"Hahaha, let me explain." Seeing that Tenkoji's bald head was full of veins and he was obviously about to explode, Kanon quickly took the phone and began to explain the use of the Manshi Ball connecting wire to Kotaro. In short, this thing has excellent elasticity and can help them safely descend from the helicopter.

Just then, Mayumi suddenly exclaimed from the phone, "Kou-Kou-Taro!" Her voice was so loud that even Kisaragi and Tenkoji heard it. Everyone crowded around the phone: "What happened? What's wrong?"

There was no response, and just one minute later, Kotaro landed from the plane.

"Oh no, he fell! Is he alright?"

The answer was that nothing serious happened. Kotaro's hands were wrapped with the connecting wire of the Manshi Ball, so his fall turned into a bungee jump, and he bounced back when he was close to the ground.

Tenkoji drew his sword and cut the silk threads, only to find that Kotaro had already fainted. He immediately slapped him a few times: "Hey, are you the kind of person who faints from bungee jumping? Get up!"

Then another person fell off the plane, this time it was Mayumi Tose.

"Eek—" Mayumi didn't faint, and screamed all the way. This time, Kanon caught her with her hand. The power-dissipating effect was still very useful... However, there were only two Ten Thousand Death Balls. The thread of the previous one had already been cut, so this one couldn't be cut. There was still some left for Shindo Kou Ryumi to get off the plane.

As Kanon was untying the silk threads for Mayumi, a rope suddenly flew over and entangled the connecting lines of the Ten Thousand Deaths Ball.

That was the rope used by the female ninja Shino—Kane wasn't very good at tying people up, but Shino was a master of rope techniques. Everyone had left her hanging for a while, and she managed to break free when no one was looking.

Pulling on the rope, Shino felt it was tightly bound, and she saw a glimmer of hope: "Hehe, now I don't have to worry about being stood up~ Sayonara yo, my Japanese friends~"

"Stop messing around..." Tenkoji came over and swung his sword, cutting the rope in one go. The recoil made Shino fall flat on his back. "There's still one of us who hasn't come down yet."

However, after another minute or so, no one disembarked from the helicopter. Instead, the smoke cleared, control was gradually restored, and it began to ascend.

"Holy crap, what's going on..." Tenkoji was stunned, Kisaragi was stunned, Kanon and Shino were both stunned.

Mayumi, however, was preoccupied with her own thoughts. Having just been captured and put on a helicopter, only to be rescued by Shindo and his mother, she was the one who knew the situation best: "That American ninja named Tobi raised his gun to shoot at Kotaro during the melee, but Kotaro blocked it with his hand. It's said to be a super-strong tetanus virus... so Kotaro knocked Kotaro unconscious and went with them."

So, Gong Liumei is planning to infiltrate enemy territory herself to obtain the antidote? That sounds like a very risky choice...

"Ah, viruses are something we're really not good at." Tenkoji was also worried. Although they were all experts, they were just ordinary students and couldn't handle anything involving high technology.

Hanon didn't understand viruses either, but she knew there was someone here who did: "Don't overthink it, let's ask someone with expertise first. That female ninja is called Shino, Shino... uh, you..."

It turns out that Shino had been unable to board the plane after Tenkoji cut her rope, and this open space was full of enemy experts. She had no choice but to use her signature "disguise" technique to confuse the enemy and try to escape.

The problem lies in this "disguise"... Not to mention how jarring it would be for a large rock to suddenly appear in a previously empty open space, the fact that the rock is covered with red heart patterns is enough to arouse suspicion!

With a heavy heart that "it's hard for us to hold back our laughter when you're like this," Kanon walked over and kicked a stone. By sheer coincidence, it landed right on Shino's buttocks. Shino screamed and jumped up, and her "pretend" naturally fell apart.

"Oops, I mixed up the front and back..."

This female ninja is really out of touch with reality.

"Well, it's come to this. Although ninjas aren't good at head-on combat, if I can't fight my way out and get to the Japanese branch to get vaccinated within five days, my life will be in danger!" Shino raised the rope that had been broken in half, preparing to put up a last-ditch effort.

