Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

After learning that Li Xin was also participating, Mai Shiranui gave up on becoming the champion, but she did not give up participating.

"DOATEC" is incredibly wealthy. Not only does the champion receive a prize of 60 million francs, but other players who enter the official tournament receive a starting prize of 500,000 francs, which doubles for each subsequent victory.

If Mai Shiranui isn't too unlucky and encounters Li Xin early in the official tournament, earning several million francs is quite easy.

Seeing Mai Shiranui's confident expression, Leona hesitated for a moment before saying to her, "This match isn't going to be easy. If you sense something's wrong, just admit defeat without hesitation."

Li Xin and his agency members had mentioned the "DOA" competition, emphasizing that Donovan's modified warriors would appear in the official competition.

According to the intelligence that Long Wu and his team found, these modified warriors are ruthless killing machines brainwashed by Donovan. Their strength is at least at the level of a second-level prodigy, and a very few modified warriors can even reach the level of a special-level prodigy. If Mai Shiranui encounters these modified warriors, she will definitely suffer a great loss.

"No way……"

Mai Shiranui was somewhat skeptical. She didn't think there was any danger in this kind of regional fighting tournament, but Leona didn't seem to be lying to her at all, so Mai Shiranui hesitated.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Ashin."

Leona said to Mai Shiranui, and then left on her own.

That's all she wanted to say; she didn't want to waste any more words.

"Hey, Leona, I don't disbelieve you!"

Mai Shiranui chased after him.

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After Mai Shiranui finished registering, she insisted on hanging out with Leona and the others. In her words, the more people there were when she came out to have fun, the happier she would be.

Helena, as the host, not only did not object, but also warmly welcomed Mai Shiranui and her group.

Helena had also witnessed the impressive performance of the "Women Fighters Team" in the "KOF" tournament, and she felt a strong liking for these powerful fighters.

"Helena, you signed up too?"

Mai Shiranui was surprised to hear that Helena had also signed up for the competition.

"Yes, I signed up too."

Helena smiled.

"But aren't you the daughter of the tournament organizer?"

Mai Shiranui said.

She already knew Helena's identity—the daughter of the president of "DOATEC," the organizer of the "DOA" competition, a super-rich heiress.

It seems like Ashin has a particularly easy time getting to know these rich young ladies...

Mai Shiranui muttered to herself.

Helena, of course, had no idea what Mai Shiranui was thinking. She smiled and said, "Yes, but please rest assured, the competition is fair and will not show me any favoritism because of my status."

"I see..."

Mai Shiranui smiled, her expression practically screaming "I don't believe it!"

Helena knew Mai Shiranui didn't believe her, but she wasn't annoyed because she really didn't plan to rely on her family. She was going to fight her way up in this match on her own merits. Previously, Fim had offered Helena a direct qualification to the official tournament, but Helena refused.

After showing everyone around Paris for a day, Helena invited Mai Shiranui and the others to visit her family's castle. Before Mai and King could even say anything, Yuri Sakazaki immediately exclaimed, "Great! Great! I've never stayed in a castle before!"

Mai Shiranui and King had no choice but to say to Helena, "Then we'll have to bother you."

"You're welcome, I have plenty of guest rooms."

Helena smiled.

Mai Shiranui and King exchanged a glance, both thinking, "It's so nice to be rich!"

The group returned by car to the ancient castle outside Paris. Xia was the first to get out of the car, her steps light and she seemed very happy.

She was confined to the Ninja Village since childhood. Other ninjas could go out to do missions and see the outside world, but she was the daughter of the previous leader and the sister of the current leader. Naturally, she didn't need to take on ordinary missions, and her brother Hayate wouldn't assign her difficult missions either. This meant that Xia's world was limited to that small valley. It wasn't until she left the Ninja Village that she finally saw the prosperity of the outside world.

Now that she's out there, she's made so many friends and even traveled abroad with them, to the point that Xia has forgotten something very important.

"Kasumi!"

A stern voice made Kasumi stop in her tracks. She turned around with some difficulty and saw a young ninja staring at her with a serious look.

