Blair was faster, if only because of her broom. Yoruichi was the goddess of the flash. Amagai? Of course he was faster than me. Uryu was faster. Omaeda, rest his fatass soul, was faster than I was. Compared to all of them, Black☆Star was moving in slow motion.

It would be too easy. It would be too simple. Most of all… it would just be wrong to kill him. Although it took maybe three or four seconds for him to get to me, I had more than enough opportunity to compose myself. I just had to win without killing him. Basically, I just had to do the opposite of what I did with Uryu. Sort of. I could do that here.

Stepping into him with my side, went low, I brought my elbow upwards into his chin as hard as I could. The strike alone would not have been enough to put the kid into the air if it weren’t for the sheer height advantage I had over him. His legs weren’t touching the ground, but he still moved forward with them. His balance had been destroyed. Pushing on, I spun to deliver an attack to his now at eye-level chest with my other elbow.