He wipes the blood away from his eyes again with one oversized sleeve and stares intently at Spike. Something... there was some sense of familiarity here.

But he didn't have time to sort this out. That man was still somewhere nearby, and the traps and misdirections he'd left behind wouldn't fool the man in black for long.

And if they caught him? Shinichi was certain they wouldn't stop at leaving him for dead this time.

"...I'm leaving."