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The moment Ryu got out of the range of the initial crowd, his gaze flashed once again. A surge of qi shattered the character on his lapel as though it had never been there to begin with. What a joke, as if he would waste his time getting constantly harassed because their equipment was inferior. 

"I haven't done this in a while. How do you think I should go about learning a new weapon?"

In truth, Ryu wasn't very excited about the staff, that was why he picked it first to get it over with as quickly as possible. He was aware that this wasn't the ideal mindset to go into learning something new, but he couldn't help the way he felt.