Chapter 7 [007] What should I do if I can’t kill him no matter what?
Chapter 7 [007] What should I do if I can’t kill him no matter what?
Time goes back to last night.
The dead mud field at the easternmost end of the canal is a forbidden area where no one is allowed to enter.
The canals that crisscross the city are important transportation and water facilities for both people in the city and those outside it.
The dead mud field in the third district of the outer city is an exception. Due to years of disrepair, river mud has accumulated here, and mutant mosquitoes and mutant crocodiles have become the dominant species here.
The meat of mutant crocodiles is terrible to eat, but how terrible is it? People would rather gnaw on frozen animal puree than eat them.
As for the mutated mosquitoes, they are at least 10 times larger than the mosquitoes on Earth. Being bitten by them feels like being pricked by a compass. Here, "mosquitoes eat people" is not just an adjective.
The president chose the Dead Mud Field as the secret training ground for the "Steel Armor Breathing Method" and ordered Qin Jiandan to sleep here every night. It was perfect.
The mosquito stings and crocodile fangs may attack Qin Jiandan at any time. He needs to be able to fall asleep in such a dangerous situation and subconsciously use the "Steel Armor Breathing Method" in his sleep to be considered basically qualified.
"Ah... I'm so sleepy. I don't have time to say hello to Linlin. I have a meeting tomorrow morning..."
Qin Jiandan returned to the outer city before midnight and went straight to the dead mud field. He lay down on the familiar stone slab and fell asleep.
The jacket was hung on a dead tree, exposing the torso beneath the short-sleeved tights to Thorns and Fangs.
Actually, according to Master's order, in order to maximize the training effect, I should also take off my pants. But today Qin Jiandan was a little lazy - anyway, Master is in seclusion now, so he shouldn't come for a surprise inspection and then punch me away, right?
The young master soon fell into a deep sleep. The mutant crocodiles had broken many of their teeth in the past, so they wisely stayed away from Qin Jiandan. Only the brainless mutant mosquitoes returned empty-handed from time to time.
After waiting for a while, a female ninja with a strong assassin-like look emerged from the darkness.
It was Miyamoto Koharu! The two swords, one long and one short, hung from her waist. Although they were not unsheathed, they were also thirsty for blood!
The mutated mosquito flapped its wings, making a headache-inducing buzzing sound that could cover up the sound of talking. Miyamoto Koharu was prepared and stuffed two balls of cloth into her ears.
“Hehehe! Thanks to Feng Jian, I found the place where Qin Jiandan secretly practiced martial arts. Now I can avenge my father!”
Walking to the stone slab that Qin Jiandan used as a bed, Miyamoto Koxia couldn't help but talk to herself loudly, on the one hand to give herself courage, and on the other hand because she misjudged the volume of her voice because of the cloth stuffed in her ears.
Xiao Xia pulled down the elastic black mesh clothes that served as a ninja mask, revealing a murderous but not very smart face.
"Haha! Do you think that no one would dare to come and assassinate you because this place is full of mutant mosquitoes? Today I will let you see my ninja secret technique: mosquito repellent ointment!"
Every inch of skin and every pore on the body is covered with mosquito repellent ointment. Although it is itchy and uncomfortable, it is the price that must be paid to avenge his father!
Because of the special floral scent of the mosquito repellent ointment, the mutated mosquitoes did not approach Xiao Xia, and by the way, they also stopped biting Qin Jiandan who was nearby.
"Damn you! Do you think I'm your human mosquito coil? I'll send you to hell soon!"
After confirming once again that Qin Jiandan was asleep, Xiao Xia stood on the stone slab with her legs apart, taking a condescending stance that would make Qin Jiandan suffer the humiliation of being kicked in the crotch.
Although Xiao Xia's ninja suit was strange, with her thighs exposed between the hem of her top and her fishnet stockings, allowing her absolute territory to be clearly seen from below, Qin Jiandan wouldn't be able to see it anyway since he was fast asleep, right?
"Although, although Qin Qi is the murderer who killed my father, killing that old monster is harder than ascending to heaven. I have no choice but to kill Qin Qi's apprentice to vent my anger!"
"Since you are going to appoint Qin Jiandan as the young master, it means that Qin Jiandan and Qin Qi have a good relationship. Maybe they are illegitimate children or something? In any case, I must kill you tonight!"
Xiao Xia first drew out the long sword hanging at his waist.
"Shuramaru, my beloved sword! With the sad wish of the ancestors of the "Falling Sakura Group", bring down the punishment from heaven on this evil man!"
"Crack!"
"Ahhhhh my Shuramaru!!!"
He aimed at Qin Jiandan's heaving chest and stabbed downwards with force, thinking that he would bleed to pieces on the spot. However, what appeared before Xiao Xia's eyes was the tragic scene of Shura Maru being broken into two pieces in the middle.
