Chapter 1731
When Aota heard this sound, he was overwhelmed with terror.
This confirmed the scariest assumption that he had in his heart!
The Oskian man had indeed been here all along. He had never left before!
Furthermore, he had not heard the sound of this person’s breathing or heartbeat, from the very
beginning to the end! How did he do it? 1
Moreover, he had also hit his shoulder twice. This proved that he had been very close to his own
body at least twice but he did not hear anything at all! He did not even hear the sound of his
footsteps!
At this time, he subconsciously wanted to turn around and throw his shuriken at the other party.
However, h e was a little worried deep inside his heart.
After all, he only had six shuriken. He had already thrown four of his shuriken earlier. Therefore, he
was holding onto thest two shuriken in his hands now! 6
What if he missed again after throwing out hisst two shuriken?
His opponent was directly in front of him and he would never give him the opportunity to pull out
other weapons. In other words, the two shuriken in his hand
were hisst chance.
If used impetuously, he would only ce himself in a situation where he would have to face
evesting perdition! s
Aota dared not act rashly but only swallowed his saliva nervously. He said in a humble manner, "Sir,
you must have been mistaken. I am not a ninja, but I a m just a shuriken enthusiast."
"Oh?” Charlie smiled yfully before he asked him, "If you are not a ninja, then why are you
following me?" 1
Aota hurriedly replied, "I am not following you. I have just finished eating dinner and I came here to
practice my shuriken..." 1
Charlie sneered, "Do you really think that I will believe such a lousy excuse?"
Aota replied innocently, "I...I...I''m telling you the truth 99
Charlie sneered, "If my guess is right, the Takahashi family must be the one who sent you here,
right? I will give you one chance to live. If you tell me the truth without leaving anything out, then I
will consider letting you off if I am satisfied with your answer."
When Aota heard this, in his heart he knew that it would be futile to deny the fact anymore. If he
continued denying it, it might only result in a deadly disaster.
So, while cringing he said, "Sir, I will tell you the truth!
I will tell you everything. I was indeed sent here by the Takahashi family. They asked me to follow
you all the way here from Tokyo..."
Charlie asked again, "What ns does the Takashi family have? Are you just going to keep
following me like this?" 6
Aota hurriedly said, "No. Mr. Takahashi Machi intends for us to keep following you first while
awaiting further instructions from him. He is currently negotiating a cooperation with a very wealthy
and influential family from Oskia. So, he does not want to cause anyplications because of this
matter. Therefore, he decided to wait for the cooperation to be finalized before ordering us to kill
you." i
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Charlie nodded and asked, "And what are the origins o f you four ninjas?"
Aota replied truthfully, "We are all members of the Fujibayashi family. The Fujibayashi family is one
of the major ninjutsu families in Japan."
Charlie was intrigued and he asked him with great interest, "Since your family is a rtivelyrge
ninjutsu family in Japan, then why should you be working for and taking orders from the Takahashi
family then?" 7
Aota hurriedly replied, "This...actually, mainly because since the post-war years, ninjas and
samurais have be rtively less important in Japan. At the same time, the yakuza, as well as
the underground world, are rapidly emerging and they are all equipped with very powerful weapons.
Therefore, there is even less reason for our existence now. Aside from being well-versed and skilled
in ninjutsu, the Fujibayashi family does not have any other skills or abilities. We are not good at
doing business or making money. So, w e can only rely on other wealthy and influential families to
ensure our survival..." 3
At this point, Aota pleaded, "Sir, I have already told you the truth. Can you let me go now?" 3
Charlie smiled as he said, “Don''t be so anxious. I still have some questions to ask you. You can only
leave after answering all of my questions."
Aota thought to himself before he asked, "Sir, I...can I turn around to talk to you instead? I can’t help
but feel very nervous with my back facing you..."
Charlie replied calmly, "Yes, you can turn around then." 3
Aota slowly turned around at this time. As he was turning around, he did not put down the shuriken
in his hand.
At the same time, his toes were gently sliding on the ground. It might seem to be nothing unusual at
all but Charlie immediately understood and noticed the other party''s intentions.
Aota''s shoes were special ninja shoes. These shoes were not only extremely light and quiet, but
more importantly, there was a hidden dagger in the sole. 3
The switch to reveal the dagger was a slider with a
special pattern on the bottom of the sole.
Therefore, any ordinary walking or running would not trigger the slider beneath the sole to eject the
dagger. The dagger eject mechanism would only be triggered after the S-shaped movement was
completed on the slider. 4
This kind of weapon was verymon during the cold weapon era. This was also a necessary
hidden weapon for many people from the underground world i n Oskia more than a hundred years
ago.
This hidden weapon had also been shown in many film and television works but the true principle
behind the ejection mechanism had never been revealed. In fact, this S-shaped slider movement
was already equivalent to the simplest form of mechanical code. Other people might not know how
to use it but the user himself was very familiar with this mechanism and he could use it to catch his
opponent off guard at any time.