After a few more combo attempts by Fumio, Kotone notices that his movements have considerably slowed down. While she sees no sign of Fumio being exhausted, the reduced speed is still a curious thing to her.
Fumio is still not giving up trying to land a strike on Red however, he hopes that his considerably slowed speed will catch Red off-guard.
To his disappointment, *smack*, he still gets his wooden sword smacked out of his hands with a strike from Red that matches his slowed speed.
"I've run out, boss." Fumio can only sigh as he massages his wrists.
"You've done well." Red then opens his eyes and nods.
"Thank you, boss." Fumio is proud of himself.
"So. Good things first." Red starts, making Fumio stand in silent attention.
"You've quickly gotten used to channeling spiritual energy from your elixir sea to your meridians. And I like how stable you maintain the supply of spiritual energy throughout your body."