Yamamoto Ryuichi took a deep breath and spoke, enunciating every word.
"What did you say?"
The expression on Moriyama Yeren's face froze completely. He patted his ears and stared hard at Yamamoto Ryuichi, briefly wondering whether he really had reached his limit and could no longer even hear properly.
Abe Jiro and the others also blanched, staring unblinkingly at Yamamoto Ryuichi with disbelief mingled with the horror in their eyes.
It sounded as absurd as someone announcing in the Sakura Special Zone that the Eight-Headed Demon Snake King had been tamed.
Yet after Yamamoto Ryuichi repeated himself in a firm voice, a deathly silence fell over the meeting room once more. Everyone held their breath.
However reluctant the Sakura Special Zone's leaders were to believe it, they had no choice but to trust Yamamoto Ryuichi. They simply could not think of any reason why one of the strongest men in the Sakura Special Zone would lie to them.
"Yamamoto Ryuichi, do you realize what you're saying? That SSS-rank awakener from Dragon Glory-if I remember correctly, he only awakened last year, didn't he? It hasn't even been a year yet. Are you really certain he was the one who tamed it?"
Moriyama Yeren quickly regained his composure and immediately spotted the implausibility in Yamamoto Ryuichi's account. His vicious, triangular eyes watched the expressions of Old Chen and his companions as he directed that pointed question at Yamamoto Ryuichi.
Abe Jiro and the others also caught on, then looked at Yamamoto Ryuichi doubtfully again.
Exactly. Even if an SSS-rank talent was unheard of, how could that talent alone allow someone who had awakened less than a year ago to tame a super magical beast on the Eight-Headed Demon Snake King's level?
Yamamoto Ryuichi's eyes narrowed, and anger rose within him. He was,