The Martial Unity

Speaking to Kane was quite good; they went on to speak for a whole day, talking about a whole slew of topics. "So your Hungry Pain contribution was a whopping success," Kane remarked. "I can't believe you planned for that ten years ago when you gave it to us to create samples and evidence that the Martial Union could use to verify the effects of the technique. That's unbelievable!"

He marveled at Rui's foresight in and outside fights. "Yes, but it also had a lot of unintended consequences," Rui heaved a sigh. "For one, it came at a rather sensitive period, considering how groundbreaking it is. It has caused many waves and drawn a lot of attention."

Rui recalled what Master Krakule had told him about how the Hungry Pain technique benefited Prince Randal and the Hawk Faction the most. It was certainly something that he hadn't expected, largely because he was not aware of the internal political situation of the Kandrian Empire when he had given the technique to Commissioner Rez.

Though he wouldn't have changed his decision either way, he needed the funds to blackout Master Uma, and at the time, that was the best way he had.

"So that's about it for me. Nothing else has happened in the past three months. It has only been three months," Rui remarked.

"So you are planning on staying in the Kandrian Empire for now?"

"Yes, unless something drastically changes, forcing me to leave, I will definitely be sticking around in the empire. It doesn't feel like it, but it has only been four months since I came back home after Chairman Deacon passed away."

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each other like we used to," Kane nodded, smiling.

other people," Rui replied. "You're the second youngest Martial Senior in history, Kane. You were known to be a generational prodigy even before that. A lot of people are interest

can help you out," Rui offered. "Though you

going to do that," Kane replied. "I avoided this stuff back when I was a Squire. I also was never approached by anyone since I was only a Martial Squire. The only thing I was aware of was the fact that the Arrancar Family

raised an eyebrow, stroking his scruffy chin. "Interesting. I

Faction was the warmongering faction among all the factions of the Kandrian Empire. It made sense that Sage Damian Arrancar was aligned with them,

leader of the Fire Sect and

princess to support, right?" Kane asked. "…I am hesitating between Prince Raul, the People's Prince, and Princess Ranea, the Princess of the Seas," Rui replied. "They sound the least disruptive, but I don't know enough. I only purchased basic information. It's also too important to rely

not extreme enough in their ideologies, but he wasn't sure. Generally, when people appealed to a specific power bloc, it was not unusual for their policies to be overwhelmingly in favor of that power bloc. "I am meeting Princess Ranea in a week," Rui replied. "She's hosting a

see," Kane remarked. "What's a

the recent developments relating to the Princess of the Seas, explaining to him