Agito clutched at his wound that Mantis had given him to slow down the bleeding as much as possible. It hurt so bad, Mantis had been able to connect his hook strike which had raked through into his body and if it hadn't been for Blake to get it out-there would have been a deeper gash. By the look of it and the feel of it, it had almost reached the bone, which meant the hook had gone through much of the muscle. There was a real danger of passing out which meant he needed to finish things as soon as possible because the longer this match went, the more he became at a disadvantage. Mantis had the obvious advantage with the wound he had been able to give Agito, but he had also been able to use his camouflage ability to hide somewhere on the battlefield. Agito knew he was somewhere waiting to ambush him with a long range attack.

"Mantis can be quite tricky; he likes to use everything he can to his advantage while being a little more cautious if he has a disadvantage. He uses his long reach and if he connects with his hook strike then you will be in a lot of trouble. But even though that his ambush strategy gives him the edge of surprise, it also makes his offensive tactics predictable."

If he waited on the spot, he risked being caught off guard from any angles, but if he moved around it would only accelerate blood flow and decrease the time he could fight in this match. He looked around to see all the others fighting. He couldn't believe he had been bought into this conflict with these riders that were from Australia. This Mantis guy was a real pain in the ass-and so was Ikki, having to stick his nose into others' business. But he was the Fang King, and there was no way he could lose to some tall prick that attacked like a bug, because in the end-that's all he was, an insignificant piss ass bug.

He moved slowly around, nobody knowing what he was doing, but everything Agito was doing was with a purpose. He knew he was harder to ambush like this as because he was changing directions and speed his movements were less predictable. It seemed like Mantis was going to wait until Agito was really weak before he attacked and Agito needed to equal things out and wondered if trash talk would do the trick, "Hey you fuck, you wanted to fight me because I am smaller than you right? Do you really need to wait before you pounce onto your prey?" It seemed Agito had got a reaction and he turned to see Mantis coming at him from behind. Mantis came at him with his arm outstretched looking like a real giant praying mantis coming in and Agito could tell he was trying to finish this now. Instead of running away, Agito came at him, building up as much speed as he could towards Mantis before spinning around connecting a kick to the side of Mantis' face completely dropping him to the ground.

"Mantis is tall and uses his height and reach to his advantage…When he comes at you-you should go straight at him and commit him into the attack. It will be natural if you ride straight at him as his ego will get the better of him and he will not suspect there is anything interesting to your technique. This is when you should build up all the momentum you can get…than him being tall will help you." This is what Malin had told Blake in preparation for fighting him and it seemed to work because Mantis obviously didn't want to fight him anymore. Agito used the same principle and also remembered what Malin said. "Mantis is so tall and even though the top of his spinal chord and neck have a supernatural range of motion allowing him to have very little blind spots, his body isn't very practical at times. He can move limbs in a variety of ways, but not in different directions. He relies on his legs to turn himself rather than his hips and you can always use this to your advantage."

Agito had used this simple premise to commit him into the attack and spin himself around, coming from a new direction and leaving Mantis unable to defend it. The shot connected was quite hard but Mantis quickly got up to make sure Agito couldn't continue attacking him and he must have been threatened as he seemed to be growing. As if he wasn't tall enough already, he had the appearance that he was growing and all his limbs were getting longer. He put his arms out to his sides making him look fierce and ready to fight and intimidated every single rider in the room watching the match. Unfortunately for him, he was up against the Fang King, who feared nothing and merely smiled at the sight of this. Agito had worked out that this if probably half an illusion but still having some truth in it, it seemed he could slightly stretch his limbs out-but didn't have the capacity of doing it like a real praying mantis as he had bones and joints holding him back. However it was a sight to see and Agito laughed, "If you are indeed trying to scare me off, I suppose this is like when a praying mantis gets into its defence mode when threatened. I am the one with a hole in my body and you are the one that is threatened. You are weak."

Something happened on one of the platforms and Agito naturally looked over, getting distracted from what he was doing. When he looked back, he noticed that Mantis was gone, and that this was definitely the final bout between the two. Agito looked at his hand which was stained heavy with his own blood from his wound and hoped he could hold out until the end. If he couldn't finish it now than he would have to surrender and take himself off the platform. It wasn't because he feared for his safety or because it hurt too much, but he would only be a hindrance to his teammates if he were to stay on much longer.

He slowly scouted around the platform he was on, actually admiring the camouflage ability and how he was able to be unseen in a match where there really was no place to hide. As if by some sense, Agito had a feeling and he turned around to what seemed to be a blank spot, but where Mantis was hiding. Agito couldn't explain how he knew, but he just did know that Mantis was indeed there waiting for him. Knowing he had been spotted, Mantis got up from the ground, "You were almost within my range."

Agito didn't need to do anything; he was lining up and making the final preparations for his attack. "You were already in mine," he said with a smirk on his face. Mantis who began charging again with his arms outstretched looked around him and it was then he noticed the cage around him that he had been locked in. Like a bug in a box, he had been caught within the fang regalia and the trap to finish him off. The entire time Agito moved had been with purpose, setting up this final attack and now it was a matter of finishing it off. He built up speed and then stopped, using his inertia to create a shockwave so powerful that knocked Mantis over the edge of the platform, even with his reach trying to grab the edge, it still had been too much force to hold onto and he fell down to the ground beneath him to be the first rider to be knocked off within the match.

Agito dropped to his knee, the pain had really set in now. After using his regalia his legs hurt as well and the whole in his body was only getting worse. He wanted to keep fighting but knew he couldn't and it was then he heard someone calling to him. It was Malin, the Australian rider in his team, "Jump off the platform Agito-we will handle the rest, if you don't you will die." Agito smiled. This fuck. It seemed this team and this guy wasn't so bad after all, he took himself off the platform before collapsing in Buccha's arms. He didn't last very long and with all the stress he put on his body he lost consciousness.