Chapter 716: Social Club (6)
"Yes, Master! I’ll go to the Great Xia officials and demand that they hand over that damned shepherd boy so we can cut off one of his hands as well!" Another disciple, Fujisai Jirō, suggested, "We can put pressure on Great Xia’s authorities to comply."
"That’s right! Every disciple of our Sword Sect is a carefully chosen treasure. That Great Xia farmer dared to cripple our junior brother Kawashima Shi—he absolutely cannot be forgiven!" Maeda Daisen also spoke furiously.
"Heh." A sneering, mocking laugh rang out from the side.
"Who’s there?" Asuka, Maeda Daisen, and Fujisai Jirō immediately turned, their eyes blazing with anger.
They saw Tōan Ritsu, the red-haired superhuman, slowly rising to his feet. He scoffed, "The so-called Sword Sect, the sacred martial sanctuary of Jiepeng, has enjoyed five hundred years of prestige... yet its disciples are nothing more than pitiful, immature children?"
The superhuman, with his striking red hair and smoky black eye makeup, did not bother to hide his disdain.
He looked scornfully at Asuka and the others. "A true warrior reclaims what he loses on the battlefield. And yet, your first thought is to pressure Great Xia’s government? Such disgraceful words, staining the very concept of honor. How do you even dare to say them out loud?"
"Insolence!"
"You lowly commoner! How dare you speak to us this way?"
Asuka and the others erupted in fury. In Jiepeng, only those of noble lineage were allowed entry into the Sword Sect’s sacred halls. Talent alone was not enough; one had to be of aristocratic blood. Commoners and upstarts were strictly barred from training in the sect’s swordsmanship.
Thus, every one of them, Asuka, Maeda Daisen, Fujisai Jirō, hailed from prestigious families with noble bloodlines stretching back hundreds of years. In stark contrast, most superhumans were born as ordinary people. Some were street thugs, some were gang enforcers and some were penniless students...
To Asuka and the other noble disciples, these superhumans were nothing more than representatives of lowly bloodlines. A class meant to be ruled and enslaved.