I Am a Heroic Spirit

Zhang Luo nodded, not thinking about how he performed this spear technique, and said, "No problem, just attack."

As soon as Zhang Luo finished speaking, the president suddenly jumped up and fired an extremely powerful shot at Zhang Luo's stomach.

Although it was just a wooden spear, with the president's strength, it could at least make Zhang Luo lie on the ground for half an hour without getting up.

Zhang Luo swung his pistol seemingly casually, but it hit the tip of the president's wooden spear with precision. The long spear in his other hand quickly pointed towards the president's wrist holding the gun handle.

However, the president was not a weakling. He just took a step back and the tip of Zhang Luo's gun was blocked by the president's gun handle.

"Not bad."

The president narrowed his eyes, shook his long gun, and the tip of the gun, which had not yet been retracted, swept towards Zhang Luo's neck. Zhang Luo raised his pistol and accurately blocked the attack.

The president, whose attack was blocked, quickly took two steps back and retracted his spear. Zhang Luo did not chase him, but looked at the two guns in his hands, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"That was just a warm-up. Now we have to get serious. Be careful." Before the president finished speaking, he shot towards Zhang Luo again, his spear moving wildly, stabbing, picking, sweeping, swinging and shaking. Each move was faster and more fluent than before.

The powerful attack made Zhang Luo panic for a moment. He blocked a few moves in a very awkward manner and was then beaten.

However, Zhang Luo soon calmed down, and after calming down, he also understood. He no longer thought about any defensive tactics, but followed his feelings completely to verify his guess.

The president's attacks became more and more fierce, but Zhang Luo's movements became more and more smooth. Zhang Luo gave up thinking and followed his feelings completely. Every shot was extremely accurate and fast. He attacked with a long spear and defended with a short gun. His subconscious movements showed Diarmuid's gun skills fluently, and the situation slowly began to reverse.

"This new guy is really amazing! Even if all of us joined together, we might not be able to last this long under the president's command."

"And he even got the upper hand from the president. This kind of expert would probably be ranked in the top ten among all the junior high school students who practice spearmanship in the country."

"Yes, there are few junior high school students in the country who can compare with the president. If the competition wasn't a group stage, the president would have won the junior high school spearmanship competition. And the president's spearmanship seems to be even better than before."

"This guy is such a great marksman, and he's still in junior high school. Why haven't I seen him in a competition before?"

……

Watching the two people competing, the onlookers exclaimed in amazement. It was the first time they saw someone who could hold out against the president for so long and even start to gain the upper hand.

The president, who was gradually suppressed, became more serious. While waving his wooden spear to block Zhang Luo's attack, he said, "My spear skills are ancient battlefield spear skills passed down from the Celestial Empire."

Zhang Luo was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected the president, who he had firmly suppressed, to have the time to speak. Could it be that he hadn't yet used his full strength? A junior high school had such a master. Was this a joke?

Although he was a little confused, Zhang Luo did not forget to answer: "I learned the ancient Irish spearmanship."

"Ancient Irish spearmanship? Very good," the president thought for a moment, then said, "Can it be even better? I'm going to increase my offensive."

"what?"

Just as a look of surprise appeared on Zhang Luo's face, he felt a huge force coming from the pistol he was using for blocking, which almost made Zhang Luo drop the pistol. Then the president's attack speed suddenly increased several times, making Zhang Luo completely unable to react. The force on the gun was also much stronger, making it impossible for Zhang Luo to take it head-on. Moreover, the opponent's attacks were all killing moves, each one fatal, and each blow was aimed at the vital points. If hit, he would definitely have to stay in the hospital for several months.

Suddenly, the situation reversed again, and the extremely dangerous competition shocked and terrified the onlookers.

Chapter 17 Strange Questions

Under the pressure of the president, Zhang Luo gradually recalled something that did not exist in his memory. It was the spearmanship skills he had obtained when he entered Diarmuid's body. However, after returning to his own body, Diarmuid's spearmanship skills and combat experience became vague. Although Zhang Luo tried hard to recall, he could not remember a single detail. As a result, Zhang Luo gave up the plan of entering the Servant's body to obtain the Servant's combat experience, spells and various skills during the afternoon class.

