Seated in the very center of the room was a young woman with her black hair styled in a high bun, her skin as white as snow, and her expression languid as if she were taking a nap. Her white robe hung loosely due to her posture, and a sheathed goose-feather sword lay at her feet.

"Hmm? Are you alone?" The girl in white robes seemed a little surprised as she glanced at Bai Aina entering the room. She nodded only after the automatic book entered the room. "That's right, that's more like it."

"Is it your habit to talk to yourself?" Bai Aina noticed a lifeless corpse lying in a corner of the room.

“Well, you can think of it that way. Otherwise, I'll always feel something's off.” The girl in white robes, who had stood up, pointed to the man lying to the side. “This man is the owner of this villa, but… I arrived before you.”

"So you killed him?" The automatic scribe noticed a faint but sharp aura emanating from the white-robed girl in front of him. Standing there, she was like a drawn sword, making people feel very uncomfortable just by looking at her.

"That's right, I killed him." She slowly extended her five fingers, then clenched them. A maniacal smile appeared on the white-robed girl's face; the upward curve of her lips reminded one of a monstrous beast, a… sea tiger!

"Nice to meet you. I am a reincarnator from the Divine Martial Heavenly Sect, belonging to that rotten bastard Dio's faction. As a courtesy, my name is... Bai Qin!"

Giving your name is a form of etiquette. But the reward for that etiquette is the start of a bloodbath.

Just as the girl in white robes announced her name, Bai Aina unhesitatingly flicked her hand out, grabbing directly at the sheathed goose-feather knife.

"Ha, I like it!" Without reaching for the goose-feather blade, Bai Qin stepped back with a smile, her hands clasped together. A pale white bone blade appeared in her palm; with a flick of her wrist and a downward slash, she delivered a horizontal strike!

The instant her hand shot out and caught the goose-feather blade, Bai Aina's severed wrist immediately began to grow a new one. At the same time, she saw Bai Qin holding a bone knife, grabbing the Thousand Shadows Katana from her storage card, and holding it horizontally in front of her.

As a mage, the automatic scribe didn't move. She saw Bai Qin swing her sword, but didn't defend herself. Instead, she opened her palm, and a fireball with dazzling flames appeared in her hand. Facing the enemy's attack, she had no intention of defending herself.

Both Baina and the Automatic Memory were indeed quick to react. Even a rifle bullet fired from a gun would be easily caught by the two of them, who were quick-witted and had accelerated thinking.

Both Baina and the Automatic Scripture are the type to think before attacking. The simultaneous acceleration of thought through magic and the intention to modify their bodies are enough to give them the reaction ability to withstand sonic attacks.

but--

In a world of low-level martial arts, there exists a sword technique that is even faster than thought. In terms of martial arts mastery, this is the ultimate goal of striking before the mind, also known as the body surpassing the hand.

—The string is broken three times, unseen by anyone; if anyone sees it, they are like a broken string.

Before anyone knew it, Bai Qin had retrieved the bone knife. She hooked the goose-feather knife at her feet with her foot, shook off the wrist that was gripping it, and then caught the knife in mid-air.

The fireball in the automatic scribe's hand had been annihilated by the vacuum created by the slash, and her body shimmered with a dazzling, iridescent light. However, as she looked at Bai Qin, who was holding the goose-feather saber, her expression became more cautious.

As for Bai Aina... she only felt a strange itch on her neck. But she returned to normal in the next moment, and the girl drew her sword as if nothing had happened, wielding the Thousand Shadows Katana with a clean and powerful cleaving strike.

"Hmm?" Bai Qin realized that the Automatic Book of Documents had blocked the attack using a pre-set defensive spell. As for Bai Aina... without a doubt, she should have been beheaded, but... she seemed to have healed instantly.

Is it a special bloodline? No wonder even the Three Severed Strike Techniques on the Broken String had no effect. Having experienced several story worlds such as "The Sound of the Blade in the Wind Chimes," "New Dragon Gate Inn," "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," and "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty," Bai Qin was naturally familiar with reincarnators who specifically enhanced their bloodlines. However, to be able to heal completely the moment after being beheaded... that's just too overpowered!

