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Rui stopped listening after the extra bonus was mentioned. He frankly didn't care all that much about anything else the Lowminers had to say. The rest of the meeting passed in a daze as the branch manager tried to make as good an impression in the limited amount of time they had left.

Soon enough, Fae promptly excused all of them and left the branch, heading to the Martial Union. Once they arrived at the Martial Union, Rui raced to complete the post-mission protocols as fast as he possible could.

"What's he all excited about?" Dalen asked with confusion. "We just got back after a tiring mission."

Kane and Fae sighed.

"Forget about it." Fae shook her head.

"Nerds spend time in the library." Kane said. "That's exactly what he wants to do."

Rui couldn't even be bothered retorting to the barbs. Once he filled up the forms and signed the what needed to be signed. He rushed to the Apprentice library the second his work was finished.

"See you guys later!" He yelled as the figure of his friends grew smaller in the distance.

I should probably train too, I

Kane, as she rarely did. "It would be embarrassing if the runt I smacked in

two of them proceeded

the Apprentice library, he was so excited he felt jittery. Like a child who had entered a gigantic toy store after saving up his

should he learn? In what direction should evolve or develop his Martial Art in? There were so many options he

techniques consisted of a much more diverse

even dive in. He first calmed himself down, inhaling and exhaling deeply, regaining his composure. There was no point in getting too excited

what was he

and expand his

manner did he want that to happen? What were

a bit more complicated and nuanced. First, he was an all-rounder. This meant he

would be to fill in the holes

strengths and weaknesses of

lacking in general lethality.')

Mirage Dive, a striking and grappling offense move respectively. However, both of these techniques lacked flexibility. They could only be used in a handful of all the circumstances that

This turned out to be much more limiting than Rui had hoped. After all, it wasn't

using Vital pressure, a technique system that targeted vitals in the most effective way with every strike by optimizing hand form, location as

near a lethally threatening move, all it did was allow

That wasn't enough.

decided to fundamentally improve his offense on

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