Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Lai Sheng Lei enjoyed the caress of Li Xin's large hand and smiled, "Alright, I don't understand anything about cultivation. All I can do is support you and not let you worry. Ah Xin, go ahead."

"Oh, right, when you come back, there's something very important I want to tell you."

Li Xin asked curiously, "What is it?"

Lai Sheng Lei smiled and whispered in Li Xin's ear, "I won't tell you now, I'll tell you when you come back!"

Li Xin's ears were itchy, and his heart was itchy too. He really wanted to interrogate Lai Sheng Lei, but he held back: "Okay, then let's talk about it when I get back. Goodbye, Xiao Lei. Please say goodbye to Xiao Ai for me as well."

"Goodbye, Ashin."

Tears of the next life waved goodbye to Li Xin.

After Li Xin left, the smile on Lai Sheng Lei's face suddenly disappeared, and her expression became extremely solemn.

What happened to Ashin? Why does he look so much like he did when he went to assassinate Tsukamoto Kazuo?

As one of the three people in the world who knew Li Xin best (the other two being the village chief and Secretary Wang), how could Lai Sheng Lei not sense the emotions hidden in Li Xin's farewell?

She really wanted to ask Li Xin what he was going to do and whether it was dangerous, but she held back in the end.

She believed that what Li Xin was going to do was something he absolutely had to do, so what she had to do was support Li Xin and not let him worry about her and be distracted.

"Ah-Xin, you must come back..."

As Li Xin left Lai Sheng Lei's house and went downstairs, he happened to run into Helena and her maid, who were about to leave.

Helena saw Li Xin hesitate and wanted to say something, but finally greeted him very politely: "Xin, you've come to visit Miss Laisheng again?"

Li Xin nodded and said to Helena, "I have to leave Tokyo for a few months, so I came to say goodbye to Xiaolei."

"Several months? That long?"

Helena was surprised, and thought to herself, "I haven't made up my mind yet, and you're already leaving like this?"

Li Xin was oblivious to Helena's complex emotions. He said to Helena, "Helena, you were our guide in Paris, but now that you're in Tokyo, I haven't really had a chance to treat you properly. I was planning to take you around Tokyo as a good host, but it seems I'll have to give up on that idea now."

"It's okay, I might wait for you to come back!"

Helena replied without hesitation.

Li Xin was taken aback: "Are you going to stay in Tokyo for that long?"

He thought Helena would only stay in Tokyo for a month or two, and would return to Paris after Fim eliminated Donovan's remaining influence and confirmed that "Heart" was living in Japan.

Helena was somewhat displeased: "Do you really want me to leave?"

Li Xin quickly replied, "Of course not! If you leave, I won't be able to hear such beautiful singing anymore!"

Helena's expression softened slightly: "Then after you return to Tokyo, be my guide, and I'll sing for you, okay?"

Li Xin smiled and said, "Of course, but let me make it clear beforehand that although I have lived in Tokyo for two years, I am not very familiar with Tokyo, so I may not be a very competent guide."

"I asked you to be my guide, not because I really want you to have fun in Tokyo..."

Helena spoke softly in French, but Li Xin couldn't hear her clearly because it was rather indistinct.

After leaving the tower apartment of Laisheng Rui, Li Xin went to the hospital to treat the wounds of Yagami Iori's girlfriend... or more accurately, one of his girlfriends, Tanima Kikuri.

After Li Xin finished treating Gu Jianju's injuries, Yagami Iori called out to Li Xin, who was about to leave: "Hey, are you planning to do something dangerous?"

Even when Iori Yagami is showing concern, with his hands in his pockets, he still has that irritating look on his face.

"You're going to train? What, you want to come along too? Well, you've been spending all your time with your girlfriend lately and haven't had much time to practice martial arts. If this continues, you'll probably lose to Kusanagi in the next 'KOF' tournament."

Li Xin knew how to provoke Iori Yagami, and sure enough, as soon as Kyo Kusanagi was mentioned, Iori Yagami immediately bristled.

"Hmph, how could that guy Jing possibly be a match for me!"

Iori Yagami snorted coldly.

"Really? Good luck then."

Li Xin turned his back and waved to Iori Yagami. Iori Yagami shouted back at Li Xin's back, "Don't die out there, or I'll cause trouble for my teammates!"

Ha, what a tsundere!

After meeting with Iori Yagami, Li Xin went to the Kagura Group and told Chizuru Kagura about his upcoming training trip.

