Shihan and Subaru were fighting fiercely, and several aircraft landed next to them.
A girl from the Swan tribe got off the aircraft. She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, like an innocent girl who had just entered college.
What got off the other aircraft was a man from the Swan tribe who looked to be about thirty years old. He had a face with a Chinese character and thick eyebrows. He looked very serious.
The girl first greeted the man fearfully: "Brother! You are here too!"
"Yeah!" The man hummed indifferently, then put his hands behind his back and stopped talking. His body was as straight as a knife, and the howling cold wind seemed to avoid its sharp edge and could not move the corners of his clothes.
Subaru obviously noticed the person coming, and Shihan suddenly noticed that Subaru's rhythm was a little messy.
"Ha!" Shihan punched Subaru back with a fierce punch and jumped to the side. The surging energy before had been controlled.
He didn't want to be watched by others, and Subaru's condition was no longer right, so there was no point in continuing to fight.
At this time, several more aircraft landed aside, and a few uniformed people came down from them, but they did not come over.
Subaru was knocked back a few steps by the punch. After stopping, he took a few deep breaths before slowly turning around and walking towards the man.
"Brother! I'm back..." As soon as Subaru started speaking, he heard bang! With a sound, the man slapped Subaru in the face.
"Brother! What are you doing!" The girl hurriedly stepped forward to pull Subaru away and exclaimed to the man.
"Hmph!" The man snorted coldly before saying to Subaru: "You are AWOL! I'll slap you! Do you accept it?"
Subaru's fists were already clenched, but he gritted his teeth and said, "Submit!"
The man said again: "You are the second young master of the Hoge family! But you were beaten up by an outsider on the banks of the Wusu River! Should you be beaten?"
Shi Han saw that Subaru seemed to be trapped for some reason and could not resist, so he immediately said: "Did you misunderstand? We are competing! There is no winner or lose..."
Subaru gritted his teeth and said, "It's time to fight!"
Only then did the man look at Shi Han and said: "I am Arthur, I don't care where you come from! What are you doing here! You beat the second young master of the Hogg family in public. This shame can only be washed away with your blood!"
Giving you one day to prepare should be enough for you to return to your peak strength! "
"Brother!" Subaru lowered his head, but said urgently: "Brother, please punish me! He is the transport team I invited, and it has nothing to do with him! Let him leave!"
The innocent girl also mustered up the courage, gently pinched Arthur's sleeves, and persuaded: "Brother, please don't be angry, the second brother just came back..."
"Aina! I haven't asked you why you don't go to school? Why are you here!" Arthur said coldly.
The girl Aina shrank her neck and said pitifully: "Brother~ I haven't seen my second brother in a few years. I miss him."
Shi Han frowned. This Arthur was obviously taking the opportunity to cause trouble. It seemed that he and Subaru were in trouble.
Moreover, Subaru and Aina looked very afraid of this Arthur. They didn't know the specific relationship between them, but it was obvious that Subaru was implicated by him.
Shihan said: "Arthur, right? Let me tell you again, Subaru and I are friends. There is no winning or losing between us, let alone who beats the other!"
Arthur ignored Shi Han, as if Shi Han was an insect. Who would care about what an insect is calling?
Subaru said: "Shihan, stop talking!"
Shihan didn't understand why Subaru was so afraid of Arthur, even though he was just a big brother.
Arthur suddenly smiled, looked at Subaru and said: "He is actually the second brother's friend! But even if he is a friend, it is a shame to defeat the second young master of the Hogg family in front of everyone!
But I might as well give my second brother some face, and you go and admit your mistake to your father! Let this matter be wiped out! "
When Subaru heard these words, he was shocked, as if he had been hit hard, and could not speak for a long time.
But after taking a look at Shi Han, he still said: "Okay, I'll go..."
"Arthur! If I accept your challenge, Subaru won't have to admit his mistake?" Shi Han interrupted Subaru and asked.
Arthur still didn't speak, but a thin middle-aged man with a sharp face standing behind him said mockingly:
"Hahaha! Who do you think you are? The eldest son is one of the top ten masters of our Swan Star! Challenging you? It's you who challenges our eldest son!"
Shi Han said in shock: "Didn't he insist on fighting? Why did I challenge him?"
The sharp-faced man sneered: "Our eldest son's combat index is D88! Wouldn't it be a loss of status to challenge you?"
Shi Han silently checked and found that his current combat index was D33!
Arthur suddenly said: "Two choices, either he challenges me, or you admit your mistake."
After Arthur turned around and left, Aina was about to speak when she heard Arthur's cold voice: "Go back to school!"
Aina waved to Subaru with a grimace and walked away dejectedly.
Soon, only Subaru and Shihan were left by the river. The river gradually calmed down, and the broken ice was re-solidifying.
Subaru stared at the gradually freezing river, but the ice was no longer as smooth as a mirror, with jagged ice cubes and ice shards like ugly scars on his heart, cold and painful.
"What's going on with you? Can you tell me?" Shi Han broke the silence.
Subaru suddenly shivered. The clothes on his body were actually dry, but he still felt cold to the core.
"The eldest brother has been the pride of the family since he was a child. He is both civilized and military. He broke through to D level ten years ago and became one of the top ten masters of the younger generation of Swan Star!
My father was planning to let his eldest brother inherit the family business, but my mother thought that I was also very good and asked my father to think about it again and wait and see how I perform!
My father disagreed. He believed that it was unstable for a family to have two equally matched brothers. He strictly prohibited me from intervening in the family's industry, or even practicing martial arts!
I'm not convinced! I begged my mother to help me. She...she went to her father to plead for mercy. There was an accident on the road...and she died!
So my father blamed everything on me! To this day, my mother is not allowed to be buried in the family cemetery.
Because the more I try to show off, the more my eldest brother sees me as a threat and a thorn in his flesh! …”
Following Subaru's narration, Shihan roughly understood. Subaru's father had four or five wives, and Subaru's mother was just one of them.
Arthur's mother is the real wife. Without his mother's protection and his father's love, Arthur has been blatantly suppressing Subaru. Something happens to all of Subaru's friends for no apparent reason. Subaru couldn't do anything he wanted to do, and he couldn't get any training resources.
In this way, Subaru's combat index reached E900 three years ago!
Subaru proposed to his father that he had gained some strength and wanted to contribute to the family and wanted to prove himself.
But his father and eldest brother threw him to garrison in an uninhabited and extremely cold place, where there wasn't even a decent beast!
This was a disguised banishment of Subaru, so Subaru quietly escaped from the Swan Star with some savings left by his mother.
At Luke Airport, Subaru's training resources were no longer limited, and he finally became stronger step by step, breaking through to D level after the battle with Shihan.
In fact, even without Shihan's battle, Subaru was ready to come back because the anniversary of his mother's death was coming.
