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Chapter 112 Qingdeng vs Cat Monk!Copy Talent: [Milk]

Passing through the corner of the corridor where the man in black just dodged past, the figure of the man in black running along this corridor appeared clearly in Qingdeng's eyes.

The thin man in black was wearing a black outfit from head to toe.

The slightly loose black clothes and black hakama make it difficult to distinguish his figure, and both hands are wearing black cloth gloves that cover all ten fingers.

A black turban and face scarf are tied to cover all hair and the area below the eyes.

Throughout Edo, maybe 10 out of 9 thieves were dressed in black from head to toe, so after seeing this man in black, Qingdeng subconsciously believed that this man was a thief who had the guts to carry out the theft. only.

"what happened?"

"It's Master Tachibana's voice!"

"Go! Come and see!"

……

In the distance, the voices of Nishino and his subordinates came.

Qingdeng's "There are thieves" just now successfully alerted Xi Ye and the others.

He had already heard the footsteps of Nishino and others coming towards him.

The black-clothed man's feet covered with black foot bags moved at a speed so fast that Qingdeng clicked his tongue.

Although Qingdeng has tried his best to chase after him, the distance between him and the man in black is still widening.

Although the speed of Qingdeng who is still in a hurry has been reduced a little because of this, Qingdeng feels that even if he is in his prime, he should not be able to keep up with the man in black.

However——Qingdeng discovered something: the man in black seemed to be unfamiliar with the interior layout of the execution house.

After passing through the long corridor, the man in black turned to the right.

And the right...is a dead end.

Seeing that the man in black had chosen a dead end, Qing Deng secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

This guy has nowhere to go—Qingdeng secretly said in his heart.

Qingdeng, who was chasing after him, also turned right and entered this dead end.

The man in black who had entered a dead end without knowing it continued to gallop.

Finally, he saw the solid wall in front of him.

He immediately leaned his center of gravity back, kicked his feet on the ground, and quickly stopped his body.

The man in black stared at the wall blocking his way for a moment - after a moment, he suddenly turned his body 180 degrees!He rushed towards Qingdeng who was closely behind him!

The man in black is extremely fast, he lowers his center of gravity extremely low, and leaps at Qingdeng with his entire upper body almost touching the floor, like a cat that is pouncing on its prey .

Seeing the man in black rushing towards him, Qingdeng thought that this guy was trying to forcefully break through his line of defense and escape from this dead end.

Thus, Qingdeng's gaze was fixed, and he pulled out the ghost spirit from his waist.

Even if it is the "three times" of the same heart, you can't just draw a knife to kill people casually.If you kill a person who is not guilty of death, regardless of it for the time being, it will inevitably cause huge troubles, and Qingdeng will not be able to pass the test of "conscience".

So after pulling out Ding Guishen, Qingdeng turned the blade around, preparing to subdue this black guy with the back of the blade that would not kill anyone.

He held his breath and stared at the movements of the man in black.

After the figure of the man in black entered his attack range, Qingdeng slashed out with the knife without any hesitation, and slashed at the man in black's shoulder.

The man in black is like a fallen leaf that blows in the wind.

He turned sideways to the right "lightly", dodging Qingdeng's slash.

He seemed to have no intention of fighting with Qingdeng, after dodging Qingdeng's blow, the man in black continued to run straight, trying to miss Qingdeng.

When the man in black was about to pass through Qingdeng's left side, Qingdeng stretched out his left hand in time and grabbed the man in black's left shoulder.

He succeeded in catching this guy—Qingdeng originally wanted to stop the man in black in one go.

However... the moment Qingdeng's left palm grabbed the man in black's left shoulder, the man in black suddenly lowered, raised, and twisted his left shoulder!
A powerful force rushed towards Qingdeng's left palm like a raging tide.

Under the impact of this huge force, even with the blessing of the "skillful hand" talent now, Qingdeng still felt that his left hand slipped away from the left shoulder of the man in black as if he had caught a slippery loach. !

A layman may not understand what the man in black did just now.

But Qingdeng, who has a good skill in unarmed combat, saw it very clearly: the man in black just used a very high-level unloading technique to shake his left hand away!

Probably because he thought that he would not be able to leave smoothly without trying to solve Qingdeng's entanglement. After breaking free from Qingdeng's control, the man in black quickly turned his upper body, faced Qingdeng, raised his right hand, and held five fingers on his right palm. Close together, aimed at Qingdeng's left shoulder, and blasted out with one palm!
Even though he was so thin and small, the power of the man in black's palm was extremely terrifying!
That "huhu" sound of breaking the wind...it didn't seem like an attack that a person of this size could make at all.

It was too late to be surprised by the momentum of the man in black's attack, Qingdeng quickly turned sideways, bent his left forearm downwards, turned his left elbow up, and pointed the tip of the elbow at the palm of the man in black's strike.

