Almighty Genius

Chapter 1913 - 1481: Black Guard

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This handsome and powerful young man is naturally the genius disciple of the Iga School and also the top-ranked genius disciple of Asama Shrine among the Six Great Holy Lands of Japan, Hattori Hisanari.

And these black-robed ninjas are also quite extraordinary, known as the Black Guard, and reportedly the personal guards the Hattori Clan of the Iga School specially prepared for Hattori Hisanari.

These Black Guard members were originally elite disciples of the Iga School, each a remarkably talented expert.

However, they ultimately became vassals of Hattori Hisanari, serving as his trump card in the fierce challenge for the Great Priest position…

To ensure these Black Guards were formidable enough to intimidate Hattori Hisanari's opponents, their training was extremely harsh, with each emerging from mountains of corpses and seas of bones…

It is precisely because of such harsh training that, despite their young age, these Black Guards have already possessed terrifying strength and murderous intent.

Moreover, they have been brainwashed by the Hattori Clan, showing absolute loyalty and obedience to Hattori Hisanari, so much so that even the head of the Hattori Clan finds it difficult to command them.

Such was the rigor that these Black Guards became renowned throughout the Japanese Martial World almost as soon as they emerged…

In one particular battle, they made their name, managing to kill a Grandmaster-level Initial Stage expert with just the strength of Master Level Early Stage yet perfect coordination…

Grandmaster-level experts, wherever they are placed, are like treasures; any one of them can take charge and become a great figure.

Outside the Grandmasters from the major holy lands, schools, and hereditary families, there are indeed few Grandmaster-level experts truly wandering outside; virtually every one of them is prestigious.

To become such a figure requires an unimaginable price for others, as not only is their own strength not weak, but the power they wield is also quite astonishing.

Despite this, when these Black Guards were only at the Master Level Early Stage, they could use their numbers and skilled coordination to kill such a Grandmaster-level expert, which is almost an impossible task… yet they accomplished it.

It was this battle that made the Black Guard under Hattori Hisanari instantly famous.

Now, all of these Black Guards have advanced to the Master Level Late Stage; though they haven't reached the peak yet, they're not far from it. Such an assembled small group of experts has terrifying strength, so much so that even a Grandmaster Mid-Stage expert might fall to them…

Even a Late Grandmaster Level expert might not dare to underestimate these Black Guards, let alone with Hattori Hisanari, a martial genius in the Japanese Martial World and the highest-profile candidate for the Great Divine Priest of the Dao Shen Sect, standing behind them…

In front of them are only six Black Guards; it is said that a full team consists of twelve, so we only have half here.

However, the terrifying aura emanating from these Black Guards not only drastically changed Kawada Masami's face, affecting his leg movements, but even Kawada Musashi, a Grandmaster Mid-Stage expert, couldn't help but deeply frown…

"Leave no one alive!"

However, despite the Black Guards' heavy murderous intent, they were not coming for Kawada Musashi and his son. Hattori Hisanari just glanced coldly at the father and son before giving his icy command.

"Hai!"

A unified response followed, and the six Black Guards vanished before their eyes at the fastest speed, likely going to carry out Hattori Hisanari's orders.

As for Hattori Hisanari himself, his face also looked quite unsightly, evidently pondering over the earlier events…

The sudden killing intent earlier had been incited by a single sentence from Kawada Musashi… Yet he did not hold Kawada Musashi accountable now, only furrowing his brows…

Meanwhile, the elderly man beside him, whose muddy eyes became gradually brighter, seemed to have shaken off all sleepiness, though he remained silent, apparently contemplating alongside Hattori Hisanari!

Kawada Musashi didn't dare to interrupt. He and his son, Kawada Masami, stood there silently, like old monks in meditation.

He was, after all, the one most privy to the inner details. He initially wasn't aware of Qin Fang kidnapping Sakura, but coincidentally, Kawada Masami inadvertently mentioned it on his return.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is attentive.

Coincidentally, when a strange woman appeared beside Qin Fang and the others, Sakura was kidnapped. Upon hearing that this additional woman was a mute, it deepened his suspicion.

Naturally, he didn't have any solid evidence when he mentioned it earlier, merely speaking from conjecture.

Faced with such circumstances, Hattori Hisanari would obviously not let things be, as not only had the person who kidnapped Sakura taken away the woman he fancied, but also inexplicably left him carrying the blame…

If it weren't for the fact that his backing was too powerful, even the Hokkaido Shrine wouldn't dare to offend him too deeply; otherwise, he would probably have already been turned into mincemeat by the experts of the Hokkaido Shrine...

