Inside the secret laboratory, I heard a sound behind me and turned around abruptly.
"Smack!"
A snap of fingers echoed in the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, the emergency light above my head turned on.
The fortification had not been maintained for decades. Many of the emergency lights were broken, and a layer of dust had settled on the lampshades, so the lighting effect was not particularly good, but it still made the space brighter.
I looked in the direction of the voice, and the door to a laboratory was slowly pushed open. Manjing walked out of it: "I'm quite surprised that you could come to this place. I thought it wouldn't be so troublesome to kill you."
Looking at that familiar face and those utterly unfamiliar eyes, I felt incredibly uncomfortable: "Who exactly are you? Where is the real Manjing?"
"It doesn't matter, at least not to a dead man."
Manjing let out a loud shout and suddenly pounced on me.
Seeing Manjing's actions, I hesitated for a moment, unloaded the shotgun, threw the gun aside, and then charged at him with my samurai sword in hand.
According to Xu Le, the competition between the Huang family and the Hu family was based on an agreement.
Although this guy tried to trick me into jumping off the cliff, he didn't actually do it.
Now that we're facing each other, I believe he won't break the rules and kill me, and I won't kill him either, lest the Huang family find something to use against me and affect Xu Le and the others' match.
Manjing moved extremely fast, taking three steps to rush in front of me and throwing a punch.
Seeing Manjing's actions, I quickly dodged away, while also feeling a bit strange.
This room contains many weapons left behind by the Japanese soldiers, as well as repair tools and the like.
Any one of them can be used as a weapon.
But this guy chose to charge at me unarmed when I was holding a knife, which is completely illogical.
Manjing's punches were very fast, giving me little time to react.
After missing his first punch, he quickly changed his stance and threw a second punch.
"Pfft!"
Seeing Manjing's movement, I raised both hands and delivered a sweeping slash that left a wound on his arm. Then, I turned the blade and slashed towards Manjing's neck.
My strike was a feint; my original intention was simply to block Manjing's punching path and force him to retreat and create distance between us.
To my utter surprise, Manjing didn't dodge or flinch at all in the face of my feint, and instead punched me right in the face.
He traded his life for the injury.
This is the greatest taboo for martial artists.
As I watched Manjing's neck getting closer and closer to mine, I suddenly twisted my wrist and struck his face with the back of my knife. Then I turned away, only to be punched in the shoulder by him, which created distance between us.
I took two steps back, twirling my sword to block Manjing's path of attack. Looking at the bloody cut on his arm, my eyes flashed with malice: "I don't care what you are, get off him right now!"
"You've given me quite a few surprises."
After hearing my words, Manjing's eyes showed even more mockery: "I was thinking of letting you kill your own friend and experience the taste of despair, but I didn't expect you to know about possession!"
"You've gone too far!"
I looked at Manjing, my anger almost bursting out: "Although the Five Immortals' struggle for the throne is an internal competition among the five great immortal families, since you are called immortal families and receive incense offerings from the mortal world, you shouldn't act so shamelessly, right?"
"Immortals? Hahahaha!"
After hearing my words, Manjing revealed a sinister smile: "If it were someone of the great-grandfather generation from the Five Immortals who came this time, perhaps they could pose some obstacle for me. As for these juniors with meager cultivation... ha, not worth a second glance..."
After finishing his sentence, Manjing stretched out his palm and gently snapped his fingers.
"Splash!"
As the snap of the fingers rang out, several wooden crates piled in the corner suddenly collapsed.
Drawn by the sound, I glanced over and my pupils constricted sharply.
Five corpses stood on the wall behind the wooden crate.
To be precise, it was nailed to the wall.
Each of these people had an iron nail driven into their chest, like a teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll-shaped ornament hanging from a ceiling), with their limbs dangling and a large pool of blood at their feet.
Their heads were also lowered, so I couldn't see their faces clearly.
The only way to identify them is by their hairstyles; they are four men and one woman.
I saw the corpse in the distance, and combined with Manjing's words, my eye twitched: "You're not from the Huang family! Who exactly are you?"
"Who I am is not important. What is important is that I never waste my breath on a dying man."
Manjing raised his hand and tapped his forehead: "It seems you value this guy a lot, but I'm curious, if only one of you could survive, what would you choose!"
"You fucking bastard!"
When I heard the other person say those words, my body trembled violently with anger.
I really want to beat this bastard to a pulp right now, but he's hiding inside Manjing's body.
His situation reminded me of Xiao Zhou who had bumped into a rabbit before; his gaze swept slightly around.
If this guy is also possessed by something, then its true form is likely hiding around here.
"Squeak!"
Just as I was searching for clues, I suddenly heard a metallic scraping sound behind me.
I heard the sound and turned around abruptly.
"Bang!"
A loud noise came from a laboratory in the back, sounding like something was hitting the closed iron door.
Because the lighting was dim, I couldn't see clearly what was behind that door.
Seeing my actions, Manjing smiled and said, "So many of you have been wandering in the mountains, just to find that zombie, right? Well then, I'll give you a gift today!"
Hearing Manjing say that, I was shocked.
Mitsui smiled gently, slowly pushed open the door to a laboratory behind him, picked up an Arisaka Type 38 rifle standing at the door, and leisurely disassembled the bayonet: "Now, let's see your choice."
"assistant!"
Seeing Manjing's movements, I roughly guessed what he was going to do, and rushed over quickly.
"Pfft!"
Manjing suddenly raised his hand and plunged the knife into his own leg.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
As I ran, Manjing kept swinging his wrists and stabbing himself in the leg several times with a blank expression.
"Hehe! Now, let's see which of you two will survive?"
When I was only two or three meters away from him, Manjing left a strange smile, then rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Clang!"
At the same time, the door to the laboratory behind was also kicked open, and a figure rushed out at an extremely fast speed.
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