In a desperate maneuver, Ittoki used his suit’s exhaust to create a smoke screen, not to escape, but to close the distance. He didn't strike with a blade. Instead, he used a palm strike to the chest, a move his mother had taught him—not to kill, but to disarm.
As if on cue, a flurry of shuriken whistled through the air. Ittoki reacted by instinct, his Iga-built suit whirring to life, enhancing his speed just enough to deflect the steel. Out of the darkness stepped Haruka, a Koga student whose eyes held a fanatical gleam. Shinobi no Ittoki (Dub) Episode 5
Kousetsu finally turned, her mask reflecting the dim light of the artificial moon. "It’s a cycle, Ittoki. A wheel that keeps turning. We are just the spokes." In a desperate maneuver, Ittoki used his suit’s