Emmm, after a two-second silence, Kanon turned to everyone and asked, "It seems she told us everything we wanted to know: those American ninjas have a branch in Japan, the virus incubation period is five days, is there anything else you want to know?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Alright then." Kanon cracked her knuckles and walked toward Shino: "All that's left is the location of the Japanese branch. We'll just grab her and ask her slowly."

Author's note: Hmm, I played games until 3 or 4 AM last night and got a bit carried away. I wasn't feeling well when I woke up today. Also, this chapter is a bit filler, but I'm a very honest person and I won't cheat on word count, so I'll post a free chapter here first.

So there will be two more updates tonight, around 6 PM and 9 or 10 PM if nothing unexpected happens. This part of the story is not far from ending, or rather, the role this part of the story will play in the whole book is about to become apparent. Next week we will enter the story of Baki!

Chapter 465, Section 471: The Shindo Family Returns to the Battlefield

The half-day trip to Tsurumine Academy has come to an end. Huh? Did they catch Shino? That silly girl who can turn props inside out with her disguise technique, and with her ninjutsu failing her, she only used taijutsu to fight Kanon. Need I say more about the outcome?

After defeating Shino again, Kisaragi took his leave—anticipating a major battle, he needed to rest and prepare new weapons. The rest of the group returned to the Shindo family home, but compared to their lively and cheerful time in District D, the boys and girls were noticeably downcast on the way back.

After all, Shindo Kotaro was suffering from a deadly poison and would be in mortal danger in five days, while his mother, Kotaro Rumi, was missing and had fallen into enemy hands.

The only one who could lighten the mood was Mitarai, the student whose underwear had been "stolen" by Kōrumi, who was pretending to be Mayumi. He ran into Kanon and the others at the light rail station. Mitarai said he was shocked by the appalling sanitation of the D-ward, and being a super germaphobe, he decided to dedicate his entire high school career to the great "Clean D-ward" movement. He was carrying a lot of bags and was about to head there.

A year later, D area became the hygiene model area of ​​Tsurumine Academy, so clean it almost shone. However, the group of delinquents who had been entrenched there were also driven to despair by the skilled Mitarai, and they all moved to other areas, causing chaos in Tsurumine... But that's another story.

As for that day, when everyone returned to Shindo's house, it was already late afternoon with the sun setting.

"Kane, you're back?" The first person to greet her was Miho, who rushed over, hugged Kanon, and kissed her, which really surprised everyone.

Kotaro and Mayumi have known Kanon for quite some time, and Miho and the others have also met her, but is this really their relationship? Not to mention Tenkoji, who only officially met Kanon yesterday, he suddenly realized: "No wonder Miss Ye is so quick-witted and cheerful, it turns out this beautiful and capable girl is a lesbian."

"Wait a minute!" Tenkoji suddenly remembered something else: "Yesterday, wasn't there another girl who was being close to her...?"

Sure enough, speak of the devil, and he appears. After Miho, Garuda also ran out of the house, grinning as he hugged Kanon. However, because Miho gave her a timely warning look, Kanon shuddered and dodged Garuda's kiss.

Ah, in that very second, Kanon realized she was back in the midst of a chaotic battle...

"Ah, young master, Miss Mayumi, you're both back~" Mihono and Garuda were, after all, guests of the Shindou family, and they weren't the ones in charge here. After the two women, Shindou's acting master, Inamori Kyoshiro, came out to greet them: "It feels like an eternity without you all..."

Kyoshiro suddenly noticed the two ninjas that Kotaro and Tenkoji were carrying on their shoulders and exclaimed, "Huh? Are these two ninjas dressed as ninjas in cahoots with the thieves from this afternoon?"

"Huh? A thief?"

Although most people got drunk at last night's banquet, everyone was an adult with their own jobs, and they all left for work after waking up this morning. By noon, only Kyoshiro, the acting master who practically lived at the dojo, Garuda, a student on spring break, and Mieko, who was essentially the boss and could quit whenever she wanted, remained. Kyoshiro temporarily acted as a caring older brother, chatting with the two girls until, in the afternoon, two ninja-like figures sneaked in.

