158 Mysterious Connection (2 in 1)

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A few days after the tournament was over, inside the hospital suite that Kurogane Shishio was recovering at, he received two visitors. His father, Tenma and his son Kazuya had visited him early in the morning before he would attend school again.

"Have you been well father?" Kazuya asked. "How is your wound?" being a person who had been shot as well, he had a lot of questions which made the unfeeling Shishio feel the boy's concern.

"I should be fine soon. It's just that I'm probably not as young as I used to be and the recovery is taking much longer than expected." He tried to hide the fact that he could barely use his left arm at the moment.

Shishio couldn't afford such a disadvantage with their clan gathering coming so soon. He was already aware of his older brother's movements trying to pin the blame on him. The only comfort he had was that he had been assigned a different task while his stupid elder brother was digging his own grave