His whole arm felt numb. Something..poison that was it..He shouldn't have let that attack go through. He would most likely lose an arm over this if he didn't work fast. It was starting to throb. Yelling out would only alert her besides his eight supposed images would distract her well enough. An ordinary ninja would just have made hollow images these were alive and would deteriorate after a while. Not exactly the real thing perhaps even exceptionally weaker. Pushing himself out of sight he pulled the shoulder armor off not tossing it away. Something like that could easily be tracked. He just needed to speak with the woman not fight to the death. Oh well, that's how things seemed to go. Perhaps that chi sorcerer's magic was working against him even now. He watched the slowly creeping black marks along his arm where the dagger had entered. Not much time..As he relished on these thoughts the sorcerer's voice rang in his head. 'Hehe..got a problem Shinto? Let me help you..' No..I would rather di ARGH! Gripping his shoulder the laughter continued a small orb of black electricity encircling Shinto's arm. In place came a strange black armored sleeve almost completely differen't from the original. The mark of the chi wizard scarred across it. His arm didn't sting anymore..he didn't feel anything anymore..What the hell happened..