pjbooks Chapter 189 I said... no need
Chapter 189 I said... no need
"I'm back."
Xiao Xueye's tender and cheerful voice rang out from the doorway.
Harue Ueno emerged from the kitchen, dressed in a kimono, with a gentle smile.
Welcome back.
"Go wash your hands, we're having hot pot today!"
"Very good!"
"Then I'll go call Brother Yuan." Xiao Xueye took off her shoes, put on her white socks, and ran upstairs.
Just as Ueno Harue was about to stop her, Jiang Yuan's voice rang in her mind.
"Need not."
"Yes."
She nodded respectfully, bowed her head, and went back to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner.
"Brother Yuan, it's time to eat."
Xiao Xueye called out from the doorway.
The door opened, and Jiang Yuan came out with a smile:
"School's out so late, Yukiyo?"
Xiao Xueye shook her head vigorously, "No, school ends at three o'clock in the afternoon, but I practiced a little longer."
"On the way back, we ran into Mori, who keeps bullying other children."
"That student you've always hated, right? And then?"
"Then I took action. Yuan-gege, the moves you taught me really worked. I defeated him in no time and made him cry as he went home to find his mother."
Xiao Xueye stood with her hands on her hips, her face full of pride and smugness.
The sight of Xiaoxueye now reminded Jiang Yuan a bit of his cousin Mo Xixi when she was little.
I wonder how she is now.
Like their parents, they probably all thought they were dead...
A hint of nostalgia flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes as he bent down and patted Xiao Xueye's head.
"Well done."
Let's go eat together.
Yes~~
The three of them went to the dining table.
Xiao Xueye insisted on sitting on Jiang Yuan's lap to eat, and no amount of persuasion from Ueno Harue could dissuade her.
Jiang Yuan smiled and said it was okay.
With his current extra charm, it's normal for a little girl like Xiaoxueye to want to stick to him.
Compared to this matter.
He was even more curious about Xiao Xueye, who always seemed so sunny and cheerful, even though she had a critically ill father at home...
"Xiao Xueye, aren't you worried about your father?" Jiang Yuan asked the little girl in his arms.
Harue Ueno paused in her movements.
Xiao Xueye tilted her head, puzzled, and asked, "Father? My father died a long time ago."
Jiang Yuan was taken aback.
"Dead? Then what about the one upstairs...?"
"That's Grandpa who's sick, right, Mother?" Yukiha looked at Harue Ueno.
Harue Ueno nodded reluctantly and hummed in agreement.
Jiang Yuan glanced at Ueno Harue, then looked at Xiao Xueye in his arms, whose legs were swaying gently and who was breathing heavily from the spiciness.
It seems her memories have been altered...
However, that's how it is.
It should have been a better outcome for her...
Sudden.
Jiang Yuan seemed to sense something, and his eyes flickered slightly.
The little snowflake in his arms fainted instantly and fell asleep.
"Shirakawa-kun...?"
Harue Ueno was surprised and was about to say something.
"call!"
The windows were wide open, and a howling wind rushed in.
Several figures appeared inside the room in an instant.
Harue Ueno paused mid-sentence, her pupils contracting sharply!
"!!"
"You, you people are...?!!"
A masked warrior dressed like a ninja sneered, "Mrs. Ueno surely knows who we are, doesn't she?"
"Come with us, a very important person is looking for you."
All four were sixth-level martial artists, and they made no attempt to conceal their overwhelming aura, causing Ueno Harue to turn pale.
She looked at Jiang Yuan for help.
Jiang Yuan calmly picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
"You're disturbing my meal..."
"court death."
"Huh?! You brat, do you know who you're talking to?" A sixth-level ninja laughed angrily, reaching out with his claw to grab Jiang Yuan.
In the eyes of the four, the silver-haired boy in front of them, who had no aura whatsoever, was just an ordinary person who had not even entered a certain rank.
It can be crushed with a single finger.
But next second.
The sixth-level ninja swiftly reached for Jiang Yuan's left hand, twisting and deforming it from the fingertips, turning his arm into a pretzel in an instant!
"Snap!"
A sharp pain shot through the sixth-level ninja, causing his pupils to shrink violently!
"What?!"
The other three were also taken aback, but then they realized that the boy in front of them was a terrifying monster.
It's too late.
"boom!"
An extremely terrifying spiritual force transformed into a storm tide, instantly destroying the spiritual domains of the four people!
"thump."
The four collapsed to the ground in despair.
Harue Ueno covered her mouth, staring in shock at the silver-haired boy opposite her.
The silver-haired boy, as if nothing had happened, focused intently on picking up a piece of tofu with his chopsticks and putting it into his mouth.
Even though I've seen it before, seeing it again still leaves me in awe.
To achieve such a swift victory is a complete crushing defeat on a level of strength!
Just how strong is he?!
Jiang Yuan spoke up: "You should know who they are, right?"
Ueno Harue said softly, "I think... it must have been someone sent by the Kitahara family. It seems that Kitahara Mankoku's death has caught their attention. It's no longer safe here. We should move out as soon as possible."
"Need not."
Jiang Yuan put another piece of meat into his mouth.
"?"
Harue Ueno looked at him in surprise.
"But... Kitahara Tō, the eldest brother of Kitahara Mangoku, is an eighth-tier Grandmaster, very powerful, and is said to be protected by a mysterious ninth-tier Grandmaster..."
Jiang Yuan looked up and said calmly, "I said... no need."
Looking into his eyes.
Harue Ueno was startled and dared not speak again.
The dining table fell silent once more.
After a while.
I need to go out for a bit.
Ueno Harue looked up when she heard this.
After finishing his meal, Jiang Yuan stood up and said, "Collect all the useless equipment and materials they dropped, sell them, and trade for more high-level spiritual materials and potions."
Harue Ueno swallowed hard and bowed her head in awe.
"……yes."
...............
[Lyan] City.
The night is brightly lit, with tall buildings standing tall, vehicles speeding by empty, and crowds thronging the intersections.
The streets were lined with scantily clad prostitutes and pimps.
Everywhere there are luxurious clubs exclusively for martial artists to seek pleasure.
"Hey buddy, wanna come in and have some fun? We have all kinds of games!"
"Handsome, come quick!"
Jiang Yuan strode down the street, ignoring the advances of the streetwalkers.
This is a decadent city where desire runs rampant.
Beneath the surface of prosperity lies no order, only desire.
The strong possess everything here, while the weak can only survive in the cracks...
A moment later.
Jiang Yuan arrived at the foot of a building.
He put his hands in his pockets and looked up.
【Kitahara Heavy Industries】
"The Kitahara family, one of the three major families, has a branch stationed in the artificial city. They should have quite a few treasures. Don't disappoint me."
Jiang Yuan smiled.
Then I stepped inside.