Volume 3: The World's Strongest Chapter 27: Traces of the Foreign Demon
"You are going to end up in a miserable state if you provoke the entire Sakura Kendo world like this."
Before leaving Xuanwu Pavilion, Chiba Naoto said coldly behind Qi Ji: "Even if the Sword Saint does not take action, many powerful ninth-level masters below the Saint, including my grandfather, will never let you leave Sakura intact like this!"
Qi Ji paused for a moment, heard the translation of Kamiizumi Yiren beside him, turned around and smiled at Chiba Naoto: "Then you don't have to worry about it."
"By the way, actually I want to challenge your grandfather today, Mr. Jiudan Qianye Zhenyuan. Where is he?"
Chiba Naoto gritted his teeth and said, "My grandfather is in seclusion in the mountains, otherwise he would not have allowed you to act recklessly today. When he comes out, I will tell him everything that happened today. Then he will definitely come back to 'visit' Master Qi Ji. I hope that by then you will be as brave as us to fight."
"It's interesting. I'm looking forward to it." Qi Ji perfunctorily replied to Chiba Naoto in a nonchalant tone, then took out his phone and opened the blog. He ignored the first challenge blog and thought about it before asking Kamiizumi Yiren next to him, "Which ancient sword dojo of the Nian-ryu branch is still headquartered in Tokyo?"
Ueizumi Yiren rubbed the back of his head, but before he could answer, Ueizumi Saeko on the other side gave the answer first: "The Ono-ha Ittoryu, which has the same origin as Hokushin Ittoryu, has its headquarters in the Setagaya district, the Reitake Hall."
Qi Ji nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's challenge the Ono-pa Ittoryu tomorrow!"
After saying that, he lowered his head and posted new news on his blog using his mobile phone .
【The first stop was the Hokushin Ittoryu Tokyo Metropolitan Genbukan where he successfully challenged the club. 】
[Second stop target - tentative date is August 29th, challenge the Ono-ha Ittoryu Tokyo Reiyue Hall. ]
This piece of information added fuel to the carnival that Daxia Network had set off for him.
After seeing off Qi Ji and his group, Chiba Naoto returned to the back room of the dojo and saw that his father Chiba Kazuyuki had woken up and was sitting cross-legged in silence.
"They're gone?" Chiba Kazuyuki asked coldly when he saw Chiba Naoto.
Naoto Chiba suspected that his father had woken up a long time ago and was just pretending to be unconscious for the sake of face, but he had no evidence.
Of course, he would not point it out, but knelt on the tatami and nodded seriously, "Yes, they have left, and judging from their situation, they will challenge other major kendo schools next. For example, they will challenge the Ono-style Ittoryu tomorrow."
"Hmm!" Chiba Kazuyuki immediately became excited, "Are they going to challenge the Ono-faction Ittoryu tomorrow?"
"Yes." Chiba Naoto nodded affirmatively.
"Okay!" Chiba Kazuyuki had an inexplicable expression, the kind that said, "Although I'm miserable, my brother will soon become as miserable as me."
Don’t just laugh at our Beichen Ittoryu’s joke. From now on, everyone will die!
He sighed, continued to look at Chiba Naoto, and asked: "What about the other students? Can you tell their attitudes?"
Chiba Naoto shook his head: "I don't see that they are too dissatisfied. Besides, those who can train in our Genbukan Tokyo headquarters are all elites with a certain degree of loyalty. It shouldn't be so easy for them to quit our Hokushin Ittoryu after being kicked out once."
He thought for a moment, sighed, and continued, "On the contrary, if the news spreads among the students in branches across the country, I'm afraid there will be a wave of withdrawals."
That's right, if Sakura is successfully kicked out by other kendo schools, the impact may not be that big.
But now they have been successfully kicked out by a military genius from Daxia. In view of the almost irreconcilable historical hatred between the two countries, I am afraid that their Beichen Itdaoliu will face a terrible wave of casualties.
Unless Qi Ji can defeat all the famous schools one by one...
At this moment, Chiba and his son both had strange expressions on their faces, and they couldn't help but think of the same thing.
Qi Ji, you bastard, you must keep working hard!
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As for Qi Ji, the three of them took farewell photos with their fans and told them that they would go to challenge Ono-faction Ittoryu the next morning, then they started their journey back.
This time, because they were not in a hurry, at Qi Ji's suggestion, the Shangquan siblings took him on a subway.
After the rush hour, the Tokyo subway became relatively empty, similar to Amami City in Daxia.
The three of them sat down side by side. As soon as they were seated, Shangquan Yiren couldn't help but start discussing: "Qi Jijun, you defeated the swordsman Qianye Yizhi easily this time. I guess you will be on the news tomorrow."
Qi Ji smiled slightly: "I have heard of Beichen Itdaoliu in Daxia. It should be a very famous school in your Sakura, right?"
Ueizumi Yiren nodded: "It can almost be considered the most famous one in the Sakura Ancient Style Kendo. And because it is the kendo practiced by Mr. Sakamoto Ryoma, as the backbone of the anti-shogunate faction in modern times, the masters of Hokushin Ittoryu are all over the cabinet and the Metropolitan Police Department. Many of them are disciples of Chiba Ichi-eighth Dan, or even Chiba Shingen Ninth Dan."
Ueizumi Saeko added: "So Qi Ji-kun defeated Chiba Kazuyuki, the master of the Hokushin Ittoryu. In our Sakura Kendo circle, this is an event that is enough to cause a small earthquake."
While chatting, Qi Ji's phone screen lit up. He picked up the phone and saw that it was Qin Zijin.
