Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1253 Ragnarok of the Gods (31)

Tokyo time, January 1, 1:0 AM.

A deep reverberation sounded from the direction of the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office, and the sound weakened gradually, like the whine of a dying whale in the deep sea.The gloomy sound waves like horns startled countless birds hiding from the rain under the eaves and among the treetops. Those birds flapped their wings against the drizzle and flew towards the depths of neon lights, high-rise buildings and the gardens of the Imperial Palace farther away. , like a bunch of black punctuation marks.

Xiyuanji Hongmaru and Yan Funing sat on the bench where the drunk had just sat, looking up at the dense black crows flying across the gloomy sky reflecting the lights, and 25 Chosen in black "Kamikaze battle suits" The ones pass by.His eyes did not follow those chosen ones, but followed the group of crows closely.He could see hundreds of Chosen Ones wearing "Kai" combat uniforms through the crow's black glass pupils, they passed silently through the rain curtain, against the flock of startled birds, they headed towards that place from four directions. Baroque palaces sunk in the sea of ​​lights surrounded them.

The moment they jumped into the compound of the Special Search Department, fireworks were set off in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace not far away. Bunches of fireworks shot up from the ground, screaming and rushing into the drizzle, blasting the rain into a misty white Fog, the rapidly fading fireworks in the white mist are not at all festive, but rather embarrassing.But for those who watch it in the rain, it is difficult to tell whether it is the fireworks, the night, or being out of time.

Xiyuanji Hongwan and Yan Funing knew that the beautiful fireworks were just to cover up some unspeakable plots, such as "killing".

At the same time as the fireworks exploded, more urgent gunshots sounded from the direction of the special search department than raindrops hitting the woods. The whistle of bullets passing through the rainy night, the dull popping sound and the strange burning sound of electric current became the footnotes of the boiling fireworks. These messy footnotes were buried at the bottom of the city by the explosion of fireworks.

Benimaru Xienji watched the fireworks with his head up against the rainy mist, "Fireworks are so beautiful. Beautiful things can always make people temporarily forget the pain." He said, "Like medicine."

"Painkillers?" Yan Funing said, "Drugmakers manufacture painkillers because painkillers can make a steady profit, but medicines that completely cure injuries cannot."

"Pain is the source of life, and it is a compulsory course for everyone. Only pain can make people grow, but happiness cannot, just like that drunk guy just now." Xiyuanji Benimaru said "ah" as if thinking of something, "I just forgot I made a wish. I don’t know if it’s too late to make a wish.” He closed his eyes and bowed slightly, clapped his hands twice, and said in a low voice, “Bless him to survive.”

"Xiyuansi-san is reluctant to give five yuan, is it so perfunctory?" Yan Funing laughed.

Xiyuanji Benimaru opened his eyes and replied with a smile: "It's vulgar to mention money. Isn't there a saying in Chinese called 'sincerity leads to spirit', my heart is very sincere."

"What's the point of trying if praying is useful?"

"It can also be said the other way around, because hard work is meaningless, so we can only pray to the gods."

"Those who don't believe in gods and believe in themselves will be saved."

Xiyuanji Benimaru shook his head, "According to the movie, only those who believe in love can be saved."

"I can't tell that Xiyuanji-san is still a person who believes in love."

"Of course I believe in love. I use love to get too many things that shouldn't belong to me, and use love to destroy them. I don't know if 'destruction' is punishment or redemption for them. But I definitely believe in the power of love I don’t believe in the salvation of human beings.”

"Then what salvation do you think human beings need?"

Xiyuanji Benimaru smiled, that smile was more holy than the Virgin, like a mural hanging in the church, he closed his eyes, and said softly: "Love. Love is the medicine that can heal everything." Then he opened his eyes again, Full of regret, he said, "It's a pity that people like me really can't understand love. I just think those who give me love are inexplicably stupid." He looked at Yan Funing again, "Brother Yan, do you understand?"

Yan Funing sighed and said, "Maybe it's really hard for a good-looking man like us to understand what love is!" He paused and said, "You have to ask Cheng Mo about this, for a bad-looking man like him , should understand better."

"I think he is actually very good-looking, although he is very plain, what should I say? There is a kind of cold and calm beauty."

"Did you put a filter on him? To be fair, he's just an ordinary character thrown in the crowd and shot to death without anyone noticing."

"Haha! Brother Yan doesn't know what love is, but he does understand what jealousy is."

"If you have a sister and you still like him, you'll understand how I feel."

"I have an older sister. I don't mind that my older sister likes him. She thinks it's pretty good."

"You have a grudge against your sister?"

"My sister is very nice to me."

Yan Funing shook his head to express his incomprehension, just in time to see a few crows flying back from the shaking treetops, those bold black birds seemed not to be afraid of gunshots and explosions, and flew in the direction of the Special Search Department, he pretended He closed his eyes and said, "In our country of Xia, crows are a bad omen."

"In Lihong, crows are mythical beasts, representing auspiciousness, but flying around also means that someone will die."

"They're scavengers and they smell death."

"A lot of people will die tonight." Saienji Benimaru chanted in a prayerful tone, when a police siren sounded in the distance, he stood up, "It's about time, let's see those damned people Did anyone die?"

