death of hope

Chapter 800 "Wild Growth" (216) Shameless

The second match officially begins.
The moment when the host Kondo Yae chopped down with his knife,
Just like the Olympic track and field arena, the starting gun for the 100-meter race has been fired.

The battle maid Rosette suddenly started to move without warning, circling the opponent. She ran faster and faster, so fast that the audience had visual afterimages.

Rosette's weapon is a 'rapier', a weapon that was popular in gentleman duels during the Renaissance.
The sword is very simple, just a tough conical three-edged steel bar, without any fancy carvings or decorations.

The hilt is wrapped with several layers of badminton racket anti-slip tape, with an ugly but practical bowl-shaped guard, and the entire blade has no edge.
The murderous intent hidden in the cold steel gradually gathered at the top, and finally converged into a cold light at the tip of the sword.

This kind of weapon completely abandons the chopping performance of cold weapons, and all designs are for the sake of "lightweight" and "stabbing performance".

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For a specialized combat maid like Rosette Ishihara, whose talent skill points are all put into 'speed' and who has a serious 'biased' ability;
Stabbing is more efficient than cutting.

Simpler, more direct, and more deadly.

A southern European swordsmanship master once said: Human beings are like a leather bag filled with water. If the leather bag is punctured and a certain amount of water flows out, the person will die.

Compared to Maria who specializes in strength, Rosette who specializes in speed is obviously stronger.

Her AI smart chip is loaded with all the moves passed down from the Florentine Fabrice School of Fencing.

After technical personnel worked overtime day and night to debug, the information recorded in these "martial arts secrets" will be mapped into real body movements and can be effectively applied in actual combat.

Admittedly, this is just a formula, a mechanical imitation of the diagrams drawn by Florentine swordsmen hundreds of years ago, without any flexibility or change.

Its technological level is at least twenty years behind its competitor Sakura Corporation, especially in the field of psychic research.

But in general application scenarios, the extraordinary abilities demonstrated by this series of cyborgs are terrifying.

The "Battle Maids" are already considered to be the most eye-catching "ace product" that MCRI (Mitsubishi Corporation Cyborg Research Institute) has been able to produce in recent years.

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The perspective turns to the loyalists of the Sanwang Society.

Saito Rinrinka stared at the screen, reading the information about the opponent's characters stolen by the hacker:

"Akutsu Hirochi, whose real name is Akutsu Emon, is a notorious person.

He once studied the traditional martial arts of 'Shinto Munen-ryu' at the Kazaki Dojo in Osaka.
During a daily sparring match, he used a wooden sword to hit his senior brother's knee, crippling him. All witnesses said that he did it on purpose, seeking revenge.

Akutsuemon was then expelled from his school and his swordsmanship license was confiscated, which was equivalent to being expelled from the famous and upright martial arts world in the East.

The news spread quickly in Edo, and other dojos would not take in such a person with evil intentions, causing him to become a ronin and wander around.

Akutsuemon was dissatisfied and had evil thoughts. He sneaked into the Osaka Kazaki Dojo late at night, ambushed and killed his fellow disciples who were on guard, and stole the sect's most precious martial arts secrets.

After several years, he became a martial artist and changed his name to "Akutsu Hirochi" and re-entered the martial arts world.
He joined the Bounty Hunter Guild and became famous for completing difficult missions, beheading dangerous targets, and earning large commissions.

People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. With money and fame, he was deeply concerned by the self-media and dug up the black material. Akutsu's despicable behavior and true identity before changing his name were soon exposed.

However, the bounty hunter organization does not care about these. For them, anyone who can make money is a good employee.

Soon after he became famous, Akutsu's former teacher, the elderly Shinto Munen-ryu master Yukawa Kazuo, came to him in order to avenge his disciple and restore the reputation of his school.
As the head of the sect, Mr. Yukawa came in person to attack the rebel, but was killed by Akutsu using a secret trick he had learned secretly.

From then on, the Osaka Kazaki Dojo never recovered and never regained its former glory of being packed with disciples. The Shinto Munen Ryu almost disappeared from the martial arts world.

