Chapter 876

Hearing this voice, Tenglin Qingtian was scared out of his wits!

This confirmed the most terrifying assumption in his heart!

That Chinese man had been here the whole time and had never left!

And from start to finish, he hadn't heard this person's breathing or heartbeat. How on earth did he do it?!

Moreover, he had patted his shoulder twice, which proved he had approached his body at least twice, yet he hadn't heard anything, not even his footsteps!

At this moment, he subconsciously wanted to turn around and throw the shuriken, but deep down, he felt some worry.

After all, he only had six shuriken on him, and he had already thrown four; the two in his hands now were his last two!

What if these two also missed?

The other party was right in front of him and would never give him another chance to reach for other weapons; in other words, these two shuriken were his last chance.

If he used them rashly, he might put himself in a situation of no return!

Tenglin Qingtian dared not act rashly. He could only swallow nervously and said with a hint of humility: "This gentleman, you might have misunderstood. I am not a ninja, just a shuriken enthusiast."

"Oh?" Ye Chen smiled playfully and asked him: "If you aren't a ninja, then why are you following me?"

Tenglin Qingtian said hurriedly: "I'm not following you. I just finished dinner and came here to practice shuriken..."

Ye Chen sneered: "Do you think I would believe such a clumsy excuse?"

Tenglin Qingtian said with an innocent face: "I... I... I am telling the truth..."

Ye Chen sneered: "If I'm not mistaken, you must be from the Takahashi family, right? I'll give you a chance to live now. Tell me everything exactly as it happened, without leaving anything out. If what you say satisfies me, I might consider sparing you."

Hearing this, Tenglin Qingtian knew in his heart that denying it was useless; blind denial would likely lead to his death.

Thus, he could only say coweringly: "Sir, I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! I was indeed sent by the Takahashi family. They were the ones who made me follow you all the way from Tokyo to here..."

Ye Chen asked again: "What exactly is the Takahashi family's plan? Are they just going to let you keep following me like this?"

Tenglin Qingtian said hurriedly: "No, Mr. Takahashi Machi's intention was to have us follow you first and wait for his instructions. He is currently negotiating a partnership with a major Chinese family, so he doesn't want to cause any complications. He wants to wait until the negotiations are finished before having us kill you."

Ye Chen nodded and asked: "What is the background of you four ninjas?"

Tenglin Qingtian said truthfully: "We are all members of the Tenglin family. The Tenglin family is one of the major ninjutsu families in Japan."

Ye Chen asked him with interest: "Since your family is a relatively large ninjutsu family in Japan, why do you act as lackeys for the Takahashi family?"

Tenglin Qingtian said hurriedly: "This... actually, it's mainly because in the years since the war, ninjas and samurai have been less and less valued in Japan. At the same time, the underworld has risen rapidly, and they are all equipped with very powerful firearms, so our living space has become even smaller. The whole family, apart from being good at ninjutsu, has no other skills and isn't good at doing business to make money, so we can only survive by attaching ourselves to major families..."

Having said this, Tenglin Qingtian begged: "Sir, I have told you the absolute truth. Can you let me go now?"

Ye Chen smiled: "Don't be in such a hurry. I still have questions I haven't finished asking. You can only leave after answering all my questions."

Tenglin Qingtian's mind turned slightly, and he asked: "Sir, can... can I turn around to talk? Having my back to you like this makes me too nervous..."

Ye Chen said indifferently: "Fine, turn around."

Tenglin Qingtian then slowly turned around. When he turned, he didn't put down the shuriken in his hands.

At the same time, his toes slid gently on the ground. It seemed like nothing unusual, but Ye Chen had already noticed the other party's intention.

Tenglin Qingtian's shoes were special ninja shoes. These shoes were not only lightweight and silent, but more importantly, they had a short blade hidden in the sole.

The switch for the short blade was a slider on the sole with a special pattern.

Normal walking and running would not trigger the slider in the sole to eject the short blade; only after the slider completed an S-shaped movement would it trigger the ejection mechanism for the short blade.

This kind of weapon was very common in the era of cold weapons, and even in China a hundred years ago, it was a necessary hidden weapon for many people walking the martial arts world.

