He'd been focused on obtaining data from 02 and pulling 03 out of the path of his sensors, but he hadn't been completely unaware of 01's movement. Red data readouts scrolled before his visual display, noting that 01 had shifted from mere defensive tactics to aggression.

With a wordless cry, he let go of Apollo and dropped his shoulder back to clear the attack. He seized Kibitoshin's wrist and, with apparently no effort at all, threw the warrior back towards the wall. Eyes wide and glowing, he leapt at Kibitoshin, armed with a set of three-bladed twin blades that he definitely hadn't been holding a second ago. One of them was coming down directly at Kibitoshin's chest.