Chapter 82: then translation of title

Covert Maneuver is the most hated organization in the Pure Spirit Court, bar none!

How hated is this organization? Even passing death gods, when they walk past the Covert Maneuver's gate, must spit a mouthful of phlegm before moving on, then curse 'bad luck!'

And the reason Covert Maneuver's reputation has sunk to this level is entirely due to the nature of their organization; after all, for the sake of aristocratic lords, they have done far too many 'inhumane' and 'illogical' 'dark deeds'……

And today, the dog that the aristocratic lords keep to guard their manor has encountered an uninvited guest!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

In the Covert Maneuver's barracks, Aramaki wore a white haori as if entering an uninhabited realm; before the assembled Covert Maneuver members, he untied the Soul-Cutting Sword at his waist and plunged it into the dirt before everyone……

Immediately afterward, he lightly hooked his finger at the ranks of Covert Maneuver members clad in night attire; at this moment, Aramaki's provocation was overflowing, completely an attitude of not even looking upon these assassins.

"This guy came to wreck the place!"

When the Covert Maneuver members saw Aramaki's actions, they each felt anger burning in their chests, and then one by one they cracked their knuckles, ready to give a proper lesson to this overconfident fool before them!

Today they will use absolute strength to tell this man what 'expertise in one's field' means!

You, a Thirteen Court Guard Squad member who makes a living with a Soul-Cutting Sword, dare to spar in barehanded combat with Covert Maneuver, which has cultivated unarmed fighting since ancient times? Don't you know that in the era before death gods even had Soul-Cutting Swords, they had already been transmitting the death gods' most 'primitive' and 'ancient' barehanded technique for tens of thousands of years?!

Indeed, if we look at the million-year history of the Spirit World, before the four primal skills of 'cut', 'fist', 'walk', and 'ghost', the Soul-Cutting Sword is undoubtedly an emerging ability.

"Let's all go at him!"

Aramaki rolled his neck a bit and waved at the Covert Maneuver members.

"Go!"

At the Covert Maneuver captain's order, countless assassins as dark as phantoms, wielding concealed weapons, came rushing at Aramaki in a frenzied assault.

"Too slow!"

First to advance toward Aramaki were the newly enlisted members; in Aramaki's eyes their movements were as slow as a snail's, and before they could even approach, Aramaki gave each of those dozens of Covert Maneuver members a hard slap to the ear.

"Pfft..."

Accompanied by spraying blood, dozens were thus fanned unconscious by Aramaki. In fact, the power of an ear slap is still considerable; many contestants in ear-slapping competitions end up being carried out lying down~

"Speed not bad! Strength lacking……"

The attackers who followed were noticeably much faster; they not only punched and kicked Aramaki, but also threw concealed weapons from tricky angles, which Aramaki disliked, so he directly clung his own spiritual pressure to his body surface……

Those successive concealed weapons, before they could even get near Aramaki, were utterly crushed by the spiritual pressure on his body surface; meanwhile, the Covert Maneuver members' punches and kicks mostly ended in broken bones for those people! Well, for those without fractures, Aramaki would promptly assist them in undergoing artificial bone‑setting surgery……

"Ah!!"

In an instant, these members lay sprawled on the ground, clutching their fractured limbs and continually howling with bared teeth. Their condition was obviously far more miserable than that of the first wave that attacked Aramaki!

"Tsk~"

Seeing their own members sprawled out almost to the point of disgrace, the Covert Maneuver commanders and captains frowned, knowing it was now their turn to act; if they continued to let Aramaki beat them down, the Covert Maneuver's face would be completely lost.

In an instant, countless blades of cold light shot toward Aramaki……

"Oh! This time the power is enough, but the aim is off by just a bit~"

Aramaki gazed at the sky-full of cold light; his figure flickered instantly, and before anyone could notice, he had already arrived above the Covert Maneuver……

At the same time, Aramaki gathered the spiritual pressure covering his body surface, continually converging it onto his fists! At this moment Aramaki finally got serious—only to see his spiritual pressure condense between his fists, then he slammed it fiercely toward the ground.