With a flick of her wrist, Bai Qin demonstrated that she had mastered more than one sword technique. Facing an enemy like Bai Aina who relied on super-regenerative abilities, she was not without ways to suppress her.

The art of boning, like the butcher skillfully carving up an ox!

The phrase "three cuts on a broken string" comes from Gu Long's novel "The Sound of Knives in the Wind Chimes," and is considered very superstitious. The original text is as follows.

["That evening, she watched her husband run home from afar. He was a whole person, but as she stood up to greet him, his body suddenly snapped in two at the waist. As his upper body fell backward, his legs continued to run forward seven steps."]

He knew his wife was waiting for him, and he desperately wanted to return to see her one last time, but unfortunately, before he could get home, he had already been cut in half at the waist. "If he had already been cut in half at the waist, how could he still have rushed back?"

"That's because the person who killed him was too fast!"

Chapter Seven: Bone Removal

Only now could Bai Aina be completely certain... that she had lost the special learning ability that was practically a bug in the system, a characteristic of perfect beings. It was likely because of Batman; he had probably used the Magnetic Lock on her, forcibly transforming her.

It doesn't matter, even without those... Sensing that Bai Qin was gathering her strength, Bai Aina didn't stop. Countless pale bone spurs suddenly sprouted from her body. Then, a large amount of viscous-like bones covered her surface, completely enveloping her head and even her entire body, leaving no gaps.

"Is this a skeleton...?" Even Bai Qin was slightly surprised by Bai Aina's sudden change, but her movements were not hindered at all. She used her movement technique to retreat backward like lightning, while the goose feather knife in her hand drew dazzling blade light, which had already enveloped the opponent's entire body before the opponent entered her body.

The Zhuangzi, in the chapter "Nourishing Life", states: "When Cook Ding was carving up an ox for Lord Wenhui, wherever his hand touched, wherever his shoulder leaned, wherever his foot stepped, wherever his knee bent, there was a whooshing sound, and the knife slicing away with a thud, and everything was in perfect harmony."

In the world of "New Dragon Gate Inn," Bai Qin, who is on the protagonist's side, learned the bone-scraping knife technique from Diao Buyu, the butcher of Dragon Gate Inn. In the end, during a great battle with Cao Shaoqin, the supervisor of the Eastern Depot, she brutally sliced ​​this master of external martial arts, who had reached the level of "flexible yet powerful," into a skeleton, which led to the protagonist's side not giving her a good look...

At this moment, Bai Qin's goose-feather knife was like a butcher's cleaver, each cut clinging tightly to the surface of the human body, its skillful application of force unparalleled. Her exquisite, antelope-horn-like technique had already delivered thirty-two cuts by the time Bai Aina closed in, each cut embodying the essence of the bone-scraping technique: 'scraping away flesh and skin, leaving only bone.'

However... the white bone armor on Bai Aina's body was incredibly hard. When Bai Qin's goose-feather blade scraped against the armor, it only made an extremely piercing noise, as if it were metal rubbing against each other.

Countless bone fragments fell before the boning technique, but Bai Qin's attacks failed to break through the bone armor's defenses. When her momentum waned, Bai Aina quickly closed the distance between them.

Although Baina's bone armor is biological skeleton, its density has been greatly increased, giving it a defensive capability even stronger than steel. Beneath her skin, however, there is no muscle tissue; instead, there is a large amount of soft tissue, similar to cartilage, which cushions various kinetic impacts or injuries.

Although Baiqin's bone-removing knife technique was wondrous, it was difficult to break through the bone armor's defense in one go. Finally closing in on her opponent, Bai Aina suddenly lowered her body, leaning forward, and then her right hand wielded the Thousand Shadow Katana, which slashed through the air with a bloody light.

