For several heartbeats Mori and Lee watched each other without moving a muscle. Obviously Lee was on the loosing side because of the excruciating pain he felt, but only he knew about it. He hoped that the last inner disciple would have enough common sense to end the fruitless endeavor.
"Damn it …" Mori cursed with a sigh, and seemingly deflated. He waked over to the outer disciples, and asked, "Are you alright, guys?"
They looked back at him in confusion and even slight despair. One of them, the most talkative guy, said, "Senior brother, we can't lea …"
But that was as far as he got. Mori's four quick slashes were too fast for the outer disciples to react. Even Lee knew he would've barely managed to evade them, in the best case scenario that is.
"Alright! You're a complete psycho." He stated, took a deep breath, and prepared to fight through the agonizing pain. This was not going to be easy.
