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Fumiko's vision seemed to blur and zoom out all at once. She was the one who initiated the fight. It was all her fault.

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Koi ran straight at Maruk. His body lit blue.

Maruk dodged all of his attacks and kicked him in his chest.

Koi's chest dented inward the same way Kosuke's did.

Koi yelled out from the ground in pain. He held his breath desperately.

woosh!

A splash of water came from his chest and reinflated the cavity.

Koi coughed up blood but was fine.

Yukio was facedown in the center of a crater, unmoving.

Koji was just standing back up, Kosuke was dead, and Taichi was in an outrage.

Taichi had black mist rising from his body. He roared out. "HURRRAAAAGGGHHH!!!"

Half the country was shaking from the vicious blasts of sound.

Maruk garnered a black aura himself.

Taichi rushed at him with a right fist.

Maruk blocked with his left hand, but he noticed something off. There was a gap between their hands, like an invisible barrier.