Chapter 87: Real Ninja
In the evening, the lights come on.
A horse-drawn carriage slowly drove into a deep alley and stopped in front of an ordinary residential courtyard.
Zhu Yuyan jumped off the carriage first, then raised her wrist, letting Ni Kun hold her wrist, and got off the carriage slowly.
"Is it right here?"
"Well, the Japanese secret envoys have been waiting here these days and never go out."
As she spoke, Zhu Yuyan walked forward and knocked on the gate, while moving her lips to transmit a message inside.
Soon, the courtyard door creaked open, and a young man with a heroic face and sharp eyes poked his head out. He looked warily at Zhu Yuyan, who was wearing a heavy veil and whose true face was not revealed, and Ni Kun, who was dressed like a nobleman, and said in the Central Plains dialect with a stiff accent:
"You...are you from the Yin Gui Sect?"
Ni Kun put his hands behind his back and said calmly:
"The leader of the Yingui Sect of the Holy Sect, the Holy Empress Zhu Yuyan is here, why don't you come and greet her quickly!"
The young man was slightly startled, and looked at Zhu Yuyan with fear and curiosity, and bowed ninety degrees:
"So it's the Holy Queen. Please wait a moment. I will go and inform the envoy. Please forgive me for my negligence!"
After saying this, he bowed again, then half-closed the gate and went back to report.
Zhu Yuyan remained calm and waited quietly with Ni Kun.
Not long after, the courtyard gate opened and Shan Wanjing, dressed in men's clothes and looking like a handsome young man whose gender was difficult to tell, came out with two men and two women.
There were two men and two women following Shan Wanjing. One was the handsome young man from before, and the other man was a bald man with a sturdy build and a bronze complexion.
One of the two girls is a slim, petite, pretty and seemingly well-behaved girl; the other is a plump girl with a fit body, slightly dark skin and an amazing chest.
These four people are all dressed as people from the Central Plains, but looking at some of their small movements, it is obvious that they have some Japanese characteristics, it seems that they are all Japanese.
In this so-called secret envoy group, there is only Shan Wanjing from the Dongming faction, and the other four are all Japanese. One can imagine what their intentions are.
At this time, Shan Wanjing saw Zhu Yuyan, and a rather uncomfortable and awkward expression flashed across her fair and handsome face, but she quickly restrained her abnormality and bowed to Zhu Yuyan:
"Dongming sent Shan Wanjing to meet the Holy Queen."
Zhu Yuyan looked at Shan Wanjing deeply, and said calmly:
"No need to be polite. Come in and talk."
Shan Wanjing nodded, looked at Ni Kun with a scrutinizing gaze, then led the two of them into the courtyard, came to a living room, and sat down as host and guest.
When she sat down, Zhu Yuyan took off her veil and revealed her true face.
When the four Japanese saw her, both men and women were stunned, obviously shocked by her extraordinary beauty.
Shan Wanjing couldn't help but be stunned. She didn't expect that after not seeing her for many years, Zhu Yuyan, whose image had become extremely vague in her memory, was still so young and beautiful. She seemed to be only twenty-five or twenty-six at most, just like her own sister.
If he stood together with his mother Shan Meixian, it would be impossible to tell who was older and who was younger.
Shan Wanjing quickly calmed down as she marveled at the magical power of the Yin Gui Sect. She glanced at Ni Kun and saw that he was sitting side by side with Zhu Yuyan. She couldn't help but wonder again and asked:
"May I ask Sect Master Zhu, who is this young man?"
"This is Master Ni Kun," Zhu Yuyan introduced. "He is a very important guest elder of my Yingui Sect. Master Ni is also somewhat interested in the alliance with Japan this time."
"So it's Mr. Ni. Wanjing, I'm sorry..."
Shan Wanjing quickly went through the details in her mind and found that she had never heard of the name Ni Kun. She immediately had many doubts in her mind. But it was not a good time to ask more questions, so she could only ask someone to serve tea while saying to Zhu Yuyan:
" The suzerain must have known our purpose. What do you think of forming an alliance with Japan?"
Zhu Yuyan said calmly:
"You must know a little about the power of our Yin Gui Sect. If you want to form an alliance with our Yin Gui Sect, you must come up with some capital."
The petite girl who was pouring tea for the two of them couldn't help but speak up :
“I heard that the Great Emperor had once conquered Goguryeo three times, but he lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers and returned without success.
"And our Majesty has led his army to destroy Silla and Baekje. Before we set out, we had killed Goguryeo's Sword Master Fu Cailin in battle, captured the Goguryeo capital, and captured all the Goguryeo royal family. The complete demise of Goguryeo is just around the corner.
"Given our country's military strength, aren't we qualified enough to form an alliance with your faction?"
