Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

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The "Eight-inch Enkin" refers to gripping the very top of the hilt, which extends the blade's attack range by several inches, thus misleading the opponent and causing them to misjudge the attack distance.

Yuan Zhisheng was caught off guard and almost got hit on the head by Gu Ran.

The two exchanged more than ten moves, but the time spent was only about ten seconds.

In that instant, Yuan Zhisheng realized the gap between himself and Gu Ran.

Honestly, this was the first time he had ever felt that his life was in danger!

In terms of speed, Gu Ran's speed is currently about the same as his, but in terms of strength, Gu Ran is slightly better.

But these are not the most terrifying aspects of Gu Ran. What is most terrifying is Gu Ran's unparalleled insight and predictive ability.

It seemed as if all of Genjiro's actions and sword techniques could be seen through, and Gu Ran could completely predict his next move.

This was the first time Yuan Zhisheng realized that Gu Ran could not only threaten his life, but could even kill him with ease!

Chu Zihang and Caesar, who were watching from the sidelines, were equally terrified. They knew that the fight between Gu Ran and Yuan Zhisheng had lasted less than half a minute from start to finish.

Both of them could see that in this exchange, Gu Ran had completely gained the upper hand and was dominating Yuan Zhisheng.

Chu Zihang said, "I've heard that in ancient Chinese martial arts, when a person can make any move at will, they have reached the highest level of martial arts, which is called 'no moves are better than moves.' They can predict any move in advance and break it with one sword."

“I don’t understand the concept of ‘no moves are better than moves’…” Caesar said, indicating that he was also at a loss with Chinese martial arts. “But I know that Gu Ran has a strong combat intuition and excellent physical reflexes. Fighting him seems like a terrifying thing.”

Chapter 425 That old man is being sarcastic.

Caesar had sparred with Gu Ran during the day of freedom, but Gu Ran didn't show his true strength. He just lured Caesar in, and then Susie, who was far away, sniped him.

Caesar still remembered the pressure he felt when he fought Gu Ran, but what surprised him was that Gu Ran hadn't used his full strength at the time.

Of course, what he didn't know was that even Gu Ran wasn't using his true strength right now.

"Very good, thank you for practicing swordsmanship with me, Master. That's enough for today!" After wiping the blood off with a handkerchief, Gu Ran put away the sword, indicating that he was done playing.

In terms of Japanese swordsmanship, Gu Ran has already used up all the moves he knows. He actually only knows a few moves from the Keishi-ryu style, but that's enough to handle most situations.

The reason why Keishi-ryu Kendo is promoted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is precisely because of its practicality, flexibility, and ease of learning.

Gu Ran only spent less than a week learning this thing, although the learning effect of the Shadow Clone Technique also had a BUFF.

If he were to compete with Genjiro in swordsmanship again, he would only be humiliating himself, because he would definitely not be able to beat him no matter how he competed. You have to know that he has been taught the art of killing by more than a dozen masters from different schools of swordsmanship, which is completely different from Gu Ran's half-baked self-taught skills.

He simply used the Sharingan's perception ability to anticipate Genji's moves and react accordingly.

Without the Sharingan and the support of Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he probably wouldn't be able to keep up with Genjiro's speed.

However, in a real life-or-death battle, in terms of absolute strength, Gu Ran could easily kill Genjiro in an instant.

Just kidding, do you even understand the significance of having over 100 calories of chakra?

At this moment, Yuan Zhisheng wiped the bloodstains from his chest. The cut made by Gu Ran's knife tip looked large, but in reality, it only injured the flesh and did not damage the bone or blood vessels.

For an ordinary person, such an injury would require stitches at the hospital, but he is a super hybrid, an 'emperor,' and the wound will heal in less than half an hour.

This is the healing ability that dragon blood brings to the 'Emperor'.

"Although you seem to want to spar, my goal is to keep you all here." At this moment, Genji activated his Dragon Bone state, and in that instant, he locked all the bones in his body!

In his dragon form, Genji can triple his muscle strength! This allows him to unleash more power and move at a faster speed!

He refused to admit defeat, because he was a stubborn person at heart.

"There's a reason I said we wouldn't fight." Gu Ran looked at Caesar. "Boss Caesar, you should have heard something, right?"

Caesar was stunned. He had been so engrossed in watching the battle between Gu Ran and Yuan Zhisheng that he hadn't paid attention to his surroundings. But when he listened carefully, he suddenly heard a dense cacophony of sounds coming from the elevator shaft.

Just as the two were about to peek out to observe, Gu Ran warned, "Be careful..."