"Huh..." Qin Jiandan was snoring and had not woken up at all. His body treated Shurawan's attack as a mosquito sting.
"How, how could this happen..." Xiao Xia had tears in her eyes as she tied up the tragically dead Shuramaru with a cloth strip so that she could take him back for repair.
"Could it be... Could it be that Qin Jiandan slept here to practice the "Steel Armor Breathing Method", is this rumor true? Damn it! Fortunately, Fengjian told me the weakness of the "Steel Armor Breathing Method", and I will never let Shuramaru die in vain!"
Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Xiao Xia drew out the short knife from her waist.
"I heard that in order to steel the skin with the Steel Armor Breathing Technique, one must stop breathing at that exact moment! I just need to observe Qin Jiandan's chest carefully and find the moment when he must inhale, and then I can kill him!"
"Rakshamaru, my second favorite sword! With the wishes of the ancestors of the "Rakura Group" and "Shuramaru", bring down the punishment from heaven on this evil man!"
"Crack!"
"Aaaaaaah my Rakshasa Maru!!!"
The two beloved swords broke one after another, but the person being assassinated was still sleeping soundly. Miyamoto Konatsu shed tears and began to realize that this was not an opponent she could deal with.
This is not good! Although I am not serious about my ninjutsu training, I am still more than capable of dealing with the minions of the Nian Society... Is Qin Jiandan pretending to sleep? He is the apprentice of that old monster Qin Qi, so he must be vicious and cunning! He pretended to be asleep and didn't fight back, so he must have wanted me to confess who was involved in this assassination!
However, there is no rule that requires one to talk loudly to oneself when stabbing someone.
As luck would have it, just as Xiao Xia was about to retreat timidly, Qin Jiandan turned over and unconsciously grabbed the female ninja's ankle with his right hand.
"Ah!?" Xiao Xia felt like a black cat whose tail was stepped on, and the feeling of her fur standing on end went from her ankles to her crown.
What is he doing? Is he going to kill me? Is he really going to kill me? Because I came to assassinate him on the day he was promoted to Young Master, must he kill me so cruelly that other cadres dare not object? I heard that Qin Qi often tore his enemies in half when he was young. Wouldn't his apprentice like to do the same? No, no, no, I don't want to be torn in half! Could it be that the Shura Pill and the Raksha Pill that were broken in half just now are warning me of a tragic fate?
Xiao Xia wanted to show the backbone of the next leader of the Falling Cherry Group, but the words that came out of her trembling mouth turned out like this:
"Please, please spare me! As long as you don't tear me in half, I'm willing to do anything!"
The female ninja was so scared that her entire face dissolved into a stick figure of a kindergarten kid in fear and tears.
Although he was in his sleep, Qin Jiandan's grip was so strong that he couldn't break free. Even if Miyamoto Xiaoxia suddenly decided to cut off his left foot, the two sabers were no longer enough.
"Well...even though he's an enemy..."
"Eh……?"
Qin Jiandan started talking in his sleep, but Miyamoto Koxia took this as a condition for the young master to forgive her.
"...Even though we are enemies, if you insist on marrying me, I have no objection..."
Qin Jiandan dreamed of Sheriff Mu Yue, whom he met today. Somehow, the policewoman's short skirt, stockings and the dignified front of her uniform made him unforgettable.
Miyamoto Konatsu's face suddenly turned red, and she put her index fingers together without the knife in her hands, looking extremely embarrassed. "So, the young master pretended to sleep because he likes me? This is really information I didn't know before, hehehe..."
He tried to get away with it by smiling silly, but Qin Jiandan's ruthless iron hand did not relax at all.
"Well...if you act rashly, I'll kill you..."
"!!"
This was the half-joking remark Qin Jiandan made tonight before parting with the policewoman, but to Xiao Xia's ears, it sounded like a real death threat.
"Young Master, do you have such a strong character? If I don't agree, I will be torn in half, right? It seems that I have no room for refusal in my current position..."
Xiao Xia bit her lower lip somewhat resignedly, but when she looked down and saw the bodies of Shuramaru and Rakshasamaru hanging around their waists, a faint desire to resist still arose.
"Please...please give me some time to discuss this with my family! Young Master is the next president of the Night Dragon Society, and I am just the leader of the Falling Cherry Group who has not yet been officially appointed. It is unheard of for the president and the leader to get married. Young Master, shouldn't you also consider this carefully..."
Pressure seems to increase at the ankle.
"I, I didn't refuse, I just need some time to decide the details of marrying me! Please don't tear me in half like a roast duck in a hanging oven!"
Qin Jiandan's iron hand finally loosened. This was just a natural reaction during sleep, but Xiao Xia took it as the young master agreeing to the agreement between the two parties.