Even so, the people he brought with him were embarrassingly expelled by the Hokkaido Shrine, forbidden from residing in Sapporo Castle on a large scale.

If it weren't for the fact that the priest trial was an activity of the Dao Shen Sect, the people of the Hokkaido Shrine would even want to prevent Hattori Hisanari from participating in this trial!

Of course, that's just a simple thought, as the Hokkaido Shrine would never actually do that, since it would be equivalent to simultaneously declaring war against the Asama Shrine and Iga School.

The Hokkaido Shrine ranks last among the Six Great Holy Lands, only slightly stronger than the Iga School, but much weaker than the Asama Shrine.

Facing these two opponents at the same time, even the nearly thousand-year legacy of the Hokkaido Shrine might be wiped out by the joint forces of these two powers.

Therefore, in resignation, they could only take such measures to vent their dissatisfaction...

However, Hattori Hisanari has always considered himself to be a very proud man, always claiming to be a favored child of heaven, of unsurpassed stature, and even believes that the future seat of the Great Priest is within his reach.

Otherwise, he wouldn't boldly declare that he wants to marry Saintess Sakura of the Hokkaido Shrine... without such great ability, who would dare to do such a thing?

But saying it is one thing, doing it is another...

Especially behavior such as secretly abducting someone, which is not the style of the proud Hattori Hisanari. He would not do something so foolish, especially at such a critical moment!

Unfortunately, even though he didn't want to do it, someone managed to pin this crime on him, and he didn't even have the chance to prove his innocence...

After being expelled by the Hokkaido Shrine, his group settled at the Musashi School's base, which at least solved the issue of temporary accommodation. However, the pent-up anger in their hearts was not easy to dissipate.

Now, the main culprit who caused him to be blamed is at the Musashi School, so how could Hattori Hisanari continue to be courteous?

Hearing that Qin Fang and his companions are quite powerful, he directly sent his trusted Black Guard... after all, once Sakura became the Holy Woman of the Hokkaido Shrine, one of the candidates for Great Priest, she was very formidable in her own right. Although somewhat weaker than Hattori Hisanari, she was definitely not someone who could be easily abducted!

Therefore, Hattori Hisanari sent Black Guard to hunt down Qin Fang and his companions...

In comparison, Hattori Hisanari is quite distrustful of Kawada Masami and others. Although they are not weak either, they had already been frightened by Qin Fang and his companions.

Since they are not people of Hattori Hisanari, they are also not easy to command, especially since their reliability is too low. Hattori Hisanari dislikes the feeling of being constrained, so he is more comfortable with Black Guard!

...

At this moment, Qin Fang had already infiltrated deep into the Musashi School and was stealthily moving toward the highest point of the mountain summit, with few people able to detect his presence. The profoundness of Qin Fang's Traceless Snow Stepping Technique allowed him to advance without any pressure.

"Huh, what a strong aura of killing intent..."

However, just as Qin Fang was approaching the summit, he suddenly sensed a strong killing intent moving forward and seemingly getting closer to him.

"Black Guard?"

Qin Fang wasn't in a hurry, calmly hiding to the side, using the mini-map's monitoring function to preemptively investigate the identities of this group of people.

But this glance left Qin Fang a bit surprised, because even as an outsider, he had heard of Black Guard's reputation...

"As expected, they're Hattori Hisanari's men!"

Black Guard is Hattori Hisanari's private army, something almost every martial artist in Japan knows. It's no surprise Qin Fang knew, especially since they have Hattori Sanzo, the "fat translator" of the Japanese martial world, with them.

"Six..."

Seeing these few Black Guards, a peculiar smile appeared on Qin Fang's face as he roughly counted their numbers, and then probed their strength, "Five at the Master Level Late Stage, one close to Master Level Peak..."

"Heh heh, these people's lives... I'll take them!"

Regarding Hattori Hisanari, the most dazzling genius martial artist in Japan, Qin Fang didn't have many opinions, but from the start, they've stood on opposing sides.

Moreover, now Qin Fang and his team aim to bathe Musashi in blood, but are coincidentally blocked by a group of Iga ninja led by Hattori Hisanari, an obstacle that must be cleared out first.

Besides, seeing the direction these murderous Black Guards were heading, it was clear they intended to hunt down Qin Fang and his companions, giving him no reason to spare them. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommended tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)