Sakura Country, Imperial Shrine.
"Lord Yamamoto, a Ruins opening fluctuation was just detected near Dongjing. It has been confirmed that a new Ruins has indeed opened two hundred li west of the city."
"Oh? So suddenly?"
Hearing the news, Yamamoto Jiro could not help but feel greatly surprised.
But then his brows furrowed tightly.
Over the past few months, Ruins had opened repeatedly across the territories of the Alliance Nations, and every time, it had been just as sudden.
There had been none of the signs that used to precede a Ruins opening.
And whenever this happened, it was not long before word came that Huaxia's mysterious expert had appeared there.
Could it be... that the Ruins appearing in Sakura Country this time was also the work of that mysterious expert?
"Over the past few days, has there been any sign of Huaxia's young mysterious expert appearing in Dongjing Base City?"
"No. But if that expert really came, we would not know either.
Although many people have seen him these past few months, not a single one has provided a portrait or photograph. There is no way to identify him.
We only know that he is very young, under twenty, with an exquisite war blade at his waist."
His subordinate replied with a bitter smile.
Come to think of it, it was strange. So many people had seen that expert, yet there were no photographs or portraits of him.
Was it because they had not dared look at that expert back then? Or were they so wary that they did not even dare let his portrait or photographs circulate?
"Hmph! I think they did it deliberately. After suffering a setback themselves, they do not want us to have an easy time either.
We are grasshoppers tied to the same rope,