From the moment you had entered the Ring, Ruri had felt that something was very strange. The barrier around the little pavilion had vanished for no apparent reason, and he could now walk inside. The Ninja Technique Encyclopedia had not disappeared either; it was sitting on the stone table.
But what surprised Ruri most was that every page of the Ninja Technique Encyclopedia was blank. He could not make sense of it at all.
What on earth is going on? What happened here? Is this still the same Ring I had before? Ruri looked around, then sat on one of the stone stools beside the stone table, thinking anxiously.
"No, there's something else that makes no sense. Usually, virtual text appears as soon as I come in. Why hasn't any appeared this time, even now? Has something really happened to this Ring?" Something suddenly occurred to Ruri, and he spoke in alarm.
Indeed, no virtual text had appeared since Ruri entered. Usually, whenever he entered the Ring, whether to train or rest, new text would appear. Yet this time, none had appeared, which would mean that the Ring would no longer be what it once was.
"Damn it, what happened here? What on earth is going on? Isn't there even a single clue?" Ruri stood up and looked around as he spoke angrily.
Yet just as Ruri angrily prepared to smash everything there, a small ball appeared out of thin air in front of him. It was only the size of a fist.
"What the hell is this thing?" he asked curiously, looking at the little ball that had appeared out of thin air before him.
Curious, Ruri touched the little ball in front of him with a finger. But the moment he touched it, changes began to take place