The third round of the duel began unceremoniously, leaving the audience in the gallery uncertain about the whole thing. In their view, Mir had already won, and the following segments were just going to be a method to suppress his victory to preserve the dignity of the elites.
Facing Lemi on the stage, Mir was far beyond those thoughts. In his eyes, this was not really a fight, but a problem that needed to be solved in a delicate manner. Victory, defeat, rules... These were useless concepts in reality.
As the bell was rung by one of Lemi's friends, he asked Mir, "Have you kept any ability of yours a secret? How are you able to ignore the strikes from my Phantom Pain mutation?"
Mir could sense the distinct lack of overconfidence in Lemi's voice. Much of the ego he used to carry with himself had gone up in smoke. Unfortunately for him, this change in personality had come too late.
