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It became apparent very fast what the swordsman's early game-plan was as the reverse of Shinaijou met with the bokken, and the knife-edge strike came for his neck.
Stepping forward to put his weight behind his momentum, the swordsman lifted his blade up, pushing the bokken above his head. But at the same time, he pivoted the weapon as if on a fulcrum, levering it back so that the sharp edge of the blade was now pointed outward, directly in the path of the incoming knife-edge. So his opponent's choices were simple: Stop the strike or get his hand mauled.
And that led directly to Seno's counteraction. He was in a gods-be-damned perfect position. The way he had locked blades with the bokken had forced his opponent's right arm up, and the positioning of his own blade meant that his enemy's left hand was well away from his centerline, leaving Ryo's midsection momentarily exposed.
Golden opportunity.
Forming his free left hand into as tight a fist as he could manage, he drove it in toward the temporary opening in his opponent's defense, aiming for Ryo's exposed armpit, and the cluster of nerves and blood vessels therein. If this strike connected, he could temporarily disable the man's right arm and gain a quick and handy victory.
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