Chapter 260: The Ninja Who Delivers to the Door

What kind of reason would force the prince to cooperate with the Japanese pirates?

Chen Shicheng began pacing nonstop in the cell, his brain racing.

Following this speculation further, it is very likely that the Japanese pirates presented some evidence proving they could determine the Seeking Immortal Ship's route, but they did not fully disclose it, instead hiding some crucial clues.

And that crucial clue is very likely the landing location and time of the Seeking Immortal Ship! Time is irrelevant; since the Japanese pirates have come at this time, the ship's landing time must be these few days.

The location is even more interesting, and he knows it!

On the map, did the Japanese envoy "actively" give it?

"So, can I ditch those Japanese pirates and cooperate with the prince myself!!!" Chen Shicheng suddenly stopped in place, clenched his right hand into a fist and tapped his left palm, exclaiming in sudden realization.

"Hehehe, you probably don't have that chance." A hoarse voice suddenly came from the shadow in the corner of the cell.

Chen Shicheng showed no surprise, glanced at where the voice came from, and said lightly, "Also, thanks for hiding over there so long—how does the toilet smell nearby?"

"Are you Chinese people all this tight-lipped?"

As the voice sounded, a ripple spread in the shadow at the wall's corner, and a man in black ninja garb slowly stepped out.

"Huh? A player?" Chen Shicheng was somewhat surprised.

"That's right, Six Desire Heavenly Travel Society, under the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, Shadow Ninja reporting for duty!"

The ninja's self-introduction gave Chen Shicheng goosebumps, his eyes full of disdain—are all these islanders so chuunibyou, turning a simple self-introduction into such a cheesy act?

"Since you know I'm a player, how could I not have a chance, and you can't kill me completely?" Chen Shicheng laughed, leaning against the cell door as he asked.

"No need to be thorough; one time is enough." The ninja looked at Chen Shicheng with amusement and said, "As long as I kill you once, your resurrected self outside will practically be an escape from prison, and that so-called Zhenhai King won't easily let you, a player who challenged his authority, go. Moreover"

"Moreover?"

Chen Shicheng suppressed a smile and asked, "Anything else? Let's hear it all together, so I don't die confused later."

The ninja didn't think much, still believing Chen Shicheng was talking about himself, and said, "Moreover, you also have a token fragment on you, right? The one snatched from the envoy, belonging to our Little Japan Empire—no chance for you, a Chinaman, to lay hands on it."

"Crack!"

Veins bulged on Chen Shicheng's forehead as he suppressed the urge to bring out the La Tiao, gritting his teeth and asking, "In other words, you can precisely locate the dungeon because the arrow on the back of the token fragment points the way?"

The ninja smirked contemptuously, "No need to say so much to a dead man—you can go on your way in peace; rest assured my technique is swift, you won't feel pain."

"Wait a moment!"

Chen Shicheng quickly raised his hand, took out the token fragment of Tang Valley from his storage slot, and looked behind.

Sure enough, at some point this Tang Valley token fragment had been completed, and an arrow indicating direction appeared on its back.

He tried shifting his position slightly, and the arrow's indicated direction immediately shifted with his movement, firmly locking onto the ninja opposite. "You carry your token fragment on you? Then I can rest easy."

Chen Shicheng exhaled deeply, could no longer hold back his anger, and revealed a cruel smile to the ninja.

The ninja still didn't know what had happened, merely looking with delight at the token fragment in Chen Shicheng's hand, face full of intoxication, "I never expected that just an ordinary task would let me encounter a token fragment—may the Emperor bless us!"

"Didn't your Emperor tell you I'm very strong!" Chen Shicheng licked his lips, his snow-white even teeth reflecting the moonlight, making the ninja opposite a bit jealous.

"Strong? I don't think so!"

Before his words finished, the ninja flung both hands wide, ten invisible transparent threads shooting out, wrapping around the beams and filling the entire cell, binding the motionless Chen Shicheng in midair.

"You! You're already dead!"

In the ninja's confident voice, Chen Shicheng lowered his head to look at the unknown threads blocked by golden light outside his skin, thrust his hips, and swung in midair, "Just this? Hmm. As a toy it's indeed quite exquisite."

"Huh?"

The ninja blinked, looking at the golden light on Chen Shicheng's body, "A defense skill? Interesting. For an ordinary player, they'd already be minced meat, but no matter—this is equipment made from Lianxinu silk specially processed, and you, a Chinaman, couldn't possibly block it!"

Saying that, he turned and jumped, his outstretched hands swinging down sharply; the threads binding Chen Shicheng tightened instantly, continuously cutting through his golden light divine ward, emitting a grating sound that makes one's teeth ache.

Chen Shicheng tried to circulate a bit of True Essence; indeed, as the ninja said, the Lianxinu silk was extremely tough, showing no sign of breaking, but... "I don't know how you've lived to this day—did your idiot Emperor never teach you not to turn your back on an enemy in battle?"

"What?"

Just as the ninja sensed something wrong and tried to turn back, a transparent blade aura suddenly flashed at his side, accompanied by a cool sensation; his right arm detached from his body before his eyes, spun a few times in the air, and fell to the ground with much blood.

"Impossible!"

He spun around violently, raising the spider silk bound to his right hand's fingers to launch an attack, but Chen Shicheng, already on the ground, merely gave a light glance; the blade aura came first, just like before, and severed his left arm as well.

Having lost both arms, the ninja also lost his balance and toppled over under the blade aura's residual force.

The ninja kicked his legs, instinctively trying to get away from Chen Shicheng, shouting loudly, "Wait, we've already reached an agreement with the prince."

"La Tiao, eat it."

Chen Shicheng, too lazy to waste words on this beast before him, directly opened his Storage Bag, and the little head of La Tiao poked out.

It first blankly surveyed the dungeon environment, then upon hearing the word "eat," its eyes instantly cleared, it licked its little nose, and directly employed Heaven-Earth Embracing to fill the entire space.

Then, amid a chorus of fearful screams, it swallowed the ninja on the ground and his severed arms whole.

"Burp!"

La Tiao, eyebrows raised and eyes smiling, returned to its original shape, feeling the "food" in its stomach that had revived and then died, fell sprawled in front of Chen Shicheng, exposing its little belly, constantly wriggling. (End of chapter)