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He raised his hand and used the ring on his hand to block the short knife that was thrust straight at him. Although this move did not have a strong visual impact, it brought a strong sense of pressure to the opponent.
Dou Tang smiled slightly.
"As expected, it was you... Explain the whereabouts of the medicine to me clearly."
Then, he suddenly threw a punch.
"Oh!"
The punch landed squarely on the opponent's stomach, sending the short man in the suit staggering backward and crashing into the other two. The other two, finally regaining their composure, pulled out short knives from their sleeves and lunged at Dou Tang.
"Changshan Zhending..."
As they rushed forward, they heard Dou Tang mutter a few words that didn't sound like Japanese, but they couldn't hear them clearly because the dance floor was too noisy.
There was no chance to hear it clearly.
"Bang bang!"
The two flew sideways, knocking down several people and causing a minor commotion on the dance floor.
In the dimly lit and noisy dance floor, even if someone suddenly collapses and loses consciousness, only a few people nearby will notice.
Right now, the three people's embarrassing behavior only alarmed a small number of people on the dance floor. Even those behind Dou Tang were still immersed in the dance moves and atmosphere and couldn't extricate themselves.
"Your dancing isn't up to par for this occasion."
Dou Tang smiled coldly and continued forward.
At this moment, the bodyguards around the venue finally noticed the commotion. Standing on higher ground outside the dance floor, they were able to spot the problem earlier than the people inside.
Dou Tang didn't let the opportunity slip by. He stepped forward, kicked away the short man in the suit who was leading the group, and then grabbed his belt and lifted him up.
The fact that he could lift an adult with one hand made the two people who had just stood up even more hesitant to approach.
Dou Tang narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly, and ran off with the short man in the suit in his arms.
These people are probably here to find Nozaki Sou and his companion. They are currently protected by Kuroki Keisaki, so their safety is not a problem. Therefore, the best thing to do now is... to make a big scene.
So much so that the people behind these three people felt that Dou Tang could not be ignored.
Dou Tang carried the person and ran all the way, forcefully knocking aside all the dancers blocking his way, rushing towards a back door that he had spotted in advance.
Two bodyguards came towards us.
"Whoosh... Clap clap!"
With two muffled thuds, the two tall, burly bodyguards' legs buckled, and they collapsed to their knees with gushing blood from their noses, wailing in pain.
Dou Tang's eyes were sharp and piercing. Without hesitation, he rushed to the back door, smashed it open, and walked into the alley.
It was already late at night, but the alley was still relatively clean, without the vomit and garbage that usually appear in the middle of the night.
Carrying the man in the suit, Dou Tang took the time to finish him off, completely knocking him unconscious before hoisting him onto his shoulder and running along the alley, twisting and turning until they reached an even deeper dead end.
Feeling that it was about time, Dou Tang casually tossed the unconscious short man in a suit aside and looked towards the alley entrance.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."
Two men in suits, panting heavily, appeared at the alley entrance, their eyes wide with anger as they stared at Dou Tang.
The steel knife in his hand gleamed.
Dou Tang laughed freely behind his mask, his hands already clenched into fists.
"Who exactly are you?! What do you want?"
Dou Tang tilted his head: "Just someone who wants to buy medicine."
"Buy, buy medicine?! Do you think there's any point in saying that?!"
Buying medicine? What kind of medicine seller is so aggressive, attacking people and even kidnapping them?
Dou Tang nodded: "Yes, so could you two tell me where this medicine is produced?"
"What are you spouting nonsense for! Go to hell!"
The two men in suits pointed at the short knife, then took out a chewing gum box similar to the one Dou Tang had stolen from their pockets, held it up to their mouths, and seemed to have swallowed something.
The faint resentment on the pills spread rapidly throughout their bodies as they chewed and swallowed. In Dou Tang's eyes, the two people instantly became nothing short of evil spirits, only extremely weak.
Dou Tang narrowed his eyes.
I see... Using resentment to stimulate people's energy and enhance their senses... what else can be done?
You'll only know after you've fought them!
Chapter 33 I'll Buy Your Fingers
The knife is the most important of the nine short weapons.
Dou Tang has encountered many enemies who wield swords, both human and demon. Their sword techniques are either wide and sweeping or like a spinning wheel. Wide and sweeping sword techniques focus on slashing, while spinning sword techniques emphasize the rotation of the body's center of gravity.
The use of the blade is like a dance, a technique from an era earlier than sword dance.
Those who wield knives and axes, like a full moon or a blazing sun, spin and soar, rotating their bodies along the arc of the blades—this is a form of ritual and sacrifice.
The latter's wheel knife technique
It's quite a skill, and Dou Tang has dabbled in it as well.
However, the sword mentioned there is quite different from the Japanese sword, especially the short sword.
A short knife is all about stabbing.
The short knife is used when its arm is straight, or when it is aligned horizontally and vertically.
The straight-arm thrusting technique is designed for length and cunning. This type of thrust is the most difficult to block, as the arm acts as an extended blade. Once it is aimed directly at the center of the person at close range, it is difficult for a person to dodge with their speed.
Now, the two men in suits are using this method.
After taking the drug, no one has been able to dodge or counter their attack methods so far.
But Dou Tang is far beyond their comprehension.