“Going out for training… that makes sense. The next KOF tournament is about to begin, and I have a feeling something will happen during this tournament. I’m glad you haven’t slacked off in your training, Ashin.”

Kagura Chizuru put down her work and said to Li Xin, "But if it's something else, O-Shin, remember to tell me."

Li Xin: "..."

Am I really that incapable of hiding anything? How come everyone can tell something's wrong?

Despite his sarcastic remarks, Li Xin still felt a warmth in his heart. He said to Kagura Chizuru, "I understand. Thank you, Chizuru."

After bidding farewell to Chizuru Kagura, Li Xin returned to the office and told everyone there that he was going away for training.

The seasoned old fox, Crocodile, clearly sensed something was off about Li Xin, but he just smiled and said nothing, only telling Li Xin to be careful outside.

Li Xin has weathered countless storms in the past two years, and Crocodile Boss believes he can overcome this one as well.

The others didn't seem to care much, since it was quite common for martial artists to go out for training.

Take, for example, that gigolo next door. He goes off to practice Buddhism for years at a time, leaving all the household chores to his wife. Even the family's expenses have to be covered by his wife, who is a doctor. He's a disgrace to men.

Of course, some people were complaining: "Uncle, you're so lucky. You can skip work whenever you want. Unlike me, I have to go to school obediently!"

Li Xin glared at Angel: "Attend class obediently? Did you skip class again yesterday? Your teacher called me, you've checked off leave but you didn't go back to class!"

Angel's eyes darted around: "No way, I was just helping to take care of those kids, how could that be considered skipping class!"

"The child has someone else to take care of him, you go to school and get back to your studies!"

Li Xin gave Angel a lecture, telling her to study hard and improve every day.

After Li Xin finished teaching Angel a lesson, Mao Lixia pulled Li Xin aside and carefully asked, "Xin, what happened to you?"

Li Xin could hide his feelings from others, but how could he hide them from Mao Lixia, who shared his heart?

Li Xin's smile slowly froze. He hugged Mao Lixia and said, "Lixia, while I'm gone, I'll have to trouble you to take care of the firm."

With Leona and the others in the firm, even without Li Xin, the work is generally not a problem. As for Crocodile, to put it bluntly, he's timid, but to put it nicely, he's cautious. With him overseeing things, Li Xin isn't worried that the firm will take on work beyond its capabilities.

However, now that "X" Agency has a well-known reputation, even if the agency doesn't cause trouble, there's no guarantee that someone won't try to take advantage of Li Xin's absence to step on "X" Agency and rise to power. This is where Mao Lixia needs to deal with it.

Mao Lixia knew that Li Xin was deliberately changing the subject, but in order not to make Li Xin worry outside, she could only nod: "Don't worry, with me here, the agency will be exactly the same as it was when you left, so you must come back!"

Li Xin smiled and gave Mao Lixia a tender kiss: "Of course I will come back, and I will definitely come back."

After being kissed by Li Xin, Mao Lixia felt as if she had gained some kind of power, and her uneasy heart instantly calmed down: "Mmm!"

Remembering something, Li Xin said to Mao Lixia, "Lixia, when you have time, could you go to the Valley of the Immortal Healers for me and see if Xiang Ying has returned?"

Then she told Maurice about Xiang Ying and Wu Ji's disturbance at the Vatican.

Mao Lixia was both amused and exasperated by Li Xin's words; these two were truly troublemakers.

However, Mao Lixia naturally wouldn't refuse Li Xin's request and nodded in agreement.

Before leaving the firm, Li Xin took out the "Tiger Soul", the eight Buddhist weapons, and the three "Divine Stone Tablets".

I won't be back for three months this time, so these things aren't suitable to be left here.

Upon returning to Athena Asamiya's residence, Li Xin placed all these items, along with the Fire Cloud Battle Armor and the Bright Sword, in front of Zhen Yuanzhai. Li Xin said to Zhen Yuanzhai, "Master, I'm entrusting these items to you for safekeeping."

Since the purpose was to hone his skills, Li Xin naturally couldn't rely on external aids. He even left his combat uniform at the agency and changed into ordinary clothes instead.

Seeing the resolute determination in Li Xin's eyes, Zhen Yuanzhai felt a little embarrassed, but more than that, he was gratified.

How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain? It's always better to push yourself now than to regret it later when you encounter difficulties and realize your lack of ability.

