Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock.
Uchiha Hikaru and the young woman had stayed up until late at night, so they had dozed off lightly. Still, they held onto a sliver of hope that someone would come looking for them tonight.
The sudden knocking startled them both awake. Hearing it, they were utterly overjoyed.
Since they had been delayed here for too long, the two of them had found a small house and settled down for a while. They figured it would be more convenient that way.
"Coming, coming! Please wait a moment. I'm coming to open the door right away."
The two were so excited that they did not know what to say. They thought someone must have come to sign up. If it was a physician who knew martial arts, that would be even better. But even an ordinary physician who did not know martial arts would not be bad.
The most important thing was loyalty. Whoever joined their team had to work together with them wholeheartedly. Someone who was half-hearted would be useless no matter how skilled they were in martial arts.
Both of them strongly agreed with that view. For a small team like theirs, mutual trust was the most important thing. If they did not trust one another, more problems would inevitably arise on the road.
Rather than dealing with that, it was better for the two of them to continue traveling together as they had before. It would save time and effort; otherwise, they would only be creating trouble for themselves.
"I saw that you put up many notices around the streets, saying you were looking for a physician skilled in martial arts to accompany you in searching for the Dragon Pearl."
The man spoke in a trembling voice. Most of it was because