I teach judo in Tokyo.

“I brought it, Ms. Shirley, please don’t worry!” a guard replied with a smile.

Ai Miyano nodded and said nothing more.

The group walked silently toward the laboratory.

On the way, Ai Miyano's expression remained calm, but her mind was racing as she considered her next plan.

Now, Ryougi Shiki, the fighting force she relies on, is unarmed and still has her hands and feet shackled, unable to make any wide or sweeping movements.

The "enemy" that King mentioned could attack at any time, but since even Rum, the person in charge in Japan, was killed, it means that the opponent must be a very terrifying guy.

She couldn't possibly hope that this unknown "enemy" would let her go.

Correspondingly, although she is the head of this laboratory, if the guards realize that she is trying to defect, she will be shot dead immediately.

Both sides pose a significant threat.

She only had a short few minutes' walk to the lab.

Only by finding a way to free the Ryougi-ori can we seize a chance to break the deadlock.

Just as she was pondering what method she could use to minimize the risk.

"boom!"

A faint rumbling sound came from the entrance of this underground experimental base!

Immediately afterwards, the white lights on both sides of the wall in the corridor they were in suddenly began to flash red intermittently!

"Enemy attack!"

The guards surrounding Ryougi Shiki reacted quickly, and one of them cried out in surprise.

Everyone instinctively looked in the direction from which the roaring sound came from.

This is the only chance!

Ai Miyano's eyes flashed, and she quickly turned around, throwing a scalpel that she had been hiding in her pocket at Ryougi Ori, who was quietly watching her.

The knife spun in the air, reflecting a few rays of light, before being firmly grasped by a pair of slender little hands.

The next second, the girl, restrained by shackles, moved with lightning speed, instantly closing in on a guard whose attention had been diverted by the "enemy attack" with her small but swift steps.

She swung the knife she gripped tightly in both hands with an awkward posture.

A flash of white light disappeared, followed by a spurt of blood!

It wasn't over yet. In the next instant, the girl who had just swung her knife for the first time ducked and lunged in the opposite direction, suddenly pouncing on another guard who had witnessed her action and pointing his gun at her.

Facing the menacing muzzle of a gun, Ryougi Shiki actually had a slight smile on her face. Her eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and then her hands shot out like lightning, directly deflecting the guard's gun muzzle.

Just then, the guard pulled the trigger of his pistol!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three shots in quick succession.

The gun barrels that Ryougi Shiki had deflected all hit a guard on the other side who was looking in the direction of the enemy attack!

He fell to the ground with a thud.

The blades in Ryougi's hands were simultaneously reversed and plunged into the throat of the guard who had fired the shot.

The entire process took less than three seconds!

At this moment, the last surviving guard finally reacted and turned around.

However, before he could see what was happening, a flash of silver light appeared, and a sharp scalpel sliced ​​through the air, precisely piercing his left eye.

He let out a wail and frantically pulled the trigger of his pistol, emptying a magazine of bullets in an instant.

The figure of Ryougi Shiki suddenly stopped in its charge, and a flower of blood splattered from its arm and abdomen.

He fell helplessly to the ground.

The guard roared and quickly finished reloading his pistol, then prepared to replace the gun with the Two Elements Weaving Gun.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and the guard was shot between the eyebrows, his skull exploding open.

Before he died, the last image that remained on his retina was of Ai Miyano holding a gun in both hands and aiming at him.

Ai Miyano holstered her pistol and quickly knelt down to help Ryougi Ori, who had collapsed to the ground, to her feet: "How are you? Can you still hold on?"

Despite being shot, Ryougi Shiki smiled and said weakly, "I'm not used to wearing shackles. I was careless and got shot twice."

She looked into Miyano Ai's eyes with a hint of teasing: "I'm mostly a burden in my current state, you can go first."

When Miyano Ai heard her words, a clear hesitation was visible between her brows.

Two seconds later, she took off her white coat and helped Ryougi Oori put it on, covering her attire. Then, gritting her teeth, she put one of Ryougi's arms on her shoulder and struggled to lift her up: "I'll take you to the infirmary to treat your wound."

Ryougi's eyes trembled slightly, but she laughed lightly, "Even if you are like this, I will not repay you with my body."

"Say less!" Miyano Ai said coldly, finding the unlocker on a guard and unlocking Ryougi Ori's shackles.

The two girls walked openly down the corridor toward the infirmary.

Along the way, many guards with guns saw Miyano Ai supporting a girl in a white coat and subconsciously assumed that the two were researchers.

In this emergency situation of "enemy attack", no one doubted Ryougi's identity. Instead, they bowed to Miyano Ai and asked if she needed help.

Despite the bowing, Ai Miyano remained remarkably calm, maintaining her usual icy demeanor, indicating that she did not need any help and instructing the guards to hurry to the front lines to provide support.

