Born to Fight Kabane

"You..."

Watching Mumei take his dagger, Fang Li furrowed his brow, somewhat resigned.

In the original story, Mumei was quite willful and acted as she pleased, leaving many at a loss on how to handle her.

He hadn't expected that, even facing a stranger for the first time, this girl would still be like this, leaving Fang Li unsure whether to get angry.

On the other side, Mumei had started examining Fang Li's dagger. Her fingers lightly traced the blade's surface, then tapped the tip, before she looked at Fang Li with confusion and said, "This seems like just an ordinary dagger."

"That's right." Fang Li replied as if it were obvious. "Is there a problem?"

"Of course there's a problem!" Mumei put one hand on her hip and held the dagger in the other, waving it up and down as she said, "You just used it to kill so many Kabane, even easily piercing their heart membranes. How could this possibly be an ordinary dagger?"

Hearing this, Fang Li finally understood somewhat.

So, Mumei had mistakenly thought his weapon was some divine blade or magical tool that could effortlessly kill Kabane, which was why she'd suddenly appeared before him.

Unfortunately, that was a misunderstanding.

The reason he could easily kill Kabane wasn't because the dagger was exceptionally sharp, but because Fang Li's Demon Eyes were too formidable.

Of course, Fang Li wouldn't explain this to someone he'd just met.

Even if she was the original story's heroine and a rather cute girl, that didn't change things.

So, Fang Li directly snatched his dagger back.

"Even if this dagger really were some divine weapon, to use it against Kabane, you'd still need the strength to wield it." Fang Li looked at Mumei and said, "I just used a bit of cleverness. You don't have to dwell on it."

"Is that so?" Mumei seemed unable to let it go, but she still nodded and said, "Your strength really is weak, but your head is quite sharp. Plus, since you can break through a Kabane's heart membrane, you can fight them to some extent."

"That's about it." Fang Li dropped the topic, then directly asked, "Why are you here?"

"Because this place is already done for." Mumei said in a light tone, uttering words that sounded cruel to others. "I was just passing through this post station. I planned to rest here for the night, but since this happened, of course I have to escape."

"Escape?" Fang Li said with a half-smile. "But from the look of you, it's more like sightseeing than escaping."

"It's not as easy as sightseeing." Mumei turned around and said, "I still have to fight the Kabane, or I won't be able to get away."

Fight the Kabane.

If the samurai heard that, they'd probably laugh their heads off, wouldn't they?

Even a proper samurai struggled to fight a single Kabane, having to rely on Steam Guns for sniping. A girl so young saying she'd fight Kabane—who wouldn't laugh as their first reaction?

But Fang Li couldn't laugh.

Because he knew Mumei was telling the truth.

Up until now, Fang Li had been using clever tricks, exploiting the Kabane's lack of intelligence to snipe them one by one. Compared to ordinary people or even samurai, this record was astonishing.

Yet, compared to Mumei, it was nothing.

Unlike Fang Li, who needed tricks to fight Kabane, Mumei could break through head-on and slaughter large numbers of them.

After all, Mumei had been raised specifically to fight Kabane.

Not just a dozen or twenty Kabane—even if hundreds surrounded her, Mumei could break through and kill them all, right?

In terms of pure strength, Fang Li and Mumei weren't even on the same level.

Even against Kurusu Kunoichi, Mumei could let him use one hand and still easily defeat him.

Thinking this, Fang Li looked at Mumei again.

The Ice-Blue Demon Eyes flickered in Fang Li's gaze.

Instantly, crack-like Death Lines surfaced in Fang Li's vision.

Those lines spread across every part of Mumei's body.

And almost every single one connected to one place—

—Her heart.

Like blood vessels, each Death Line led to Mumei's heart.

That was the point on her entire body closest to "death."

In other words, her heart was her weakness.

(As expected, huh?)

Recalling Mumei's peculiarities, Fang Li felt this was only natural.

But then, Mumei suddenly shivered and spun around sharply.

Before that, Fang Li had already deactivated his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

Still, Mumei frowned deeply, staring at Fang Li, and said, "Did you just do something?"

"What?" Fang Li put on an innocent look. "I didn't do anything."

"Is that so?" Mumei's frown deepened, and she muttered under her breath, "Then why did I just get such a nasty feeling?"

Nasty?

That was only to be expected.

Because just now, Fang Li had directly seen the "death" factor of Mumei. If he charged forward and swung his blade, Mumei would be completely finished.

So, instinctively sensing the threat, Mumei felt uncomfortable, right?

Of course, with Fang Li's current strength, if he really charged forward, he would probably be detected by Mumei in an instant and then killed in return.

Besides, Fang Li had no grudge against Mumei, so naturally he wouldn't actually charge forward and swing his blade.

"Anyway, let's leave this place first." Fang Li shook his head and brought up the main issue. "Just like you said, this station is done for. We have to find an Iron Fortress to escape on."

"That's true." Mumei relaxed her furrowed brow and glanced at Fang Li, saying, "Then you'd better follow me closely. I can clear the way for you."

With that said, under Fang Li's gaze, Mumei drew her weapons.

They were two Steam Guns.

Their model was roughly similar to pistols, entirely red in color, with bayonets attached to the front. They were more like rifles than guns.

Those were Mumei's personal Steam Rifles. If she attacked the heart membrane of a Kabane multiple times, she could even pierce through its heart.

"Your speed looked pretty good just now. I hope you can keep up with me."

After saying that, Mumei paid no more attention to Fang Li. She leaped directly, using a jumping power impossible for a normal human, and vaulted onto the roof of a nearby building.

Fang Li didn't hesitate at all and followed right after.

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