They escorted Kaito into an alley where the air smelled of cold iron and frying batter. A silhouette stood beneath a single streetlamp: a man with a traveler’s cloak and a scar that cut his cheek like a folded map. His voice was dry as riverbed. “I hear you have an Inner Circle,” he said. “Teach me.”
: There could be sections on how to apply techniques in various scenarios, emphasizing the practical application of the Sabaki method in self-defense situations. Sabaki.Method-.Karate.in.the.Inner.Circle.pdf