"Should be soon..."
Before Arataki Itto could finish speaking, two sets of light footsteps came from outside the door. Two people of similar height walked in-Yanfei and Kuki Shinobu.
"Oh, Li Qiuzhi, are you here to hear how the case turned out?" Yanfei asked with a smile.
"More or less. How did the court rule?"
Seeing them return, Li Qiuzhi figured the legal dispute must have reached a conclusion, so he asked with some curiosity.
"Hehe, we spent more than ten days preparing. Naturally, we completely crushed the opposition!"
Yanfei patted her chest, looking quite pleased.
"It was all thanks to my senior's help. Otherwise, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly," added Kuki Shinobu, who wore a black face mask.
"Don't be so modest, Shinobu. With opponents of their caliber, you could have defeated them perfectly well on your own."
Yanfei shook her head.
Just as Kuki Shinobu was about to say something else, Li Qiuzhi interrupted, "All right, all right, you're both very capable. Let's stop going back and forth being modest.
"Since the case went smoothly, let's go celebrate a little. My treat. There are also a few things I'd like to ask of you."
He briefly explained that he wanted to learn Kuki Shinobu's and Itto's swordsmanship skills.
"Uh, someone's actually interested in the boss's swordsmanship? Doesn't he just swing a spiked club around wildly?"
Mamoru, one of Itto's followers, looked a little surprised at Li Qiuzhi's words.
"Huh?" Arataki Itto gave Mamoru an annoyed look. "I developed it from our Oni Inheritance Swordsmanship! Using it grants the power of oni gods. What do you mean, swinging wildly?!
"I just feel that a spiked club suits me better than a sword!"
"Sorry, boss, I was ignorant. But when you swing your club around, it really does look