I teach judo in Tokyo.

Judging from their expressions, Sosuke knew that what they were about to say was something ordinary people shouldn't hear.

So, being tactful, he stood up and said, "Come on, let's talk in my room."

Soon, in Sousuke's room, with Subaru Akai's explanation and Shin Kyogoku's supplementary information, Sousuke understood the purpose of their trip.

"You mean the Black Crows organization, which had completely withdrawn from Tokyo, is now making a comeback?" Sousuke stroked his chin.

“Hmm.” Subaru Akai nodded. “In the last ten days, based on intelligence from our undercover agents, Shin and I have launched joint operations and found several places that we believe are their temporary bases. Unfortunately, every time we went there, the place was deserted, and we were unable to capture anyone.”

With that bureau chief around, there's no way you'll catch them!

Sosuke listened quietly, expressionless.

Subaru Akai continued, "However, although we didn't catch anyone, this at least proves two facts. First, it is true that the Black Crows organization is operating again in Tokyo. Second, our hidden spies in the Policy Bureau did not infiltrate our independent intelligence agency, but could only tip off our agents based on information passed on by the intelligence agency."

"An intelligence agency?" Sousuke was taken aback. "So your Bureau of Abnormal Affairs has a dedicated intelligence agency?"

“Of course.” Shin Kyogoku nodded in agreement. “Moreover, the intelligence agencies are only nominally subordinate to the Countermeasures Bureau, but their work is not under the control of the Countermeasures Bureau, and their personnel are directly assigned and arranged by higher authorities.”

Sosuke stroked his chin and smiled: "You guys were quite secretive about this. Not bad. Is this organization very secretive about its sources of information and personnel? Even your chief doesn't know?"

Subaru Akai gave him a strange look: "Of course I don't know. Intelligence lines and functional lines have always been parallel and do not interfere with each other. That's common sense, isn't it?"

That explains why, even though the intelligence was passed to the Countermeasures Bureau, all of the Bureau's actions failed.

And even under these circumstances, the mole within the Black Crow organization was not betrayed or exposed.

It turns out that even the bureau chief couldn't know who those undercover agents were.

"Then what do you want from me?" Sosuke asked directly.

"Firstly, I'm here to inform you to be careful," Subaru Akai said, getting straight to the point. "According to intelligence, the direct target of Black Crow's re-entry into Tokyo this time is you."

"Huh? Pointing at me?" Sousuke was starting to lose his composure.

Good grief, I haven't even fulfilled my promise to wipe you all out yet, and you've already set your sights on me, haven't you?

good good!

He sneered, "What, what does this organization see in me?"

“The core reason is unclear. The loss rate of intelligence personnel is very high, and very few can reach high positions.” Akai Subaru scratched his head. “However, according to the information they provided, the Black Crow’s goal is to ‘capture’ you. For this purpose, they seem to have directly transferred strong reinforcements from the international headquarters.”

"Strong reinforcements?" Sousuke frowned. "You mean?"

Shin Kyogoku interrupted directly: "A powerhouse close to the Berserker level, who carried out several horrific terrorist attacks in various countries under the name of the Black Raven organization, whose real name is unknown, codenamed 'The Torturer'."

"Hmm..." Sousuke scratched his head. "This is troublesome. Is this 'torturer' even stronger than Hisanobu Snake Fang?"

Shin Kyogoku glanced at Sousuke: "After all, he is one of the Black Crows' trump cards, stronger than Hisanobu Snake Fang before he took the drug."

“I understand.” Sousuke sighed. “So, do you still have any information about the Black Crow Organization?”

"This brings us to the second thing I want to tell you."

Subaru Akai looked at Sousuke with a strange expression: "Given that the Countermeasures Bureau's several strikes against the Black Crows organization have all failed, the intelligence department has decided to refuse to provide the Countermeasures Bureau with any new intelligence in the short term, until the Countermeasures Bureau has been completely cleaned up."

"A wise decision," Sosuke agreed gleefully.

Subaru Akai glared at him speechlessly, but still said helplessly, "For this reason, the highest-ranking official in the intelligence agency said he wants to see you."

Shin Kyogoku continued, "To put it bluntly, the boss of the intelligence agency no longer trusts our countermeasures bureau and wants you to come and cooperate with their intelligence to carry out private operations."