"Hey, those two thieves were making too much noise ransacking the house. I caught them and punched them both into the street." Kyoshiro was indeed a master, and he didn't hold back when boasting: "These petty thieves want to steal things under my nose? They're really asking for trouble."

“Stealing…” Ignoring Kyoshiro’s next words, the fact that American ninjas had rummaged through the Shindo family’s belongings, along with the pursuit from Tsurumine Academy, clearly pointed to Kōtaro and the Shindo family as the culprits. Kanon turned to Kōtaro and asked, “Is there something in your house that attracts these ninjas?”

“I remember now,” Mayumi replied. “When I was kidnapped and taken to the plane, those ninjas used me to threaten Korumi into handing over the ‘Tiger Scroll’…”

"The Tiger Scroll? That's what it is." Kotaro tapped his hands together. "I remember it. It's in my family's treasure vault."

"A...treasure trove?"

Yes, don't be fooled by the fact that the Shindo family's house looks like a medium-sized Japanese garden with a dojo in the front and a courtyard in the back. This house has a history of one or two hundred years and has been managed by several heads of the family. It has countless basements, secret rooms, and hidden passages. It's only natural that it has a treasure room!

Then Kotaro led a group of curious kids on a tour of his family's treasure trove... It was quite an interesting journey.

The secret passage to the treasure vault was located in an old squat toilet. Pulling back the floorboards next to the toilet revealed the passage leading down below.

Even Kanon, who lives in a grand mansion, was shocked. They really know how to have fun...

Interestingly, the only one among everyone who didn't find it strange was Garuda, who instead pointed out several advantages and disadvantages of the design with great interest.

After all, the Wu family is a thousand-year-old clan, and presumably, the old mansion of Garuda's ancestral home would have had many such traps.

When they arrived at the treasure vault, everyone searched around. Kotaro inevitably had another argument with Tenkoji, but with many hands making light work, they quickly found the wooden box containing the scroll.

“Very good, let’s figure out how to open it next~” Kotaro looked at the box from left to right, but dared not make a move: “That old woman’s things are always protected, and it might explode if we open it carelessly.”

“Ah, let me go back and study it slowly after you open the wooden box.” A voice suddenly interrupted, “But now, you have to take the wooden box with you.”

That's female ninja Shino.

This girl is indeed quite skilled at using ropes. Kotaro, that rascal, is far more knowledgeable about binding than Kanon, yet the knots he tied were easily broken. Shino secretly followed him to the treasure vault and, seeing that Kotaro had finally obtained the Tiger Scroll, the secret manual of the Shindo-ryu ninjutsu, suddenly appeared, took control of the hostages with a knife, and threatened everyone.

Seeing that it was Shino, Kanon scratched her head: "You really are full of energy. How many times have you run out like this? I don't want to hit you a third time. You're not the White Bone Demon."

"Enough with the nonsense!" Shino snapped. "We can settle our score later. Give me the wooden box now."

Seeing Hanon's calm expression, Shino tightened his grip on the hostage even more: "Don't think I'm joking! I really will take action!"

"Oh." Hana squinted, a smile playing on her lips. She couldn't help but feel unhurried, and even felt a little amused.

Because, coincidentally, the hostage that Shino kidnapped was Garuda...

Section 472, Chapter 466: Kyoshiro's Good Deeds

The so-called female ninja Shino comes from a special ninja academy headquartered in the United States, with a branch in Japan. The academy employs top talents from various fields, and its curriculum ranges from concealed weapons and swords to hand-to-hand combat, from disguise to hypnosis to drug concoction. It also has high-tech products provided by American conglomerates as support. After graduation, students perform dirty work for the United States around the world, such as intelligence gathering and covert infiltration.

This trip to Japan to seize the "Tiger Scroll," a secret manual containing countless ninjutsu techniques from the prestigious Shindo ninja family, was a top-priority mission, hence the elite students sent from the academy. In other words, if she could return to school with the item, Shino would go from being a useless, easily discarded student to a top-tier elite student, perhaps even graduating early!

