Chapter 668: Hornet Widow; Defeated
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Hornet Widow was indeed figuring out her enemy.
Her instincts as an assassin-type combat specialist already warned her that her enemy was more than what he looked like on the outside. His confident gait and stance, as well as his measured and calm gaze, were all signs of this.
She has never been one to underestimate her enemies; if anything, she even overestimates them most of the time. That’s how she cinches victory most of the time despite all odds.
But, although her instincts warned her about this guy, she couldn’t properly estimate just how truly terrifying he was, which was highly abnormal for her.
Hornet Widow faced many opponents in the past; most were way stronger than her. A few were so strong that she was tempted to surrender right away because her small bag of tricks wouldn’t be enough to bridge the sheer disparity in actual strength.
She knew when to advance and retreat; she also knew when she had a chance and when she was completely outclassed, and all of this was because of her instincts.
But today, right at this very moment, that very same and trusted instinct of hers was failing her, and that has never happened before; therefore, it’s abnormal.
But now is definitely not the time to falter. She’s in the middle of a match. Since her instincts aren’t working properly, then she’d use something else.
’My instincts are drawing blanks.’
’I don’t know if it’s because of him or me, but now is not the time for me to panic. I’ll figure it out later. Right now, I must focus on the match.’
’My poisons don’t work on him.’ She discovered this from her observations so far.