Slaughterhouse

Shuya burst out laughing, "Tsk tsk, you're pretty wicked."

She was clearly trying to anger her mother.

Shuya, naturally delighted, readily agreed and followed Hyakka to her house.

"I'm back!"

"Excuse me."

"Welcome back... Oh? Shu-chan's here too?"

Yusho Sakura's voice came from the living room.

She came out to greet him, Shuya, showing no embarrassment whatsoever for speaking carelessly on the radio.

"Yes."

Shuya nodded.

"I brought Shu-chan here to play games!"

Hyakka answered first, looking at her smugly.

"Ah, this."

Yusho Sakura was speechless for a long while before finally saying, "Whatever makes you happy... Go and have fun."

"..."

Seeing that she didn't react much, Hyakka felt somewhat frustrated and had no choice but to take Shuya into the room.

"This silly child..."

Yusho Sakura watched the two enter the room.

Seeing her daughter's childlike face for the first time in a long time, she couldn't help but smile gently.

So cute~

Ugh, I'm so annoyed!

Back in her room, Hyakka displayed a completely different reaction from her mother.

She stomped her foot in frustration.

Shuya the chair, watching her movements with a smile.

Hyakka usually acts like a grown-up, so this childish contrast is really cute.

... Although she couldn't get angry at Yusho Sakura, Hyakka still played games with Shuya all night.

Shuya didn't get home to rest until around midnight.

As the night passed, Shuya, was woken up early by a phone call.

"Hello? Motoko?"

Shuya rubbed his hair, wondering why she had come to see him so early.

"Inoue -kun, Ayase and Kirino's training is over."

"Oh... I understand."

Shuya felt that it was about time; Li Shuhong must have gotten tired of him by now.

Are you coming over now?

Motoko asked.

Shuya and said, "No. Let Ayase and the others go and get some rest. They've been training for so long, they must have reached their limit."

"... Indeed. I'll send them home then, and we'll discuss the details later."

Motoko said she understood and then hung up the phone.

After finishing his conversation with Motoko, Shuya opened LINE and, sure enough, his subordinate had sent a report not long ago.

After teaching Ayase and Kirino, Li Shuhong left Tokyo for Hokkaido, supposedly to eat seafood.

He didn't even bother to come and see Shuya; he just slipped away.

He truly is a man who comes and goes like the wind.

Section 635, 593 Slaughter Prison

Shuya was already used to Li Shuhong's free-spirited style, so he didn't say anything, yawned, and fell asleep again.

He's been very busy this week, so he just wanted to relax a bit more.

He slept until the afternoon, when he was woken up again.

Shuya scratched his head, annoyed, and said, "Why is it so noisy downstairs..."

He listened carefully for a while and realized that the voices were all familiar.

Haruno, Yukino, Mai, Motoko, Ayase, Kirino.

Good heavens, they're all here.

Shuya could roughly guess why they had come; they were probably curious about Ayase and Kirino had learned.

He changed into casual clothes and staggered downstairs.

The living room was bustling with activity, with Ayase and Kirino surrounded and being touched and pinched, as if they were being treated like toys.

Don't you guys get a break on Sundays?

Shuya leaned against the door frame, yawning and scratching his stomach.

"What a decadent lifestyle."

Yukino started with a sarcastic remark, Shuya take it to heart. "Have you guys eaten yet?"

"Have eaten."

I finished eating a long time ago.

"Tsk, so he's eating alone."

Shuya clicked his tongue blatantly.

But since I can't get a free meal, I won't eat it.

He wasn't hungry anyway; he was just eating to satisfy his appetite.

He asked directly, "So, would the two beautiful girls be willing to reveal what they've learned?"

"Certainly."

"Definitely."

Shuya tell from their silly smiles that they definitely hadn't understood his subtext.

Generally speaking, extraordinary individuals do not easily reveal their skills; they all have their own trump cards.

But they blurted it out without much thought, clearly not considering the possibility of secrecy... This also shows their trust in Shuya and the others.

Shuya didn't lecture them at this time, but simply listened quietly as they recounted their learning achievements from the previous week.

First is Kirino.

Based on her experience with Puberty Syndrome, specifically the increased blood and energy during the transition from adulthood to childhood, Li Shuhong created a new technique for her.

A technique for compressing and releasing force.

After investigation, he discovered that Kirino's body adapted to the method of compressing power during the process of transforming back into an adult, thus giving rise to the characteristic of compressing power.