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After hearing what Ah Lin said, Chen Hong clenched her fists angrily: "Akujin... is a despicable guy. I really want to go on the field and kill him myself!"

Chen Xing pulled his sister's pigtails and said, "Sister Hong is really a person who hates evil and hates evil as much as she hates evil. She has the spirit of an ancient knight.

Although Yajiutsu is hateful, we must not forget the priorities. Our old Chen family's old enemy is standing right across the street.
Those two must be the main force of the old thief Kondo Isao, and it is up to us, brother and sister, to deal with them."

Chen Hong sighed: "That old man named Tang...

He is such an ignorant martial arts fanatic... He can't possibly be greedy for the commission promised by the Kyokushin Group. He came here for us, right?" "Yes, he came here for the two of us named Chen."

Chen Xing nodded, his eyes full of murderous intent:
"So, this is not just a fight to save the young master's life. This is a fateful duel between our Chen Clan Martial Arts School and the Donghu Tang Sect.

Let’s put an end to a century of grievances today!”

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While the Chen brothers and sisters were talking, the two of them had already fought for more than a hundred moves.

The bounty hunter's weapon is a pair of peculiarly shaped kukri swords that resemble Nepal's "dog-leg knives". They are more suitable for chopping than stabbing.
Hirotomo Akutsu danced the two swords so tightly that it looked like he was defending firmly, but in fact he was suppressed to the point where he had no chance to breathe. His speed was far inferior to that of the combat maid, and he was constantly stabbed.

As a speed-specialized cyborg, Rosette's movements are as fast as lightning.
Strangely, her rapier repeatedly hit the ugly man's vital parts, but was unable to penetrate his skin and cause effective damage.

"Could it be that the ugly guy has mastered the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Shirt?"

The audience was all confused and guessing at first, but after watching for a while, they gradually understood what was going on.

The senator shook his head and said, "Mr. Kondo, this is no fun."

Kondo Isao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained:

"I'm sorry, Master Yano... I really don't know about this...

That bastard Akutsu... He acted on his own initiative and broke the rules of the arena...

Um...should we stop this..."

"It doesn't matter, let them continue to fight," the senator waved his hand;

"Who will survive between the slick and cunning human warrior and the powerful and upright speed-type cyborg? This match is not bad and quite interesting."

Seeing that the senator was just watching the show and was not angry, Kondo Isao breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, many people in the audience stood up and shouted angrily:

"Get down! You scabby dog! Why are you still wearing armor?!"

"shameless!"

"shameless!"

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The secret to bounty hunter Akutsu's 'invulnerability' is simple: it relies on equipment;
Under his clothes he wore an expensive, one-of-a-kind stab-proof suit woven from ultra-high-density polyethylene fibers and rare alien metal threads, which made him almost completely immune to the attacks of swift rapiers.

The rules of the trial by combat only state that the use of hot weapons is not allowed, but there is no explicit restriction on protective gear.

This was not a deliberate attempt to set up a trap for the Sanwang Society. For such a serious occasion, most of the participating warriors were top masters from famous and upright sects. The rules that everyone tacitly accepted did not need to be mentioned at all.
In order to protect the dignity and honor of their own sects, martial artists will tacitly abide by the ancient rules of the arena.

If it had not been agreed in advance that they would fight in armor, no one would appear on the battlefield wearing even a piece of armor.

As the saying goes, beware of gentlemen but not villains.

Apparently, Hirotoshi Akutsu is such a villain who is very good at taking advantage of loopholes in the rules.

The contract signed between Kondo Isao and him required a 3% deposit to be paid first and the remaining 7% to be paid after winning, with no other restrictions stated.

He had long been expelled from the Japanese martial arts world, and his new identity after changing his name was a bounty hunter. He no longer cared about the rules, reputation, and traditional values ​​of the martial arts world.
For Hirotomo Akutsu, winning is enough; the method of winning doesn't matter.

Anyway, I just need to complete the contract, take the money and leave, so I won’t care about the criticism behind my back.

A vicious heart, high talent, thick skin,
This is the capital that enables Akutsuemon (Hirochi), who betrayed his teacher and ancestors, to move towards financial freedom step by step.