novelraw Chapter 78 : Blade and Coin
Chapter 78 : Blade and Coin
Chapter 78: Blade and Coin
At the center of the crossroads.
Ma Yuanzhang felt the surging power within his body.
As his Faith Value skyrocketed, his abilities were also rising at a tremendous speed.
Thus, he cast his gaze toward that “Mad King” who was still spreading fear.
The two looked at each other across the air.
Kuroki Satoru bared his teeth in wild laughter, the madness in his eyes growing ever stronger.
Ma Yuanzhang appeared mournful and solemn, yet the greed in his eyes was not the slightest bit less than the other’s.
“Come on, make it even bigger.”
Ma Yuanzhang silently chanted in his heart.
“Turn this city into purgatory.”
“And then……”
“I will step on people’s despair and ascend the divine throne!”
……
Time rewound to before the chaos in Shibuya erupted, to another corner of the Neon Metropolis.
Yamazaki Tetsu was walking home at this moment, his footsteps heavy.
He was a down-and-out former assistant prosecutor.
Because he refused to go along with the corruption, he was ostracized and framed by his colleagues, and in the end was driven out.
Even though he had suffered such suppression, the rage in his heart had never been extinguished.
Especially toward those corrupt politicians, those powerful elites hiding in the darkness.
Yet the law could not punish them; justice was nothing more than a joke.
Thinking of this, the fury in Yamazaki Tetsu’s heart burned even hotter.
Suddenly, a burst of commotion came from ahead.
Several gang members wearing floral shirts and exposing large swaths of tattoos were surrounding a trembling old man, beating and kicking him.
“Old bastard! Owe money and don’t pay it back! Looking for death?!”
“Mortgage the house! Or I’ll chop you up!”
The old man’s wails stabbed painfully into Yamazaki Tetsu’s eardrums.
Yamazaki Tetsu stopped in his tracks, his fists clenched tight.
This kind of scene—he had seen far too many.
But the law was utterly useless here.
Just at that moment.
A cold electric current suddenly pierced through his body.
In his mind, a grand voice exploded thunderously.
【Welcome to ‘Game of Gods’】
【Matching player identity and faction】
【Player: Yamazaki Tetsu】
【Identity: Sword Saint】
【Faction: Radiance】
【Steel will rust, flesh will decay; only will is like a blade, enduring and ever-new】
Yamazaki Tetsu froze.
After a brief pause, he looked at his own hands.
Then, a surge of heroic passion burst forth in his heart.
He looked at a withered tree branch by the roadside.
Then he bent down and picked it up.
It was merely an ordinary branch blown down by the wind.
But at this moment.
In Yamazaki Tetsu’s hand, this branch was no longer a branch.
It transformed into an unrivaled divine weapon.
Sword intent shot straight to the heavens!
A razor-sharp edge erupted from within his body.
“Stop!”
Yamazaki Tetsu shouted loudly.
The gang members halted their actions and turned their heads impatiently.
“Where did this guy come from? Want to stick your nose into other people’s business?”
The burly man at the lead sneered as he walked toward Yamazaki Tetsu.
He was holding a thick iron club in his hand.
“I’ll let you have a taste today of—ah?!”
The burly man’s voice cut off abruptly.
Because Yamazaki Tetsu moved—he merely lightly swung the branch in his hand.
An invisible sword qi, so fast the naked eye could not catch it, burst forth from the branch.
The burly man’s body shuddered violently.
Then.
The burly man’s body split apart.
From head to toe, it was neatly divided into two.
Blood and internal organs instantly sprayed out, staining the ground red.
“Big brother?!”
The remaining gang members were all stunned into dumbfounded shock.
They stared at the two still-twitching “corpse pieces” on the ground.
Terror instantly crawled all over their faces.
“Monster!”
“Run!”
They screamed as they scattered and fled.
Yamazaki Tetsu swung the branch again.
One invisible sword qi after another.
Each precisely struck every fleeing gang member.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Blood blossoms splattered.
Severed limbs flew.
In just a few breaths, on the ground, only several neat “chunks of flesh” were left behind.
Only the old man sat there dazed on the ground, staring at this bloody scene.
He was already so frightened that he had even forgotten how to scream.
Yamazaki Tetsu lowered the branch.
He looked at the withered branch in his hand.
Then looked again at the惨状 on the ground.
A glimmer of realization, a trace of resolve, flashed through his eyes.
“In this world, the law is already dead.”
“Since that is so, then I shall become the sword.”
……
Neon Metropolis, beneath Shinjuku Kabukicho.
