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Chapter 136 Enemies Eyeing Grell's Stone (Please Subscribe)

"I see!"

Ye Cang looked the two of them up and down suspiciously, which made Wan Lijiang lower his head guiltily.

Ryuji, on the other hand, remained calm.

Ye Cang's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but clench his fists, but he still didn't lash out.

Because she has no right to say anything.

Although she indirectly confessed her feelings at the celebration banquet in the city, and Ryuji embraced her, it was a tacit acceptance.

However, they did not formally confess their feelings to each other, nor were they in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

What if I'm just overthinking it?

If Ryuji was just trying to comfort himself, but he mistakenly took it as the other person accepting his confession, and then stood up to accuse the other person of cheating, wouldn't that be a huge joke?

After all, this guy has always been so clueless about girls' feelings, and he might be the same this time.

However, however, however...

I was here first.

Ye Cang lowered her head, biting her lower lip, feeling wronged.

"So, what's the situation now?"

Ryuji seemed oblivious to the girl's odd behavior and asked her about the mission.

In fact, he was not unaware of it.

He just didn't think he had done anything wrong.

Although he had that kind of relationship with Wanlijiang, it was just a transaction.

Otherwise, even an LSP would have lost interest and feeling long ago with such frequent sexual intercourse (and might even feel disgusted, based on the personal experience of an LSP friend in real life). How could Ryuji, who has extremely weak feelings in this area, have lasted for so long?

Although at the banquet in the last city of the mechanical palace, he responded to the other party's implicit confession and they became a couple.

However, because he has accumulated a great deal of knowledge about the human body and frequently dissects corpses, he has an extremely thorough understanding of the human body, which is why Ryuji views love with extreme rationality.

While it's not quite as scientifically categorized as a biological reproductive instinct or a product of certain organs, it's still rather superficial.

In addition, he is only fifteen years old and doesn't prioritize love at all, which is why he has this mindset.

He believes that love should bring happiness to both parties, and if it causes trouble or even pain to both, then it's better to end it.

"There are six enemies..."

Upon hearing that it was serious business, Ye Cang subconsciously replied.

She looked up at Ryuji's open and honest expression, feeling both disappointed and relieved.

She hoped to see remorse on Ryuji's face, and that he would comfort her when he saw her suffering.

But she was also worried that Ryuji would actually do that.

If Ryuji really did that, although it would prove that the other person also loved him deeply, it would also prove that Ryuji had truly betrayed him.

Betrayed on their second meeting after confirming their relationship... Yekura felt that no matter how magnanimous she was, she could not accept it.

The current situation could be that Ryuji doesn't care about his feelings at all, but it's also possible that he hasn't done anything to wrong himself and has a clear conscience, and that he's just overthinking things.

"There were two men and four women..."

Yekura continued to describe the enemy's situation.

The two men were a middle-aged man with a full beard and long curly hair, and a blond young man; the four women were a middle-aged woman with long burgundy hair, a young woman with long blue and black hair, and a girl with short white hair.

Their appearance is somewhat similar to that of the Hidden Cloud Village, but there are also significant differences.

Although the people of Kumogakure are of different skin colors, their basic appearances are quite similar.

Those people had fair skin, thick hair, and eyes that were blue, green, or brown. Their cheekbones were not prominent, their jawbones were relatively flat, their noses were narrow and slightly hooked, and their lips were thin or of medium size.

Their clothing style is also completely different from that of the ninja world.

Nowadays, ninjas wear light vests, but they wear heavy metal armor and carry heavy weapons such as two-handed greatswords. You can tell at a glance that they are not from this continent.

After listening to Ye Cang's account, Ryuji pondered and asked, "...How strong are they? What special abilities do they have?"

"They all rely on taijutsu (physical techniques) to fight. But their armor has a built-in chakra shield that can withstand ninjutsu attacks below rank B; their weapons have chakra attribute transformations, allowing them to use various attacks with ninjutsu-like effects; they also have a disposable explosive weapon, only the size of a thumb, but several times more powerful than an explosive tag. In addition, they seem to possess extraordinary abilities, but we've only fought them once, so we haven't been able to figure out what those abilities are, only that they have the ability to sense and block senses."

"It's actually this tricky!"

Long Er frowned.

His physical features sound like those of a knight from the West in a previous life, which doesn't seem strange.

However, their strength is extremely formidable.

Even for the current Five Kage, B-rank ninjutsu is a standard attack method for them.

However, they possess a chakra shield that can defend against attacks from ninjutsu below rank B, meaning that even a Kage-level expert would have to use methods beyond the standard to defeat them.

As for the greatsword that comes with various chakra nature transformations... it is well known that only ninjas at the Jonin level can master more than two chakra nature transformations.

Therefore, it's conceivable that their offensive capabilities are also quite formidable.