"Brother...you, how, how did you get here..."

When Xia saw Jifeng, her body stiffened instantly, and she couldn't even speak properly.

"These are the words I should be saying to you."

Jifeng looked coldly at his younger sister.

Kasumi felt a pang of guilt. Although she told Li Xin that she had come out on a mission to hunt down Raido, she had actually run away and had now become a rogue ninja of the Ninja Village.

She had thought it would take the villagers some time to find her, and that if she killed Lei Dao and avenged her brother, the villagers would forgive her. But now, Jifeng had found her much earlier than expected. What was she going to do?

"Alright, Gale, stop scaring Xia."

Li Xin walked over, patted Jifeng on the shoulder, and gestured for Jifeng to relax.

Jifeng glanced at Li Xin, his gaze finally softening, and said to Xia, "We'll settle the matter of your defection later."

Ayane was surprised and asked Kasumi, "You defected?"

She never expected that Kasumi would sneak out of Shinobi Village on her own!

As a former ninja of the Ninja Village, how could Ayane not understand how cruel the rules of the Ninja Village were? Even if Kasumi was the daughter of the previous leader and the sister of the current leader, leaving the Ninja Village without permission would be considered a defection. The Ninja Village had zero tolerance for deserters, which meant... Kasumi would die!

Because of her jealousy of Kasumi, Ayane had thought more than once that it would be better if Kasumi disappeared. During this time, Ayane always tried her best to tease Kasumi. However, when she learned that Kasumi had become a rogue ninja and would be hunted down by the Ninja Village, Ayane's first reaction was panic, fearing that she would really lose her older sister.

Kasumi is now completely consumed by the fear of being found by her brother and is no longer listening to Ayane's words. Her mind is filled with thoughts of what to do, what to do, what to do...

After Helena and the others got out of the car, they sensed a strange atmosphere, but as complete outsiders, they had no idea what had happened between Li Xin, Kasumi, and the unfamiliar ninja, and could only watch from the sidelines.

"Let's go inside first, and then we'll talk."

Li Xin addressed the crowd.

With a nod of approval, Kasumi, pulled by Ayane, also entered the castle.

Li Xin walked in front. Xia came to her senses, quickly walked behind Li Xin, secretly glanced at Ji Feng whose face was as cold as ice, and whispered to Li Xin, "Brother, what are you doing here?"

"I asked him to come."

Li Xin replied.

"you……"

Xia was about to ask why Li Xin had harmed her, but suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have any reason to blame Li Xin, since Li Xin didn't know she was a runaway ninja (in fact, Li Xin did know), and he still took her in and took care of her.

"Don't worry, your brother won't do anything to you for now."

Li Xin comforted Xia.

"what?"

Xia looked confused. Did Li Xin know that she was lying?

"Do you think I can stay here without informing your family?"

Li Xin asked a question in return, and Ling Xia immediately lost her temper.

Yes, yes, it's perfectly reasonable for Li Xin to go to Shinobu Village to find out what happened after she escaped from Shinobu Village and told him she was acting under orders.

"So, the villagers already knew I was here with you?"

Xia whispered.

"Yes."

Li Xin nodded: "Because I saved your brother's life, the people of Ninja Village can't cause trouble here, so I can only let you go for now."

Despite this, Li Xin felt that the people of Shinobi Village should be wary of his strength.

From his observation, Shinobu Village was very different from Hayabusa Village. Its members were a mixed bunch and not of one mind. He saved Hayate, but he couldn't expect everyone in Shinobu Village to be grateful. Some of them might even resent Li Xin for meddling.

"So why did you call my brother here this time...?"

Xia had just thought that something had happened to her and that Li Xin had sent Jifeng to arrest her. If that wasn't the case, then why did Li Xin call Jifeng over? It couldn't be that he was worried Xia was lonely and wanted Jifeng to come over so the siblings could reunite, could it?

"I've found Lei Dao's whereabouts."

Li Xin replied.

"Thunder Path!"

Ayane, who had been eavesdropping on the two's conversation, was instantly furious when she heard this name.