"Just be ready to clean up the mess." Yan Funing replied.

It was raining heavily, but the two of them still kept a close distance and walked out of the gate of Hibiya Park in parallel.The lights in the park are dim, and the cherry blossom street is illuminated by mercury lamps. The dry cherry tree trunks are covered with beautiful colored lights. The gaps between the brick joints and the asphalt road and the rainwater spread around, like an abstract painting.A police car stopped at the gate of the Special Search Department with its lights spinning, and a policeman with his head drooping and a gun in his hand turned into a dehydrated bone.On the other side of the police car were several guards wearing 'Hercules' exoskeleton arms with "Special Search" armbands on their arms. They lay down in front of the black marble stele engraved with "Balance Badge" and "TPSC". One of them Leaning on the marble stele, a hole the size of a bowl was broken in his chest, and blood was gurgling out.Several other ones were lying on the ground, also had blood holes in their chests, and the bulletproof suits that were pierced by unknown things were still emitting white smoke. signs of passing.

The fireworks continued to bloom in the rain, and Xiyuanji Hongmaru and Yan Funing crossed the asphalt road from under the fireworks.The few crows were already standing on the top of the canopy of the cherry blossom tree with bright lights on the sidewalk, shaking their heads and looking curiously into the courtyard of the Special Search Department, as if they were looking for something.And the two of them can't see the scene in the courtyard yet, they can only see the towering wrought iron fence, the neatly trimmed evergreen shrubs stick out their wet green branches and leaves from the sharp fence, and tall pottery trees stand every other section. Brick pillars, European-style copper street lamps hung on the pillars, warning signs and surveillance cameras.

The raindrops were beating on the leaves, and the gunshots in the courtyard were messy, mixed with shouts and howls, both in English and Japanese, some were mournful, some were angry, as if a brutal massacre was going on inside.Judging from the voice, Yan Funing's people are fully dominant, and it is only a matter of time before all the people from the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office are wiped out.

Of course, Nishienji Benimaru knows how tight the defense of the Special Search Department of the Tokyo Local Supervisory Agency is. Even if there is an "electromagnetic pulse bomb" like the "harp" that can paralyze all electronic equipment, the guards of the "Special Search Department" will fight back. None of the carrier weapons can be used, which also prevents the chosen ones from activating the carrier immediately, but the "Special Search Department" has at least ten or twenty chosen ones whose carriers are activated.He was a little surprised that those carriers were almost cleaned up at such a fast speed.It's no wonder that not long ago, when an accident occurred, Yan Funing would confidently say "no problem".

"Your people are amazing."

Naturally, Yan Funing would not tell Xiyuanji Benimaru that he could not command these powerful old antiques. If he hadn't told them to get the minions of the Star Gate, they might not be willing to come.So he smiled casually, and said calmly, "Thank you. The main thing is to have internal agents. Without your internal agents who placed so many electromagnetic pulse bombs in the special investigation department, it would not be so easy."

"It's a fluke. If it wasn't for the drunk man who attracted enough attention, my inner self would detonate the 'harp matrix' quietly, and it would be hard not to be exposed." Xiyuanji Benimaru sighed and said, "I can only say Time is fate."

"It's still not cautious enough from the Special Search Department."

"No," Saiyuanji Benimaru said, "I think the high-ranking Chosen Ones lack experience in dealing with ordinary people. The people I infiltrated into the Special Investigation Department were nothing more than an ordinary network engineer and a telephone operator."

Yan Funing nodded, "We, the Chosen Ones, have not yet clarified our relationship with ordinary humans."

The situation was all right, so the two of them were not in a hurry. They walked unhurriedly between the dry cherry trees and the green wall. Before they reached the gate, the revolving police lights illuminated the long street.

Yan Funing turned his head and saw that the police cars had started to block the road, but they didn't intend to enter Yinghua Street at all. They just put the two police cars across the middle of the road. Some red and white ice cream cones came down, completely blocking the whole road.

"I suddenly remembered a movie called "Akira". It was a masterpiece, and many things that were predicted to happen are happening one by one."

""Akira"?" Saizonji Benimaru said, "I haven't watched it, and I'm not interested in anime."

"I especially like a line in it." Yan Funing whispered, "The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness does not accept the light."

"Sounds a bit secondary."

"I used to think comics were ridiculous, and only teenagers in the second grade can save the world." Yan Funing smiled, "Now I think that those who are not in the second grade will become vassals of the world."

"Speaking of it this way, 'Secondary Two' is still a commendatory term."

"The artistic point of saying is 'forever young, always angry'."

"This kind of literary and connotative stuff is not what I'm good at. I'm better at destroying." Xiyuanji Hongmaru turned to look at Yan Funing, "I like destroying."

"It's normal. Freud said: There are two kinds of human instincts. One is the instinct of love and creation, which is called the instinct of life. The other is the instinct of hate and destruction. When this instinct When it is directed inward, it is self-torture and self-destruction. When it is directed outward, it is destruction, conquest and killing."

