Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 464 Assassination of the Ninja Head
"It's really all thanks to you."

Tang Jiaren looked helpless as he saw He Songling sitting on his bed without any courtesy, half of his body squeezed out of the bed. What should he do? He was able to survive this time thanks to He Songling, and he couldn't chase him away.

"You are... the disciple from Mount Longhu just now, right?" Tang Jiaren looked at Zhang Zhiwei, feeling a little confused. It's fine if He Songling comes to ask, but why does he let Zhang Zhiwei come to calculate?

"This kid is the most talented disciple of our time except me. He may become the top student who dominates several generations in the future. Let him listen more. Maybe he can learn by analogy." Although He Songling and Zhang Zhiwei usually play around, they never forget each other when they get benefits.

"Oh, you!" After hearing He Songling's introduction, Tang Jiaren suddenly had some impression of him. "I remember when my junior brother brought people from the Tang Sect to visit Longhu Mountain to exchange ideas with you. Were you defeated by Li Ding?"

"Yes, it's him." He Songling helped to verify.

"That's amazing. How old were you back then? Eleven or twelve? Li Ding was almost seventeen that year. He had practiced martial arts well. My junior brother, the sect leader, promised him that he could go out on his own to carry out missions. But right after leaving Tang Sect, he ran into a tough guy like you, who was so young."

Tang Jiaren smiled and shook his head: "Back then, I almost broke Li Ding's heart. It took me nearly a year to recover before I dared to go down the mountain to accept the mission. Now it's good. I don't have to worry about my heart being broken. My whole body is broken."

Tang Jiaren said this, his smile faded, and he sighed again. He had not just been in contact with the outside world, and he had learned the results of the Tang Sect's battle at Mianshan yesterday through the means of sending messages within the sect.

"Shame on you, shame on you." The difference between Zhang Zhiwei and He Songling is that he is not a psychopath. He is serious when he needs to be serious. He stood solemnly, folded his hands, and bowed. "Brother Li Ding died heroically. He is truly a hero. I admire him."

"You're welcome." Tang Jiaren slightly turned his body and nodded at Zhang Zhiwei.

"Like what He Songling said, he killed the devils, so he is not a coward; but you are also heroes in the anti-Japanese war, you can't elevate him to a higher level just because he died and you didn't. In our sect, if someone dies on a mission, it only means that they haven't trained well enough and their strength is not good enough."

"See? This is the assassin sect." He Songling pierced through Tang Jiaren's disguise. "You are clearly excited and passionate, but you have to suppress it with the cold-blooded sect rules in order to kill people. If you continue like this, something bad will happen sooner or later."

He Songling thought of Yang Lie. Perhaps he wanted to steal the source of Qi because he could not make a living by killing people during the peaceful years. Otherwise, the Tang Sect might not be top-notch in terms of Kung Fu, but in terms of killing ability, how could they be weaker than the source of Qi?
"Stop talking nonsense." Tang Jiaren didn't want to talk about this issue. He was not like He Songling. For Lao Zhong now, peace was a long way off. He didn't dare to imagine what a peaceful and prosperous era would be like, nor did he dare to think that a world without assassinations would ever come.

"You want to know how I survived, right? I'll tell you."

Although Tang Jiaren was the leader of the assassins, he had taught students for many years after his retirement and had good eloquence. He quickly explained the situation at that time.

Tang Jiaren really had to thank He Songling. First of all, his illusion barrier did not reveal any flaws.

In the original novel, Tang Jiaren was discovered by the ninja head Ono Nori's ninjutsu "Ripple", and was forced to expose himself at an uncertain moment and attack head-on, which forced him to show weakness to the enemy later, sacrificing his arms and legs, and directly ruining his hope of escape. This time, knowing that the ninjas have this trick, Tang Jiaren naturally can't be stupid enough to open the illusion barrier and rush forward directly. In the eyes of the ninjas, this is no different from just walking over.

Thanks to He Songling's ability to sense auras, the two of them did some research and took out some tricks from the Tang Sect, modified them, and created some techniques that could disrupt the airflow around. They then combined them with the Tang Sect's methods of lurking and camouflage, and constantly changed their positions.

The fighting was fierce during the day, and it was uncertain how many people were involved at night. In this chaotic state, Ono Noriyoshi's ninjutsu "Ripple" could only detect a chaotic airflow, without any useful information. This left him with no recourse but to curse.

Although this also increased his vigilance, it was still much better than having his whereabouts discovered directly.

He just lurked there. Although the timing was not easy to find, the Tang Sect assassins had plenty of patience to lurk.

The situation could not go smoothly all the time, and coupled with the daytime attack, both the Japanese soldiers and the ninjas were in an irritable mood. Although Ono Noriyoshi did not personally participate in the battle, he kept listening to the battlefield reports and gave instructions on the micro-management, which also made him reveal flaws from time to time.

Tang Jiaren took advantage of these flaws and approached them step by step. He even took a shrinking potion to make himself smaller and younger so that he could break through the gaps in the "ripple".

By the time Tang Jiaren was discovered by Ono Noriyoshi, he had already approached the ninja leader within 20 meters. It was not just a simple approach, Tang Jiaren had already used the opportunity to lay a net of Danshi around him.

It is all-round and three-dimensional. In addition to the four sides, there are also those in the sky and underground, for fear that this old Japanese guy will use some strange escape technique to run away.

So when Tang Jiaren was discovered, he did not charge towards Ono Noriyoshi, but turned around and broke out.

The ninjas naturally understood this action as the assassin being discovered and fleeing in a panic. After all, he was the king of assassins, and he was really good at paralyzing the enemy's vigilance.

Therefore, Ono Noriyoshi only made basic defenses. Although his chakra was burning all over his body, forming a thick barrier to protect his body, his strength was no less than that of the strong man at the level of the sect leader of Lao Zhong, but he did not take further precautions or run away.

Ono Noriyoshi just directed Sakon and Ukon, "Go quickly, bring him back alive!"

Three attacks in a short period of time and two attacks within one day have exhausted these Japanese ninjas. They urgently need to capture a living person. In addition to forcing them to obtain intelligence, it also serves the purpose of showing off to the outside world and intimidating Lao Zhong Yiren.

However, as everyone knows, if he wants to kill a fierce man who is surrounded at all costs, then maybe he doesn't have any better way, but what about taking him alive?
Judging from the kung fu of the two ninjas nearby, Tang Jiaren, who didn't need to pretend to be weak, was much stronger than them. They couldn't stop them at all with just the two of them.

(End of this chapter)