Tokyo underground city

Chapter 288 Birds Die for Food

The wages of avarice is death.

Lin Huai'en finally agreed to Kamiya Chun's suggestion.

This is not because he thinks Chun's proposal is valuable, but as an explorer, he must be responsible for himself and his team.

In other words, among the statements made by Oishino Taro to ridicule Kaoru Tenmizu, he agreed with at least one point——

"That is, we should not ignore the greater ideals because of the good deeds in front of us."

In other words, no matter how much wealth the landlord class donates, it cannot eliminate the existence of beggars from the source——

Because the very existence of landlords is the source of inequality.

"No matter how many people Kaoru Tenmizu healed, as a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association, he, like other Tokyo Metropolitan explorers, bears historical responsibility for the current situation in Tokyo."

"It's just that as a 'loser', he has more merits than other 'evaders' or 'connivers'."

Lin Huai'en picked up the bamboo sword and stood up slowly.

He was not prepared to be the savior of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association.

However, humans are political animals after all.

As the captain of the daytime thief team, he can certainly establish a good personal relationship with Yu Tensui and Tsubaki Kamiya, but this personal relationship will not change just because Yu Tensui is the current head of Tensui Isshin-ryu——

In other words, if the Daytime Thieves Squad and Tenshuikan are natural political opponents, then even if the two of them admire each other, they will end up at odds with each other.

On the contrary, as long as the political goals are consistent, even if two people have extremely different personalities, then at least within a short period of time, they can reach a political alliance——

The political nature of human beings will not change because of personal good, evil, honor and disgrace.

Because "politics" itself is the "art of the group."

"And politics is the concentrated expression of economic activities."

“So my ‘good deeds’ should be expressed in the form of ‘interests’.”

"'Benefits' are the 'value' of my good deeds."

"then."

Kamiya Tsubaki threw the Gray Blue Wrath over. On the dojo, the "deputy general" Midou Shoya on the Tensui Hall side was struggling to avoid Oishino Taro's attack.

This thin man wearing glasses, who looked like an ordinary office worker, barely held up his wooden sword and blocked Oishino Taro's attacks again and again.

Whenever Notaro wanted to break into his vital points and finish him off in one go, Midou Shoya would roll back regardless of his image. With all his strength to escape, Oishi didn't have much to do with him for a while.

"Don't worry. In terms of life-saving skills, General Midang is also the strongest among my disciples."

Kamiya Chun noticed Lin Huai'en's gaze and lifted up the black satin wrapped in Gray Green Fury: "Try it. After recasting, what kind of changes will the relics have? Even we blacksmiths are not very familiar with it. clear."

"I don't know what kind of changes there will be. You even took it and recast it..."

Lin Huai'en was speechless.

But Kamiya Chun just shrugged: "You will know when you pick it up."

Looking at the cannon hammer wrapped in brocade, Lin Huai'en frowned subconsciously. To be honest, he didn't really like the current look of Gray Green Fury.

It always made him feel too bulky.

But as he put his right hand on the handle of the hammer, a feeling of flesh and blood was transmitted to his palm.

"this is……"

He looked at the weapon in his hand with some surprise.

"Reforging weapons will unleash the true power in the relics."

Chun Yan said concisely and concisely: "So no matter what it originally looked like, recasting will only 'add' something, rather than losing what it originally had."

"Your weapon is considered very special among the weapons I have reforged."

"Because strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a 'material', and the hammer made from this material is the only intervention I, as a blacksmith, can make to it."

"How's it going? Does it still fit?"

"……Yes, Not Bad."

Lin Huai'en looked at the gray-green fury in his hand. It was neither light nor heavy. He could clearly feel the heavy feeling in his hand, but he could also realize that "itself" was supporting its weight.

That feeling was extremely close to the feeling that [psionic energy] gave him.

Considering that the Heart of the Wilderness in Gray Fury is a collection of souls, it seems not surprising that he feels this way.

In other words, the Gray Fury "comes to life" after the recast.

Shaking his arms slightly, Lin Huai'en turned the Gray Fury into a long straight knife, put it into the Grip of Punishment, and slowly walked onto the dojo.

At the end of his sight, half of Shoya Midou's body was buried in the wooden wall——

This was the result of being thrown out by Oishino Taro.

