"The World's Number One Sword Dao Conference … How dare they brag about calling themselves the world's number one in such a small place."
China had the City of Martial Arts and the City of Cultivation. The Way of the Sword was included in the Way of Martial Arts, and there were also Sword Immortal Techniques in the cultivation system. Even if there was a City of Sword Dao in Japan, it would be ridiculous for them to host the World's Number One Sword Dao Conference.
Next, Lin Xi brought the little girl to Shin Fukuoka Prefecture under Sakata Takeshi's guidance.
This was one of the satellite settlements around the City of Sword Dao. It mainly developed fishing, and there were farms built near the settlement to raise pigs. As for agriculture, it was winter and there were no special farms like the Sanctuary City that could be used to grow crops and harvest crops in winter.
Shin Fukuoka Prefecture gave Lin Xi the impression that it was dilapidated. It completely matched the dark apocalyptic scenes described in some of the novels he had read before the apocalypse.
Many people were curled up on the side of the road, leaning against the corner of the wall. Dirty water flowed on both sides of the street, and there was garbage everywhere.
A strong rancid smell filled the air of the city.
"It's so scary …"
Ally's face was a little pale. She saw a woman in her fifties slowly falling not far away. It was obvious that she did not survive the winter and died of hunger and cold.
Lin Xi, who was wearing the uniform of the Knights of the Blood, North, who was dressed like a witch, and Ally, who was dressed like a witch, looked out of place in this settlement, be it in terms of appearance, temperament, or dressing. Everyone could tell that the three of them were evolved people, and not ordinary ones at that.
Someone cast a hopeful gaze over, but when he saw Sakata Takeshi standing beside the trio, he quickly averted his gaze. Songzhu Hall ruled Shin Fukuoka with an iron fist. Even an ordinary gang member had the right to kill civilians at will, let alone a leader.
Sakata Takeshi told Lin Xi about the settlement as they walked.
Japan had nearly 130 million people before the apocalypse, and it was the tenth most populous country in the world. Although he did not know if the 100,000 evolved people in the world were distributed according to the population, there were many evolved people in Japan.
According to Sakata Takeshi, the number of living evolved beings should be about 5,000.
The City of the Brave is the current capital, where about 1,000 evolvers are gathered. The Marine Headquarters, which is the frontline of fighting against monsters, has about 2,000 people there for training. There are about 1,000 people in the City of Kendo, and the remaining 1,000 people are in the City of Pets.
There were three types of ability users.
One was an evolver.
Secondly, job transfer.
The third was followers — ordinary people who had obtained an ability seed or something else and turned into ability users. Since most of them were the family members of evolvers and job changers, they were called followers.
There were a lot of evolvers in Japan, but the other two types were not good enough.
There were many gathering places on Kyushu Island that relied on the existence of core cities.
Each gathering place had an ability user who acted as a commander. This was also necessary to ensure the safety of the gathering place. After all, there were monster landing points on the island that were scattered all over the place.
Lin Xi learned from Sakata Takeshi that Japan also used English letters to rate evolvers. It seemed that what the people in Jinling said was not a lie. Every gathering place on Kyushu Island had a grade B powerhouse guarding it.
It had been five months since the apocalypse, and the advantage of being one step ahead was too great. The top powerhouses were almost all those who had drawn high-star abilities. For example, Wang Ningning had an eight-star bloodline, and her vitality was so strong that it was almost immortal.
She could fly, and her blood energy and magic power were so abundant that it made people feel ashamed.
How could such an existence be weak?
The hall master of Songzhu Hall had drawn a five-star ability, and after killing in the apocalypse, he became stronger and stronger, and his rating had reached grade B.
Such an existence was enough to guard a gathering place. However, the City of the Brave had recently appointed a nominal "City Lord", who was also someone with a grade B rating, and there was a huge conflict between him and the hall master.
Both of them wanted to destroy each other, but their strength was similar, and they kept each other in check. No one dared to act rashly.
"I'll introduce this young man to the hall master. If I can get his help … this contribution is enough for me to go to Kendo City, comprehend sword skills, and advance my occupation …" Sakata Takeshi thought.
He led Lin Xi and the others through the dilapidated streets of the city, and arrived at a sealed area. After reporting, he waited for a while and received permission to enter. After passing through several iron gates, barbed wire, and isolation belts, they arrived in front of a luxurious building.
This was the headquarters of Songzhu Hall.
Sakata Takeshi was not qualified to enter this place. Lin Xi brought Ally and Qi Ji of the North in. At a glance, he saw a woman with short hair, about 27 or 28 years old, sitting in the depths of the hall. She was good-looking, and her eyes were extremely fierce.
Naina Shiraishi.
The name sounded cute, but it was impossible for a simple woman to be the leader of a gang in a gathering place.
"Hello."
