Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Chapter Sixty-Nine: "Water-Splitting Sword Technique"

"Come on, let's find a place, and I'll teach you swordsmanship right now!"

First love is full of resentment.

Li Xin said to his first love, "No, aren't you a college student? You should go to school first, and I'll come find you after school."

In Li Xin's life experience, skipping school was a very serious matter. There was a boy in the village who was two years older than Li Xin. In junior high school, he skipped two classes to go home early to catch frogs. His father beat him for several hours at the entrance of the village with a stick as thick as a cup. His screams could be heard even by people at the far end of the village. Li Xin happened to see this when he returned to the village. From that moment on, Li Xin vowed that he would never skip school in his life.

"It's okay, I have enough credits, skipping a day or two won't matter."

My first love, however, was completely indifferent to skipping class.

On the one hand, university management is more relaxed than that of junior high and high school. As long as you have enough credits and attendance, no one will care if you skip class for a few days.

On the other hand, if your first love has become a thief and isn't even afraid of the law, why would she be afraid of school rules?

Li Xin was puzzled by his first love's rebellious behavior, but she still dragged him to the rooftop of a nearby building.

Holding a black soft sword, First Love demonstrated her family's 45-move "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" to Li Xin one by one. While demonstrating, she also explained the key points of the sword moves to Li Xin. After performing the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique", First Love gave Li Xin a detailed explanation of some of the tricks in the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique", which can be said to be extremely dedicated.

After doing all this, she handed the black soft sword in her hand to Li Xin: "This sword is called the Water-Splitting Sword. It was specially made for the 'Water-Splitting Sword Technique.' Using it to perform the 'Water-Splitting Sword Technique' will double its power. This is my family heirloom sword. I'll lend it to you for now. Come on, show me the 'Water-Splitting Sword Technique.'"

Li Xin took the Water-Splitting Sword, nodded to his first love, and said, "Thank you!"

My first love smiled and said, "You're welcome."

But in my heart I was thinking, "Thank you? You'll get what's coming to you later!"

The Bishui Sword is a soft sword. The "Bishui Sword Technique" requires using internal force to control the Bishui Sword and make it change according to one's will. If one's control over internal force is insufficient and one cannot control the direction of the sword's edge and point, after using a set of sword techniques, one may be injured before the enemy is even hurt.

When my first love was practicing the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique," she also practiced with a soft rubber toy sword. She was hit by the soft toy sword countless times, which was extremely painful.

Now, his first love is giving the Water-Splitting Sword to Li Xin so that he can practice swordsmanship with it. This is not to help Li Xin, but to make him suffer!

Hmph, daring you to ignore my stunning beauty!

"My first love wrinkled her nose and said."

But soon, her first love fell into the same confusion as Athena Asamiya had been back then.

Am I actually an idiot?

She was a top student from a young age and was admitted to the world-renowned University of California, Berkeley. Her first love, who was always extremely confident and even arrogant, felt like a fool for the first time. The hardships she endured as a child to practice the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" were a mockery of her stupidity.

Li Xin then wielded the Water-Splitting Sword Technique, mimicking his first love's demonstration. The once unruly sword became incredibly docile in Li Xin's hands, changing completely according to his will, bending and straightening as he pleased, and emitting bursts of sword cries, as if cheering and leaping for joy.

Li Xin executed the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" at an extremely fast speed, and then became faster and faster. Gradually, Chu Lian could no longer even keep up with Li Xin's movements. At the same time, sword marks appeared on the ground, and the air hissed. Chu Lian immediately sensed the danger and hid in the stairwell. As soon as she ran into the stairwell, "swish swish swish," sword marks appeared on the outer wall of the stairwell.

Li Xin's first love hid behind the door watching him practice swordsmanship, her eyes practically overflowing with jealousy.

Sword energy—she had practiced the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" for over a decade and still couldn't master it, yet Li Xin had mastered it just by starting out!

A morning passed in the blink of an eye. Li Xin returned the Bishui Sword to his first love, his eyes filled with reluctance.

