"I'm in the Dragon Clan, what the heck is the Naruto Counterattack System?"

Chapter 63 Chu Tianjiao: Kid, give me that box.

".·Su Xiao."

A voice came from behind.

The faint voice was not very clear, as if it were very, very far away from her, drifting aimlessly like willow catkins.

"Su Xiao".

Who's calling me?

That voice sounds so familiar.

"Su Xiaoqiang!"

The sound suddenly became shrill and piercing, like the loud screeching of a cicada flapping its wings.

Su Xiao suddenly opened her eyes, and there was a familiar face in front of her.

She instinctively reached out to resist, but the man held her tightly.

"It was me," he said. "Whatever you just saw, it was just a dream, not real."

Su Xiao looked around blankly, her eyes filled with blood and corpses, and an unbearable stench filled her nostrils.

Feeling the familiar warmth of that embrace, it took her several seconds to snap out of her daze. Su Xiaoqiang's unfocused pupils gradually solidified, and two tear tracks slid down her cheeks.

Feeling the warm, damp sensation in his arms, Qi Xiuyuan patted her head and asked, "What did you dream about? Why are you so scared?"

Ignoring the bloodstains on Qi Xiuyuan's body, Su Xiaoqiang buried her face in his chest and rubbed against him, saying in a muffled voice, "I dreamt that when we first met, you wanted to kill me."

"The first time we met?" Qi Xiuyuan suddenly remembered, "Was it when your dad took you to the orphanage he sponsors?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaozha was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously looking up at him, and stammered, "You,"

Do you remember? I thought—"

"You thought I forgot? Although I was only five years old then, I already remembered things."

Qi Xiuyuan sighed and said, "I was being bullied by a kid a few years older than me, and you suddenly ran over and stood in front of me to protect me, right?"

Back then, he seemed quite withdrawn and gloomy, constantly mired in the shadow of his previous life's death. He wasn't excited about his transmigration and didn't really enjoy interacting with the other children in the orphanage.

Although everyone is an abandoned orphan, it is precisely because of this that distorted and wrong ideas have arisen.

They know they were abandoned by their parents, so they crave to prove their worth. That's why, while banding together for warmth, they also ostracize those who don't fit in.

They are either confident and ruthless, or timid and cowardly, leaning towards two extremes.

When that brat overturned his plate, he had already gripped his fork tightly, ready to teach the other person a lesson they would never forget.

Unexpectedly, a girl dressed in a princess dress, completely out of place in the orphanage, suddenly ran over, blocked his way, and shouted that she was going to tell the director about the bullying by the naughty children.

"She must have dreamt that she was standing in front of me, and 'I' suddenly gripped the fork and was about to kill her, right?" Qi Xiuyuan thought to himself.

However, at the time he did not know that the girl was actually "Su Xiaozha". He only knew from the director's grandmother that the orphanage was sponsored by her father, who was also a very famous "mining tycoon" in the area.

It was only because her nanny and mother were not at home that her father brought her to the orphanage. However, Qi Xiuyuan knew that she had been there many times afterward.

Every day after school, I would have the driver take this route home, and I would sit in the car and stop outside the orphanage to secretly watch him. As long as he wasn't being bullied, I would leave with peace of mind. Later, he was inexplicably spotted by a director...

Qi Xiuyuan wasn't a little kid. He could easily find out that the director and the girl's father both had the surname "Su" by asking around, so he naturally knew who was helping him.

However, someone was worried about hurting his fragile self-esteem and didn't want him to know, so Qi Xiuyuan had no choice but to cooperate with her performance.

Thinking of this, Qi Xiuyuan lowered his head slightly, looked at the girl who was burying her head in his chest like an ostrich, and laughed, "What, you didn't expect that I already knew you had inappropriate thoughts about me seven or eight years ago?"

"What, what outrageous thoughts? Nonsense."

Su Xiaoqiang lowered her head and bumped her forehead against his chest, stubbornly saying, "I just saw that all the other children were in groups, and it was so pitiful that you were eating alone and squatting in the corner, so I took pity on you and helped you, okay?"

