Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

"it is good!"

With a roar, Hao Gui channeled his inner strength to its limit. Before he even threw a punch, the surrounding space was filled with the crackling sound of air exploding.

Li Xin and Hao Gui attacked simultaneously.

Destroy the heavens and annihilate the void.

The clash of the two supreme martial arts techniques turned the giant ship, which served as the battlefield, into dust. Endless waves spread outwards from the two of them, frightening the cruise ships in the distance into starting their engines and fleeing the waves at top speed.

Damn it, battles between extraordinary powerhouses are definitely not that exciting!

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At a secret base, a blue-purple light suddenly appeared and entered a life support pod.

The life support pod, which had been sealed for many years, suddenly made a strange noise. The door of the life support pod was forcibly opened from the inside, and a large pool of yellowish-green viscous fluid splashed out and flowed all over the ground.

A naked blonde girl with many thin tubes inserted into her body emerged from the life support pod. She impatiently pulled off the tubes, lifted her wet long hair, and revealed a face that looked remarkably like Cammy's.

"This is outrageous! How could they push me to this point..."

The girl spoke, her voice clear and crisp, yet it carried the distinctive charm of a middle-aged man.

"Donovan is probably finished. This body hasn't been used for too long and has become completely disconnected from my mental energy. It seems I have to lie low for a while..."

The girl thought for a moment, then reached out and summoned Nuga's prosthetic eye in her hand.

This is Nuggard's "Hornet," containing Nuggard's soul and a drop of "Serpent's Blood." If a suitable body can be found and a prosthetic eye can be transplanted into it, Nuggard can be resurrected.

With Shadow's cloning technology, cloning a body of Nuga is not difficult, since Shadow also has Nuga's genetic sample. However, obtaining a body that has been tempered and refined to carry the blood of Orochi is not an easy task.

Many people believe that cloning technology is the technology that can replicate a person exactly as they were, but this is too simplistic. No matter how advanced the cloning technology is, it cannot replicate the countless days and nights of hard work and powerful strength of the original person. These acquired qualities cannot be obtained through cloning technology.

Donovan was able to revive Rugal before thanks to NESTS' "Life Essence," which strengthened Rugal's body with a large amount of "Life Essence," making that body able to withstand "Orochi's Blood," thus enabling Rugal's revival. This time, the same approach is necessary to revive Rugal.

However, with Shadow's current financial resources, it is probably impossible to support the "life essence" needed to revive Nuga.

After a moment's thought, the girl made her decision—to join "NESTS"!

Now that "Shadow Luo" is weak and vulnerable, and her strength has been greatly diminished, she needs an organization that can protect her.

NESTS' cloning technology is also very unique, and it is also the producer of "Life Essence". With the power of NESTS, it is certain that Rugal can be resurrected.

The girl is not a good person and has done many despicable things, but being despicable is a means, not a hobby.

It was Nuga's self-destruction that gave her a chance to escape, so she has an obligation to revive Nuga whenever possible. After all, he was an extraordinary ally, and it would be a pity for him to die like that!

Just as she was about to leave the secret base, the girl turned her head and glanced at the life support pod, or more precisely, the nameplate on it.

"Vega"

With a wave of her hand, she destroyed the life support pod. The girl—no, Vega, no, Vija—held Nuga's prosthetic eye and left the secret base.

Chapter 704 Sisters

Li Xin and Hao Gui sat on a huge ice floe, floating in the sea. Apart from this ice floe, there were almost no other objects floating on the sea surface for several nautical miles around.

Li Xin and Hao Gui's clothes were tattered, but they had no injuries. Li Xin said to Hao Gui, "Let's call this a draw."

Gouki shook his head: "A win is a win, and a loss is a loss. What do you mean by a draw? Besides, I've already used all my strength, while you've been playing with complete ease. Who wins and who loses, is there even a question?"

Despite Akuma's belligerence, he doesn't care too much about winning or losing. What he values ​​is the self-improvement that battles provide, not empty fame.

In this battle, he did not use his most proficient "Wave Fist" to fight Li Xin, but instead used the "Killing Fist" and "Fist of the Void" which he had just learned, which meant that he wanted to use Li Xin to hone his new martial arts skills.

Li Xin was the same; when fighting Akuma, he used the "Tiger Roaring Emperor Fist," which he didn't usually use, because he wanted to find someone to test his skills on.

If it really came down to a decisive battle, Li Xin would have already used his "Buddha Moves Mountains and Rivers" technique to smear Hao Gui's face.

Li Xin suddenly remembered something and asked Hao Gui, "By the way, how did 'Darkness' become enemies with Donovan?"

When Hayate reported to Li Xin that Donovan's secret base had been destroyed by a mysterious expert, Li Xin knew from Hayate's description that the mysterious expert was Akuma. Although he was curious as to why Akuma was at odds with Donovan, he did not investigate further.