"One Bone Impact"

This is a brand‑new skill Aramaki developed by combining the uniqueness of his own spiritual pressure, referencing the 'One Bone' of Old Man Shan and merging it with spiritual pressure imbued with haki characteristics.

"Huh?!"

While the Covert Maneuver members were still wondering where Aramaki had gone, endless lightning‑like spiritual pressure erupted from his fists, forming wave after wave of impact that bombarded the Covert Maneuver's barracks and its members.

"Pfft..."

Covert Maneuver members struck by Aramaki's spiritual pressure all spat blood and collapsed; the buildings shrouded in his spiritual pressure shattered into sky‑filling fragments, turning into the most primal spirit particles that dissipated into the air.

In the blink of an eye, the Covert Maneuver battalion's barracks had become a ruin, leaving a mess all over the ground……

"Damn it!"

And the Covert Maneuver commander, seeing this scene, could no longer stay seated; he turned into a dark light and launched an attack at Aramaki.

"Pap~"

Unfortunately, with a light sound, Aramaki barehandedly caught the dark sword held by that Covert Maneuver commander.

"What?!"

Seeing this, the Covert Maneuver commander's pupils twitched slightly.

"Crack~"

Before the Covert Maneuver commander could think further, his dark sword was already pinched by Aramaki into a lump of iron sand, and at that very moment Aramaki's fist struck the commander's face.

"Your strength is insufficient, your technique unrefined, your defense lacking, your killing moves not vicious, your will not steadfast, your speed not swift—you're utterly useless!!"

Facing the Covert Maneuver commander, Aramaki showed no intention of holding back; blow after blow landed flesh‑deep, each punch leaving a deep imprint on the man's body……

After all, Aramaki had already decided to reserve the Covert Maneuver vice‑commander position for Si Fengting Yiyi; seeing that this man before him was truly useless! Oh, right, Aramaki also decided to double‑duty as the Covert Maneuver chief commander~

Starting today, the Covert Maneuver will undergo reform! No longer serving the aristocracy, but serving him……

"Pfft..."

With Aramaki's final punch, the former Covert Maneuver commander collapsed flat on the ground, completely unconscious.

Seeing this, Aramaki directly took the commander's chest badge from the former Covert Maneuver commander's clothing.

Then Aramaki approached the slender, handsome youth he had previously spared, hauled him up from the ground in one motion, and demanded, "What is your name?!"

"My name is Sui Feng!"

The slender youth looked at Aramaki and spoke coldly.

"Oh? I misjudged, it's a little girl……" Upon hearing the youth's slightly sharp voice, Aramaki blinked, not expecting this to be a girl without a… uh, and when the youth heard the girl's name clearly, he thought to himself: "Sui Feng? Interesting—if that's the case, then this lass before me must be the grandmother or mother of Fengshao Ling?! Then it's you!"

(Fengshao Ling is the ninth‑generation heir of the Feng clan, and the name Sui Feng was passed down from her grandmother.)

Aramaki quickly made his decision, hoisted the girl before him with one hand, and led her out of the Covert Maneuver……

"Let me go! You despicable villain, you actually dare to invade the Covert Maneuver—the Central Forty‑Six Chamber will absolutely not let you off!"

Feng Shaoying's grandmother seemed to share Feng Shaoying's temperament; she gave her all to resist Araki's grasp, but the resistance was useless. Poor Sui Feng was thus taken by Araki as if he were holding a delicate cloth doll, and left the Secret Mobile barracks...

"Central Office 46 has been reestablished again? It's like locusts, impossible to eradicate! No, it's more apt to compare them to cockroaches; kill one and two appear, such a troublesome and disgusting nuisance..."

