Almost every attack by Jijiu can leave some scars on Chuguang's body.

In just a blink of an eye, Chu Guang's clothes were dyed red bit by bit with her own blood...

Shoulders, flanks, arms, thighs... wounds appeared on various parts of Chu Guang's body.

Looking at Chu Guang, who had been covered with bruises under his fierce attack, Jijiu's eyelids sunk slightly, and the complicated light in his pupils flashed.

"...Chu Guang, I'll give you one last chance."

Jijiu suddenly stopped and retracted the short spear that had been attacking Chu Guang, and took the initiative to take two steps back, and then continued in an indifferent tone without sadness or joy:

"Put down your weapons and surrender."

"As long as you can surrender, I will definitely be able to protect your life afterwards."

"You should also see how big the strength gap is between you and me, right?"

"You are no match for me."

"As long as I am willing, I can kill you with the next blow."

"Surrender!"

After shouting the words "surrender" in a high-spirited tone, Jijiu squeezed the short gun in his palm.

Although Chu Guang is now covered in injuries, these injuries on her body are not fatal.

At this moment, she was leaning against the railing of the ship behind her, still holding the weapon tightly in one hand and covering the wound on her side with the other.

"Huh...huh...huh...huh..."

Although the injuries are not fatal, so many injuries are enough to make people feel miserable.

Only by constantly taking deep breaths did Chu Guang feel a little better.

"surrender……?"

After the girl softly repeated the words that the old man had just shouted, a... calm smile appeared on the girl's cheeks as the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"Just now...when I was fighting with you...I inexplicably remembered the past..."

Chu Guang suddenly said something that did not match the atmosphere of the scene.

Jijiu's brows suddenly furrowed and he looked at Chu Guang in confusion.

Chu Guang continued to talk to himself:

"You always tell me: 'I don't know how to teach people with my mouth. I can only teach people with my fists. Only through actual combat can I quickly master combat skills.'"

"So... whether it's the technique of using shuriken or the practice of footwork, I learned them all during the battle with you and under your step-by-step instruction."

"Haha... When I think about it carefully, I seemed to have called you 'Master Ji' when I was just accepted as your disciple and accepted your teachings."

"It's just that not long after I started calling you 'Master Ji', you found the title disgusting and didn't allow me to call you that anymore."

As soon as Chu Guang pronounced the title "Master Ji", the corners of Ji Jiu's eyes... twitched slightly in an imperceptible arc.

"...Why are you suddenly bringing up these old things?" Jijiu's face slowly darkened, "Are you hoping to use these old things to arouse my sympathy for you?"

"To tell you the truth, after hearing these old stories, not only did I not feel sympathy for you, but I became even more angry with you."

"I have everything to teach you and have high hopes for you."

"In the end...you rewarded me like this."

Jijiu squeezed the short gun in his hand again.

"Answer me quickly! Are you willing to surrender?!"

"Ha..." Chu Guang chuckled twice, and then slowly put down his left hand that was covering the wound on his side, "I know... I can never be your opponent on my own."

"But...I won't surrender."

Hatsuko raised her eyes and stared at Yoshihisa with eyes that reminded people of a solid rock.

"Even if I can't defeat you, I will do my best to hold you back! Buy time for Mr. Ogata and Mr. Genichi to defeat you one by one!"

"Ha, haha!" Jijiu seemed to be laughing in anger, with a cold arc at the corner of his mouth, and his shoulders were shaking slightly when he laughed, "Hold me? You can't even dodge my attack.

How could you hold me back in the past?"

Listening to Jijiu's prickly words, that calm smile... appeared on Chuguang's cheeks again.

She said no more.

After glancing at the railing behind him, he raised his left hand that he had just used to cover the wound, supported the railing behind him, and slowly straightened his upper body with some trembling movements.

Seeing Chu Guang struggling to even straighten up, Jijiu snorted coldly and switched the short gun in his hand to holding it with both hands again: "Using a mantis' arm as a cart is extremely stupid..."

Jijiu pointed the tip of his spear at Chuguang again.

That complicated emotion... flashed in Jijiu's eyes again at this moment.

"Take the move..."

Hatsumi took a deep breath, held the shuriken tightly with both hands, and prepared to stab Yoshijiu.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Just as the girl was about to rush towards the old man and took a step forward, Chu Guang's expression suddenly changed.

"Cough, cough!"

The girl covered her flank with a large wound, opened her mouth wide, and coughed violently. Dots of blood spattered from the girl's mouth.

Jijiu looked at the girl with a painful expression in astonishment.

Before he could come to his senses, the girl with a face full of pain was clutching her injured abdomen and leaning her back against the railing behind her subconsciously, as if she wanted to find a place to lean on.

Just at this moment, a large wave hit the ship.

The hull of the ship, which was originally relatively stable, immediately began to shake violently.

The girl who was leaning on the railing seemed not to have expected the sudden violent shaking.

"Ah!"

The girl who didn't have time to stand still screamed and fell toward the sea behind the railing with a backward-like movement.

The occurrence of the mutation was so sudden that Jiku couldn't help but feel stunned.

At this critical moment, the old man saw the girl... and cast a frightened and helpless look at him.

He saw the girl...as she fell towards the outside of the boat, she stretched out her hand to him as if she wanted to seek companions.

He heard the girl... after reaching out her hand to him, she shouted to him as if subconsciously, like a conditioned reflex:

"Master Ji!"

When this cry fell, it coincided with the moment when Chuguang fell outside the side of the ship...

At this moment, all kinds of emotions surged out on Jijiu's cheeks!

confused……

stunned……

shock……

Secretly happy...

anxious……

These contradictory emotions were mixed together, leaving Jijiu standing there, like a helpless child...

But his daze only lasted for a moment.

After this moment, Jijiu felt that his body was out of control.

The body rushes forward uncontrollably!

Rush to the place where Chu Guang fell into the water!

As soon as he ran to the railing, the old man saw the girl who was about to fall into the sea.

Without hesitation, he disassembled the short gun as quickly as possible, put it back into his arms, then stepped on the railing with both feet, using the railing as a point of leverage, and kicked hard towards the ocean outside the ship's side!

Gravity and the acceleration of stepping on the railing were superimposed on each other. The old man successfully caught the girl in mid-air just before she completely fell into the sea.

But when he hugged the girl, the old man felt that he was being hugged back by the girl.

"... I won the bet... Fortunately, you made the same choice as before..."

The old man heard the girl murmuring with pride...with a bit of emotion.

Immediately afterwards, the old man saw the girl raising the shuriken in her right hand and stabbing him in the back of the head...

Plop!

The old man and the girl fell into the sea while hugging each other...

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To be continued...