Chapter Fifteen: The Black Gold Dagger

  "Shut the f**k up, you little Japanese brat! What right do you have to talk nonsense as a defeated nation? Get out of here and release my friend!" I cursed at Ishii Chuso across from me, while thinking about how to deal with him. The Ishii Chuso in front of me was clearly a skilled fighter, evident from the previous collision where he easily threw me against the wall with just one swing, showing off his incredible strength. It's likely that someone with such power is either born with it or has received training, and the former possibility is extremely low.

  Dealing with this kind of person head-on is definitely not going to work, it can only be done by using one's wits. Immediately, in order to avoid arousing his suspicion, I subtly scanned the surroundings, looking for an opportunity to defeat him or make a getaway.

  When he heard my words, Ishii Chushu's face turned pale. "If it weren't for the countries that helped you China back then, how would our Great Japanese Empire have retreated? If those countries hadn't been there, our Great Japanese Empire would have swept through your China, humph! Just with the bacterial weapons we researched, we could have destroyed your country." As he said this, Ishii Chushu's face revealed an expression of utmost glory and reverence.

  What's the use of what you've researched? I think only that wastewater treatment thing has some use, the rest is either trash or junk. Although I think so in my heart, I didn't say it out loud. If I were to enrage this little Japanese kid in front of me, no one can guarantee that he wouldn't chase after me like a mad dog. Moreover, I still haven't found a way to escape or subdue him. The hospital doors are locked, even if I ran out now, I would be caught by him while unlocking the door.

  Thinking of this, I came up with a plan and pretended to ask in doubt, "What can you little Japanese do to destroy us China? If you really have something that powerful, your country wouldn't be such a small place, would it? Don't talk nonsense, okay?"

  Indeed, Ishii Kikujirō was taken in by the plot. "Our great Japanese Empire may not have laid a hand on you China for now, but once war breaks out in your country, it will be silently and stealthily swallowed up by our great Japanese Empire."

  "Now that you're so eager to know about our research in the Great Japanese Empire, I'll let you die with a clear understanding. It's an honor for you to become a physical entity of our experiment."

  "These corpses are all test subjects for my experiments. I used them to test the new 'Peng Kol' virus that I created, which can enter a person's body and continuously devour their skeleton and internal organs before regenerating again. In the process of devouring the skeleton and internal organs, the person's life force will also continuously decline until death. From injection to death only takes a few hours, but looking at this situation, this virus still needs improvement."

  As he spoke, Ishii Chuso pointed to a corpse in front of him. Following the direction of his finger, the head of the corpse was extremely large, with a huge tumor-like object covering the entire head. Upon closer inspection, it resembled a nose, and the tumor-like object had already rotted, with red and green liquid seeping out. If one looked closely, the entire tumor-like object was still slightly pulsing, just like a heart.

  Looking at that disgusting tumor-like thing, my stomach started churning again. I glanced away from the corpse and stared at Ishii Chūsai, feeling extremely disgusted with him for treating Chinese people as less than human, using them as test subjects. Looking at the state of the corpse now, it's easy to imagine the kind of suffering they endured when they were injected with the virus until death.

  "Are these people all patients? Why didn't you let off those who were on night shift before? And this doctor, she's a woman, why didn't you let her off either?" I said, getting somewhat agitated. But I knew that at this moment, I couldn't get too worked up, or else I would lose the chance to save Da Zhuang if I pushed this little Japanese man too hard.

  "This woman," said Ishii Sosei, kicking the corpse of the female doctor beside him.

  "It's all because of this woman who doesn't know what's good for her, she actually saw me experimenting on these Chinese people and was going to tell others, so I had no choice but to kill her. But this woman's body is truly perfect, even playing with her corpse feels great." As he spoke, Ishii Chūsei crouched down and ripped open the woman's clothes, his right hand also pinching the woman's proud breasts, then stood up, savoring the taste.

  "And these Chinese people on duty, always sneaking around like ghosts. It's just right to use my virus to turn them into ghosts, which can also be considered as fulfilling their wishes. The most hateful thing is this old guy." As he said that, he threw Zhang Lao Han from the pile of corpses onto the ground. Watching Zhang Lao Han's corpse being thrown onto the ground like trash, I couldn't bear to look and averted my gaze to the side.