As long as this characteristic is continuously developed using the correct techniques, it will not be inferior to any superior martial arts skills in the future.

The key point is that this is just a technique for generating power, which is compatible with any martial art. It can be used even with a simple punch or kick, making it very powerful.

In addition, Li Shuhong created a set of light-body skills for her to practice.

Unfortunately, compared to that skill, his lightness skill seemed rather ordinary.

That's basically the situation on Kirino's side; her other training results are quite ordinary and not worth mentioning.

On the other hand, Ayase received a completely different inheritance than Kirino.

Based on Ayase's physique, Li Shuhong created a set of techniques that utilized her unique physique and killing intent for training.

Well, perhaps calling it a "movement" isn't quite accurate.

This move is somewhat difficult to define—whether it's martial arts, Strange Arts, or something else... let's just call it a technique for now.

Things involving innate talent and physique are always difficult to understand, Shuya and the others all know this.

This move is called "Slaughter Prison".

Li Shuhong believes that Ayase's constitution is essentially composed of two contradictory characteristics: that terrifying "killing intent" and the "ruthlessness" that suppresses that killing intent.

Ayase, who possesses this strange constitution, would most likely have been unable to suppress it if she hadn't encountered Shuya or someone else to help her, and would have been consumed by her killing intent, becoming something like a serial killer.

The techniques Li Shuhong created utilize this killing intent.

As the first step in cultivating "Slaughter Prison," Ayase needs to choose a "vessel" (a weapon is recommended) and pour her killing intent into it day and night, transforming the "vessel" into a "weapon" capable of bearing that killing intent.

Li Shuhong named these "weapons" using the format "Slaughter Prison + Specific Weapon". For example, if Ayase used her own sword, the "weapon" would be called "Slaughter Prison Blade".

Once the "vessel" is modified, the next step of cultivation can begin.

Specifically, within the "Slaughter Prison weapon," individual entities (Li Shuhong hadn't decided on a name for them) are created, each composed of killing intent.

For these "individuals" composed of pure killing intent, Li Shuhong recommends using familiar people as templates. This way, one can effortlessly endow the "individuals" with combat skills, thereby forming a powerful military force.

For example, Ayase is familiar with Motoko's combat techniques and can use her combat data as a template to create a "killing intent individual" that imitates her, which is usually kept in the Slaughter Prison and released to assist in battle.

As Ayase's training deepens, she is able to create more and more "individuals," eventually forming a massive army of Slaughter Prison to fight for her.

The core idea of "Slaughter Prison" is to separate the killing intent, ultimately leaving only "ruthlessness" in the body, using absolute "ruthlessness" to control the killing intent, and bringing the "pure killing skills" within the killing intent to their limit.

Ayase's "Slaughter Prison" and Kirino's compressed burst technique are not specific moves, but rather a perfect utilization of their own characteristics, representing a higher level.

After hearing Ayase's explanation, everyone was stunned.

Such a move was created in such a short time... it's truly terrifying.

Shuya thought for a moment and said, "Just from your descriptions, I can imagine the power it will have after completion. You truly are worthy of being called our teacher."

Li Shuhong's solution to Ayase's constitution took a completely different approach.

Shuya wanted her cultivation to become stronger so that she could directly control her special physique. Once successful, she could freely use killing intent to attack enemies. In fact, this had already begun to show results; she hadn't had any attacks recently, and could even maintain a long period of clarity when activating her physique.

Li Shuhong, however, took a roundabout approach, adding his own unique and ingenious ideas.

He chose to separate his killing intent, using it both as a henchman and to weaken the killing intent of his main body.

As the killing intent dissipates, the "ruthlessness" aspect will quickly overwhelm the killing intent, achieving the effect of controlling the body in advance.

Ayase's process of condensing her "individual" is also a process of indirectly mastering killing intent. When she finally completes the "Slaughter Prison," it will also be the time when she perfectly masters her physique.

They even gained an extra special move out of nowhere.

Thinking about it this way, although both are essentially about controlling one's physique, his method is more ingenious than Shuya's.

After carefully considering the pros and cons, Shuya was undoubtedly convinced.

Even if he were Natural Martial Bone, he couldn't create such a move. This is a task that only an experienced and incredibly talented master like Li Shuhong could accomplish.

"It was worth the favor I did to get him to teach you."

Shuya nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with their harvest.

If they can grow up smoothly, they will surely become two of his top generals in the future.

The only cost was paying favors he didn't need, which was practically like getting something for free.