somebody want the Shinigami all gone? From what Zack had heard about the Shinigami, which wasn’t much, was that they were essentially a spiritual military force that protected the balance of the world. So, what exactly made them evil? They destroyed the creatures known as Hollows, from what Zack knew of them. How exactly was that evil? Perhaps the costumed stranger had been wronged by one in the past and was letting that experience alter his opinion on them into something completely negative.

Still, there was also a second question. How could a man with no spiritual powers be capable of seeing Shinigami? Zacks ability to sense energy had come in handy quite a number of times, but right now it failed to even recognize the man before him. No spiritual energy and yet able to see Shinigami? Did it work like that? No, it shouldn’t. Should it? Regardless, the man knew about Shinigami without even having a drop of spiritual energy in him, how interesting.

Still, when the cosplayers hand began to glow Zacks eyes narrowed. Why where they glowing? Was it simply a costume effect, such as simple light bulbs in his costumes palms? Well, whatever the reason, Zack could tell Kazura wanted to fight by the way his tone sounded. Zack let out a sigh, adjusting his shades as he spoke ”Listen kid, I am busy. Go play somewhere else.” Zack said as he adjusted his footing. He had a feeling that the cosplayer would not listen to raw reason and that he simply wanted to fight. Well, it was understandable. Some people wanted to pretend to be super heros, and Zack could believe that catching a hitman would be something to brag about.

Still, Zack was not here to fight. He wanted to get away, not to engage in some fight to appease the white knight boner of this kid. Analyzing the roof, Zack came to the conclusion that he simply needed to get to that fire escape to get away from the cosplayer. Behind those shades, Zacks eyes would not be seen as he took in the environment. Hell, Zack could escape by simply activating his fullbring and Blinking away. But he did not quite feel like wasting the energy and stamina to do that. So, he decided on a more mundane task.

If the cosplayer attacked, Zack would navigate around him using his newly developed high movement speed and deliver a powerful blow to the back of the mans neck. That would be enough to knock the man out, correct? Zack wanted to get through this without much difficulty, so why not just make it clean and fast? He placed the briefcase down onto the ground and adjusted his tie with a sigh. He was going to let the cosplayer open up with something.

"But why would I play elsewhere when the fun is right here... You're oozing with the Ghost Energy. And you're using it on the wrong targets. So I'll just beat some sense into you." Zack narrowed his eyes, hidden behind the dark filters of his sunglasses, as the costumed hero spoke those words. Zack picked up on a few things with that statement, but first and foremost was the clear intention of a fight. A single shake of his right arm and the charm hidden with his sleeve fell free, dangling in front of Zacks slightly open right palm. It was best to be slightly prepared, right? Zack grabbed the charm, holding it ready for activation if he needed to. He knew a attack was coming, it didn't take a genius to figure that out. Maybe if Kazura hadn't announced his intentions he would have been able to completely take Zack by surprise, but he didn't because the assassin expected it.

Well, he didn't completely expect what was going to happen. Zack heard the clear hiss of air, the force pushing dirt away, as Kazura seemingly flew through the air towards Zack. While it was true that Zack had the mental processing speed of a basic human, due to his hang over, even at the level of a basic human Zack could still semi-process what had happened. "Guy move fast at me" was what Zacks mind made of the situation as Zack leaned in, sending reiatsu into the charm in his hand. In the time it took to blink, the charm morphed. The silver sword violently changed into a longer, curved black blade which Zack held backhanded. Backhanded holding would make it easier for Zack to perform a slash if he needed to. While Kazura was fast, Zack was faster.

When Kazura raised his hands, Zack came to the conclusion that it was going to be some sort of grab. Zack braced himself for impact when he suddenly heard the rapid rush of air and saw the distortion of the space in front of Kazura. What just happene-BLINK!

[/i] the world changed colors. Zack leapt forward, the distortion passing right through him as well as the costumed man as Zack and Kazura switched placed on the roof. Turning to face his opponent Zack narrowed his eyes and began to analyze the situation, pondering what it was that just happened. Looking at "Batmans" shoes and then his hands, he had a rough idea of what just happened. What he just did had the same sound when he jumped. Not only that..[/i] Zack looked down at where Kazura had originally been standing, noticing the clear displacement of the loose dirt that had accumulated on the rooftop that was exposed to the elements.

It's air. He can fire compressed air. But, it's not a Fullbring. It's not even any sort of Spiritual Power. So...if it isn't magic then its technological. I gotta admit, I am impressed by that. Not sure how powerful it is, would rather not find out, but if this guy built it himself then kudos. He bought it? I wonder where I can get a pair.[/i] Zacks lips curved upwards slightly into a small smirk. The costumed man would most definitely be confused about what had happened. It was not every day that people simply vanished. No, vanished was not the right word for this situation.

