Chapter 9: A Man Should Kill

  "Did I kill him?" When Chu Tian Ge beheaded Ryu Kōjū with one slash of his sword, he didn't vomit in shock or get excited, instead he was stunned.

  It wasn't just him, even the Japanese were stunned. Many people had their mouths agape, cheering and shouting, maintaining a pose as if they wanted to jump for joy, still unable to believe what was happening before their eyes.

  Who is Ryokawa Masaki? Japan's top swordsman who was granted an audience with the Emperor, he struck with all his might, but the one he stabbed was unharmed, and he himself had his head cut off.

  The brainless Ryukyu Masaki still maintained his stabbing posture, but his head flew off and landed on the nearby cherry blossom tree. His eyes were wide open, with a questioning color that had not yet dissipated. His mouth was slightly ajar, as if he was still asking: How is this possible?! With all his might, one stab couldn't penetrate the opponent's soft abdomen. Was this guy invulnerable to swords and guns?

  Not only Liuchuan had this doubt, Hirano Akio was also one of them - as the person in charge of the Black Dragon Society in Beiping, he had a big enough nerve to immediately pull out his pistol and aim at Ouyang Yun, but was blocked by Liuchuan's two most trusted disciples. With perfect tacit understanding, they shouted loudly and stabbed towards Ouyang Yun's abdomen with their knives from both sides - it was clear that they did not believe in this evil, and did not trust that Ouyang Yun really had a body that was impervious to swords and guns.

  Objectively speaking, Ryu Chikara's martial arts skills are superior to Ouyang Yun's, and the latter's victory is not due to his own strength. At first, Ouyang Yun did not intend to rely on his bulletproof vest to deceive others, but the intense fight made him focus all his attention, without any time to consider these things. To be honest, when Ryu's sharp blade pierced his abdomen, the pain was excruciating, and it vaguely reminded him of the feeling he had when someone stabbed him a year ago, making him feel like a frightened bird, with a chill running down his spine, thinking that he was going to die.

  Because of a momentary daze, after being beheaded by Chu Tian Ge, Liu Chuan didn't put on the usual arrogant pose like those martial arts movie tough guys. It wasn't until Chu Tian Ge asked him that he snapped out of it, using his broken sword to deflect Liu Chuan's sharp blade and roughly push him away with a hint of disdain. Then, he leapt up, ignoring the two incoming swords from the warriors, patted Chu Tian Ge on the shoulder and loudly said: "Of course it was you who killed him, thanks for saving me!"

  Chu Tian Ge was suddenly recalled to his senses, and he saw that the two Japanese men had already stabbed him in the abdomen. He couldn't help but let out a loud cry of "Be careful!" as he spun his knife around, ready to strike at the two men - but what happened next left him stunned once again.

  Ouyang Yun was invulnerable again, then he swung his broken sword casually, and the two large Japanese heads fell to the ground.

  The Japanese man was completely stunned, and Hiranuma Akio's handgun was aimed at him, but his hand began to shake: This Chinese guy seemed to be really immune to swords and guns, so would bullets work on him? Looking at his smiling face and carefree demeanor, he didn't seem to be afraid at all.

  Ouyang Yun glanced at the skull on the cherry blossom tree with a look of unwillingness, smiled and said in Japanese: "The cherry blossoms are beautiful, but some people are destined to never return." He turned his head and walked towards the standing Japanese man.

  His words were too poisonous and hit the Japanese people's weak spot - the Japanese are not afraid of death, but they fear beheading. In their beliefs, if they are beheaded, it is equivalent to losing their soul, and thus also losing the opportunity for reincarnation, which is equivalent to being abandoned by Amaterasu ōmikami.

  Including Hirano Akio, the faces of all Japanese people turned extremely ugly. The two guys who were vomiting seven times eight times fainted directly - Who is Ryuuga Masaki? A high-ranking master in the Black Dragon Society, unexpectedly dropped his head like this - Fear was spreading among them like a plague.

  "No! I don't want to be beheaded!" A Japanese boy, who looked like he was still a child, shouted hoarsely, turned the blade around, stabbed himself in the abdomen, and then pulled it horizontally, dying with a sweat-drenched face.

  With the example, apart from Hirano Akio, there were three guys who threw away their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. The other Japanese people committed seppuku one after another, displaying the essence of Bushido in front of Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange with great fanfare.

  It's ridiculous that Bushido originally advocated for loyalty, honor and a fearless attitude towards death, but the reason these Japanese people did this seems to be because they were afraid of being beheaded - superstition kills!

  Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange watched all this, couldn't help but feel absurd and regretful. Beheading Japanese people was a very refreshing feeling, but these Japanese people didn't give them the opportunity. Ouyang Yun recalled the great victory at Jixiankou, and understood why the 29th Army could intimidate the enemy's courage. When the big knife was about to behead the Japanese devils, in order to avoid losing their heads, would the Japanese abandon their original assassination action and turn around to protect their necks?