"Space equipment... Lord Tiancheng told me how difficult you are, but this is a dojo battle after all, and you can't use dungeon abilities. You can't beat me!"

Dashi looked at Lin Huai'en and put the broken wooden handle of the naginata on his shoulder.

After defeating two members of Tianshui Hall in one breath, Oishi didn't feel much fatigue. Even when he was hunting Midou Shoya, Lin Huai'en could feel the obvious playfulness in him.

While Lin Huai'en was waiting for Huiqing's wrath, Oishino Taro was not observing his movements.

"To be honest, I don't know why you, an explorer in the city, would stand up for the old, weak, women and children in Tianshui Pavilion——"

"But since you want to die, I will make it happen for you!"

Oishi smiled grimly: "The explorer of Shangcheng died accidentally due to his involvement in the sword fight inside the Tianshui Pavilion——"

"Isn't it interesting that this title will be the subpage headline of tomorrow's Asahi Shimbun?"

Lin Huai'en didn't pay attention to Dashi's provocation.

He took a deep breath, swung his bamboo sword forward, and then opened his stance:

"I'm ready."

"cut……"

Seeing that Lin Huai'en was not affected by him, Dashi clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction and fell silent.

Lin Huai'en knew what Dashi's intentions were.

But unlike ordinary dungeon explorers, after experiencing the tide of monsters in Shangcheng and the "Kingdom of Eternal Night" in Siberia, the matter of 'death' is no longer a matter of fuss for him.

“Explorers are not so much ‘indestructible’ as ‘can be resurrected’.”

“The two may seem similar, but they have completely different premises.”

"The former is an escape from 'death'."

"The latter is a kind of 'living towards death' after facing death directly."

"Just like swordsmanship..."

"The reasons we wield our swords are important."

“For whoever is killed will die.”

"Choosing to wield the sword means that we are taking a stand where we will be killed."

"The sword I swung without considering the possibility of being killed——"

"It's weak!"

Lin Huai'en narrowed his eyes slightly and took a step.

Oishi Notaro took a step back suddenly.

His eyes were full of shock, and it seemed that he had not even thought that he, who could not retreat even one step when facing Kamiya Chun, would actually become timid in front of Lin Huaien.

"It doesn't matter if you kill him with a wooden knife in your hand. With the right method, you can kill someone even with a wooden knife in your hand."

Lin Huai'en thought quickly, his eyes constantly hovering over Oishino Taro's neck, eyes and other vital points.

From the beginning, he never considered that this was just a "competition".

After carrying the hopes of everyone in Tianshui Pavilion, all he has to do is defeat his opponent——

How Oishino Taro plans to survive his swordsmanship is the opponent's problem, not his.

For a moment, the center of the dojo was extremely quiet.

But unconsciously, everyone in the Tianshui Pavilion and the Dragon King Association took a few steps back - the combat scope that had shrunk a lot because of Shoya Midou gradually expanded with the pace of Lin Huai'en and Oishino Taro, even surpassing Kamiya's original The battle between Tsubaki and Oishi.

"Has Captain Lin ever killed anyone?"

Seeing Lin Huai'en like this, even Kamiya Chun, who had always been fearless, swallowed his throat.

She looked at Yuan Ximu next to her - but only saw Tanya's figure.

The white-haired girl turned to look at her with a calm expression:

"For us, combat is not a toy to show off."

Fighting is a continuation of politics.

And politics is the means to implement ideas.

Lin Huai'en took a deep breath and immersed all his consciousness in it.

He took a step forward, but Dashi took the lead in attacking.

"hateful!"

Inspired by Lin Huai'en's murderous intention, Oishino Taro was caught off guard and took action hastily.

However, the gap in swordsmanship and physique was significant. Lin Huai'en only took one look and realized that he was unable to defeat him, and quickly withdrew from Dashi's fighting range.

He played with the bamboo sword in his hand and looked at the giant man coldly. With his experience in swordsmanship, he could easily grasp the attack range of Oishino Taro——

He didn't watch it for nothing when he drove Kenli beside him for so long.

As an attacker, Lin Huaien has a very positive attitude, but at the tactical level he is very calm.

Even though he knew that as long as he stepped into Oishino Taro's attack range, the opponent would definitely react, he would still show his intention to kill again and again, and then give up the attack at the last moment.

