I teach judo in Tokyo.

He asked slowly, "Is there...is there any evidence?"

Fu Hua remained silent for a long time this time.

After a full half minute, she seemed to have made up her mind.

“Hold out your hand,” she said.

Sosuke obediently extended his right hand, palm up.

The next second, Fu Hua's soft, fair hand was placed on his palm.

The girl's palm was facing down, pressed tightly against his large hand.

"You must pull yourself together and feel it carefully..." Fu Hua's voice was indifferent, yet contained a hint of reluctance. "After all, over so many years, I've tried everything, but I've only managed to accumulate a negligible little bit..."

Sosuke vaguely sensed what the other party was about to do, and his expression became serious.

The two stopped talking and quickly fell silent.

Looking into Fu Hua's eyes, Sosuke sensed a faint, radiant light within them.

"Pay attention!" Fu Hua whispered a reminder.

Sosuke immediately focused all his attention.

The next second, he felt the small hand that was pressed tightly against his palm suddenly become hot.

Then, a strange 'thing' 'drilled' into his palm from the other person's palm!

Sosuke's eyes widened, his face showing horror!

He was very familiar with this feeling.

It's "energy"!!!

Moreover, stimulated by the superficial "energy," Sosuke instinctively activated the Yin Seal!

Immediately afterwards, a wisp of "energy" that was much more condensed than the "energy" transmitted by Fu Hua flowed out from the Yin Seal. In an instant, it directly devoured and annihilated Fu Hua's portion. Then, it subconsciously launched a counterattack from the same path, rushing directly from his palm into Fu Hua's palm!

Fu Hua's palm trembled violently for a moment, then he was suddenly thrown into the air.

"Impossible!" she exclaimed.

His face, which had been as calm as a still lake, finally underwent a dramatic change at this moment.

She suddenly straightened up, reached over the table, and grabbed Sosuke's outstretched right hand with both hands, stroking it earnestly and incessantly like a lecherous wolf grabbing a young girl's hand.

At the same time, she stared anxiously into Sousuke's eyes and asked urgently, "You, how could you have...?"

"How do you possess 'Qi'?!"

Sosuke immediately manipulated the Yin Seal to close it.

I felt a little annoyed.

This is getting a bit troublesome!

This was the first time he had been stimulated by someone else's "energy," so he instinctively, like a knee-jerk reflex, subconsciously used the energy in the Yin Seal to fight back.

This, however, made the mysterious girl opposite him realize his secret.

In that instant, Sousuke's eyes flashed, and he had the idea of ​​killing the girl in front of him.

Fu Hua seemed to sense the rising killing intent in Sōsuke's eyes. She paused slightly while holding Sōsuke's hands, and then quickly said, "Don't be impatient. I will keep your secret, and you are not the only one who is unique."

Sosuke didn't speak, but quietly looked at Fu Hua, and quickly grabbed Fu Hua's hand with his right hand.

Then, he reopened the Yin Seal that had just been closed.

The two were close enough.

Its own "energy" reserves are sufficient to support the use of two enhanced UR skills.

If the other party makes any unusual moves.

He would not hesitate to activate "Convert Fragments into One" and then unleash a "Yatagara" attack on her.

He believed that at this distance, no one in the world could survive his two extraordinary skills.

Even someone as powerful as Furinji Tenjin—probably wouldn't be able to do it.

After the preparations were complete, he lowered his voice and said, "Fu Hua, you know, the only ones who can truly keep a secret are the dead."

As he spoke, he kept a close eye on the girl's screen, paying close attention to her mental state.

"I understand." At this point, Fu Hua quickly calmed down.

She looked calmly at Atobe Sousuke: "I also have secrets, which I can exchange with you."

"Speak," Sosuke said coldly.

Fu Hua stated bluntly, "I am not a modern person. I have lived for 50,000 years since I was born."

Sosuke tightened his grip on his right hand, making Fuhua's small hand creak.

"Are you trying to fool me? What proof do you have?"

He said this, but his eyes were trembling violently.

The other party uttered utterly absurd words, but the system's infallible psychological monitoring showed that Fu Hua was not lying.

Is this girl, who looks no more than twenty, really an ancient monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years?

What a joke!

Fu Hua shook his head: "Although there's no way to prove it, I was indeed from the same era as the 'Mad Ancestors' when they appeared."

"Then tell me, what was the situation on the planet 50,000 years ago?" Sosuke's eyes were cold as he wanted to see how the other party planned to fabricate a story.