Before the man in black's palm strike came and his palm accelerated to the highest speed, he took the initiative to push out the tip of his left elbow!

This is the classic "vertical elbow defense" and "close to the opponent, shortening the opponent's punching distance, making it difficult for the opponent to exert force" in unarmed combat.

The right palm of the man in black collided heavily with Qingdeng's left elbow.

The bone at the tip of the left elbow is very thick and hard. Ever since Nagakura Shinpachi copied the "steel bone" talent, Qingdeng's bone hardness has been further improved.

But even so, after the tip of his left elbow touched the palm of the man in black, Qingdeng still felt numbness and soreness in his left elbow.

In order to dispel the powerful force contained in the palm of the man in black, Qingdeng had no choice but to take a step back.

The man in black seized this great opportunity for Qingdeng to take a step back, and no longer wanted to fight.

While shaking his right hand vigorously, he fled outwards.

--hateful……!
Qingdeng gritted his teeth and hurriedly prepared to chase after him.

But at this moment... probably because the man in black voluntarily withdrew from the battle with Qing Deng, so the system judged that the battle between the two was over.

The system sound rang in Qingdeng's mind.

【Ding!Scan to talent]

[Successfully copied talent: "Milk"]

[Talent introduction: The RU bred is more juicy and more nutritious]

[Beep beep beep beep! 】

[Warning: Because the host is male, it does not match this talent]

[This talent does not take effect]

This is the first time that Qingdeng has heard such a long system prompt after traveling to this era.

At the same time, it was also the first time Qingdeng heard a system prompt with such content...

— milk?Talent not working? !

The series of system sounds that came up in his mind just now completely stunned Qingdeng...

At this time, Saito, Nishino and others who had heard the sound finally arrived.

The people who appeared at the end of the corridor at the other end caught a glimpse of the figure of the man in black who was fleeing.

Nishino's expression changed instantly.

Those who also changed their faces were his gang guides who were following Nishino.

"Master Nishino!" A certain Okain from Nishino raised his hand and pointed at the man in black, "Look! It's the cat monk!"

"I saw it." Nishino, who frowned slightly, waved his big hand, "Hurry up!"

——Cat Monk...? !

A "surprise" is not over, and a "surprise" arises again.

Qingdeng hadn't fully recovered from the indescribable talent he copied just now and the shock of hearing the indescribable system sound, a new wave of extremely impactful "waves" hit Qingdeng's brain.

Qing Deng involuntarily cast a surprised look at the man in black in front of him.

Saito, Nishino and the others joined in the pursuit of the man in black...or the cat monk.

Everyone chased very hard.

But no one is as fast as Mao Xiaoseng...

Mao Xiaoseng, who had been leaving Qingdeng and others behind, and kept getting further and further away from them, did not enter a dead end this time.

He successfully found a window leading to the outside.

He pushed the window open and jumped out of the window.

Qingdeng and the others finally arrived at the window after nearly 7 seconds of delay.

Tonight is a bright sunny day.

Leaning on this window and looking out - the beams of bright moonlight cast by the first quarter moon stretched the shadow of the cat monk galloping on the roof of a certain shop outside the execution office.

Mao Xiaoseng is really like a cat, walking flat on such a steep roof.

After skimming over the roof of this shop, he leaped nimbly and jumped into the intersection between the houses.

His thin figure completely disappeared from Qingdeng's field of vision.

"Master Nishino..." A certain Okabi from Nishino looked out the window where Mao Xiaoseng was gone, and then looked at Nishino next to him, "Are we... going to chase?"

"No need." Nishino replied without hesitation, "Since accepting the case of 'Mao Xiaoseng', in the past two months, haven't you learned enough about Mao Xiaoseng's ability to escape?"

"By the time we rush out of the enforcement office and run after people, Little Monk Mao has long since disappeared."

Qingdeng held the same opinion as Nishino.

Although he didn't deal with Mao Xiaoseng for a long time like Xi Ye did, but from the pursuit of Mao Xiaoseng just now, he also saw that they couldn't catch up with him in the flat corridor just now, so run now Chasing the little monk like a fish into the sea...you will be a ghost if you can catch up.

"That person... is the little monk Mao...?" Qing Deng looked at the direction where the monk's figure disappeared, and muttered softly.

Hearing Qingdeng's muttering, Nishino said calmly:
"After taking over the case of the 'Mao Xiaoseng', I have seen this Mao Xiaoseng up close twice in the previous operations to arrest the Mao Xiaoseng."

"I won't admit my mistake."

"Besides Mao Xiaoseng, there should be no other thieves in Edo who have the ability to fly over walls."

Qingdeng couldn't help but look a few more times in the direction Mao Xiaoseng was running away from just now.

This is the first time Qingdeng has seen this strange thief who has caused a lot of storms in Edo.

