The man shot to his feet, as if he'd been waiting for me to say those exact words. He even kicked over his chair, then just stood there staring at me.
"But I'll warn you first: outside the city is a lawless wasteland. Your life or death is up to fate, understand?"
Outside... So it really was a place without laws?
"What's the matter? Scared?"
As Knife Five spoke, all six of them stared at me. It was as if they absolutely wouldn't accept me if I changed my mind.
Looked like I'd have to fight them.
"Who else... wants to... fight me?"
I glanced at the six of them. To my surprise, everyone except Six Thieves stood up.
Looks like these guys really didn't want me joining the team.
There was a hint of disdain and resentment in each of their eyes.
"Fine. You can all... come at me. Outside the city... today."
Perfect. I still had all this anger pent up inside me. Damn it, today I'd show these guys why flowers were so red!
Every one of them wore a murderous expression. It was obvious they wanted to kill me.
"You're not... joining in?"
I turned to look at Six Thieves, but he shook his head.
"I can't. If it's sneaking around and pulling some tricks, I can manage, but a head-on fight... isn't my strong suit. I'll... just be the referee, okay?"
Six Thieves said he'd be the referee?
Hmm... I had a feeling something was off about this.
But now wasn't the time to think about that. Since these guys really wanted to kill me, I'd use my strength to make them accept me.
I didn't know why I was so confident, but I figured the old me must still have some powers I didn't