Shiraishi Nana stood up from her chair. It was winter, and there was no heating or air conditioning in the auditorium. She was only wearing a singlet and shorts. The tight, black, elastic singlet clearly outlined the contours of her abdominal muscles. The muscles on her thighs were shockingly strong.
In addition, her slightly wheat-colored skin was obviously a healthy complexion from exercise. It made her not look like a Japanese woman, but more like a wild Latina beauty from South America, like a leopard.
Lin Xi had already learned from Sakata Takeshi that Naina Shiraishi's strength was rated B, so this woman's strength was at the level of Lei Tianyun and Zheng Hongyan, and she was considered a powerhouse. In addition to her beautiful appearance, skin tone, and muscles, it was easy to feel a sense of conquest.
Any man who saw such a woman would not be able to take his eyes off her. Lin Xi only glanced at her, then turned to look at the people beside him.
Two old men around 70 years old, they gave off a feeling that they were similar to Mito Homura and Shibutsu Koharu from the Naruto world. Lin Xi knew that these two were also posthumans, but they were unwilling to fight and wanted to spend their remaining years in peace in the apocalypse, so they stayed here.
Other than these two, there were ten samurai with shaved samurai hair, and they were armed with swords.
These were job changers, nicknamed "Tohon Katana."
It was a little exaggerated for a mere club to have three posthumans and ten job changers — but what really surprised Lin Xi was the man standing next to Naina Shiraishi.
He was about 17 or 18 years old, wearing a red robe, and two round ears could be seen between his silver-white hair.
Inuyasha!
He was obviously a mercenary.
As the main character of a famous anime in Japan, although it would not be as difficult to recruit Inuyasha as a mercenary as Luffy and Naruto, the dog demon, who was extremely popular among male anime characters, was not someone ordinary people could recruit — and Inuyasha was not weak.
If Lin Xi was only slightly surprised when he saw Inuyasha, Naina Shiraishi's heart was in turmoil when she saw him.
She had seen many strong people in Kendo City and Martial Arts City, and she had even seen a terrifying person who had drawn the ability of Nine Stars. Lin Xi's aura was not inferior to those people.
And the two girls were dressed like Soul Dream and Marisa. Before the apocalypse, she knew about the Eastern Project. Although the color of the little girl's hair and eyes were different from the other two, and Soul Dream and Marisa were still in the evolution base.
But she sensed a threat from the little girls.
Just who were these three people?
Naina Shiraishi was a little nervous. Her cold and serious face, which was usually very domineering to her subordinates, squeezed out a smile.
Lin Xi walked over and stopped in the center of the auditorium.
The samurai of Songzhu Hall were usually meditative and sensitive. When they looked at the young man, they could vaguely feel that he seemed to have a suffocating pressure. Inuyasha's expression was a little solemn, and his right hand clenched the sword hanging at his waist.
"I mean no harm, don't worry."
Lin Xi was not an evolver of the dark and evil elements. He said slowly, "I was just passing by this gathering place and heard about the world's number one kendo conference from Sakata Takeshi. I'm a little interested, but he doesn't seem to know much."
"The world's number one kendo conference?"
Naina Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief and still had a smile on her face. "The organizer of this conference is the City of the Kendo, and Mr. Kondo Itsuki, who is known as the Sword Sage … has also received the support of the City of the Brave. The prizes of the conference are very generous, but unfortunately, only those who practice kendo can participate."
"Excuse me, are you an expert swordsman?"
Lin Xi was naturally not a kendo master, but who didn't know how to use a sword to cut people?
"So what if I am, and so what if I'm not?"
Naina Shiraishi hurriedly said, "If you are, then I wish you good luck in winning the Kendo Conference in advance. If not, I want to make a deal with you. I happen to have obtained a seed of knowledge inheritance related to kendo abilities."
"Originally, I wanted to absorb it myself and participate in the conference, but with my strength and foundation, it's too difficult for me to get into the top ten after integrating all the kendo cultivators in Japan and even inviting foreigners to participate in the conference a week ago."
"If you can help me kill a person, I'll give you the seed of knowledge inheritance of kendo."
"What is it?"
Lin Xi remained calm and collected. Now that he had no lack of various combat skills for his clone and had integrated them into a complete system, he wasn't too interested in the knowledge inheritance of kendo.
"Divine Realm of Swords and Sabers, Kirito's sword technique!"
"Kirito?"
Lin Xi was stunned for a few seconds before asking in surprise, "Kirito must belong to a mercenary, and even if he is killed, he won't drop any items. Where did you get the knowledge inheritance of Kirito's sword technique?"
"I can't answer you for the time being because it's related to a lord …"
"That lord is too terrifying, I dare not reveal even a little bit of information about him …"
Fear flashed in the eyes of this muscular woman, whose strength was assessed as high as Grade B, who appeared to have a firm and unyielding personality.
"In short, I wonder if you're interested in making a deal?"
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