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“The States? As in the United States of America?”
Lee Hyeon-Su nodded. “Yes, that country.”
Wiggins stared at his disciple with a hint of vexation. “Why so suddenly?”
“I’m also a bit unhappy about it, sir. But it’s what the Assembly Master wants, you see?”
“Hmm, America, you say…?” Wiggins slowly scratched his cheek. “I don’t recommend entering America at this point in time, unfortunately.”
Lee Hyeon-Su frowned slightly. “Is there a problem we should be worried about?”
“Not, it’s not a problem per se, but…”
Wiggins contemplatively rubbed his beard next.
“It’s the current status of our situation, which is not as good as you think it is. Tell me, Mister Lee. Which country hates China the most?”
“South Korea?”
“…No, it’s the USA.”
“Oh, really? I thought we wouldn’t lose on that front, though.”
“Don’t get competitive in weird things, Mister Lee.”
Wiggins chuckled helplessly, then resumed his explanation.
“In any case. Yes, America holds a dim view toward China. Very dim, as a matter of fact. Why would they like a competitor racing to catch up to them in all things in the surface world? And that hostility is even more pronounced in the martial world. America wishes to be the number one in the world, so imagine how they would feel about the Chinese having a clear upper hand over them in martial arts. Of course they wouldn’t let that slide.”
“Ah, you’re right, sir.”
Lee Hyeon-Su finally figured out what Wiggins was hinting at. If the Americans didn’t have a martial society, there would have been little to worry about, but it had, and that made things trickier than perhaps he’d ...
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