Dimensional hopping was the perfect way to put it. Some people thought that Zacks power was simply phasing, when in actuality it was much more than that. Zack had access, through his Fullbring, to an entirely seperate dimension he could slip into. The Blink dimension was best described as a window, letting Zack view and move about the original dimension but being unable to interact with anything. Zack could defy gravity, move through walls and people, and was completely undetectable. Even if Batman used his "Ghost Energy detector" he would find no sign of Zack. It was because Zack was no longer in the world, he was in a seperate world.

Being in the Blink dimension, Zack got a clear look at Kazura. He narrowed his eyes and mentally confirmed that the man had no reiatsu. In Blink, Zack could see reiatsu as an aura of color. Kazura had no color, aside from being slightly more orange due to the cepia like filter placed over everything in the Blink world. Zack adjusted his grip on Sting, already formulating a plan to end this fight right here and now. Wait. What am I doing?[/i] Zack stopped his advance on Kazura, mentally face palming as he let out a sigh and a chuckle. Zack was untouchable, undetectable, and able to simply pass through buildings. What was he doing here? Zack could leave, just like that. There was literally nothing Batman could do to stop him, he was home free.

"Sorry kid, maybe some other time." Zack said, knowing Kazura wouldn't hear him. So, Zack turned and sprinted towards the edge of the roof. He was just going to move across the roofs, since it was the fastest way to his vehicle. As Zack neared the edge of the roof, his lack of experience with his Fullbring suddenly kicked in. The world regained its normal color and the assassin was suddenly hit with a slight stamina drain as the termination of Blink took some of his reiatsu as payment. If Batman was using his reiatsu detector, it would suddenly pick Zack back up on the other side of the roof. "Oh, god fucking damn it!" Zack swore at two things. First, his Fullbring crapping out on him. Secondly, there was no fire escape. No, that was not true. It was one of those really crappy fire escapes that only went from the roof to three floors down. Shit. Shit shit shit.

However, across from Zack was what looked to be a motel with rather large windows. So, Zack did what any smart person would do. The moment he exited Blink, cursed, and noticed the window he threw the heavy brief case holding the sniper rifle at the window. CRASH! If Kazura still didn't notice Zack, the sound of glass breaking was sure to draw his attention in. Zack quickly followed after his suitcase, leaping off the roof with barely a running start. He pulled his arms and legs in as he fell through the broken window, shattering a bit more of the glass as he tucked and rolled on his landing. Zack had dropped a floor down and into what looked to be a hallway with the doors to apartment rooms on every side.

Wasting no time, the assassin grabbed the suitcase in his left and made a mad dash down the hall. His high level of Speed made him practically fly down the hall, only stopping to descend down a staircase in the middle of the hall and into a lower level. Would Batman follow the assassin? Zack didn't want to stop and check. As he reached the new floor, he began to ponder about something Kazura said. "But why would I play elsewhere when the fun is right here... You're oozing with the Ghost Energy. And you're using it on the wrong targets. So I'll just beat some sense into you."[/i] Zack narrowed his eyes as he turned a corner and into another long hall. "You're oozing with the Ghost Energy. And you're using it on the wrong targets. So I'll just beat some sense into you."[/i] Zack side stepped a man and woman, receiving a loud "HEY, WATCH IT BUDDY" yelled at him. "You're oozing with the Ghost Energy..."[/i] Zack came to a stop as he burst through a set of doors, and let out a groan.

Where was he now? He was back outside, yeah, but it wasn't really what he expected. It was some sort of fancy outside garden. Various kinds of plants and various sculptures covered the garden. A large fountain was in the center, spraying upwards and letting the water fall back down like some sort of umbrella. Where was Zack? Was this a high end apartment? Zack noticed a elderly couple sitting at a bench, just chatting. The assassin decided this would be the best place to take a breath, speed walking over to a wall of ivy that grew upwards on one of those white fence walls.

The assassin placed the brief case down and let out a sigh. So, how does a man with no spiritual prowess detect ones own spiritual energy?"[/i] Zack asked himself, checking the doorway from behind the ivy. As he pondered that question he came up with a possible answer to the question. Zack had a device called a Spirit Gauge that could record and convert the power of and quantity of spirit energy into numbers, and he had gotten his hands on that toy very easily. It was possible that was what was happening here. Maybe Batman had some form of a Spirit Gauge? Regardless, Zack had an opportunity to catch his breath, so he reached down and opened his brief case and removed a few items. His Convert-A-Weapon and the Explosive Balls. Placing them in his suite, Zack took a deep breath and waited.[/size][/blockquote]

Remaining Reiatsu: 700 / 1000
-200 for Fullbring activation
-100 for Blink

Primary Fullbring Level 1: 1 / 10

Blink recharge: 0/1
Usable next post

If he does possess some sort of Soul Gauge, then it should have the same limitations as a basic one. Assuming it is based off the original model I should be able to easily get out of range of it if I can move fast enough.”

