I lowered my gaze to look at the slit on my chest. Had I reacted any slower, my chest would be split open.
Sasaki gave me no time to breathe as he came at me with the sword. He was dead set on killing me. I drew a deep breath and drove my Damascus knife to his chest. Taken aback by my approach to attack instead of playing defense, Sasaki positioned his sword horizontally and shoved it upwards to ward off my knife. I whipped out my dagger and managed to stab Sasaki in the belly since he was focused on my Damascus knife to notice the dagger. The dagger sank one-third of its length into Sasaki’s left side of the abdomen.
Feeling the sharp pain, Sasaki winced and kneed me. I pulled out the dagger and punctured Sasaki’s thigh. Blood splattered everywhere. Sasaki cried out in pain as I took th