"Ah Xin, don't worry, I'm an old man, I can still protect this little thing."

The "Tiger Soul" sword spirit rolled its eyes slightly, clearly dissatisfied with being described by Zhen Yuanzhai as "this little bit of stuff," but the thought of Li Xin leaving made it much happier.

Haha, Tiger is free!

"Master, you stay here and recover from your injuries. I will return and avenge you!"

Li Xin said to Zhen Yuanzhai.

Originally, he didn't have any deep-seated hatred for Shixi Huangwo—after all, Shixi Huangwo always suffered a great loss on his own. But now, that old guy dared to hurt his master, and this enmity has become huge!

"Uh... Ashin, take good care of yourself..."

Chin Gentsai felt a little guilty, but seeing his disciple's filial piety, he was still somewhat pleased. As for what would happen to Hikari no Osuke in the future... that was none of his business!

After leaving Athena Asamiya's house, Li Xin inadvertently passed by Shiranui's dojo. He hesitated for a moment, thinking that since he had already passed by, it would be impolite not to say hello...

So Li Xin arrived at the entrance of the Shiranui Dojo and gently knocked on the door.

"I'm coming!"

Mai Shiranui ran quickly to open the door, and when she saw Li Xin, she was stunned for a moment. Her legs went weak and her face turned red.

"Ah, Ashin...you, what brings you here..."

Mai Shiranui stammered.

"Just passing by and thought I'd drop by to see you."

"So, it wasn't... because of that..."

Upon hearing Li Xin's explanation of his purpose, Mai Shiranui was slightly disappointed; she had thought that Rui Kisaragi and Li Xin had already discussed that matter.

"What is it?"

Li Xin was puzzled for a moment, then said to Mai Shiranui, "By the way, Mai, why are you stuttering?"

"That...it might be a side effect of the body swap..."

Mai Shiranui said guiltily.

"Aftereffects? But Xiao Lei doesn't have any... What's going on?"

Li Xin recalled that he had carefully examined Lai Sheng Rui inside and out, and found no aftereffects on her body, unlike Shiranui Mai who had developed a stutter.

"Who knows? Maybe it's just the difference between people..."

Mai Shiranui said softly.

Li Xin thought for a moment: "You mean the differences in physical constitution between people, right?"

What you think is your business!

Mai Shiranui glared at Li Xin.

Li Xin didn't know why Mai Shiranui suddenly got angry, but women have those days every month when their emotions are unpredictable, so Li Xin didn't bother to argue. He said to Mai Shiranui, "Little Mai, I need to go out and train for a while."

"Go out to train? Oh, train, yes, train! We fighters are meant to train hard!"

Mai Shiranui nodded vigorously, but she herself didn't know what she was saying.

"I……"

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, then said to Mai Shiranui, "I'll come see you again after I finish my training!"

Why are you looking at me? Go look at your girlfriend!

Mai Shiranui thought to herself, but said aloud, "Okay, I'll cook something delicious for you then, but I'm afraid my cooking won't be as good as Xiaolei's!"

Tsk, what an honest mouth!

Mai Shiranui wanted to slap herself. What was with that coquettish tone?!

Why are you calling me "Sister Little Tears" now? Didn't you always call me "Miss Little Tears" before?

Li Xin was a little puzzled by Mai Shiranui's way of addressing Rui Kisugi, but he still smiled and said, "Whether it's your cooking or Rui's cooking, it's delicious, and I love it all."

You blockhead, how come you always speak so sweetly at times like this!

Mai Shiranui felt defeated, but she was secretly delighted. To her, these words were like saying that she was just like Rui Kisugi!

"Next time, Xiaolei and I will cook for you!"

Mai Shiranui happily told Li Xin.

"Sure, if you don't find it troublesome, Xiaowu."

After saying goodbye to Mai Shiranui, Li Xin had no more worries. He went to the beach alone, took a deep breath, and then jumped into the sea.

This wasn't Li Xin suddenly having a lapse in judgment and jumping into the sea to commit suicide; rather, it was preparing to take the first step of his three-month training: crossing the Eastern Sea and heading to Russia.

Of course, Li Xin is now entering the sea from Tokyo. Outside Tokyo is the Pacific Ocean, and one has to go around a large circle along the coastline of Japan to reach the East Sea. Therefore, Li Xin should walk from Tokyo to Toyama Prefecture and then cross the sea from Toyama Prefecture to Russia.