Martial artists can never be ultimately insulted

The reason is simple: even though Wu Lei'an still exudes an air of unparalleled arrogance and restlessness, much like Chao Xiong, he merely sits there responding to others' questions—

Regardless of your tone or attitude when responding, at least you responded.

It's important to know that, not long ago, but just before he set off and arrived here, Wu Lei'an was arrogant and dismissive of everyone.

Including during previous missions, they completely disregarded the client, the target, the target's guards, and even the requests made. They showed no respect even to members of the Wu clan.

And now...

Seeing Wu Lei'an, who, after the life-giving dish entered his stomach, realized its effects and began to shovel rice into his mouth, yet did not become agitated and demand anything of Yuan Chen, but instead managed to control his emotions, Wu Hori and the others exchanged surprised glances.

So... a beating is that effective?

Thinking this way, Wu Qiqi felt that things were not so simple. After all, in Wu Qiqi's impression... or rather in the impression of the other members of the Wu clan, Wu Lei'an was a literal, insane beast.

Will such madness bring about a complete transformation in a short period of time?

Just as Wu Qiqi was still thinking, Yuan Chen, who was standing to the side, said with great interest:

"Not bad, it feels like I woke up from a beast and turned into... well, a rational madman?"

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Volume 1: Chapter 79 - On Human Relationships and Social Interactions

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's question, Wu Lei'an's face was full of annoyance and displeasure: "Nonsense!"

As he spoke, Wu Lei'an continued to eat his rice with his head down. Seeing Wu Lei'an's reaction, Baki might not have realized anything yet, but Wu's grandson, @Ran, nodded knowingly and immediately fell silent, wondering what kind of expression his grandfather would have when he saw Wu Lei'an now when they got home.

Yes, it's something to look forward to in every sense.

But in Yuan Chen's view...

Sure enough, whether it's a little female devil or a big male devil, the best way to discipline them is to give them a good beating.

Even in the original work, Wu Lei'an was extremely extreme in every way at the beginning.

Extremely brutal, they revel in the process of ravaging and killing. Even when they have gained an absolute advantage and the enemy has completely lost all power to resist, they will still attack their opponent before the referee announces the result, with the sole purpose of enjoying pure violence.

He showed no respect to either enemies or his own people. He viewed the competition as a killing field, with the goal of killing all his opponents.

In the second part, Kengan Omega, this changed somewhat—he no longer went crazy all the time, became able to communicate normally, and his emotions were much more stable.

The core reason is that after witnessing the true powerhouses like Kuroki Gensai, he realized his own shortcomings and was even able to advise the younger generation as someone who had been there before—something that is unimaginable for the current Wu clan.

However, Yuan Chen himself was happy to see these changes happening to Wu Lei'an.

He didn't say much, just nodded calmly, and then began to talk about his views on martial arts.

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Baki and the others quickly turned their attention to this discussion, and before they knew it, it was already late at night.

"Oh! It's getting late, I have to go back!"

Glancing at the time, Baki said with some panic, "If we don't leave soon, Kozue will get angry again!"

"Shoyo?" Upon hearing Baki's words, Gohori blinked in surprise.

"She's my landlord's daughter," Baki explained with a smile. "She'll definitely get scolded if she goes home too late!"

"Landlord?" Upon hearing Baki's explanation, Go Hori's expression became even stranger, and even Go Raian, who was eating and drinking, couldn't help but look up.

As the son of the so-called strongest creature on earth, the one who single-handedly intimidated a superpower, and the king of the Tokyo Dome underground fighting arena... if you're still in school, we can understand why.

But... you're still renting from someone else?

Just as the Wu clan was about to depart, Yuan Chen shook his head with a sigh and said, "It's love, isn't it?"

“Ah…it’s love.” Wu Qiqi nodded in deep agreement.

“Yes, if it’s love, then it’s perfectly normal!” Wu Fengshui chimed in from the side.

"Love what..." Upon hearing the nonsense from the spiky-sounding Baki, who usually seemed incredibly lively and cheerful, suddenly lowered his head and said somewhat shyly, "We...we're just ordinary friends..."

"Your reaction is practically the same as admitting it." Looking at Baki's expression, Chun-Li chuckled and teased.

"Pretending to be nonchalant is also a way of showing love~"

Upon hearing this, Baki scratched his face somewhat embarrassedly, then added, "I was just a little worried that Kozue might mind... Anyway, thank you all for having dinner and chatting with me! I will definitely repay you all when I have the chance in the future!"