Many film and television works have shown this kind of hidden weapon, but none have revealed the principle behind it. In fact, this S-shaped slider is equivalent to the simplest mechanical password; others don't know how to trigger it, but the user knows it clearly and can strike unexpectedly at any time.

However, as firearms became more and more mature, this kind of weapon gradually exited the stage of history.

But unexpectedly, Japanese ninjas were still using it.

The moment Ye Chen saw him moving his soles, he realized this guy was preparing to unlock the short blade in his ninja shoes.

Even his toes had already completed eighty percent of the S-shape; as long as he moved one more centimeter in the correct direction, the short blade hidden inside the sole would suddenly stab out from the toe of the shoe!

At this moment, Tenglin Qingtian had made up his mind: once he found a suitable opportunity, he would first use the two shuriken to distract the other party's attention, and while Ye Chen's attention was entirely on the shuriken, he would immediately launch an attack with the short blade in his ninja shoes.

By then, with four sharp blades attacking from both high and low, as long as one of them stabbed Ye Chen, Ye Chen would definitely die!

Although Takahashi Machi had instructed not to kill Ye Chen for the time being, he felt that since Ye Chen now threatened his own life, he couldn't care about Takahashi Machi's instructions anymore; killing Ye Chen first was the most important thing!

Having made up his mind, he began to distract Ye Chen's attention and said: "Sir, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask. I will definitely answer truthfully!"

Ye Chen nodded and asked: "Are you four the strongest people under Takahashi Machi?"

"Yes."

Ye Chen frowned and said with a hint of disdain: "I don't think you four are much either. Isn't your skill just throwing flying daggers? And your accuracy is terrible. If you had this little skill in China, no one would watch you even if you sold your skills on the street; you wouldn't even be able to get to the hot stuff if you were eating shit."

Tenglin Qingtian felt humiliated and blurted out: "Nonsense! My shuriken have always been very accurate. Within one hundred meters, I can cut off the wings of a fly in flight!"

Ye Chen smiled: "That impressive?"

Tenglin Qingtian said sternly: "Of course! If you don't believe me, I can demonstrate it for you!"

Ye Chen smiled contemptuously: "Come on, start your performance."

Tenglin Qingtian gritted his teeth, sensed that the opportunity had come, and sneered: "Fine! Then watch closely!"

After saying this, his hands suddenly shook, and the two shuriken stabbed toward Ye Chen instantly!

Immediately after, he rubbed his feet slightly on the ground, and the two short blades in his toes also popped out instantly!

Tenglin Qingtian dared not delay for a second and immediately lifted his foot to kick at Ye Chen!

Ye Chen had long been guarding against this move, and a trace of disdain flashed across his brow.

He didn't move at all, just snapped his fingers twice, sending out two invisible bursts of Qi, which pushed the two shuriken heading straight for his face slightly outward.

Immediately after, the two shuriken brushed past Ye Chen's sides, just like the Chinese character "eight"!

Tenglin Qingtian was so scared by this bizarre scene that his face turned pale. At this moment, he could only pin his hopes on the short blades in his toes!

A gust of wind blew past, and his foot also kicked in front of Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's expression was indifferent. He struck out with one hand and grabbed his ankle firmly.

Tenglin Qingtian watched as the short blade on his toe was only a few hairs' breadth away from Ye Chen, but Ye Chen's hand strength was so great that he couldn't advance even half an inch!

At this moment, Ye Chen sneered and said disdainfully: "Since you like using short blades to hurt people so much, I'll grant your wish and arrange a perfect ending for your life!"

Tenglin Qingtian was scared to the point of collapse and blurted out begging: "No! Please..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain suddenly come from his ankle and knee!

With a crisp 'crack', Tenglin Qingtian then saw his own lower leg fold forward from the knee!

It turned out that Ye Chen had used one hand to completely snap his lower leg from the knee!

He was tortured to the point of collapse by the sharp pain, opened his mouth, and screamed hysterically: "Ah!!!"

The next moment, his voice stopped abruptly.

The short blade on his own shoe tip had now pierced into his mouth, and the blood-stained blade tip came straight out from the back of his neck!