Early morning, 5:59.
Yamazaki Ken sat in meditation on the highest floor of the Nine-Nine Kyōto.
He used to get up early and watch the sunrise in his office. In the past, the warm sun would emerge from the clouds, rendering the sky a flaming red. The sunshine in the sky and the neon lights of Weiyuan Castle that never change day and night make Zero Island never have to worry about dark nights. Every time he saw this scene, he felt that the world was so bright.
But today's weather was as gloomy as his mood. The sky above Weiyuan City was covered with clouds, and the stacked dark clouds cast iron-grey shadows. The sun still rises, unblocked by human will, but the clouds today are too thick, and even the light of the sunrise cannot break through the obstruction. The sky is still dyed red, but it is not as vibrant as flames, but looks strange and ominous under the cover of clouds...
Red like blood.
"The blood-like sky... is so suitable."
The so-called weather disaster warning is not false. A typhoon will indeed pass by Yamato Island today. Therefore, every household in Weihara City has taken shelter in the God of Disaster shelter underground. There are only military forces on the ground. Now, the train on Zero Island is moving forward at a maximum speed exceeding the limit. Either go all out and fly away from the abyss; or just fall into ruin and die.
Nanyo Shinto believes that everything is a transaction with fate, but this is the same even if Fujin God and so-called fate do not exist. Without paying the price, you cannot get the results...
Only by giving up can you gain.
The door opened, and his most loyal subordinate walked in silently.
"Master Yamazaki." Zuiyan saluted respectfully.
Ken Yamazaki stood up with difficulty while leaning on crutches.
"It's time to set off, old friend. What day is today?"
The ninja in blue and purple uniforms answered meticulously.
"Today's red mouth is very bad."
"Haha, it's an unlucky day." The old man clenched his cane. "The ancients would decide the timing of action according to the calendar. They believed that events held on good days and auspicious days would go well. But will the enemy wait for you to be fully prepared?"
"Practically impossible."
Yamazaki nodded: "Absolutely impossible. There is never any good luck or great security. Everything must be fought with the sword in your hand...to fight for the real future!"
The old man's voice was sinister, with the anger of someone who had survived a pile of dead bodies. He confirmed the time. In one minute, the emergency meeting of the Julian Alliance will begin. In the face of the great cause of the country, businessmen cannot be alone. The future of Wuhui and Junfeng, and even the future of Lingdao, will be decided in one fell swoop today.
The old friend was silent as he thought of Zuiyan's actions yesterday. In the face of a formidable enemy, the morale of the army must not be disturbed. Even if both parties know that it is a lie, they still have to engrave the false words in their hearts and believe in them like a creed.
Yamazaki said in a low voice: "I have identified yesterday's ninja."
"That is……"
"It's Yin Shi's spies." The leader of Wuhui Junfeng said with certainty, "Master Chi wants Weiyuan City this year, we have no choice."
"I see."
For him, Zuiyan, and those ninjas, this was enough.
The door of the office opened. Old Yamazaki took a breath and shouted like a soldier before setting off: "Let's go——!"
Yamazaki's roar was drowned out by a strange sound at the end. He froze. Blood flowed from the old man's mouth. He lowered his gaze in disbelief. The ninja's right palm, equipped with a blue gauntlet, penetrated his chest and abdomen like a gun!
"Gu...cough...!"
"Hey-!" Zuiyan rotated his wrist mercilessly, and the powerful force tore half of the old man's body into pieces! He then used a roundhouse kick and chased with his shuriken while kicking Yamazaki away!
This series of lightning-like attacks was enough to kill an ordinary Magus of Impermanence three times, but Old Man Yamazaki was not dead yet. His hunched body stood up unsteadily, and the blood in his body turned into red threads, slowly filling the wound. The old man roared like a wild beast. He smashed the wooden shell of the cane and pulled out the bloody blade... Then he held the knife and issued a wild greeting like a demon!
"Domo, Drunken Eyes=san. I am the Blood Blade of the Martial Arts Society·Junfeng!"
Zuiyan returned the greeting meticulously.