With that, Baki also ran away as if fleeing.

But the fishy and crispy royal team forced the endurance of the glutinous rice.

Sure enough, a short while later, Baki ran back, looking embarrassed, and said, "Sorry, I forgot to take Musashi with me..."

Hearing its owner call it, the Tosa Inu, which had been fast asleep on the floor, wobbled to its feet.

Baki hoisted Musashi onto his shoulder, then waved and said, "I'm leaving!"

"No need to see me out~"

After seeing Baki off, the Wu clan's simmering atmosphere did not lose its charm.

They even became more open-minded.

“Although Baki is a pretty good guy, we’re definitely not from the same world.” As he spoke, Hori opened a bottle of beer.

Upon hearing Wu Qi's words, Yuan Chen asked with some curiosity, "Do martial artists in the Doujie world also have their own worlds?"

"It's alright, mainly because the groups we come into contact with have historical issues and such." Wu Qiqi wasn't surprised to hear Yuan Chen's question, after all, Yuan Chen had only just arrived in the Doujie.

In addition, having a very good impression of Yuan Chen, he explained:

"Although the Tokyo Dome underground is a well-known name among many fighting groups, it is ultimately the property of the Tokugawa family, which ruled Japan for more than 260 years and is 'official' in the literal sense."

The attitudes of successive official authorities towards free-spirited warriors, ronin, and assassins are easily imaginable. Especially in the early days of the martial arts world, the conflict between the two reached an unprecedented level.

"And what was the result?" Yuan Chen asked curiously.

In response, Wu Qiqi simply shrugged and said:

"Some martial artists who lived in seclusion in the secular world got annoyed and killed a few people, and then the martial arts world was separated from the secular world."

Even now, within the Wu clan's territory, things like law enforcement and land ownership still belong to our Wu clan.

“It sounds just like a modern-day feudal lord,” Yuan Chen said with great interest.

"Pretty much," Wu Qiqi nodded and said, "Because martial artists' minds are mostly on martial arts, they have stabilized in this way."

As she said this, Wu Qiqi glanced at the time and added, "We'll be going now. Grandpa should still be waiting for us..."

Before Wu Qiqi could finish speaking, the door next to him was suddenly pushed open.

Then, a handsome, long-haired, dark gothic-style man with blond hair, green eyes, and fair skin walked in, looking pained.

"Ugh! Those eyes, blinded by the blood of violence, are once again using the power of curses to repel me... My soul, are you also grieving? You've become so tormented..."

The fishy smell was so strong!

The fishy smell was so strong!

The fishy smell was so strong!

After a long pause, Hibiki Sakura finally walked over and said with an embarrassed look, "Uh... sorry, my brother is just that kind of weirdo, with chuunibyou and stuff."

Upon hearing Sakura's words, the gothic-style long-haired man knelt on one knee, clutching his arm with one hand, and said with a pained expression, "Damn it! Even my family can't understand this... pain!"

"It's not that I can't understand it." Hearing her brother Sakura Ibuki's words, Sakura Hibiki scratched her head a little embarrassedly and said:

"The main problem is that we have a lot of guests at home today, including Brother Yuanchen and Sister Chunli who are staying here. Brother, people can't understand what you're saying."

Upon hearing Hibiki Sakura's words, Ibuki Sakura blinked, then glanced at Yuan Chen and the others next to the restaurant before quickly regaining her composure.

"Oh, we have a guest. I'm so sorry, I ran into some trouble today... My name is Sakura Ibuki, Hibiki's older brother, nice to meet you~!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen and Chun Li introduced themselves one after another.

Yuan Chen also glanced at Sakura Ibuki with great interest—he appeared in "How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?", and although he was Sakura Hibiki's older brother, he mostly played a background role. Although he rarely participated in the plot, he sponsored many of the competitions in the story of "How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?".

Thinking this, Yuan Chen asked, "I heard you encountered some trouble? Could you explain?"

"Ah, it's alright, it's mainly some business stuff..." Sakura Ibuki walked dejectedly to the seat that Hayabi Kiba had just vacated, then slumped onto the table and said:

"It's an old problem. I want to expand the restaurant's business scope, but every time I try, I encounter obstacles at every turn. I asked around with friends, and it seems to be because of some business organization called Kengan-kai..."

“Kengan Association.” Upon hearing Sakura Ibuki’s words, Genji nodded thoughtfully, then turned to Wu Hori and asked, “Do you know anything about it?”

