Chapter 4: I Choose to Kick Roundhouse
Sakaki's own physical skills and energy manipulation are not strong, let's be considered to be at the upper middle level, and he doesn't know the truth about his "Sakaki" ability, so in the face of Hanazuka's attack, he has nothing to do.
And Masako's "crow's beak" ...... Obviously, it is also a limited ability, and usually she can only get the conditions to start at the table; If her abilities can be used casually in daily life or in battle, then she can solve almost any crisis by using the sentence "I sincerely hope that I have an accident today" or "I sincerely hope that you will not suddenly die suddenly in the next ten seconds".
Therefore, at the moment, among the three people on this yacht, only Solid can respond to Hanazuka's surprise attack.
Whew-
It was too late, but when he saw Solid, he dodged and jumped into the air, came to a higher position than Hanazuka, pressed on the parabola of the opponent's jump, and threw a punch at an angle from top to bottom, trying to stop Hanazuka.
Seeing this, ......the syndicate, who was standing on the sea ten meters away, couldn't help but sneer, because in his opinion, Solid's action perfectly interpreted the four words - hitting a stone with an egg.
Bang –
Sure enough, a second later, with a bang, Hanazuka's giant fist collided with Solid's fist, and the result of the collision was not unexpected...... Solid's metal prosthesis, which had only been fitted for a month, was shattered to pieces in an instant, and his body lost its balance under the impact of the remaining energy, flipped a few times in the air, and then fell into the sea.
"He's not dead yet." After a breath, Hugh looked coldly at the place where Sollid fell into the sea and said.
"Ah......" the syndicate replied immediately after knowing what his companion meant, "I'll leave it to you, try to catch it alive." With that, he also jumped up from the "blood carpet" and jumped to the yacht.
After the syndicate jumped up, Hugh manipulated the blood blanket under his feet, turning it into a sphere about three meters in diameter, enveloping himself in it, like an old-fashioned diving pod, and then he stood in this blood ball and quickly sank into the sea.
On the other hand, the flower mound that repelled Solid, and later the syndicate, had already jumped on the yacht.
At this time, Sakaki had already turned over on the second deck and blocked in front of Masako, looking at the approaching two, he didn't think much about it, and almost blurted out: "Okay...... What you're looking for is me, it has nothing to do with them, let them go, and I'll go back with you. ”
"Heh......" the syndicate sneered when he heard this, "Originally, I did plan to do so, however, from the time we appeared to this moment, in just a few minutes, your many words and deeds have shown that these two people have an unusual relationship with you......" He paused, "considering this, it will undoubtedly be an excellent choice to take them back and threaten you as hostages." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he only heard the sound of water, and two figures jumped out of the water in response.
Two seconds later, Hugh jumped directly onto the second deck and threw Solid, which he had picked up with one hand, at the Syndicate's feet like garbage.
The Syndicate glanced down at Solid, whose eyes were closed and his whole body was stiff, and then looked at Hugh and said, "Are you sure you gave him a breath?" ”
"Don't worry, I just gave him a small cerebral thrombosis, and the damage caused is within my control, and he can't die for the time being, of course...... Nor will it wake up naturally. Hugh replied in a slightly ostentatious tone.
"Hmm...... That's good. When the syndicate heard this, his heart was reassured; After all, the only one in the opponent's formation who can fight has been seconds, and the remaining two people can't escape and can only be at their mercy.
"So......" said the syndicate, looking at Sakaki and Masako again, "...... Both of them are smart people, so I won't beat around the bush. He spread out his hands and made a gesture of speaking, "At the moment, it is impossible for me to let either of you go, and in order to avoid any complications, I am not going to go on a long journey with the two of you who are in a state of sobriety; So, in order to make the rest of the journey easier, you have two choices: first, take two pills of the medicine I brought and get some sleep; The second is to ask Hanazuka to give you a physical anesthetic ......"
He triumphantly said the victors' lines, but didn't notice at all, and at the same time as he spoke, Hanazuka stood behind him...... has died silently.
So who is it? Or rather...... Who has the ability to quietly kill a master like Hanazuka in such a short period of time?
As you must have guessed, it's dark water.
To be specific - disguised as Hugh, standing behind the unsuspecting Hanazuka.
When Hugh saw Sollid overboard, he wrapped himself in a blood ball and dived to chase him. Originally, for him, the "blood magician", as long as he was not the first to be touched by the "mortal bones", there was almost no possibility of losing to Solid, after all, he could make the opponent's heart explode as long as he moved his fingers; And in the sea, it was impossible for Solid to swim faster than his blood cells could move, not to mention that Hugh's blood cells themselves were a defensive barrier against sea water and foreign objects.
Therefore, Hugh, who chased down, never thought about what danger he would encounter.
How could he have imagined that a super-powerful being who moved much faster than him in the sea and was indistinguishable with the naked eye was already waiting for him at the bottom of the ship.
Less than five seconds after entering the water, Hugh was "devoured" by the dark water, and his blood cell barrier was almost like a snot bubble under the surprise attack of the dark water - it would break when it was poked, and his own physical skills naturally could not resist the attack of a strong enemy like the dark water.
Although Solid didn't see the scene of Hugh's killing very clearly, he also discovered that it was the dark water that did it.
Darkwater then quickly came to Solid's side, using his body to create an isolation environment similar to blood cells, and in it, he briefly exchanged a few words with Solid, said a simple plan, and then, they staged the scene of "jumping out of the water" in front of the syndicate and Hanazuka.
In fact, if the Syndicate had been more thoughtful and suspicious, he would have been able to see some flaws in "Hugh is a fake"; Because when Hugh entered the water just now, he was still in a state of moving in the blood ball, but when the dark water disguised as Hugh rushed out of the water, he did not use the blood ball, but jumped up directly with Solid.
Although there are many reasons to explain this difference in the past (such as disarming the blood cell during the battle, and being too lazy to use it after getting it), etc.), as a doubt, it is enough; Sometimes, grasping a suspicion and asking a few more questions to be on the safe side can lead things in a completely different direction.
But in this world, there is no "if".
So...... Just as the syndicate was saying those words to Sakaki and Masako, the dark water standing behind the syndicate and Hanazuka suddenly made a move, and with an "extended" index finger, lightning pierced Hanazuka's brain stem from the back of the neck, and "exploded" his fingertips in Hanazuka's brain.
The whole process took less than a second, and the sound of the shot was so small that it was completely negligible in the tide and sea breeze, and Hanazuka was declared dead before he could react at all.
The weird thing is...... For some reason, Hanazuka, who was already a corpse, was still standing there with his head held high, standing on the deck of the ship, which was not very stable; His eyes were not closed, and although they had lost their lustre, they were still wide open.
He was like a ghost who was still standing even though he was dead, and he didn't want to end the curtain like this, and then fall like a mortal.
The syndicate didn't know about this situation, but Sakaki and Masako saw it; How fast these two brains were, they understood the situation in an instant, and besides, they were both characters who had been honed at the gaming table for many years, keeping their expressions unchanged and their eyes not moving, that was all basic skills, and it was impossible for the syndicate to see anything from their faces.
In this way, the syndicate, who knew nothing about his situation, was still talking endlessly, and he, who thought he had controlled the situation, did not have any guard behind his back at all.
Of course, he didn't slack off to the point that his ability was useless at all, after all, his "hardness" ability was not very exhausting, so he still maintained "the hardness that won't be shot in the head by a sniper rifle" at all times.
“…… Okay, let's pick the two. Finally, after more than two minutes of smug chatter, helping Sakaki and Masako weigh the various benefits, the syndicate finished and threw a question to the two of them.
"Uh-huh......" Sakaki groaned, turning her head and exchanging glances with Masako.
Masako shrugged at him, a helpless look.
Then, Sakaki turned his head, looked at the syndicate, and said, "Honestly...... I don't really like you guys, I didn't like it when I was on the Clover. ”
"Oh, and then?" The syndicate tilted his head and replied in a tone of "what can you do?"
"So, I chose to kick in the roundhouse." Sakaki replied.
"Huh?" The syndicate was so amused that he wanted to repeat Sakaki's words in a questioning tone, and then threatened, "You choose to ...... roundabout"
But he couldn't finish it, because when he said the word "spin", a hand grabbed his ankle.
The moment the touch came, the syndicate looked down in shock, and then realized that his ankle had been grabbed by Solid with his left hand.
"You!" At this moment, the syndicate realized something again, and he glanced in the other direction, only to see the flower mound whose eyes were out of focus and motionless, and the dark water that had been transformed back into its original form.
Seeing this, the syndicate felt that his scalp was about to explode, and he knew that he had been tricked, but it was obviously too late......
"Mortal bones" have been launched.
The Syndicate's ability is not a "quantum revolution", but a single effect of "strengthening hardness", and Solid has already read his information during the Reverse Cross, and it is easy to erase its characteristics, and it can be erased very thoroughly.
"Wow!" In the next second, accompanied by a strange cry imitating Bruce Lee, Sakaki Wuxian responded with a roundhouse kick.
Caught by the ankle and in a panic, the Syndicate couldn't dodge and was kicked in the neck instantly.
Some people may wonder that even if the Syndicate's ability is erased, he is also a person with strong ability, how can he be kicked and broken by someone like Sakaki?
The reason is very simple, the syndicate's physical skills are actually very bad, and they are seriously biased......
As mentioned earlier, the ability "Hardness" does not provide a passive effect that "exists even in the unconscious", but it only requires a physical cost similar to "Clenching Fists" to activate and maintain. At the strongest level, it achieves a defense that makes the skin like diamond armor, the bones like alloy, and the mucosal tissue and internal organs stronger than ordinary armor plates.
So, is it still necessary for people with this ability to improve their physical strength?
This can also be seen by looking at the syndicate's figure: as an adult Caucasian man, a height of one meter in his early sixties and a weight of less than 100 pounds is very rare, and many middle school students are taller than him; Don't talk about the innate thing like height, but if he has exercised seriously, at least the weight will never be so light.
To put it bluntly, the only thing that the Syndicate is good at in terms of physical skills is the speed and agility brought about by its short stature, strength and resistance to hitting, or defense and destruction...... It was enough for him to rely on the "hardness" provided by his ability, and there was really no need to train him.
But now, when Solid erases his abilities with "mortal bones", the Syndicate ...... It becomes an extremely fragile existence.
Therefore, under Sakaki's well-prepared and powerful kick, the syndicate broke his neck on the spot, his nerve center, major arteries, and trachea were all kicked off, and the brain, which had lost its blood oxygen supply, could no longer maintain a clear consciousness, let alone retain the ability to launch or the idea of fighting; Although it may be a moment before the syndicate is completely brain dead, he is undoubtedly unable to get back up.
"Thank you." However, the cautious Sollid still did not let go of the syndicate's ankles, he still grabbed the other party and launched the "mortal bones"; But he slowly sat up from the ground, looked up at the dark water, and thanked him.
"I can't thank you enough for being ordered." Darkwater Loop.
"Heh......" Masako sneered when she heard this, "Zilin sang this well, knowing that someone was coming to chase and kill us, he didn't notify us in advance to get rid of the pursuers, but he sent you to protect us secretly...... Is this a favor for us? And it's a lifesaver. ”
Masako still sees things more thoroughly, and before the syndicate can breathe, she has figured out the ins and outs.
"It's not about me." Darkwater's response to this was succinct; What he said is also very right, what Zilin thinks, it has nothing to do with him, he is just an emotionless executor, "My task has been completed, farewell." ”
With that, he turned and jumped into the sea.
Just as he was leaving, the syndicate over there finally lost his vital signs.
At this point, the three people who are still alive on the ship can be regarded as real ...... Free.