That was too clumsy. As a master swordsman, Bai Qin saw through the clumsiness of Bai Aina's strike. Instead of turning back or dodging, she pressed forward.

"!" The chilling crimson blade light was abruptly halted three feet in front of Bai Qin, an invisible wall suppressing Qian Ying's attack. The white-robed swordsman, who had pressed forward, raised his right hand, forming a blade with his fingers, and raging flames rose in the wind.

The fourth move of the Blazing Sun Blade, Blazing Sun Shines Everywhere! Without uttering the name of the move, Bai Qin slashed with her right hand, and the raging fire that rose with the wind transformed into a fiery blade of energy that slashed straight down. This move was not aimed at taking Bai Aina's head, but rather at her forehead.

In Bai Qin's view, even if this move couldn't split Bai Aina in two, it could still cook her head directly by conducting the heat.

However, the automated scribe in the back wasn't just watching the show. She first raised her hand and launched a spherical vacuum that directly annihilated Bai Qin's fiery blade energy. Meanwhile, the orange cat had already drawn a longbow woven from runes and placed it on her wrist, and an energy arrow was accurately shot towards the white-robed swordsman who hadn't had time to retreat.

The three-foot-high protective barrier of energy was desperately suppressed by the secret technique's attack, but as Bai Qin focused her mind, it suddenly expanded, deflecting the energy arrow. At this moment, Bai Aina had already launched her second attack; the white bones covering her face cracked, and dazzling red light burst forth from her purple eyes, sending two beams straight at the white-robed swordsman in front of her.

"The air cracks and pierces my eyes!" This time, Bai Qin's three-foot-long qi barrier failed to protect her. The high-pressure liquid ray tore through a corner of the qi barrier and shot directly at her body.

"Hmph!" Before the piercing beam of air could strike her, Bai Qin bent her knees, allowing the high-pressure liquid ray to hit her hair bun, causing her long black hair to fall down. Immediately afterward, the white-robed swordsman, still kneeling, raised his hands and then slammed them heavily onto the ground!

The ground beneath the feet of the automatic secretary, Bai Aina, and Bai Qin was instantly shattered into countless fragments by the blade energy, which then fell downwards under the influence of gravity.

All three reacted quickly. Bai Aina, stepping on the rubble, charged towards Bai Qin in mid-air. The Automatic Book of Documents summoned several floating artifacts from its storage space, intending to kill the enemy's Reincarnator right there and then.

"Hol Hess! What are you waiting for!" Bai Qin, gripping the goose-feather saber tightly, did not panic but instead roared.

"Understood, Boss!" The corpse lying in the corner suddenly responded, then lifted his clothes and put on his hat. "This opponent is truly extraordinary. I never thought even the Boss would be forced into this situation."

It's Hol Hors! The Auto Scripture immediately recognized who the other party was. He was one of the assassins recruited from all over the world by Dio Brando in the original story. His Stand was called Emperor, and his ability was to freely control the trajectory of bullets.

"Killing such a cute little girl, this really doesn't fit my aesthetic." As he spoke these words with a self-deprecating tone, his bloodshot eyes stared intently at the Automatic Scripture, summoning his Stand, but what appeared in his hand was not a pistol.

Immediately abandoning Bai Qin, who was her opponent, Bai Aina turned around without hesitation and rushed towards Hol Hess in the corner.

But how could Bai Qin possibly let her have her way? The white-robed swordsman slashed from a distance, the vacuum strike shattering the rocks along the way, and the powerful slash also had the potential to send the overweight Bai Aina plummeting downwards.

Driven by his vampire constitution and various other factors, his original pistol Stand has long since evolved into a more powerful gunpowder weapon. Although the Stand's abilities remain unchanged, Hol Horus's combat prowess has far surpassed what it once was.

At this moment, Holmes gripped a large sniper rifle, nearly the same size as his height, in both hands. It was 184 centimeters long, with a range sufficient to destroy a tank at 2,000 meters, and its caliber was an astonishing 26.72mm; the recoil was enough to easily shatter human bones. If his body hadn't become vampirically transformed, this ace assassin wouldn't even be able to control his own body double.