As soon as they finished speaking, the entire building suddenly shook violently. This was an aftershock of the direct earthquake, and the tremor was very strong. The four people instinctively held onto the surrounding walls or squatted down to maintain their balance.

The candlestick next to Yuan Zhisheng was almost knocked over, but fortunately he was quick-witted and caught it. Otherwise, if the candlestick had ignited the mermaid oil, the entire mural room would have been on fire.

Just then, a bronze hand suddenly emerged from the elevator shaft and grabbed Chu Zihang's ankle!

Chu Zihang had already increased his vigilance after Gu Ran's reminder, but he was still caught off guard by the sudden attack and fell on his backside. However, he reacted quickly and immediately swung his knife backhand, severing the hand.

He was secretly alarmed. Fortunately, the knife was an alchemical weapon given to him by Gu Ran. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to cut off his hand with one stroke and would have been dragged into the elevator shaft by the other party.

Immediately, a low growl came from the elevator entrance, and a small body leaped up, pouncing towards Chu Zihang's face.

Caesar then raised his Desert Eagle and fired repeatedly at the men rushing towards him, but the first few rounds in his magazine were Frigga's bullets, and the continuous firing did not stop them.

Just as the other party was about to pounce on Chu Zihang, Chu Zihang was in a bad position because he had fallen on his backside when he was grabbed and could not back away in time.

Just then, a kunai struck from behind, piercing the attacker's throat and embedding itself in the back wall of the elevator shaft.

The kunai is imbued with wind-style chakra, giving it extremely high speed, capable of piercing even rocks.

“I told you now is not the time.” Gu Ran withdrew her hand, glanced at Yuan Zhisheng, and said, “Come on, let’s see your pets.”

With a puzzled look on his face, Yuan Zhisheng arrived at the elevator shaft and immediately saw the monster that Gu Ran had pinned to the wall.

That was a Deadpool with a snake's tail and a human body!

Deadpool was pinned to the wall, his muscles spasming and still writhing involuntarily, but no matter how he moved, he didn't fall. It was clear how powerful the kuduku that Gu Ran fired was; it could not only pierce Deadpool's neck but also pin him to the wall!

Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Yuan Zhisheng were all taken aback when they saw Deadpool, as it seemed to be the first time they had ever seen such a thing. However, the three of them were also very familiar with Deadpool because it looked just like the Corpse Guardian they had seen in the ocean.

But Deadpool and Corpse Keeper are different. Corpse Keeper is a dead mummy, while Deadpool is a living creature.

Caesar heard countless dense sounds below, and when he peeked out, he saw pairs of golden pupils appear in the dark elevator shaft. Chu Zihang took out a burning stick and threw it down, and immediately saw a dense array of Deadpool figures.

"You raised it?" Caesar glanced at Genjiro beside him.

Yuan Zhisheng said, "If I were raising them, do you think I would keep them at home? It's like asking whether the United States would put nuclear bombs in the Pentagon."

Caesar and Chu Zihang exchanged a glance, both agreeing with Yuan Zhisheng's statement.

"Hard to say," Gu Ran scoffed. "This thing comes from the sewers, and the Tokyo sewers are a project contracted by your Snake Clan, so who's keeping this thing running? It's hard to guess!"

Yuan Zhisheng felt a surge of anger upon hearing Gu Ran's sarcastic words, especially the tone with which he said "So hard to guess," deliberately using a high-pitched voice that was extremely irritating!

In normal times, Yuan Zhisheng might very well roll up his sleeves and fight Gu Ran.

But at this moment, he couldn't vent his anger because Gu Ran's words made a lot of sense and were irrefutable!

"Are you sure you came up from the sewers?" Chu Zihang asked in surprise, because they had also sneaked in from the sewers and it was lucky they hadn't run into each other.

"I'm sure I took care of a few Deadpools along the way, all from the lower levels upwards," Gu Ran said calmly. "So it's a good thing the building isn't unsealed yet. If the Deadpools were allowed to roam freely, who knows how many people would die."

“However, I also discovered that these Dead Servants are probably being driven by someone, with the goal of destroying everything here,” Gu Ran continued. “So from this point of view, the Dead Servants may be raised by the Snake Clan, but they may not necessarily be released by the Snake Clan.”

Caesar immediately understood Gu Ran's meaning: "Someone organized this attack? Who was it?"

“…God,” Genji said coldly.

It's hard to imagine that humans and Deadpool control Deadpool. Even in the Summer Mourning incident, the final investigation only concluded that the attack was led by dragons controlling Deadpool, without any speculation that it was done by humans.