Soon, the two of them entered the infirmary.

As soon as Ai Miyano entered the infirmary, she immediately turned around, locked the door, and placed Ryougi Ori on the bed.

At this moment, the girl who had been shot twice had fallen into a coma, and the blood gushing from the gunshot wounds stained two large areas of her white coat red.

Faced with this situation, Ai Miyano calmly and quickly gathered all the necessary tools, including scalpels and forceps.

Then she went to Liangyi Zhi and quickly disinfected the utensils.

In the corridor outside the medical clinic, warning sounds of enemy attack and red warning lights flashed incessantly.

Gunshots approached from a distance.

It was as if the guards inside the experimental base were dealing with the invading enemy.

Their fierce firepower seemed completely unable to stop the enemy's attack, and their defenses were being breached layer by layer.

And she was about to face this perilous environment—

Remove the bullet from Ryougi's body!

......

With a clanging sound.

Ai Miyano tossed the bullet from the pliers into the tray, then her hand went limp, and the pliers fell to the ground with a thud.

Then, her blood-covered left hand trembled as she reached towards the nose of the lifeless girl, seemingly unable to sense any breath.

Immediately afterwards, she reached out and checked the girl's carotid artery.

This time, I think I could feel a faint pulse.

However, given the current situation, without timely blood transfusions and treatment, the girl will die sooner or later.

Ai Miyano sat silently on the edge of the bed, gritting her teeth, a pang of guilt rising in her heart.

If it weren't for her unnecessary plan tonight, this girl might have had a chance to survive.

"That's right!"

Miyano Ai, feeling frustrated, suddenly looked up.

"KX18, give her KX18..." she muttered to herself, then immediately got up and opened the door to the infirmary.

Then, he slammed into a strong chest.

She looked up in shock and saw a tall, handsome young man wearing a hood, looking at her with indifferent eyes that were slightly downturned.

He involuntarily took two steps back and reached into his pocket to draw his gun.

The next second, the sharp blade pressed against her throat, startling her so much that she froze and dared not move an inch.

"I advise you not to make any sudden movements..." the man said in a low voice, reaching into Miyano Ai's pocket and pulling out the gun she had hidden.

Then, the man looked at the girl on the bed.

He was instantly jolted.

He exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

Then he grabbed Miyano Ai and rushed to the bedside, demanding sharply, "What's going on with this girl?!"

Ai Miyano shuddered, stammering, "She...she was just shot twice..."

Without saying a word, the man pulled a gourd from his waist, uncorked it, and poured the wine onto the girl's two wounds.

He then forcefully poured the wine gourd into the girl's mouth.

"What are you doing!" Miyano Ai exclaimed anxiously, trying to stop him, but the man shoved her aside.

"You stay put! I'm saving her!"

The man glared at her, then turned back to continue pouring sake into Ryougi's cup.

That's right, the man was none other than Atobe Sousuke, who had just wiped out this underground laboratory.

As for why he was in such a hurry...

In his eyes, the label of Ryougi Shiki lying unconscious on the bed appeared before him.

【Liangyi Zhi (18), Disciple Potential: UR, Evaluation: Quick, quickly beg her to be your disciple!】

A disciple with UR-level aptitude!!!

***

Chapter 296 UR-level Techniques

Sosuke gulped down three mouthfuls of Ryougi-ori and eight salt-based sake.

Whether it was due to the alcohol or something else, Ryougi's face, which had been pale from excessive blood loss, immediately became somewhat rosy.

Her barely audible breathing gradually became steady.

Sōsuke breathed a sigh of relief, finally having a chance to look at the specific panel of his future disciple, and immediately drooled.

【Two Elements Weaving】

[Disciple Potential: UR]

[Possesses entry 1: Immaculate Consciousness - The Boundary of Emptiness (Dead)]

[Possesses entry 2: Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (inactive)]

[Possesses entry 3: Like a cat]

Age: 18

Body type stats: 88, 55, 85

[Existing protective magic: None]

[Facing difficulties: Life-threatening (recovering)]

Tuition fee (approx.): 50000 yen/month

[Current Status: I think I hear a man's voice... What am I drinking... It's so... hot...]

Three entries! That's really luxurious!

Moreover, this is the fourth person that Sosuke has seen with the attribute marked "invalid".

So what exactly does this so-called "failure" mean?

Now is not the time to think about this.

Sousuke composed himself and looked at Miyano Ai, who was standing beside him with a surprised expression.

When the other person saw him looking over, they immediately asked, "What did you feed her just now?"

“A specially made medicinal wine,” Sousuke replied casually. He glanced at Ai Miyano’s screen, tilted his head, and said, “You’re Sherry? An important figure in the Black Crows organization in Japan?”