"So! Human beings are really contradictory, and it is this contradiction that prevents human beings from being redeemed." Xiyuanji Benimaru walked inside, staring at the ancient building completely immersed in darkness.

At this moment, a thick white mist hovered over the building, there was no light inside, and the surroundings were also dark, only the broken windows occasionally flickered with gunfire, like candlelight.This gorgeous five-story baroque special search department building left over from the last century gave off a creepy and gloomy feeling in the darkness, as if some ancient and terrifying creature was sealed inside.All in all, the scene in front of me is very similar to a Hollywood horror movie, giving people a strong sense of suffocation and depression.

The two passed the police car and the stone monument parked at the gate. In front of the building was a garden-like courtyard the size of a football field. At this time, corpses were strewn all over the field. Guards. Some fell in the withered garden, and some fell in the fountain in the middle of the courtyard. The fountain was rippling with scarlet blood, and the statue of Themis in the middle, holding a sword and a balance, was stained with two bloody handprints. The bloody handprints dragged shocking traces all the way to the wrinkled skirt. Under the skirt was a corpse floating. His back was facing the sky and his face was buried in the water. There were several footprints on the black woolen cloth The coat stretched out on the red pool, like floating duckweed under the skirt of the goddess of law.

Saiyuanji Benimaru stared at the black duckweed floating in the blood pond, and said softly, "I think of a song I used to listen to when I was a child." He sang softly, "上を向いて歩こう,にじんだ星をかぞえて, 思い出す夏の日一人ぽっちの夜, 福せは云の上に, 福せは空の上に” (《上を向いて歩えう》, walk forward with your head held high, counting the faintly glowing stars, remembering Summer days alone nights, happiness is in the clouds, happiness is in the sky)
Yan Funing looked down at the poor drunk man who had fallen into the fountain, and said in a slightly mocking tone: "You didn't even ask the other person's name." How important."

Xiyuanji Benimaru said nonchalantly, "Beauty is a temptation to me, and I can't extricate myself from the pleasure of destroying it." He smiled, "So. I need it. I need redemption."

Suddenly, the ear-piercing sound of gold and iron clanging broke out in the headquarters building, and the bulletproof glass windows that were still left were all shattered, and crystal glass shards spewed out like snowflakes.The main entrance of the building was smashed open by a huge force, and the thick carved solid-core copper door flew out from the entrance of the first floor of the building, shooting towards the gate like a cannonball, and at the same time there were several black figures Flew out from inside.

Yan Funing stopped in his tracks, "Be careful, the time for 'harp' is over. Our people haven't found and cleared all the shelter rooms yet."

While talking, a carved bronze door smashed the Themis sculpture in front of them into two halves. The hard marble sculpture was neatly broken, as if cut by a sharp knife, and the upper body leaned towards the fountain and fell into the fountain. Tall blood flowers.And the carved copper door didn't slow down at all. Dense raindrops fell on the high-speed rotating door panel and were thrown out without stopping for a second, forming a mist like a lotus leaf.

Seeing the carved copper door rushing towards the eyes like a huge dart, Xiyuanji Benimaru pulled out the "Chrysanthemum Yimonji Zongzong" in his arms like lightning, and holding the knife in both hands, he drew a silver bright like a bright crescent moon in the rain. The arc light directly hit the menacing carved bronze door.

With a sound of "嗤啦", the solid solid copper door was cut in half by a long knife like tofu. Then it broke through the wrought-iron fence, and finally cut off two thick cherry trees, crossed the road, and disappeared in the opposite Hibiya Park.

A thin black figure slowly came out from the dark gate opened by the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo Local Supervisory Agency. Straight serge military trousers, with a black military belt around his waist, wearing a pressed general uniform, with a pistol on the right side and a long knife on the left side, the long knife on his waist is almost If it hadn't been for his right hand holding the handle to press down the long knife, the exquisite pure gold at the end of the scabbard would definitely be dragged to the ground.Just as his face was about to emerge from the shadows, he stopped at the end of the eaves of the gatehouse without going down the steps.It happened that a firework exploded in mid-air, and the light projected obliquely illuminated his face.He has a few strands of white hair dyed on his temples, his narrow eyes under the brim of a black hat are like falcons, and the corners of his lips are drawn down, making him look resolute and bitter.

"My people told me." Yan Funing said in a low voice, "This man is very strong."

Xiyuanji Benimaru stared intently at the person standing in the shadows, moved his lips and said softly, "Brother Yan, leave this place to me, you take your people to do what you need to do."

Yan Funing nodded, gestured to the black-clothed people surrounding him, and then disappeared in place.

The fireworks dissipated in the white mist, and the light in the entire courtyard disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xiyuanji Benimaru lowered his hand, pointed the tip of the knife obliquely at the granite floor, and said with a smile, "Happy New Year's Day, Gen-sama."

Yuan Guangyi under the eaves responded coldly: "You shouldn't come here."

"It's a new year, Lord Yuan, all things will be renewed, the martial arts will prosper, and Chang'an will be safe."

"Looking back now, I'll pretend I didn't see you."