  "At that time, I thought to wait until this old guy and you exchanged keys and then kill him. According to your Chinese way of thinking, as long as you know that this hospital is not good, you won't tell the next person who works here, so you can get away with it. But unexpectedly, this old guy actually told you about the hospital's shortcomings, trying to make you leave. I originally thought I would come out and kill all three of you together. Unexpectedly, you two kids didn't leave, but also helped me a bit, letting me take care of them one by one."

  When I heard what Ishii Chushu said, I realized that this little Japanese had long been planned. He dealt with the Chinese based on the psychology of most Chinese people and had already grasped the temperament and psychology of the Chinese people. If all the little Japanese were like this, China would become a scene. Thinking of this, I took a breath of cold air.

  "Alright, now you won't die in vain. You should feel honored to be a part of the great Empire of Japan's success."

  As he spoke, he walked towards me, damn it, this little Japanese is going to make a move so quickly, I thought.

  Originally, I wanted to drag him on with words until daytime when people would arrive, but unexpectedly this little Japanese guy was also paying attention to the time, which gave me a headache.

  Just as I was at a loss, Ishii So's hand suddenly flipped over the pile of corpses and appeared in front of me. Ishii So's speed was too fast, and due to my confusion, I couldn't keep up with his speed. Ishii So punched me in the chest, and all I felt was a surge of force hitting my chest, which turned into a lingering pain on my body.

  This punch stunned me, but Ishii Chushin didn't stop attacking, instead he kept punching my chest with several punches in a row. Suddenly I felt like all my internal organs were upside down. I barely managed to put both arms in front of my chest to block Ishii's attack, which was like a hail of bullets.

  The pain spread all over my upper body, chest, abdomen and arms.

  Pain makes people sober, making them think of something in an instant. Suddenly, I thought of the dagger that Dazhuang had left with me before. This was the only sharp-edged thing on my body.

  Biting back the pain, I retreated a few steps, taking advantage of the brief moment to pull out the dagger from my pant leg. The black blade was invisible in this dimly lit underground warehouse, with only a faint glow remaining from the fallen oil lamp. Even with careful observation by the light, it was only possible to see that I had something black in my hand.

  Ishii Sosuke's attack didn't stop, and as I retreated to pull out my dagger, his fist was already coming at me. Having learned swordsmanship from the old master since childhood also gave me a nimble reaction in combat. As long as I had a weapon in hand, I wouldn't be at a loss or feel panicked.

  As I watched Ishii Chuso's fist about to hit my body, I made a small horizontal swing with the dagger, and immediately a thread of blood splashed onto my clothes.

  Ishii So's "Ah!" was cut short as he swiftly withdrew his hand, and by the light of the flames and their proximity, it could be seen that the wound on Ishii So's fist was extremely small, almost as if there were no wound at all. However, when the dagger had grazed his fist earlier, I had clearly felt that it had left a deep gash in his hand, which was not something that ordinary weapons could achieve. The wound was deep but seemed nonexistent.

  Ishi Chuso looked at the dagger in my hand with a surprised expression, and immediately swung out two very short iron rods from his sleeves. Ishi Chuso waved the two iron rods, and they seemed to lengthen like rubber, becoming as long as his arms.

  This iron rod is called 'iron staff' in our language and belongs to a kind of weapon, but it's extremely difficult to master.

  Ishiya Sosei charged towards me with his spear, and looking at the two iron bars, it was clear that my short dagger would be at a disadvantage. However, for now, I had no other weapon, so I swung my dagger and charged towards Ishiya Sosei.

  Just as the iron rod and dagger were about to collide, a clear "ding" sound was heard twice. The iron rod was actually cut in half by the dagger in my hand. Just as I was amazed at how sharp the dagger in my hand was, Ishii Sosei did not show any surprise that his iron rod had been cut off by me. Instead, he used the two short iron rods still in his hands to exert force from under my armpits and counterattack, knocking me to the ground. The dagger in my hand was also taken away by Ishii Sosei due to the pain.

  Ishii Sosuke's foot was pressed against my chest, exerting great force on my body, rendering me unable to muster any strength. At this moment, Ishii Sosuke's mind was not focused on me at all, his face filled with fervor as he gazed at the black dagger in his hand "Indeed, indeed it is the Black Gold Dagger."