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Wu dashed down from the upper floor, dodging and throwing out his short knife before lunging forward and slashing across the throat—all in about a second.

In that second, his opponent fired a shot, dodged the flying short knife, and then, his possibilities came to an end.

The greatest advantage humans have over animals is perhaps their ability to utilize tools. However, at times, one’s own strength is more important than the strength of tools; or rather, the power of tools has its limitations. For instance, the individuals inside this building, armed with advanced weaponry, were still taken out by Wu using a knife.

Many experiments have been conducted abroad regarding the knife versus gun:

At seven paces apart, just over three meters, an untrained person can pounce and stab the opponent with a dagger within 1.5 seconds. Even a well-trained police officer, on guard and ready, would have a hard time drawing their weapon, raising their arm, aiming, and firing before being stabbed within the same time span.

The experiment continued to evolve: drawing the gun while stepping backward, but the distance of three meters was still too short, making injury highly likely. Only when the distance was extended to seven meters could one ensure a gunshot is fired before an incoming stab.

This was the comparison between untrained individuals and well-trained police officers.

Perhaps some would argue that drawing the gun from its holster wastes precious time and that if one were to hold the gun in hand in advance, raising and firing it would be much faster. Tests conducted abroad have also looked into this:

One person with a gun, one with a knife, and balloons attached to a wooden board in front of them. Both would strike simultaneously, one raising the gun to fire, the other lifting their arm to thrust forward. The results showed that the one with the knife was faster; whether it was about popping one balloon or two in succession, from a rifle to a handgun, the one using the knife was quicker.

There might be limitations to these two experiments, and abroad, another, more realistic test was conducted: one person pointing a gun at another’s chest from about thirty centimeters away. The other person tried various methods to not get shot, while the gunman would fire the moment the other moved.

They found that by dodging and at the same time trying to deflect the gunman’s weapon, they could avoid getting hit.