Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

The woman hurriedly shook her head: "No, I didn't see anything. When I passed out, the president was fine. When I woke up, he was already like this!"

"Then you're useless now, go and be buried with the chairman."

The man kicked the woman directly, killing her instantly.

Such a big thing happened at the Tsukamoto Group, and the fewer people who know about it before Young Master Eiji returns, the better. As for the woman's death, just pin it on the murderer who killed the chairman.

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After leaving the Tsukamoto Building, Li Xin first changed back into his original appearance and attire in a public restroom, and then burned the clothes he had taken off.

After doing all this, Li Xin wanted to let Lai Shenglei know he was safe, but he was afraid of implicating Lai Shenglei, so he forcibly suppressed the thought.

Not daring to see Laishenglei, and not wanting to return to the stronghold, Li Xin could only wander aimlessly. In the end, he unknowingly came to a deserted coast. When Li Xin came to his senses, even he was surprised.

This coastline has no sandy beaches or beautiful women, only all sorts of oddly shaped reefs. Waves constantly crash against the reefs, splashing up sprays of water. It's a coastline made up of reefs, and there are hardly any people around.

Seriously, how did I end up here...?

Li Xin slapped his forehead and was about to leave when he suddenly saw an old man in a long robe with a full head of white hair walking over.

The old man was filled with an indescribable sense of loneliness. Compared to his full head of white hair, his face was not particularly old, but it looked weathered and extremely haggard. There was a scar on the left side of his cheek, which seemed to tell the story of his fragmented life.

Li Xin merely passed by the old man, and a sense of desolation welled up within him. He stopped and turned to call out to the old man, only to find him standing on the rocky shore, exuding a sense of oneness with heaven and earth that left Li Xin speechless with awe.

The old man stood motionless on the reef, his hands behind his back, gazing at the sea, as if he were reminiscing about something.

Suddenly, a huge wave crashed in, and Li Xin immediately shouted, "Watch out!"

Before Li Xin could step forward to help, the old man took action first.

The old man stepped forward with his right foot and pushed with both palms, unleashing a powerful force that surged towards the wave, actually pushing the wave, which contained an immeasurable amount of force, back.

Li Xin was utterly shocked; such internal strength was something he had never seen before in his life.

After pushing the waves back, the old man did not stop there, but began to perform a set of palm techniques on his own.

The palm technique looked extremely simple, but the power gathered in the palms was so strong that Li Xin could feel an intense pressure from a great distance.

The first move of the "Boundless Divine Palm" technique: A vast amount of leniency...

An old voice rang in Li Xin's ears. Li Xin looked around, but there was no one else besides the old man. The old man was just practicing his palm techniques and did not speak.

The second move of the "Boundless Divine Palm" is Boundless Straight Strike...

The third move of the "Boundless Divine Palm" – Boundless in all directions…

The voice kept ringing out, explaining to Li Xin the essence of a palm technique called "Boundless Divine Palm," and this essence corresponded perfectly with the palm techniques the old man used.

Li Xin wasn't stupid. Although he didn't know why this old man he had never met would teach him martial arts in such a strange way, he knew that this was definitely a serendipitous encounter. So he focused on watching the old man perform his palm techniques.

After completing the seventh move of the "Boundless Divine Palm," the old man stopped. Li Xin knew that the old man had finished teaching, so he immediately knelt down and wanted to pay his respects. In terms of internal strength, Li Xin had the "Mingyu Gong," and in terms of techniques, he had the "Shui Bi Jian Fa" and the "Eight Forms of Famous Swords." Both of these were sword techniques that required the use of a sword to perform, but sometimes it was inconvenient to use a weapon, so Li Xin was still lacking a hand technique.

The old man's "Boundless Divine Palm" seemed simple, but it actually contained profound martial arts principles, which perfectly made up for Li Xin's shortcomings in fist and foot skills and greatly benefited him. Li Xin felt that it would be insufficient to express his gratitude to the old man without bowing to him.

