As few as 50 well-equipped kensei are said to have routed battalions. Like most samouryu and all kensei, Akina is a Kenshutsu genius.
Kenshutsu: Trans. “Sense/Detection”
Practitioners can enhance their sensitivity to and
spherically expand their bio-electromagnetic fields.
In combat, this translates to a seemingly precognizant
awareness of their environments and opponents.
This allows her to dodge multiple projectiles from various angles, track and predict enemy movements, or reposition herself for the perfectly timed strike– even blinded, deafened, and unarmed, samouryu are considered extremely dangerous.
Vaughn first crossed paths with Akina as her local underground escort, 10 years prior, during a drug operation where the Kido-gumi worked with authorities to plant her into her mission. However, the operation was a cover for a sanitization job she was secretly carrying out. Her orders were to scrub a sleeper agent program, but in a rare showing of moral defiance, Akina intentionally botched the effort and subsequently destroyed her career. She was dishonorably discharged, a falsified story was concocted and a request for extradition submitted. In response, she applied for asylum in the States, her exceptional military experience in past joint operations meriting approval with her citizenship further confirmed after her marriage to her wife, Eve [their assigned NRD (Narcotics Research Division, “NeRD”) officer on the cover op].
While video surveillance and multiple eyewitnesses exonerate Vaughn from the crime, the referenced knowledge of their past connection leaves them with chilling implications.
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