[h2]The Ripper[/h2]

It didn't matter that she'd been doing this for months now, there was still something so enthralling about watching other girls throw immense amounts of power around... even though she could scarcely conceive a more inefficient way to bring down the Negari than throwing everything you had at it until it complied with your desires to stop moving. Not that she'd been watching the girls over finding the weak point or anything!

The white-haired girl slipped from her roof, eyeing up the beast. Its carapace was definitely too thick for her to cut down in a single blow, so she'd just let the others supply the force once she'd marked the point out. The only trouble was [i]getting[/i] to it. Noriko could clearly see the fault line, it ran straight down the thing's chest, like the keystone in an arch, but to land the blow she'd have to get in and get out without anything hitting her.

Then she put on speed.

First, bait out an attack. Deliberately move slower than you can, wait for the swing...

Second, move as fast as you can, faster than any other girl present and jump over its blow...

Third, materialise a knife, slashing at the hard shell and leaving an oozing line down the centre...

Finally, kick off the negari's bulk before anything hits you. That the beast cracked its own torso further trying to swat at the irritant getting too close to it was just icing on the cake.

"It's weakest along that line!"