As he spoke, his expression seemed somewhat admiring, as if he envied Sosuke for being able to communicate with the BOSS of that intelligence agency.

Before Sousuke could speak, Yae Meixuan asked for him, "So, who is the BOSS of this intelligence agency?"

Kyogoku Shin's expression turned somewhat solemn as he looked at Atobe Sousuke and Yae Meikazu with great seriousness: "Didn't Atobe ask me before who our strongest person in the Countermeasures Bureau is?"

Before the two could ask any questions, he continued, "Our strongest member in the Countermeasures Bureau, the BOSS you are about to meet, is the only Berserker-level expert stationed in our Countermeasures Bureau!"

"That's also what I think, the strongest person in Japan... no, I should say the strongest person in the world."

"Fenglin Temple Celestial Being!"

When he uttered that name, Shin Kyogoku's eyes were filled with adoration.

Yae Meixuan, who was standing next to her, also started breathing rapidly.

"Fūrinji... Amanto?" Sōsuke tilted his head, feeling a sense of déjà vu about the name.

Then he immediately remembered.

The genius boy, Kenichi Shirakawa, who faced him in the final round of the national tournament, had the highest-level self-defense technique of a school called "Fūrinji Gayū".

So, are these two Fenglin Temples related?

***

Chapter 271 Japan's Strongest

After delivering the message, Subaru Akai and Shin Kyogoku left a cell phone and departed.

Yae Meixuan finally managed to express what she had been holding back for so long.

She excitedly pulled Sosuke over: "Damn, you're really something now! I never expected the head of the intelligence department to be that legendary figure!"

"A legendary figure?" Atobe Sousuke looked at Yae Meixuan with a puzzled expression. "Meixuan-nee, do you know this Furinji Amanto?"

“I’ve never met her,” Yae Meixuan said quickly, “but I’ve heard of her, and you could even say I’ve long admired her!”

“His specific deeds are like those of a superman, so I won’t go into detail.” Yae Meixuan scratched her head. “I’ve heard that the most outrageous thing this god-like person did was to single-handedly defeat a dark organization decades ago, led by three mad-level powerhouses and composed of many powerful people from around the world, who were preparing to secretly overthrow the Japanese government.”

"If we had to define him with a rating system, it would probably be 'super crazy'?"

Yae Meixuan said, "However, after that battle, he disappeared without a trace. I never expected that he would now be in charge of the intelligence department of the Countermeasures Bureau."

A super-Crazy-level being capable of defeating three Berserker-level opponents in one battle?

Sosuke scratched his head. Such a big shot, he wanted to meet him?

It is even possible that they will establish a long-term independent relationship with themselves in the future.

Does this mean that a golden opportunity is slowly approaching?

Sosuke shook his head, deciding to calm down first.

What if this peerless powerhouse, recognized by both Kyogoku Shin and Yae Meixuan, turns out to be a major villain?

If you meet someone and kill yourself without saying a word, wouldn't that be a very unjust death?

So, after chatting with the beautiful teacher for a while, Sosuke went downstairs with her and let her play with her two younger sisters.

Sosuke, on the other hand, went and sat down under the cherry blossom tree.

He decided to take stock of his current abilities before setting off.

After all, it had been a month since he last killed Snake Fang Jiuxin, and he had not relaxed his daily training during that month.

Moreover, by reliving the experiences of those battles every day, he gained insights into his own fighting skills, and naturally, his various self-defense techniques also improved.

Of course, besides training on his own, he also took the opportunity during this month to complete the first two rounds of the virtual trials of the Sakura and Rin sisters. In addition to the increased strength in the first round, after defeating the two sisters' projections in the second round, he was rewarded with "all swordsmanship levels +3" and "all ninjutsu levels +3" respectively.

As a result, his current protective abilities have been significantly enhanced once again.

【拥有护身术1：柔道（+6）——投技34，当身技32，寝技31】

【拥有护身术2：剑道（+6）——念流35，神道流32，阴流32】

【拥有护身术3：忍法（+6）——身法25，忍具使用20，毒术18】

Besides the improvement in basic technical skills, the most important thing is that over the past month, the skills of Sōsuke's disciples have all improved to a certain extent.

They contributed four skills to him, including two SSR-level skills and two SR-level skills, further enriching his skill set.

