HLnovel Chapter 133 Sword Testing Tournament
Chapter 133 Sword Testing Tournament
Butterfly was very surprised to see Yohei Aoyama following behind her.
"What are you doing following me? You haven't given yourself away, so why don't you just keep playing your mahjong?"
After decades of effort, Bihe Ren's infiltration on the mainland has been very successful. Even Lao Zhang, the assistant of Gao Lian, the head of the Northeast region of Na Du Tong, is one of Bihe Ren's men!
It was thanks to his prompting that the butterfly was able to escape in time.
Apart from her, none of the other Higanbana ninjas have been exposed yet, including Aoyama Yohei, so he can continue to lie low and live a peaceful life.
"Oh dear, Shi Chun and I are old friends. I see him quite often. People from all walks of life can easily find out who he is. What if they trace it back to me? I might as well evacuate with you and keep you company, right?"
Hearing Yohei Aoyama's explanation, Cho snorted.
She knew that Aoyama Yohei was just making excuses. With his abilities, even if his alias "Liu Qingping" were discovered, he could easily disguise himself as anyone and continue to hide on the mainland. No one could find him.
Butterfly didn't want to respond to Yohei Aoyama's words, so she turned around and asked.
"How's the search for Hirumaru going? Who ended up taking it?"
The moment Eita Nikaido died in the video, Cho knew Hirumaru's final whereabouts!
She immediately ordered Higanbana to go to the cave shown in the video to find Hiruma.
The Higanbana were once a powerful force in their homeland, capable of rivaling the Fish Dragon Society. However, after the ninja who inherited the Higanbana's top ninjutsu died on the battlefield, the Higanbana no longer holds its former status. Hirumaru is the only hope for the Higanbana to rise again!
Butterfly must retrieve the demon sword and help Higanbana stand up again!
However, besides Hirashi, other forces also saw the video. They were all very curious about Hirumaru's amazing abilities and sent people to find him.
When they arrived at the nearby mountain pass, a large number of forces were already searching for Hirumaru inside.
Since Higashinobu, being a spy, couldn't send a large number of people into the mountains, he could only send Aoyama Yohei, who could disguise himself as someone else, into the mountains to search.
“I found the cave, but Hiruma isn’t inside. According to my inquiries, other forces haven’t found Hiruma either. It seems that someone discovered the cave a long time ago, and the two skeletons that should have been inside have also disappeared.”
The person who took the remains was naturally Qin Le, the mastermind behind it all. While taking Hiruma away, he also helped Xiuju collect her father's remains and had a doll delivered to her doorstep.
As for the demon's remains, Qin Le didn't care so much and simply crushed them and threw them into the mountains.
"Could it be that little girl named Xiuju took it?"
Although in the video, the little girl was dragged away by her mother after killing the demon, and the location of the cave entrance was also covered up.
It's possible that the little girl later returned to the cave, collected her father's remains, and took the demon sword Hirumaru with her.
Regarding the question about the butterfly, Yohei Aoyama pondered for a moment and then shook his head: "It doesn't seem like it. Not just anyone can pick up Hiruma. Without anyone explaining beforehand, that little girl certainly didn't know that Hiruma shouldn't be picked up with her hands."
Of course, if Shujuku were an absolute genius, it wouldn't be impossible for him to suppress Hirumaru's soul and successfully control Hirumaru like a demon.
But if that's really the case, with Hirumaru's abilities, Shugiku would have already made a name for himself in the world of supernatural beings, there's no reason why he's still unknown.
Butterfly lowered her head and pondered for a moment. Since Hirumaru was not taken away by Hidekiku and was not discovered by other forces, there was only one person left who had the ability to take it.
The person behind the video release – Anonymous.
Thinking of this, Die angrily punched the tree beside her. The existence of the nameless guest was something that even the major powers in the world could not find, let alone Bi Heren.
Yohei Aoyama guessed that Hirumaru was most likely in the hands of Qin Le, the person behind the scenes, but he was not sad, and even a little happy.
"Cho, why don't we take this opportunity to give up on Hirumaru? It's beyond our reach now. Let go of the matter with Hirai."
For the past decade or so, Yohei Aoyama has been trying to persuade Cho to give up Shinobu Hiei, to abandon the so-called revenge, and to embrace a new life.
But Butterfly was unwilling.
She could not forget Bihe Ren, nor could she forget her master.
Butterfly has been waiting for Hirumaru's return! She hopes that Hirumaru can help the Higanbana ninja rise again!
"Impossible! Hirumaru...it..."
Just as Butterfly was about to fall into despair, a vibration from her fingers interrupted her.
This is the special communication channel between Die and Lao Zhang. Ever since they learned about Gao Erzhuang's special abilities, the option of using a mobile phone has been removed from the communication channels between Bi He Ren.
Instead, Butterfly possessed a special magical artifact on her finger. It was an artifact that Butterfly had obtained from the local high-ranking officials at an extremely high cost, citing the need for infiltration.
The ritual implement consists of two rings, a mother ring and a child ring. When a specific Qi is input into one ring to cause vibration, the vibration frequency will be synchronously replicated on the other ring.
Messages can be transmitted in a coded manner using the frequency of vibration.
As Die deciphered the message Lao Zhang had sent her on her finger, her expression of despair gradually turned into excitement.
"Hirumaru has appeared!"
"What?!" Yohei Aoyama exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Butterfly's excited shout.
He hadn't expected Hirumaru to appear now; he was just a hair's breadth away from convincing Cho to let go of the past.
Butterfly, oblivious to Aoyama Yohei's expression, excitedly exclaimed, "Hiruma appeared in the new video released by the Nameless Guest! He will be holding a sword-testing tournament at Changbai Mountain soon, and Hiruma will be there!"
A sword-testing tournament?
Yohei Aoyama was unaware of the specific content of the video, as they did not carry mobile phones with them during their escape.
"The ring can only transmit a limited amount of information. Yangping, hurry down the mountain and find a cell phone. I need to see the entire Sword Testing Tournament as soon as possible!"
Looking at Die's resolute eyes, Aoyama Yohei knew that Die would not give up, and if he didn't help her, Die would go down the mountain on her own.
"Okay, I understand. Wait here in the mountains for a while, I'll come down now."
……
An hour ago, Qin Le's latest video was posted on Douyin.
As the saying goes, only through exchange can one discover their shortcomings. Mutual learning is the fastest way to improve one's skills. I will be launching a "Sword Testing Tournament" at the summit of Changbai Mountain in three days!
[And your opponent will be the legendary demon sword, Hirumaru! Anyone who defeats Hirumaru will receive a surprise grand prize from me!]
[Only seven grand prizes are available, first come, first served!]
[Note: This competition only allows swordsmanship. Those who are not swordsmen are not welcome to participate. Using any means other than swordsmanship in a duel will result in immediate disqualification.]