Closure

After all this time of writhing in sweat and tears, although her physical strength had become more durable, she had realized her shortcomings in certain areas when it came to strategies and self-defense moves. Having a talented trainer like Rahu by her side every minute and every second, Chief did not hate it at all, but on the contrary, felt grateful, but there was one thing…

…

“Director, you know you can’t rely on Shackle forever!” Rahu tightly grabbed Chief's neck, it was truly a nostalgic scene that reminded her of their first meeting at the High Tower. Rahu used just enough force to pin the frail girl to the floor, the cold feeling of the training floor made the her skin shivered in fear. “Your enemies aren’t always Sinners! Think about it!”

What was even more special was

She couldn’t breathe.

The struggling commander used her fingers to tightly grip the flesh that was pressing down on her neck, but the soldier did not budge at all, as if her nails were just like water off a duck's back.

"Ra...Rahu, I--!" She frowned in pain, knowing that it was much better than actual combat, but like this, she would pass out.

Rahu still maintained a calm expression, her deep, gentle voice contrasting with the actions she was doing to her dearest Chief. The long black hair that was tied up now flowed down like a stream, lightly touching the director's ashen face.

"Think about it, Director! If you were like this, how would you escape, do everything you can." Rahu still maintained her unwavering expression, her silvery eyes lightly gliding over her tear-filled face. Saw her weak expression... Rahu could not help but loosen her grip a little with a bit of regret and softened feelings.

"Nghh...!!" The wolf-haircut woman groaned, and tried to do a few kicks but her legs were locked down by those long legs of the woman that hovered above her body.

Indeed, although Rahu did not want to admit this shameful truth.

But when her dear Chief

Lying under her

Begging her to stop

Eyes filled with tears and lips whimpered a few words

Small fingers weakly gripped her flesh and scratched her rough skin.

Like a little lamb about to be slaughtered

Completely different from her usual serious and gentle eyes…

She felt--

Suddenly, something rushed into Rahu's eyes, interrupted the mind of the Endura sinner.

"Argh!" 

Rahu instinctively closed her eyes for a moment, and then the woman under her quickly grabbed that silky hair of hers and pulled it hard. In just a moment, the situation was reversed, Rahu was lying under the coughing woman, her silver eyes glancing at the slightly trembling arm, and scrutinizing the situation in the most efficient way. The Chief huffed, and angrily punched Rahu in the chest, sadly, with this strength it could not hurt Rahu at all.

“Damn it, Rahu! Are you trying to murder your commander?!?” Chief grumbled, the corners of her eyes still slightly brimming with tears from not being able to breathe, she furiously wiped them away.

She gently sat up, nodding slowly, “That strategy seems effective.”

Chief stayed silent, as she tried to catch her breath normally again, however, Rahu continued to add the question that lingered on her mind from the beginning of the previous activity.

“Why didn’t you do it sooner?” Rahu whispered to the woman who was still dazed on top of her. “You, yourself, are smart enough to realize that if you did it sooner: grabbing my hair, my ears, my nose, attacking my face, you would have escaped faster.”

The Chief frowned slightly, quietly sitting up, her voice whispering from the training just now.

“I didn’t want to hurt you… so I tried to think of a way to escape without touching your face, like tickling.”