  It's hard to say!

  Hirano Akio's face was as pale as death, the muzzle of his gun rose and fell again. The man in front of him, who seemed to be immune to bullets, smiled wickedly, seemingly not fearing the bullets at all. "Devil, real devil!" he thought, forcing himself to calm down, gritting his teeth and saying: "That woman is still alive."

  "I know," Ou Yang Yun stepped forward two steps, the three kneeling Japanese people were frightened and leaned together, their whole body trembling. The dispute between the Black Dragon Society and the Blue Clothes Society should have been caused by that sum of money, if the Japanese wanted to take it back, they would absolutely not want Bai Liu Su's life.

  "You're also from Lan Yi She, aren't you?" Feeling more confident, Hirano Akio calmed down and began to use polite language towards Ouyang Yun.

  Ouyang Yun did not give a definite answer.

  "If you originally intended to hand over that 'contribution money' and guarantee not to harm us, I will let you take away that woman."

  He's really good at "starting with a high price and ending with paying back", in this situation, this Japanese person can still make such an outrageous request, Ouyang Yun doesn't know whether to admire him or pity him - "'Contribution fee'?"

  "That is how we show respect for the Emperor, sir—"

  "Oh, so you're a businessman now?"

  Ouyang Yun's words sounded quite abrupt to Hirano Akio, who replied in a somewhat stunned tone: "I am an imperial warrior, I don't do business!"

  "Where did you get the so-called 'donation' from?" Ouyang Yun narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Don't tell me it's a voluntary donation from the Chinese people!"

  Hirano Akio only then realized the meaning of his previous words, and his face changed color - it turned out that all the so-called "donations" were stolen or robbed... in any case, they were not obtained through legitimate means.

  Ouyang Yun's gaze fell on his left hand and asked: "Your hand was injured by my partner, wasn't it?"

  Hirano Akio's face flushed with a hint of blood, he recalled the desperate fighting style of that Chinese woman, and only then did he realize that this man's methods were very similar. He couldn't help but shudder, feeling a sense of powerlessness. If all Chinese people were like this, how could Japan, with its small land and population, truly achieve Great Asian Co-prosperity? For the first time, he doubted his own beliefs.

  Ouyang Yun's expression was collected, a smile rising in his heart - these people living might be more valuable than dying to resist the Japanese invasion. He slowly walked towards the nearby cherry blossoms, plucked one and sniffed it, saying: "What beautiful cherry blossoms! In Japan, there seem to be even more cherry blossoms. Your family members are probably standing under the cherry blossom trees in front of their homes, waiting with bated breath - where is my child's father? Why hasn't he returned yet?"

  "Hmph!" - Ou Yang Yun was being sentimental, Chu Tian Ge couldn't hold back his laughter and burst out laughing. This scene was too ridiculous, Ou Yang Yun this person, was also ridiculously funny, one moment ago he was killing people until they were fleeing in terror, now he's suddenly starting to chat about family matters and even caring about their household affairs. Alas, this is a Japanese devil!

  Ouyang Yun glared at him, the corner of his mouth twitching, but also wanting to laugh. What was he doing? Did he really think he was a saint? Haha! Ah, should be more serious, otherwise the emotional performance just now would have been for nothing. He stiffened his face and coldly swept his gaze over the Japanese people, seeing their lost and disheartened appearance, and thought it was great. "Originally, I wanted to kill everyone here," he said, "but now I've decided to give you an opportunity - hand over my companion and leave Beijing."

  Hirano Akio glanced at Ouyang Yun, then looked at the Japanese subordinates beside him. His eyes suddenly cleared up, his right hand raised, and the muzzle entered his mouth - "Tenno Heika! —— Bang!"

  "Ah!" The two Japanese who had just woken up fainted again. The remaining three knelt down to Ouyang Yun with great respect, one of them said: "Sir, I know where your companion is being held."

  "Take me there quickly."

  "Hey."

  "Big brother, are we really going to let these Japanese people go?" Chu Tian Ge asked after tying up the four remaining Japanese men. After beheading Ryuukawa Masaki, he was emitting a strong killing aura all over his body, making his voice sound more masculine.

  Ouyang Yun remained silent.

  Ouyang Yun had indeed intended to let the remaining Japanese people go, but when he saw Bai Liusu's tragic appearance, he couldn't hold back his fury and joined Chu Tiange in attacking, each of them beheading four people, including two Japanese women.

  "Damn it, can't they treat Japanese as human beings?!"

  "It's too damn cruel!"

  "One day, I might also have a Tokyo massacre!"

  "Song of Chu Heaven: 'The Great Tokyo Massacre!?'"

  "Never mind, let's talk about it outside."

