He actually wondered if that was how Kane entered his sights, through the story of the two of them beating Senior Xanarn the same way he did.
If that was the case, Rui could definitely understand why the man had turned his attention to both Rui and Kane.
('Does he intend to challenge me next or anything like that?') Rui's eyes narrowed.
Of course, he didn't mind it.
In fact, he intended to challenge guardian Ieyasu at some point himself. However, he did not intend to do so immediately. For now, he was still in the middle of his journey of getting stronger, once he achieved the first iteration of Project Metabody.
Once he did that, the VOID algorithm would have undergone a qualitative upgrade that would allow him to adapt with a degree of proficiency that was unlike anything else before.
However, he wasn't confident that even the pattern recognition system alone was enough to deal with someone of this caliber.