First love quickly snatched the water-repelling sword from Li Xin, fearing that Li Xin would keep it for himself.

After returning the Water-Splitting Sword, Li Xin said to his first love, "Thank you for the Water-Splitting Sword. I have roughly mastered the 'Water-Splitting Sword Technique'."

The "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" requires the use of yin and soft internal energy, while Li Xin's "Mingyu Skill" is precisely a martial art of extreme yin and softness. With the "Mingyu Skill," Li Xin can learn the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" with twice the result with half the effort. Moreover, Li Xin's internal energy cultivation is quite remarkable, many times stronger than when his first love was young. The difficulty of the two practicing the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" is naturally incomparable. Therefore, his first love does not actually need to feel so inferior.

Of course, there is indeed an immeasurable gap between her and Li Xin in terms of martial arts talent.

Her first love forced a smile: "Very good."

It's alright, I have a way to counter the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique". This person's practice of the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" is actually more advantageous to me.

That's how her first love comforted herself.

Yes, that's right. The reason why she dared to teach the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" to Li Xin so easily was because her first love had the method to break the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique". If Li Xin and she became enemies again one day, she could use the method to break the "Water-Splitting Sword Technique" to defeat Li Xin. This was her wishful thinking.

After pondering for a moment, Li Xin said to his first love, "However, I noticed that the last four moves of the 'Water-Splitting Sword Technique' you taught me seem to be incomplete?"

First Love's heart tightened, fearing that Li Xin would misunderstand and become hostile towards her, so she immediately said, "That's right, but this is definitely not me hiding anything. It's just that it was passed down like this a long time ago. My ancestors tried to complete the sword technique, but they all failed."

Li Xin nodded and said, "I know. I'm just reminding you that if someone can see the flaws in these four sword techniques, your 'Water-Splitting Sword Technique' will trap you in your own trap."

I know how to solve this myself, why would I need you to remind me?

Her first love rolled her eyes inwardly, but said aloud, "Okay, I understand, I'll be careful."

Li Xin looked up at the sky: "It's getting late, it's already noon, so let's..."

Li Xin confidently awaited her invitation to lunch, but instead, he said indifferently, "...Let's part ways. Goodbye."

No, I even taught you my family's sword technique (though with ill intentions), and you didn't even bother to treat me to lunch?

My first love was absolutely insane.

Helpless, First Love fiddled with her hair and smiled at Li Xin, saying, "Since it's lunchtime, why don't we have lunch together?"

Li Xin thought for a moment and said, "No, thank you."

First love took a deep breath: "My treat."

"That's fine."

Li Xin nodded decisively.

First love: "..."

Her first love felt that this was the most frustrating day of her life. Incidentally, the second most frustrating day was the day before yesterday.

At a family restaurant near the University of Tokyo, Li Xin and his first love sat facing each other. The handsome man and beautiful woman naturally attracted a lot of attention, and people thought they were a very well-matched couple. However, contrary to what those people thought, Li Xin and his first love were not a couple. In fact, just the day before yesterday, they were enemies.

While waiting for his food, Li Xin, having nothing to do, asked his first love, "Why did you steal things?"

"For the thrill."

First love's answer was very brief.

There was no compelling reason for it, nor was it to earn money for enjoyment; it was simply for the thrill.

She came from a wealthy family and was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She was born in Shanghai, the most economically developed city in Central China. After the age of ten, she moved to America with her parents. Later, she was admitted to the University of California. She was a pampered and beautiful young woman who had no misfortunes in her life.

However, the nature of first love also includes an unrestrained and adventurous side.

So after being admitted to the University of California, First Love took the initiative to apply for an exchange student position and came to Tokyo. She changed her name to First Love—her life should be like first love, full of excitement and forever beautiful.

After escaping her parents' supervision, the first love began to completely let loose. After seeing the endless stream of phantom thieves in the newspapers, she even developed the urge to become a thief herself.

