Noble Arts 6 Volume 9

Then, suddenly, he struck out like a flying swallow and forced
Touka’s Narukami to the side. (Alright, she’s off balance!)
After exchanging blows with Touka, he had finished measuring the speed of her swings.
With her sword pushed to such a position, she would not be able to block his strike.
Next, Ikki would-
(I’ve got her here! It’s decided!) Believing so, Ikki struck forward again- Rather, he tried to.
(!?!?)
Immediately after, a sharp numbness ran up his neck.
It was sixth sense he’d honed by toeing the line between life and
death so many times warning him.
At this warning, Ikki’s body ignored his previous assumption and moved- Touka’s sword had moved faster than Ikki’s expectation and, just barely, had managed to return to defend.
(That’s crazy…!)
Based on Touka’s swing speed, the speed of that counter was
impossible.
Ikki gulped in astonishment. What on earth was that?
Ikki thought about the unexpected counterattack.
However, Touka wasn’t about to wait around for Ikki to think.

From the contact point, Touka channeled an electrical attack into Ikki.
“…Ah!”
Zap! Sparks crackled between Narukami and Intetsu as electricity ran through Ikki.
Though his skin wasn’t burned thanks to Illusionary form, receiving
a shock made his muscles spasm intensely and cry out in pain.
In the end, his movements were stopped instantly. Touka took aim at this opportunity-!
She raised Narukami overhead nimbly, and struck down at Ikki. However, Ikki had baited that attack out.
(She’s flustered!)
Just as Touka began her strike, Ikki steeled his writhing body.
Using the full body control he had cultivated, he took control of his heart and forcibly restored function to his peripheral nervous system.
Recovering from the shock in that instant, Ikki avoided the strike towards his head with the smallest possible sidestep.
Thinking that the shock had immobilized him, his opponent had gone for a finishing blow.
It was a move made after seeing through Touka’s thoughts,
outplaying her thoroughly.
That was Ikki’s chance-or it should have been.
“Ku!?!?”
Once again, Ikki’s predictions were overturned by Touka’s blade.