A Possibility Worth Believing In

A rookie who had only just risen to A-rank.

And a veteran who had held her place as an S-rank for at least several decades.

Under normal circumstances, the gap between their levels made a fight impossible from the outset.

But Sora wasn't so foolish as to miss that.

‘I can't win head-on.’

Even trying to exploit an opening made no sense.

An opening could only be created once a fight had been established to some degree.

Attacks and defenses exchanged.

Breath collided with breath.

Only by forcibly splitting the space between them could one barely create an opening...