I sat in the bus ride home going over the last two days and realised how lucky I was to have such a passionate spinster aunt. My parents were a bit wo...ried when I hadn't returned, but when I told them I stayed to keep Aunt Thelma company for a few days my mother was happy. Little did she know how I had made Aunt Thelma happy?Celebrations started on New Years Eve and our two neighbours, those that live either side of us came into our house to celebrate. I drink little, I preferred to sip a dry. . wasn't perfect?Hiko: No, it was perfect. But even with the same Hiten Mitsurugi and the same technique, if the fighters differ, the force will be different too. In wild-attack techniques, it's the strength of your arms that counts; in charging techniques, it's your weight. In both respects, you're overwhelmingly my inferior. In other words, before my Kuzuryuusen, your Kuzuryuusen is, of course, as useless as any other technique.Kenshin (thinking): So I can't use the Kuzuryuusen... Hiko: If. We worked hard, but every day we enjoyed seeing the results of what we did and how the changes we were making changed the lives of our citizens.The National Bank of Nauru was welcomed as a member of the Asian Development bank and became home to many billions of dollars that we maintained and protected on behalf of the Judge. His departments parked millions upon millions of dirty cash in our bank, and used them to fight terrorism, rogue regimes, and despotic warlords, who would harm the USA.One. “Professor Johnson?”He looked up at me. “Yes? Can I help you?”I smiled and put my hand out. “Carl Buckman, Doctor. You invited me to the symposium, remember?”“Oh, yes, thank you for coming. It’s nice when we can get somebody other than just us academics to one of these things.”“I quite agree. I remember those days myself.”“Oh?” he asked.I handed him one of my business cards with the PhD behind my name. “Yes, a few years ago I was a grad student myself.”His eyebrows raised slightly. “Where did.