"Domo, Blood Blade=san. I am the ninja of Zero Island, Drunken Eyes!"
Yamazaki held the long knife backwards and cut out dense red lines. In the blink of an eye, the old man's office was cut into countless pieces by sharp blood lines!
"You...betrayed me!"
Drunken Eyes evaded with continuous back handsprings and used wine mist to resist the attack. "My disciples, the ninjas I taught, the young people who fought to protect the country...!" He stood on the remains of the desk and roared like a bright king! "You insult their beliefs, you insult their death!"
"Ah, I betrayed! Even if I am infamy, even if my body is broken into pieces, I will stop this madness!
"
The old ninja from Zero Island raised his right arm and sent a signal. At this time, all the key points in Weiyuan City burst into flames at the same time! It is an intelligence integration agency, a weapons reserve, a secret laboratory, and the major centers for the operation of the Four Symbols and Barriers!
"you……!"
If someone could look down from above with a chess game-like vision, he would be able to understand everything happening in the city. Taking Zuiyan's rebellion as a signal, the war against the martial arts association and military front was ignited in various parts of Weihara Castle.
Overnight, all the power in Weiyuan City was twisted into a rope. Fighters fighting in various parts of the giant city include not only ninjas and priests, but also gangsters with double guns, young people in punk attire, female riders in leather jackets, high school students in school uniforms... all kinds of people are fighting in Weihara Castle. They cheered like old ninjas.
"——Fight for Zero Island!"
·
99. On the first floor of the Beijing Tower, there is a strategic material reserve room. The black-armored warrior Sect Honin Liuwu shouted in the chaos: "Gather combat power to counterattack and ensure contact with all important locations!"
He drew his long knife and mercilessly chopped off the rebel's head. "Aba-!" Liu Wu picked up the communicator anxiously: "Sakura Wu! What are you doing? Go support Yamazaki and stabilize the barrier!
"
"..."
The leader of the ninja army maintained an eerie silence, and Liu Wu shouted crazily: "Have you forgotten your duty?! The country is responsible for your own life! You are the god of Zero Island!
"
"As you said." The woman's cold voice came, "That's why I only obey the orders of the de facto ruler of Lingdao. Goodbye, Your Excellency Zong Honin."
"——!"
Zongbenyuan Liuwu thought of an extremely bad possibility. Now that Zuiyan is leading his confidants to rebel, who will Yingmai consider as the de facto ruler?
Yamazaki handed over the task of guarding the meeting to Sakura Mai. He grabbed the technician who was hugging his head and crying in the corner: "Get the live broadcast of the giant joint meeting, quickly!
"
The poor technician was so frightened by the warrior's aura that he became slightly incontinent. "Yes! Very happy!
"The technician connected at a speed several times higher than usual. He suddenly shouted: "Sir Zong Benyuan... the meeting is over, only the video is available! "
"What?!"
A second later, the scene displayed on the surveillance screen made everyone in the room feel ridiculous and out of touch with reality.
A paunchy, bald man, the president of the Great Federation and Prime Minister of Zero Island, sat at the head with a funny posture. He took off his tie and tied it on his head like a drunkard. He moved his hands up and down. His face was upright and he spoke like a leading actor in a drama.
"Everyone... relatives and friends~! Everyone... brothers~! As the president of Practical Manufacturing Co., Ltd., I would like to ask President Genya Shigure of Amemura Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to take over. Ours, ours..."
The balding man seemed to have forgotten his words and was so anxious that he slapped his thigh. The man on his right hurriedly reminded: "President! President!" This thin-lipped man is the representative of Xilang Electronics. He put on his suit jacket He took it off and fanned the current president like he was extinguishing a flame.
"President? Who is the president?" "You are the president!" "I...not!" The balding man stood up excitedly, pumped his fist and shouted: "Shigure Genya is the president!"
All the attendees at the long table stood up. Their eyes filled with tears and wept bitterly, as if they had heard the truth of this world.
"That's right!" "That's good!" "That's how it should be!" "It's past time for a change!" "Please invite Genya Shigure to serve as the president and concurrently Prime Minister of Zero Island!"