In the general understanding of hybrids, it is almost impossible for a human or hybrid to control Deadpool.

Only Gu Ran knew that the technological challenge of controlling Deadpool had been overcome by the mad scientist Herzog.

Yuan Zhisheng was not in a calm mood.

All of Genji Heavy Industries' contingency plans are designed for humans or hybrids, and none are designed for a large-scale Deadpool invasion.

Masamune Tachibana should still be waiting for him in the elevator shaft, but now the elevator shaft has been occupied by Deadpool, and the building is sealed off. Thousands of employees can't find their way out, and some have probably already become Deadpool's food...

If we can't eliminate these Deadpools, once they get to other areas, everyone in the Genji Heavy Industries will be wiped out, and the ground will be littered with corpses.

He now needs to find a way to persuade Caesar and the other two to help him fend off this wave of Deadpools.

Especially Gu Ran, he had already realized that Gu Ran's strength was probably even greater than his own, and with his help, they could easily wipe out this group of death servants.

only……

Yuan Zhisheng glanced at Gu Ran beside him, who was smiling at him as if waiting for him to ask for help. His delicate face and curved eyebrows seemed to be saying, "Come and beg me, come and beg me now!"

That expression was just asking for a beating!

But circumstances forced him to speak up: "We now have a basis for cooperation."

Chu Zihang was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, both the school rules and the Abrahamic Covenant stipulate that members of the Secret Party must stop dragons and Deadpools from harming humans. On this point, we do have a basis for cooperation."

"Cooperate with this freak?" Caesar said sarcastically. "If we help him, he will only call the Executive Bureau to surround us, and we will become prisoners in an instant. This kind of person abandoned us at the bottom of the sea last time. He has no credibility whatsoever."

“Yes… I will do it. I’ve never been a good person. What a man should do has nothing to do with gratitude or righteousness…” Yuan Zhisheng admitted confidently.

He was about to say something more when Gu Ran interrupted him, saying, "Oh dear, he's the emperor, high above all others, with everyone responding to his call. Why would he need our help? He can just jump down and shout 'Long live the emperor!' and act like an orphan charging into battle to show his loyalty. Maybe his epitaph will even have the honor of serving the people on it!"

Yuan Zhisheng took a deep breath. He wanted to say something, but Gu Ran's sarcastic words choked him so much that he almost couldn't catch his breath and couldn't say anything more.

Chapter 426 Give money!

Caesar nodded; he always found common ground with Gu Ran when it came to mocking Genjiro.

However, Caesar was amused by Genjiro's bluntness, who actually admitted to being heartless and ruthless, which was even more shameless than Fingel's.

Genjiro simply stood in front of the elevator with the Spider Cutter in hand, looking at the Deadpools: "If you're not willing to help, then get out of the way. I have a duty to fight."

"You should be glad I was just sparring with you, instead of crippling you. Otherwise, you'd be tied up and thrown into the elevator shaft to fish for Deadpool." Gu Ran chuckled. "Using 'Emperor' to fish for Deadpool should be quite interesting. Deadpool would probably love your blood and flesh."

As he spoke, Gu Ran threw a shuriken, severing the head of the snake-like female deadbeat who was pinned to the wall, and her body fell down the elevator shaft.

But Deadpool didn't fall completely to the ground. Before he hit the ground, his body was torn apart by Deadpool lurking around the elevator shaft, and he began to devour the flesh.

Caesar glanced down and remarked, "Looks like they have quite an appetite."

"Alright everyone," Chu Zihang couldn't stand it anymore, "time is running out."

“Yes, time is running out. Sign it, patriarch.” Gu Ran suddenly took out a piece of printed paper from his pocket and handed it to Yuan Zhisheng.

Yuan Zhisheng was stunned for a moment, then opened the printed paper and saw that it was an IOU.

"I, Genjiro, the patriarch of the Snake Clan, voluntarily owe Gu Ran 1 billion yen, to be settled today. If it is not settled today, the daily interest will be 30% of the principal... Your interest rate is even more outrageous than the loan sharks in the underworld!" Genjiro finally couldn't help but swear.

What does it mean if the daily interest is 30% of the principal? It means that if Genjiro doesn't repay the money today, the interest will increase by 300 million yen, and the monthly interest will be 9 billion yen.

What does 90 billion yen mean? At the current exchange rate, it's roughly equivalent to 6 million RMB!

"Just tell me if you're going to pay us or not!" Gu Ran said. "Being able to hire us is your good fortune!"

Helping is something to be done, but it shouldn't be done for nothing. However, Gu Ran didn't know what to ask him for, so she just asked for money.