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Mercury drew Adam back, using the terrorist's madness against him – luring him in so that his flank was exposed. Neo took advantage with a manic grin, sliding in and thrusting her blade toward his kidney. The tip skittered off Adam's aura for a moment before his control – shot by the Fang Virus – wavered, and the thin steel drew blood.

Adam's hand latched around the sword a second later, heedless of how it cut into his hand. The faunus turned with a snarl, no sign of pain nor even a stagger. He slashed back, and would have taken Neo's head off entirely had she not dropped her weapon and fell to the floor, scrambling away with wide eyes.