"Patriarch Hyuga, I know my next request is extremely presumptuous, but I still hope you will agree to it."
"Tsubaki is the strongest among the new generation of our samurai. Yet that middle-aged man just now recklessly insulted Tsubaki's way of the samurai. In the Land of Iron, that would be enough to warrant a life-or-death duel."
"Now, I only hope that Patriarch Hyuga will allow Tsubaki to have a sparring match, so that she can prove her way of the samurai."
The aged voice carried an undeniable air.
Looking at Mifune, who seemed ready to throw caution to the wind, Hyuga Hiashi hesitated for a moment before glancing at Qin Yu again and saying with a bitter smile, "Mifune, don't blame me later for not warning you. This fellow has an extraordinary background."
"Still, Tsubaki is only a child. That lord probably won't blame her too harshly..."
Although Hyuga Hiashi had only met Escanor once, he had seen the enormous appeal of the clay pot after witnessing it firsthand, and Escanor was able to follow at Qin Yu's side.
Furthermore, he was one of the subordinates Uchiha Qin Yu had mentioned who were tasked with testing Konoha's new generation.
Hyuga Hiashi firmly believed that this seemingly ordinary middle-aged man before him was anything but ordinary.
Though he greatly admired Tsubaki, that admiration was limited to the level of the new generation.
Compared with someone who followed a legend, the gap was simply far too great.
With that thought, Hyuga Hiashi simply fell silent.
It would not be a bad thing for Mifune and the Land of Iron's envoys to suffer a little.
"Iai Slash: Tree-Breaking Stance!"
Tsubaki suddenly cried out.
The chakra-infused katana in her hand was clenched tightly. The next moment, it cleaved straight toward Qin Yu with