Or it could be his personal belonging all along.
From Rihaku's reaction when he saw Catcat's other hairpins, I think they had certain rules in material and design for the ornament to indicate a person's rank. As an open secret for us at this point, Jinshi can not roam around wearing something...
@jonathaneze
The consorts gave their own attendants jewelry to show off, but Lady Rifa was really fond of Catcat so she gave her one too. While Lady Gyokuyou might not be bothered by that (just a bit of sulking at most), it would cause problem if two consorts were in bad term.
@KafukaPalazzo
Yup, it totally is.
Author stated that he will end this series soon then go back to continue ib: instant bullet. Or you can safely ignore this news because I'm just joking.
Seem like Ohma figured out how to use advance correctly from fighting the guardian dude, since those worm-whatever used it with their full consciousness.
@Piratehat
He wanted to quote agtra but didn't know how.
@BlueCatMage
The hairpin was used to call people from outside (the one who gave it out) for a rendezvous. Whatever they did when they met is up to your imagination, but mostly it's young maid wanting to marry into rich / influenced household. In Catcat's case, she just wanted him to vouch for...
@ukimix @TheBoll
My guess is someone related to Gaoh (from the same school, or the head of "syndicate" opposed him) sabotaged their training, with the cooperation from traitor(s) among the Nikos -- like the guy claimed to be "true" Niko (probably got lured by teaching Advance / Possessing...
@BrightSideoLife
Also a bit of trivia: the sixth ward of The Inside is called Rikuko, meaning "six GU". A peculiar choice for the name, consider other wards use dragon, tiger, wolf, bear, etc.
@Lux
He's publicly an eunuch ? while "emperor's brother" is sick and rarely comes out of inner palace. I wonder what was emperor's intention letting him wandered around a bunch of thirsty women like that. Want a grandchild so soon?
What irony, Julius was defeated by a kick for being too wary of the punch, now Wakatsuki made that same mistake (and Wakatsuki defeated bait master Muteba by baiting).
@Kireato @MarkRain
I think it's more like blast core is bad choice against Ohma in general. It was showed in Julius' fight that...
@0takuDragonSlayer
Well, that's the core concept of each kata after all.
- Flame: footwork
- Redirection: redirect
- Water: soft
- Adamantine: hard
Martial art stories often have that "basic is the best" thing.