Super Fighting Tokyo

Chapter 34: The Changing Landscape of Offense and Defense (Three chapters today!)

Unlike the "Superman kick".

A professional wrestler's flying kick involves flipping the entire body in mid-air, emphasizing the inertia generated by rotation, and concentrating the weight and power of the whole body on the instep.

Use the instep as the striking point to deliver a "whipping" effect directly to the opponent!
Zangief's Whirlwind Spinning Kick!
boom!
Shiraki Sei's instep struck Rodham on the side of the head.

On the other end of the monitor, Q-Darling heard a crackling sound from the speakers, followed by cracks appearing on the screen, and then a lot of static.

Shiraki's kick also damaged the camera next to Rodham's ear!

At the end of the scene, Q-Darro clearly sees the "person from the divine realm" named Akagi Shigeru raise his pistol at Rodem and pull the trigger.

"Farewell, Rodham."

boom!
The bullet was fired, and the screen went completely black.

Q-Lang will never see Rodham again.

Therefore, he couldn't possibly know what "Rodm" actually saw in the end—Q-Lan didn't care either.

After all, Rodham was just a useful "tool".

……

……

Rodham's eyes were bloodshot from the acid, and his vision was blurred.

As the pistol fired, a brief flash of light from the muzzle brought light back into Rodham's vision.

Driven by a beastly instinct, Rodm sensed a life-or-death crisis, and his brain was forced to function, with a revolving lantern of his life flashing before his eyes.

In that instant, Rodham's eyes were no longer those of a murderous demon, but instead became incredibly clear.

It seems that he has reverted to the dull "Maruk" he used to be.

He remembered—

When I was a child, I was so hungry that I was skin and bones. I sat alone in a corner of the ruins, surrounded by the corpses of villagers who had been slaughtered by mercenaries.

Just then, a mercenary came to him, reached out his hand, and led him away from his hometown.

Afterwards, the mercenaries injected him with drugs and ordered him to kill someone.

But killing someone is wrong, isn't it?

—That's what Maruk thought.

Thus, under Q-Lan's extreme pressure, Maruk's brain activated its self-protection mechanism, giving rise to a second personality—Rodm—specifically designed for murder.

However, Maruk didn't understand this kind of thing.

Catalyzed by drugs and human experiments, Maruk has now lost the ability to recall his memories.

His bewildered eyes simply stared blankly at the revolving lantern in front of him, nothing more.

Such a life... is far too tragic.

All Maruk could do was keep asking himself questions—

who am I?
Maruk? Rodham? Who am I?
……

……

The fifth floor of the building, offices.

Q-Lang stared at the blacked-out screen and listened to the silent speakers, remaining speechless for a moment.

There was only one thing he cared about—

Rodham was killed?!

"..."

After a moment of silence, Q-Lang suddenly spoke, asking Ye Xing beside him, "Mr. Ye Xing, have I... lost?"

Nightwalker shook his head. "The conditions for determining victory or defeat are either 'the Liar Eaters or the People of the Divine Realm successfully escape from the building,' or 'the Ninefold Lords prevent them from escaping the building.'"

"I believe there is still hope."

At this point, Ye Xing changed the subject and said with a playful smile, "Of course, if Lord Jiuzhong gives up now, the winner will be one of the other two participants."

Swish!
No sooner had he finished speaking than Q-Lang suddenly drew his cane knife and aimed it at Ye Xing's neck.

"Give up? What a joke! You're right, of course I still have hope!"

Q-Long's face was contorted with rage as he rasped, "There are no rules in this bet, which means the notary for this bet is—Mr. Nightwalker..."

"Once you disappear from this world, no one will know who won or lost!"

"Both my entire fortune and my gambling club membership will be preserved, right?"

Gamblers who lose everything often give up entirely, even to the point of quitting altogether, which is exactly what Q-Lang is doing now.

Upon hearing this, the old man, dressed in a suit and with his hair and beard meticulously groomed, slowly opened his eyes.

That being said, I advise you to give up—

Swish!
Before he could finish speaking, Q-Lang gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and slashed down at Ye Xing with all his might.

