Whether the man's muscles were simply too rock-solid or his clothing too unyielding, Xue's forehead quickly swelled up into a bright red lump. The pain instantly shocked her into full alertness. Clutching her head, she looked up.
A tall, white-haired man was standing stealthily at the entrance of the women's bathhouse, peering inside. He wore a red outer haori over a brown tunic, with ninja guards strapped to his forearms—it was straight into one of these guards that Xue had just collided, which explained the agonizing pain.
The impact had been too light for the man, who was completely lost in a certain unspeakable endeavor, to notice anything at all. That was until—
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