Fu Hua shook his head again: "I don't know, I've long lost most of my memories."

Sosuke frowned: "You can't make this up?"

Although her flamboyant state of mind consistently indicated that she wasn't lying, Sosuke still cautiously checked repeatedly.

Fu Hua's gaze grew increasingly calm: "Fifty thousand years is far too long for a 'person.' Countless memories accumulate, cancel each other out, and erode each other. To preserve my personality, I had no choice but to seal away the vast majority of my memories and then forget them."

"Well, there must be something crucial, something you must remember." Sousuke's gaze remained icy.

"Yes," Fu Hua readily admitted.

Then, without waiting for Sōsuke to urge her, she spoke up: "Fifty thousand years ago, with the arrival of the 'Mad Ancestors,' 'Extraordinary Factors' appeared in the world. I call them 'Qi.' By manipulating these 'Qi,' the Mad Ancestors were able to live like gods, wield the power of nature, and use this to enslave humanity for thousands of years, creating the 'Dark Age.'"

"Later, for reasons unknown, as time passed, the 'Qi' gradually dissipated, and humanity finally found an opportunity..."

The story unfolds in this way, revealing a mythical legend to Sosuke.

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Chapter 333 "Gods"

(This chapter is actually an introduction to the world view (I lack experience and wrote too much). Readers who don't like it can skip it at their discretion.)

"Later, through a fortuitous encounter, I unexpectedly fused with a top-tier Berserker, thus gaining abilities similar to those of the Berserker... immortality, and an extraordinary adaptability to 'transcendental factors'..."

Fu Hua spoke slowly and deliberately, his eyes calmly fixed on Atobe Sousuke: "Thanks to this special quality, I was able to protect humanity throughout the land of Shenzhou until the 'Extraordinary Factor' dissipated..."

She continued, "And after the 'Extraordinary Factor' dissipated, the Berserkers lost their true reliance. Without the protection of power, their oppressive rule was overthrown by courageous humans. From then on, humanity finally broke free from the shackles of the Dark Ages and regained control of its own destiny."

"And those madmen who were overthrown disappeared into the corners of history, hiding among ordinary people, waiting for the opportunity to regain control of the world..."

After listening to her, Sosuke frowned and pondered for a few seconds: "It sounds like a myth that can barely be logically consistent, but it's all your own opinion. It can neither be proven nor disproven. After all, very little history from 50,000 years ago has survived."

Fu Hua didn't rush to defend herself; instead, she nodded silently: "Besides me, there's probably no one else in this world who knows the secrets. Even those advanced remnants of the Mad Race, who possess the ability to reincarnate, after so many lifetimes, can basically only remember the most important thing: the mission to restore the planet to its 'Great Age.'"

She paused, then skillfully steered the conversation back on track: "Only by filling the planet with 'supernatural factors' once again can the Mad Race regain control of those special abilities and thereby reclaim their exalted status."

Sousuke pondered for a moment: "So, the 'supernatural factor' you mentioned, is it only achievable by Berserkers? Can't humans do it too?"

He thought of his UR skills. Clearly, with the system's enhancement, he was a human capable of using "supernatural factors".

Fu Hua had anticipated his question, and she shook her head, saying, "No, humans can indeed gain the power to manipulate 'extraordinary factors' through cultivation..."

She paused, then said calmly, "However, compared to the 'divine gift' of the Berserkers, only an extremely small number of humans with 'top-tier aptitude' can be compatible with 'extraordinary factors,' such as—your disciples."

Then she added, "Furthermore, even if humans with top-tier innate talent achieve transcendence through martial arts, it is extremely difficult to contend with the berserkers. Although there are over ten billion humans globally, those with the required innate talent probably number less than a thousand, and among them, the truly exceptional ones are even fewer than a hundred."

"While the number of Madmen is small compared to the billions of people, it is much larger than the number of these 'one thousand' people, and each of them has an adaptability to the 'supernatural factor' that is at the top level of those 'one hundred' people."

Fu Hua's face darkened: "Tell me, if the world were to possess 'supernatural factors' again, wouldn't these thousands, even tens of thousands, of 'gods' turn the world upside down once more?"

Sosuke's pupils contracted slightly as he stared intently at Fu Hua: "If we follow your line of reasoning, an ancient organization like the Serpent of the Rings couldn't possibly have been unaware of this situation. So why would they dare to recruit extraordinary beings?"