But when the blade was less than two centimeters from Ye Xing's brow, Ye Xing suddenly stretched out his right hand and pinched the blade with just three fingers.

No matter how hard Q-Dragon tried, he just couldn't press down the blade of the cane-sword!
Nightwalker's expression was calm, and his movements remained as elegant as a gentleman's, almost like a work of art.

"Notaries are responsible for mediating disputes and will also accept commissions from members to handle various matters."

"The members include high-ranking bureaucrats, warlords, mercenaries, mafia members, yakuza, and people from all sorts of different fields."

"We were all carefully selected..."

Ye Xing slightly turned his body to the side, releasing the blade that had been gripped.

Swish!
Q-Lang's blade fell, but missed its mark. Ye Xing had already dodged to the side, letting the blade pass right in front of him.

"How could a notary public be defeated by such an irrational and ruthless person?"

"If you can't overcome this, you can't do this job!"

boom!
Nightwalker delivered a powerful upward kick, sending Q-Daro's cane sword flying. Then, he twisted his body and, before the cane sword hit the ground in mid-air, kicked at the hilt of the cane sword.

Swish!
The cane knife was kicked away, the blade embedding itself in a nearby concrete wall, with most of the blade submerged within.

"?!"

This scene left Q-Lang completely dumbfounded.

Although I had heard before that the gambling notary was quite powerful, that was just hearsay.

What's more, Nightwalker Queen Gu Yi—this white-haired old gentleman actually possesses martial prowess that rivals that of a young man, which is simply unbelievable!
While Q-Lang was still in a daze, a voice suddenly came from the door.

"Hehe, the notary is really amazing, and the gambler's game is quite interesting. Tonight is good."

"..."

Ye Xing looked towards the door and bowed slightly to the person entering.

Q-Dragon looked closely and realized it was Akagi Shigeru—he hadn't gone downstairs directly, but instead returned to his office on the fifth floor.

"What are you doing here?" Q-Lang asked, puzzled.

Akagi Shigeru, a cigarette dangling from his lips, chuckled calmly, "Of course, we'll keep gambling." Q-Daro, still seething with anger, instantly flared up upon hearing this, "Hmph, just in time!"

He rushed to a short distance away and reached out to grab the cane sword stuck in the wall—since Akagi Shigeru didn't have the fighting skills of Yoru, he'd kill him first!

But just as Q-Lang's hand touched the hilt of the knife, a dark figure suddenly rushed out from behind and stepped on the end of the hilt.

Ode!
Battle aura bursts forth!

Shiramu Cheng kicked the hilt of the knife, stomping the entire blade into the wall. No matter how hard Q-Daro tried, he couldn't pull it out.

"call……"

Akagi Shigeru exhaled a puff of white smoke, his eyes so clear they seemed inhuman, as he looked at Q-Daro with great anticipation.

Seeing this, Q-Lang frowned and stopped insisting on using the staff and knife.

"【The Man of the Divine Realm】Akagi Shigeru—indeed as remarkable as the rumors suggest, even capable of recruiting forces comparable to Rodem..."

Q-Long smiled and suddenly suggested, "Let's join forces!"

"Hmm?" Akagi Shigeru and Shiraki Shigeki were slightly taken aback.

Q-Long snarled, "Gambling Club membership or all my assets, I'll lose them all to you! Let's join forces and take down the [Liar Eater]!"

"As long as we take down the [Liar Eater], we can use that as a starting point to climb step by step to the top of the gambling world."

“I have connections among mercenaries abroad, and I’m also familiar with the arms smuggling business. I’m qualified to be ‘used’ by you!”

"..."

Seeing that Akagi Shigeru and Shiraki Sho remained silent, Q-Tarou quickly said, "Think about it carefully, now is a golden opportunity to deal with the [Liar Eater]!"

"—As long as this young man is here."

Q-Daro became more and more excited as he spoke, glancing at Shiraki Cheng beside him.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect that there would be a 'human' whose combat strength could rival Rodham's!"

"Without this young man's martial prowess, 'human intelligence' alone wouldn't be enough to outmaneuver Rodham, let alone kill him. Killing the [Lie Eater] would probably be a piece of cake, hehe..."