The two SR-rank skills are "Mind's Eye - False" in the direction of magical arts and "Diamond Form - Indestructible" in the direction of unarmed combat.

As for SSR-level skills, they are "Mist Slash" in the weapon category and "Dragon Tail Kick" in the unarmed category.

Among them, "Mind's Eye - False" is a special skill that is similar to a passive skill, which allows Sousuke to better utilize his sixth sense and make more correct reactions when facing danger by combining experience and premonition.

"Diamond Form: Indestructible" is a defensive technique. Its principle is to instantly tense all the muscles in the body with special skills, making the body as hard as steel, thereby greatly reducing the damage caused by the opponent's attack.

Then came two SSR-level skills.

Compared to SR-level skills, which "have some logic," SSR-level skills mostly have "unreasonable" effects.

For example, "Mist Slash" is a super-fast Iai Slash with multiple derivative effects. Its unreasonable aspect is its speed. It is slashed out and sheathed in a flash. If the enemy is not fully focused on dealing with it, the result is basically being cut in two instantly.

The "Dragon Tail Kick" is a powerful, suppressive leg technique. Its unreasonable aspect lies in its "forced suppression." This leg technique is a flying flip kick that combines a dash and a strike. If the opponent tries to defend against this kick, they will be hit by an unexpectedly heavy force, making it difficult to counterattack in time, and thus falling into Sousuke's further suppression.

The four new techniques granted by the system give Sousuke new trump cards in every aspect.

But will these trump cards give him the confidence to face "super crazy" level powerhouses?

The result can only be known when it actually matches.

Soon, after dinner.

The cell phone that Subaru Akai and the others left for Sousuke rang.

Sosuke picked up his phone and looked at it. The screen simply displayed a name—Fūrinji Tenjin.

He raised an eyebrow at his beautiful master who was watching him with concern, then walked out of the dojo and answered his phone.

Immediately, a hearty and cheerful voice came through the receiver.

"Hey, hey, hey! You must be the Atobe kid they're talking about, right? I'm Furinji Tenjin! I'm the dojo master of Furinji Temple."

"Hmm? Gym Leader?" Sousuke scratched his head. "But Subaru Akai and the others said you're the boss of the Countermeasures Bureau's intelligence agency..."

"Hey, that's just a side job for me. Alright, enough chit-chat, come over here! Let's talk face to face."

Then the call was disconnected.

Sosuke stared speechlessly at the disconnected phone, utterly dumbfounded.

Then, he immediately clicked the call-back button.

The call was quickly answered again: "Hey kid, why are you calling again so soon?"

“Lord Furinji…” Sousuke said helplessly, “You didn’t even tell me your address, how am I supposed to find you?”

"Hahaha, I'm so sorry, I'll tell you right now!"

Fenglin Temple Celestial laughed and revealed a location.

Sosuke was somewhat taken aback after hearing this—it was actually in the mountains more than 60 kilometers west of Tokyo.

That's really quite far.

So he went back to his room and changed into casual clothes, deliberately wearing a long-sleeved sweatshirt underneath, with chainmail made of Orichalcos steel underneath. He also wore arm guards on both arms and carried a long sword with a custom-made scabbard at his waist.

Fully armed, Sosuke bid farewell to his beautiful master and several disciples, and set off in the car delivered by Motoko's family.

He didn't think that being fully armed was making a fuss over nothing. After all, the person he was about to meet was a legendary figure, and it was never too much to be cautious before determining whether he was friend or foe.

......

Chapter 272 The Unfathomable Levels and the Mission

Several hours later, it was already late at night.

Following the instructions of Furinji Tenjin, Atobe Sousuke ventured deep into the mountains under the dim night sky and arrived at a flat grassland.

As for cars, they couldn't find the road to drive up the mountain back down.

So Sousuke hiked up the mountain. If it weren't for his extraordinary physique, he probably wouldn't have been able to climb all the way here.

He looked down into the flat grassland.

I immediately saw a large dojo surrounded by white walls.

Above the main gate of the temple stands a plaque with the words "Fenglin Temple Temple".

Without a doubt, this is the place guarded by the celestial beings of Fenglin Temple.

At this point, there's nothing left to hesitate about.

Sosuke straightened his clothes, which were a bit disheveled from the climb, and went up to knock on the door a few times.

"I'm coming!"

Soon, a familiar voice came from inside the door.