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

"If we go through with

hurt him to even utter those words, but Rui had insisted that it was the bare

happen unless one was giving it their very best to eliminate their opponent. Not even aiming to incapacitate or restrain was enough since avoiding dealing lethal blows required some amount of holding

and Ieyasu had seriously aimed to kill each other in their fight,

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

nodded seriously. "I'm

can thank me or curse me depending on the outcome," Rui cut him off. "I've told you.

grew sharper as he clenched his

prepared a few supplies, purchasing some potions and a food pills for their journey away. He was only going to get started after he was certain that he wouldn't be

wasn't even interested in the journey

was willing to

reached a deserted wasteland that was

of this feature. He couldn't detect the presence of

get prepped," Rui

before the two

knives, taking

a bit longer, loosening his body after a long journey,

chance to pull

willing to see this through," Kane declared with

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

bloodlust

very air curdled under the peril that

atmosphere seemed to have been wrung taut from the sheer pressure that he

Kane's eyes narrowed.

even if you beg me to stop,