Moreover, she seemed born for this line of work. She was almost self-taught in many things and quickly infiltrated Tokyo's underworld, building her own intelligence network. Stealing the "King's Star" was her debut. She was fascinated by the feeling of manipulating the police and the phantom thief, which is why she was so bold and continued to commit crimes not long after stealing the "King's Star".

Li Xin found it hard to believe that someone would do such things just for a thrill...

Sensing that Li Xin had some inexplicable emotions about her answer, the first love asked Li Xin, "And what about you? Why did you help 'Cat's Eye'?"

"For money."

Li Xin replied.

First love smiled gently, feeling that her desires were more sophisticated than Li Xin's.

After a pause, Li Xin's first love said, "If I give you money, will you do things for me?"

Li Xin looked at his first love and said, "Of course."

"Then, can you help me grab the 'cat's eye'?"

First love was truly ill-intentioned.

Li Xin glanced at his first love and said to her with a look that seemed to say, "I'm sorry, it's not that I look down on you, but I think you might not be able to afford that price."

Even disregarding emotional considerations, from a purely financial standpoint, Li Xin would never betray Lai Sheng Lei and the others. After all, Lai Sheng Lei was incredibly generous with her money, always exceeding Li Xin's expectations. Although, currently, Lai Sheng Lei didn't pay Li Xin the most (the most was Ueyama Hiroji), in Li Xin's mind, Lai Sheng Lei had always been his most important client. Therefore, he would absolutely never betray them.

Feeling slighted, the first love retorted, "Don't be so absolute."

However, she also knew in her heart that "Cat's Eye" could easily give her a million dollars, which was a wealth that she, as a student, could not compare to. Even if her family was wealthy, it was impossible for them to give a young girl a million dollars. Therefore, in terms of financial resources, she could not compete with "Cat's Eye". It was just that Li Xin's attitude made her very unhappy.

Li Xin remained noncommittal. It was his first love treating him to dinner, so what was wrong with letting her order?

The two were silent for a moment before Li Xin spoke first: "Will you still do that kind of thing after this?"

Her first love naturally understood what that "thing" referred to, and she smiled and said, "We'll see."

Originally, she thought she was quite skilled in martial arts and had good lightness skills, so after seeing so many news reports about glamorous thefts by phantom thieves, she felt itchy to try her hand at it and became a thief. But in reality, her first love had no plans for her life. She was like a playful girl. For the first time, she was free from the constraints of her family, so she wanted to do all the things her family wouldn't let her do.

Li Xin was too lazy to lecture his first love, so he started eating in silence after the food was served.

Seeing that her charm couldn't even compare to the ordinary food on the table, her first love sulked again. When had she ever been treated so coldly?

So, Li Xin's first love took the initiative to strike up a conversation: "Is your job usually exciting?"

Li Xin stopped eating, looked up at his first love, and said, "What, you want to do my job too?"

First love smiled slightly: "I was just asking, it's no big deal."

Li Xin was silent for a moment, then wiped his mouth and said, "There's nothing exciting about it."

"You're lying. Wasn't what happened the night before last exciting?"

First Love braced her hands on the table, leaning her upper body against Li Xin. Li Xin's gaze was directly in front of him, but two very firm objects blocked his view.

"Not stimulating."

Li Xin lowered his head and continued eating, but a slight blush appeared on his face—because his skin had become as white as snow, making it easy for people to notice the dilation of capillaries on his face.

Noticing the change in Li Xin's face, the first love's expression immediately turned smug.

She really thought Li Xin was heartless and completely ignored her charm. Turns out he's a man too!

Feeling smug, her first love couldn't hide her smile. She said softly, "I don't believe you unless you take me with you and let me see how you actually work."

Li Xin finished his food calmly, then wiped his mouth, stood up, and said to his first love, "You said you were treating, so please pay the bill. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."

"you!"

My first love was unbelievable; I couldn't believe that there could actually be a man in this world who was so clueless about romance!

She quickly paid the bill and chased after Li Xin. Just as she was about to catch up with Li Xin's departing figure, a pedestrian flashed past behind him, and in that instant, Li Xin suddenly disappeared.