"Good idea," Dou Tang said simply.
Then, his figure suddenly disappeared from sight.
Dou Tang, whose legs suddenly lost all their strength, fell rapidly toward the ground like a boulder plummeting from a great height.
Dou Tang slumped backward.
But at the same time, his left foot shot up like an arrow, kicking the inside of the elbow of the person on his left from below.
A numbness shot through the inside of his arm, and the short knife involuntarily slipped from the hand of the man in the suit on his left.
Dou Tang pushed off the ground with his elbows, and his right foot also took off with the force, kicking the man's arm with both feet, but the force was too late.
The kick sent the short knife flying higher, but the man in the suit also brought it down vertically.
Dou Tang didn't expect to disarm the two men with just one move. His two kicks were only to deflect the arms and stop the blade that was about to slash downwards. What he needed was the few tens of centimeters of time that the man in the suit had to raise his hand.
He pulled his legs up towards his head, rolled on the ground, and then sprang up with his hands, standing upright.
Without pausing, both hands wrapped around the knife-wielding hand of the man on the right, one hand advancing along the outside of the man's arm, while the other firmly gripped the pulse point on the man's wrist.
After gripping the wrist and elbow joints tightly, Dou Tang suddenly struggled backward.
"Click!"
"what!!!"
His wrist and elbow were dislocated, and the other short knife fell to the ground with a thud.
In just a few moves, the two were disarmed by Dou Tang.
Dou Tang instead took two steps back, stopped attacking, and waited for the two to recover.
After being easily repelled, the two seemed to realize that something was wrong with the person in front of them. They gritted their teeth and took a few steps back, but their fighting spirit did not diminish, and their eyes instead turned red.
These two people... were completely enraged.
His face was flushed and his eyes glowed red, clearly indicating that resentment had entered his body. If this was also the effect of that kind of medicine, then taking too much of it would definitely drive a person crazy.
They either become haggard and listless, or they become unusually strong and manic.
Dou Tang sighed inwardly and raised one hand to wave.
"Keep going, you piece of trash."
The two men exchanged a glance, the fierce glint in each other's eyes seemingly spurring them on. They picked up their knives from the ground and cursed, "You bastards! Do you want to die?!"
“Eating one won’t solve the problem.” Dou Tang smiled and said, “Eat more, you good-for-nothings, treat it like a meal, hurry up.”
The two men's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, but the one with the dislocated shoulder actually pulled out a box, swallowed a few more pills, and suddenly swelled up.
"Crunch...cluck..."
He placed his intact hand on the dislocated joint and pushed it back into place, miraculously managing to push the dislocated joint back into its original position all by himself.
The pain involved is unbearable for ordinary people, but this guy seems completely unaffected, only appearing even more ferocious.
"That's right."
Dou Tang nodded in satisfaction, then swung his hands to the sides and charged forward.
Two cold glints shot towards his neck.
The blue eyes ignited again, transforming into inhuman ghostly pupils.
"Bang bang!"
There were two more muffled sounds.
………………
After a while, Dou Tang had tied the three people up tightly with rope made of plastic bags, and also wrapped them with several layers of tape.
The tape was waterproof tape, which was found on these three people. It was clear that it was intended for use in certain "rough jobs".
Even if these people aren't yakuza, they are still extremely dangerous desperados.
The crimson color on two of them had disappeared, and they were now slumped against the wall, their spirits low. Only the short man in the suit who had been captured at the beginning slowly woke up.
Upon waking, he saw the two people beside him and flew into a rage, roaring at Dou Tang, "You reckless bastard, do you know who we are?! You've messed with Kubinashi in Ikebukuro! You're dead for sure!"
Dou Tang toyed with the short knife and said coldly, "Fine, then guess if I'll kill a few of you before I die?"
The man in the suit felt a chill run down his spine and fell silent.
"I only have one goal: to find out where you sell your medicine. Even if you lure me into a trap, it doesn't matter. I think people like you should always have a place ready to deal with troublesome people, even if it's that kind of place."
Dou Tang's eyes flashed with a blue light. He slowly squatted down and looked at the short man in the suit: "Tell me, where is it?"
"Speak, and you will live."
"If you won't say anything, then goodbye."
The short man in the suit tried to lower his head, but Dou Tang grabbed his hair and lifted him up, forcing him to look into those inhuman eyes.
Finally, unable to bear the fear in his heart, he opened his mouth and uttered a name.
Fight
Tang stared blankly, then smiled.
………………
"Om——"
The motorcycle roared, tearing through the night once again.
For the first time, Dou Tang felt that he was so suited to the Tokyo night, or rather, the darkness of this world.
Evil spirits, monsters, crown holders, and countless people drowning in darkness, their souls gleaming in the night, awaiting Dou Tang's judgment and the fruit farmers' harvest.
Hunting, hunting, there are so many things in this world worth hunting.
After more than ten minutes, Dou Tang arrived at the address given by the short man in the suit.
It's an ordinary five-story building located in the Ikebukuro school district, with shops on the ground floor, and it looks very inconspicuous.
Dou Tang walked up the stairs next to the shops on the first floor and went up to the security door on the second floor.
"Clang clang clang."
Dou Tang knocked on the door with his hand instead of ringing the doorbell.
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