"Teacher Chiba, I still don't understand why you would send them an invitation when they have made it clear that they don't take our Kanto Kendo Alliance seriously!" In a ryotei in Tokyo, an elderly man named Chiba was savoring a cup of clear tea, while Shimoe Akiha, seated beside him with a still-pale face and an arm in a sling, was puzzled and unclear about the decision the elder had made earlier.
However, faced with the still indignant Shimoe Akiha, the elder merely lifted the corner of his eye to glance at him.
"Slap!"
"Teacher Chiba, why did you hit me?" Covering his slapped cheek with his still-intact hand, Akiha looked confused and somewhat aggrieved at the elder, not understanding why he had been struck.
"Foolish!" The elder snorted coldly but did not explain to Shimoe Akiha.
