"You were right to have me instantly activate the elite mode, Kazuya. "You are not supposed to hold back against her. If you did, you would have been dead by now," Gaichu said to him via telepathy.
"Gee, Gaichu! "You are telling me now?" Kazuya replied back in the same manner as he continued clashing swords with Hiruda.
After several misses and clashes, they clashed another time, with both combatants sighing heavily.
"On second thought, I would rather kill you for sure before going after the girl," Hiruda said to him.
Kazuya frowned. "Oh, what changed your mind?" he asked.
"Tell me, young man," she asked of him. "You are not of this world, are you?"
Kazuya remained stoic, not giving any hint of himself as he blocked her attack. But he wondered how she had become aware of this. Could it have been part of the game's programming to leak the player's personal information to the virtual characters?