Now that Li Xin knows that Akuma has joined "Dark," he understands that there must have been some conflict between "Dark" and Donovan, and Akuma was ordered by "Dark" to destroy Donovan's secret bases.

But this "Darkness" and Donovan are clearly cut from the same cloth, so why are these two fighting like dogs? Li Xin was a little curious.

"Oh, you mean this..."

Gouki didn't hide anything and told Li Xin about the feud between Donovan and "Darkness." Of course, in Gouki's opinion, this was mostly just petty squabbles and nothing worth mentioning.

Although Akuma's explanation wasn't very detailed, Li Xin, like Donovan, quickly extracted important information from it.

Maiko, a subordinate of the "Nine Heavens Thunder God".

You, Xiang Ying, are you kidding me? Is this funny? Is this funny?

Li Xin sneered, but he had to admit that it was thanks to Xiang Ying that Donovan's situation would have been much more complicated.

For an Interpol agent like Long Wu to bring Donovan to justice, he has to abide by laws and regulations and guard against backstabbing from the top echelons of Interpol. The process is incredibly arduous, unlike the "dark" world where, once you know who your enemy is, you just go and take them down without holding back. It's actually quite satisfying to think about.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xin said to Hao Gui, "Speaking of which, I also have some grudges with you 'Darkness'."

“'Darkness' is 'darkness,' and I am me. Don’t talk to me about 'you.'”

Akuma corrected him.

Clearly, although he joined the "Darkness," he, like Xiang Ying, did not take the "Darkness" seriously at all.

“Some time ago, this group of people who called themselves ‘Darkness’ approached me and asked me to join them. They said they were an organization dedicated to protecting and passing on martial arts that were on the verge of being lost. I heard that they had many experts and that they didn’t have many restrictions on their members, so I joined.”

Hao Gui addressed Li Xindao.

Are there no restrictions?

Li Xin couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Hao Gui said.

Previously, "Darkness" did not treat the nameless blacksmith this way. Not only did it require the nameless blacksmith to serve "Darkness" while he was alive, but it also went to his door after his death to reclaim the nameless blacksmith's estate, saying that it was "Darkness's" property and that no one else should touch it.

So there are no restrictions, it probably only applies to highly skilled martial arts masters. Others who enter the "darkness" are just waiting to be exploited to death by the "darkness".

That makes sense when you think about it. A superhuman powerhouse like Akuma's strength transcends the mundane world, so how could any organization possibly restrain him? Especially since Akuma doesn't seem like a good-tempered guy.

Gouki continued, "This time, I helped 'Darkness' kill people because I learned 'Killing Fist' and 'Fist of Void' from them. It was to repay a favor to them. Now that the people are killed and the favor is repaid, don't expect me to do anything for them. So I can't be bothered with your grudges with them."

Li Xin was relieved to hear what Hao Gui said, after all, he didn't want to be enemies with Hao Gui, this guy was quite interesting.

Especially after overcoming the "murderous intent fluctuation," Li Xin could clearly feel that Akuma had become different from before; he was much more reasonable and easier to get along with.

"Alright, that's settled then. I should be going now. Akuma, until we meet again."

Li Xin stood up and said to Hao Gui.

The fight was over, and the questions he wanted to know had been answered. It was time for Li Xin to go back.

Akuma also stood up from the ice floe and said to Li Xin, "When my skills improve again, I will come back to fight you again."

"If it's just a friendly sparring match, then I welcome it."

Li Xin said with a smile.

"How could that be? Next time I confront you, it'll be a real fight!"

Akuma laughed. Although the friendly sparring just now was not bad, what Akuma really wanted was the exhilarating battle where life and death hung in the balance. What he just had was just a small snack for Akuma, which could satisfy his cravings but did not fill him up at all.

"Okay, but you have to be prepared to get beaten to a pulp."

Li Xin said to Hao Gui.

Perhaps because he had dealt with martial arts fanatics like Wu Ji and Xiang Ying a lot, Li Xin found these people quite endearing. They didn't have many ulterior motives, they were straightforward, and all they wanted was a fight, making them very easy to deal with.

Gouki snorted: "You're the one who should back down. If you do, I'll just kill you!"

The two exchanged some meaningless harsh words before going their separate ways.

Gouki had disappeared, but Li Xin, following the guidance of the "Knowledge Sutra of the Root of All Laws," quickly found the cruise ship that had already sailed far away.

After boarding the ship, Mai Shiranui and the others noticed that Li Xin's clothes were tattered and asked with concern, "Xin, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, just that my clothes are torn, I'm fine."

Li Xin nonchalantly took off his tattered combat uniform, revealing the golden battle armor underneath.

