Liu opened his mouth to attempt to formulate a response towards Xin's casual mention of his takedown of another martial arts school, but (wisely) decided to simply drop the idea of calling him out on that and spoke of the nobles instead.

"I still wouldn't recommend trying to intimidate people. Bodyguards will be bodyguards, after all, and it might only lead us down a rabbit hole what we might never emerge from. Not only that, but it might actually jeopardize your intended match tomorrow with the headmaster; your reputation precedes you for the moment, but going around like that might not lead to anything and might simply make us look like thugs picking a fight," Liu said, shaking his head in disapproval. "Not only that, but I was the one acknowledged to have led you around the town. If you decided to do something like that, the three of us might be implicated for collusion and get in just as much trouble. I'd rather not have to deal with all the explanations and worry that would come with that."

Sighing, he turned to Kyang and Torako before nodding.

"Bait seems to be the most reasonable option, all things considered. It keeps from anyone else getting caught up in our troubles and seems to be the fastest method of getting things done. That makes it 3 to 1, correct?"