Lin Lang moved swiftly, but Yagyu Piaoxu was no slower.
The two raced along, soon slipping out of the Giant Whale Gang headquarters under cover of night and reaching a rocky shoal.
Whoosh!
Three kunai flew at Lin Lang. He dodged aside and stopped.
"Miss, why are you chasing me so relentlessly? Have you never seen a man before?"
Yagyu Piaoxu looked delicate and frail, but she had inherited the true martial teachings of both her father and sister and had long since become a Heavenly Ninja.
She had accompanied her father to the Central Plains this time to help the Yagyu family rise.
Her father hoped to become Nihon's Martial Arts Alliance Leader and Grand Master Instructor to the Nihon Imperial Family.
The Yagyu family had worked toward this goal for three years. They absolutely could not let anyone ruin it!
Yagyu Piaoxu drew her katana. "You're from the Central Plains, yet you're wearing our Nihon clothing. What are you trying to do?"
Lin Lang's speech lacked the stiffness of the Nihon people, and there was certainly no one like him among the experts who had come from Nihon this time.
Even Kobayashi Tadashi, who led the Iga School contingent, could not possibly possess such excellent movement skills.
Besides, this man had been staring at the Yagyu family's courtyard earlier. He clearly had ulterior intentions.
Lin Lang rubbed his nose. "I just want to learn the Nihon language."
"When learning a foreign language, the language environment is extremely important, so I even dressed up as one of the Nihon people. But something even more important is having a good teacher."
"One look at your face told me you'd be a good teacher."
Lin Lang added inwardly, Even with your clothes on.
Such a pretty young woman surely had a