First love stared wide-eyed, wondering how to find Li Xin, when suddenly someone patted her shoulder from behind. Startled, she turned around and saw Li Xin standing there.

Li Xin said calmly to his first love, "Don't follow me."

After saying that, he left again and quickly disappeared from his first love's sight.

Her first love stomped her foot in frustration, wanting to find Li Xin but not knowing where to look.

But soon, a smile appeared on her first love's face.

"Hmph, since you're connected to 'Cat's Eye,' I'll keep an eye on 'Cat's Eye,' and I'll definitely find you. You can't escape!"

"My first love said with a smile."

Chapter Seventy: Female Fighters Team

After breaking up with his first love, Li Xin did not return the "King of Stars" to Lai Sheng Lei at the Cat's Eye Cafe. The two agreed to make the transaction in the evening, which meant that Li Xin had some free time in the afternoon.

Without much time to think, Li Xin headed straight for Athena Asamiya's house, his purpose being to visit Chin Gentsai and inform him about delivering medicine to the Ghost King.

In fact, Li Xin had wanted to visit Chin Gentsai for a long time, but after returning to Tokyo, he was busy with the jewelry exhibition and only had time to do so now.

It's a bit embarrassing to admit, but Zhen Yuanzhai asked Li Xin to deliver medicine to Gui Wangda. In the end, the medicine ended up in Li Xin's stomach and even saved his life. Although it was the Mingyu Gong that truly healed Li Xin's injury, if that pill hadn't injected Li Xin with a life force, allowing him to circulate his internal energy, even with the Mingyu Gong, Li Xin wouldn't have been able to practice it and would still have died.

Of course, He Jinyin forced Li Xin to take the pill, and it was not Li Xin who coveted the elixir and kept it for himself. But even so, it is a fact that Li Xin ate the pill, and that cannot be changed. Therefore, Li Xin is prepared to apologize to Zhen Yuanzhai.

Besides this incident, Li Xin was also curious about Zhen Yuanzhai's recent situation. When Li Xin was seriously injured, Gui Wangda called Zhen Yuanzhai ten times a day, but Zhen Yuanzhai did not answer a single call.

Although Ghost King Da said that it was normal for an old drunkard like Zhen Yuanzhai to lose contact while drinking, and that with his martial arts skills, there weren't many people in the world who could hurt him, so Li Xin didn't need to worry and would definitely give him a good scolding once he got through on the phone, Li Xin was still somewhat worried about Zhen Yuanzhai's condition, and this personal visit was a good opportunity to confirm it.

Upon arriving at Athena Asamiya's house, Li Xin sensed that the house was empty even before he knocked. He frowned, climbed over the wall from outside the yard, and entered the house, where he found a thin layer of dust on the floor.

Li Xin knew that Athena Asamiya was a very diligent and clean girl who would clean her house almost every day without getting tired of it. So the presence of this thin layer of dust meant that Athena Asamiya had probably not been home for quite some time.

Where did Master Yuanzhai and Athena go?

Li Xin was puzzled. He searched the house for a while and finally found that the three people's toiletries were missing from the washroom. This was good news, indicating that the three people must have left preparedly, rather than disappearing suddenly, which reassured Li Xin.

However, not knowing exactly what the three were going to do, Li Xin still couldn't be completely at ease. After thinking for a while, Li Xin left Athena Asamiya's house and went to the dojo of "Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu" - Mai Shiranui is also a fighter, and she lives quite close to Chin Gentsai and the others, so perhaps Mai Shiranui would know where Chin Gentsai and the others were.

Upon arriving at the dojo of "Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu," Li Xin politely knocked on the door. The door opened quickly, but the person who opened it was not Shiranui Mai, but an elegant, blond, handsome foreign man.

This blond foreign hunk was wearing a white blazer and burgundy trousers. His features were extremely delicate; he was the kind of super handsome man that would make any girl's heart skip a beat. Upon seeing Li Xin, the blond foreign hunk was very polite and said in fluent Japanese, "This is the dojo of 'Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu.' May I ask what brings you here?"