Just as Li Xin was about to kneel down, an old man who was quite a distance away from Li Xin suddenly appeared in front of him, holding Li Xin's arm to prevent him from kneeling.

"Our meeting was purely by chance. How much you learned from my practice is none of my business. After today, you won't recognize me, and I won't recognize you, understand?"

The old man told Li Xin.

Li Xin was bewildered. In the martial arts world, the kindness of teaching skills is a great kindness that can be compared with the kindness of raising and saving lives. The old man taught Li Xin a palm technique that was no less than the "Eight Forms of Famous Swords (missing the eighth form)," but he tried his best to distance himself from Li Xin. What was going on?

Before Li Xin could ask the old man why, the old man left without looking back. The sea breeze blew on his head of silver hair, making his loneliness even stronger.

Chapter 116 Farewell to Tokyo

Having acquired a profound palm technique, Li Xin was overjoyed, even though the process was somewhat difficult to understand. His uncertainty about the future also lessened.

But what should they do next? Should they leave Tokyo like Crocodile Man and lay low for a while, or pretend nothing happened?

Back at the base, Crocodile had already left, so the second floor was empty. Li Xin originally intended to go straight to the third floor, but when he passed the second floor, he smelled a fragrance.

Li Xin had a spare key to the second floor, so he opened the door and went inside. He found a bowl of cold red bean rice on the table in the living room, with a note underneath.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Have some red bean rice. If it gets cold, just microwave it."

Li Xin blushed slightly. He had been in Japan for a while, so how could he not know what eating red bean rice meant? Sure enough, the commotion last night hadn't escaped the notice of that old fox, Crocodile.

"have a finger in the pie!"

Li Xin cursed under his breath, but still obediently sat down and ate the already cold red bean rice without heating it up.

There was no other meaning behind it; it's just that Li Xin, being a countryman, couldn't stand wasting food.

Just as Li Xin finished eating his red bean rice and was about to return to his room, the phone rang. Li Xin answered it casually and said, "Hello, who is this?"

"Ah-Xin, do you still remember me?"

A familiar voice rang out, and Li Xin couldn't help but smile: "It's Fifth Brother, how could I forget!"

The person who called was none other than Long Wu, whom I hadn't heard from in days!

Hearing the joy in Li Xin's voice, even the usually expressionless Long Wu couldn't help but smile. He said to Li Xin, "Xin, I have a tricky job here. Can you come and help me out?"

Without hesitation, Li Xin replied, "Of course! Fifth Brother, you asked me to help, how could I refuse?"

For Li Xin, Long Wu was not only a comrade-in-arms with whom he had worked, but also Li Xin's true mentor in this industry. He taught Li Xin many industry rules and common sense, and was completely different from that swindler Crocodile.

Needless to say, Li Xin had been thinking of leaving Tokyo to avoid trouble, but leaving without a reason would make him seem guilty and might attract the attention of some people, so he didn't leave immediately. Now that Long Wu had invited Li Xin to come and help, Li Xin had a good reason to leave Tokyo.

Hearing Li Xin agree so readily, Long Wu, unaware of Li Xin's ulterior motives, simply assumed it was Li Xin's righteousness and exclaimed happily, "That's wonderful!"

"Fifth Brother, when can I go to Hong Kong?"

Li Xin asked Long Wudao.

Long Wu shook his head and said, "Hong Kong? No, Ah Xin, you don't need to come to Hong Kong. The work location this time is in Mexico. I'll go there first to establish a preliminary outpost. Once I'm ready, Ah Xin, you can just fly directly to Mexico."

Mexico? That's so far away.

Li Xin exclaimed in surprise.

Although he wasn't an expert on Earth, he knew that Mexico was next to America, on the other side of the world, and that even a direct flight from Tokyo to Mexico would take more than ten hours.

"Don't worry, I'll book your plane tickets and everything. I'll make sure you have a comfortable trip to Mexico and won't let you suffer any inconvenience on the way."

Long Wu told Li Xindao.

