Chapter 245: Training Direction—

After entering the dojo located next to the lake, Hiyori took a close look at the dojo in front of her.

She found that the dojo in front of her was completely the same except that the number "8" written in the corner was different from the dojo of Rifan she had seen in the golden list.

"Did Rifan really build his dojo here?" Hiyori whispered.

But soon, Hiyori thought of Rifan's mysterious ability.

"If it is really Rifan, with his ability, he can indeed build a dojo anywhere in the world!"

Thinking of this, Hiyori adjusted her kimono and decorations, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door of the dojo.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Rifan's dojo?"

There was silence, and there was no sound coming from the dojo.

Hiyori's hands froze in the air, and the expression on her face began to become a little nervous.

"Could it be that Mr. Rifan doesn't plan to see me?"

Hiyori plucked up her courage and said again to the inside of the dojo.

At this moment, the door of the dojo opened automatically, revealing the simple and quiet decoration style inside.

"Is this Mr. Rifan allowing me to come in?!" Hiyori's eyes lit up, with surprise in her voice.

However, after the surprise, Hiyori found that there was no voice of Rifan or Rifan disciples in the dojo.

Through the door, Hiyori did not see anyone in the dojo.

After a little hesitation, Hiyori decided to enter the dojo.

"If I can get Rifan's help, Wanokuni will be liberated from Kurozumi Orochi! So I can't hesitate now!"

Thinking that Gion once missed the opportunity to become a disciple of Rifan, Hiyori bit her lips and stepped into the dojo.

"Excuse me, Mr. Rifan—"

After entering the dojo, Hiyori first bowed deeply to the front.

Even though she hasn't seen Rifan now, Hiyori hopes to be as considerate as possible.

After bowing, Hiyori raised her head and looked around, and finally cast her eyes on the disciple column in the corner.

"Seven disciples' nameplates. That is to say, there is no disciple of Mr. Rifan in the dojo marked with "8"?!"

Hiyori's eyes flashed brightly, and her expectations of becoming Rifans' disciple deepened.

"That's right, there are still no named disciples in this place."

Suddenly, Rifan's voice rang behind Hiyori.

"!!"

Hiyori quickly turned around and looked behind her.

There, Rifan, who had just transferred from Dressrosa, was looking at her with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Rifan, it's an honor to meet you!" With her childhood undercover life, Hiyori calmed down quickly.

She landed on her knees and did a Dogeza in front of Rifan.

 "Mr. Rifan, my name is Kozuki Hiyori, please accept me and let me be your disciple!"

"After becoming your disciple, I will definitely engrave the words "respect for the teacher" in my heart."

"After fulfilling my wish, day and night, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life!"

Seeing Rifan, Hiyori didn't even use her stage name "Komurasaki", but when she treated Rifan, Hiyori believed that only by using her real name could she show her respect for Rifan.

"Since you have done such a standard discipleship, if I don't accept you as a disciple, it's a bit unreasonable." Rifan smiled.

"Are you willing to accept me as a disciple?!" Hiyori raised her head in surprise and looked at Rifan.

"You just said your wish. Before accepting you as my disciple, can you tell me your wish?" Rifan asked.

"Of course I do!" Hiyori nodded heavily. "The little girl is actually the former big name of this country, the daughter of Kozuki Oden. The little girl hopes to be able to liberate the country with my power and free my people from the tyrant!"

Having said that, Hiyori planned to explain the situation in this country to Rifan in detail.

But Rifan waved his hand to stop her plan.

".. I know the situation of Wanokuni roughly, so you don't need to tell me."

"I understand your wish, then accept this, just drop a drop of your blood on it."

Rifan stretched out his hand to support Hiyori and passed the disciple token to Hiyori's hand.

Hiyori intends to liberate Wanokuni, which is just in line with Rifan's wishes.

Before, Yamato only allowed Rifan to be able to operate on the island of Onigashima, but the island of Onigashima did not have a prosperous environment.

In contrast, Wanokuni not only has a wider range of activities but also has more popularity.

Rifan naturally hopes that he can move freely in Wanokuni just like in Dressrosa and Alabasta.

In addition, Hiyori's wish is also considered to be in line with Rifan's intentions, so Rifan feels that he has no reason to reject Hiyori.

After Hiyori received Rifan's token, she was so excited that she bit her finger and dripped her blood on the disciple's token.

Soon, four neat characters of Hiyori appeared on the token. Hiyori glanced at the token curiously, then handed it back to Rifan's hand respectfully.

Rifan turned over the token, and behind it was Kozuki Hiyori's training direction.

[Name: Kozuki Hiyori Winter]

[Age: 24 years old]

[Birthplace: Moby Dick]

[Training direction: Saint Seiya]