At this distance, there's no chance of deviation! Hol Hess, gripping his gun with both hands, revealed a cruel smile as he stared intently at the automatic scribe in front of him and pulled the trigger!

Chapter 8 Unfavorable compatibility

A deafening gunshot suddenly rang out in the room, its resounding echo echoing in everyone's hearts. Given the Emperor's current rate of fire and Holmes's marksmanship, there was absolutely no way they would miss at this distance.

When Holmes pulled the trigger, his body involuntarily lurched backward, only managing to absorb the force by bracing his legs against the wall. Had he not already become a vampire, that shot would have been enough to cripple the white man.

The 26.72mm bullets tore through the air in an instant, creating ripples that spread outwards. The bullets were traveling at an almost illogical speed. Moreover, Holmes fired two more shots after the first! The three bullets advanced in a triangular formation, and if they hit their targets, they could shatter even a solid steel doll into pieces.

Could it be dodged? The answer is absolutely not! Holmes's superb dynamic vision, comparable to that of a ninja, was locked onto the automatic book. The moment the opponent showed the slightest sign of exerting force, the three bullets fired from the barrel would immediately change trajectory, flanking her without any blind spots, and blasting that beautiful head with long silver hair to smithereens!

Even for Bai Qin, whose martial arts had reached the level of striking before the opponent's will, dealing with the three bullets fired by Hol Hess was no easy task. Moreover, Bai Qin was merely an automatic mage; even if his thoughts accelerated to follow the bullets' trajectory, he couldn't chant or instantly cast a spell to escape. His pre-set defensive spells had already been significantly weakened by the broken string strike. Faced with such a deadly shot at such close range, death was likely the only outcome!

"Block it for me!" The orange-yellow repulsive field instantly expanded, and Bai Aina abandoned her pursuit of Hol Hess without hesitation. Instead, she stepped into the air and created a repulsive field, attempting to protect the Automatic Scripture, which had no time to defend itself.

"How could I let you block it!" Without hesitation, Hol Hess remotely controlled two bullets to move vertically forward, and then manipulated a third bullet to hit the tail of the second bullet, making it faster and allowing the second bullet to push the first bullet through the repulsive force field.

"!" The final bullet struck the repulsive field, creating conspicuous ripples. Bai Qin didn't let this opportunity pass; she lowered her body again, and the unsheathed goose-feather blade emitted a crisp, clear sound!

With a screech of the blade, the blade flashed like a streak of light, the force field shattered, and the head snapped like a broken string.

The blade pierced the throat, the neck snapped, blood spurted, the body collapsed, blood splattered, and the person died.

It was the same move, and it was still incredibly fast. With her back to Bai Qin, Bai Ai Na had no time to react before she was hit directly.

As Bai Qin watched the severed head rise into the sky, she was about to sheath her sword when she witnessed an astonishing scene. Bai Aina was completely unharmed, retreating backward and continuing to walk on the fallen rubble towards the automatic book.

How could this be… Bai Qin’s pupils suddenly contracted. She realized that she had indeed struck, but had not completely severed Bai Aina’s neck.

The instant the force field wall shattered, Bai Aina propelled her bone armor forward. Her pale bones successfully blocked the broken string blade. Although the blade had already grazed part of her neck, it still couldn't sever her head.

Because of their compatibility, Bai Aina didn't think Bai Qin could kill her. However, if Bai Qin cut off her head and then used that exaggerated swordsmanship to slice her head into countless pieces, she wouldn't necessarily lose her life.

However, putting the head back together or regenerating it would be a waste of time and would also affect one's appearance.

More importantly... she might not be able to save the Automatic Secretary! Bai Aina opened her force field wall again, preparing to block the bullets, but then she heard a delicate shout.

