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The young man who stood before Ryu was stunned silent. He had gone from thinking that Ryu was scared of him to suddenly feeling a murderous intent enshroud him completely. 

He couldn't wrap his head around what was happening. Didn't Ryu just say he wanted to snap his staff in half? Why did it look like he wanted to kill him? 

Wait, that wasn't the point at all. A staff master having their staff taken away was enough of a humiliation. But, for that staff to then be snapped in half?! The young man suddenly realized that he would have rather died than allow such a thing to happen to him. 

"You—!"

By the time the young man had finished his thought process, Ryu had already brushed by him and appeared beneath the gates. 

'Hm… This wasn't here before…' Ryu thought to himself.