Chapter: 1870

Leaf Chen had great interest in asking him, "Since your family is a relatively large ninja family in Japan, why do you want to follow the Takahashi family like dogs?"

Tenglin Qingtan hastened to say, "Actually, it's mainly because after the war, ninjas and warriors in Japan are increasingly losing favor. At the same time, organized crime is rising rapidly, equipped with extremely powerful firearms. So our living space has become even smaller. Our family, besides being skilled in ninjutsu, doesn't have any other abilities, not good at commerce or making money, so we can only rely on a major family to survive."

When he reached this point, Tenglin Qingtan implored, "Sir, everything I've said is true. Can you let me go?"

Leaf Chen smiled and said, "Don't hurry, I still have questions left unanswered. You can only leave after answering all my questions."

Tenglin Qingtan's brain subtly turned, and he asked, "Sir, can I turn around to talk? Like this, facing away from you, I'm really too nervous"

Leaf Chen spoke indifferently, "Go ahead, turn around."

Tenglin Qingtan only then slowly turned around, his hand still gripping the hidden sword.

As he walked, his toes lightly slid across the ground, appearing to be nothing out of the ordinary, but Leaf Chen still sensed the other party's intentions.

Tenglin Qingtan's shoes were characteristic ninja shoes, not only lightweight and quiet but also crucially, they had a hidden short sword hilt on the sole.

The trigger mechanism for the short sword was a special ridged slide plate on the bottom of the shoe.

Normal walking and running would not trigger the slide plate to release the short sword, unless the slide plate completed an S-shaped motion after which it would activate the mechanism.

This type of weapon was quite common in ancient times, even in 19th-century China, where many people used it as a necessary covert weapon when traveling through the Jianghu.

Many film and television works have featured this type of covert weapon, but none have revealed its underlying principles. In fact, this S-shaped slide is equivalent to a simple mechanical cipher, unknown to others but well-known to the user, allowing them to strike at any moment.

However, as firearms became increasingly refined, this type of weapon gradually exited the historical stage.

But he didn't expect that Japanese ninjas were still using it.

Yè Chén realized this just as he was about to move his shoes, and already knew that someone was preparing a short sword lock for the ninja shoes.

Even so, his toes had already completed about 80% of the S-shaped movement, all it took was one more millimeter in the correct direction to trigger the short sword hidden inside the shoe tip to suddenly strike out!

At this moment, Teng Lin Qing Tian had made up his mind. As soon as he found a suitable opportunity, he would use two daggers on his hands to attract the attention of others, and then immediately launch an attack with the short sword in his ninja shoes when Yè Chén's attention was focused on his hand-held daggers.

By that time, the four routes, four blades, would all come out at once. As long as one of them struck Yè Chén, Yè Chén would definitely die without a doubt!

Although Kōrihashi Shinji had instructed him not to kill Yè Chén temporarily, he felt that Yè Chén was already threatening his life safety and didn't care about Kōrihashi's orders anymore. He just needed to take out Yè Chén first.

He made up his mind and started attracting Yè Chén's attention, opening his mouth to say, "Sir, do you have any more questions? Feel free to ask, I'll definitely answer honestly!"

Yè Chén nodded slightly and asked, "Are the four of you the strongest people under Kōrihashi Shinji?"

"Yes."

Yè Chén furrowed his brow, looking down on them with a hint of disdain. "I think you four aren't worth much. Your abilities are just to toss around flying knives? And your accuracy is so poor that it's almost laughable. Even if you put this kind of ability in China, no one would look at you, not even enough to eat."

Although Teng Lin Qingtan felt humiliated, he blurted out: "What nonsense! My hand-held swords have always been accurate. Within a hundred meters, I can cut off the wings of the dragonflies dancing in mid-air!" JrNovels.com