City Lord Loom's eyes narrowed. He found Ryu's actions more confusing than they'd ever been before. If he didn't know better, he'd think that this young man had a split personality, one of which was a dolt, while the other was sharp and intelligent.
The Inner Ring had its own governmental system apart from the Outer Ring, but it wasn't drastically different. While in the Outer Ring, there were nine major cities controlled by three Fifth Order Sects each, in the Inner Ring, there were dozens of major cities split amongst five Half-Step Sixth Order Clans.
Though the Inner Ring technically covered a smaller area than the Outer Ring, it had much less wilderness around it, leading to this situation.