Zhu Yuyan snorted and looked directly at Shan Wanjing:
"When the queen is talking to you, Wanjing, do you think a mere maid has the right to interrupt?"
Shan Wanjing showed embarrassment, and there was a hint of helplessness in her eyes - she was essentially just a prisoner, and the so-called envoy was just a cover.
"This is the Igali ninja 'Firefly'." Shan Wanjing held her breath and introduced: "She is not an ordinary maid, but a master of one of the two major ninja villages under the Emperor. She has extraordinary skills and is very amazing."
After a pause, he pointed at the heroic young man and said:
"This is also an Igali ninja named Yashamaru. He is agile and has great martial arts skills."
Then he pointed at the bald man and said:
"This is the Kogari ninja Kasumi Keibu, a man of unparalleled power and superb taijutsu skills."
Then he pointed to the beautiful and plump girl and said:
"This is also a ninja from Kogali, named Hu Yi, who is good at using leg techniques."
If possible, Shan Wanjing really wanted to reveal the abilities of these ninjas without any hesitation.
Unfortunately, she didn't know what special skills these Iga and Koga ninjas had - ninjas were good at lurking and assassinating, and were very good at using all kinds of strange and bizarre skills to create miracles of defeating the strong with the weak.
In this case, the ninjas must keep their special skills secret and never reveal the secrets of their special skills.
Because once the special skills are known to others, the threat posed by the ninja will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, even though the Emperor's ninjas had taken action many times during the conquest of the Dongming Sect and the war against Xian Island, and had assassinated many powerful and important enemies, they would often leave no one alive and conceal their own secrets.
After all, Shan Wanjing and her daughter were just prisoners, and the Dongming Faction was only forced to build weapons and warships for the Japanese army, and had no access to the core secrets under the Emperor.
Therefore, Shan Wanjing only knew a few insignificant and superficial pieces of information about these ninjas, and did not know the secrets of their special skills.
However, Shan Wanjing didn't know, but Ni Kun knew.
Ni Kun actually had impressions of the names Hotaru, Yashamaru, Kasumi Keibu, and Huyi - in his previous life, he had read a comic called "Koga Ninja Scrolls". Not only had he read the comic, he had also watched the animation and live-action movie.
So he not only knew these people, but also had an impression of their respective secret techniques.
At that moment, Ni Kun looked at these ninjas with interest and suddenly said:
"I heard that ninjas are a special profession in Japan. They don't use brute force to defeat their enemies, but are good at assassinating them with various secret techniques. I wonder what secret techniques you have? Can you open our eyes?"
The heroic young man Yashamaru said coldly:
"I'm sorry, this is the biggest secret of us ninjas. Only the targets who are killed by ninjas have the opportunity to see our secret techniques before they die."
The plump and well-built beautiful girl Hu Yize licked her tongue, looked at Ni Kun with innocent eyes, and said with a smile:
"If you want to see my secret skills, I am willing to demonstrate them. But I am afraid you cannot afford it."
Ni Kun knew that the plump girl's special skill was that she could use the skin of any part of her body to quickly absorb the enemy's blood upon contact, and in a moment, she could suck the enemy into a dried corpse.
Her secret technique was truly invincible if used in bed to assassinate the enemy when they were enjoying themselves - ninjas were just tools, and when the daimyo gave an order, they would complete the mission by any means necessary, even using their own bodies as weapons to complete the mission without hesitation.
Even if the daimyo gave an order to kill each other, they would have no choice but to obey.
In the Koga Ninja Scrolls, the two great ninjas, Koga and Iga, had the possibility of becoming one through the marriage between their leaders, thus eliminating the feuds that had arisen over the years from the execution of missions. However, in the end, under the order of the Shogun, the lovers wielded swords against each other and fought bloody battles.
A tool without self-will, whose fate is involuntary; a scout, spy, or assassin who will never confront the enemy head-on unless absolutely necessary.
This is a real ninja.
As for the Hokage, he always likes to use big and strong frontal guys...
They are just fantasy strongmen who are only barely pretending to be in the ninja business.
Hu Yi's secret technique is both erotic and terrifying when used to kill people, but if used against Ni Kun, it will only bring disaster upon oneself.
Ni Kun did not have the courage to confront Hu Yi, a tool ninja girl who had the cruel and cold will of a ninja, but was as innocent and cheerful as a little girl. He just smiled and said:
"You only kill people, but no performance? That's really unhelpful... Words are not enough. Since you are not willing to perform, we have no way to judge how strong the strong men under your king are, and whether they are qualified to form an alliance with our Yin Gui Sect...
"In that case, let's not discuss the alliance for now. Let's go to Liaodong and meet with your lord first."
