"I... I am a killer from Japan's Nandu Shrine. This time, I received orders from above to come to Jiangbei City, China, to kill someone named Lin Guoxiong. They gave me the address and other information. As for the rest, I don't know!"
The female ninja looked at Lu Yang and said nervously, still contemplating how to escape from Lu Yang.
"A killer from Nandu Shrine, what a coincidence!"
"Do I remember correctly, you Nandu Shrine enshrines Watanabe Ichiro?"
Lu Yang smiled slightly and continued to look at the woman.
"Watanabe Ichiro? How do you know?"
Hearing Lu Yang's words, the female ninja couldn't help but be shocked. This matter was known only to those within their Nandu Shrine, and others would not know, let alone a Chinese person.
"Because Watanabe Ichiro was killed by me!"
Lu Yang sat on the sofa and explained calmly.
"What?"
The female assassin was struck by lightning, unable to believe it.
Months ago, a Chinese person sneaked into Nandu Shrine and fought their enshrined ancestor Watanabe Ichiro for several days. In the end, Watanabe Ichiro was killed, and the Chinese person escaped. The entire Nandu Shrine, with all its strength, could not stop that Chinese person. Unexpectedly, this Chinese person was standing in front of her now.
"By the way, an ordinary-looking young man, appearing to be in his early twenties!"
The female assassin seemed to have thought of something and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Since that's the case, then dying at your hands is also a kind of fate!"
Realizing Lu Yang's strength, the female assassin had no intention of escaping. She looked at Lu Yang and said calmly.
"Die?"
"I won't kill you, but I want to recruit you. As long as you are willing to become my subordinate, I can spare your life and teach you more powerful martial arts!"
Lu Yang looked at the female assassin and said.
"What? You're not going to kill me?"
"But you know that we ninjas are all poisoned. If we lose contact with our lord for more than a day, the poison in our bodies will be triggered, and we will die of poisoning!"
"This is why Japanese ninjas choose to commit suicide when their missions fail, because that kind of poison is extremely cruel, and no one can bear it. They die a very painful death, and even their souls are tormented and extinguished!"
The female assassin looked at Lu Yang and continued.
"Oh? Such a terrifying poison? Then I must try it!"
"Don't worry, with my methods, I can definitely save your life!"
"As long as you are willing to survive, I will not let you die!"
Lu Yang rested his chin, thought for a moment, and looked at the female assassin again.
"Okay!"
The female assassin pondered for a few seconds and nodded heavily.
"But I only have one night. If I don't send back any news by six o'clock tomorrow morning, my poison will be activated, and then it will be a dead end!"
The female assassin said directly to Lu Yang.
"Let alone one night, even one hour is enough for me to detoxify you. Now, come with me to Cloud Top Villa!"
After finishing speaking with the female assassin, Lu Yang turned to Lin Guoxiong and said, "Old Lin, the assassin has been dealt with. You can go home with peace of mind!"
"Yes, Chairman Lu!"
Lin Guoxiong said excitedly.
"By the way, what's your name?"
On the way, Lu Yang asked the female assassin.
"My name is Duanmu!"
The female assassin replied directly.
"That's a good name. It sounds much better than Natsume Reiko!"
Lu Yang smiled slightly and said.
"Natsume Reiko is our leader. All of us ninjas were trained by Natsume Reiko!"
Duanmu said awkwardly.
If Natsume Reiko knew that Duanmu had betrayed her, she would probably hunt her down to the ends of the earth.
"Oh, I see!"
"When I'm done with my affairs in China, I don't mind personally going to Japan and completely destroying Nandu Shrine!"
Lu Yang smiled slightly and said to Duanmu.
"Boss, actually, there's another group of assassins. Their target is someone else, but it's probably too late to go now!"
Duanmu pondered for a moment and suddenly looked at Lu Yang and said.
"Huh? There are still assassins?"
Hearing this, Lu Yang was obviously stunned, but he didn't know who among his associates would be targeted by assassins. This was because the only people left around Lu Yang were these few. The others had been sent out and had the ability to protect themselves, so Lu Yang didn't need to worry about them.
"Yes, I heard they were looking for a company called 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky.' They were not hired, but were a powerful group of assassins formed by Nandu Shrine themselves, wanting to kill everyone in 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky'!"
"As for why Natsume Reiko did this, I don't know!"
Duanmu said directly to Lu Yang.
"Let's go, to 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky'!"
Lu Yang said with a faint smile.
"Mmm!"
Duanmu nodded and followed Lu Yang towards the shopping mall. When they arrived at the basement level of the mall, looking at the thick iron gate in front of He Gang, Duanmu realized that this was the main entrance to 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky.' With such a heavy iron gate, it would be impossible to blow it open even with a missile, let alone kill the people of 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky.'
"This is where 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky' is located?"
Duanmu asked, looking at the large iron gate.
"That's right!"
Lu Yang nodded, entered the password, and the large door instantly opened.
At this moment, countless dark figures emerged and surrounded Lu Yang.
These shadowy figures exuded a fierce killing intent, and they all looked like very powerful individuals. There were ten of them in total, including two experts at the level of minor martial grandmasters, and one who was actually a martial grandmaster!
"Oh, your Nandu Shrine is really generous to deploy so many strong individuals to kill me. I think these are not just the experts from your Nandu Shrine, you must have found external help!"
Lu Yang said with a faint smile.
"Haha, kid, you tricked us at our Nandu Shrine back then and killed our Martial Saint Watanabe Ichiro. Do you think you can escape from the clutches of our Nandu Shrine?"
"This time, so many of our experts have come to China to kill you and seize all the data from 'Flying Sword from Beyond the Sky'!"
"But I still have to thank you. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have found such a hidden place!"
The one speaking was none other than Natsume Reiko of Nandu Shrine.
To kill Lu Yang and avenge their Martial Saint Watanabe Ichiro, Natsume Reiko had spent a fortune to hire Kato Kazuo, the most powerful martial arts master in Japan, and two other minor martial grandmasters, all with the intention of eliminating Lu Yang.
The remaining six were all Heaven-grade ninjas, equivalent to peak Inner Strength masters.
With so many people targeting Lu Yang, Natsume Reiko was confident that she could directly kill Lu Yang.
"Did this female assassin deliberately surrender to lure me out?"
Lu Yang glanced at Duanmu and continued to say to Natsume Reiko.