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Mouse respected Bear, even though from the outside he might have seemed like a brute, a fighter who only won because of his insensitivity to pain, his spatial vision of the combat zone, his ability to generate tactics made Mouse believe that he was facing a boy more brilliant than he might seem at first glance.

The first move of the second round did not surprise the public, who were not aware of what was at stake down there, but it did surprise Mouse. He feinted and launched himself, but not in the direction of the blind spot but to the opposite side to the one that Bear had damaged, but not only did He move his foot back in the opposite direction, but a right swipe cut short the attack of the scrawny boy who narrowly avoided having his head blown off by a slap.