Chapter 875

The reason Ye Chen wanted to shake off Chen Zekai, Hong Wu, and the others was that he wanted to find an opportunity to act alone, so he could test exactly how much weight the Japanese ninjas tailing him really had.

Moreover, he knew very well in his heart that since the other party had already followed him to the hotel, they would certainly assume, as a preconceived notion, that no matter where he went now, he would definitely return to the hotel.

Therefore, it was highly probable that they would not all four follow him together.

This was not because Ye Chen feared them grouping up, but because he felt that since there were only these four who had followed him all the way from Tokyo, if he wiped them all out in one go, Takahashi Machi would likely have no one left to use.

If he solved all his opponents in one breath, the remaining days he had in Japan would likely be very boring.

Therefore, Ye Chen preferred to "defeat them one by one."

Only by defeating them one by one could he continuously increase the fear in his opponents, and even more so, continuously increase the fear in Takahashi Machi.

When he left the hotel, Ye Chen had already noticed that the other party had only sent one person to follow him in secret this time.

Thus, he planned to start by taking care of this lone guy.

This lone guy was named Tenglin Qingtian, a distant relative from a branch of the Tenglin family. In his youth, he had studied ninjutsu under Tenglin Zhengzhe's father, so he and Tenglin Zhengzhe addressed each other as martial brothers.

Among the four Tenglin brothers, although Tenglin Qingtian's strength could not be called the strongest, his talent was extremely high, especially in his great skill at concealment and tracking. Having debuted for many years, no matter who he tracked, he had never let them escape.

Tenglin Qingtian followed Ye Chen all the way, trailing him as he left the bustling downtown area and the densely populated residential areas, maintaining a distance between one hundred and two hundred meters from Ye Chen the entire time.

His figure was hidden extremely well, and his aura was controlled perfectly; someone with slightly inferior strength might not even notice they were being watched by him.

After leaving the city, Ye Chen headed straight for a park by the river.

Since it was already night, the weather was cold, and it was in the suburbs, the park was completely empty.

Seeing Ye Chen enter the park, Tenglin Qingtian, who had been tailing him the whole way, followed him in without the slightest hesitation.

But what he never dreamed of was that Ye Chen, who had been right under his nose the whole time, suddenly disappeared after entering the park!

As a master who had practiced ninjutsu for many years, Tenglin Qingtian's hearing, vision, as well as his sense of smell and touch, were much sharper than an ordinary person's; he could hear sounds ordinary people couldn't, and he could see things ordinary people couldn't.

His most formidable ability was his hearing, which surpassed that of an ordinary person.

When ninjas track at night, they rely most on their hearing.

Tenglin Qingtian could hear the sound of crickets crawling in the grass and the movement of ants crawling out of their holes within a radius of two or three hundred meters.

Precisely because he had such excellent hearing, he could clearly hear the breathing and heartbeat of every person within a radius of five hundred meters.

When a person is hiding, they can stay still and stay silent, but breathing and heartbeat cannot be avoided no matter what, so an ordinary person could never escape Tenglin Qingtian's surveillance.

Yet, Ye Chen, who had just been within his line of sight and hearing range, had suddenly vanished without a trace—no footsteps, no breathing, and no heartbeat!

Holding one's breath for a short time is not difficult, but one cannot make the heart stop beating, right? This clearly exceeded the range of human control!

This made Tenglin Qingtian instantly become nervous.

Because he realized that this matter was highly unusual!

He immediately suppressed his aura to the extreme with utmost vigilance, then stood motionless, carefully listening for the sounds around him.

At the same time, he had already pulled two pitch-black shuriken from his bosom.

The shuriken is one of the most commonly used weapons by Japanese ninjas. This weapon is about fifteen centimeters long, sharpened symmetrically on both sides, with a short handle, looking like a dagger.

However, the way this shuriken is used is vastly different from a dagger.

Daggers are mostly used for stabbing and cutting, but shuriken are used for throwing.

It can be said that the use of shuriken has the same effect as Li Xunhuan's flying daggers in wuxia novels.

If Chinese martial arts emphasize openness and integrity, then Japanese ninjutsu is insidious and ruthless.

Ninjas do not like to face their opponents head-on; they prefer to strike from the shadows, ideally without the opponent ever discovering them until they die—this is the ultimate pursuit of a ninja.

They prefer to use weapons like shuriken, darts, and blowdarts, and they always smear deadly poisons on the blades to ensure that as long as the opponent's skin is broken by the blade, they are doomed.

A minute passed, and Tenglin Qingtian still hadn't captured any movement from Ye Chen!

His hearing covered almost the entire park, and he could conclude that in this park, he was the only living person.

Tenglin Qingtian couldn't help but wonder to himself: "Where on earth did that Chinese man go? Did he escape, or is he hiding?!"

"If he escaped, how did he manage to escape in an instant? Could he teleport? Or was I distracted just now and let him slip away?"

"If he is hiding, how did he manage to have no movement at all for a minute? Controlling breathing is understandable, but controlling heartbeat is a bit unrealistic, isn't it?"

If it were the former, the responsibility would mostly lie with himself; he couldn't find the other party, so he would just go back to report and accept punishment, and be more careful next time.

But if it were the latter, then this person's strength was simply unfathomable!

Thinking of this, a cold sweat couldn't help but break out behind him!

Thus, Tenglin Qingtian gripped the shuriken in his hands tighter, turned his body slowly and silently, and stared cautiously at his surroundings, terrified that the other party might suddenly appear.

After looking around twice and confirming that there wasn't even a ghost in sight, he finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Just as he was preparing to leave this place quickly, he suddenly felt someone gently pat his left shoulder!

At this moment, he was so terrified that every hair on his body stood on end. He spun around like a madman, and two poison-tipped shuriken were thrown toward his back with a 'swish'.

However, the two shuriken did not hit any target; after flying dozens of meters away, they nailed themselves firmly into a wall!

Damn it!

Where is he?!

Tenglin Qingtian, who was terrified to the core, dared not delay for a second. He reached out and took two more shuriken from the leather holster at his waist!

Holding the shuriken, Tenglin Qingtian shouted with fear: "Who is it?! Get out here right now!"

At this moment, he felt his right shoulder being gently patted twice!

At this moment, Tenglin Qingtian was almost scared to the point of wetting himself!

He lunged forward like a madman, turned his head in fury, and threw the two shuriken again!

However, this time he still hit nothing!

Behind him, there wasn't even a ghost to be seen!

Tenglin Qingtian was stunned with fear and hurriedly took out his last two shuriken.

At this moment, he heard a man behind him sneer mockingly: "It seems that Japanese ninjas are nothing more than this! Truly disappointing!"