The first strike with the active hacks hit Kai in the chest.
He didn't dodge it.
He blocked it with his crossed forearm.
The blue energy on the administrator's arm transmitted through Kai's forearm to his nervous system.
His left arm stopped responding for two seconds.
Kai shook it out. It responded.
'Two seconds. The transmission lasts two seconds before the body processes and discards it.'
'If it reaches the torso, the neck, the head — it lasts longer.'
'It can't reach there.'
The second strike was a kick to the right side — the administrator using the documented Aethon combat system, movements Kai recognized from watching A-rank hunters in Valdris.
He dodged it inward.
The third strike was the left arm in a downward arc.
Kai used the dodge momentum from the second to already be on the administrator's flank when the third arrived.
The arc passed through where Kai had been.