That Raido who caused me to be born as a bastard, to suffer endless humiliation in the Ninja Village, and to be unable to live a decent human life—that beast!

Li Xin was not surprised by Lingyin's reaction. Knowing Lingyin's background, he knew very well that if he were to ask who Lingyin hated the most in this world, it would not be anyone else but the person who was her father by blood.

"Ayane, calm down."

Li Xin grasped Ayane's hand.

Lingyin, whose hand was held by Li Xin, regained a little of her senses. She looked at Li Xin with pleading eyes, begging him to tell her where Lei Dao was. She wanted to kill Lei Dao, she wanted to kill Lei Dao, she absolutely wanted to kill Lei Dao!

Li Xin sighed, brushed aside the bangs that had fallen across Ayane's forehead, and said, "Ayane, don't let hatred cloud your judgment."

The voice seemed to possess a magical power, instantly calming Ayane's anger. She took a deep breath and said to Li Xin, "Yes, I understand, Brother Xin..."

After Ayane calmed down, Li Xin told the others, and then he, Hayate, Kasumi, and Ayane went into a room alone.

Chapter 694 Yuri Sakazaki typed GG

"So it was that guy. I knew he didn't look like a good person, and he was leering at me and Ayane. So he's Raido!"

After learning that the bearded bodyguard following Fim was Ray Dao, Xia said angrily.

Although she didn't know that Lei Dao had insulted her mother, the fact that he had seriously injured Jifeng was enough for Xia to want to kill him as soon as possible.

Ayane knew she had met her greatest enemy, but was completely unaware of it. Her killing intent erupted uncontrollably once again, and Li Xin quickly grabbed Ayane's hand.

Feeling the warmth of Li Xin's hand, Ayane's killing intent gradually subsided, but her will to kill Lei Dao remained unchanged.

Jifeng already knew Leidao's identity when Li Xin notified him of his arrival, so he wasn't excited at all. He calmly asked Li Xin, "Ah Xin-san, tell me, how do you plan to deal with Leidao? As long as we can kill Leidao and reclaim the profound meaning, I am willing to follow your arrangements."

As the leader of Shinobi Village, Hayate wouldn't act recklessly; he wouldn't go straight to seek revenge on Raido after learning of his whereabouts.

Putting aside the fact that this is Paris, where he is unfamiliar with the place, Lei Dao's strength is far superior to his own. He was just seriously injured and unconscious by Lei Dao before. Now that he has just recovered, why would he go looking for Lei Dao? Isn't that just courting death?

Therefore, if he wants to get rid of Lei Dao, he must rely on Li Xin's power.

"Lei Dao's matter is rather complicated, and we need to consider it carefully."

Li Xin roughly told Jifeng about Lei Dao's collusion with Donovan and the conflict between Fim and Donovan, and then said, "...I asked you to come here because I hope you can help me collect evidence of Donovan's crimes."

"Leave it to me."

Jifeng placed his hand on his heart.

"As for Ayane and Kasumi, you two should participate in the competition as planned, try your best to achieve good results, and help Mr. Fim win the competition."

Li Xin said to Lingyin and Xia.

"no problem!"

As for fighting, Kasumi is very confident.

"Brother Ashin, I..."

Ayane still couldn't let go of her hatred for Raido, but she was sensible enough to nod and say, "Okay, I understand."

"I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Li Xin knew how difficult things had been for Lingyin, so he patted her head and showed her affection.

Late at night, Ayane got out of bed and looked at Angel, who was fast asleep in the next bed. Looking at Angel's silly sleeping face without any worries, Ayane felt inexplicably irritated.

Bathed in moonlight, Ayane arrived at the top of the castle tower, leaning against the sloping surface of the spire, letting the cold wind blow against her.

Suddenly, a cloak was draped over Ayane's shoulders, and Ayane was startled.

"Are you blaming me?"

Li Xin sat down next to Lingyin and whispered to her.

"No, no, how could I blame you, Brother Ashin..."

Ayane shook her head repeatedly.