Hinata grinned, the smile of a man who'd paid too high a price for power.
"So you can regenerate," Raito spat, eyes flat. "A skill no hunter has. So you lied to the Hunter Association. You lied about your skills."
Hinata leaned forward like a blade. "You're right. I didn't have it at first. I got it from an experiment. A shadowy hunters' association. They give skills. Everything has a price." His voice cut. "What's the price? You'll learn when you die."
He charged.
Steel screamed. Dagger met cursed blade and the force shoved Raito back. He twisted, ducked, and snapped a back kick into Hinata's head. Hinata staggered. Raito didn't stop.
"You're a monster. Not human anymore," Raito said. He drove his dagger into Hinata's thigh. Flesh gave. Hinata howled, half laughter, half anger.
"This is only the beginning," Hinata snarled through the pain. "For now I capture hunters. Soon civilians. We'll cage them. Watch the monsters eat them. You'll die by my hand."
