"Alright, since we've now reached the tallest tower in our entire village, and Big Brother Niu, you've seen for yourself that Master Roshi isn't here at all, can you admit defeat gracefully?"
Hearing Uchiha Hiko's words, the Bull Demon King finally came back to his senses. By then, he had laughed so hard he could barely breathe, but only after Uchiha Hiko finished speaking did he remember what he had come here for.
After all, his master had been missing for so long, and Uchiha Hiko had invited them over to solve a problem, not create one.
If his master had really caused some kind of trouble for Uchiha Hiko in his village, then he would be deeply guilty.
So he took the important task of finding his master even more seriously.
Moreover, Uchiha Hiko had just looked around the entire tower, and there really was no sign of Master Roshi.
Originally, Uchiha Hiko had been quite certain that he knew where Master Roshi was. But when he heard the Bull Demon King righteously insist that his master had to be atop the tallest tower, he began to wonder whether his own judgment had been wrong.
So, to make sure he was right and guard against any possibility, he had first looked around when he arrived.
Only after confirming that Master Roshi was nowhere to be seen did he finally relax. Though he knew that even if he lost the bet, the Bull Demon King, his best friend, would never simply abandon him, and even if he lost—
Uchiha Hiko was sure that the Bull Demon King would still give him those shoes.
But even if the Bull Demon King simply handed him the shoes, could he really accept them without shame?
Not to mention how the Bull Demon King