The following seconds I which I waited for the referee to start the fight felt like minutes, like hours. Never before had I been in such a state before a fight, I felt like I had ages to plan out every move for the fight. But once I looked at my opponent, Iris, and no matter where or how I looked at her…
There wasn't any opening. No, not no opening, more like there were openings, but all of those were there intentionally. All the openings I could see were traps, if I went for those I had the feeling I would lose the battle right away.
I had fought against her before and she may have been able to cover all her openings well, but this was on a completely other level. Back then she still had some openings left, just ones I wouldn't be able to take. My speed wasn't great enough to make it in time before she could react, so those openings could only be used by stronger fighters. She only seemed like a somewhat experienced student to me.
Now however…
