Volume 2: Crisis Acceptance Chapter 44: Accidental Success

  "Water extinguishes fire!"

  Kasasagi uses the "Water Fire Both Exhausted" hexagram to remind Kawano Suzuko, hurry up and extinguish herself. Otherwise, the "Water Reaches the Channel" plan will be all for nothing.

  Kawano Ryōko was slow to react, and the fire crow thought she didn't understand its intention, so it anxiously shouted: "Water is above, fire is below, water and fire are incompatible, water extinguishes fire!"

  The fire crow shouted and shot towards the downstairs, creating an opportunity for Kawano Ryoko to shoot herself, trying to make it look like a flawless crime scene by making it seem like she was shot by an enemy from within.

  Kawano Ryoko wasn't unaware of the meaning of fire crow, but she just couldn't bring herself to kill the man she loved.

  When the shopkeeper gave her orders, he repeatedly warned that if she was too soft-hearted and caused the "Water to Channel Plan" to fail, it would not be as simple as cutting her own belly, and her parents and younger siblings in Japan might also be implicated.

  As soon as Kawano Ryoko recalled the words of the shopkeeper, she was frightened out of her wits. Thus, when the fire crow cried out again, she had no choice but to painfully throw a shuriken at the man she loved. As her hand released the shuriken, in her heart she prayed to the all-powerful God, asking that he be killed instantly with one hit, and go to the Western Paradise without suffering.

  "Ah——" The fire crow let out a miserable cry and rolled down the stairs like a log.

  This sound was like a sharp dagger, piercing Kawano Ryoko's heart. She looked at the fire crow that had rolled down to the floor with a heart-wrenching gaze, and tears burst out instantly. At this time, Feng Huang, like a crane who had lost its mate, mournfully held the submachine gun and started firing downwards.

  Kawano Ryoko flew out another shuriken without hesitation, and also heard a miserable cry. Feng Huang fell down. However, she didn't roll down like Huo Ya, but instead leaned against the stairs at an angle.

  Taking advantage of the light shining out from the house, Kawano Ryoko saw a butterfly crawling on the forehead of the fire crow, with **constantly flowing out from there. This arrow just happened to pierce the most fatal brow point, and her purpose was achieved.

  This was the most successful time Kawano Ryoko shot a living target. Before, she mostly used sparrows on trees as practice targets. The first living target she shot and killed was a Japanese army lieutenant who had not passed the "special interrogation", with a face as white as a woman's, especially those bright and shiny big eyes were particularly charming.

  Everyone has a heart that loves beauty. Kayano Ryoko looked at this handsome guy who was about to leave her hands, and in this beautiful world where humans would not hesitate to launch wars and cruelly contend, she couldn't bear to let him go. Therefore, the flying dart that flew out of her hand deviated from the center, although it pierced his eyeball, but failed to achieve the effect of killing with one dart.

  "Blast it! Why won't you let me die quickly!" The lieutenant cursed loudly.

  "Bang! How did you train this dart?" Mieko scolded Ryoko Kawano, then snatched a butterfly dart from her hand and threw it in one swift motion, hitting the lieutenant right between the eyebrows. A stream of crimson blood spurted out from his forehead, and immediately afterwards, his head slumped down with a mass of messy hair.

  From then on, Yoshiko was strict with Ryouko Kawano and if she didn't reach the level of being able to shoot a coin in mid-air, she would report it to her superior and send her to the General's mansion as a special guard.

  Kawano Ryoko was young and vigorous, and she said with a huff: "If you want to be treated specially, then be treated specially! What's so great about that? I, Ryoko, can't even get it!"

  "Ha ha, do you know what the special guards of the generals are doing?"

  Kawano Ryoko said with a shrug, "It's not like it matters who I sleep with. Sleeping with anyone is better than sleeping with that disgusting old man 'Shinji 3rd'."

