Before the Wu Clan received the commission from Toyo Electric, they had actually learned about Karura first...
After Wu Yasha brought Karura back to the Wu Clan, Karura sought out her great-grandfather, who was also the Wu Clan patriarch—Wu Erioh.
"Grandpa..."
Karura ran up to Wu Erioh and spoke somewhat shyly.
"I, I have someone I like!"
Mm... hm!?
The first generation Fang of Metsudo, who had originally maintained a gentle appearance, and was also the current patriarch of the Wu Clan—an assassin family that had been strengthened for 1300 years through breeding and genetic selection specifically for combat—suddenly froze.
He trembled for a moment.
Then, through the assassin's powerful mental strength, he barely controlled his expression and showed a gentle smile again.
He placed his aged and withered palm on top of Karura's head.
"That's wonderful~"
"Mm!"
Hearing Wu Erioh say this, Karura smiled and nodded, then under Wu Erioh's gaze, bounced away happily.
At this moment, Wu Erioh's gaze fell on Wu Yasha, Karura's mother, who had been following Karura.
In this instant, his facial expression was no longer kind or gentle—instead, it twisted into a demonic appearance!
"Who the hell is that bastard! Not even sparing high school students—"
His black-and-white eyes characteristic of the Wu Clan completely widened. Although he was now a withered and small old man, his soul seemed to break through his small body, making him appear unusually tall and imposing!
Especially with veins bulging on his body and pupils like two burning ghost fires!
Seeing Wu Erioh like this, Wu Yasha slightly lowered her head.
"That person is called Mutou Judai... he's a rookie fighter..."
"I don't care who he is! Keep an eye on him! If he approaches Karura again, kill him!"
As Wu Erioh's aura spread, the ground beneath his feet cracked, and with him as the center, a circular crater was directly shattered by his power!
In this instant, it was as if something wanted to burst out from within his body.
Undoubtedly—the 1300 years of continuous breeding with excellent martial artists and combining with powerful bloodlines had brought the Wu Clan not only fighting techniques claimed to break through all martial arts in the world, but also powerful physiques that could even casually release human body limitations!
Within the Wu Clan's bodies—demons and devils resided!
After that, the commission from Toyo Electric was delivered to Wu Erioh's hands.
...
Wu Horio, who was already prepared to fight Mutou Judai, looked at the Mutou Judai before him, completely unable to understand his old man's capricious personality.
Clearly, when he was furious, he said that if Mutou Judai dared to approach Karura again, he would kill him, but he didn't accept Toyo Electric's commission...
Moreover.
Without any commission, he still sent them both here!
If he really wanted to eliminate the guy in front of him, using such a method was obviously inappropriate and unprofitable—he was different from the 'Forbidden Descendant' and 'Demon' Wu Raian in the family. Raian was a monster who could use the family's secret technique: Release, which removed brain limitations on the body, to 100%.
But he couldn't do such a thing, so when dealing with powerful fighters, choosing direct combat wasn't impossible, but it wasn't efficient.
If anything, they weren't fighters at all, but assassins. It would be more stable to have Wu Feng Shui behind him use a sniper rifle, utilizing her specialized sniping Release to eliminate this guy from long range.
But Wu Erioh specifically said to teach the opponent a lesson and had Wu Feng Shui follow, but wouldn't let this 'Magic Bullet Shooter' use firearms...
Sigh.
He couldn't quite understand what the old man was thinking.
But it wasn't completely incomprehensible.
After all, the Wu Clan had been passed down for 1300 years, and marrying excellent bloodlines and powerful martial artists was perfectly normal.
Sometimes it was for their martial techniques, sometimes for their bloodlines.
Having him teach the opponent a lesson was probably to see if the opponent was qualified to marry into the Wu Clan...
It's just that the 'great-granddaughter complex' old man probably didn't want Karura to marry anyone, but planned to have Wu Feng Shui, Wu Raian's sister behind him, marry this guy...
Of course.
The prerequisite was that the opponent had to successfully pass the test and be willing to marry into the family—but sending him to test the opponent... did the old man want the opponent to pass or not...
Wu Horio wasn't looking down on Mutou Judai.
It was that he was really strong.
Although he wasn't a monster like Wu Raian, he could also activate the family secret technique: Release to 80%!
This was another point where he couldn't understand the old man's thinking.
But forget it.
Anyway, teaching the opponent a lesson was his task, so he just needed to execute the task properly.
Wu Horio exhaled, then stepped with one foot, activating Release instantly—dark red lightning-like hidden patterns instantly crawled all over his body, and he compressed his strength, clenched his fists, preparing to launch an attack.
Seeing the obviously abnormal changes on his opponent, Mutou Judai was somewhat surprised.
—These guys with black sclera really are different from the humans I know...
But forget it.
Mutou Judai looked at such an opponent and yawned slightly.
Then at the same time, he cast two curses separately on this guy called Wu Horio and the woman behind him.
He could feel that these two had killed quite a few people, but had no killing intent toward him.
But he also saw the pistol at the woman's waist, so while Wu Horio might only face Mutou Judai as an opponent, Mutou Judai recognized from the start that he had two opponents!
One even carried a gun!
Then—quick battle, quick victory.
Curse activated!
Then Mutou Judai instantly knew that the curse effect on the woman was—Muscle Relaxation (One Hour) (Non-fatal)
After that, this so-called child had two statuses.
The first was [Release (80%)], the second was the curse he had cast—Kidney Stones (One Hour) (Non-fatal) (Pain Greatly Intensified) (No Aftereffects)
Uh...
"Sorry..."
Mutou Judai said this, then the moment Wu Horio stepped with both feet and charged at him, he directly stepped out with Soru, and activated the curse in this instant!
Then when passing by Wu Horio's side, he aimed at the position where his kidney stones should hurt and delivered a piercing punch, then broke through past him, directly reaching the road behind that had been blocked by Wu Horio and the woman behind him.
In that instant, Wu Feng Shui didn't know what happened—she felt all her muscles become unresponsive, directly causing her to collapse softly on the ground, instantly losing mobility.
However, when she managed to turn her head against the wall to look at Mutou Judai who had suddenly appeared behind them both, behind her, Wu Horio's screams rang out.
"Ahhhh—!"
This...
She was quite familiar with her family's Weeping Demon Child.
Or rather, almost all of the Wu Clan were assassins, and for him to let out such screams... what did this man do to Wu Horio!?
She wanted to speak, but the muscle relaxation symptoms prevented her from even talking.
Or rather, if this curse wasn't non-fatal, this level of muscle relaxation might have caused her to lose cardiopulmonary function and die directly.
Mutou Judai, with his back to her and Wu Horio who was lying on the ground screaming and convulsing, slightly turned his head and made eye contact with Wu Feng Shui who was staring at him.
"Don't worry, it's non-fatal—you two should recover in about an hour. But during this hour, if you're unlucky and encounter some drunk or vagrant, that's just your bad luck—"
Mutou Judai waved his hand directly.
"See you later—this time I'm just teaching you two a little lesson. Next time if I see guys like you who have obviously killed people appearing before me with firearms, I might not be so merciful."
"By the way—if you want to kill me next time, you might as well try long-range sniping. There might be a surprise~"
Saying this, Mutou Judai left.
He appeared unconcerned, but actually secretly remembered the opponent's name.
Wu Horio...
Wu!
He had heard from Erina that this Wu Clan seemed to be a fairly famous family.
So he planned to go back and ask Erina what this so-called Wu Clan was all about.
...