Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 841: 508, Red Leaf Hunter

Over ten shrines were accurately bombed at the same time, and the news quickly spread back home.

The explosive nature of this news was not inferior to the bombings that Si Nianhua and Ji Guanya had carried out in the shrine.

However, a day had passed and no one on the internet knew who did it.

What was even more puzzling was that, after Zhang Jingwen had attacked a shrine in Tokyo last time, the Mysterious Business Department of the Island Country had been strengthening the defenses of all shrines.

Almost all the shrines that enshrined war criminals were guarded by many Time Travelers.

The peculiar part was why the person who destroyed the shrines this time succeeded so easily.

Of course, the main question remained: Who did it? They were incredible.

In He Xiaoxiao’s group chat.

Wang: “The devils are miserable now. They worship those war criminals as ‘Military Gods.’ Does anyone in the group know which hero did it?”

Mountain City Spicy Chicken: “No need to think too much, it was probably Time Travelers under the Li Family or Qing’s Family. After all, they were the ones who did it last time, and they have more people in the Island Country and Korea.”

This person is the speaker of the ‘Pao Brothers’ organization of Zhongcheng.

Jian Shouqing: “Could it be done by Kyushu? They have many people overseas.”

This person is the speaker of the ‘Red Umbrella’ organization of Kuncheng.

Mountain City Spicy Chicken: “Probably not. Although Kyushu is domineering overseas, they still operate by certain rules… This time, it feels different, like someone just wanted to blow up the shrines without reason.”

Zard suddenly said: “Come on, come on, let’s have a little science lesson. The person in charge of Time Travelers under the Li Family is Ji Guanya, and the person under Qing’s Family is Si Nianhua. Both are suspected to be Chosen Ones, the kind that comes with a level as soon as they cross over. Like Boss Zheng, Boss He…”

Zard: “The two of them are indeed in the Island Country now, and they did plan this. But what you don’t know is, they succeeded because someone in the Hida Mountains in the Island Country killed over 400 members of the Jindai overnight, forcing the Jindai to pull all the people guarding the shrines into the mountains to hunt him down.”

Zard: “Now, the Jindai’s Mysterious Business Department has set up over ten search lines in the Hida Mountains, but he and a little girl broke through three of them within a day, as if nothing happened. I call him a modern-day fierce man.”

Zard: “Psst! This is the sound effect of you gasping in amazement.”

Wang: “???”

Huan Yu: “Who asked you to add sound effects for us? Don’t add so much drama, okay?!”

However, despite the complaints,

Everyone in the group was amazed by the actions of this fierce man, killing over 400 Jindai members overnight and tearing through three search lines while being hunted down.

Thinking about it, could they achieve that?

They’d probably be dead the night they were chased by over 400 people, there wouldn’t be all these follow-up events.

Haicheng Takeshi Kaneshiro suddenly asked: “How do you know so much?”

Zard: “Because I have wisdom in my brain.”

Haicheng Takeshi Kaneshiro: “What does that even mean? Do you know who this person is or not?”

Zard: “No idea, probably not even the Jindai know yet. But look, there are so many Daytime members in this group, and none of them came out to chat today. Given this reaction, I think it’s very likely to be someone from Daytime.”

The group was silent for a while, this was just a guess. Zard usually loved to chat with people from Daytime, so this guess didn’t mean much.

At this moment, Wang suddenly asked: “Can he come back alive? Can we do anything to help?”

Zard: “There’s nothing we can do at the moment. After all, it’s the Island Country, and your strength is far from his. If you go rashly, by the time he is rescued and back home sleeping, you’ll still be wandering in the Island Country.”

Wang: “…What’s wrong with my strength? You don’t even know who I am, and you can judge my strength?”

Zard: “I think he’s not in much danger unless the seven Chosen Ones of the Island Country take action. But these seven are being cautious and haven’t made a move yet. They don’t know this fierce man’s level, and if they go for a hunt but end up losing, it wouldn’t be good. It’s a matter of whether they dare to gamble with their lives or not.”

Qing Bao: “The top Chosen Ones of Jindai are likely all possessed, and five of them are true Onmyoji from the Inner World, accompanied by powerful shikigami.”

At this moment, Taboo ACE-999 said: “One of the Island Country’s Chosen Ones has already set off and will likely encounter him shortly. The Jindai have suffered great humiliation, their faith shaken by the shrines’ simultaneous destruction… This pursuit is just beginning.”

Wang couldn’t help but ask: “What should we do?”