"I had dinner at a revolving restaurant today. His food is delicious and the night view is beautiful. You can overlook Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is really beautiful, but it is also extremely dangerous." Xiyuanji Benimaru said softly Said, "Master Minamoto, this world is so interesting, people can turn a blind eye to the danger of Mt. Fuji because of its beauty."

"Don't force me to draw my sword at each other."

"If it's something you really don't want to start, it won't start anyway."

Yuan Guangyi walked out of the eaves, walked down the steps step by step, and walked into the drizzle, "It seems that I indulged you too much, which made you make the unforgivable mistake today, Xiyuan Temple." He Pulled out the long knife "Sankai Yuezongjin" from his waist. The slender blade exuded a luster like autumn water in the dark night. When another bunch of fireworks flew into the sky, the fireworks could be clearly seen on the silver and slender blade. Rising, then blooming as rainflowers.

"Master Yuan, the so-called fate is the path that no matter how much you resist and struggle, you still have to go down."

"Really? Then I will cut off this fate with my knife."

The fireworks in the rainy night scattered into mist, and the moment the streamer on the knife disappeared, Yuan Guangyi moved, as fast as thunder.He and his sword broke through the biting wind and icy rain, rolled up a howling storm and cut towards Saiyuanji Benimaru.

"Truth: Changfeng."

The wind was blowing, and the shrubs around the courtyard were blown up and down and made a "squeaky" sound. The sundries on the ground rolled everywhere, and the lighter glass shards, bullet casings, raindrops in the sky and blood in the fountain were all blown away by Yuanguang. The long knife in Yoshiki's hand sucked up, gathered into a huge ice blade, and along with Minamoto Yoshitsune across the empty and cold sky, smashed straight at Xiyuanji Benimaru.

Xiyuanji Benimaru did not dodge, dodging means giving up the initiative.He waved the chrysanthemum in his hand, Zezong met Yuan Guangyi's knife like the wrath of the sky.

"Truth: There is no form to break the law."

Three days, Yue Zongjin and Ju Yiwen Zongzong collided without any obstacles, a cold light flashed, sparks splashed, and the cold wind blew up Xiyuanji Benimaru's long hair.

However, the crystal blade that looked like an ice crystal dragon in mid-air quickly disappeared above Xiyuanji Benimaru's head, as if being swallowed by something invisible, half a second later came from behind Xiyuanji Benimaru With a loud sound, the terrifying giant ice crystal dragon emerged from the void above Hibiya Park, and plowed a lush pine forest to this side, like the scene of a tragic storm.

Yuanguangyi slashed three times in quick succession with "kuang, kuang, kuang", and Mikaichi Yuezong, who was carrying lightning, slashed on the horizontally held Kikuichimonjizong one after another. The lightning that fell from the sky never touched Xiyuanji Benimaru Suddenly, lightning appeared directly on the cherry blossom road outside the courtyard, and one of them hit the lightning at the door, splitting several corpses and the police car with flashing lights into coke.

Mikazuki Zongjin, who didn't carry any skills, was only trembling when he slashed at Kikuichi Monoji Zong, but the violent power of Minamoto Koyoshi crushed the bricks and stones under the feet of Saiyuanji Benimaru, and the debris flew around, and he was also caught by the three knives. Taking three steps back, each step shattered the thick granite pavement.

Yuan Guangyi did not continue to chase, but held the knife in both hands and put on a star-eyed posture, pointed at Xiyuanji Benimaru and said coldly: "Wuxiang Pofa? It seems that you want to compete with me in swordsmanship?" (in Japan The original "sword" includes a knife)
Xiyuanji Benimaru's legs were slightly bent, and he also held the knife in both hands, pointing at Yuan Guangyi with a star-eyed posture, and said in a low voice: "I will stick to my wish, I dare not ask my ears." ('Star-eyed posture' refers to the middle holding Knife Posture)

Yuan Guangyi took a big step forward, and the blades of Mikazuki Zongjin and Ju Yiwen Zezong intertwined, "Your blade skills were taught by me. It's so ridiculous that a gnat can shake a big tree."

Xiyuanji Benimaru stared at Yuan Guangyi's eyes and walked slowly to the right. The two peerless famous knives rubbed against each other and made a light collision sound, "Master teaches the apprentice, doesn't it just hope that one day the apprentice will be better than blue than blue?"

"You are not my apprentice." Yuan Guangyi responded coldly, and he also stared at Xiyuanji Benimaru, holding the knife and moving slowly to the left.

Minamitsuyoshi, who was wearing a kamikaze general uniform, and Saiyuanji Benimaru, who was wearing a black monochrome fukihaori, held their knives and began to walk slowly along the circle that did not exist on the ground. Neither of them made a move first, as if they were holding some kind of ceremony.

The rain that was blown by Yuan Guangyi's skills just now fell again, and before it hit the two of them, it rose in midair with moisture that was difficult for ordinary people to detect with naked eyes.

When the two of them turned around peacefully for the third time, another bouquet of fireworks rose into the sky. Amidst the whistling sound of "咻, 咻, 咻", Yuan Guangyi suddenly stepped forward, and Mikazuki Zongjin slashed ghostly from the right. To Saienji Benimaru's neck, when Saienji Benimaru raised his knife to block it, Mikazuki Zongjin suddenly sank and slashed towards Xienji Benimaru's waist.

