Japan, Hokkaido, JPN Extraordinary Comprehensive Arena.
Assassin’s Lounge.
Zhou Yu opened a roll of dical bandages and started wrapping his arms full of wounds.
He was an exchange student, to be precise, a second-year student at The University of Tokyo.
Because he didn’t apply for a leave of absence, he probably has already said goodbye to his degree due to excessive absence.
Originally, before studying abroad, Zhou Yu boasted to his friends that he would "return fully prepared and serve the motherland."
But...
After the Extraordinary Era arrived, Zhou Yu’s situation quickly changed drastically.
During the holidays, Zhou Yu spent money to join a group tour to Mount Fuji with a travel agency.
During the tour, the group picked up fourteen oddly shaped stones.
Among those who touched the stones, twelve turned into a pile of foul-slling flesh, dead as dead can be.
But Zhou Yu and another white-collar worker were lucky; not only were they unaffected, but they also awakened a superpower because of it.
It took Zhou Yu a long ti to learn through the JPN Extraordinary Comprehensive Tournant that those strange stones were called Victory Stones.
Only those with strong Spiritual Power and willpower are qualified to use them as a dium to beco Superpower Users.
Those with too weak Spiritual Power or insufficient willpower who pick up a Victory Stone without a tool to asure their levels often end up as a pile of bloody flesh if they try to awaken by luck!
After awakening his superpower, Zhou Yu quickly realized the changes and turbulence in the world, so he imdiately arranged to buy a ticket back ho, but unfortunately...
His luck seed to have run out when he awakened his superpowers.
Although he had successfully boarded the ship, he encountered a fight with the Extre Path forces halfway through.
To protect himself, Zhou Yu displayed so abilities, and afterwards...
He was captured and brought back to Japan.
With mbers of an Extre Path Clan pointing guns at him, holding his hand, they forced him to sign a contract for the JPN Extraordinary Comprehensive Tournant, becoming an "assassin."
Resist?
Zhou Yu indeed considered it.
After all, he is a Superpower User, not just a university student with no strength.
Unfortunately, his superpower only increases his reaction speed and doesn’t directly enhance his physical strength.
Sotis, his mind would catch on, but his body couldn’t keep up.
With over a dozen guns aid at him, monitored twenty-four hours by fierce and ard guards, he had no chance to resist.
Eating, drinking, entertainnt, and accommodation all took place within the JPN Extraordinary Comprehensive Arena, with no personal freedom whatsoever.
One could say that, as a student living in peaceful tis, Zhou Yu felt he did quite well not to wet his pants when stopped on the ship, facing so many unlocked, loaded firearms.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu complexly finished wrapping the bandage on his arm and started maintaining his combat short knife with blade oil, his peripheral vision unintentionally glancing at a young man not far away.
Sakai Tetsuya, twenty-nine, a typical Japanese man, a company slave (a derogatory term for office workers in Japan who work obediently and are exploited by the company like livestock).
This guy is very eccentric but highly adaptable.
Speaking of which, Zhou Yu and Sakai Tetsuya share so fate; they were in the sa travel agency during the Mount Fuji trip and ca into contact with the Victory Stones simultaneously, awakening superpowers.
Later, not long after Zhou Yu was captured, the company Sakai Tetsuya worked for went bankrupt, forcing him to turn to the sea, joining the JPN Extraordinary Comprehensive Tournant as an Extraordinary One, becoming an "assassin" who, although not glorious, could earn quite a bit of money.
"Mr. Zhou Yu, there’s sothing off in your gaze..."
Sakai Tetsuya put down the whetstone in his hand, sheathed his curved Samurai Sword, and asked in a quiet tone: "Your observation and Sixth Sense have always been stronger than mine, so tell , is sothing terrible about to happen again?"
Initially, Sakai Tetsuya disliked Zhou Yu very much, feeling this guy was a jinx. Whenever he t Zhou Yu, sothing terrible would happen.
After the travel agency group of fourteen got reduced to just him and Zhou Yu, they were summoned to the police station to record their statents, staying there for a full twenty-four hours before being released, only to find the company bankrupt the next day, with all colleagues losing their jobs.
To make a living, repay the mortgage, support his parents, and save money for marriage, Sakai Tetsuya was forced into the sea, voluntarily joining the Extraordinary Comprehensive Tournant.
Initially, Sakai Tetsuya relied on his [Weakness Insight] ability, dominating in the arena, easily bullying those beginner-level Inner Qi novices, making a small profit.
Then he t Zhou Yu in the arena, experiencing the first defeat of his "assassin" career.
So, for quite so ti, Sakai Tetsuya considered Zhou Yu his nesis.
However, as ti went by, Sakai Tetsuya gradually discovered that he and Zhou Yu could talk to each other, helping and exchanging combat experiences, eventually developing a camaraderie of sorts.
"You’re overthinking it."
Zhou Yu looked at him, shrugged: "Honestly, your ability is pretty good. If you’re willing to go to China with , you’d definitely do better than struggling in this hellhole."
Sakai Tetsuya’s eyelids twitched, seemingly tempted, but after a mont of struggle, he still shook his head: "People like us, at the bottom of society, even awakening a superpower, are only circling around at the B-level. The treatnt is the sa no matter which country... There’s no savior in this world, no Immortal Emperor or Divine Emperor; we can only depend on ourselves! As long as we’re strong enough, we can rise to the top anywhere! If we lack strength, we have no freedom anywhere!"
"..." Zhou Yu remained silent.
He was long accustod to Sakai Tetsuya’s speaking style, often feeling that Sakai Tetsuya must have deeply studied many ideological guidebooks from China.
"Forget it. Let’s not talk about this; I can’t even protect myself, let alone think about escaping with you. Isn’t that just dreaming?"
Zhou Yu smirked with self-mockery, closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and a thread of Biological Energy slowly circulated within him.
He had already filled one Acupoint with Inner Qi; with continuous effort in eating and cultivation, once he fills four Acupoints and reaches the Second Rank of Inner Qi, he can attempt an escape.
Suddenly, there was an unusual sound from outside the lounge.
Screams and shrill wails reached his ears.
Zhou Yu quickly opened his eyes, pushed open the door, only to be blocked by eight ard n.
The black muzzles were locked tightly on him.
"I advise you to be honest! Don’t move!"
"Today, the new Arena Master is inspecting the work personally; if you cause trouble, don’t bla us for causing you trouble!"
New Arena Master...
Who could it be?
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