Fu Hua's expression was somber: "There are three reasons."

"First, the small group of people who control the Serpent of the World are already top-tier powerhouses. However, without the 'extraordinary factor,' no matter how strong they are, they are ultimately just 'humans,' their future is cut off, their lives are short, and after a hundred years they will be nothing more than a handful of dust. But once they possess the extraordinary, these 'humans' will leap to the level of 'gods,' meaning they are the beneficiaries."

"Secondly, times have changed. Clearly, they believe that while the mad races capable of controlling the 'extraordinary' were terrifyingly powerful tens of thousands of years ago in the uncivilized era, in today's 'technological' age, those revered as gods, even if still extraordinary, might not be stronger than 'scientific weapons'; in other words, they believe that even if the extraordinary descend, those mad races would not be able to control the world as easily as they have."

“Third…” Fu Hua said calmly, “The Mad Race is immortal and insidious, and who can guarantee how many of those in power within the Serpent of the World are still ‘human’?”

After he presented three clear and logical reasons, Sosuke, though still having doubts, was basically convinced.

So, gazing at the glitz and glamour, he asked one last question: "You just said that once the extraordinary arrives, with your level of power, you'd probably be one of the 'biggest beneficiaries,' right? Then why do you seem to be trying to stop the extraordinary?"

Fu Hua lowered his eyes.

After a long pause, he said bitterly, "Those people only knew about extraordinary power from scattered legends, and they believed they could stand on equal footing with the madmen..."

"And I..." Her eyes were somewhat vacant, as if she were recalling something.

"I was a firsthand witness tens of thousands of years ago. Although I have lost most of my memories, there are some key things that I still remember very clearly."

She stared intently at Sosuke and slowly began to speak, "If it were just these remnants of the mad races on the planet, although they are terrifying, we live in a technological age now, so we are not as helpless as we were ten thousand years ago... But..."

Her voice was soft and melancholic.

"But what if there is a true 'god' above the mad race?"

god!?

Sosuke took a deep breath, sensing a kind of great terror from the flamboyant voice, and for a moment felt his mouth go dry.

"You mean...?" he murmured hesitantly, though the meaning was clear.

“That’s right…” Fu Hua said with a bitter expression, “The main reason why humanity was able to resist tens of thousands of years ago after the extraordinary began to inexplicably decline was that, as the concentration of the ‘extraordinary factor’ decreased, those true, invincible ‘gods’ also disappeared…”

She sighed: "Compared to ordinary madmen, the power of 'gods' is completely unimaginable. Even in modern technological society, their power has completely surpassed human understanding..."

Sousuke let out a sigh of relief: "I understand..."

He finally released his grip on the girl, allowing her to sit down normally.

Then he said, "So, getting back to the main point, Fu Hua, how do you plan to cooperate with me?"

Fu Hua also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Atobe Sousuke has brought up the topic of cooperation again, it at least proves that her "legendary story," which is absolutely unbelievable to ordinary people, has actually won this man's trust.

So she thought for a moment and said, "I hope that you can pay close attention to the clues in the upcoming matches and work with me to find out the sacrificial practices they may be performing."

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Chapter 334 Replenishing Mana?

(I apologize, after careful consideration, the author has determined that it is not appropriate to depict too many 'out-of-the-box' characters in special plots, so I have made an emergency adjustment, which is now complete. I hope readers will not mind.)

Fu Hua said, "The reason I participated in this competition is to find out their plans. According to the records of our Shenzhou Watch, those remnants of the Mad Race have done a lot of 'blood sacrifices' in the history of the cult. It is very likely that they used sacrifice as a key to access the 'extraordinary'."

"However, if the Serpent of the World dared to use such a world-class top-level event as cover to carry out a large-scale, terrifying blood sacrifice, it would be too suicidal. Therefore, they must have a special method..."

Shining through the eyes of Sousuke:

"I hope that you can pay close attention to the clues in the upcoming matches and work with me to find out what kind of sacrificial rituals they might be performing."

Sosuke nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Then, he sat up straight and asked, "So, what are your plans for the day of the main competition?"

After thinking for a moment, Fu Hua revealed his plan to him: "I'll probably forfeit after the first round and then investigate them from the shadows. After all, my purpose in participating isn't to make a name for myself like this..."

"As for you..." Fu Hua hesitated for a moment.

Sousuke raised his hand in advance and said, "I'm different. I have an agreement with others, and my goal is to win the championship in this tournament, so I will keep fighting."