Chapter 19: Dreams and the Future

Originally, within the attack range of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, Kagura Chizuru was like a live fish on a cutting board, left to be slaughtered by him!

However, before the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms could be fully executed, Bu Zhi Bu Jue's Byakugan saw a strange purplish-red power surround Kagura Chizuru, and it was this power that interrupted his subsequent attacks.

Kagura Chizuru forcibly broke free from the Gentle Fist formation.

Patter.

A pair of black flat shoes stepped onto the ground; Kagura Chizuru wiped the sweat from her face, her entire person appearing breathless.

Feeling her stamina hindered by some kind of power within her body, Kagura Chizuru was certain that the martial arts Bu Zhi Bu Jue had just displayed possessed the power to seal acupoints.

What school of martial arts is this, and why does it have such power?

Kagura Chizuru could not tell where the opponent's martial arts originated.

It looked very much like the Tai Chi from China, yet it was not Tai Chi.

There was another problem: the acupoints of the human body are extremely complex, and it is very difficult to pinpoint them accurately with the naked eye alone, let alone amidst the various accidents and movements of combat.

How did Bu Zhi Bu Jue accurately capture the acupoints while moving at high speed?

Kagura Chizuru looked at the Byakugan that Bu Zhi Bu Jue had activated... her heart was lost in thought.

Is it those eyes?

According to the investigative information, Bu Zhi Bu Jue did not have these eyes before; what could have happened in this short period of time...

And this information gap caused Kagura Chizuru to suffer a major loss.

"That's about enough." Kagura Chizuru voluntarily withdrew; this was merely a sparring match, and she only wanted to experience this sparring firsthand.

Everything stemmed from a dream.

A dream about Orochi.

Orochi has existed since the creation of the world and has always guarded the Earth; it is a bodiless spiritual existence known as the "Earth Asian Will" and is the leader of the Orochi Clan.

Because the Earth's population increased geometrically, and the society formed by human activity was viewed by Orochi as unnatural, it had always been hostile toward humans and created natural disasters to respond to them, while simultaneously being viewed by humans as evil.

Because humans caused the world to lose its balance, Orochi began planning an extermination-style invasion of humanity about 1,800 years ago.

But because Orochi had no physical form and needed to evolve into a physical entity and become a complete form to destroy humanity, it led the Eight Legions of Orochi to capture the eight daughters of Susanoo (the Yamatano Orochi Maidens) as sacrifices; at the time, seven of them had been successfully captured.

Just when only one, "Kushinadahime," was missing, the Orochi Eight Legions were defeated by the Kusanagi, Yasakani, and Yata families!

Orochi had no choice but to use the seven maidens on hand to awaken in an "incomplete form."

As a result, Orochi was defeated by these three human families and sealed away.

The three families were known to later generations as the "Kusanagi Sword," the "Yasakani Jewel," and the "Yata Mirror," collectively known as the "Three Sacred Treasures."

Kagura Chizuru is a descendant of the Yata Mirror bloodline, only the Yata family later changed their name to Kagura!

In the dream Kagura Chizuru had, "Orochi" was resurrected by the "Orochi Eight Legions Gathering."

But Kagura Chizuru also gathered the descendants of the Three Sacred Treasures families to fight back, only for them to fail in the end.

In the process where she thought the world would be cleansed, Kagura Chizuru dreamed of Bu Zhi Bu Jue, and he was the martial artist who defeated and resealed Orochi.

Although the images in the dream were blurry and fragmented, Kagura Chizuru was certain that the man who defeated Orochi was Bu Zhi Bu Jue.

Bu Zhi Bu Jue alone accomplished what the Three Sacred Treasures families could not!

Kagura Chizuru thus developed a keen interest in Bu Zhi Bu Jue, and she began using the power of the Kagura Financial Group to investigate all of Bu Zhi Bu Jue's information and combat records.

How should she put it.

Although Bu Zhi Bu Jue was very strong, Kagura Chizuru could not see anything special about this man; or rather, she could not see any point of strength that could defeat Orochi.

After tonight's battle, Kagura Chizuru still did not believe Bu Zhi Bu Jue had the power to defeat Orochi, but she was certain of one thing.

Bu Zhi Bu Jue's growth rate was strange; rather than calling it... fast, it was more like a strange fluctuation.

Perhaps if given a little more time, he really could evolve into the man who defeats Orochi.

Kagura Chizuru was now willing to believe in Bu Zhi Bu Jue, and willing to believe in that absurd dream.

"Since we're done fighting, where are Shiranui Mai and King?" Bu Zhi Bu Jue also withdrew; he had not felt any killing intent from Kagura Chizuru during the fight, so this was just a tacit sparring match.

A mutual understanding.

"They are both inside the villa." Kagura Chizuru showed goodwill, turned around, and beckoned to Bu Zhi Bu Jue: "Let's go, I'll take you inside to see them."

Bu Zhi Bu Jue wiped the wounds on his face, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.

The long and troublesome day was finally coming to an end.

At this moment, inside the villa.

King's eyes were glowing with a golden light, and a "¥" symbol even appeared in her pupils as she carefully wiped various... antiques on the table.

She was a martial artist and did not possess any appraisal skills, nor did she have the Golden Eyes found in novels.

The reason she was wiping these antiques so fanatically was because these things were super, super, super valuable!

King, as her name suggests, was poor!

King's younger brother suffered from a strange illness, and every treatment required an astronomical fee, which was why she had long wandered in the gray areas, helping people assassinate targets and fighting in matches.

She never expected to meet a wealthy woman from the Kagura Financial Group today, namely Kagura Chizuru!

Kagura Chizuru was willing to give these antiques to King, on the condition that King stay in this villa for a day and a night.

Under the assault of money, King shamefully gave in.

As for Shiranui Mai?

She was on the other side, pedaling an expensive sewing machine!

Shiranui Mai had a hobby of making kimonos by hand.

Usually, besides training and peeking at Bu Zhi Bu Jue, she spent all her remaining time making kimonos.

Shiranui Mai touched the "expensive" precious silk in her hands, her face full of intoxication.

One had to know that the price of this silk was terrifying; even a small piece cost hundreds of thousands of yen!

Shiranui Mai had, of course, never tried making such an expensive kimono, and tonight, that opportunity was laid out before her.

Therefore, Shiranui Mai was willing to stay here temporarily for the night, simply because Kagura Chizuru provided these expensive silk materials to her for free.

It was not just for this reason; Kagura Chizuru also told Shiranui Mai that Bu Zhi Bu Jue would certainly overcome the eighty-one tribulations to come here and find her.

Seduced by Kagura Chizuru in that way, Shiranui Mai wanted to stay here even more; she would definitely wait for Bu Zhi Bu Jue to find her personally.

As expected, her status in Bu Zhi Bu Jue's heart was truly different!

Thinking of this, Shiranui Mai sewed even more energetically.

Having investigated Bu Zhi Bu Jue clearly, Kagura Chizuru naturally would have investigated his interpersonal network and relationships as well.

The hobbies and weaknesses of Shiranui Mai and King had already been firmly grasped in Kagura Chizuru's hands.

Stepping into this luxurious villa, Bu Zhi Bu Jue saw such a scene.

A miser and a sewing fanatic.

"Look, aren't they doing just fine?" Kagura Chizuru covered her mouth and chuckled happily.