Chapter 549

Chapter 549 A Reverse Battle of Two Against Two Hundred!

A sharp light blazed in Inamoto Junichi’s eyes. He stared hard at Su Rui for a long moment, and finally, his right hand gave the sword hilt a firm push!

With a resounding clang, the Blood Frenzy blade slid back into its scabbard, and that dazzling cold gleam vanished along with it!

“Exchange them at the same time,” Su Rui said coldly.

“Yamamoto Kyokusen has already been wounded this badly by you. I should put your sister in the same condition — otherwise it wouldn’t be fair.”

Inamoto Junichi’s fury was impossible to swallow, and one hand had already come to rest on Ye Binglan’s shoulder!

“Inamoto! Don’t do something so irrational!”

Su Rui’s eyes narrowed, revealing an extremely dangerous gleam!

“You dare lay a finger on Binglan, and I’ll take you down with me right then and there! China will be your burial ground!”

So what if the other party was a jonin? So what if he was up against all of Japan?

Su Rui’s aura erupted all at once, surging to its absolute peak!

His killing intent locked onto one person and one person only — Inamoto Junichi!

Though several meters separated the two of them, Inamoto could clearly feel that impenetrable murderous intent!

His heart gave a jolt. He hadn’t expected Su Rui’s killing intent to be this intense!

Just how many people had he killed, how much blood had he shed, to reach this level!

“Inamoto, I can guarantee that after you die, the entire Yamamoto Group will be destroyed because of what you did today. I could take down Yamamoto Kyokusen — you think I can’t take you down?”

Perhaps it was Su Rui’s killing intent, perhaps it was the memory of Yamamoto Kyokusen’s crushing defeat — Inamoto Junichi fell silent for a moment, then lowered his hand. “Exchange!”

Su Rui shoved the half-dead Yamamoto Kyokusen forward and walked slowly ahead, keeping him close!

His steps were steady, and unhurried.

The ninja warriors all raised their guns, watching Su Rui with predatory eyes!

If this Chinese man dared make any sudden move, those bullets would form an inescapable net and riddle him with holes in an instant!

Su Rui’s pace was steady — one hand gripping Yamamoto Kyokusen, the other holding a gun pressed against the man’s head, the trigger ready to fire at any moment!

Ye Binglan’s hands were clasped together as she watched Su Rui approach step by step, her palms already drenched in sweat!

Coming to a stop just one meter from Inamoto Junichi, Su Rui said coldly, “We each extend one hand and exchange the hostages!”

Inamoto Junichi said nothing, already draping one arm over Yamamoto Kyokusen’s shoulder!

Su Rui likewise extended a hand and took hold of Ye Binglan.

“Let go!”

Su Rui barked the order and simultaneously yanked Ye Binglan into his arms!

Inamoto Junichi made the same move, pulling Yamamoto Kyokusen back to his side!

Both parties completed the hostage exchange at the same moment!

“Inamoto Junichi, we’re even now.”

Su Rui said coldly, pulling Ye Binglan with him as he backed up more than ten meters!

“Even? Whether we’re even isn’t for you to decide.” Inamoto Junichi said with a cold laugh. “I imagine our appearance in such force has already alerted the Chinese government.”

“I’m not in the mood to waste words with you. You’ve alerted the Chinese government — what does that have to do with me?”

As he spoke, Su Rui took a few more steps back and casually undid the handcuffs and shackles on Ye Binglan.

“However, I need you to escort us safely out of Chinese territory.”

Inamoto Junichi said coldly.

The situation on the scene was exactly as Victoria had anticipated! These Japanese men truly intended to use Su Rui and Ye Binglan as hostages and then leave Chinese territory!

Hearing this proposal, Su Rui wasn’t the least bit surprised — it was entirely within his expectations. For a group of Japanese men with absolutely no bottom line, what was there they wouldn’t do?

“And if I refuse?” Su Rui took a few more steps back!

He roughly gauged the distance between himself and Inamoto Junichi with his eyes, then stopped!

“You’re not in a position to refuse.”

With that, Inamoto Junichi raised his right hand high!

Whoosh!

The dozens of warriors behind him raised their gun barrels in unison, all aimed at Su Rui and Ye Binglan!

Faced with this threat, not a trace of panic crossed Su Rui’s brow. He gave a cold smile and said, “You don’t actually think this level of attack can stop me, do you?”

Inamoto Junichi certainly didn’t believe Su Rui could survive this level of attack — but to be safe, to keep the other party from putting up a desperate fight, he said, “If you think these men aren’t enough, then let me put that idea to rest for good!”

The moment his words fell, the sound of rustling footsteps immediately came from the forest!

Hearing those footsteps, Ye Binglan’s expression changed. “Brother, don’t worry about me — just go, quickly! It’ll be too late if you wait any longer!”

Su Rui tightened his grip on Ye Binglan’s arm and said, “How could I possibly leave you behind?”

“But…”

“No buts. Stay with me, don’t be afraid.” Su Rui gave Ye Binglan a reassuring look.

Soon, many figures emerged from the forest, surrounding Su Rui, Ye Binglan, and Zhou Xianwei on all sides!

These ninjas and warriors all had black cloth covering their faces, holding either handguns or submachine guns, with samurai swords tucked at their waists!

At least a hundred or more! What an impressive show of force!

Su Rui looked around and said, “I didn’t expect you to have laid such an extensive groundwork here in China. Certain departments of our government appear to be quite derelict in their duties.”

“Lamenting that now is completely pointless.” Inamoto Junichi’s gaze carried a cold edge. “Surrender quietly, escort us safely out of the country, and I’ll spare your life.”