Qin Zijin: [Qi Shen was so awesome today. Not only did he beat up the Beichen Ittoryu Gym Master, but he also had a beauty with the temperament of a Yamato Nadeshiko by his side. Does he not want to go back to Da Xia?]
Qi Ji couldn't help but chuckle, picked up his phone and typed: [Oops, why is there a sour smell coming from across the Internet? ]
Qin Zijin sent an eye-rolling expression, and then sent a long message: [Speaking of business, Jiange has received a notice from the Daxia authorities that there are traces of suspected foreign demonic activities in several cities in Daxia! ]
When Qi Ji saw the message, he was stunned for a moment. He immediately gave up typing, an inefficient means of communication, and made an international long-distance call.
Soon, the call was connected.
Qi Ji asked anxiously: " What's going on? Why are there still those things? Isn't it said that it is very difficult for them to come here?"
Qin Zijin, who was standing opposite Qi Ji, heard that Qi Ji did not directly say the name of the foreign demon, and knew that there was someone around him, so he adjusted his tone and words slightly: "The specific reason is unknown, but according to Daxia's investigation, the thing that appeared this time was not a high-level species, but an ordinary "beast species". After it came out to cause a little chaos, it was immediately suppressed by the authorities."
Qi Ji's face was serious. After all, his parents were still living a stable life in Da Xia. Although the foreign demons that suddenly appeared could not threaten the army, they were natural enemies to ordinary mortals.
Qin Zijin had previously told him about the disappearance of populations in some villages and small towns from ancient times to the present, some of which were caused by the foreign demons that accidentally traveled here.
Qin Zijin seemed to know what Qi Ji was thinking. She whispered, "Don't worry. I have already arranged for security to be deployed next to my uncle and aunt and in the community. On this planet that is cut off from the extraordinary, those things are no different from ordinary people in front of guns."
I’m afraid this girl is the worm in my stomach.
Qi Ji breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down and asked, "So how did they appear?"
Qi Ji relaxed, but Qin Zijin's voice became serious. She said, "Do you remember when I told you about the origin of the Enlightenment Fruit?"
"I remember." Qi Ji lowered his voice and answered softly: "You said that by killing high-level species and removing something called 'Outer Devil's Desperate Realm', there is a chance to obtain it..."
He was suddenly startled: "Could it be?"
Qin Zijin said in a serious voice: "Yes, as you thought, it's not just Daxia. According to official notifications, many foreign devil desperate places have appeared inexplicably all over the world!"
Earth? An alien demon appeared?
Qi Ji was somewhat shocked: "Didn't they say that extraordinary beings cannot exist in the inner realm? How could there be such a thing as an outer demon realm?"
Qin Zijin laughed bitterly over there: "It is true that the extraordinary has not yet arrived, but the so-called outer demon desperate situation is essentially a space crack. According to those scientists, the existence of this thing is in line with science and is not an extraordinary thing."
"Space gap?" Qi Ji was numb. He felt that his head was going to be filled with all kinds of new terms again today.
"Yes, a crack in space." Qin Zijin said, "Although I have never seen it with my own eyes before, according to the description in the classics of Jian Ge, the external form of the Outer Demon Realm is a red cross-shaped crack in space. The essence of this crack is similar to a two-way entrance and exit, that is, various Outer Demons can escape from it, and humans can also enter from the outside."
She paused and said, "Humans who enter it will be in a composite projection world formed by reality and the 'Abyss'. Only by killing the key foreign demons in this world and breaking its core can this foreign demonic desperate situation be completely eradicated."
Qi Ji digested it for a moment and said hesitantly, "It sounds a bit like a copy in a game."
Qin Zijin's serious mood was amused by him, and he chuckled and said, "If you want to understand it this way, it's fine, but this copy is a one-time copy. It will disappear as long as you clear it once. But if you don't clear it in a day, foreign demons will continue to run out of the cracks!"
"Then what should we do? The higher-ups should quickly arrange for the army to clear this copy, right?" Qi Ji said naturally.
Qin Zijin's voice was somewhat helpless: "If it was possible to do so, the higher-ups would have arranged for it to be carried out long ago."
"There are two bottlenecks. The first is that the Outer Devil's Despair is similar to the Outer Realm. Most of the materials in our Inner Realm cannot be preserved. Guns and other things will disintegrate and dissipate once they pass through." She then said, "The second is that no more than ten people can exist in the Despair at the same time."
She smiled bitterly, "With just these two restrictions, no army can break through it."
"What should we do now?" Qi Ji also felt troubled and asked curiously.
Qin Zijin said: "It's unclear how other countries handle this, but Daxia has arranged troops to surround all the cracks that have been discovered. The foreign demons will be shot and killed the moment they land, so there won't be much trouble for the time being. As for how to deal with it later, we can only wait for the feedback from the people who went in to investigate."
Qi Ji nodded. It seemed that this was the only way.
After the two chatted briefly for a few more sentences, Qi Ji hung up the phone and sighed softly.
Shangquan Yiren who was standing next to him came over and asked, "What's wrong, Qi Jijun? It looks like he's in some big trouble?"
Qi Ji looked at the Shangquan siblings and suddenly realized that there was no need to hide anything from them. After all, their grandfather was another sword master, and now he might be a big shot in the outer realm who was as powerful as Yu Chengen.
So he said directly: "Traces of foreign demons have appeared all over the world."
"Ah?" Kamiizumi Yito was confused at first, then immediately turned into fear.
Saeko Kamiizumi next to her also had a frightened expression.
It seems that it's not just Kamiizumi Itsuto. His sister Saeko, under the identity of her grandfather, also knew about the existence of the outer demons, the natural enemies of mankind, early on.
That saves me the trouble of explaining too much.
