"Wha? GODDAMN IT!" He saw the glint of a knife- why was it always knives with her, huh? Luckily, Aoi had always been faster than Akane. It had led to her getting left behind in their first Nonary Game, but it worked for him now.

He put himself between Akane and psycho-Akane. There wasn't time to divert the attack, but that was fine. It...probably kind of proved Akane's point, but he didn't stop to think it through.