Martial artists can never be ultimately insulted.

"I heard from Sheath Fragrance that you're planning to form an all-female fighting team, Ah Chen?"

“Hmm.” Yuan Chen nodded, raised his chin toward Chunli and the others beside him, and said, “There are some excellent female martial artists who are not suitable for participating in traditional underground fighting, so I’m going to organize a meeting and see if I can draw out some shady things.”

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Pian Yuan Miedang and the others nodded in agreement.

The fact that Baroque was abducted by the Shadow December Force during his transfer to Interpol's high-security prison was no secret to them.

The most noteworthy part of this process was Vega's use of a remote connection with the December Army to bring his mental energy into play.

Based on previous research, while other aspects may remain uncertain, one thing is certain: at least within the mental power wielded by Shadow Leader Vega, women possess greater adaptability.

And women's fighting groups... are indeed a good bait.

“If that’s the case, I can sponsor one billion in my personal capacity.” Katahara Metsudo’s face showed a hint of anticipation: “Although it’s just an initial investment, with this investment, it should attract the attention of many powerful individuals.”

"Hmm." Hearing this, Yuan Chen nodded in understanding, then added, "But in the end, everything will still come down to violence."

Rather than attributing it to violence, it's more accurate to say that, in the end, what truly attracts martial artists is violence itself.

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, the anticipation on Katahara Mitsudo's face gradually widened, turning into a bright smile.

Katahara Metsudo has a great passion for fighting.

When Katahara Metsudo was young, it was during World War II. At first, he was mild-mannered and timid, and could only stay in Japan to work in a factory.

Later, as the war intensified, he became a kamikaze pilot and was forcibly welded into a rudimentary cockpit with only half a tank of fuel, a place from which there was no return...

After surviving a collision between his disposable plane and an American warship, Katahara Metsudou floated on the wreckage of the plane and warship, facing the fear of death. His entire being underwent a transformation from the inside out.

After the war, he ran a black market business, trading supplies with American military bases. It was during this time that he met Wu Huili, the first "Fang of Destruction".

With his exceptional intellect and insane determination, Katahara Metsudo earned the respect of the equally mad young man, Go Eriyo. Later, taking advantage of the post-war reconstruction, he became a member of the Kengan Association and established his first company, Katahara Logistics.

In his middle age, he risked everything to launch the last "Kengan Deathmatch Tournament," ultimately winning and becoming the 58th president of the Kengan Association. He held this position for over 50 years, becoming the longest-serving and most stable president in the history of the Kengan Association.

Unless another world war breaks out and everything is overturned and started anew, it is uncertain whether anyone will be able to rival him in the future.

What Yuan Chen wanted to do gave him a whiff of conflict... or rather, a sense of challenge.

Upon hearing their friends' words, Tenma Nozomi and the others just shrank back nervously, unsure of what to say.

Although they were martial artists, their knowledge was not much greater than that of Yamashita Kazuo. Putting aside everything else, just seeing a legendary figure like Katahara Metsudo was enough to deeply shock their young minds.

It was at this moment that Nogi Hideki finally couldn't help but interrupt.

After a brief silence, Nogi Hideki looked at Katahara Metsudo and asked seriously, "So, neither Kano Gen nor Genji... are your people."

“Never.” Katahara Metsudo nodded.

"Then why... did you start this battle?" Hearing this, Nogi Hideki became even more puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Katahara Metsudou was silent for a moment before calmly saying, "Aging."

"Aging?" Nogi Hideki was even more puzzled after hearing Katahara Metsudo's answer: "You?"

Before today, Nogi Hideki would have thought that Katahara Metsudou had truly aged. But now, having sensed Katahara Metsudou's still-growing 'aura,' Nogi Hideki felt that Katahara Metsudou was joking.

Katahara Metsudou shook his head at this.

"I'm really getting old. I can feel my body becoming more and more stagnant and sluggish, and all the joints in my body seem to be covered with verdigris."

“But today, I’ve come back to life.” Katahara Metsudo grinned and said, “Mitsunari was right after all! Only battles and conflicts can make someone like me feel the vitality of life!”

Katahara Metsudo looked at Nogi Hideki with a smile, showing absolutely no signs of the dejection one would expect from an old man.

"To rekindle the passion and fervor of my youth, neither power nor maintaining rule will suffice... Only chaos and competition can make me truly feel 'youth' and 'passion'!"

"...If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Seeing that Katahara Metsudo and Nogi Hideki had inexplicably started talking, Yuan Chen straightened his trench coat and prepared to turn and leave.

Upon seeing that Yuan Chen was about to leave, Katahara Metsudo couldn't help but ask curiously, "Oh? Aren't you going to chat a little longer?"

"The game is over, there's no need for me to stay. I have other things to do."

As he said this, Yuan Chen waved to Han Zhuli.

It's time to wrap things up regarding Han Zhuli's eyes.

Volume 1: Chapter 150 - Eye Mutation

Yuan Chen was preparing to reshape Han Zhuli's eyes, but he was not in a hurry to do so immediately.