"Okay, Fifth Brother, let me know when you're ready."

Li Xin said to Long Wu.

"Alright, I'm all ready. I'll have Mr. Shangshan contact you. See you in Mexico!"

Long Wu nodded.

After hanging up the phone, Li Xin felt much better because he had a clear goal.

This is an international job. Although Long Wu didn't tell Li Xin how much the pay would be, Li Xin knew that Long Wu was a loyal person. If it wasn't a job with much profit, he definitely wouldn't have asked him for it, so the pay should be quite generous.

However, facing unknown tasks, he still needed to prepare more. After thinking for a while, Li Xin went to the rooftop and began to practice the "Boundless Divine Palm" he had just obtained.

These seven moves of the "Boundless Divine Palm" are simple, but contain endless mysteries. The more Li Xin practiced them, the more he could feel that their power was limitless. The extent to which he could unleash their power depended entirely on the level he could reach and the extent to which his internal strength had become.

After several practice sessions, Li Xin benefited greatly. However, the internal energy of the Mingyu Gong was extremely yin and soft, which seemed unable to fully unleash the fierce and domineering power of the "Boundless Divine Palm". Even so, it was already quite remarkable.

Having gained much insight, Li Xin looked up at the sky and saw that the night was already pitch black and the moon was high in the sky. He then left the stronghold in the dark.

At Cat's Eye Cafe, Kisugi Rui seemed a little absent-minded. Kisugi Ai and Kisugi Hitomi didn't know what had happened to Kisugi Rui, but they knew one thing: they absolutely couldn't anger the current eldest sister. So the two of them were behaving as obediently as possible.

"Big sister, I've prepared hot water. You can take a bath anytime."

"Sister, I've already cleaned up downstairs, so we can open the shop tomorrow."

"Big sister, I made you a cup of coffee."

"Big sister, let me wash your clothes for you!"

Seeing her two younger sisters acting like completely different people, Rui Kisugi was puzzled but still felt a little gratified. However, when she saw Ai Kisugi offering to do her laundry, Rui Kisugi quickly stopped her, saying, "You don't need to do my laundry, I'll do it myself."

How could I let my love for washing her clothes in the next life!

"Oh, oh oh..."

Lai Sheng Ai was a little puzzled by her older sister's strong reaction, but she still obediently put down the laundry basket and left.

Laisheng Lei picked up the laundry basket to wash clothes when she suddenly heard a crisp knocking sound from the window. She quickly turned around and saw Li Xin squatting by the window, smiling at her.

"Oshin!"

Although they had learned that Tsukamoto Kazuo was dead and the assassin was missing, the lack of news from Li Xin kept Kisugi Rui from feeling uneasy. That's why Kisugi Ai and Kisugi Hitomi thought Kisugi Rui had something on her mind and tried their best to behave well.

Seeing Li Xin safe and sound, Lai Shenglei's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and she revealed a touching smile.

Seeing Lai Shenglei brought Li Xin a sense of relief. He climbed down from the window, raised a finger to Lai Shenglei, and made a shushing gesture: "Little Lei, I came here to tell you that I'm planning to go abroad to avoid trouble."

Other women, upon hearing that their beloved is leaving, would first feel reluctant, and then reluctantly express their understanding. But Lai Sheng Lei is not the kind of woman who is easily swayed by romantic feelings. She is always rational. Upon hearing Li Xin's arrangement, she immediately nodded in support: "Xin, you are right. After Tsukamoto Kazuo's death, all the powerful assassins in the world will gather in Tokyo. At this time, it is right for you to leave Tokyo first and observe the situation."

Li Xin nodded and said to Lai Shenglei, "I will come to find you when I return."

"Okay, I believe you'll be back soon."

Lai Sheng Lei smiled slightly.

She and Uncle Nagaishi have already planned how to mitigate the impact of the revenge fund's launch after Kazuo Tsukamoto's death.

Li Xin smiled as well, not taking Lai Sheng Lei's words seriously, thinking that Lai Sheng Lei was just comforting him.