Seeing that even Q-Lang had made a joke out of himself, Bai Mucheng teased, "Rodm is, after all, your son. Do you still want to cooperate with us after we killed your son?"

"Son? Haha, no way."

Q-Lang waved his hands repeatedly and explained, "After mastering the technology of human modification, in order to obtain qualified test subjects, I went to great lengths to attack several battlefield villages, kill the adults in the villages, and take away the children."

"Among the experimental subjects who were modified, the only successful one was 'Maruk'."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mucheng adjusted his ear and responded to Wu Fengshui's words from the other end of the earphone, "Yes, your assessment is absolutely correct."

"What?" Q-Darlang asked, puzzled.

Bai Mucheng grabbed Q-Dalang by the collar and lifted him up into the air. "Feng Shui and I both think you're a piece of scum!"

"Hey……"

Q-Daro felt a chill run down his spine and immediately sought help from Akagi Shigeru.

However, Shigeru Akagi simply had a cigarette in his mouth, seemingly deep in thought.

Q-Lang struggled and shouted, "Calm down! Killing me like this is pointless and won't bring you any benefit!"

"Well, that's it..."

Shigeru Akagi flicked the ash from his cigarette. "The so-called 'gambling' is that some people die meaninglessly."

Q-Dragon was stunned by Akagi Shigeru's words, "What meaningless death..."

Upon hearing this, Akagi Shigeru's eyes were filled with disappointment, and he asked Q-Tarou quite seriously, "So, from beginning to end, you weren't gambling, but just killing for fun?"

"..."

In that instant, Q-Darō suddenly realized that Akagi Shigeru was the truly twisted "pure gambler".

Convincing him to cooperate with me? Absolutely impossible!

If anyone could stand shoulder to shoulder with him, it would probably be someone with superhuman strength or intelligence of the same level.

"Give up, Little Q, you and Brother Akagi are not the same kind of people at all."

"—Of course, neither am I or Brother Akagi."

Baku appeared at the office door, followed by Takaomi Kaji.

"..."

Seeing that Q-Daro had not responded for a long time, Baku was a little surprised, but after a closer look, he immediately understood the reason.

"Ah, Xiao Cheng, put Xiao Q down first, he looks like he can't breathe."

Only then did Shiraki Cheng loosen his grip on Q-Daro's collar.

"Cough cough..."

Q-Lang took a few breaths, barely regaining his senses, and looked at the two who had caught up from behind.

"[The Liar Eater], what are you and your henchmen doing here?"

He looked puzzled. "You've walked right into a trap—you'll be wiped out by the forces of the [Divine Realm]!"

"Haha, Little Q is such a nice person!"

Baku laughed happily, then suddenly changed the subject, "You think you can change the subject?"

Q-Lang's heart tightened. "Huh?!"

Baku pulled out a pistol and tapped his forehead lightly. "You've killed so many people, how will the price be settled?"

"The outcome of this gamble depends on me and Brother Akagi—whoever's people 'step out' of this building first, or both of us die here. There are no other rules."

Baku raised his gun and aimed at Q-Dragon.
"So, in other words, I can kill you first, and then figure out a way to escape Xiao Cheng's pursuit, right?"

"..."

Cold sweat broke out on Q-Lang's forehead.

Before he could say anything, Shiramu Cheng pushed Q-Daro, causing him to stumble a few steps toward the office door, and then Baku shot Q-Daro in the soles of his feet.

boom!
Q-Daro was forced to flee the office, and looking back into the room with a lingering sense of shock, he saw that apart from Kaji Takaomi, the other four people were watching him with great interest.

"Go for it, Little Q!"

Baku laughed uncontrollably, "Now, it's your turn to escape 'our' building..."

"..."

Seeing Q-Daro leave, Baku turned his gaze and asked Shiraki Cheng in a low voice.

"Speaking of which, Cheng, the opportunity to fight is yours, but—are you really confident you can defeat Rodham head-on?"

"Who knows?" Bai Mucheng shrugged, muttering with a smile, "Anyway, I don't want to lose..."

　Tonight's third update: After finishing the Abandoned Building arc, we'll begin a new storyline!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)