Yorha 2B, Pt.15 - Submerged Countermeasure

A sudden hydrodynamic impact jarred my bark craft, unbalancing my stance into the shallows. An aquatic entity—a spotted juvenile carp—latched onto my right boot cuff, dragging my frame downward toward the silty basin floor. Maintaining tactical composure, I unslung Virtuous Contract with immediate precision. Rather than striking the biological organism, I drove the flat pommel of the blade downward against a submerged granite cobble. The sharp acoustic vibration reverberated through the dense water, startling the specimen into breaking its grip. Vaulting off the submerged stone, I breached the surface and secured a high foothold on the dry pond coping. Neutralized aquatic ambush; operational mobility preserved.