Xiyuanji Benimaru followed suit, and with a "ding", the famous swords intersected and uttered a clear and loud long chant.

The light of the knife was swift, and the two of them came and went, colliding hundreds of times in an instant in the rain, sparks and raindrops splashed between them, and the sound of metal and iron clanging resounded throughout the courtyard.

Just when the two were fighting hard, several stray bullets happened to shoot at Yuan Guangyi.Even Yuan Guangyi had to pay attention to dodge this kind of alloy bullet aimed at the carrier.

Seizenji Benimaru seized the opportunity, suddenly raised the scabbard with his left hand, swung away Mikazuki Zongjin with the scabbard, while holding the chrysanthemum in his right hand, Zezong slashed horizontally at Minato Koyoshi's knee.

As soon as Yuan Guangyi slowed down, his steps slowed down, so he could only choose to retreat.

A slash hit the empty space, Xiyuanji Benimaru turned his wrist, and made another slash.

Yuan Guangyi retreated again.

Xiyuanji Benimaru held the blade with both hands, and his right knee almost touched the ground. The shiny blade spun half a circle in the rain, bringing a long rain line like light, and slashed at Yuan Guangyi's knee again.

Yuan Guangyi still chose to slide back, avoiding the blade nimbly, but the waterline brought up by the sharp blade cut through the pants at the knee, and drew a shallow mark on his knee.

Xiyuanji Benimaru stopped chasing, stared at Yuan Guangyi and got up, Kikuichi Wenji Zezong held a knife in front of Yuan Guangyi's eyes, and lightly swung a sharp sound of piercing the air.

This time, the two changed into the same posture of holding the knife in the lower section, with the tip of the knife pointing directly at each other's waist, and continued to circle around with steady steps.

At this moment, the noisy gunshots in that magnificent building continued, and the loud noises of cursing and fighting could also be heard endlessly. try to escape.This caused brilliant rays to scurry in the white mist, but these rays were inconspicuous under the cover of fireworks.The ray stopped the chosen ones who were trying to escape, and soon they had to fall back to the ground, and were besieged to death by men in black wearing kamikaze combat suits, with no chance of escape at all.

The fireworks continued to bloom, and the killing continued.

None of this will affect the two people in the courtyard. For them, everything around them does not exist. Their faces are as calm as water, and there is only each other in their eyes.

Minato Koyoshi stared at Xiyuanji Benimaru and said, "Is that all? Benimaru?"

"Have you disappointed Gen-sama?" Saienji Benimaru said, "It shouldn't matter. I told you before, don't believe me, and don't put any hope in me."

"I don't know."

"What does Master Yuan want to understand?"

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Xienji Benimaru did not answer, this time he took the initiative to attack, his eyes fixed on Yuan Guangyi's eyes, but the long knife in his hand slashed towards Yuan Guangyi's abdomen at an incredible angle.The long knife turned into two afterimages on the left and right in the rain, as if two knives were attacking at the same time.It's not just fast, the knife is mixed with an extremely bitter cold air, which freezes the raindrops into ice particles, flying around with the knife like pearls.

Yuanguangyi blocked it quickly, and the two knives were intertwined into a net that water could not penetrate, but every time they collided with Sanri Yuezong, frost would form.

Not only Sanri Yuezong was near, but the ground, the fountain, and the corpses were gradually covered by thin ice, and soon snow began to fall in the courtyard, and the white snow fell like goose feathers.The strange thing is that it is only snowing in the courtyard of the special search department, and it is still raining in other places, as if there are several artificial snow machines here that are constantly spraying white snow.

Two people come and go in the heavy snow, with swords and swords wrapped in snowflakes, there is a kind of extreme and pure romance of swordsmanship.

But after a while, the entire courtyard of the Special Search Department became covered in silver, with a thick layer of snow on the ground, and all the corpses were buried, leaving only a bulge.The lush bushes by the fence and the roofs of the buildings were also covered with snow, a scene of ice and snow.

The movements of the two are getting faster and bigger, and the distance between them is also widened after each fight. At first, they only circled in the middle circle of the football field, but now it has expanded to a huge courtyard, covered with snow. The whole courtyard is like a thousand layers of frosting sugar. Genguangyi and Xiyuanji Benimu are flying in the clouds like cotton candy, the lights of the knives are like stars, and the dancing figures are like butterflies.

The kendo battle in the snow is so beautiful and romantic that it is comparable to a movie scene.

Yan Funing and Paul XIV sat in the room of the head of the Special Search Department and watched the battle in the courtyard.The room was in a mess, with several mummy-like remains lying around. The secret door of the bookcase had been opened, and people were constantly moving out stacks of files, as well as various materials and electronic equipment.

Paul XIV, dressed as Zorro, was sitting on the boss chair with his short legs hanging in mid-air, holding a "Romeo Juliet" cigar in his right hand and a bottle of "Yamazaki 50" in his left hand, and said boredly: "Come on!" Why are you so verbose? A real man can take off his shirt and call it a day after a few strokes?"