Zard lazily replied: “Nothing, he has to kill his way out himself. The Island Country has closed the entire region, and all ships returning to the mainland are strictly checked, even using life detectors brought back from the Inner World. So, even if he escapes the Hida Mountains, he’ll be stuck in the Island Country for a while. For that fierce man, it will be a prolonged battle.”

In fact, a few in the group knew the identity of the fierce man.

For example, He Jinqiu, Zheng Yuandong.

And they knew that this battle would not only span this return but also the next crossover.

The one being hunted was undergoing a metamorphosis in the name of revenge.

If he didn’t get through it, he’d die.

But if he did, he would likely become a figure looked up to by most Time Travelers in the country.

Zard suddenly said: “By the way, have you noticed the recent news about ‘non-Time Travelers’ starting to awaken?”

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In the mountains of Hida, a young figure was leaping through the towering peaks with a little girl on his back.

Qing Chen’s peak physical fitness after being promoted to B-Class made traversing here like walking on flat ground.

The Mysterious Business Department had established over ten search lines in the Hida Mountains, but he broke through three in a single day.

As long as the Chosen Ones from the Mysterious Business Department didn’t dare to act, no one could stop Qing Chen now.

The little girl clung to Qing Chen’s back, initially scared as her brother leapt through the mountains, but gradually she became cheerful.

“Brother, when can I be like you?” Jinguji Maki asked.

Qing Chen replied: “It’s still early. You have to train your body for a few years, at least until you turn 12. For now, just focus on cultural studies.”

“Huh?” Jinguji Maki’s dreams were shattered. She thought she could start training soon.

She felt a bit disappointed.

Qing Chen wasn’t lying to her, after all, life-and-death challenges required physical fitness, without enough strength, no life-and-death challenge could be overcome.

If she trained for three years, she could start with a 70-meter high dive, the ‘Absolute Trust’ challenge.

But Qing Chen didn’t tell her that he knew the Taboo Land had miraculous items, like eating nine dragon fish to strengthen bones or drinking camellia tea to improve eyesight.

The Taboo Land surely had things to enhance muscle strength, giving the little girl a head start.

While traversing the ridge, Qing Chen realized something – the bullet that hit his thigh should have fractured his femur, causing some bone cracks.

But even with the Reverse Breathing Technique, the dragon fish’s effects on his bones remained.

The bullet did no damage to his bones.

This proved that the Taboo Land’s food didn’t interfere with the knights’ enhancements or challenges.

Qing Chen even thought about going to Taboo Land No. 002 after escaping, to see what magical food Ding Dong had prepared…

If possible, he would bring back some food from the Inner World to try to improve the physiques of the Daytime members.

At least, he knew where the dragon fish were, and catching some for the Daytime members’ bone enhancement wouldn’t be too much, right? Even Li Ke was one fish short of completing his skeletal transformation.

Qing Chen didn’t plan to tell Xiao Zhenji about this yet, he just asked: “What was your biggest wish once?”

He felt like he was following in Uncle Li’s footsteps, wanting to give this little girl what his master had given him.

But the little girl didn’t answer, she just whispered on Qing Chen’s back: “It’s a secret.”

At that moment, Qing Chen suddenly stopped and stood atop a mountain peak.

He looked across and saw a young man standing on the opposite mountain, with a woman in a blue-and-red kimono standing beside him, her head lowered.

The woman’s arms hung at her sides, her exposed hands as pale as snow.

Suddenly, she lifted her head, her features as beautiful as a dream.

Yet she had a pair of blood-red eyes, devoid of any emotion. Red maple leaves materialized out of thin air around her and scattered.

Jinguji Maki nervously said: “Brother, doesn’t that auntie look like the legendary Red Leaf Hunter…”

Red Leaf Hunter, a famous great demon in the Hyakki Night Trip picture from the Island Country.

Legend says Red Leaf Hunter, originally named Wu Ye, was possessed by the Sixth Heavenly Demon King and became a demon.

What they were seeing was likely the shikigami from the Jindai’s legacy.

This was the Jindai’s most orthodox legacy. It was said that the rarely-seen ancestor of Jindai had twelve great demons protecting him, and whenever he appeared, the sky darkened as if a Hyakki Night Trip was taking place.

Very few in Jindai could inherit this legacy, as it was hard to cultivate.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said: “Don’t call her auntie, you’re lowering my seniority.”

“Huh?” Jinguji Maki didn’t expect Qing Chen’s focus to be on this!