Of course, this is impossible. If you call Shino a little fool, she really isn't smart. Well, or rather, she can pick Garuda as a hostage. She probably doesn't even have much luck!

If it were Miho, Kanon would still have some reservations. But Garuda, after realizing that she was being used as a hostage, leaned back, causing Shino to lose her balance. Then she grabbed Shino's collar and delivered a very beautiful over-the-shoulder throw.

"Waaaaah, are all Japanese women this amazing..." First Kanon, then Garuda, Shino, whose eyes were spinning from being thrown around, let out a mournful cry like a small animal.

This was the third time she had been tied up. This time, Kotaro even brought in his substitute master, Kyoshiro. The two eccentric guys studied Shino for a while, and this time, even she couldn't get free from the ropes.

"Phew, all done, so tired..." Hana returned to the Shindo family's main hall through the secret passage next to the toilet. She had been running around all day since she left home in the morning.

"Oh, little Kanon~" At present, only Kyoshiro in the Shindo family calls Kanon that. He called her that at the banquet last night: "Young Master Kotaro is taking a bath now, so if you want to wash up, go to the public bathhouse over at the dojo."

"A public bathroom?" Hana was taken aback. "Is the Shindo family's place really this well-equipped?" She had been here for two days and had never noticed a public bathroom. She had always thought that the disciples used the regular bathroom in the back hall to wash up.

"Haha, the Shindo family has a lot of secrets~ I'll take you there."

"Wait a moment." Hanon picked up her phone and dialed a number: "Hello, Dr. Ei, are you in Tokyo lately? Yes! That's great, I have something I'd like to ask you for help with..."

On the other end of the phone was Eicho, the amazing modified doctor who had helped Kanon a lot over the years. Last time, he treated Musashi's father, a Deimon player, and this time, when Kotaro contracted a special virus, Kanon immediately thought of him.

"...That's how it is. I imagine you're quite knowledgeable about viruses. His address is... Ah, I didn't think of you as Doraemon! I wasn't just ordering you around! This was all a friend's request~ I'll treat you to dinner sometime. Bye, Yingluck Doraemon~"

After finishing his call with Eiichi, Kyoshiro led Kanon to the locker room door: "Kanon, the public bathroom is inside. Go ahead and wash up!"

Kyoshiro is a nice guy, but I always feel his expression is lewd. Not only does he have a braid, but he also has a bow tied on his braid, making him look like "Tao Pai Pai". Kanon always feels a bit pressured when she is with him.

"But it's good too, I can take a shower to relax and avoid Garuda and Mihono."

A lot has happened lately. Kanon spent the entire spring break practicing her energy-absorbing techniques. Today's battle with Shino inspired her further. However, before she can practice any further, she still needs to figure out how to deal with Garuda and Mihono. Just thinking about it gives her a headache...

After taking off her clothes, Huayin pushed open the door and entered the room. However, unexpectedly, the room was not a bathroom, nor was there any water. Instead, it was a not-so-spacious bedroom, decorated in a rather... tasteful way?

"Hey, what's going on here?" Hana noticed something was wrong and turned around to open the door. However, what she saw when she opened the door was no longer the changing room she had just been in, but a concrete wall!

How is this going?

Before Kanon could finish her sentence, the door on the other side of the room opened, and Garuda, also naked, walked in. Upon seeing the scene inside, Garuda was shocked: "Huh? This is... Didn't Mr. Kyoshiro say this was the bathroom? Ah! Kanon, what are you doing here?"

Then, before Kanon could answer, a third person entered the room—that was naturally Miho.

"Hana? Garuda! What are you doing here? Why aren't you dressed?"

"Of course we came to take a bath, you're the same..." Kanon shook her head: "Is it a prank? Kyoshiro actually dared to trick us!"

Wait a minute, Kanon suddenly remembered that at the banquet last night, Kyoshiro, who was drunk, had guaranteed that he would "take care of" Kanon's love triangle. At the time, Kanon thought it was just drunken ramblings and didn't take it to heart. Could it be that Kyoshiro really took it to heart and that this was his solution?

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