[/i] Zack pondered as he took in one last deep breath and exhale. After having a moment to catch his breath and assess the situation, he ended up planning on just continuing his escape. Blink should be ready to be used now, as Zack had only used it briefly to escape the cosplaying vigilante. Bending down and grabbing a hold of the suitcase, he was about to flee when he suddenly heard ”Honey, is that a man on the roof?” from what sounded to be an elderly woman. ”oh no, don’t be silly honey.” came the response from her husband.

However, Zack had a gut feeling that just couldn’t be ignored. He leaned forward and took a quick peak through the ivy. He didn’t get much of a look, because as soon as he looked he saw something red. The assassin leaped back as fast as he could, landing on his back as some sort of laser arrow flew through the wall of ivy and into the floor. ”The hell??” Zack stated, looking at the damage done by the arrow. A second later, and he might have had that arrow in his head. With a grunt he took another look through the ivy right up to “Batman”.

He was wielding some sort of bow. Where did he get that? From what Zack had seen, the man had originally had nothing even resembling that bow. So, where did it come from? Well, where it came from was not what mattered right now. Actually, priorities were probably going to need to be changed as this human had proved that he was not going to just let Zack escape.

So, reaching into the brief case at his feet he pulled out the vial of poison and gently placed it in the sleeve of his suit. This was going to hopefully come in handy when the time was right, but right now Zack needed to stop this mans assault. Zack stepped out from behind the wall of ivy and stared up at Kazura. The man would not see Zacks eyes due to the glasses he wore, but if he did he would see anger. Zack was not mad that Kazura was chasing him. He was not mad that the man had stumbled upon him after his kill. No, Zack was made for another reason. Zack lifted his left hand and pointed at the elderly couple.

Zack was made Kazura was willing to attack with innocents around. Zack never went for innocents; he never tried to get other people involved in what was going on. But it didn’t seem that the “Batman” followed that logic. Zack adjusted his grip on Sting as he then pointed at Kazura before shifting his hand to point at the ground. It was a message, “Get over here”. Zack could use Blink to go “play” with Kazura, but he would rather save the energy and not have to reset Blinks cool down.

So, he was going to let Kazura come to him. Zack had no other way to get up to where the costumed freak was, aside from using his Fullbring, so he was going to let Kazura come to him. Besides, this was going to be the best opportunity to see if the attacker had any other tricks up his sleeve, or gizmos in his pants. [/size][/blockquote]

Remaining Reiatsu: 700 / 1000

Primary Fullbring Level 1: 2 / 10

Blink Recharge: 1 / 1

Zack slowly narrowed his eyes from behind the shades. Zack was beginning to grow angry. He was mad that Kazura was in fact right. Zack did involve the elders, as he had tried to use the garden to escape. Zack had a set of rules, and one of them was not murdering people who were not involved in the job. What Kazura had said was true, Zack did involve innocent people and he felt bad about it. Zack sighed, adjusting his sunglasses as he looked upwards at his opponent. However, he could not feel bad in this situation. Kazura had proven to be relentless and a nuisance, so he needed to be dealt with.

Zack reached into his suit and wrapped his fingers around one of the explosive spheres he kept hidden. Pulling his hand out he kept the explosive hidden, as he did not want to alert Kazura to what was going on. When the man suddenly leapt from the roof, Zacks eyes widened. What was he doing? Oh wait, he had cables. Zack watched as two sets of cables stabbed into the ground, supporting Kazura as the man “flew” across the ground towards Zack. Momentum, air, and cable movement huh? Impressive.

But, Kazura had done something foolish. When he flew past the older couple, he had ended up leaving himself directly exposed to Zack. The problem here was that while being pulled into the tips of the cables, Kazura had made himself into a one direction bullet, unable to simply stop and turn around. Considering the speed Kazura was going, he could not just simply stop what he was doing to come to a halt or move directions. With a quick pinch and a flick, the flashing red sphere was launched into the air at Kazura.

Zack had activated the timer on the explosive sphere and threw it directly at Kazura. His Focused Eye gave him amazing aim and considering the fact that the young cosplayer was on a direct path with the bomb did not help the situation either. Luckily for Kazura, the sphere did not possess much explosive power. Explosive balls had the power of a grenade so unless Kazura found a way to counter the explosive he would be seriously injured.

