I teach judo in Tokyo.

The swordsman laughed fiercely, and he drew his sword again, charging forward. The tip of the sword instantly pierced right in front of Sosuke!

Sōsuke lunged sideways in a disheveled manner, dodging the swordsman's assassination attempt.

The next second, another person's side kick landed on his chest.

He raised his hands to block, but was then kicked away by the opponent's superhuman strength, and crashed hard into the parapet behind him.

Sosuke let out a muffled groan of pain and quickly turned to run away.

The two superhumans quickly caught up, followed by another round of thrilling sword flashes and fist clashes.

Faced with the combined attack of the two, Sousuke appeared clumsy and disheveled. In just a few rounds, his upper body sportswear was ripped to shreds by the sharp blades, leaving him looking like a beggar.

Several bright red fist marks and footprints appeared on his hands and body.

In the eyes of the two superhumans, he was like a candle flickering in the wind, about to be blown out at any moment.

And so, they managed to maintain their escape for a few dozen seconds.

Subaru Akai's voice came to his ears again: "The fish has taken the bait, and Shin Kyogoku has successfully caught up with the other car. You seem to be having a hard time. Do you need my help?"

Upon hearing this, Sosuke, who was still fleeing, suddenly stopped.

The next second, the blades and fists aimed at him missed their mark.

The two superhumans' eyes flickered slightly, and they immediately withdrew their attacks, cautiously assuming a defensive stance.

Where are they?!

"I'm here."

The sound came from above.

The two of them quickly looked up and were immediately shocked.

Under the moonlight, Atobe Sousuke stood upright on the watchtower, calmly looking down at them.

His gaze was as if he were looking at two—dead men?

"Damn it, still pretending to be an expert at a time like this!" the swordsman cursed under his breath. Then, he rushed out and quickly climbed the nearly three-meter-high watchtower in a few steps.

While still in mid-air, he had already swung the sharp blade in his hand at Atobe Sousuke, who was standing quietly!

Under the moonlight, the glint of the sword flashed repeatedly as he swung it, enveloping Atobe Sousuke from below.

He was greeted by a sky full of card shadows!

Dozens of rapidly spinning cards flew towards the swordsman like a waterfall, completely obscuring his vision while slashing countless cuts across his body!

The swordsman screamed and barely managed to land after regaining his balance in mid-air.

As soon as he regained his footing, a large amount of blood gushed out from his wounds like a showerhead!

In an instant, the swordsman was covered in blood.

He roared and charged at Atobe Sousuke with his sword, then used his last strength to deliver the final blow.

Sousuke stepped forward expressionlessly, passing by him as if in a flash, and appeared directly behind him.

He had already grasped the sword that originally belonged to the swordsman.

......

Sosuke, with his incredible agility that surpassed even the flames, brushed past the swordsman and easily snatched the long sword from his hand.

The swordsman, exhausted and on his last legs, collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

The incident happened in less than three seconds. The superhumans who were still watching from below stared wide-eyed as the swordsman was instantly killed by Sousuke.

The completely unexpected reversal of events instantly shattered the will of the remaining superhumans.

It had always been a hunting ground for sheep, where two wolves would hunt and toy with them.

How could the sheep, fleeing in such a sorry state, have transformed into a ferocious tiger in such a short time?!

Sosuke ignored the man's thoughts.

He simply held the long sword in his hand horizontally in front of him, stared at it for a long time in the moonlight, and softly exclaimed in admiration: "A fine sword."

Then, he turned his head and met the gaze of the remaining gauntlet-wielding boxer with a calm, cold look.

"Your arm armor looks pretty good too," Sosuke said with a smile.

The enemy was terrified and had no interest in playing along with Sousuke's pretentious act; he simply let out a strange cry.

Without hesitation, he rushed through the iron gate and fled for his life at top speed.

The speed at which a near-superhuman escaped, fleeing for their life, was completely beyond the imagination of normal people.

Moreover, this is going downstairs.

After rushing through the iron gate and entering the safety stairwell, the superhuman showed no intention of taking the stairs.

He would grab the railing, flip over, and fall one level into the air, then flip over and fall again, and then flip over and fall again.

In just a few seconds, we had already descended several floors!

Even the way protagonists in action movies perform stunts while going downstairs isn't as exaggerated as his performance.

In less than half a minute, this superhuman had already completed the traverse of the hundreds-of-meters-long hotel from top to bottom.

Then he frantically rushed out of the hotel lobby and onto the street.

He dared not linger at all, and ran in any direction he chose as soon as he left the house. Along the way, he carefully observed the terrain, going into alleys and turning at forks in the road.

After maintaining a high-speed burst of speed, it continued to run wildly for several minutes.

He quickly made his way through the crowds in the bustling city and hid in a secluded, dark alley.

Then, panting heavily and sweating profusely, he quickly pulled out his phone, intending to contact his companions for help.

"I didn't expect you to be such a fast runner." Atobe Sousuke's flippant voice came from behind.

They were using English.

The person with the superhuman ability froze, and the hand holding the phone began to tremble violently.

He whispered tremblingly, "Please...you...let me go!"

"laugh!"

The sharp blade sliced ​​through his throat and trachea, and of course—his carotid artery.

His desperate words came to an abrupt halt, and he could only desperately clutch his neck.

However, arterial blood gushed wildly from the severed carotid artery under immense pressure, which could not be stopped simply by covering the neck.

Another powerful, ferocious-level superhuman fell like a stray dog ​​in this nameless alley.

Sousuke squatted down expressionlessly and deftly removed the equipment from the guy's arm.

He immediately took a liking to this exquisite arm guard, which was clearly crafted by a highly skilled master craftsman.