"Do you think they are all as short as you?" Yan Funing, who was standing in front of the window, looked at them seriously, "This is the unique fighting style of Lihong people. You Westerners think that skills are more important than everything else. Just practice the skills well. What about fighting? It is secondary. But Lihong people think that fighting skills come first. Ordinary skills win in gladiatorial combat."

Paul XIV snorted, "I said so much, isn't it because of poverty? I can't afford good skills."

"You're right to say that." Yan Funing smiled, "However, we are all from a big country, and the situation is different from a small country like Lihong."

"I just want to know when they can finish their work quickly." Paul Fourteen said impatiently, "Her Royal Highness and Fu Yuanzhuo are still waiting for me to go to Kabukicho."

"What are you doing with her?"

"FXXK, do I dare to ignore her? If I don't listen to her, she dares to turn my brains into tofu brains!"

"Sweet or salty?"

Paul XIV didn't understand this stalk, held up a cigar, and asked with a puzzled face: "What is sweet or salty?"

Yan Funing shook his head, "Nothing."

Paul XIV said cursingly: "Seren threw all the troubles at us and ran off to have fun by himself. He is an out-and-out bastard. This Xiyuanji Benimaru is also a bitch. He has someone of his own and he has to order We do this and that, we are not his wage earners"

"These things, really only we can do. His people may not dare, even if they dare, it is easy to leak the news if they use him. After all, Star Gate is the Supreme Emperor of Kamikaze, and the Special Search Department is Star Gate's minions. The forces within Kamikaze are not only powerful, but also deeply intertwined." Yan Funing said, "The things here are very important to him, and with these handles, he can quickly control Kamikaze."

"You bastards like to play tricks. So does Cheng Mo. A bunch of smart ghosts who can kill thousands of knives."

"You're almost there, you're not far from becoming a tofu brain."

"what are you saying?"

"I said it's almost time." Yan Funing looked down at the snow-covered garden and whispered, "They have already reached the second stage, and it will be over soon."

"What second stage?"

"The Chosen of Kamikaze divides the gladiatorial fight into three stages, the first stage is called 'Technical Preface', the second stage is called 'Shu no Jigu', and the third stage is called 'Instant Death'."

"What kind of crap are these? Have a fight and get a name?"

"Simply put, 'Foreplay', 'XX' and 'Orgasm'."

"FXXK, I understand now." Paul XIV took a sip of whiskey, "Simply put, it's shocking!"

At this time, the courtyard has completely turned into a white fairy tale world, completely isolated from the surrounding high-rise buildings with lights, like a paradise isolated from the noise and impetuousness.

Pieces of snowflakes flutter like butterflies in the early wind, and Nishienji Benimaru, who is dressed in a black kimono feather, has long hair fluttering and a graceful and light figure, waving a long knife in the heavy snow like a poem, whirling around, each knife setting off a gust of snow , like dancing gracefully in the snow.

Yuan Guangyi opened and closed with murderous aura, and the Sanri Yuezong in his hand burned like a torch, and everything that the flames went turned into ashes and water vapor, just like a priest presiding over a sacrifice.Gradually, the flame on Yuanguang Yijian became more and more intense. Every time he swung the knife, a long fire dragon would be rolled up in the air. As a result, the snow in the yard began to melt slowly, and the heavy snow that was flying catkins also stopped. Gradually changed from bone-chilling cold to warm like spring.

The two slowed down again, pointed their swords to the ground, and slowly moved on the snow that had not completely melted, one step at a time, looking at each other about a hundred meters away, with focused eyes, as if staring at the most intimate lovers.

"Just now Master Yuan asked me what I want to do?"

"No matter what you want to do, there is no room for change now." Yuan Guangyi said, "You must die."

Nishienji Benimaru sighed and said, "Master Minamoto, look." He pointed the knife in his hand at the black duckweed in the fountain, "This is the one who started getting drunk and was beaten up by the guards." Ordinary people."

"It's just a poor pawn."

"I've only known him for less than an hour today."

"You want to show off your powers of demagogy to me?"

Xiyuanji Benimaru shook his head, "I didn't mention power to him, I didn't mention money, and I didn't mention any rewards. I just told him that I will give you a chance to change your destiny."

Yuan Guangyi sneered: "An idiot and alcoholic, very unfortunate to meet you."

"If it wasn't for this idiot and unfortunate alcoholic, maybe my plan wouldn't go so smoothly today, you know how complicated the 'harp matrix' activation is. The person I'm lurking in the special search department is also just an ordinary network engineer I met online And a telephone operator. Just three ordinary people who paralyzed the defense of the Special Investigation Department."

Yuan Guangyi sneered.

"I once told you that in Lihong, ordinary people live without hope."