"Are you an idiot?! Who told you to come and save me?!" Even though bullets were right in front of her, the Automatic Memory simply snapped her fingers together. With a 'bang' of smoke, a piece of gravel appeared in her place.

Completely unprepared for this situation, Hol Hess didn't even have time to adjust the direction of his bullet before the rock fragments were hit. Under the powerful kinetic energy, the rock fragments that were hit were instantly blasted into countless pieces that shot out in all directions.

Just then, Bai Aina, Bai Qin, and Hol Hors landed on the ground, but before they could do anything, another anomaly occurred.

The figure holding the orange cat appeared above Hol Hess, and the Automatic Scripture looked at him with a contented smile.

"Hol Hess? I need you." The Automatic Secretary wasn't using the teleportation spell she'd used before. Using a spell the enemy had seen before, especially when they might have checked the surveillance cameras, carried a certain risk for the cautious girl. Fortunately, she was well-versed in many things, and the basic Three Body Techniques of the Divine Child Ninja were second nature to her.

Without hesitation, Holmes raised his sniper rifle and tried to pull the trigger. He was very confident that he could blow up his opponent at this distance.

If she were in the same position, the automatic scribe would do the same, so she was prepared. A burst of runic code flashed across the orange cat held in her arms, and the spell, which had been prepared in advance, was released instantly at a speed faster than pulling the trigger.

"Necromantic Immobilization." The automatic spell used at this moment was a level three spell from Dungeons & Dragons, a spell specifically designed for undead beings, its effect being, as the name suggests, immobilization. The surge of dark red light rendered Hol Hors, a vampire, unable to move, frozen in place, staring blankly upwards.

"Tsk, this is a tough one." Without even hesitating, Bai Qin immediately abandoned Hol Hess and turned back, cleaving the wall with her sword as she prepared to escape.

"You think you can leave?!" Bai Aina was naturally not going to let Bai Qin go. Her wrist, which had fallen to the ground earlier, suddenly came back to life and began to entangle the fleeing white-robed swordsman.

"Get lost." Without even glancing at her, Bai Qin cleaved her wrist in two with a single stroke before it could be grabbed. The splattered blood stained her white robe, much to her displeasure. Reaching into her storage space, she tossed a large string of tied-together spheres behind her. "Goodbye! Consider these little trinkets a small gift!"

The string of bright yellow spheres emitted several piercing shrieks, and before Bai Aina could even lift her leg to retrieve them, they suddenly fell to the ground. The automatic scribe behind her then slightly raised its hand and activated its Mage's Hand, pushing the string of spheres directly towards the fleeing Bai Qin.

Immediately afterward, flames erupted, but Bai Qin didn't get angry about it; for her, it wasn't unacceptable. She even had the composure to wave at Bai Aina, mouthing a harsh threat.

"Next time we meet, I'll definitely kill you."

A blinding flash of light erupted, scattering the swirling air. The pumpkin grenade, manufactured by Norman Technology, unleashed astonishing destructive power, surpassing even that of a high-explosive grenade. Under this chain of explosions, the entire villa collapsed instantly.

The moment the return scroll flashed, the white-robed girl vanished into the flames.

Chapter Nine: Superfluous Kindness

Pushing aside the ceiling debris that was pressing down on her, Bai Aina looked around. It seemed she had fallen from the secret room on the top floor into the hall. The long table, which had once been laden with various foods, was now a mess, and the magnificent hall was now in ruins.

The automatic secretary, dragging the vampire gunman, was not far away. When she noticed Bai Aina, her face was filled with strong dissatisfaction.

"Do you think you're that strong? Or do you think you can survive even if your head is chopped off? Even if you hadn't come to my rescue, I still have at least two ways to protect myself!"

"I don't think I'm very strong, I actually think I'm very weak... but it's true that I won't die even if my head is cut off." If she were given the choice again, Bai Aina would still do the same. For her, saving people is something she'd do if she could. It's just that there are some prerequisites, which aren't clear yet. "So there are two other methods? But I didn't know that... otherwise..."

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