Chapter 23: Mature and Rugal

The assassination continued.

Bu Zhi Bu Jue knew that stepping into this would drag him into a mess, but he hadn't expected the situation to be this complicated.

Even a sniper rifle with such high lethality was deployed...

Would they deploy tanks and fighter jets next time?

Seeing that Bu Zhi Bu Jue did not die under the sniper fire, the "assassin" hiding in the distance continued to pull the trigger.

Boom!

The bullet fired, a violent explosion rang out, the massive impact seemed to shake the entire street, and the glass windows of the towering buildings were all shattered!

The bullet pierced through everything, passing directly through Bu Zhi Bu Jue's heart, and fresh blood flowed down along the bullet's path.

This "assassin" hiding on the rooftop of the unfinished building felt it was a bit unreal.

Was it resolved so easily?

Suddenly, the dead Bu Zhi Bu Jue went "poof" and turned into a piece of rotten wood pierced by the bullet.

Not only that, Dobi and Bu Zhi Bu Jue had already disappeared from the assassin's scope.

On the rooftop of the unfinished building.

A casual whistle sounded from Mature's lips.

"Escaped?"

"Geese's henchmen are truly useless; what a waste!"

With Dobi rescued by Bu Zhi Bu Jue of the Shiranui School, this plan had become very complicated.

Mature flicked the long golden bangs on her forehead; her exquisite face was full of disdain and annoyance.

Taking out her phone, Mature dialed a number.

Beep, beep, beep...

"Is something the matter?" A man's voice, full of authority and ambition, rang out.

"Lord Rugal, there has been a variable in the plan. The capture of Geese failed, and even with me taking action, I couldn't salvage it. What should be done now?"

"I had thought Geese would be a good partner, but he has disappointed me yet again."

"Stay put for now."

Having said that, Rugal hung up the phone.

Mature looked at the phone in her hand, blinked, enjoyed the cold wind blowing against her face, and a playful expression appeared on her beautiful face.

Her goal had never been just a Geese or a Rugal...

At this moment, the scene of Bu Zhi Bu Jue defeating Bili just now surfaced in Mature's mind.

Mature had an intuition that this young man named Bu Zhi Bu Jue had terrifying potential; given time, once he grew up, he would surely be a massive problem.

Little did she know, in a back alley of a convenience store far from this unfinished building, Bu Zhi Bu Jue was observing Mature through the marvelous ability of the Byakugan, using his clairvoyance to peer through building after building.

"Mature? So this femme fatale was the assassin who opened fire on me. Why would she appear here?"

Bu Zhi Bu Jue thought of a possibility: this man named Dobi was captured under Geese's orders, so Rugal, as Geese's partner, naturally had a hand in it too.

It seems this Rugal and Geese are not as harmonious as they appear on the surface; the two are indeed "fair-weather" partners.

The most troublesome thing has arrived: Rugal should have already noticed Bu Zhi Bu Jue's existence.

Bu Zhi Bu Jue felt a sense of frustration; with his current strength, pitting himself against Rugal was undoubtedly like throwing an egg against a rock.

He must have the Treasure Cat go steal something else back!

Thinking of this, Bu Zhi Bu Jue grabbed Dobi by the collar and asked: "Why does Geese of South Town insist on capturing you? What exactly is special about you?"

Dobi looked unremarkable on the outside and his strength was poor; Bu Zhi Bu Jue believed there must be something behind this guy that Geese and Rugal wanted.

On a silent coastline, a terrifying and massive steel monster was docked.

Its head was triangular and diamond-shaped, its back had a thick and sturdy shell, and the surface of its body had many hook-shaped spike structures; in the center of the surface, there were even two skyscraper-like "pillars" standing tall.

This was the massive private aircraft carrier, Heise Nuoya.

Yet, this famous Dark Emperor was a martial artist with a fanatical love for fighting.

Rugal craved collisions with the strong, craved defeating them... and craved their exquisite and outstanding techniques!

That's right, Rugal had two great hobbies in his life. The first was to steal and learn the combat techniques of those outstanding fighters. Because his own combat talent was truly too terrifying, he only needed to see someone else use a move once to be able to copy it and improve upon it!

Geese's Raging Storm and Kelaosa's Diwangkaishabo were copied by Rugal in this way.

As for the second?

Snap~

Rugal snapped his fingers.

The dim surroundings suddenly lit up with flames, dispelling the darkness and illuminating everything.

A terrifying scene appeared.

Lifelike human statues appeared on both sides of this massive hall.

How many were there?

A dozen?

Several dozen?

No, it should have at least broken into three digits; as for the exact number, Rugal hadn't counted carefully.

These were all Rugal's precious collectibles, because they were once... living people!!

That's right, Rugal craved fighting strong people, but he also had another quirk: he liked to defeat powerful fighters and then turn them into statues to display here as collectibles.

"How wonderful~" Feeling the presence of his precious collectibles, Rugal stood up unconsciously and "danced" around.

Until this moment, Mature made a phone call, causing Rugal's wonderful mood to vanish instantly.

The wonderful atmosphere disappeared at once.

"At every critical moment, there is always some idiot who comes out to ruin my mood."

Geese?

Just an idiot who knows nothing at all.

Although Rugal had lost his good mood, it was not without gain; from Mature's conversation, he noticed a little fellow who dared to oppose him.

"Seems to be called Bu Zhi Bu Jue?"

Rugal sat back down and picked up a machine to begin searching.

Very quickly, all the information regarding Bu Zhi Bu Jue appeared on the screen.

Rugal browsed at an extremely fast speed, and stroking his chin, he said with great interest: "Shiranui School, that ninja clan that once fell into decline for several years?"