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Qi Xiuyuan simply chuckled without refuting, then turned to look at Chu Zihang, who had been awakened by Xia Mi. "Ugh!"

As if he had dreamt of something disgusting, Chu Zihang lowered his head and began to vomit after waking up. He could even be described as vomiting while tears and snot streamed down his face, as if he was trying to squeeze the contents of his stomach out.

Xia Mi was patting his back when Qi Xiuyuan suddenly spoke.

"Uncle, stop pretending."

The moment the words fell, the black-robed man, who seemed frozen in place as if still trapped in the illusion, vanished before their eyes.

Chu Tianjiao unleashed the Word of Power: Time Zero, and simultaneously activated the alchemical weapon in his hand.

This alchemical equipment was created by the vice principal of Kassel College, who inscribed his own incantation on it using an alchemical matrix.

Word of Power: Precepts, with a sequence number as high as 106, has a very low level of danger.

The releaser creates a domain centered on themselves, suppressing the power of words of all dragons and hybrids within that domain, much like how monks must abide by their precepts; entering this domain is tantamount to having one's weapon removed.

This power of words is of a very high level, even capable of suppressing weaker pure-blooded dragons. It is extremely useful in dragon-slaying battles, but unfortunately, it cannot maintain its domain for long periods of time, and the range of the domain is also extremely limited.

This alchemical weapon can only be used three times. Chu Tianjiao had already used it once several years ago, and he had used up another chance just now to break free from the illusion. This is the last time he can use this weapon.

Chu Tianjiao activated his Word of Power. Without needing to use his full strength, everything seemed to slow down within the Time Zero domain. He reached out towards the black briefcase in Qi Xiuyuan's hand.

However, just as Chu Tianjiao was about to touch the box, in the instant that a feeling of joy arose in his heart,

He clearly saw those pupils move.

No, it wasn't just those eerie scarlet eyes; the boy had already drawn his knife before he even made a move.

It was as if they had anticipated his movements. The horizontal blade in her hand, as smooth as fine silk, drew out a white arc as she flipped her wrist, and without hesitation, she slashed at his arm that was reaching for the box.

With Chu Tianjiao's speed, he might be able to snatch the box before the blade falls, but he certainly won't have time to retract his arm.

"How is that possible? The precepts didn't block his words of power?"

Chu Tianjiao's crimson-gold pupils suddenly contracted. Having no intention of taking any risks, he unhesitatingly stomped his foot on the ground...

! !

The black figure was sent flying backward by the force of the kick, instantly creating distance between them, and the blade landed, sparks flying.

Time returned to its normal flow rate.

In Chu Zihang and Su Xiaoqiang's eyes, the moment Qi Xiuyuan spoke, he drew his sword from his waist. The speed of the sword was so fast that no one could see it clearly. All they saw was the blade hitting the ground, and sparks flying into the air.

A black afterimage appeared in front of Qi Xiuyuan and then vanished in an instant. The black-robed man suddenly changed his position, and the two faced each other in silence for a moment.

After a moment of silence, Chu Tianjiao spoke in a low, hoarse voice: "Kid, give me the box you're holding. It's not something you can take. What's inside will get you killed—"

Whether I can take it or not is none of your business, some cowardly fellow.

Qi Xiuyuan gripped the knife tightly and said bluntly, "Your speed is indeed very fast, faster than mine. These eyes can see through your movements, but my body can't react in time."

"But I promise you, as soon as you get this box, I'll also rip open your 'mask' and arms. You can try it."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianjiao's face immediately turned ugly, and he subconsciously glanced at Chu Zihang, who was standing next to Qi Xiuyuan and even in front of him.

Chu Zihang held the knife expressionlessly, looking like a filial son about to kill his own father.

T4

"..."

Chu Tianjiao's face twitched. He looked at Qi Xiuyuan again, gritted his teeth, and said angrily, "You brat, you're Wan Tao's man, aren't you? Don't blame me if you die!"

After saying that, his crimson-gold eyes reappeared, and he disappeared into the white hall.

He cannot reveal his identity to his son in his current state.

Even if Zihang were to learn the truth, he should be portrayed as a hero.

No rush. As long as we know who has the item, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. We'll be able to snatch it back sooner or later.