  Bai Liu Su's body had a total of eighteen wounds, both hands and forearms were severed, and there were seven branding iron marks on her body, one of which was on her left breast. Men have tears but don't easily shed them, Ouyang Yun couldn't remember how long it had been since he last cried, thinking he had forgotten this skill, witnessing her tragic appearance made him realize that crying didn't need any prelude or brewing, his nose would just ache and the tears would start rolling down. The struggle was truly too cruel, even though he had also experienced gunfire and bullets flying everywhere, Ouyang Yun couldn't help but admit that what he experienced in the 21st century could be considered a civilized war. If she wasn't a woman without salt, he didn't dare imagine what other tragic things would happen to her.

  He coldly said to Chu Tian Ge: "Search thoroughly, don't leave a single one!"

  "Kill them all!"

  Two men carefully carried the woman into the car, then Chu Tian Ge picked up his sword and went back to verify the bodies one by one - "I beheaded everyone, let them all never reincarnate!"

  "Not bad," said Ouyang Yun, who began rummaging through Hirano Akihiko's bedroom, pulling out a large pile of confidential documents, selecting a few with "Top Secret" written on them, and scattering the rest in the courtyard.

  "What is this?"

  "Expose their crimes! We didn't kill innocent people randomly, these Japanese are all spies."

  Chu Tian Ge scratched his head and said: "Are there good people among the Japanese?"

  "Hah!" Ouyang Yun laughed and slapped him on the back, "Kid, you're more ruthless than me!"

  Chu Tian Ge smiled mischievously and suddenly thought of something, asking: "Big Brother, what kind of hard qigong are you practicing? It's so powerful!"

  "Golden armor plus iron shirt plus...!"

  "How can this be practiced?"

  ………

  Confirmed that there were no survivors in the courtyard, Ou Yang Yun drove to Beiping Xiehe Hospital under Chu Tian Ge's suggestion.

  They didn't expect that the seemingly extinct black dragon would secretly occupy a stronghold, and soon after they left, a girl wearing a wide-brimmed hat walked out of the cellar.

  She saw the corpses all over the yard, her face turned pale, but her eyes became cold and stern. "Lan Yi She, Ou Yang Yun, Chu Tian Ge!" She whispered to herself, deeply remembering the names of the men in blue, carefully walking to the door, turning around and bowing deeply, thinking: The Emperor's warriors, I will help you avenge your deaths. She pursed her lips firmly and left resolutely.

  In the corridor outside the operating room of Peking Union Hospital, Ouyang Yun was squatting against the wall with his right hand playing with a cigarette. Next to him, leaning against the wall, was Ryu Chokushu's samurai sword.

  Chu Tian Ge sat in the chair beside him, only now feeling a sense of fear after the fact. "I killed Japanese people!" he whispered to himself, "Cut off their heads!" His expression was somewhat dazed.

  Ouyang Yun had noticed his abnormality early on, but he didn't say anything. Before joining the special forces, he had similar experiences, but it was just executing a death row prisoner as a military policeman, and as a result, he vomited for a whole day, even bringing up bile. Chu Tiange was also killing someone for the first time, and directly beheading people with a knife, not just one person, his performance was much stronger than his. Given time, a qualified special forces soldier would be unstoppable. Two lines of poetry emerged in his mind, and he patted Chu Tiange's hand, reciting: "A man should kill, a thousand miles without leaving a trace! Killing little devils is an accumulation of virtue, kid, you're great!"

  Chu Tian Ge forced a smile, his face looking terrible, and said in a low voice: "It's my first time."

  "It's obvious, much stronger than when I first saw you," Ouyang Yun said with a deliberate casual tone.

  "Older brother, do you think there are really ghosts in this world?"

  "What ghosts? What are you thinking?" Ouyang Yun laughed, sincerely. "What if there are ghosts, isn't there a poem that says - killing one is for guilt, killing ten thousand is for heroism; killing nine hundred million, is the greatest heroism of all. Shouldn't Japanese devils be killed?"

  "Get him!"

  "That's settled, at your current level, even if a little ghost becomes a real ghost, it will only take a detour when seeing you, haha! We've already killed all the living people, what's there to fear from ghosts? You stinky brat, don't make me look down on you!"

  Chu Tian Ge rubbed his head and smiled foolishly.

  Ouyang Yun also smiled, and the psychological intervention expert Gu Xiaomai of the special forces brigade specially opened up his own words to comfort Chu Tiange, a new recruit. Thinking of Gu Xiaomai, thinking of the comrades in the special forces brigade, he let out a faint sigh. At that time, he was always being intervened with, and had resisted it strongly before, but now that he was intervening with others, he realized how happy it was to be intervened with - the heavy burden had comrades helping to bear it, and there were comrades watching his back, all he had to do was complete his mission, this simple life was really too happy!

  "Big brother, who is that, Zhangzi?"

  "Someone ah, Mouzi, is actually Zhang Yimou, a poet."

  "Zhang Yimou, never heard of him, but I like this poem."

  Ouyang Yun rolled her eyes.

  ……