Liu Wu was so angry that he slashed the screen with his knife. "Are they all crazy?! Are they all crazy?!" But being underground, he could not affect the meeting that had ended. On the half-destroyed screen, ridiculously dressed people were still talking to themselves.
"It is proposed to change the time of the God of Disaster Festival to today!" "Agree!" "It is proposed to change the venue of the God of Disaster Festival to Weihara Castle!" "Agree!"
Yamazaki's confidants, the old members of Sohonin, the spokespersons of foreign forces, the supporters of Nanyo Shinto... all the conference representatives were transformed at this moment and became the die-hard loyalists of Genya Shigure. They stood in a group holding hands, laughing and joking around the long table, while at the same time making ridiculous suggestions with astonishing efficiency and rushing through at a machine-like speed. The supposedly complicated electronic procedures were completed at an unusually fast speed. In a few breaths, the apparent rulers of this country handed over all transferable rights to Genya Shigure!
In this madhouse-like scene, only the last young man sat quietly. Wearing a white suit, he patiently waited for the farce to end.
The big shots in suits and ties stood in a row, knelt down, and collectively sat down in front of the young Shigure, then raised their arms and shouted:
"Long live Lord Genya Shigure! Long live Lord Genya Shigure!"
At this moment, the rulers of this country performed a surprisingly funny performance at the expense of their dignity and self, like becoming the puppets of the devil in white.
Shigure finally looked at the screen and nodded. Then the picture on the screen disappeared, and a long-lost panic appeared in Liu Wu's heart. He was aware of Shigure's ability. The experimental subject was specifically restricted in controlling power in order to prevent similar developments... He couldn't possibly do this! His control is still in Yamazaki's hands!
So who caused all this? Who finally allowed Shigure to move freely? The fear of the unknown gripped his heart, just as it broke his heart the day Master Chi came.
Yamazaki was trapped, Zuiyan betrayed, and now the only person who has control over the situation is Genya Shigure, who has unknown power... Ryumu immediately made a judgment, and he grabbed the last piece of "strategic materials" stored underground. into his arms, and gave the order resolutely.
"All members of the Martial Arts Club Junfeng obey orders, cooperate with all actions of Shigure's experimental subjects, and support Genya Shigure at all costs!"
boom! The solid wall shattered, and a man as huge as a vehicle crashed into Liuwu with an impact like a Shinkansen! "Ahem——!" The black-armored warrior flew ten meters away, and the smashing sound was like thunder.
"Rage, anger, anger! Kill you!"
"Young man with a yellow mouth, you are just wishful thinking!" Liu Wu stood up with his katana, his blade ignited with purple flames, "I am the immortal Liu Wu!"
Shatter responded with black and red calamity flames, his giant fist hit the blade, and the ninja and samurai fought to the death underground!
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Before the forecasted meteorological disaster came, Weiyuan City fell into a man-made war. People who hid in underground shelters to avoid disasters knew nothing about the situation on the ground due to deliberate intelligence manipulation. And outside Weiyuan City, in a chaotic gathering place called the Outer District, four young people got on a helicopter.
"Are you ready?" Reiichi Shigure shouted while wearing headphones. The gray-haired young man beside him shouted back: "You can speak telepathically!
"
"I'm a little nervous!"
Rei Shigure pulled the control sticks one by one, and the propellers on the top of the helicopter folded to both sides, transforming into a glider-like structure. Four unconventional pipes stretched out from the back of the vehicle, and fierce blue fire spit out instantly, causing the "helicopter" to soar into the sky like a missile!
The little miko screamed: "What the hell is this?!" Rei Shigure grabbed the safety armrest hard. "I told you that Sky City is full of a bunch of damn psychos! How did this thing get off the ground?!"
Rei Shigure quickly manipulated the control lever and said without changing his expression: "Landing with telekinesis."
“Is it still me in the end?! It’s really still me!
"
The missile and helicopter turned into a shining line of fire in the sky above the giant city. It flew under the blood-like red clouds, leading the investigators to the final battlefield!
You are a genius, remember in one second: Red Oasis:
