bookrebus Chapter 44: Zanke is Seen Through
Chapter 44: Zanke is Seen Through
"Anyway, if you see your deceased friends or friends you haven't seen for a long time, don't follow them, because it's an illusion."
After giving everyone a vaccination, Nadezhda asked everyone to start taking action.
"Well, let's go hunt down the evil people that God cannot punish."
"understand!"
Tatsumi and Akame, Mine and Hill, Brand and Leone, Long Xiaolin and Raber are in a group.
Four groups of people are each responsible for an area.
"The residents of the capital don't go out because they are afraid of street murderers, which makes things more convenient for us..."
Before Tatsumi could finish his words, Akame covered his mouth and pulled him behind the wall.
"The Imperial Capital Guard."
In addition to their [Night Raid], the Imperial Capital Guard was also searching for Zanke.
On the other side, as soon as Long Xiaolin and Rab arrived at the designated area, he used the fantasy card to create a clone of Rab.
"Why make so much trouble?" Rab said he didn't understand.
"This is none of your business. Go find Leone or Maine."
"Xiao Lin, are you kidding me?"
Seeing that Rab didn't believe him, Long Xiaolin rolled his eyes at him speechlessly.
"I'm not kidding you, I'm enough here."
Unable to resist Long Xiaolin's drive, Rab had to go find other people half-believingly.
He gave me two instructions before leaving.
"That's almost it."
After Laber walked away, Long Xiaolin created a clone for himself and rushed to the battle site.
In this dark city full of lights, Zanker stood on top of a tall building.
He looked down from above at every move of the people on the ground (Rab and the others were behind him and could not see anything).
"After the street murderer, even the killer appeared~
This is such a dangerous city, have fun!"
Zanke used his dark green eyes (Teigu) to look at the appearance of each member, like a wolf in the dark selecting its prey.
"【Night Raid】, which head should we chop off first?"
Suddenly he noticed Tatsumi.
Zanke's eyes sparkled as if he had seen a delicious meal.
"Oh, this fiery look full of a sense of mission, I admire it.
It’s decided, let’s eat the delicious food first!”
Tatsumi, who was completely unaware of the approaching danger, was sitting on a bench with Akame, drinking tea and eating cakes boredly.
"It turns out that he is the one who won't show up easily... All we can do is wait patiently."
Suddenly, Tatsumi felt the urge to urinate, so he ran to the alley to relieve himself.
"Huh~
Am I too nervous?
Just when he was enjoying the relaxation, Tatsumi noticed that there was someone standing next to him.
When I lifted up my pants and took a closer look, it turned out to be Sayou whom I hadn't seen for a long time.
"Sayou? Why are you back to the capital again..."
Before he could finish his words, Tatsumi remembered what Long Xiaolin had said, and suddenly realized it.
The one in front of me is not Shayou, but an illusion.
At the same time, he also came to a bad conclusion.
[Beheading Zanke] is hiding nearby at this moment.
At this time, the illusion of Sau smiled at Tatsumi and ran into the depths of the dark alley.
Tatsumi originally wanted to call Akame to chase after it together, but seeing that the illusion was getting farther and farther away, he could no longer care about that and could only leave marks along the way while chasing.
"You're so slow, Tatsumi..."
Akame came to the alley to urge Tatsumi, but found that he was no longer in the alley, and his expression became serious.
"This is... a mark left by Tatsumi."
After seeing the fresh marks on the wall, Akahime immediately concluded that they were left by Tatsumi.
So she followed the trail.
Meanwhile, Tatsumi chased the illusion to an empty field.
Long Xiaolin, who had been lying in ambush here, instantly sensed the presence of the two.
"Stop pretending, you must be [Beheading Zanke]!"
Not wanting to play along any longer, Tatsumi drew his sword from behind and shouted at the illusion.
Zanke was also a little surprised that the other party already knew his identity. After all, he didn't have [Insight] into that guy just now.
Having been exposed, Zanke no longer disguised himself, revealing his true identity and displaying the two swords hidden in his sleeves.
"Not bad boy, I am [Beheading Zanke]."
Tatsumi's POV noticed the green eyes above Zanker's head.
[That must be the imperial tool [Five Visions All-Powerful] that Long Xiaolin mentioned that can see through people's inner thoughts...]
Zanke was shocked again when he learned what Tatsumi was thinking.
This man not only knew the name of his Teigu, he even knew its abilities.
Long Xiaolin, who is this person...
Although I was very confused inside, I still had to pretend on the surface.
"You've got a good idea. This is the imperial weapon [Five Visions], one of which is [Clear Vision]. By looking at the other person's expression, you can know what the other person is thinking..."
After that, there was no more nonsense and the two fought together, but because of the gap in imperial weapons, Tatsumi was frequently suppressed by Zank.
There were many cuts of varying sizes on his body.
Just as the two were fighting fiercely, Long Xiaolin, who had been hiding for a long time, had already made up his mind to attack.
Tooth thrust type zero!
Rushing out at high speed, aiming directly at Zanke's vital points.
However, this only knocked Zank away.
Zanke's extremely fast reaction speed allowed him to defend himself the moment he sensed Long Xiaolin's murderous intent.
"The third child is very tough!"
"Xiao Lin, you're here!"
"I've been here for a long time."
ha?
[Xiao Lin...Long Xiao Lin...! ]
"So you are Long Xiaolin, the first one to know the secret of my imperial weapon. Have fun!" X2
"That's what you think, right?"
Zanke was struck by lightning and couldn't believe what he heard.
[Could it be that this guy has an imperial tool with the same function as mine? ]
Long Xiaolin looked at the madman in front of him with disgust.
“I can’t read minds, and I’m not as broken as you.
So...I'm happy your mother!"
To strike first is to be strong, but to strike later is to suffer disaster.
Knowing this well, Long Xiaolin quickly moved closer, using the Nine-Headed Dragon Flash as a cover, and while using the last thrust to repel Zanke, he twisted his body, moved behind him and jumped up.
"Go around behind him, then jump up and cut vertically, right?"
Zanke, who saw through Long Xiaolin's thoughts, sneered at his behavior with contempt.
He blocked the attack with his hidden blade in one hand and stabbed at it with the other.
"Idiot~"
The moment the Dragon Hammer Flash was blocked, Long Xiaolin changed his strategy and used the reaction force of the downward strike to get behind Zanke again.
At the same time, Chi Tong fell from the sky and helped Long Xiaolin to create distance between himself and Zanka in the moment when Long Xiaolin was hit by the tornado flash.
"The infamous Red Eyes and the demon sword [Murasame], have a great time!"
Through the battle just now, Zanke also concluded that the knife in Long Xiaolin's hand was most likely an imperial weapon.
[Two imperial tools, a bit troublesome...]
"perspective!"
Zanke used his ability of perspective to see if Chitong had any hidden weapons, but was interrupted by Long Xiaolin who controlled the fragments.
"Don't pry into girls' privacy casually."
[What we saw just now was... a fragment of his sword! It seems that his imperial weapon can still separate fragments to help him fight. Please...]
Knowing that he had no chance of winning against two Teigu, Zanker planned to use Vision again.
The moment the imperial weapon was opened, Zanke disappeared from Long Xiaolin's sight, and was replaced by the most important person to them.