There were always treasures in a person's life worth protecting at all costs.
As an underground-world tycoon, the president of Wedge Real Estate, and one of the Chinoike Clan's only two surviving bloodlines, Oyashiro En had spent half his life adrift. To him, his daughter was his greatest treasure.
Therefore, when he heard Araki promise that he would personally guide Chino in the future, all hesitation and doubt vanished from his heart.
"Sir!"
He climbed up from the floor and sincerely lowered his head to Araki.
Although Araki's swordsmanship had not yet reached the level where he could see through one's true heart and distinguish good from evil, he could still sense Oyashiro En's completely unreserved sincerity.
So he smiled. "Sit. Let's watch their match together."
"Sir, since things have come to this, should I have them cancel the challenge they arranged earlier?" Oyashiro En asked tentatively.
"Eh, no need."
Araki waved a hand. "I heard that the guards under your command are all elites too. Let them have a match."
"Yes."
Seeing that Araki did not mind, Oyashiro En stopped bringing it up. The two sat facing each other on the sofa and watched the upcoming match together.
As for Zhenshu, who had been treated as a tool, and the unlucky Manager Suzuki, Oyashiro En used genjutsu to make them forget everything that had just happened before they left the room.
Just as Araki was landing a big catch on Nameless Island, the duo searching the sea for the Tiger Shark Pirates had also made a discovery.
On a single-masted sailboat, Hua Bing, her long black hair draped over her shoulders, held an ice crystal sphere roughly the size of a human head before her waist.
The flawless, transparent Ice Crystal Ball reflected the conditions of the surrounding