ACSP: Chapter 17: Intercepting Intelligence with the Sharingan, Taking the Initiative to Attack the Chen Family!
"Holy crap, Jiang Chen, can you give us a heads-up next time before using explosive tags? I saw you get sliced in two by that assassin just now and almost charged in with Human Bullet Tank."
"Exactly, I was scared to death just now...''
Lin Ye and Yuan Danqing propped themselves up and climbed off the ground.Although the two were complaining, in their hearts, they already admired Jiang Chen to the point of utter prostration.
Li Yanran and Wang Shanshan felt the same way. One must know that they had just faced a Contractor above Level 50.
Under normal circumstances.
A team of newly graduated rookies would face a certain-death situation against an assassin of that level.
But not only did Jiang Chen engage the opponent.In the end, he even counter-killed him and saved everyone.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it was real even in their dreams.
"In that situation just now, if I had told you beforehand, wouldn't the assassin have known as well?" Jiang Chen said in a calm tone.
The assassin's strength just now was not weak, and he had gone for the kill right from the start. If he had shown even the slightest flaw, he might have been detected.
So he could only choose to sacrifice Li Yanran and the others a little. However, it wasn't as if he hadn't made any preparations.
To ensure that Li Yanran and the others wouldn't be severely injured by the shockwave from the explosive tags. He had intentionally reduced the number of explosive tags.
If not for that. The four of them would have been blown to pieces by now.
"Jiang Chen, don't listen to those two talking nonsense. Although that assassin's target was you, he definitely wouldn't have let us go either. If you hadn't used a scheme to counter-kill him, we would likely have met a grim fate."
Li Yanran gave Lin Ye and Yuan Danqing an annoyed look, then looked at Jiang Chen and said, "But coming back to it, when did you use the Body Replacement Technique? I didn't even see you form any seals."
Jiang Chen said indifferently, "Hand seals are just a means of performing Ninjutsu. As long as you are proficient enough with any Ninjutsu, you can actually simplify the seals or even perform it without seals."
In fact, anyone who has seen Naruto knows this. When Kakashi first showed off his Ninjutsu against Zabuza, the two of them together formed 44 seals just to release a B-rank Water Dragon Bullet.
But Senju Tobirama, who signed a contract with the sea, only used 4 seals to release the same technique.
Furthermore, Jiraiya using his feet to form seals also proves that hand seals can be flexible.
As long as one is proficient in a certain Ninjutsu.
Even without forming seals, it can still be performed.
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. "I know, this is called 'practice makes perfect,' right?" Jiang Chen nodded and was about to say something more.
But just then, he suddenly sensed a faint Chakra aura moving slowly in the nearby mountain forest.
"He's actually not dead yet..." Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, and with a Body Flicker, he vanished from the spot.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of the assassin.
The assassin was now covered in wounds, his left leg even blown off, but he was still struggling to crawl forward.
Seeing Jiang Chen approach him, the man immediately realized something and reached up to touch his face, only to find that his Anbu mask had been blown off.
He looked at Jiang Chen with a bitter smile and said, "Come on, give me a quick death. I'm begging you."
Jiang Chen didn't say a word. Instead, he calmly crouched down, pressed his hand against the man's head, and brought his own face close.
The moment their eyes met...
Jiang Chen's eyes instantly transformed into a blood-red color.
Three-Tomoe Sharingan—Activate!
"So, the Chen family sent you."
A moment later.
Jiang Chen released the assassin's head, then reached out to grab the man's throat and snapped it with a single twist. He finished the man off completely.
In Naruto, there are many methods to read another person's memories to obtain information.
The Sharingan's Genjutsu is one of them.
However, Jiang Chen never expected...
That the person who came to assassinate him this time was actually sent by the Chen family.
"Jiang Chen..." At that moment, Li Yanran and the others arrived after hearing the news.
Li Yanran saw the assassin lying on the ground, and her expression stiffened: "Isn't this guy the Chen family's butler, Chen Feng? Did the Chen family really send someone to kill you?"
Jiang Chen said expressionlessly, "It was the Fourth Elder Chen."
Li Yanran furrowed her brows: "This Chen family is truly despicable. Just yesterday, Chen Chuxi kicked you out of the family in public, and now they've sent someone to kill you."
Jiang Chen didn't speak, but a hint of killing intent had already surfaced in his eyes.
Yesterday, Chen Chuxi publicly broke the engagement and kicked him out of the Chen family. Considering the three years the Chen family had supported him, he hadn't intended to pursue the matter.
But today, the Chen family sent someone to kill him, which touched his bottom line.
Since that Fourth Elder Chen intended to kill him...
Then don't blame him for showing no mercy.
...
After returning to Jinghai City, Li Yanran immediately told her father about the Chen family sending someone to assassinate Jiang Chen.
City Lord Li Hongfei was furious upon learning of this. Jiang Chen was now a member of their City Lord's Manor. Furthermore, his daughter had been with Jiang Chen at the time. The Chen family sending someone to kill Jiang Chen was equivalent to targeting his daughter as well.
"Damn that Chen family. To dare move against my daughter—I will absolutely not let this matter slide." Li Hongfei slammed his fist onto his desk, leaving a visible fist print directly into the solid wood.
Seeing this, Li Yanran quickly tried to calm him down: "Dad, calm down first. I'm telling you this because I want you to send someone to protect Jiang Chen, not because I want you to completely fall out with the Chen family."
The Chen family's influence in Jinghai City was vast. If the City Lord's Manor were to completely fall out with them, it would only result in mutual destruction.
Li Yanran knew the difficulties her father faced. Therefore, she didn't want to blow this matter out of proportion. She only wanted her father to send someone to protect Jiang Chen for a while. To prevent the Chen family from attempting another assassination.
Regarding his daughter's request, Li Hongfei naturally agreed without hesitation: "Don't worry. That kid Jiang Chen was able to use a scheme to kill a level 50-plus Contractor; he is indeed a rare talent. I will send people to secretly protect him for a while. The Chen family won't be able to touch him again."
At this point, Li Hongfei suddenly remembered something else.
"By the way, I saw a post about you online today. It said you led a team to clear the Hell-level dungeon of the Village of the Bloody Mist, and it was a speedrun in just a few dozen minutes. Is that true?"
Although this matter was already causing a stir online and couldn't be fake...
Li Hongfei still wanted to confirm it.
Of course.
What he wanted to confirm wasn't the truth of the event itself.
But rather, whether the real leader of the team was actually his daughter.
"Heehee~ I didn't expect even you to know about this. Actually, the rest of us were just there to make up the numbers. It was mainly Jiang Chen..."
Li Yanran scratched her head in embarrassment, then truthfully recounted how they had speed-cleared the Hell-level dungeon.
Li Hongfei was stunned after listening. He had thought of Jiang Chen before. He figured it must have been that kid who led his daughter and the others through the dungeon. After all, he knew exactly how much his daughter was capable of.
However, he never imagined...
That Jiang Chen had actually speed-cleared the dungeon by himself. And the other four people who entered the dungeon with him had been doing nothing the entire time! Speed-clearing a Hell-level difficulty Novice Secret Realm alone—if this were told to others, no one would probably believe it, right?
This was too outrageous!
However, Li Hongfei and his daughter didn't know.
Just as the two of them were discussing Jiang Chen...
Jiang Chen had already arrived at the Chen family home alone under the cover of night.
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