This time, Yuan Chen's task is not just to repair Han Zhuli, but to further unleash her potential on the existing foundation.

For this reason, Yuan Chen specially led Han Zhuli and others to Professor Albert's martial arts laboratory.

The laboratory was located in the mountains. After their identities were verified, a special guard led Yuan Chen and the others through a blast door.

"Wow—" Standing behind Yuan Chen, Tianma Xiwang and the others craned their necks so high they almost bent over.

In fact, not only Pegasus hoped, but also Han Zhuli and Chunli, who were standing to the side, showed a slight surprise on their faces.

After all, it's more like a small fortress than a research institute.

Built within a mountain, its thick reinforced concrete walls are so strong that even ordinary bombs, artillery shells, or missiles might not be able to easily shake them.

"This is what you called...the laboratory?"

With her hands in her pockets, Han Zhuli scanned the surrounding security cameras with her intact eye.

These cameras are all from prestigious manufacturers, and you can tell that each one is equipped with an independent infrared sensor and motion tracking module, and they have precise cross-coverage in terms of field of view, leaving almost no blind spots.

“I don’t think even Interpol headquarters would go this far,” Zhu Li said.

“That’s not the case.” Chun-Li shook her head, clearly aware of the situation at Interpol headquarters.

Yuan Chen was also somewhat curious about this, not out of suspicion, but because Interpol's headquarters was indeed very mysterious, and even Shadow Luo had never been able to breach it. Compared to the Land of Light, their security measures were far superior.

"Professor Albert is a scientific advisor to many PMCs."

PMC is short for Private Military Company.

While dialing Albert's private number at the facility, Yuan Chen said, "His main business covers providing tactical medical support and human enhancement solutions to the armies of various countries. If I remember correctly, he created the individual exoskeletons for the Violent Mobile Team."

"Wow..." Han Zhuli exclaimed casually, a hint of curiosity appearing in her eyes.

Just as everyone was chatting casually, a series of hurried footsteps came from the end of the corridor.

A moment later, an elderly man, well past seventy, strode over. It was none other than Professor Albert, the person Yuan Chen was visiting.

Upon seeing Yuan Chen, Albert excitedly looked at the group behind Yuan Chen, his two old eyes shining like two light bulbs.

"Oh! Yuan Chen Jun!" His voice echoed in the hall, filled with intense excitement:

"When you came last time, I told you that if possible, please bring more companions for testing. I meant one or two would be enough; one or two test subjects with martial arts experience would be sufficient for a whole control experiment! I didn't expect—"

Before Albert could finish speaking, Yuan Chen reached out to stop him, saying, "Don't get so excited. The main thing is treatment. I don't care about the physical data, but it doesn't matter to others."

Yuan Chen could somewhat sense Albert's excitement, but he didn't intend to have Chun-Li and the others undergo unnecessary measurements—physical data was the personal privacy of each martial artist.

Yuan Chen himself didn't have too many thoughts—mainly because he could feel that his growth rate was changing rapidly, and his physical data would change drastically after a short period of time, so it didn't matter if he measured it now.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's leaked.

Faulty data and untapped weaknesses are all traps.

As for the others, Han Zhuli and Tianma were alright, but Wu Jialouluo and Wu Fengshui were out of the question. In fact, after seeing their signature dark irises again, Albert gave up on his idea altogether.

Similar assassin families can wield enormous power in both the real world and the underworld. Although Albert is obsessed with martial arts and science, he is not a madman who only knows how to study and knows nothing else.

A few hours later, Tianma hoped that he and Han Zhuli would successfully complete their eye examinations.

The main focus of the examination was Han Zhuli's eyes. After multiple scans, various data about her eyes were sent to Yuan Chen.

"Miss Tianma's eyes have been treated. If she takes her medication on time, she will be fully recovered in two days."

Albert Payne said with great interest, "However, Miss Han Zhuli's eyes are a bit strange. Such severe external trauma should theoretically cause many irreversible effects on the eyes, but according to my observation, although her left eye is severely damaged and many internal nerves are damaged, the redundant parts are abnormally activated, compensating for some of the damaged nerve functions and maintaining the corresponding activity..."

Yuan Chen ignored Albert's words, instead carefully examining the detailed data of Han Zhuli's eyes under the numerous sophisticated instruments for a while. After a moment, he nodded thoughtfully and said:

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I'll come back to provide the data after the competition is over."

Upon hearing this, Albert didn't seem to care at all, and happily nodded, saying, "Is it the Kengan Zero-Defense Tournament? I've already heard about it, and I'll be there too. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!"

"Ah."

Yuan Chen nodded, but just as he was about to leave, Albert called him back.

"Wait."

"Hmm?" Yuan Chen looked at Albert with a questioning gaze.

Meeting Yuan Chen's gaze, Albert said, "About the golden flames you control."

"what happened?"

Upon hearing that it was related to the golden flames he controlled, Yuan Chen became slightly more serious.

Albert's expression turned serious as he said, "Your aura has attracted the attention of some people with ulterior motives. Be careful during this time, and you can message me if you encounter any problems."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen nodded thoughtfully, realizing that Albert must know something, and said, "I will be careful."

