Crossover Anime: Starting from Soul Society and Slicing Through All Worlds

Chapter 13: Using Fist to "Persuade with Reason"

"Gentlemen, I apologize for disturbing you, but the person you captured is my friend, not the half-orc you're talking about."

We came from a remote rural area, originally intending to develop our careers in a big city, but we got lost in this forest along the way. Since you are preparing to return to town, could you please give us a ride?

In that case, I can let bygones be bygones for what those people just did to my friend.

Just as these adventurers tied up Yosuke Shima, whose face was bruised and swollen but who was still explaining, and were about to take him back to the city, Yoru, who had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, finally came out.

From the banknotes and wallet that Yosuke had dropped to the side, as well as the explanation he had just given, Yoru knew that the other party was also a visitor from another world.

The reason he has been hiding and not coming out is that he wants to see what kind of abilities other interdimensional transferees besides himself possess.

To his disappointment, after crouching in the grass for a long time, the man named Shima Yosuke, although also a transmigrator, seemed to be a complete weakling in terms of strength...

"Huh? You say he's your friend, so he's your friend? What proof do you have?"

"I bet you're trying to steal him because you saw we captured a rare, talking orc."

"That's right. Even if he really is someone you know, as you say, now that we've found and caught him, he's our spoils."

"You're just a country bumpkin. If you're not happy about it, you can try and have a go at us brothers."

With Ye Cheng's looks and appearance, even in this other world, he would definitely be considered extremely handsome, so naturally he wouldn't be treated as a so-called half-orc like Shima Yosuke.

However, the adventurers in front of Ye Cheng didn't seem to care about what he said, or rather, even if they believed him, they had no intention of compromising.

It's obvious that there are three of them, while Ye Cheng only has one, and he's a country bumpkin from the countryside with no background whatsoever.

Rare talking orcs could fetch a good price in the merchant guild, and they were complete strangers to Night City, so why should they give them face?

"It seems that sometimes force can indeed persuade people more effectively than words. Since you have this request, then I will grant it."

Ye Cheng plunged the crude bone knife from his waist into the ground in front of him, and then charged at the three people in front of him empty-handed.

Having wandered the Soul Society for many years, Yoruichi is capable of judging the minimum strength of his opponents.

The three adventurers in front of him appeared to be tall and strong with fancy equipment, but in reality, their aura strength was just so-so. They were not worthy of his fighting skills at all. He could easily beat them to tears with just a fight.

"What an arrogant brat! You have a weapon but don't use it, are you just trying to show off in front of me?!"

"As expected of a country bumpkin, ignorant and arrogant, thinking we're on par with your third-rate adventurers from the countryside?"

A few minutes later...

"My lord, we really didn't expect that this half-orc... this gentleman is your friend."

We apologize for our actions just now, and this is all the property we have on us; consider it compensation for your emotional distress.

"You two are heading to town, aren't you? We're willing to lead the way, but we beg you to show mercy and let us go."

Yosuke Shima, witnessing the rather dramatic scene before him, looked on with a bewildered expression, gaining some insight from it. He realized that sometimes, persuading people with words alone is not always effective. The three adventurers in front of him, who had previously acted so arrogantly, were now kneeling in a row, begging for mercy, after Yosuke's "reasoning" with his fists.

They used to call him "Ye Chengxiang Ba Lao" and himself a half-orc, but now they've changed their address to "Sir" and "Master".

"Yosuke, according to what you said, after you came to this other world, you should have also obtained the power bestowed by the god of this other world."

The power you were given should be the ability to communicate with creatures from another world.

"Didn't you notice yourself? At first, those adventurers couldn't understand what you were saying, but later they could. They only mistook you for an orc because of your appearance."

As visitors from another world, Yoru and Yosuke Shima could be considered kindred spirits, even if they weren't from the same hometown, so they naturally started exchanging ideas quickly.

"You're only 17 years old!"

During the conversation, Yoshiro was surprised to discover that the unassuming Yosuke Shima in front of him was actually just a 17-year-old boy!

"He looks no different from a thirty-year-old man..."

"Night City? How old are you this year? Judging from your appearance, you should be about my age... no, maybe even younger than me."

"Hehe... I'm about 17 too."

Upon hearing Yosuke Shima's question, Yoshiro could only answer with an embarrassed expression.

You won't believe it unless you feel embarrassed. How old is Yoruichi? Judging from the time he's lived in Soul Society, it must have been several decades. If you add his age from his previous life, he might be in the triple digits.

In other words, the two are now in opposite situations. Yosuke Shima looks old, but he is actually just an innocent young man, while Yosuke looks young, but he is actually a seasoned driver with many years of experience.

"Night City, how long have you been in this other world? You seemed to defeat those adventurers quite easily before. Was it because you chose a powerful cheat code at the start?"

Yosuke was actually quite excited about being able to travel to another world, since as a gamer, he only knew about such stories in novels and games.

But without comparison, there is no harm. Compared to Ye Cheng's perfect start, he chose a cheat called "All-Powerful Persuader" at the start, and this start was simply terrible.

Although communication is a fundamental condition for building trust, what happened before has made Yosuke realize that sometimes, even if people speak the same language, they may not be able to understand each other.

"Well, there are no useless abilities in this world, it just depends on how you use them."

I didn't gain any powerful combat strength from the god of another world. The power I obtained should be the kind that can protect me.

As for the power that defeated those adventurers, I forged it myself.

Since you are also a modern time traveler, you should understand that even in a game, you can't start with cheat codes and get god-tier equipment.

If that's the case, then defeating the Demon King is as easy as defeating a noob, so what's the point of the game?

(End of this chapter)