Previously, Nuga and Vega launched a fierce attack on Li Xin but failed to injure him. Besides Li Xin's profound internal strength and strong physique, the biggest contributor was actually the Fire Cloud Battle Suit.

After the "Black Dragon" incident, Li Xin fully realized the importance of defense, so he wore the Fire Cloud Battle Suit under his combat suit, which greatly increased his defense.

Seeing that Li Xin was indeed alright, everyone was completely relieved.

After Li Xin boarded the ship, he met Hayabusa. Although Hayabusa was masked, Li Xin could see the helplessness on his face.

Hayabusa had his reasons. When Donovan and Miyako escaped, Hayabusa used "Water Release" to follow their speedboat. However, before they even reached their destination, Akuma intervened and sent them to their doom. Hayabusa didn't even have time to stop him.

"Ah Long, you've worked hard."

Li Xin patted Hayabusa on the shoulder.

Compared to Hayabusa, Li Xin is now in a real bind; he doesn't even know how to tell Koko about Miyako.

Remembering something, Li Xin asked Hayabusa, "What about Lei Dao?"

"Gale is handling it."

Hayabusa told Li Xindao.

The matter of Raido is clearly an internal affair of Shinobi Village. He can help, but Raido must be dealt with by Shinobi Village.

After thinking it over, Li Xin decided not to get involved. He said to Hayabusa, "Hayabusa, I'm going to find Ayane."

Hayabusa nodded. At this moment, the person with the most complicated feelings was Ayane.

Li Xin searched for Ayane and finally found her on the roof of the cruise ship.

Ayane sat on the roof of the boat, her hands wrapped around her calves, her chin resting on her knees, looking listless.

Noticing someone's arrival, Ayane slightly raised her head and saw that it was Li Xin. Her eyes flickered, but she quickly calmed down and lowered her head again.

Li Xin sat down next to Lingyin and asked her, "What's wrong?"

Ayane remained silent for a long time before saying, "It's nothing, it's just a feeling I can't quite put my finger on."

"How does it feel?"

Li Xin leaned towards Ayane and rested his head on Ayane's head.

Previously, Ayane had even taken the initiative to crawl into Li Xin's bed, but faced with Li Xin's actions, Ayane became shy, her body tensed, and her pretty face turned slightly red.

After hesitating for a while, Ayane whispered, "It's just... something very important is happening, but I can't get involved."

Ever since learning about her past, Ayane has considered killing Raido, the guy who messed up her life, as something she absolutely had to accomplish in this lifetime. But now, Raido is not far from her, being judged by Hayate, and Ayane can do nothing but wait for the outcome, which leaves her feeling somewhat lost.

Li Xin thought for a moment and said to Lingyin, "Let's go."

"Ok?"

Ayane was confused, but Li Xin had already pulled her hand up.

The two went up to the deck, where a group of fighters were discussing how to proceed with the "DOA" tournament.

Originally, it was a battle of 32 fighters against 32 modified warriors, but it was interrupted after only about ten matches due to a sudden attack by the modified warriors. Naturally, the fighters were dissatisfied and hoped that the competition could continue.

"The match is cancelled? Don't be ridiculous! My granddaughter is waiting for me to earn enough money for her medical treatment!"

"Yeah, I need money to gamble in Las Vegas too, let's start the game already!"

An elderly man named Yuanfu and a black man named Zach reacted particularly strongly.

While other fighters weren't as eager to start the competition as the two, none of them wanted the "DOA" tournament to end prematurely.

Regardless of the conspiracies behind this competition, these fighters went through a tough qualifying round to qualify for the official tournament, and naturally they didn't want to go home empty-handed without any performance.

Fim, the organizer of the tournament, was trying to calm the fighters down: "I understand how you all feel, but as you can see, the 'Freedom Survivor' that serves as the competition venue has already... well, anyway, I also hope that the competition can continue, but the venue needs to be redefined."

"Mr. Fim, is the game unable to continue due to a problem with the venue?"

Li Xin asked Fim.

Upon seeing Li Xin approach, the fighters immediately stopped talking and turned their gazes to him—this was the fighters' respect for the strong.

Fim, whose head was spinning from the noise, breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying, "Yes, the arena on the 'Freedom Survivor' was made of special materials, enough to withstand battles between fighters... I mean, battles between ordinary fighters, but this ship isn't prepared for that. If this ship is also destroyed..."

In reality, the fight between martial artists isn't that outrageous, capable of easily destroying a cruise ship. However, given the precedent of Li Xin and Akuma's battle... no one wants another "Titanic" scenario, so it's best not to take the risk.

"If that's the problem..."

Li Xin pondered for a moment, then walked to the railing of the deck and suddenly jumped down.