The intruders all wore light black outfits fitted tightly at the wrists and ankles, with sleeveless haori draped over them. Some looked middle-aged, others elderly, leaving Nanao Ise quite puzzled.
Why were these people surrounding and elevating a young man? Could he be another member of a Great Noble Clan?
However, the moment Su Feng saw them, he immediately understood.
Their exposed dark skin had already revealed their identities.
One of the Five Great Noble Clans, the Heavenly-Bestowed Armaments Guard—the Shihoin Family!
Their utterly undisguised spiritual pressure made it clear that they had come with ill intent.
The leader looked like a young man, with dark skin and long black hair falling down his back. His timid expression made him seem scarcely any more capable than Hanataro Yamada.
Su Feng could name this person.
The twenty-third Family Head of the Shihoin Family, Yushiro Shihoin.
"It has been a long time, Mr. Su Feng."
Yushiro inclined slightly in greeting. "I came here because I wish to ask you something."
There seemed to be nothing wrong with his manners alone, but the utterly undisguised spiritual pressure—even carrying a hint of threat—was deeply unpleasant.
Sure enough, before Su Feng could agree, Yushiro continued on his own:
"Shihoin retainers stationed in the Human World discovered the spiritual pressure of Mr. Su Feng and my elder sister in Naruki City not long ago..."
"I don't know, I'm not sure, I have no idea."
Su Feng cut him off with a single hand and a three-part denial, forcing Yushiro to swallow the words already at his lips.
The instant Yushiro opened his mouth, Su Feng knew what he was after.
As expected, he had come for Yoruichi Shihoin.
What surprised Su Feng was that, judging from Yushiro's composed bearing, he was more than qualified to serve