Before this, Qingdeng had heard of his name for a long time but had never had the honor to meet him.

It's exactly the same as the rumors I've heard - the cat monk is really a cat-like phantom thief.

Mao Xiaoseng's force-relieving skills in breaking free from his control just now, as well as the slap that directly forced Qingdeng back, all left a deep impression on Qingdeng.

This extremely agility, this very good hand-to-hand combat ability...Qingdeng somewhat understands why no one has successfully caught this cat monk until now.

Of course - compared to Mao Xiaoseng's rumored agility, the talent he just copied from Mao Xiaoseng made Qingdeng even more dumbfounded.

Qingdeng opened his personal system interface:
【Name: Juqingdeng】(?)
[Current talent:]

[Night Vision, Sword Talent, Sleeping God, Lonely Danger, Eagle Eye, Left Hand, Fitness, Skillful Hand, Strong Tongue, Iron Waist, Steel Bone, Strong Muscle, Cat Turns Around, Photographic Memory, Ghost Heart, Milk]

The new talent: Milk is impressively on the talent list.

However, this new talent is significantly different from the others on this list.

In the entire list, only the term "milk" is dull in color and extremely conspicuous.

Qingdeng guessed: This probably means that this talent cannot take effect.

It was copied to a talent that didn't take effect... This was Qingdeng's first time.

Click on each talent entry in the list to review the specific content of the talent.

Qingdeng clicked on "milk", and a new virtual screen appeared in front of his eyes.

The RU bred is more juicy and more nutritious——Looking at the talent introduction written on the virtual screen, Qing Deng didn't know what expression to show for a moment...

So there is such a talent...? !

Since that cat monk has such a talent... Doesn't that mean that she is not a man?
Qingdeng's expression became weird uncontrollably.

He never expected that some of the rumors in the market were actually true... This famous cat monk was actually a woman.

In Edo's troubled situation, no one can catch it no matter what, the big ghost thief who caused the Edo Enforcement Office to lose its face is actually a woman... If this matter gets out, I don't know how much it will bring to the Enforcement Office and the market. shock.

——Milk...Calm down and think about it carefully, this talent is also amazing...it can make your offspring grow stronger.

——I don’t know how old that cat monk is, and if she has a husband and children.

—if she has children... would like to see if her children grow far healthier and stronger than other children.

Qingdeng's thoughts are spreading uncontrollably in strange directions at this moment...

——I don’t know how rich this “more nutritious” is.

——If her husband drank it...would it be good for the health and nutritional intake of adults?
At this time, Nishino's voice interrupted Qingdeng's thoughts that were gradually developing in a wild direction.

"Tachibana. What happened just now?"

Encountered Mao Xiaoseng in the enforcing office——Stimulated by this incident, Nishino also became more energetic.

He asked Qingdeng with a serious face.

"Where did you encounter the cat monk?"

……

……

Edo, leased land, the mansion of the Angouleme family, Elodie's room—

Wearing an orange-yellow maid outfit, the maid Leroy, who folded her hands in front of her, said softly to Elodie beside her:
"Miss, it's very late at night, it's almost time for bed."

Because there was a warm stove in the room, Elodie, who was only wearing a thin white long dress, was sitting on a chair at this time.

This chair is a little taller than the petite Elodie.

A pair of little white feet without socks are dangling there because they can't touch the ground, and the light red toenails are like ten small cherry blossom petals.

"Well..." Elodie replied casually to her waitress, "I'll read some books and go to sleep..."

A book the size of her entire face was lying on Elodie's lap.

The pages of the book are still very new, but there are many defects in the footer and other places.

Looking at Elodie who was reading the book extremely intently, Leroy opened his mouth and let out a silent sigh, then smiled helplessly:

"Miss, is this "Robin Hood of the Thieves" written by Mr. Dumas so good?"

"You should have watched it more than 10 times, right?"

"I've read it so many times, why are you still reading it with such interest?"

Leroy has served Elodie for many years, and the deep friendship makes the relationship between the two daughters extremely close.

The relationship between the two daughters... is not so much a "master and servant", but more like a "sister" who can joke with each other and talk to each other privately. The private communication between the two daughters is basically quite casual and friendly.

Robin Hood - a hero in British folklore.Since the 12th century, there have been legends about Robin Hood among the people. He is a green forest hero who is good at using bows and arrows, often robs the rich and helps the poor, and is a chivalrous hero.

Later generations continued to use the legend of Robin Hood as the material to compile a large number of well-known stories.

The great French writer: Alexandre Dumas created a masterpiece on the basis of his predecessors - "Robin Hood the Robin Hood".

The book that Elodie is currently reading seriously is this popular novel that is currently selling well in France.

Hearing Leroy ask her this, Elodie raised the corner of her mouth and said with a smile:

"Because Mr. Alexandre Dumas' "Robin Hood" is really good to read! I will never tire of reading it!"