"They are too greedy." Yuan Guangyi said proudly, "There are not many countries in this world that are better than Lihong,"

"Greedy?" Nishienji Benimaru laughed, "You must know about the experiment "Mouse Universe No. 25"? In the last century, Dr. John Calhoun set up an experiment for four males and four females, a total of eight mice. Utopian environment. In this environment, mice not only have no natural enemies, but also have sufficient water and food, separate areas, and a good sanitary environment. Except for the limited living space, the mice are perfect. In the first stage, the mice competed for Territory and spouses fight each other, forming a social status system; in the second stage, with the gap in social status, some male mice have more resources, but the supply is still sufficient, young mice make up the majority, and the entire population expands rapidly. In the third stage, the reproduction speed of the mice began to decline inexplicably. At this stage, the behavior of the mice began to be abnormal, and the mother mice became more and more aggressive, and even did not care about the life or death of the young mice. Not only the mother mice, but the whole mouse group became better They fight each other, and they start to attack each other within the population. Then the strong male rats are no longer interested in the female rats, and start chasing the male rats, showing the behavior of falling in love with the male rats. The female rats no longer reproduce. In the fourth stage, the rats The colony began to die out. First, the reproductive rate of the rat colony declined rapidly. Both male and female rats stopped breeding. They only had to eat and sleep every day. Although they looked completely normal and healthy, they completely lost The desire to reproduce until extinction. According to records, the last pregnancy of a mother mouse was on the 920th day. And the last mouse died on the 1588th day." ("Mouse Universe No. 25" - also known as "Mouse Utopia", It is a study conducted in the 70s by Dr. John Calhoun, a famous ecologist at Huaxington. The purpose of this study is to predict how human behavior will change when the population reaches a limit. This The results of the experiment were beyond the expectations of scientists, known as the super dark experiment.)
Yuan Guangyi was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "There is no control group in this experiment, and the relationship between variables is also very simple."

"Those rat populations that are trembling in sewers, in kitchens, and in the wild, looking for food are the best control groups. As for the relationship between variables, human society is indeed much more complicated in comparison. But what is the result presented in reality?" Benimaru Xienji smiled, "...Look, our Tokyo is so similar to "Mouse Universe No. 25"."

Yuan Guangyi's movements froze for a moment, and the blazing flame near the Sanri Yuezong in his hand also dimmed a bit.

"Master Yuan, the Lihong you are so proud of is just a six-square-meter utopia of poor mice!" Benimaru Xiyuanji pointed the Chrysanthemum Ichimonji Zong to Yuan Guangyi, "And you, what are you? A strong male mouse?"

Yuan Guangyi's face twisted, and angry light burst out from his narrowed eyes. He roared "baka" and raised the flaming knife, stepping on the remaining snow, amidst the rain-soaked fireworks falling. , and galloped towards Xiyuanji Benimaru, like a bolide across the night sky.

"Truth: Yanyang Purgatory!"

"Truth: Frost Feast!" Xiyuanji Benimaru also shouted, raised the chrysanthemum in his hand, a long silver blade, swept the wind and snow to meet it, like the moonlight thrown on the snow.

The two peerless long knives collided again in the center of the courtyard, making a roaring roar.

This time they didn't touch each other, the crazily burning Sanriyue Zongjin and the crystal clear Ju Yiwen Zongzong clashed with each other, buzzing.Holding knives in both hands, the two leaned their bodies to push each other back, and their faces were almost brought together.

"Ah~~~"

Amid the sound of long chants, the bricks and stones under the two people's feet began to shatter, and the cracks spread rapidly to the surroundings as if they had been hit by an earthquake. In the blink of an eye, they spread to the road and also to the baroque building.

Red magma rolled in the fissures on the ground, shaking the whole world, as if a violent volcanic eruption had occurred.The building began to tremble, making a tooth-piercing sound.Water pipes in fountains and gardens burst, sending high jets of water that quickly turned to mist.There were collapses in many places in the garden, and the ground surged and burned like waves, forming black-red lava.In the magma that boiled like boiling water, countless sharp ice edges grew, and the ice edges also grew wantonly, like long grass that could not be burned by wildfire.The icy edge spread rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, freezing the entire courtyard into an ice field in an instant, and completely freezing the building into an ice sculpture.The strange thing is that there is billowing magma under the ice sheet, and from time to time the steaming magma breaks through the ice sheet and sprays into the air like a fountain.

The earth trembled, bricks and stones flew randomly, and mist overflowed, as if Tokyo was about to sink.

The two people at the center of the volcanic earthquake were still fighting with swords like bulls on horns.This power is really too strong, the flame blade and the ice blade let out an ear-piercing whine, rubbing against the blade from the middle of the blade to the blade.

Under the feet of the two of them was the only intact piece of ground, without ice edges or lava.The bricks, corpses, and flower beds under their feet all floated up, rising continuously.And Xiyuanji Benimaru's hair and wide clothes also floated up, and his extremely handsome face was extremely ferocious.

Yuan Guangyi's ugly and handsome face was also wrinkled, and his general's uniform had been scratched countless cracks, revealing his strong muscles with blue veins.

At this moment, it's not just the knife, but the faces of the two are close at hand, the swords are facing each other, and their breaths are heard, but neither of them is willing to back down or change their moves.

Xienji Benimaru stared at Minamitsuyoshi's fiery pupils in the narrow eye slits, and said through gritted teeth, "Does your lord know about another experiment involving mice?"

"Don't think you can defeat me with these words."