The Kengan-kai, a core organization within Kengan Ashura and Kengan Omega.

Although Yuan Chen knew some information about the Kengan Association, it was all from a long time ago.

Especially since this world is a mix of fighting games and anime, Yuan Chen couldn't guarantee anything about things related to history.

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's question, Wu Qiqi briefly recalled and replied:

"As for the Kengan Association... its origins date back to the fifth year of the Zhengde reign three hundred years ago. At that time, merchants were engaged in bloody battles day and night to compete for the status of imperial merchants, and they would not hesitate to use any means to achieve the final victory."

Threats and threats continued to arise, so Tokugawa Ietsugu, the seventh shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who was five years old at the time, issued an order: "Since we want to quell the conflict, let's settle it fairly and squarely."

So the merchants formed a guild, employing powerful warriors to fight for them, thereby fulfilling their commercial ambitions—placing their aspirations with the Fist of the Fighter. This is the origin of the name Kengankai (Fist of the Fighter).

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen nodded thoughtfully, then a look of curiosity appeared on his face as he asked, "As for the Tokugawa family... according to what you just said, don't they want to suppress the martial arts world?"

“That was in the early Edo period,” said Kurehori, shrug.

"Once they realized that this was impossible, they began to gradually separate the world of ordinary people from the martial arts world. Organizations like Kengan were also gradually established around this time, as a way of expressing their respective goodwill?"

"After all, what martial artists seek, apart from money and fame, is only power. If they can exchange these things for the stability of their rule, it is a worthwhile thing for those rulers... Well, the martial arts world in other parts of the world has generally experienced similar history."

After listening to Wu Qiqi's explanation, Yuan Chen gained a basic understanding of the situation in the martial arts world.

At least for now, the reason why the Kengan and Baki factions of warriors have little interaction is largely because the Baki faction warriors are fighting in the underground of Tokugawa Mitsunari's Tokyo Dome, and most of them have corresponding identities in society.

The Kengan school... is less about being more grassroots and more about being more aligned with the traditional martial arts world.

Thinking this, Yuan Chen didn't delve deeper. Instead, after nodding, he asked, "Could you help me get a license from the Kengan Association?"

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Sakura Ibuki, who had been listening to the story while lying on the table, smiled wryly and said:

"Wait a minute, although I know you mean well, I've inquired and found out that you can't buy a membership to the Kengan Association. You can only challenge an existing member, and the registration fee for just one challenge is as high as 100 million yen. If you fail, it's not refunded; the challenged member keeps it. I heard that quite a few companies make a living off of those challenge fees..."

But just as Sakura Ibuki was speaking, Gohori Kiya replied, "No problem."

"Huh?" Hearing Hori's words, Sakura Ibuki looked up and blinked, somewhat bewildered. Hori, standing up, simply put her coat back on and said:

"I'll talk to Grandpa, but we still need a registered fighter, otherwise it won't work..."

As they were talking, Wu Qiye noticed Yuan Chen's seemingly gentle gaze.

Realizing something, a smile appeared on Wu Qiqi's lips, and he nodded, saying:

"It was my oversight... With such powerful fighting spirit, how could you possibly give up this opportunity to fight against countless powerful opponents to someone else?"

"Haha." Yuan Chen chuckled twice.

Wu Qiqi didn't mince words and simply said, "The license plate issue is simple; someone will deliver it tomorrow morning. However, to minimize the impact, we might arrange a related competition soon..."

As she said this, Wu Hori also turned her gaze to Sakura Ibuki beside her: "Sakura-so charcoal-grilled meat, is that right?"

"Uh, yes." Sakura I was still groggy from the wind.

"You say your shop is expanding? Then compete for prime locations in the nearby commercial district."

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing this, Sakura Ibuki also looked bewildered: "This, does this make sense from a business perspective?"

Sensing Sakura Ibuki's surprise, Wu Hori smiled and said, "There has never been any logic in the martial arts world; this has been the rule of the martial arts world since ancient times."

Watching Wu Qiqi leave, and seeing that the problem that had troubled her for a year or two was resolved just like that, Sakura Ibuki stood there stunned.

"That's...resolved?"

In response, Yuan Chen turned his gaze to Chun Li.

"Isn't it said that foreign countries don't have social etiquette?"

Volume 1: Chapter 80: What is there to say about repaying a debt of gratitude?

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Chun Li simply shrugged and didn't say anything more.

After seeing Wu Fengshui and the others off, Yuan Chen and the others prepared to rest.