The Martial Unity

"My sense of humor is as sophisticated as ever," Master Reina corrected him.

"…Sure thing," skepticism was palpably dripping off his voice.

"You don't seem very convinced."

"Your humor has the sophistication of that of a teenager who just learned about the bees and birds," Rui scoffed.

"Is that how you speak to a teacher you haven't seen in five years? I haven't forgotten that you didn't invite me to your assassination!"

"What assassination?" Rui innocently replied. "I haven't assassinated anybody in my life. No ma'am. Not one soul. This pupil of yours is a law-abiding citizen."

"Huhu…That was the right response," She nodded approvingly.

"This no assassination, is it?" Master Gurren asked, having returned to normal.

"Who knows?" She stared at Rui with an interested expression. "I haven't decided yet. Perhaps if this silly pupil of mine made up for not having visited his poor, lonely teacher for so many years and cheating on her with another teacher, I might consider letting him live."

An amused smile flashed on Rui's face. "So you came all the way from the Sirana Gulf to the Kandrian Empire for a comedy skit? And you call your humor sophisticated."

"…to inform you that someone contacted Area Crina with the intention of commissioning the Voidreaper to assassinate one Rui Quarrier. They correctly deduced that there is some correlation between the two. I was

as his eyes narrowed, growing

it in stride,"

being taken against me within two years of my return to the Kandrian Empire was at about sixty-eight percent," Rui remarked calmly. "Yet there is too much deterrence to attacking me. Thus, anybody who does endeavor to do so is either very stupid or very powerful. The stupid are not a threat, but the powerful know that they cannot blatantly attack me with Kandrian

they will employ the power of international and foreign forces to take me

she stared at Rui in disbelief. "Did you predict that someone would

"But yes, I did anticipate something

you make preparations to

I grew stronger," Rui shrugged. "Much stronger.

techniques. I was hoping that

you. What happened to them hiring

analytical mind burst into action. "There are two possibilities. They are unable to commission a Master

eyes. "Thing is, no one who can't commission Masters should have the balls to antagonize me. Unless

Reina

underqualified. Both to kill me and to deal with the consequences. The Martial Union adores me for the contributions I made to Martial Art, and their Martial Art as well as the promise for more contributions and the prestige of having the most prodigious Senior in history. A Senior-level force that is too financially weak to commission Masters should be

they would if, as I mentioned, they are too stupid to realize that they are too weak to kill me with the political protection I have or hate me with such intensity that they are willing to suffer

might suspect him as the prime candidate. This was a man who hated Rui enough and was determined and perseverant enough to kill Rui even if it

But he was dead.

could