The next day.
Link declined the proposal of being accompanied by his senior brother and left the branch by himself.
Having visited the provincial capital twice and studied its most detailed map, he was not as unfamiliar with it as others might think.
Without any disguise, Link followed his planned route, wandering through the streets and alleys of the provincial capital from early morning till midnight, before returning to the Martial Arts School.
In the less than a year that Seventh Junior Sister Li Sisi had been studying in the provincial capital, Link visited all the places she frequented, as well as those she had only been to once or twice.
All his actions were done openly and honestly, making it clear for all those who had their eyes on both the Octagon Martial Arts School and him.
He was not worried about assassinations or other tricks in the least.
In fact, he was rather hoping that those hidden behind the scenes would lose their patience and show themselves.