This was the largest underground casino in the Neon Metropolis.
A place of indulgence and excess, voices clamoring endlessly.
Sakamoto Ryuji was sitting at the gambling table at this moment.
His face was deathly pale.
Beads of sweat on his forehead slid down along his cheeks.
The chips in front of him had not only been completely lost by him.
He had also incurred an enormous amount of usurious debt.
Tonight, he should have had both hands chopped off and been thrown into Tokyo Bay to feed the fish.
“Sakamoto Ryuji!”
A rough voice rang out.
The gang boss Watanabe walked over with a ferocious grin.
In his hand, he casually toyed with a sharp samurai sword.
“Kid, time’s up.”
“Do you want to keep a pair of hands, or keep a pair of legs?”
Several gang enforcers beside Watanabe surrounded him, all of them with vicious gazes and bodies full of bulging muscle.
The sight made Sakamoto Ryuji’s body tremble.
Icy despair instantly spread through his heart.
He didn’t want to die yet.
He still wanted to spend money in huge handfuls.
He still wanted to sleep with women in huge handfuls.
Just at that moment.
In his mind, in his mind a grand voice suddenly exploded.
【Welcome to ‘Game of Gods’】
【Matching player identity and faction】
【Player: Sakamoto Ryuji】
【Identity: Gambler】
【Faction: Radiance】
【Life is a gamble, and you choose to wager against fate】
After a brief shock, Sakamoto Ryuji suddenly lifted his head.
He looked at Watanabe and burst into loud laughter; at this moment, the despair in his eyes had already been replaced by a kind of pathological madness.
“Hahahaha, I knew the heavens were watching over me!”
“Watanabe, I’m telling you, I’m not giving you either my hands or my legs!”
Sakamoto Ryuji’s laughter was far too crazed.
For a moment, it even made Watanabe freeze in surprise.
“What the fuck did you say?!”
Sakamoto Ryuji took out his last coin from his pocket.
It was a severely worn ten-yen coin.
Laughing loudly, he tossed the coin into the air.
“Today, I’m going to gamble my life with you!”
Then Sakamoto Ryuji suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Watanabe.
“Today, I’m betting on you!”
“You’re going to die today, without a doubt!”
The coin spun in the air.
Watanabe was so furious his face turned livid, his whole body trembling, and he let out a furious roar.
“Chop him up for me!!”
The enforcers beside Watanabe waved their blades and clubs, charging at Sakamoto Ryuji together.
Just at that moment.
“Bang!”
A dull yet exceptionally clear gunshot rang out.
Suddenly, a bullet pierced through the casino wall.
It precisely struck Watanabe in the forehead.
Watanabe’s body stiffened.
Blood gushed out from between his brows.
The ferocious expression on his face froze.
“You……”
His eyes widened as his body crashed to the ground.
Killed with a single shot.
The entire casino instantly exploded into chaos.
“The boss is dead!”
“There’s an assassin!”
“Run!”
Screams, gunshots, and the sound of tables and chairs being knocked over blended together.
Chaos.
Utter chaos.
Sakamoto Ryuji laughed wildly.
And at this moment, the coin happened to fall into his palm.
Heads.
He had won the bet.
Next, Sakamoto Ryuji looked at those panic-stricken gang enforcers.
His eyes were filled with amusement.
“Luck?”
“This is my destiny.”
Then, Sakamoto Ryuji bent down and grabbed large handfuls of scattered banknotes from the gambling table.
After that, he laughed loudly and strode toward the chaotic exit.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Bullets flew wildly inside the casino.
The gang members who had lost their boss did not give up on hunting Sakamoto Ryuji down; people continuously fired at him.
Yet Sakamoto Ryuji merely smiled, walking step by step, completely unafraid of those bullets.
Next, a shocking scene appeared: Sakamoto Ryuji walked amid the storm of gunfire.
But every single bullet seemed to have eyes, whistling past Sakamoto Ryuji’s sides.
Brushing past his hair.
Skimming past the corners of his clothes.
Clearly countless bullets were fired at Sakamoto Ryuji, yet not a single one could touch him.
Sakamoto Ryuji was like a gentleman strolling through a garden.
Calm and elegant, even wearing a pathological smile on his face.
After walking out of the casino filled with screams and chaos behind him, Sakamoto Ryuji lifted his head and took deep breaths of the Neon Metropolis air.
“Hahahaha!”
He looked at the 【Gambler】 identity card in his mind and laughed crazily: “This game……”
“I like it!”