Elodie closed the books on her lap, caressing the delicate writing with her small hands, a longing light flashed in her eyes.

"It's so cool to use all my abilities to help the weak Mr. Robin Hood..."

The smile on Leroy's face deepened a little: "Miss, you really like this kind of story of 'the capable help the weak, steal from the rich and give to the poor'."

Speaking of this, Leroy suddenly paused.

"Ah... Speaking of 'robbing the rich and helping the poor'...Miss, I heard a rumor that you should be very interested in this afternoon. Would you like to hear it?"

"Rumor?" Elodie, whose attention was aroused, raised her head and winked at Leroy, "Miss Leroy, what are the rumors, tell me quickly."

"Miss, we have been living in Osaka before, and we rarely heard about Edo. I didn't know until this afternoon that Edo recently had a special purpose of stealing money from wicked people, known as 'Cat Little Monk' 'The Phantom Thief."

Stealing money from villains, phantom thieves... After hearing these two words, Elodie's eyes immediately burst into light of excitement and excitement.

"Cat monk?"

What "Robin Hood the Robin Hood", I didn't bother to watch it anymore, Elodie casually put it on the small table next to it, then jumped off the chair, stepped on the soft carpet with two little feet, facing Elodie, The small and pink toes stand on tiptoe slightly.

"Miss Leroy, tell me the story of this cat monk in detail!"

"Miss, I don't know much about this person's deeds."

"It's okay! Say as much as you know!"

Seeing Elodie eager to hear the story of the cat monk, Leroy's eyes rolled slightly, a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and then he smiled and said:
"Miss, if you want to hear me tell the story of the cat monk, that's fine."

"But you must hurry to bed first."

"As long as you lie down on the bed and cover the quilt, I will immediately tell you all the heroic deeds I know about the cat monk."

Hearing Leroy's words, Elodie froze for a moment.

"What..." Elodie curled her red lips, "Miss Leroy, you actually used this to threaten me..."

"Miss, I'm not coercing." Leroy smiled slightly, "I'm just making a reasonable deal with you."

"Okay, miss, let's make a choice? Do you want to go to bed now? Or..."

Before Leroy finished speaking, Elodie threw herself onto the bed next to her in a hurry, and covered her body with the quilt.

"Okay, I'm already in bed!"

Pulling the quilt to the neck, Elodie, who was holding the quilt with her two small hands, hurriedly urged Leroy.

"Miss Leroy, hurry up and tell me the story about that cat monk!"

Seeing that Elodie was finally going to bed, Leroy, who showed a look of "planning", pulled the chair that Alodie was sitting on just now, and sat down beside Elodie's bed.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you now."

Leroy cleared his throat, then imitated the tone of a medieval bard reading a story, and slowly told the story of the great thief.

Leroy's eloquence is not very good, and her clumsy narrative skills make the story not sound particularly exciting.

But even so, Elodie still listened with gusto, and the expression on her face became more and more excited as Leroy narrated.

After detailing all the deeds he knew about the cat monk, Leroy concluded with the rumor that "the cat monk is a female ninja".

"...It is said that the cat monk is a female ninja who is proficient in ninjutsu that is almost lost."

"She is a ninja who has practiced ninjutsu hard since she was a child, so she has such agility."

"Female ninja...?!" This exotic word made the excitement in Elodie's eyes flash even more intensely, "Then does she know how to use shuriken? Can she use the kind that makes people hallucinate?" Illusion? Can you use the kind of avatar technique that divides your body into several parts? Can you breathe fire?"

"Uh..." Leroy smiled awkwardly, "I don't know... In the end, 'the cat monk is a female ninja' is just a rumor, and no one knows if it's true or not."

There was no affirmative answer from Leroy, and a slight disappointment appeared on Elodie's face, but this disappointment was only fleeting.

"A phantom thief who specializes in attacking those treacherous and evil people... Isn't that the same as Mr. Robin Hood..."

Elodie stared at the ceiling above her head as if looking at the sky, her face full of longing.

Then, as if she remembered something, she turned her gaze back to Leroy.

"Hey, Miss Leroy, do you think this cat monk has any companions?"

"I don't know about that..." Leroy shook his head, "As far as I know——Mao Xiaoseng seems to be fighting alone all the time."

"I think Mao Xiaoseng should have companions!" Alodi said in a firm tone, "Even if he doesn't have one now, he should have one in the future."

"According to what you just said, the Enforcement Office is now increasing its efforts to arrest the little monk Mao."

"Then Mao Xiaoseng's various actions after that will definitely not be so smooth."

"In order to ensure that I can continue to be a hero in the future, Mao Xiaoseng will definitely find a companion for himself in the future even if he does not have a companion now!"

(End of this chapter)