When the woman in the white turtleneck thought her reaction was fast enough to pull away from Ethan, she didn't expect that after cutting off the man in the black trench coat's arm, Ethan would turn without hesitation and swing his blade toward her.
The strike was fast—very fast.
So fast that the woman, who thought she had gotten far enough, didn't even notice a shallow cut had already appeared on her neck.
Ethan glanced past the woman in the white turtleneck. That last swing of his blade had been aimed at her neck. If nothing unexpected happened, that cut should be enough to take her head off.
But unfortunately, a green light flared on a player standing behind her, and the woman's backward retreat suddenly sped up.
So Ethan's long blade only grazed her neck.
As the saying goes, if you want to catch the thieves, seize the leader first. There's a follow-up rule too: in a team fight, you go for the back line—the people in the rear.
