Maya had nothing to hide, and the fact that she went to visit the headquarters of the Isshiki family in Tokyo was clear to everyone.

  Whether their retionship ended in flict or cooperation, no one really knew, but they could tell that it definitely wasn't a good thing for them, especially when they could see that nothing had happened.

  Maya was strong, especially in closed spaces, such as rooms or tunnels, and with her magio one could escape from her.

  Masa might not have shown his might for a while, but as he gaihe title of the "Blue Beast" and was also the fastest magi ever alive due to the new magic of the Isshiki family, the "Mercury," it was without a doubt, he was the future, and probably had a ce to repce Maya as the stro.

  So, if the two had fought, then there was a ce that they might have destroyed the facility and everything, but the fact that it didn't happen theher showed how strong the infrastructure of the headquarters of the Isshiki family was or no fight happe all.

  If possible, everyone wao get close to the headquarters of the Isshiki family, but as the surrounding nds were owned by this family, it was impossible for oo enter uhey gained permission from the family.

  More importantly, once again, the magic of the Isshiki family was just too ve and dirty, especially in the current era where everything was based on modern teology.

  This was also the reason why many tries were adamant when the Isshiki family decided to ehe space-reted industry. While this family might say that they just wao make money, was it the truth?

  With the magic that the Isshiki family had mastered, many tries, especially those that ied heavily in space, were afraid that they would be overtaken or they might lose trol over spabsp;

  Still, many people also said that it was such a paranoid idea since a certain try was just afraid of petition if the Isshiki family was able to ehe space-reted industry, they were afraid that many panies would go bankrupt as they lost in the petition simir to their petition over a business in the Pacific area.

  Frankly, there were two flicts on hoan would live.

  One was to maintaiatus quo by living owo sides of two powerful tries, but oher side, many wished to bee stronger sihey khe fate of a weak try well.

  The weak had nhts, and what they could do was just receive the beating of the strong, being used until their values pletely disappeared and then lost in history.

  At that time, the men could only bee borers, and the women could only sell themselves as prostitutes.

  So, in the domestic, many supported the Isshiki family, especially after Masa sang the department song, which made him the first magi who ehe eai industry.

  The thoughts of the people at the bottom were simple.

  Masa was handsome; they wao be impregnated by him, so they wished to support him.

  The Isshiki family also had many pns to make the try prosperous, including the smart city within the Hokuriku region, which could be used tthen the defense of the try from the New Soviet Union and gain the support of many as this pn would bring a lot of eic, social, military, and many other bes in the area.

  To develop was expensive, and no one was sure whether one could succeed or not.

  It could be a waste of money, but it might not be; but then again, no one wished to see others succeed, so they hoped for the Isshiki family to fail with their attempt, especially those who hated the magis and wa them down, thinking that it was just a useless attempt to make all the people have a good impression of the magis.

  Yet, uhe satellite problem, this pn was easily accepted, especially when the Isshiki family was simply the boss of the area, and those people below wouldn't refuse sihey could get money by selling their nds or w uhe Isshiki family.

  Everything moved in a good dire for the Isshiki family, yet for Tatsuya, it was different sier his defeat to Masa, he had been ing to the Kyuuchouji Temple to practice his martial arts uhe master ninja, Kokonoe Yakumo.

  "Stop! Stop! Stop!"

  "What's wrong?" Tatsuya looked at the bald Buddhist monk with fusion.

  "It is you who is what's wrong?! Why is it like you want to kill me?!"

  As a master ninja, Yakumo naturally knew how strong Tatsuya was, especially when nothing was hidden from him. At the same time, he had a lot of es, especially with people in high positions, as they needed his servibsp;

  In the eyes of many, his profession might have disappeared, but the truth was that it existed, yet hidden and smaller as the advances of teology had caused only the strong tress and tihis profession.

  Yakumo, while he might not appear like one, was the stro.

  "Or, rather, what's wrong with you two? You have been in a strange mood tely."

  More importantly, what was se was the fact that Miyuki, Tatsuya's cutest little sister, didn't e to follow Tatsuya, which made Yakumo wonder whether something had happened betweewo. If so, then what or who was the cause?

  Still, what kind of person had made Tatsuya so desperate like this?

  After all, Yakumo had to admit that Tatsuya was strong.

  Not only Tatsuya's innate magic but also his attai of physical ability, Tatsuya was just slightly below him, and sooner or ter, Tatsuya might even be above him.

  So, was there anyone who could cause Tatsuya trouble?

  Rubbing his , Yakumo couldn't find an answer except for a certain family who had a sudden close retionship with Tatsuya's family. Yet, he didn't want to touch this family, especially when he khat he was just a poor monk fag the might of that family; he was just a small person and didn't want to get involved at all!

  His retionship might be close to Tatsuya, but their retionship was just a sparring partner instead of a student and a teacher, and as a ninja, his survivability was the most important factor.

  "....."

  Oher hand, Tatsuya hesitated to tell Yakumo about his problem, especially when he knew well that Yakumo couldn't help him, and he felt like... Yakumo's attais in the martial arts were far less than "his."

  "Master... do you know a stronger martial artist?"

  Tatsuya khat he couldn't defeat Masa with his magior could he ask Yakumo about the development of his magic, so all he could ask was whether Yakumo knew a stronger martial artist.

  "...Tatsuya-kun, I am the stro martial artist in this try."

  "...."

  Tatsuya fell silent, then sighed. "Then, is it really hopeless?" He khat he couldn't defeat Masa in physical and martial arts, so in the end, all he could do was rely on his innate magic, yet the st exge still gave him doubt, w whether his magic could really work.

  "Now, you make me curious. You don't have to tell me who your oppo is, but what kind of a style of martial art or on that he used."

  Tatsuya hesitated, especially when Miyuki had repeatedly reminded her, but... he just didn't want to lose, after all.

  "...a sword."

  Still, that answer gave Yakumi an ao everything. "Ah, did you fight the "Blue Beast"?"

  "...."

  "Ah, Tatsuya-kun? What's wrong with your eyes? Stop with those eyes! Or... I will kill you, you know~?"

  "..." Tatsuya.