With this dual offensive and defensive device, he can now withstand swords and blades even without carrying any other weapons.

At least it won't be like tonight, where, facing a swordsman who hasn't even reached the highest level, I had to rely on a deck of cards as a hidden weapon to turn the tide.

After receiving the spoils of war, Atobe Sousuke asked the air, "Brother Akai, how's it going with Kyogoku Shin?"

"Communications are working normally. He's been suspending the target on his motorcycle the whole time," Akai Subaru's voice came through. "The target is heading east, and I'm driving there now."

Sousuke: "Hmm... Could you share Atsushi Yokoi's location with me? I'll head over right away."

"No problem, take a look at the special phone we gave you. Haha, I'm getting a little excited just thinking about catching that old snake that's been lurking all this time tonight." Akai Subaru's laughter was full of confidence.

Sosuke hailed a taxi on the street and then told the driver the direction of his destination by looking at the signal location on his phone.

After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and sent a message to Yae Meixuan.

Atobe Sousuke: Tonight might not be peaceful, so please protect everyone at the dojo.

Yae Meixuan: Hmm? What happened?

Atobe Sousuke: It's nothing, I'll tell you when I get back.

Yae Meixuan: Hey, hurry up and tell me what's going on!

Yae Meixuan: Damn it! Don't pull this stunt, I'm angry!

Atobe Sousuke: Don't worry, just guard the dojo well. I'll take care of things here quickly.

Yae Meixuan: You fucking hid it from me, huh?!

......

Atobe Sousuke put down his phone and let out a long sigh of relief.

Although Yae Meixuan's arrival will definitely enhance their team's strength considerably.

However, the enemy's situation is still unclear. If our base is raided due to the lack of strong defenders, we risk being caught off guard.

He absolutely could not accept any of his female disciples being harmed.

As for the snake-toothed Jiuxin, which was identified as "top-tier"...

My two aces from the Countermeasures Bureau and I are more than enough.

This matter will be settled today!

***

Chapter 254 Internal Strife

Sosuke sat in the taxi, calculating his haul for the night.

Including the two experts from the Ring Serpent realm he just defeated, he has defeated a total of four opponents tonight whose protective skills are above level 25.

We are still two people short of meeting the requirements for upgrading system privileges.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to complete this upgrade requirement when he attacks the Serpent Bone Society later.

Since Snake Fang Jiuxin was able to send three powerful individuals to rescue his disciple, he must have at least as many equally skilled subordinates by his side.

Each upgrade of the system's permissions grants him very special functions, so he has always been looking forward to it.

Besides the rewards required by the system, the extra reward tonight is two pieces of equipment.

It was a long sword, made of some unknown alloy, somewhat like a katana, but with a straight blade; it was clearly no ordinary weapon.

It's estimated that this divine weapon was forged at great cost by a swordsman whose skill level was close to the highest level.

In addition, there is a pair of semi-covered arm armor covering the palms and forearms. Judging from the material, it is the same as the long sword. The entire arm armor looks very exquisite, especially the connection between the palms and wrists, which looks seamless and yet has perfect mobility.

Sosuke tried equipping the arm armor and found that it surprisingly matched the shape of his hands.

The driver in front glanced at Sosuke fiddling with two pieces of equipment in the back seat and asked him curiously, "Sir, are you cosplaying? The props are very well made."

Sosuke raised his eyes, calmly nodded, and smiled, "That's right, this is something I had specially commissioned from a studio at a high price. It looks very nice, doesn't it?"

"It's really great! It looks very practical."

......

The other side of Tokyo.

Inside a detached villa in a villa community on the outskirts of the city.

Snake Fang Jiuxin sat on the sofa, feeling somewhat uneasy.

He couldn't help but stand up and pace back and forth slowly. Then he saw the two beauties, Mature and Vice, relaxing together on the sofa watching TV. He couldn't help but ask, "The Red Serpent Group was defeated by a mysterious person, the Death Maniac representative of the Five Families was taken away by that kid named Atobe Sousuke, even the Yotsuba family's planted spy, Himuro Yoshi, was defeated by him, and my good-for-nothing disciple is now missing... With such consecutive setbacks, the organization is very disappointed in me."

Mature was nestled comfortably in the arms of the quiet Vice. Hearing this, she glanced at the displeased Snake Fang Hisanobu with a smile: "Lord Snake Fang, please calm down. Although we encountered some setbacks due to unforeseen circumstances, at least we successfully stole the Mibu blood from the Countermeasures Bureau and gave it to Black Crow, helping them develop the latest KX18 drug."

As she played with her fingers, she said leisurely, "By the way, didn't your disciple also get a share of KX18? He shouldn't die so easily. After all, the main ingredient of that stuff is the blood of the 'Mad Seed'."

Hentai Hisanobu said, holding his breath, "The Mibu blood was stolen by someone who had been lurking in the Countermeasures Bureau before. It has no direct connection to the mission I was in charge of. My instructions have always been to develop the organization's influence in Japan and to seize the opportunity to break into 'that place' and rescue 'that person'."

He straightened his expression and said seriously, "Now, I've only been in charge for a short time, and the organization's operations in Japan have already suffered a major blow. The only way to make up for my mistakes is to directly achieve the final objective, so—"

He frowned, looking somewhat displeased: "Mature, when will Lord Luke's promised support for the organization arrive?"

Mai Zhuo looked at him with a smile: "Lord Snake Fang, don't you understand yet? Our boss's reinforcements aren't coming."

Snake Fang's expression froze for a moment, then turned to anger: "Luke wants to go back on his word? Does he dare to offend the organization?"

Mai Zhuo waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, the boss wouldn't dare to go against the great Ring Serpent. It's just that there's no need to continue investing resources in a mission that has no hope of completion."