“…I haven’t betrayed you. I was my mentor’s disciple from the very beginning.”

Bullets kept on being fired from the rifle, but my enhanced body was capable of matching their speed.

Out of the twenty-eight total bullets shot, I dealt only with the seven that were close enough to hit my mentor and I.

I leapt forward, converting the force of the bursts of gunpowder and blasts of flame into my thrust. The young man fell backwards as his rifle was cut in half.

Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II: The God Devourer; Prologue