The Martial Unity

1560 Commence

With two important events coming up, Rui quickly got to work, forming the presentation rapidly. The mode of the presentation was going to be an analog slide show where he would need to draw out each slide and it would be upscaled onto larger paper on a bigger board for the actual day of the presentation.

It appeared that digital technology in this world had not reached a stage where he could actively work on a screen and create a digital slide show. But that was fine as far as Rui was concerned.

A few days passed when Rui finally got a message from Kane stating that he had made his mind up, and wanted to meet.

Rui decided to oblige him.

"Kane," Rui addressed him as he sky-walked down.

"Rui…" He murmured.

Rui had immediately noticed a change in his temperament.

His eyes were sharp. Sharper than he had ever seen them.

His normally easy-going demeanor and body language were gone. Yet he wasn't stiff, there was only one thing that radiated from him at the moment.

Conviction.

Rui sensed the resolve in his eyes.

"Good, I see that you're well-prepared. I wouldn't have allowed you to go through with this is if you had half-baked determination," Rui remarked.

The two of them had been communicating remotely over the past few days as Rui informed Kane more of what was necessary.

appeared that Kane had truly

chilling undertone. "If we go through with this, I'm going to give it my absolute

even utter those words, but Rui had insisted that it was the

that couldn't happen unless one was giving it their very best to eliminate their opponent. Not even aiming to incapacitate or restrain was enough since

and Ieyasu had seriously aimed to kill each other in their fight, they wouldn't

we're doing this in the Kandrian Empire. I've told my family that I'd be away for a few days, that's how long this will take. I trust you've

nodded seriously. "I'm ready, Rui. Thank

him off. "I've told you. You're risking a fate worse than

expression grew sharper as he clenched

journey away. He was only going to get

and wide, heading west of the nation. Neither of them exchanged many words through their travels. Rui wasn't even interested in the journey itself. He had just returned to the Kandrian Empire and his homesickness was still too fresh for him to be pleased about leaving

to do

a deserted wasteland that was far west of

the presence of even the slightest hint of fauna and flora

get prepped," Rui said,

two of

his knives, taking his

after a long journey, hopping lightly

your last chance to pull out, Kane," Rui

willing to see this through,"

so…?" Rui murmured. "Well, I hope that's true. As I said, that was

avalanche of bloodlust erupted

air curdled under the peril that he

taut from the sheer

Kane's eyes narrowed.

point on, even if you beg me to stop, I won't," Rui