Even until he left, Nozomi Tenma remained in a daze, completely unable to comprehend how her retinal detachment, which felt like the sky had fallen to her, could have been cured so easily.

Yuan Chen didn't take it to heart. After leaving the laboratory, he put Tianma Hope down, told her to take a rest, and then took Han Zhuli and the others on their way home.

On the way, watching Yuan Chen sitting in the back seat intently studying the detailed information about Han Zhuli and Tianma Xiwang's eyes, Han Zhuli said somewhat nervously, "The final treatment will begin today."

"Yes." Yuan Chen nodded: "Everything that needs to be prepared is ready, and we're just waiting for the final step."

"It seems like Brother Yuan Chen is planning to develop it further?" Upon hearing this, Wu Fengshui, who was standing to the side, also asked curiously, "My eyes, Zhu Li's eyes... and now Tianma Hope's eyes? Are her eyes also special?"

“There is a little, but it’s subtle,” Yuan Chen nodded. “It’s similar to what Yamashita Kazuo had.”

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Wu Fengshui and the others were slightly taken aback, then said, "So... the eye of the fist?"

It was no secret that Yuan Chen went to see the Ten Ghost Snake King before the battle, and he had also heard about the matter of the Fist Eye.

They possess exceptional dynamic vision and are particularly sensitive to the flow of qi and force, giving them special eyes that can see through the weaknesses of many fighting techniques.

"Similar, but not quite the same." Yuan Chen had used his golden flames to sense Yamashita Kazuo's eyes and made a copy of them. He could sense that Tenma Nozomi's eyes were not quite the same as Yamashita Kazuo's.

But perhaps because they are both women, it might be easier for them to replicate it.

It's a pity. Putting aside the Naruto mobile game, the Ultimate Ninja Storm series is indeed a classic 3D fighting game... It's just a pity that according to the records of Shiranui Ryu, there is no village called Hokage in this world, nor is there any related ninjutsu lineage.

Otherwise, you could just find an Uchiha and hot-swap them up, then use them whenever you want without worrying about rejection.

A moment later, upon arriving home, Yuan Chen led Han Zhuli and the others upstairs to begin the final treatment.

"Lie down. The next part won't be easy."

Han Zhuli didn't say anything, she just glanced at him, and then lay down on her back.

Her left eye was half-open, and the eye, which had been dull for years due to being hit by a bullet, shone with a very faint golden light under the lamp—the residual life energy accumulated from the previous treatments.

Yuan Chen placed his finger over Han Zhuli's left eye, and golden flames ignited from his fingertip, not burning the skin but directly entering the eyeball.

Almost the instant they made contact, Han Zhuli involuntarily clenched her fist.

The scar tissue on the surface of the eyeball, torn apart by bullets and left by multiple surgeries, was constantly split open. Some metabolic waste products of the proliferating lens were either reorganized under the burning of the golden flames or turned into liquid and flowed continuously from the corner of the eye.

The optic nerve begins to grow from the inside, and its endings have completely lost their activity when the bullet passes through. Now, it is being regenerated through the forced activation of the golden flame, just like tiny drills drilling back and forth in the flesh.

The eyes themselves do not have a strong sense of pain, but under the activation of life energy, even the slightest pain is magnified to a state that is unbearable for ordinary people.

At first, Han Zhuli was able to barely endure it, but as her vision was reconstructed, it wasn't long before she couldn't help but scream out loud.

It wasn't a scream, but a suppressed roar. A moment later, the activated golden flames shot straight out of her eye sockets, and her Qi Sea began to surge wildly, venturing unrestrainedly through the meridians of her body.

Han Zhuli was terrified for a moment, but looking at Yuan Chen who was still calmly staring at her, she could only try her best to suppress the pain coming from her body. Even so, a few low sobs still escaped her throat uncontrollably.

Yuan Chen could sense Han Zhuli's efforts, but as these flames were injected into Han Zhuli's body, he could clearly feel that these flames no longer belonged to him. In fact, even the original gold color had taken on a dark purple hue.

Should they stop? It was indeed a good option. Or rather, Yuan Chen decided to start now because he was confident he could stop at any time and restore Han Zhuli's eye injury to its previous stable state. But after a brief moment of thought, Yuan Chen decided to give it a try.

Therefore, Yuan Chen activated the Sun Rune.

As the sun rune was activated, the previously restless energy and the purple flames that were no longer under Yuan Chen's control gradually shrank, eventually shrinking entirely into Han Zhuli's eyes, connecting with her original dantian, and transforming from burning flames into a shimmering purple light in her eyes...

Upon seeing this, Yuan Chen's eyes relaxed slightly, and he continued the treatment methodically.

A few hours later, Yuan Chen stepped out of the house and, seeing the worried looks on Chunli and the others' faces, shrugged: "Mother and child are safe."

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Chun Li slapped Yuan Chen's forehead without saying a word: "What do you mean by 'mother and child are safe'! Nonsense!"