  "Meizhi snorted: 'Do you think the generals would spend years fondling two oranges on an orange tree, reluctant to let go?'"

  Kawano Ryoko said with disdain, "It's nothing but where you come from and where you go back to, what's the big deal?"

  "Cut it out. The Empire of Japan is extremely poor in resources, and the reuse of waste is inevitable. Therefore, you will be sent to the most terrifying place on earth, doing the dirtiest work on earth. Then cry all day, worse than death."

  Kawano Ryoko didn't understand what the other person was referring to, and she felt terrified by Mochizuki's tone. From then on, she practiced shooting darts with a calm mind, first hitting flying birds with her eyes open, and later killing running beasts with her eyes closed.

  Such a heroic death, the Phoenix's demise is only to be expected. Kawano Ryoko thought, this is for the best. After all, her beloved man had watched over her success and left this wonderful world in happiness. As for the Phoenix, it probably also died in that one shot.

  Kawano Ryoko was about to retrieve the butterfly darts from both of them when gunshots suddenly rang out again. Feng Huang hadn't died and was shooting at them once more.

  Quickly dodging to one side, Kawano Ryoko was about to throw her shuriken when the enemy suddenly launched a swift attack, leaping up the stairs with lightning speed and pouncing on Feng Huang.

  Kawano Ryoko really wanted to shoot and kill the enemy who was attacking her compatriots, it would be a revenge for the man she loved. However, small tolerance can ruin big plans, so she gritted her teeth and endured.

  The enemy held a dagger with a cold light and stabbed it at the phoenix, making a "ka ka" sound that was extremely loud in the night villa. A bloody smell followed, splashing everywhere like raindrops.

  The enemy who had kicked the phoenix to death, kicked her again to confirm that she was dead, then took the butterfly dart from her body and examined its shape and pattern carefully with the light shining out of the window. He then handed it over to Kawano Ryoko and patted her shoulder in a friendly manner.

  At this time, Kawano Ryoko finally saw that the person had a clear and elegant face, and when she looked down again, the two breasts were bulging and firm, it was a woman.

  "Retreat!" The woman gave the order and waved her hand. The enemy retreated one by one from the villa, then quickly drilled into the white birch forest.

  Kawano Ryoko followed the group into the birch forest, where the woman who killed Feng Huang called for everyone to stop and discuss their plan to assassinate Itagaki Seishiro.

  Some people say that this "Braised Pork Belly with Chestnuts" is too hard to chew, give up.

  Some people say that we Northerners can have "braised pork in soy sauce with chestnuts" to eat, this is a blessing, how can you just give it up?

  Everyone was chattering and making this woman indecisive, so they asked for Kawano Ryoko's opinion.

  "What's with the braised pork belly? I don't understand," said Kawano Ryoko, feigning ignorance.

  "Maple and pork is just that." The woman hesitated to speak, then turned to ask Kawano Ryoko: "You're Zhang Tiejian's daughter, aren't you?"

  Kawano Ryoko was startled and thought that the other party should be responding to the code. However, the shopkeeper only told her the lyrics of "Iron Forging Ballad", except for the password "Morning ironing, evening ironing, making scissors for sister.", there was no mention of continuing to respond to the code, what to do?

  "I'm Li Tiejun's daughter, and Zhang Tiejun is my uncle." said Kawano Ryoko with a mix of quick thinking and nervousness.

  "Oh!" said the woman: "Your uncle is too rich, the mouse hole is so big that people can live in it."

  "Sister, don't mention it," said Kawano Ryoko. "I was resting in his mouse hole, and his mouse bit a chunk out of my ear."

  The woman patted Kawano Ryoko's shoulder again, indicating that she had coincidentally responded to the secret signal.

  Kawano Ryoko finally felt a weight lift off her shoulders as the sweat she had been holding in due to extreme tension was suddenly released.

  At this time, a dense gunfire suddenly rang out, and the reinforcements had arrived, surrounding an empty villa.