{In Shikadai's palace.}
The seven samurai's who fainted during the fight against Kirito arrived at Shikadai's palace to announce the has news.
They opened the door to the Shikadai's room where the throne is located and bowed in front of him.
"Well, where is Gyuen?" Shikadai asked.
"He died in battle my lord, it seems Kirito was more powerful than we expected." One of the samurai chose to speak for the others.
"How did you guys survive if he died?" Shikadai's voice started to become more and more menacing as if he thought they were hiding something.
"It would have been impossible for us to distinguish his power if you didn't show it. It seems he has similar power as you, but a bit different. You don't release the same aura, but the techniques were quite the same.
"I'm intrigued, tell me what this power was?"
"I can only say, he knocked us out with the power of gachi..."
"What!?" Shikadai shouted out. He knew what gachi they were talking about and was surprised because only a few in a million possess that gachi.
"Are you sure you saw him use a gachi against you?"
"Yes," The samurai said without hesitation.
Shikadai wasn't that surprised about the gachi, because nearly all high-rank ninjas and samurai including all the emperors have gachi, what surprised him is that he managed to learn it in a matter of less than a year.
'It took me 2 years to learn the gachi, and for that peasant, it only took him 6 months. How can someone get so powerful in such a short lapse of time? There is no doubt, this man will soon be able to activate his noble phantasm..."
"My lord, he also released a red aura, just like yours when you fought the chief of the Shindo."
Shikadai wasn't surprised, because the gachi also can act as armour and amplify attacks. However, what disturbed him was that Kirito could come for revenge, and with how powerful he was getting, it's only a matter of time before he had the strength to kill him. Shikadai was the weakest of all emperors, even his high-class samurai were stronger than him, and he counted on them in these types of situations.
"Alright, call Atsushi Midoriya..." Shimada said in a serious tone.
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{The village Kirito and Rob we're located.}
Kirito asked the villager what happened, and he told him that the ninja did it. Kirito instantly understood why he let us go.
Danzo pointed his katana at Kirito and Rob from the cliff, and the katana started to release a pink aura with a big pink ball on the tip of the katana.
"Disappear," he said as he released the ball which was falling in Kirito's direction.
It was falling at high speed, so when Kirito saw the ball, he took his katana out, and released a read aura just like Danzo's pink one and managed to swing his katana at the ball like a baseball bat back to the hill.
It exploded at the top of the hill destroying the hill. All we could see was a flat land of ashes which were still a bit red due to the explosion. Kirito and Rob took advantage to make the run for it with their horses.
The ninjas on the other hand survived the attack without significant injuries apart from their dead horses. There was no way they would be able to catch up to them.
Once they assumed they were far enough, they decreased the pace. It was 6 am they were about 10 hours away from Osaka, meaning they would get there before night falls. Kori wanted to know more about Guilds, so he asked the last about it.
"Hey lady, could you tell me more about swordsman guilds?" Kirito asked.
[Guilds are parties of swordsmen who perform missions together and as the latest function, they raid dungeons together. There are three classes of guilds, F class, A class, and V class. Given your actual level, you will easily be able to attend a V class guild.]
"Hey ask the lady if guilds are independent or not," Rob told Kirito.
"You heard him, lady."
[Guilds are not independent, they are sole servants of the emperors if you dare betray them, then you will instantly die because they bestow a spell on you directly when integrating a guild.
Kirito stopped his horse as well as Rob who didn't understand why he was going on.
"Then why are you telling me to join a guild if I'm gonna die later on!?"
[Well, you never explained to me your ambitions. I do help, so if you explain to me properly your ambitions, then I will be able to help you.]
"I'm trying to assemble a troop of elite soldiers who are going to help me conquer all of Japan."
[Well, it's quite hard to do that in Japan because everywhere you go, you're in enemy territory. This might be very controversial, but in Osaka, there is a port. As in Japan, you have no chance of joining a guild then it's better you create a guild elsewhere. The best option is China where your real mother and siblings are located. However, the next trip to China is in 10 months, so for now I suggest you make a low profile and wait for ten months to pass by.]
Kirito was devastated after what the lady said, but what could he do? It wasn't like he had a choice. The main objective was to find a group of strong people, no matter where they were.
"Well then Rob, I think it's time for us to act like normal citizens for now..."
"What do you mean?" Rob asked astonished.
"In Japan, it's impossible to join a guild because it is controlled by the emperors, so we need to create one in China. The only problem is, the next trip to China is in ten months, so for now, let's just act like normal citizens, no fighting and all that."
Rob thought for long and agreed that the best way to survive during those ten months, is by not doing anything at all. They still headed to Osaka, because they planned to open a tea shop there to spend the next ten months.