A week later, Food Is Heaven backyard.
Chōjūrō feels that his life has been abruptly switched from a passionate boy comic to a thriller survival film.
"Huh... huh... huh..."
Sweat was like a stream, flowing down from his forehead and into his eyes, causing bursts of stinging pain. But he did not dare to reach out to wipe it, because once the heavy wooden knife in his hand stopped, he would be greeted by a "love education" that was more terrifying than the dazzling sweat.
Not far away, under the shadow of the eaves, Mei Terumi crossed his arms and looked at him with a cold expression.
On that beautiful face that could make all the men in Capital of Water fall for her, there was only two words at the moment - "ruthless".
"Two thousand six hundred and forty-two, two thousand six hundred and forty-three..."
Mei Terumi's voice is as clear and clear as an oriole, but to Chōjūrō's ears, it is more terrifying than the whispers of evil spirits in hell.
Devil!
This beautiful sister is definitely a devil!
He is just a child who wants to become stronger and protect his companions! Why is he reduced to being a sparring partner for a big devil?
"What are you thinking about?" A cold voice suddenly interrupted Chōjūrō's inner cry.
He was startled and saw Mei Terumi arriving in front of him at some point. Those green eyes seemed to be able to see through all his thoughts.
"I... no... it's nothing!" Chōjūrō was so frightened that he almost said "I want to die".
"Really?" Mei Terumi The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and that smile was all too familiar to Chōjūrō.
Whenever she shows such a "kind" smile, it means that her "blessing" is coming.
"That's it for basic training." Mei Terumi clapped his hands, "Today, let's play a new game to test your reaction ability and... survival ability."
"Play... games?" Chōjūrō squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.
Sister, please be a human being! Is your game called a game? It's called a "squid game"! If you lose, you will die!
Mei Terumi ignored his inner wailing and Earth Flow walked to the center of the yard and started Hand Seals with both hands.
Her Hand Seals was so fast that Chōjūrō could only see a series of afterimages.
"Boil Release·Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique!"
A large amount of acidic steam spurted out from her mouth, but this time, the steam did not spread. Instead, under her exquisite control of Chakra, it formed a translucent mist cage about ten meters in diameter that was constantly rolling.
The edge of the mist cage made a "sizzling" sound, burning and distorting the air.
Just standing outside, Chōjūrō can smell the scalp-numbing sour smell.
"This... this is..." Chōjūrō swallowed.
However, this is not over yet.
Mei Terumi's other hand slammed down on the ground, forming another completely different seal.
"Lava Release·Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique·Atomized!"
The viscous acidic liquid did not spurt out as usual, but was decomposed and atomized in her palm, turning into countless tiny droplets with a dark red luster that were almost invisible to the naked eye. She injected them into the Boil Release mist cage in a strange way!
"Buzz--!"
The entire mist cage shook violently, and the acid mist that was originally just translucent instantly became thicker and dyed an ominous dark red color.
What's even more frightening is that inside the cage, the injected Lava Release droplets seemed to have come to life, turning into tiny acid arrows that shuttled and ejected at high speeds in an irregular manner!
The continuous burning corrosion of Boil Release, coupled with the powerful fixed-point melt penetration of Lava Release!
Composite type Kekkei Genkai Ninjutsu!
"Okay, let's go in." Mei Terumi clapped his hands, as if introducing a newly completed work of art, "The rules of the game are very simple. If you stay in there for three minutes, you will win."
Chōjūrō:"..."
Sister, thank you!
If this thing goes in, let alone three minutes, I will turn into a puddle of liquid that even my mother can't recognize in three seconds!
"What? Don't you dare?" Mei Terumi's eyes turned cold, "Or is there something wrong with that man Gonbei's vision, and what he sent to me is a waste that can only cry?"
"I'm not!"
The word "waste" is like a needle, stabbing Chōjūrō's self-esteem hard.
He remembered that night, when the man named Gonbei handed him the wooden sign, there was a hint of expectation in his dead fish eyes.
He remembered the promise he made to that man to become stronger!
"I'm going in!" Chōjūrō gritted his teeth and tightened the knife in his hand.
Just die! It's better than being treated like a waste!
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and rushed into the dark red hell cage!
By the window on the third floor of the restaurant.
Aying and Yukimura Shigure were watching everything happening in the yard with horrified expressions.
"Aying... This eldest lady... is she refining alchemy?" Yukimura Shigure asked uncertainly, "Chōjūrō The child... won't be directly refined, right?"
"The boss told me before he left that no matter what this lady does, don't worry about it and cooperate with her fully..." But if you look carefully, the corners of Aying's mouth are twitching unconsciously at this time.
"But this eldest lady has become more and more "perverted" recently. How can she be trained like this? Look at that child, she is almost cooked!" Yukimura Shigure couldn't stand this scene anymore.
Inside the cage, Chōjūrō's figure could no longer be seen clearly. All that could be heard was the "sizzling" sound of the blade cutting through the air and the "sizzling" sound of metal being corroded.
Occasionally, you can still hear the boy's uncontrollable screams of pain.
"Oh, this kid is pitiful." Aying shook his head, "When he first came here, he still had some baby fat on his face, which was so cute. In just a few days, you see, his chin has become sharper, and he has lost at least ten pounds."
"Yesterday I brought them food, and his hand holding the bowl was shaking. He looked at the braised pork with tears in his eyes. He didn't dare to eat more than one piece. He said that the eldest lady had set the food limit, and if he exceeded it, he would have to practice more... It was so miserable."
While the two were talking, the mist cage in the yard suddenly fluctuated violently.
"No! It's getting out of control!" Aying and Yukimura Shigure's expressions changed, and they appeared on the backyard wall, ready to take action at any time.
In the courtyard, Mei Terumi also frowned tightly.
"Is the fusion of two Nature Transformation and Chakra still too forced? The rejection reaction is faster than expected..."
She looked at Chōjūrō, who was shackled in the cage and had multiple burns on his body, but still gritted his teeth and persisted. What flashed through her mind was that nightmarish night.
I was besieged by dozens of Anbu, and they were in the same hurry and in the same embarrassment.
The only difference was that I was waiting for that mountain-like figure from behind.
And Chōjūrō... can only rely on himself.
"I... will never let that happen again!"
"I need more strength! Strong enough to stand beside him, not hide behind him!"
Mei Terumi's eyes instantly became extremely firm.
"There are still ten seconds left... Hang on!" She shouted lowly, and Hand Seals her hands again, forcibly stabilizing Ninjutsu who was about to collapse.
"Ahhhhh!"
In the cage, Chōjūrō roared like a beast. He poured the last strength of his body into his arms, and the knife in his hand danced into an airtight knife network!
Dang! Dang! Dang!
Countless acid arrows were deflected, and his tiger's mouth had been cracked open and blood was flowing out, but he didn't even notice it.
"Three, two, one!"
Mei Terumi finished counting silently in his mind and waved his hand suddenly.
"Solution!"
The dark red cage instantly dissipated and turned into steam filling the sky.
"Plop!"
Chōjūrō fell straight down, his whole body was charred...