21st Century Necromancer

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The fight was not unexpected, although the old man had planned to fight desperately, Kyuuzai Ryousen, the Crow Feather Mage, possessed mysterious and enigmatic powers. Right from the start, he took control of the underling who looked like a small-time hoodlum, and taking advantage of the old man's distraction, he wounded him.

This greatly reduced the fighting capability of the three, and without much of a struggle, they were defeated by the combined efforts of Kyuuzai Ryousen and Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and were taken to the warehouse.

The ninja who had previously confronted Kojo Kyoko was also similarly defeated and captured, thrown onto the warehouse floor just like the old man and his two companions.

Looking at the four men lying on the ground, Chen Yu walked down from the ritual altar and asked Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu, "What's the story with these people?"

"They're Yakuza who came to cause trouble, apparently from the Bluebird Group," Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu reported to Chen Yu with a bow, simply stating the facts without exaggeration or embellishment.

"Oh? The Bluebird Group?" Chen Yu glanced at the four captives and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Three of different professions at the Formal Rank, and one lowly apprentice; being able to have four Transcendents indicates that the Bluebird Group is quite formidable, indeed."

"You know now, so let us go! You can't afford to mess with the Bluebird Group!" the blonde underling who was thrown to the ground suddenly started to shout, even trying to get up.

However, Chen Yu simply gave Kojo Kyoko, standing nearby, a look, and she immediately drew her dagger and drove it straight into the palm of the hand that the blonde underling was using to prop himself up, nailing it directly to the ground.

"Please remain silent when your betters are speaking," Kojo Kyoko deliberately put on a cold face and pressed down on the dagger's hilt, causing the blonde underling to let out an involuntary scream.

Hearing the underling's scream, the older gangster dressed similarly barked at him, "Shut up! Show some of the Bluebird Group's resolve!"

"Ugh..." the blonde underling, after being yelled at, could only suppress his own scream, enduring the severe pain in his palm.

"We, the Bluebird Group, admit defeat in this matter and ask for your forgiveness. We are willing to give a satisfactory explanation," the old man, unlike before, did not put up resistance but instead surrendered willingly.

Seeing the old man's demeanor, Chen Yu crouched in front of him and asked with interest, "The Bluebird Group? You sound like Yakuza. When did the Yakuza in Tokyo become so powerful? Or has it come to the point where Transcendents have fallen so low as to get involved with the Yakuza?"

"It's just an old story. We turned to this path because we couldn't make it any other way; there's not much to say," the old man seemed reluctant to talk about the past and got up from the ground, sitting cross-legged in front of Chen Yu: "We were blinded by greed this time and wanted to rob your possessions. Since we failed and were captured, there's nothing more to say.

Whatever you want to do with us, the Bluebird Group will accept it."

"You're quite daring indeed. Since that's the case, you just have to..." The old man's attitude made Chen Yu feel that he wasn't too unpleasant, at least he had guts. However, as Chen Yu was speaking with the old man, the ninja who had been lying on the ground all this time suddenly sprang up. A dagger that no one knew where he had hidden shot out and went straight for Chen Yu's neck.

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"Master!" "Elder!" Kojo Kyoko and Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu suddenly cried out in alarm, trying to stop the ninja's action, while Kyuuzai Ryousen's entire being dispersed in an instant, transforming into a flock of crows that swooped toward the ninja. However, the ninja was too close to Chen Yu, and the three were simply too late to prevent the assassination.

"Puchi!" "No!" The sound of a blade piercing flesh and a scream emitted simultaneously, but the one injured was not Chen Yu.

Several bone spurs that had risen from the ground pierced the ninja's body, pinning them in midair, with blood flowing down the spurs, while the ninja's arm still held the dagger. Staring at Chen Yu, who was within reach, the ninja was unable to drive it into Chen Yu's neck.

"It's truly a pity, I didn't want to kill her." Chen Yu lowered his fingers, dissipating the bone spurs that had pierced the ninja's body, allowing the ninja's corpse to fall to the ground, and shook his head with a hint of helplessness.

The elder standing before Chen Yu closed his eyes, the muscles on his face twitching slightly, clearly pained by the ninja's death.

"Sis-in-law!" The blond henchman, previously silenced by his elder brother with a roar, now shouted loudly at the sight of the ninja's fallen body. But his elder brother, who would normally have stopped him, had no heart to do so this time; he merely stared incredulously at the ninja's corpse, clearly not having expected such an event to occur.

"You've already killed one of us; can you let us go now?" The elder opened his eyes, and though heartbroken over the ninja's death, clearly the lives of those remaining were more important.

Upon hearing the elder's words, the elder brother suddenly yelled at him incredulously, "Father!"

"Shut up!" The elder shouted sternly at his son, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath to suppress the various emotions inside him. Speaking calmly to Chen Yu, he asked, "You've killed my daughter, as the price for our Bluebird Group offending you. Can you let us go now?"

Observing the attitude presented by the elder, Chen Yu couldn't help but nod slightly. The elder seemed calm, but Chen Yu could sense the turmoil and forcibly suppressed emotions within him; clearly, the ninja who was killed was indeed his daughter.

Under such circumstances, the elder still had the ability to control his emotions and choose to plead, which caused Chen Yu to regard him with new respect.

"Had you lived in times of chaos, elder sir, you would have surely carved out a great enterprise." Chen Yu stood up, and extending his hand toward the ninja's corpse, a wisp of gray mist gathered into his palm from the body following his gesture, "If I hadn't killed your daughter and let you go, you wouldn't hold a grudge—you'd simply seek retaliation later.

But now that there's been bloodshed, even if you don't bear a grudge, can you guarantee he won't?"

Hearing Chen Yu's words, the elder immediately looked toward his elder son, whose gaze could only be described as utter despair. The elder knew that once he came to terms with what had happened, he would inevitably resent Chen Yu for killing his own daughter, as well as his wife.

Just as the elder was about to say something, Chen Yu cut him off, "I am not someone who leaves trouble for myself. Of course, I don't enjoy killing at random. Now is the age of the rule of law, and before we have the power to set the rules, we must all follow the game's rules. So, I won't kill you, but... the law doesn't stipulate that I can't do other things."

Having said that, in the midst of the elder's frightened gaze, a green light flashed from Chen Yu's other hand, causing him to lose consciousness completely.