Instant Kill

Lu Li was at a loss for words over this world's method of carrying out executions. You people could learn something from the company in that regard... Oh, never mind. The company's execution methods are pretty twisted and inefficient too, and it seems I've taken out quite a few of them.

By now, Lu Li had calmed down. He felt that End Space might actually have arranged a pretty good identity for him.

If he remembered correctly, Shikubi Prison was also holding a fighter from the original story—a formidable man whose executions had failed multiple times, named Bando Yohei.

If he had entered at the point just before the Kengan Annihilation Tournament began, someone would soon come to this prison to recruit people. When that happened, he could directly obtain a spot in the competition.

End Space's intentions seemed good, but they differed from Lu Li's plans before entering this world.

He had loved this manga as a child. Back then, he had even fantasized about learning some of the "superhuman" fighting techniques from it.

Yes, in his eyes, this manga did have quite a few superpowers. For example, Julius Reinhold, the muscular freak who could pull apart an F1 race car; Wakatsuki Takeshi, whose muscle fiber density was roughly fifty-two times that of an ordinary person; the Wu Clan's Removal; and Tokita Ohma's Advance.

Stat monsters like Julius and Wakatsuki Takeshi were fine in Lu Li's eyes. After all, his own stats were pretty absurd too. But he was very interested in the Wu Clan's Removal and the protagonist Tokita Ohma's Advance.

In Lu Li's view, they were explosive techniques that stimulated the human body's potential. If he could master them, they would be of great help on his journey through the spaces.

So rather than obediently entering the tournament, he wanted to first get his hands on this world's good "skills."

Click—

As Lu Li pondered, the door opened. The Prison Guard who opened it was drenched in sweat, his hand trembling so badly that the latch kept rattling against the door with an unpleasant clanging sound.

"C-Cell 404, y-you, come out."

The Prison Guard spoke with a tremble, clearly terrified of Lu Li, the notorious death row inmate.

Lu Li stood up. Before the Prison Guard's horrified eyes, he flexed his legs and tore open the Restraint Suit, breaking free before calmly walking toward the door.

Seeing that Lu Li's hands were still cuffed behind his back, the terrified Prison Guard finally relaxed a little and led the way ahead.

Outside was a small yard. Two figures stood by the second-floor railing. One was the Warden; the other was a somewhat aged middle-aged man in a suit, smiling down at them.

Two prisoners had already been released before Lu Li. Unlike him, they were only wearing handcuffs.

The prisoner to his left was a gloomy man wearing a hood, while the one to his right was tall and powerfully built, sporting a fashionable bald-on-top hairstyle.

The Warden on the platform was also covered in sweat. "Releasing these people is insane! Do you know who they are? Nagashima Ginji the Fanatic, a cultist who murdered fifty-six people; Bando Yohei the Bloodthirsty Ivory, who killed seventeen gangsters with his bare hands; and Lu Li the Mad Warrior, who killed twenty-eight people, including Snakehead!"

Just standing there made his limbs shake. Though he was on the second floor, simply sharing the same space with these vicious murderers sent chills down his spine.

At that moment, the middle-aged man in the suit took a megaphone and smiled down at them. "The rules are simple. Dead or alive, as long as you defeat the opponent before you, you will gain temporary freedom, as well as the right to destroy human bodies to your heart's content."

With his hands behind his back, Lu Li looked up at the man in the suit. This should be Takada Kiyosuke, president of Gao Communications.

What an irritating man. His clothes, his bearing, his tone, even where he's standing—everything about him is annoying.

But what displeased Lu Li most was being watched like a monkey in a cage. What did this man take fighters for? What did he take martial arts for?

Crack. Nagashima Ginji, standing to Lu Li's left, had already freed himself from his handcuffs. He crushed them as easily as candy, displaying an inhuman grip strength.

Ordinary scientific knowledge did not really apply in the world of Kengan Ashura, and Baki was much the same. What was more, this world was currently undergoing mutation, so the physical qualities of its inhabitants might have improved further.

"What a headache. I'm not some happy killer, but I don't want to die either. I can only try to fight for that right."

Bando Yohei the Bloodthirsty Ivory stood two meters tall and weighed 147 kilograms, like a small giant. Yet his joints looked remarkably flexible. As he spoke, he pulled one arm behind his shoulder, winding it up like a whip.

"Heretics must all die. Accept my judgment!"

On the other side, Nagashima Ginji also took up a stance.

Strangely, the two towering killer monsters faced each other while ignoring Lu Li, who stood diagonally before them. Lu Li looked like nothing more than an obedient spectator watching the show.

The Warden and Takada Kiyosuke had unconsciously overlooked Lu Li as well. Compared to the two hulking men over two meters tall, he looked so small.

Though they had heard of Lu Li's "record," his appearance did not seem intimidating to them.

Bang—

Amid a dull impact of flesh, Nagashima Ginji's body crashed to the ground. His entire head had been punched into his abdomen, and blood splattered everywhere.

Bando Yohei slowly turned around. Under President Takada's excited gaze and the Warden's terrified one, he shook the blood from his hand and looked at Lu Li. "Don't worry. I'll make it quick."

"Wait—"

The Prison Guard standing not far behind Lu Li raised a hand. He wanted to say that Lu Li's handcuffs had not been removed yet, but before he could finish, he saw them shatter.

He had not seen what Lu Li did at all. Unlike Nagashima Ginji, who had snapped his cuffs apart, Lu Li's cuffs had broken into pieces, as if some explosive force had burst through them in an instant.

Under the shocked gazes of the Prison Guard and the others, Lu Li stretched his limbs and rolled his neck, producing a series of explosive cracks. "Don't worry. When I carry out an execution, I don't make mistakes."

The moment he finished speaking, Lu Li vanished from where he stood. The ordinary people present could not see what had happened at all.

They only saw a blur flash past where Bando Yohei stood. The next instant, Bando Yohei's massive body was sent flying into the air.

As the target, Bando Yohei instinctively tried to adjust his posture. But before he could curl up and turn over, that thunderous blow had already arrived.

It was Lu Li's knee.

Crack. Bones shattered as Bando Yohei's throat and cervical spine snapped apart, his entire head twisting at an unnatural angle.

Bang—

His body hit the ground, kicking up a little dust along with the blood on the floor.

Lu Li landed lightly. He wore prison clothes, yet not a drop of blood stained him.

Ignoring the stunned people present, he crouched and leaped straight up to the second floor.

"Y-you... don't do anything rash..."

The Warden was dumbfounded by Lu Li's astonishing jumping power. They had dared to stand here and watch because they believed this place was safe.

The prison's floors had been carefully designed. The second-floor corridor where they stood was more than four meters above the ground. How could anyone jump directly up here!?

"Prison Guards, shoot him!"

The Warden shouted, but the prison was equipped only with rubber bullets. That killing star had already reached him—so even if they managed to subdue Lu Li afterward, would he still have a way to survive?

Yet the Prison Guards seemed too frightened to move, or perhaps they had been cowed by the man's invisible aura.

He was nowhere near as huge as Nagashima Ginji or Bando Yohei, but his presence filled the entire space, as if this were his domain, where life and death were his to decide within arm's reach!

President Takada had shown some fear at first, but after the fear came warped ecstasy. "Wonderful! You'll make an excellent hunting dog. If it's you, if it's you, then I can..."

But he never finished his words. Like his twisted ambition, they ended there.

President Takada fell backward with a stunned expression. The last thing reflected in his eyes was the man's cold gaze.

"Go to hell and find yourself a new hunting dog."

Lu Li spoke flatly as he passed by the trembling Warden.

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