The bomb, only the size of a thumb but several times more powerful than an explosive tag, made their encirclement by the grunts pointless.

Moreover, the other party seems to possess strange abilities.

After a moment's thought, Ryuji pressed on, "What about their actual strength?"

Even the most powerful weapon is still just a weapon.

If the person wielding the weapon is not strong, then the strength they can exert will be extremely limited.

It's like a pistol.

The power a gun can unleash in the hands of a sharpshooter is incomparable to that in the hands of a child who has never held a gun before.

However, the protective shield armor and the greatsword with chakra attribute transformation have a very high minimum performance requirement.

No matter how weak the opponent is, they can't be that weak.

"That middle-aged man with a full beard is the leader. I've fought him; his combat awareness and skills are exceptional. He's definitely not someone who relies solely on weapons," Ye Cang said gravely. "As for the others, while they aren't as strong, they're no pushovers either."

"Don't worry, Master." Red patted her chest and confidently assured him, "With me here, no matter what kind of enemy they are, I will wipe them out."

"We must not be careless."

Long Er shook his head slightly.

Although Hong's raw power is incredibly strong, she hasn't reached the point where she can ignore all conspiracies and tricks.

If you're not careful enough, you might run into someone with special abilities like Hidan and end up getting caught off guard.

"Anyway, let's see if we can find any trace of them!" Long Er turned to look at Wanlijiang behind him.

Wanlijiang understood immediately and activated Eagle Eye, scanning the surroundings.

Suddenly, she looked across the canyon and pointed, saying, "Lady Ayaki, there's someone watching us from the other side of the canyon. Their appearance and clothing are very similar to what Lady Yekura described."

Everyone looked in the direction Wanlijiang pointed, and they were all taken aback.

Because the distance is too close.

Although there is a canyon in between, the straight-line distance is only five or six hundred meters.

"These people don't take us seriously at all."

A Sand Village ninja with bandages wrapped around his head said angrily.

Although they could tell from the clashes over the past few months that the enemy had been secretly monitoring them, they never imagined that the distance would be so close.

"Lady Xuanqi, it seems she knows we've discovered him and has started to run away," Wanlijiang suddenly said.

Ryuji couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"With such a large reaction from you, how could the enemy not notice?"

As he spoke, he released the mechanical bird.

Hong, Yecang, and Wanlijiang instinctively jumped up, filling up all the seats.

Seeing Long Er staring at them speechlessly, who hadn't yet boarded the vehicle, the three women exchanged glances. Wan Lijiang scratched his head, preparing to jump out of the car.

"Your master needs your perception abilities. Stay."

Hong stopped Wanlijiang from jumping off the train and jumped down herself.

Ye Cang raised an eyebrow, instinctively wanting to object, but unable to find a reason to refute it, and finally fell silent.

"You guys go ahead, I'll go with Hong."

"Hey, wait..."

Before he could finish speaking, the mechanical bird, understanding its master's intention, carried the two women away.

"Master, you're so naughty."

Hong couldn't help but tease him.

Anyone with eyes could see that Yecang was hostile to Wanlijiang because of Ryuji, but Ryuji ran away, leaving the two women to ride the mechanical bird alone, which was quite amusing to onlookers.

"When did you become so gossipy?" Long Er said calmly, "Hurry up and take me there, don't let anyone get away."

"Yes."

Seeing that her master was angry, Hong immediately stopped laughing and formed a hand seal.

A large cloud of sand flew up from the ground, carrying the two of them quickly to the other side, and soon caught up with the mechanical bird.

However, Hong wisely refrained from approaching and simply lingered at a distance.

The distance of five or six hundred meters was covered in the blink of an eye, but the enemy had already escaped several hundred meters away.

From behind, you can tell it's a woman with waist-length blue hair cascading down her back. She's wearing Western-style bright silver armor... well, not exactly Western, more like Japanese-style Western armor, female version.

Her attire was extremely sexy, with only shoulder armor, shoulder pads, wrist guards, breastplate, groin area, knee guards, and metallic shoes exposed... the rest of her body was completely exposed.

He carried a Western-style two-handed greatsword on his back.

She looks exactly like a Valkyrie from a Japanese anime.

"Tsk, shameless."

Hong couldn't help but spit out her disgust.

Although she had never fought against this group, she had heard Yekura say that the enemy's chakra shield could only defend against ninjutsu, not physical attacks.

This kind of armor, riddled with holes, is completely ineffective at defending against physical attacks.

Besides being alluring, it's as if you're not wearing anything at all.

"Perhaps she has some special ability!"

As they spoke, the mechanical bird and the sandbag chased after them.

The mechanical bird opened its beak and extended its six-barreled Gatling gun, unleashing a torrent of chakra bullets of five different attributes amidst endless roars and tongues of fire.

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(End of this chapter)