The female ninja quickly turned around and ran away, but because she was afraid that Qin Jiandan would chase her from behind, she looked back several times.
"I won't break my promise! Young Master, you can treat me as your future wife... Anyway, you must ensure the physical integrity of your future wife!"
Xiao Xia, in a panic, ran into several mutant mosquitoes head-on, and the mutant crocodile's teeth almost bit her heels.
At this moment, she had only one idea in her mind: to ask her staff officer Feng Jianying to give her some advice!
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When they ran back to the Falling Sakura Group's base, the sky was already slightly brighter. As soon as Miyamoto Konatsu entered the Japanese-style bedroom they shared, she threw herself into Kazama Hotaru's arms and burst into tears.
"Help, Kazama Amen! The young master can't be killed no matter how hard he stabs him!"
Xiao Xia buried her face in the knees of the kneeling Fengjian Ying. Because of Fengjian Ying's loli figure, it seemed like an older sister was acting coquettishly to her younger sister.
Hotaru Kazama, who never changes out of her secretary uniform even before going to bed, has a dull expression beneath her glasses.
"It seems that the assassination attempt has failed. How about letting the young master try to stab you instead?"
"Damn it! Now is not the time to tell dirty jokes!"
"Now is not the time for you to act like Nobita Nobi who got bullied outside and came home to cry to Doraemon!"
Fengjian Ying pushed Xiaoxia's tearful face away. Although it was not rough, she did not treat Xiaoxia's face as some precious and valuable prop.
"Don't be so heartless, Xiaoying! Aren't we good friends who can talk about anything and share life and death?"
Xiaoxia's left cheek was deformed by Fengjian Ying's palm, causing her voice to sound funny.
Fengjian Ying said seriously: "Don't call me so intimately. The Fengjian family has been retainers of the Miyamoto family for generations, and my lady and I are just like this. Just call me Fengjian."
"Why is this happening..." Xiao Xia pouted, and then her expression turned angry.
"By the way, an intelligence expert like you, Kazama, must know that the Steel Armor Breathing Technique can make me invulnerable even when I'm asleep, right? You knew that and yet you deliberately let me go to die!"
"No." Feng Jian adjusted his glasses, "I have investigated and found that the new young master is a lecher. Miss, if you go and assassinate him, you will be raped at most, but you will not die."
"Asshole, being ripped off is also a huge loss!"
In order to show Kazama the tragic death of Shuramaru and Rakshasamaru, Koxia used her mouth to tear open the cloth strips that bound them. As she did so, she gritted her teeth and said:
"I'm not surprised that the young master is a lecher...but he actually forced me, his subordinate, to marry him! This is clearly sexual harassment in the workplace!"
"Forced marriage?"
Kazama, who had been keeping a poker face, became interested.
"Miss, please tell me the whole story!"
So Miyamoto Koharu talked for a long time with great emotion, and every time she talked about her fear and embarrassment, Kazama would smile with satisfaction.
"Well, my hobby is to watch the young lady get humiliated... No, to watch the young lady swallow up the entire Night Dragon Society and wash away the deep hatred of the Snow Falling Cherry Group being swallowed up by the Night Dragon Society. That's it."
"That's exactly it!" Xiao Xia pounded the tatami on the ground with all her might, "I'm being forced into marriage by the young master! What do you think I should do to make him let me go?"
Without taking any time to think, Feng Jianying suggested in a relaxed tone: "Although I have doubts about the fact that the young master actually likes you, don't you think this is an opportunity?"
"Opportunity? What opportunity?"
"The Falling Cherry Group is only the weakest of the four major organizations of the Night Dragon Society, and the next group leader is a fool. The future is bleak..."
"I am the next team leader, right? Don't be such a retainer and always rebel against your superiors!"
Fengjian glanced at her with a serious look, and Xiaoxia shrank back in fear, kneeling down and listening to the teacher obediently like a student.
"No matter how many misunderstandings there are tonight, if you can grasp the young master's affection for you and really get to the point of marriage..."
"Then--?"
Xiao Xia tilted her head with a puzzled look on her face. Feng Jian deliberately paused to give Xiao Xia time to understand on her own, but the head of this generation of the family refused to listen.
"Then you can become the wife of the young master, the wife of the president, and the big sister of the entire Night Dragon Society! Compared to the assassination route that is more likely to cause trouble than to achieve success, wouldn't all normal people choose the marriage route!"
"!!" Xiao Xia clenched his left fist and smashed it into the palm of his right hand, looking as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"It's too late today, young lady, you should go to bed right now! I will go with you to the cadre meeting tomorrow, and you must support the young master on all issues. When the critical moment comes and you don't know how to make a decision, I will wink at you!"
(End of this chapter)