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**"..."

H**e wanted to speak, though he was almost certain his jaw was broken. He retained his silence just as he had his stance. Nausea came in a wave, indicating to him that he had at least one concussion. Though he resisted giving into the urge to vomit. Jinsoku was a Knight of the Order of Force. To submit would be great dishonor upon his vows to himself as a Knight, and to his patron organization and to Master James himself. If Canaan worried about killing the man, then he'd have to be the. one to forfeit on Jin's behalf. This whole tournament, Jin had been doing some soul searching. Just when he thought he had found himself, here came Canaan to prove him wrong yet again. He hated the thought of blaming any of his problems on others, though the only inconsistency in his life was spurred on by Rou. Could feelings over a woman really cause him such stigma in his martial way?

***"fin-ch, it"*

He managed to get out as his heavy breathing continued, and the lingering heat in the area became more apparent. Had they been fighting in a giant oven all along? Who the ****** thought it would be a good idea to pit fighters against one another in an oven of some sort? Regardless, Jinsoku kept in stance and merely waiting for Canaan to finish what they started, before Jinsoku managed to pull a come back.

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A**nybody else may have known when enough was enough, but Jinsoku wasn't just anybody. He was well above average, conditioned through harsh training and a series of experiences that would brake most men. Some that had even broken him, however temporary. Though time and time he prevailed. In this case however, it was clear which had more years of experience in their respective lifestyles. One thing had become clear beyond the shadow of a down. He too was somehow infused with a creature of the storm. Or perhaps he was one of them Metahumans. None of this convinced Jin to fold, he would fight this fight until he couldn't any longer.

Ki was committed within him as opposed to the prior Yoki. It flushed throughout his entire body, spreading over him as it hardened and blackened. The mild shake in his legs, the sway of his tiring, aching body, suddenly stopped! There he stood completely motionless and unable to move, yet he had coated himself in a protective layer. He had activated the Iron Shell. The concussive wave akin to a boom of thunder washed over him, though failing to force an immediate affect out of him. Once the waved passed, as the sound of it echoed, the iron shell cracked severely yet still whole fell away from his form, and Jinsoku vomited without warning.

**"Fu-"

D**ropping to his knees, into his own waste, Jinsoku's head came to rest his chin on his chest. His breathing slowed and steadied, his heart rate slowed to his natural average. Blood, spit, and viscera dripped from his hanging head. Jinsoku in his current state couldn't obviously withstand the effects of thunder, and he had worsened the exposure to the attack back casting that iron shell, experiencing first hand what he had done to his first opponent in this tournament. If he had have been less fatigued and closer to his peak condition, he could have tanked the assault no sweat. He anticipated an attack like the one used earlier, though the force revealed was one of a different nature. Had it have been what he anticipated, he would have endured. For the first time in a long time, Jinsoku had suffered a proper defeat. One he would not soon forget. These past two years had taught him a lot, and yet he still had much more to learn. Much more to experience.

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> +.] [Active] - Iron Shell: Jinsoku is capable of infusing his Ki through and out of his pores. Once the Ki exits the body, it covers covers the body while taking on a black color. This ability allows the user to become incredibly resilient to physical damage at the full expense of his mobility in the same moment. Gauging the right and wrong times to employ this technique is difficult considering the harder something is, the more brittle, rendering him without invulnerability. (1 Post Duration, 4 Post Cooldown)

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