Shakugan no Shana Vol 5 pg 61

From this place, which could easily be mistaken for a convenience store’s stockroom, the girl
emerged, hugging a large box. On the box was written ‘Tomato Ketchup.’
‘Getting beaten one-sidedly just means I’m trying to fight back with the same methods,
right?’
The girl’s face was that of a child plotting mischief. Her small nose and soft cheeks were
slightly puffed with excitement, yet she was more alert to her surroundings than ever.
‘There’s no point if he jumps me before I can set it up.’
Of course, it would also be inconvenient if he just calmly observed her setting up her trap.
The ironclad rule of battle that the white skeleton had beaten into her was ‘surprise attack.’
No matter the opponent, you must not fight in a way that lets them do as they please. Break
the posture of the opponent’s ‘kill’ and skillfully insert your own ‘kill’ into the gap. She had
never been taught any fixed stances or tactics to adopt. All she had done was engrave ‘test
patterns for movement’ for wielding her power into her body, through the form of relentless
attacks and responses.
‘But I still can’t win.’
She knew she couldn’t win so easily. As Wilhelmina had told Alastor last night (or so she had
misunderstood), she was still inexperienced, but she wanted to land at least one blow, even
an unconventional one. In the sense of standing up to him, and in the sense of showing him
the person he had raised.
‘That’s right, I’ll show him… that I’ve become this capable.’