Unexpectedly, under the suppression of the president's gun skills, that memory actually became clearer.

Next, Zhang Luo stopped relying entirely on his feelings and launched an attack independently according to the gun techniques he remembered. Under the pressure of the president's fierce gun attack, Zhang Luo became more and more proficient in gun skills. He actually relied on his unique gun skills to firmly defend against the president's attack.

Although we cannot turn the tide of defeat, we will not be defeated for a while.

Finally, half an hour later, the president used his powerful strength to knock Zhang Luo's pistol away with one shot, and then swung it towards Zhang Luo's waist. Although Zhang Luo used his long spear to block his waist in time, he could not withstand the force and was knocked to the ground.

"Brother Luo! Are you okay?"

"A Luo!"

"Brother Luo!"

Three familiar screams were heard, and Zhang Luo rolled over on the ground. Then he stood up with the body of the person who came to support him. He looked around and saw that Arisawa Ryuki, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Inoue Orihime were all there. Not only them three, there were nearly a hundred people from the Gunjutsu Club, almost filling up the gym.

"I'm fine. I blocked the attack just now." Zhang Luo stood up and let go of Youze Longgui. He explained and then asked, "What's going on? There are so many people?"

"I'm glad you're okay. The fight you guys had just now was really dangerous." Arisawa Ryuki breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "We heard that a new member of the Gunjutsu Club was competing with the president. When we knew it was you, we came to check it out."

Ichigo Kurosaki added, "The leader of the spear club once won third place in the Kanto Youth Spear Competition. Hearing that someone could rival him in a fight, the other students all came to watch."

"You're only third place at this level?"

Zhang Luo felt a little bit upset. The average combat power per capita in this world was too strong. Even the third place winner in the unpopular martial arts competition of spearmanship could defeat him who had already learned Diarmuid's spearmanship.

"No, I've seen his games. His performance back then was much worse than this time. At most, it was only half of his current level. He should have made a breakthrough." Arisawa Ryuki shook his head and said.

"Brother Luo's spearmanship is amazing," Inoue Orihime exclaimed. "He's also such a good student. This is what we call a master of both civil and military skills."

"It's not that exaggerated. These are nothing." Zhang Luo smiled and said disapprovingly. If it was in the previous world, he could still get this evaluation with his current level. However, in this world of animation where there are countless worlds mixed together and countless geniuses exist, there are countless people who are stronger than him. Not to mention those far away, there is one right here.

On the other side, the president of the Gunfight Club had already gotten rid of the crowd that surrounded him and flattered him, and asked the members of the Gunfight Club to clear out everyone, then placed the wooden gun on the weapon rack before walking towards Zhang Luo.

The president said, "Formally introduce myself. I am Kimura Shuo, the president of the Spear Club. Welcome to join the Spear Club. From now on, you will be the leader of our Spear Club."

[Achieve a one-time achievement: Master of Spearmanship. Reward: two Saint Quartz.]

Zhang Luo was stunned for a moment. This achievement can really be triggered anywhere.

Zhang Luo bowed slightly and said, "Then President Kimura, please give me your guidance in the future."

Kimura Shuo nodded, then glanced at Arisawa Ryuki, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Inoue Orihime beside Zhang Luo, and said: "If you three have nothing else to do, please go out. We have to continue training."

After hearing that Kimura Shuo had ordered them to leave, Arisawa Ryuki and the other two had no choice but to say hello to Zhang Luo and leave.

After the three of them left, Kimura Shuo suddenly asked, "What do you think is the essence of martial arts?"

"what?"

Zhang Luo looked at Kimura Shuo in confusion, only to see that Kimura Shuo, who had a calm expression just now, became serious.

"The essence of martial arts, that is, what do you think martial arts is used for."

Kimura repeated it.

"The essence of martial arts..." Zhang Luo saw that Kimura Shuo was very serious. He knew that his answer to this question would be of great significance to Kimura Shuo, so he lowered his head and pondered for a moment. After thinking it through, he spoke, "As for martial arts, I think it has only two uses. One is to maintain health, such as the health-preserving Tai Chi practiced by the elderly. The other is to kill the enemy. Martial arts originally originated from the battlefields of ancient times, and back then they were used to kill the enemy."

"So do you practice martial arts to kill enemies or to maintain your health?"

