the only impediment to this plan of relaxation and debriefing was when a blurred figure slammed into Dale and sent him careening into the stone of the mountain a hundred paces away. The rock shattered, and Dale flopped bonelessly to the ground. “You think that just because you reached the B-ranks, our agreement is complete and you no longer need to show up for your training?” Gomei was already standing next to Dale. He picked the human up off the ground by the neck, then threw him toward the training arena. “All it means is that I no longer need to coddle you!” Gomei turned to look at the
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