Araki, after hearing Sui Feng's words, muttered while walking, clearly not taking Central Office 46 seriously.

Anyway, Central Office 46 can't judge him; after all, he's a member of the Zero Squad! Indeed, Araki's squad number swings constantly depending on which side benefits him...

"Solved?!"

When Araki emerged from the Secret Mobile, he saw two Ghost Dao Masters of the Ghost Dao members standing outside the ruins, waiting respectfully. The deputy Ghost Dao Master, Wo Ling Tiezhai, first bowed slightly toward Araki, then asked in a low voice.

"Solved!"

Araki heard this and nodded.

"Who... is this girl?"

Immediately, Wo Ling Tiezhai looked at the girl Araki had pinned under the creaking nook.

"Spoils!"

Araki said cheerfully upon hearing it.

"What kind of joke is that?! I'm not some spoils!"

The girl, hearing that, rebelled fiercely once more, but the resistance was completely ineffective.

"It so happens I think Ye Yi needs a little sidekick, and she fits perfectly!"

Araki recalled that the official novel (CFYOW) mentioned that several brothers of Feng Shaoying's generation all died because of the Gang Mi Dai family, and Araki had no desire to aid the Gang Mi Dai family, so he planned to directly link the Feng family with the Si Feng Yuan clan.

"Huh? You actually want me to be someone else's sidekick? Stop kidding, even if I die here, even if I heroically sacrifice for my belief, I will never be anyone's sidekick!"

Sui Feng said angrily.

"As for the White Strike master I'm looking for, unfortunately! Not a single one in the Secret Mobile catches my eye! Hmm, this girl counts as half one~"

However, Araki completely ignored the girl's roar and continued speaking to the two Ghost Dao Masters before him.

"Now that is truly a pity..."

The two Ghost Dao Masters, hearing this, sighed helplessly, but no matter how they looked, there was a trace of schadenfreude.

"What do you mean none can catch your eye? And why am I only half? Damn! It makes me furious!"

Sui Feng kept shouting...

But Araki and the two Ghost Dao Masters were too lazy to pay her any attention.

Thus Sui Feng muttered all the way until everyone arrived at the Fourth Squad's barracks.

"Hey, Ye Yi! To help you focus on cultivation, I've found you a little toy!"

Araki said, tossing the Sui Feng he held under his arm toward Si Feng Yuan's Ye Yi.

"Ah! Rude fellow!"

Sui Feng rolled several times on the ground before finally stopping, then turned her head and glared at Araki, saying.

"Hm?!"

Ye Yi turned and looked; when she saw that the toy Araki mentioned was a slightly older sister, she broke into a bright, hearty laugh: "Hahaha! From today on, you're my little sister!"

Ye Yi said, patting Sui Feng's shoulder, indicating that whatever happens, Si Feng Yuan's Ye Yi will have Sui Feng's back!

"Ye Yi? Are you... perhaps the esteemed Ye Yi of Si Feng Yuan?!"

"Apologies, that was rude! I am the contemporary Sui Feng of the Feng family... I am, I am honored to serve you!"

Hearing this, Sui Feng turned, looked at the 'black‑skinned little radish head' before her, her body trembling at first, then immediately dropping to one knee, respectfully speaking to Ye Yi.

Honestly, Sui Feng never expected that the 'Ye Yi' Araki mentioned would be the little princess of the Si Feng Yuan clan! After all, someone as coarse as Araki doesn't seem capable of mingling with the highest nobility...

"Oh dear~ No need to be so formal~ We're all family~"

Ye Yi looked at Sui Feng's trembling body and said with a smile.

"Hehe~"

As for Araki beside them, watching that ultimately...

... the Sui Feng who couldn't escape the 'True Fragrance' law sneered disdainfully.

Qilin Si stared at the gathered crowd at the Fourth Squad barracks, brows tightly knit.

"Three watches, twelve thousand characters! And then..."

By the way, seeking wave tickets~

(End of chapter)