Kimura Shuo's expression eased a little, and he seemed very satisfied with Zhang Luo's answer.

"Of course it's for killing enemies. There's no version of spearmanship that can be used for health preservation."

Zhang Luo told the truth.

"very good."

Kimura nodded in satisfaction, but did not continue discussing this topic. Instead, he changed the subject.

"During the competition just now, I noticed that your spearmanship seemed a little unskilled at first, but then gradually became more proficient. Is it because you haven't trained for so long?"

"I was in a car accident before and stayed in the hospital for half a year. I was discharged yesterday." Zhang Luo consciously omitted the fact that this was the first time he used a gun.

Kimura Shuo warned: "Oh? Then you must seize the time to practice from now on. Learning martial arts is like rowing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind."

Zhang Luo nodded: "Don't worry, I understand."

They trained until school was over at five in the afternoon. Zhang Luo had just left the gunmanship club's gym when he saw Arisawa Ryuki and Inoue Orihime walking towards him, talking and laughing.

"Longgui, Orihime, where is Ichigo?" Zhang Luo walked over and asked casually.

"That guy left early because of something." Arisawa Ryuki answered casually, then with a puzzled look on his face, he said, "By the way, Luo Ge, your body doesn't look like you've learned martial arts, but your spear skills are so good."

"I went to Ireland before and learned some things there. As for my health, I'm still a little weak due to the car accident. It will take some time for me to recover."

As Zhang Luo spoke, he left the school with the two of them and prepared to go home.

Chapter 18 Interview

The three of them had just left the campus when they noticed two cars marked with a TV station on the road leading home a few dozen meters ahead. There were also many staff members busy there, seemingly preparing some program.

"That person seems to be Ms. Okino Yoko." Inoue Orihime said uncertainly, "But why is she in Karakura Town?"

Arisawa Ryuki looked carefully at the woman speaking to the camera in the distance and said hesitantly, "Okino Yoko? That name sounds familiar. Is she some big star?"

"Well, I saw her on a variety show once. I heard she's a very famous star." Inoue Orihime had the excitement of an ordinary person seeing a star on her face. Even if it had nothing to do with her favorite comedy show, seeing a big star that she couldn't see in real life was enough to make her excited.

Zhang Luo didn't express any opinion, but just walked over slowly with Long Gui and Zhiji.

When they were less than five meters away, Okino Yoko had just said goodbye to a passerby who had just finished an interview. Then she faced the camera and said with a smile, "Our interview ends here. What exactly are these mysterious knights and evil spirits? Who is the knight called Diarmuid? And what kind of existence is the god of death that the knights mentioned?..."

"Diarmuid? The glorious form of ancient Ireland, Diarmuid Oudina?"

As he got closer and heard Okino Yoko's words, Zhang Luo immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to complete the Heroic Spirit Legacy achievement. So he pretended to be unintentional and said it casually.

"What's going on here? Did a steamroller run over it?"

After getting closer, Inoue Orihime and Arisawa Tatsuki also discovered that the large area of ​​road blocked by two cars had become ruins, and Arisawa Tatsuki's complaints immediately came out.

When Yoko Okino heard familiar names and words in the conversation coming from behind, she quickly turned around, only to see three junior high school students standing behind her: a boy and two girls.

Okino Yoko was stunned at first, but then she quickly adjusted her attitude, revealing an impeccable smile. She said gently, "Hello, children. This place was previously damaged by an unknown evil spirit, which was later killed by an unknown knight. We are currently doing a program related to this."

"Evil spirit?"

"Evil spirit!"

Inoue Orihime and Arisawa Ryuki repeated it at the same time, but one with a tone of disbelief and the other with a tone of surprise.

"Sister, does that thing really exist?" Orihime Inoue asked curiously. Although she had heard from Ryuki that Kurosaki had the ability to see souls, Orihime Inoue, who had never seen it with her own eyes, had always been skeptical about such things. Who would have thought that an evil spirit would be discovered today?

Youze Longgui glanced at Zhang Luo.

Zhang Luo noticed Youze Longgui's eyes, knew what Youze Longgui was thinking, and nodded.

Arisawa Ryuki understood instantly that it seemed that the evil spirit that was causing trouble here was the same one that appeared at noon.

