I'm in the Dragon Clan, bound to the Naruto Counterattack System

Chapter 118 Do You Want to Dance Too?

Cheng Sui placed his foot on the hilt of the Kusanagi sword, exerting some force with his thigh.

Kazama Ruri could clearly hear the teeth-grinding scraping sound of the sword blade cutting into her collarbone.

The excruciating pain surged like a tidal wave, assaulting his nerves in waves, almost completely overwhelming his consciousness.

Sweat mixed with blood trickled down his forehead.

Upon hearing Kazama Ruri's words, Cheng Sui questioned expressionlessly, "So the subway shutdown was a ruse you created, and your real purpose was to use the subway to take Erii away?"

Kazama Ruri forced an extremely awkward smile, her collarbone twitching with every breath: "This is the King's plan; none of the rest of us know about it."

"General?" Cheng Sui asked.

"It's the white-masked man you killed that night." Blood seeping from the severed ear stained half of Kazama Ruri's cheek, giving his handsome face an eerie beauty.

A person dies and comes back to life.

This matter itself is full of strangeness and bizarreness.

But Cheng Sui remained calm. Kazama Ruri's words didn't sound like a lie. All he needed to do was face the facts and find a solution.

Of course, he did not completely believe Kazama Ruri's story.

Which subway line?

Cheng Sui's voice was icy. He leaned down, his scarlet eyes fixed on Kazama Ruri's eyes.

Ruri Kazama's pupils suddenly contracted.

He was forced to meet the gaze of those eerie Sharingan eyes.

The next second, a cold and ominous spiritual force violently rushed into his mind, stirring his consciousness.

My brain became foggy, as if I had been forcibly injected with an anesthetic, and all my thoughts began to become viscous and sluggish.

This is the result of Cheng Sui combining the Illusionary Mantra Mirror with the Sharingan's genjutsu, and so far the effect seems to be quite good.

"Which subway line does Erii live on?" Cheng asked.

To Kazama Ruri, this seemingly ordinary question seemed to possess an irresistible magic, compelling him to instinctively answer.

"I don't know—" Kazama Ruri murmured to herself, her mind already in a state of confusion, "King General—"

He never shared his full plans with anyone.

Cheng Sui's expression turned serious, which meant that he had to search all four subway cars on the four subway lines near Tokyo Tower in a very short time.

Cheng Sui drew his grass sword, flicked his wrist, and shook the blood droplets off the blade onto the ground.

She walked slowly to Kazama Ruri's side.

I don't believe this person's words. The safest way is to completely incapacitate him in a short period of time. If I can't find Erii this time, he won't be able to leave here.

As for whether killing him would disrupt the long-term quest provided by the system to unlock Divine Might.

During his time in Japan, Cheng Sui learned a valuable lesson: while strength is important, one should not be bound by it.

If Erii were to suffer an accident this time, even if she were to lose her Kamui forever, he would not hesitate to make Kazama Ruri disappear from this world.

Moreover, although Shenwei is powerful, he is not irreplaceable.

Even if he can't acquire any other abilities later, just by continuously refining the Hashirama cells in his body, he's guaranteed to become a Kage-level powerhouse in the future.

Kazama Ruri watched as the long sword pointed diagonally at the ground and the boy walked towards her step by step.

A bitter smile curved his lips.

In the end, he still couldn't let himself go.

At that moment, a strange emotion welled up in his heart.

Perhaps it was the boy's decisiveness and strength that reminded him of his own cowardly and incompetent self.

If I had been half as brave as him back then, would those tragedies have been avoided?

Even Kazama Ruri himself was unaware that when facing Cheng Sui, his way of thinking unconsciously tended towards the soul of the person named Genji in his body.

"The subway will depart in a few minutes."

"You'd better hurry up and go after your girl."

After saying this, Kazama Ruri closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate.

He thought he would feel fear and resentment.

I never imagined that when death actually came, I would feel so calm.

Cheng Sui glanced at Kazama Ruri, who was lying flat on the ground, with a strange look on his face.

This person cooperated very well.

"You should be grateful you have a great older brother since you're still alive."

Cheng Sui said it casually.

Before Kazama Ruri could ponder the meaning of those words, a hand had already precisely sliced ​​into his carotid artery.

Kazama Ruri felt a sharp pain in her neck, then everything went black and she lost consciousness.