Since he had come secretly, Li Xin couldn't stay long. He took one last, reluctant look at Lai Sheng Lei before leaving Cat's Eye Cafe.

After Li Xin left, Lai Sheng Lei was only lost in thought for a moment before she quickly regained her composure.

Now is not the time to sigh. If we want Li Xin to come back as soon as possible, we must get things moving quickly.

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The next day, Li Xin's base welcomed a guest, the very man who, in Li Xin's eyes, was radiating golden light—Kamiyama Hiroji.

At this moment, Ueyama Hiroji was in high spirits. He bowed to Li Xin and said, "Mr. Li Xin, it has been so long since we parted in Hong Kong that I have not taken the initiative to visit you. It is my fault. Please do not take offense!"

"Not at all, I know Mr. Shangshan has a lot of things to do, how could I be offended?"

Li Xin replied politely.

Of course, it wasn't entirely just polite talk. He did know that Ueyama Hiroji had been very busy lately. After his trip to Hong Kong, Ueyama Hiroji's reputation within the group soared. Although he only won against Chen Jincheng because of Gao Jin, the Japanese didn't care how you won. Back then, the Crescent Moon Group also hired Chen Jincheng to fight in their place and won. So now that Ueyama Hiroji had Gao Jin fight in his place and won against Chen Jincheng, it could still be considered Ueyama Hiroji's victory.

In short, winning is winning. In the eyes of the Japanese, winning is more important than anything else. On the contrary, if you lose, no matter how many reasons you have, you still lose. The loser eats the dust!

With Hiroji Ueyama winning, those elders who wanted to maintain control of the Black Tiger Society by undermining Ueyama's prestige naturally lost.

Riding on his great victory, Ueyama Hiroji swept away all dissidents in the Black Tiger Society and completely took control of the organization. He is now riding high and has become even busier. To be honest, Li Xin was quite surprised that he could find the time to send him a plane ticket.

Hiroji Ueyama looked around but didn't see Crocodile Man. He asked, "Mr. Oshin, where's your partner? I haven't seen him."

Li Xin said very naturally, "Oh, you mean Crocodile? He went back to Hong Kong to visit his daughter. Unlike me, a lonely man, he has a daughter to worry about, so he goes back to Hong Kong to visit her regularly."

"Oh, I see."

Hiroji Ueyama nodded slightly and stopped caring. In any case, he only paid attention to Crocodile because of Li Xin, and he wouldn't pursue the matter of Crocodile's absence too much.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Xin asked Ueyama Hiroji, "Mr. Ueyama, what do you know about Fifth Brother's so-called troublesome task this time?"

When Long Wu contacted Li Xin before, he only said a few words and didn't tell Li Xin what kind of work it was. It must have been something that was inconvenient to talk about over the phone. This time, when he met Ueyama Hiroji, Li Xin decided to ask Ueyama Hiroji.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ashin, but I'm not really clear about Mr. Long Wu's situation, and I know even less about the details of his work."

Ueyama Hiroji said with a look of shame.

"Isn't Fifth Brother your good friend?"

Li Xin couldn't help but be surprised.

“That’s true, but even if we’re friends, I won’t dwell on his past unless he tells me. I only know that Mr. Lung Wu has a lot of influence in Hong Kong, but I don’t know anything else. To be honest, I find it strange that he has work in Mexico this time.”

"That's what Hiroji Ueyama replied."

In any case, for Hiroji Ueyama, if a friend asks him for help, he will help. Just like when he asked Lung Wu to help protect Ko Chun, it was just a matter of a word. As for the reasons behind it, he would not delve into them.

No, you mean... well, maybe this is what they call brotherhood in the martial arts world!

Li Xin was speechless, but perhaps that's what makes Ueyama Hiroji so endearing.

"Alright, I've delivered the plane ticket. Mr. Ashin, would you like me to take you to the airport?"

Ueyama Hiroji asked Li Xindao.