The answer comes to you, like a flash of light! (20 Cunning, 10 Faith)

Those flickering lights were becoming a real eye-sore... you could see now why professors down on your earth was so adamant about students using laser pointers during their lessons. Those red lights were driving you nuts! It felt like with those things flashing in your eyes, there was no way to handle Sumin's movements; they weren't anything special, but not being able to see those key moments of reaction made this fight impossible!

If only there was something you could do about the way they were influencing Keiko. Should she cover her eyes? No, that's stupid. She has to be able to see. Could you damage the armor to the point that the flashes don't work any more? Not like this, at least; Sumin could move her head or shoulders out of the way before any attack could connect. What was the right way to do this?!

As the light flashed into your eye once more, an idea came to you. That's it! If she can redirect the reflective light to blind Sumin as well, it could all work out! Frantically, you urged Keiko to cover her own eyes with those reflective metallic panels of hers.

"I have to be able to see or I can't fight-"

You told her you already thought of that and to just forget about it! Urgently, you instructed her to run forward, attacking with just a short blade made of her panels, while using the others to form a reflective shield around her eyes. You were about to take a gamble, hoping that Sumin wouldn't keep attacking while her flashes weren't connecting. The end result was... actually a bit funny to watch. Keiko was swiping half-blind with her sword, only able to see Sumin's boots due to having her eyes mostly covered, while Sumin in turn was missing all of her attacks, due to her own lights flashing persistently into her eyes.

Thankfully, the bet paid off; even with her eyesight so restricted, Keiko was able to beat Sumin's armor until it was totally ruined, stopping the onslaught of lights. Once it was safe to do so, Keiko uncovered her eyes and devastated Sumin with a storm of remotely controlled blades, tearing the rest of the armor from her body. Finally, you didn't have to worry about that attack any more and she'd been reduced down to a judgment of T3{if Keiko's Tier = 3}, just like Keiko{endif}.

"You're not doing your priestess any favors, Katappashikara. That just now was me going easy on you. Did you know that sometimes, a priestess can come out looking better from a total defeat than from a futile struggle? A lot of it depends on how your opponent ends up handling you..." Sopor warned, smiling vengefully from the chair on the other side. You gulped, feeling nervous about your chances. "I don't like humiliating my opponents, but if I have to... I'll show my fangs~"

"It worked, Katappashikara-dono... Thank you for your quick thinking," Keiko sighed; you could tell her heart was beating quickly from the fear of fighting blind. That should all be past you now though... right?

((Cunning +2))

((Faith +1))