"Swordsmanship? Kendo? Sword theory?"

"To put it bluntly, what is swordsmanship? What is kendo? What is swordsmanship?"

“It seemed clear to me, but it seemed completely unclear to me.”

"Is the swordsmanship defined in language the swordsmanship? Is the swordsmanship defined in the language the swordsmanship? Is the swordsmanship defined in the language the swordsmanship?"

"So what is swordsmanship? What is kendo? What-"

"Is it [Sword Theory] again?"

Lin Huaien felt that his heart was unusually calm.

He knew very well that most of the people present were stronger than him in swordsmanship. It could even be said that without the help of swordsmanship, he would not be able to defeat Midou Shogun.

But there’s no need—

"For me, who has [Sword Theory], there is no need to learn swordsmanship."

"[Sword Theory] is the stepping stone for talented swordsmen. As a 'genius swordsman', do I need 'sword skills'?"

"Whether it is swordsmanship, kendo or sword theory, it is nothing more than the result of artificial definitions made by human beings in order to describe the 'concept' in their hearts."

"And the so-called [Sword Theory]..."

"As a 'genius swordsman', I have a completely different 'fighting style' from others."

Lin Huai'en took a step forward.

But this time he did not retreat. The bamboo sword he swung avoided the interception of the broken stick and stabbed Oishishino Taro's eyelid.

Dashi moved his steps to get out of the way of the bamboo sword's force point, and reached out to grab Lin Huai'en's head.

The powerful eagle palm rubbed Lin Huaien's temple, scratching his skin.

But Lin Huai'en was unmoved. All his attention was focused on the movements of the enemy and himself. He could clearly see his body blooming in the air, and then merged into one in an instant——

"noodle!"

He roared and struck at Dashi's head.

But he was stopped by the other party's hand.

"noodle!"

He roared again, and the blades he swung bloomed again, and then overlapped again.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Dashi roared angrily and pushed away Lin Huai'en's bamboo sword.

However, Lin Huai'en was just unmoved——

again!

"noodle!"

Dashi's palm was only three millimeters away from Lin Huai'en's eyeball, but it was resisted by Lin Huai'en's bamboo sword and fell heavily!

"Wow!"

In an instant, everyone stood up.

Most of them were full of surprise. Only a small number of people understood what Lin Huai'en did:

"Timing, distance...it seems like just three consecutive hits -"

"But that was actually an avalanche caused by the slight advantage accumulated through three consecutive attacks!"

Chun was the first person to reveal the essence of Lin Huai'en's swordsmanship.

"But... three consecutive hits, anyone present can do it..."

General Midang, who had just been pulled out of the wall by everyone in the Tianshui Pavilion, asked hesitantly.

"But can you confidently execute a three-hit combo against an opponent like Taro Oishino?"

Kamiya Tsubaki just asked: "With just 0.2 seconds of hesitation, Oishino Taro can scratch your temples."

"However, Captain Lin didn't even give him this 0.2 second chance..."

"First, he used continuous tests to arouse Oishino Taro's anxiety and irritability, and then when he actually attacked, he launched three consecutive attacks without hesitation... Is this Mr. Lin's tactic?"

Although Tensui Yu also knows swordsmanship, his talent in Tensui Isshin-ryu is far inferior to that of his adopted sister.

But Kamiya Chun just shook his head with a solemn expression——

"That's not the case. I have played with Lin Huaien many times, and it is clear that he will never bet his chance of victory on 'Ishino Taro will make a mistake'..."

"In other words, at that moment, he had already judged whether to 'pursue' or 'retreat' to win!"

Surpassing the reaction limit of 0.2 seconds...

In an instant, most of the people present understood what Kamiya Chun meant.

Swordsmanship is a judgment of reflexes.

And Kenri...

It is a pre-reading of the battle result itself!

Lin Huai'en covered his mouth and nose, and nosebleeds flowed from there for a long time.

He didn't know what words to use to describe his previous state.

But the first time after leaving that state, he knew that it was not a state that he could enter by his own will.

It is a tactic that is based on the actions and status of the enemy and itself, and based on this, extends in the dual dimensions of time and space——

In other words, it's like playing chess.

When he fully grasps the status of himself and the enemy, he can see the killer move after four or five hits!