However, as he said this, an almost imperceptible change crossed Inamoto Junichi’s face.

Because he noticed that the number of people assembled on the scene was short by several dozen!

Higashino Yasumoto and his dozens of subordinates had not come to join them!

What was going on? Hadn’t they already arrived in the area and taken up their positions?

At this critical standoff between the two sides, Inamoto Junichi naturally couldn’t ask such a question aloud, and even less could he let Su Rui sense that something had gone wrong on his side!

“Spare my life? Who do you think you are — the emperor?”

Su Rui shook his head, and a mocking smile actually appeared at the corner of his mouth. “My own life is mine to control. I need you to spare it?”

“You won’t cry until you see the coffin! One word from me and the bullets here will turn you into a hornet’s nest!”

“Is that so?” Su Rui gave a cold smile. “Then I’d like to see just whose body those bullets end up in!”

Inamoto Junichi didn’t immediately grasp the meaning behind Su Rui’s words. Just as he was feeling somewhat puzzled, he suddenly heard Su Rui let out a loud shout: “Zhou Xianwei, move!”

“You nearly blew out my eardrums! Japanese brats, go to hell!”

With that, Zhou Xianwei pressed a button with the hand he’d been keeping in his pocket!

Inamoto Junichi had no idea what they were up to — but at that moment, he noticed a flash of red light suddenly appear from beneath the back of Yamamoto Kyokusen’s clothing, the man who lay there like a puddle of mud!

“Not good!”

On instinct, Inamoto Junichi shoved Yamamoto Kyokusen to the side, pushed off the ground with his toes, and spun around to flee!

But it was already too late!

Boom!

A tremendous explosion rang out through the mountains!

In the instant of the blast, Yamamoto Kyokusen’s body was instantly reduced to a shower of blood and flesh!

A so-called genius jonin of his generation — dead without a whole body to show for it!

Once Su Rui had confirmed that Yamamoto Kyokusen had no further value, he had eliminated him without a moment’s hesitation!

God only knew how much explosive Su Rui had planted on Yamamoto Kyokusen!

With Yamamoto as the epicenter, everything within a radius of more than ten meters was swallowed by the blast’s flames in a single instant!

And within that radius of more than ten meters, more than thirty elite ninjas had been gathered!

Among them were one jonin and five chunin!

If Inamoto Junichi had known that Su Rui had strapped a full five kilograms of C-4 explosive to Yamamoto Kyokusen, one could only wonder what he would have thought!

C-4 plastic explosive’s main component is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. It can be molded into any shape at will, and if a sticky material is applied to the outside, it can adhere to a target as firmly as chewing gum — completely undetectable even by X-ray!

As a result, the C-4 explosive specially designed by Zhou Xianwei and Su Rui had fully conformed to Yamamoto Kyokusen’s skin, and even the experienced Inamoto Junichi had failed to detect it!

Or rather, Inamoto had simply never imagined Su Rui would pull a move like this!

Inamoto Junichi had counted on the advantage of numbers to force Su Rui into submission, never expecting that the other party, with just two people, could make enemies several times their number cry out for their mothers!

Calculated by density, one cubic meter of C-4 explosive weighs approximately 1.6 tons — enough to blast a hole in an aircraft carrier large enough for multiple tanks to pass through side by side. So what kind of destructive power would five kilograms of C-4 produce if detonated in the middle of a crowd?

No matter how skilled these Japanese ninjas were, they were still flesh and blood! How could they withstand the force of explosives?

Truly something to behold!

Su Rui had gone all in on this one! He was dead set on sending every last one of these Japanese men straight to the afterlife!

The reason Su Rui had kept backing up several meters earlier was precisely to get clear of the C-4 explosion’s blast radius!

This sudden explosion sent nearly everyone in the vicinity flying, with severed limbs scattered everywhere!

A vast curtain of blood rained down from the sky!

The instant the explosion went off, Su Rui had already pulled Ye Binglan tight around the waist, while his left hand shot upward — a thin black cord launched from his palm like a bullet!

The tip of that black cord seemed to have eyes of its own, shooting straight into the top of a towering tree nearby that stood dozens of meters tall!

Zhou Xianwei made the same move!

Once the tip of the cord was anchored, it began to retract rapidly. Su Rui held Ye Binglan tight and shouted, “Hold on to me!”

In truth, the explosion had been so deafeningly loud that Ye Binglan’s eardrums had been temporarily deafened by the blast. But without Su Rui needing to say a word, she had already instinctively grabbed onto his shoulders — before his voice had even faded, three figures shot up into the sky!

At the same moment, Zhou Xianwei flicked his wrist and tossed a smoke grenade!

The smoke grenade detonated in midair, and the thick smoke made the already chaotic scene even more disorienting — completely concealing their movements!

Even so, despite being well outside the danger zone, Su Rui, Zhou Xianwei, and Ye Binglan were still rattled senseless by the powerful shockwave produced by the explosion as they ascended!

The moment her feet left the ground, clinging to Su Rui’s shoulders, a romantic thought had actually flashed through Ye Binglan’s mind — but unfortunately, the shockwave hit her just as hard, blasting that tender notion clean out of her head!

By the time the powerful retraction of the black cord had carried them up to the treetop, Su Rui and Zhou Xianwei had barely managed to shake off the dizziness from moments before!

By now, ten seconds had passed since the explosion!

“Japanese brats, enjoy the feast we’ve prepared for you!”

Su Rui let out a loud shout, exchanged a glance with Zhou Xianwei, and then both of them simultaneously threw open their jackets and yanked out strings of grenades from their waists!