"In that experiment, Dr. Professor Curt Richter of Harvard University selected 12 house mice and threw them into the water tank. These mice began to sink and drown after struggling for less than 60 seconds. He thought that physical strength might It has an impact on the survival time, so I used more than 30 freshly captured wild mice to do the same experiment. Theoretically, the wild mice have stronger athletic ability, can swim naturally, and should last longer than the house mice. But the conclusion is unexpected , these 30 wild mice sank to the bottom of the water in less than 60 seconds, none of them were stronger than house mice. Then he did a second round of experiments. This time he found many mice of similar size, age and living environment and threw them into the water , Fish out these mice before they can't hold on to sinking, and then throw them back into the water tank. How long do you think these mice have survived on average?" Xiyuanji Benimu burst out coldly from between his teeth. A cold voice, "This time, these mice swam for an average of 60 hours!! 60 seconds and 60 hours! The difference is 3600 times."

The sound was like some kind of impact, or some kind of confinement skill, which made Yuanguangyi lose his mind for a moment, and just this one moment was enough to tell the winner.

Benimitaru of Saienji spun the hilt of the knife fiercely, and at the same time twisted Mikami Tsukimune to the side, he held the long knife with the hilt and hit Minamitsuyoshi's chin. He raised his head, revealing his chin with a thick Adam's apple.

Three beams of ice ridges emerged from the ground behind Yuan Guangyi's feet, piercing his back, freezing his body that was leaning back for a few tenths of a second.

"Life is meaningless without hope."

Following Xiyuanji Benimaru's soft-spoken words in the cold wind, Kikuichimonji Zongzong, who was holding the backhand, moved towards Minguangyi's exposed thick neck, and the frosty blade flashed like lightning, killing him His neck bone was cut off directly, and when his head fell backward, the three beams of ice ridges pierced his back.

At this moment, the wind, snow, flames, and tremors stopped at the same time. On the cracked cherry blossom road, a cherry tree that was about to fall unexpectedly bloomed, and the pink petals were instantly blown off by the cold wind, like snow.

The fire near the Mikazuki Sect had been extinguished, and it barely stopped at the base of Xiyuanji Benimaru's fair and slender neck, and a few strands of black hair were blown into the sky.

The long knife fell.

The world calmed down, and Yuan Guangyi, who was frozen into ice, raised his hand to touch something, but he couldn't touch anything, and turned into a colorful DNA helix, drifting away with the withered cherry blossoms on the first night of 2025 .

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After half an hour.

In an asylum on the second floor of the building of the Special Search Department of the Tokyo Local Prosecutor's Office, Xiyuanji Hongmaru and Yan Funing found Yuan Guangyi's body.

The man with small eyes was wearing a white kimono haori, his chest was exposed, and bloody flowers bloomed from the cross-shaped wound on his abdomen, and his intestines and viscera flowed all over the place.

Even so, he did not fall down while kneeling on the tatami.

In front of his body, there was a low table, on which was a Taidao wrapped in white silk, with dried blood remaining on the blade.There is a watch next to the sword, which is obviously Minoyoshi's Ouroboros.There was a sheet of paper under his Uroboros, and on the snow-white paper were written these flamboyant words with a brush: "My loyalty is my honor."

Yan Funing looked down at the line of vertical characters, and said meaningfully: "It seems that he is already ready to die."

Xiyuanji Benimaru bent down to pick up the Uroboros, and said flatly: "I guessed it from the moment he appeared here."

"Oh?"

Xiyuanji Benimaru stared at the line and said: "He asked me what I want to do, but he wanted me to give him a reason." He paused, "The reason why he can go to death."

Yan Funing nodded, "That's right. In case you made a wrong bet and lost all your money, Master Yuan Guangyi has used his life to stop you. When the time comes, the Star Gate will settle the score. At least there will be an explanation."

Seionji Benimaru played with Uroboros in his hand and smiled, but didn't respond.

"It seems that there is nothing else, can we go?"

"Let's go."

"Do you still need to search here?" Yan Funing asked.

Xiyuanji Benimaru shook his head, "No need." He turned and walked towards the door.

Yan Funing subconsciously glanced at the shelter room, which only had a bed, a table and a few books, and vaguely saw that there was another page under the white paper that said "Death Sentence", "It seems that there is a piece of paper under that paper." pages."

"Oh?" Xiyuanji Benimaru turned his head, went to the short side and picked up the paper. Sure enough, there was an envelope under it. On the envelope was written "Xiyuanji Benimaru 様亲展", and he forgot to breathe for a moment , staring intently at his name on the envelope.

Yan Funing glanced at the envelope, saw Xiyuanji Benimaru's name and said, "I'll go out first."

Nishienji Benimaru came back to his senses, smiled and said: "No need." He threw the unopened letter at Minamitsuyoshi's body, the letter danced slowly in the air like snowflakes, and then burned Get up, turn into a ball of flame and slowly land towards the pool of blood.But before it fell into the pool of blood, the white envelope burned into black ashes and scattered in the air, like the dead soul of the dead.

Walking out of the shelter, Xiyuanji Benimaru paused for a moment when closing the door. He held the doorknob and faced the green-painted alloy door, moving his lips and said silently: "Perhaps this kind of thing never existed, Like those stars that shone billions of years ago."

(End of this chapter)