For the Sake of This "Righteousness"

"Varied...?!"

Seeing his Beretta gun completely and neatly broken off, Kinji Touyama finally couldn't help but show his astonishment.

"When...?!"

Judging from the neat and tidy way Beretta broke apart, Fang Li must have made a hard cut on it, right?

But when exactly did that happen?

Kinji Touyama didn't notice anything at all.

It's important to know that in Burst Mode, once he concentrates, Kinji Touyama can even see the trajectory of the bullets.

However, Kinji Touyama didn't even notice when Beretta was stabbed, let alone see it.

"The Power Bullet Barrage was protecting me the whole time before the Bullet Thunder was launched, so how did it attack the gun?"

Thinking this, Kinji Touyama immediately realized what was going on.

"So that's how it is, it's the instant the Power Bullet Barrage transforms into Bullet Thunder?"

Only in that one fleeting moment did Fang Li have a chance to attack.

After that, Fang Li was forced back by the Bullet Thunder and moved away from Kinji Touyama.

Before the Bullet Thunder is activated, with the protection of the Power Bullet Barrage, Fang Li would also be unable to hit Beretta.

Therefore, it is only possible that it happens at the very moment when the Power Bullet Barrage turns into a barrage of Bullet Thunder.

In that brief instant, Fang Li launched an attack, seizing the opportunity while Kinji Touyama was focused on launching his Bullet Thunder, to unleash a lightning-fast slash that severed Beretta.

That slash was named Seven Nights.

"Flash Sheath - Seven Nights..." Fang Li looked at Kinji Touyama and said, "That's the fastest strike among all the techniques I've mastered. Even you, if you weren't paying special attention, would end up like this."

"So, here's the question," Fang Li said, raising the Moon Blade in his hand with a half-smile, "what if my attack just now had been aimed at your neck instead of Beretta?

These words sent a chill down Kinji Touyama's spine.

yes.

What would have happened if that stab had been aimed at Beretta's neck instead of her?

It's very simple, it's just that Kinji Touyama's head fell to the ground.

"So, stop stopping me." Fang Li pointed the Moon Blade in his hand at Kinji Touyama and said in a slow tone, "I don't know what happened to you that made you choose to stand against me, but my patience is limited, and I don't have time to get entangled with you now."

After saying that, Fang Li put the Moon Blade in his hand back into his spatial storage.

Just as Fang Li was about to leave, Kinji Touyama, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Even without weapons, it doesn't mean we can't fight." Kinji Touyama tossed aside the Beretta he was holding, stared intently at Fang Li, and said, "You said those words."

"... Is that so?" Fang Li raised his eyes and looked at Kinji Touyama, saying in the same way, "So, you're determined to stop me here today?"

"Because this is the only thing I can do." The previous confusion in Kinji Touyama's eyes faded, replaced by the sharp glint unique to his Burst Mode.

"The Toyama family is a clan that values 'righteousness' above all else; generation after generation, they have been known as messengers of justice."

"To be honest, in this day and age, people still call themselves messengers of justice. It really makes me wonder if they've lost their minds."

"However, our family is the kind of family where people have been mentally unstable for generations, so a lot of people die young."

"I don't want to die so soon, so if possible, I really don't want to be a detective anymore."

"But no matter what, I am still a member of the Toyama family. At least let me act for the sake of 'righteousness' once."

With that, Kinji Touyama got into position.

That's a stance where the whole body is tense, fists are clenched and drawn to the waist, like a horse stance.

"That is..." Fang Li's expression couldn't help but become serious.

Having dealt with Kinji Touyama for a year, Fang Li had already gained some understanding of the Toyama clan.

This clan possesses not only Burst Mode but also an extremely sophisticated martial arts heritage.

Just like Kinji Touyama, who was able to develop techniques like Mirror Return, Power Bullet Barrage, and Bullet Thunder by using his mind in Burst Mode, the Toyama family has been passed down for hundreds of years. Not only have they been excellent samurai for generations, but they have also developed martial arts belonging to their family by using Burst Mode as their trump card.

Therefore, just as the Seven Nights Clan possesses Assassination Arts that push the human body to its limits, the Toyama clan also has the profound secret of maximizing physical abilities in Burst Mode.

When Fang Li first heard about this, he even asked Kinji Touyama to show it to him, but he was never able to do so.

Now, is Kinji Touyama finally willing to use it?

However, just as Fang Li thought so, Kinji Touyama denied his conjecture.

"Back then, my father divided the Toyama family's techniques into two parts, giving one to me and the other to my older brother," Kinji Touyama said. "Because my brother and I have different personalities, my older brother learned 48 forms for attack, while I learned 52 forms for defense and counterattack. So, the only attack I can use is the one move I developed myself."

"A martial art that uses various parts of the body to accelerate them." Kinji Touyama slowly assumed a stance, his gaze fixed directly on Fang Li.

"By utilizing the reflexes in Burst Mode, I am able to generate instantaneous burst speeds of 100 kilometers per hour at my toes, 200 kilometers per hour at my knees, 300 kilometers per hour at my waist and back, 500 kilometers per hour at my shoulders and elbows, and 100 kilometers per hour at my wrists."

"As long as these parts move simultaneously, even for just a moment, the total speed will reach 1,236 kilometers per hour, making my next strike a supersonic attack."

"This attack will cause great damage to my arm, and may even render me unable to fight."

"If you want to leave, then take it on."

At that moment, Kinji Touyama's presence swelled.

It was as if the whole body had grown taller and taller.

Sensing that expanding presence, Fang Li knew that Kinji Touyama's words were definitely not just empty talk.

"In that case..." Fang Li met Kinji Touyama's gaze and declared.

"I'll take your attack with all my might."

There was no obvious pose.

No response was made.

Fang Li simply stood there naturally, but his presence, like that of Kinji Touyama, began to swell.

The next second, Fang Li and Kinji Touyama simultaneously stomped on the ground and charged toward each other at an unprecedented speed.