Cheng Sui picked him up with one hand and casually tossed him into the shadows in a corner.

After doing all this, he vanished in a flash.

When he and Erii left the love hotel, he borrowed a map of the area from the proprietress and learned that there were four subway lines near Tokyo Tower. It would be quite difficult to find all of them in a few minutes.

Fortunately, I had already memorized the map, so I just needed to find them one by one. Besides—

He doesn't need to go looking for it alone.

Cheng Sui quickly formed hand seals in front of his chest.

Shadow Clone Technique!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three plumes of white mist exploded, and three figures identical to him appeared simultaneously.

The main body and its three shadow clones exchanged a glance, nodded in tacit agreement, and then transformed into four afterimages, rushing off in four completely different directions.

While moving at high speed, Cheng Sui frantically activated the chakra within his body to continuously refine Hashirama's cells.

Fine, deep wood grain patterns climbed up his neck and quickly spread to his cheeks.

He felt a tearing pain throughout his body, but he did not stop.

He needs greater power.

Inside the subway car, Wang Jiang watched the countdown gradually reach zero, and the smile on his face became increasingly distorted.

"It seems your savior has broken his promise," he said, pinching Erii's chin with a morbid sense of satisfaction in his eyes. "Once you get back, I'll perform surgery on you to make you forget everything that happened these past few days. You'll just stay in the cage and grow up obediently, then become a filter on my path to godhood."

Upon hearing the words "delete memories," a faint light flickered in Erii's empty pupils.

In the depths of that empty soul, it seems as if a little girl is struggling desperately.

Seeing the struggle in the girl's eyes, the king stroked Erii's cheek and whispered, "A caged bird still dares to dream of flying. You should just obediently be your canary. Japan is the most magnificent birdcage tailor-made for you. Then, I'll use a grand and splendid death to welcome my ascension to the throne!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, his body almost dancing with his words.

Because he was certain that Erii's memories would soon be erased, he spoke without reservation about the things he had kept hidden deep in his heart—

A secret that shouldn't have been revealed.

Erii's eyes remained vacant.

But the girl stubbornly turned her face away, avoiding the king's disgusting caresses.

Her fingers unconsciously tightened around the crystal ball in her arms.

Wang chuckled and noticed the crystal ball in the girl's hand, inside which the Tokyo Tower model was emitting a warm light.

"Hehe, did he give this to you?"

The king's smile instantly turned into a ferocious expression.

He snatched the crystal ball from Erii's hand.

Under the girl's gaze, which suddenly contracted, he smashed the crystal ball to the ground.

"Snapped!"

A crisp cracking sound echoed in the empty carriage.

The crystal ball shattered into pieces.

Erii stared blankly at the shards on the ground.

Wang raised his foot and stomped down hard on the still faintly glowing Tokyo Tower model wolf with the sole of his shoe.

The warm light turned into dust at his feet.

At the same time, the subway doors began to slowly close, emitting a "beep beep" sound.

The king spread his arms and danced a grotesque Noh dance in the empty carriage to celebrate his victory.

Deep within Erii's consciousness, in that endless space shrouded in darkness.

The girl could no longer hold back; she crouched down and began to sob softly.

She called that name in her heart again and again.

"Naruto——Nauto————"

"Bang!"

An unimaginable explosion rang out!

The subway car doors, which were about to close completely, were kicked open from the outside by an incredibly violent force, and the thick metal door panels twisted and deformed inward!

A crimson light tore through the darkness inside the carriage.

Cheng Sui rushed in from outside and grabbed the neck of Wang Jiang, who was still dancing.

The three tomoe in his eyes spun wildly, and the undisguised, chilling killing intent made the air in the entire carriage freeze.

The dense, deep wood grain covered half of the boy's face, making his expression look ferocious and furious.

He lifted Wang Jiang off the ground with one hand, forcing him to meet his gaze into Wang Jiang's burning, crimson eyes.

"I'm asking you," Cheng Sui's voice was hoarse, "Do you also want to dance?"

The king's face froze in ecstasy, turning into astonishment.

Then, anger and fear, two completely different emotions, intertwined and appeared on his face.

He forced out a smile that looked worse than a grimace, and squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.

"Do you know?"

"You look more like a demon than I do now."

Erii looked at Cheng Sui who had suddenly appeared, and two lines of clear tears slowly flowed from the girl's empty eyes.