[Because you are one?] The system notification answered, and Ryuk's brows furrowed.
[That's a harmless joke. But previously, you always tried to predict actions mid-battle, you know.]
"Really?"
[Yes. Remember your fight with Ignatius? You needed to outsmart him because you knew he was stronger and faster. Back then, you used your head more to fight.]
[You even upset that guy you fought before Ignatius—the shield guy—by telling him his only source of power was useless against your scythe, and that he was therefore doomed to fail.]
[He grew frantic afterward, and that signed his own loss.]
[But once your strength started growing—becoming powerful enough to overwhelm most enemies—you deviated from using your head and focused solely on your new weapons:
[Overwhelming strength and speed—forgetting the tool you once relied on most.] The system said that, but Ryuk defended himself.
