Rhemic Empire (2)

"Unique techniques?" Nano wondered. One of her old comrades from the "League" had a technique that allowed him to down three bottles of vodka in one go without dying, but that was it. "I don't see any benefit or advantage to this institution. Sharing your own secrets only to be defeated by them later? If I were some ancient Nihon master, I would either take the secrets with me to the grave or find apprentices who would pay, fetch water, chop wood, and do all the other tedious work." "As far as I know, this is where masters of all these arts used to gather, and you could even receive training. But why has everything changed so much? Is it related to the changing situation in the empire? If it's not a secret, of course."