But, Zack didn’t put all his cards into that explosive. No, for once he tossed it he once again was gone. Activating Blink once again Zack stepped to the right. He knew at this point that Kazura wasn’t able to detect him in this state, so if the young man survived the explosion then he would have to deal with Zack being non-existent once again.

But, there was another reason Zack needed to use Blink. He needed the moment of invincibility to think. What Kazura said had actually gotten to him, how he had actually been the one to endanger those people. And once again he had done the same thing with that bomb. Who knows if anyone was hurt, as the old couple had vanished into the building. Surely people would hear the explosion and that would draw in the attention of the authorities who were most definitely at the scene of Jay Norris’s body by now.

Zack had thrown that bomb for two reasons. The first was to seriously injure the young man, the second was to alter the local authorities. Zack had a plan on how to remove Kazura without killing him, and he needed time for it to work. He would not kill the hidden Uzaki, but he would punish him. As Zack hid in the Blink-verse, he withdrew the Convert-A-Weapon and activated it. The object shifted like some sort of liquid. It formed into a narrow double sided knife with a hollow blade and hilt and the same length as his Fullbring. The knife had a cork on the base of the grip. Zack knew its use, but he decided not to make use of it just yet. No, he needed to see first if Kazura was alive and kicking.

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Primary Fullbring Level 1: 3 / 10

Remaining Reiatsu: 700 / 1000
-100 for when Blink ends

I hope I won’t need to use this..

[/i] Zack thought as he slid the converted knife into his sleeve. What he had planned for that knife was a last resort, if Kazura proved to be too tenacious to be left alive. Still, was he truly a threat? The man had attacked Zack out of a sense of justice, not of hatred. His twisted sense of justice had forced him to assault Zack, and thus put himself into this situation. But he was not a enemy, just an annoyance. Zack was not attacking this guy to kill him, rather he was trying to defend himself and force the young man to turn back and flee. But, even after being damaged by the explosive it seemed that he would just not go down.

Zack didn’t expect the explosive to actually do critical damage. No, he expected it to put Kazura in a daze and do minimal amounts of damage. He did well dodging it, there was no disputing that. Using those air shoes of his he quite literally flew over the bomb, but it didn’t stop him from being struck by the explosion. The poor human had a seriously bad crash landing onto the ivy and the extent of his damage was unknown to Zack. The assassin watched in his Blink as Kazura seemed to come up with some sort of plan.

Lowering his hands to the ground and hiding his palms, Zack couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. He remembered the earlier confrontation where Kazura had fired something from his hands, which Zack had now learned was simply air. Well, not really simple since Zack had no idea how strong it could actually be. Still, why was he just holding his hands to the ground? This puzzled Zack, but his careful nature would not let him indulge in curiosity, so rather he looked around the roof for some other method.

The option to escape was still here, but Zack didn’t quite feel like retreating right now. So, Zack decided to do something a bit different. He peered from the roof to a second roof top now very far away, like it was about ten meters away from this current rooftop. While in Blink, the normal laws of gravity did not apply to the assassin so he simply ran through the air to the other roof, which was lacking a garden and was just a plain roof.

So, why did Zack switch rooftops? To get behind Kazura, actually. Reaching into his suit the assassin pulled out two more of the infamous explosive spheres. This would most likely be Zacks last attack, as he had wasted far to much time on this young man and a second job was waiting. He would deal with the guilt if Kazura was killed, but Zack needed to go. So, standing on that rooftop he brought his hand back, activating the explosives, ending Blink and threw them. With his strength and his eye, the spheres would fly through the air and land beside Kazura.

Perhaps he would see the flashing lights when they landed, and maybe he had time to dodge, and maybe his armor would keep him alive, but regardless it was going to hurt. Being hit by the outer edges of one explosion had sent Kazura on a crash course, so how would he take being hit by two at point blank range?

Zack wasn’t quite sure what the outcome of that was going to be, but regardless he scanned the rooftop and noticed a doorway leading into the building. That was his best bet to escape, since the authorities would have had to been completely deaf to not hear those explosions. Speaking of those, being the strength of grenades there was no reason they would be able to pierce into the rooms below, as they weren’t C4 grade explosions. Zack looked back at the large dust cloud, wondering what happened next. As he could not detect any energy from Kazura, Zack was limited to what he saw.[/size][/blockquote]

Primary Fullbring Level 1: 4 / 10

Remaining Reiatsu: 500 / 1000
-200 for Blink

Blink Cooldown: 0 / 2