"I didn't believe this kind of thing before, but after seeing it with my own eyes today, I can no longer disbelieve it." Yoko Okino said with lingering fear. If it weren't for the knight who suddenly appeared today, she would probably have been eaten.

"So, sir, you seem to know Diarmuid Odinah." Yoko Okino looked at Zhang Luo and asked expectantly.

"My name is Zhang Luo, you can call me Qin Luo too."

Zhang Luo did not directly answer Yoko Okino's question, but frowned and gave his name.

"Okay, Zhang Luo." Yoko Okino smiled again.

It seemed that she thought Zhang Luo was a boy who didn't like being treated like a child. Zhang Luo could tell this from the doting tone in Okino Yoko's words.

"Diarmuid Odinah is a key figure in Celtic mythology and the ancient Irish Gaelic tale, the Fenian Chronicles. He is one of the most celebrated members of the Fianna Faria, led by ancient Ireland's most famous legendary hero, Finn MacCool. He is known as the "unparalleled" knight, known for his radiant appearance, a love mole bestowed upon him by a fairy. His weapons are two pistols, two swords, and a knife. His pistols are a red lance called Gae Dearg, which has the power to dispel magic, and a yellow pistol called Gae Buidhe, which has the power to prevent wounds from healing."

Zhang Luo folded his arms and said calmly.

"Because I have a special interest in mysticism and ancient mythology, when I was researching the existence of runes, I had a deep understanding of the relevant figures."

He said calmly, words that ordinary people could not understand, but could feel extremely high-class. This made Okino Yoko, Arisawa Tatsuki, Inoue Orihime, the surrounding staff and onlookers stunned, and their eyes looking at Zhang Luo also changed.

"Amazing."

"I don't quite understand it, but it seems pretty impressive."

"Brother Luo knows so much."

"Not bad, Luo Ge. Two spears, one long and one short. Could the ancient Irish double spear technique you use be the spear technique passed down by Diarmuid?"

After Zhang Luo finished speaking, it took a while for everyone to come back to their senses. Not to mention the unimportant people, Inoue Orihime's eyes were already shining with stars, Okino Yoko's attitude towards Zhang Luo also changed, and she raised Zhang Luo's status in her heart to the same level. Arisawa Ryuki remembered the double-gun martial arts that Zhang Luo had used in the gunmanship club before, which was called ancient Irish gunmanship.

"good."

Zhang Luo nodded as a matter of course. If someone doubted his ability, these would be good excuses.

Yoko Okino recalled and found that the person she remembered seemed to be the Diarmuid that Zhang Luo mentioned. At least the gun that could break the invisibility and the ability that made her fall in love at first sight were very consistent.

A chill rose in Yoko Okino's heart. His ability to make any woman fall in love with him was too terrifying. If this boy hadn't mentioned it, she wouldn't have thought that she had done anything wrong before. Fortunately, the knight was a real knight and didn't do anything to her.

Chapter 19: A Passionate Mystery Seeker

"So what are Heroic Spirits?"

After a pause, Yoko Okino continued to ask.

"Heroic spirit? This term has three interpretations. One is the soul of a martyr, the spirit of a revered person after death, a term used in the East. Another concept in Norse mythology refers to a brave and skilled warrior who died on the battlefield. It also means a place where selected warriors gather, representing Odin's warriors. The last one is a mystery I have been studying. Perhaps the invincible runes can help me explain it, but I have not yet found a rune with mysterious power."

Zhang Luo deliberately proposed the third explanation in order to pave the way for the heroic spirit that would surely appear in the future.

"However, at this time, you raise the question of Heroic Spirits. It doesn't seem to be related to the first two. Could it be that you have encountered a special being called a Heroic Spirit?"

Zhang Luo's reaction instantly became excited, his eyes were fiery, his voice was passionate, he stared at Okino Yoko closely, and acted like a fanatic who met the god he believed in. Okino Yoko subconsciously took a step back. Arisawa Tatsuki and Inoue Orihime were also frightened by Zhang Luo's appearance.

"Luo Ge, calm down."

"Brother Luo, don't be impulsive. You look scary like this."

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Zhang Luo realized that his performance was good enough, so he covered his face with his hands and pretended to be calm.