Chapter 117: The Dignity of a Geisha
Looking at the refined steel sword in his hand that had already been twisted into a spiral, the lead wandering ronin, Dahe, remained fairly calm. Gritting his teeth, he roared, "That was ninjutsu—are you a ninja?"
"So what if I am? And so what if I'm not?"
Li Jiexuan stared at Dahe with undisguised disdain. In his heart, Dahe had already been sentenced to death.
"And you still dare lay a hand on me?" Dahe laughed smugly. "We're working for Lord Ginkaku. All this money is what Lord Ginkaku demanded!"
"Ginkaku?"
Li Jiexuan froze for a moment. To think there could be such a coincidence in this world—truly, you search high and low only to find it without effort.
Seeing Li Jiexuan fall silent, Dahe thought he was scared. With a cold laugh, he waved his hand. "You'd better scram right now. If you do, I might consider not reporting this to Lord Ginkaku!"
As he spoke, Dahe turned and started walking toward Little Peach Blossom. If he didn't kill a chicken to warn the monkeys today, he'd never be able to collect money again in the future.
"Truly courting death. Ice Release—Snow Gust!"
Li Jiexuan blew lightly. A wave of icy cold air surged toward Dahe like a living thing, and in less than a second, Dahe was frozen into an ice sculpture.
"What are you doing? Aren't you afraid of Lord Ginkaku?" Dahe turned the only part of his body he could still move—his head—his voice filled with terror as he invoked Ginkaku's name, trying to intimidate Li Jiexuan.
However—
"Ginkaku?"
Li Jiexuan curled his lips in disdain. If not for relying on the Nine-Tails' chakra and the Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools, trash like him wouldn't be much stronger than Reto.
"If I get the chance, I'll personally send Ginkaku down to meet you."
With a light kick, Li Jiexuan completely shattered Dahe's left leg. Ice chunks mixed with flesh and blood scattered across the floor…
"My leg! My left leg! You little bastard, what did you do?!"
Dahe stared wide-eyed in agony. With just that, he was crippled for life!
What could be more painful than watching yourself die bit by bit?
"This leg is the price for trying to kill Little Peach Blossom!"
Li Jiexuan sneered, then slowly crushed Dahe's right leg as well. "And this leg is for insulting Little Peach Blossom's profession and her dignity!"
In Li Jiexuan's view, even geisha deserved their own dignity. They traded their bodies for money—this was a fair transaction!
If one were born into wealth, no one would willingly choose this kind of work. At least to Li Jiexuan, they were not filthy. On the contrary, people like Dahe, who sucked the blood and sweat out of geisha, were the truly filthy ones!
Li Jiexuan killed Dahe little by little, and throughout the entire process, Dahe saw it all with his own eyes—pain, despair, repentance…
People often say that death is nothing more than a bowl-sized scar. Sometimes death isn't frightening, but being forced to witness your own death with utter helplessness and despair—that is truly terrifying!
"Devil!" "That kid is a demon!"
The remaining wandering ronin tried to flee, but how could Li Jiexuan possibly let such scum escape…
"Ice Release—Snow Gust!"
After a single breath, more than a dozen lifelike ice sculptures appeared inside the tavern. The frozen human heads cried and begged for mercy: "Please, let me go! I'll never dare do it again!"
"Next time? In your next life."
Li Jiexuan sneered and beckoned to the geisha in the corner. "They're yours now. If you have grudges, take your revenge. If you have hatred, vent it!"
And just like that, the entire tavern went mad!
The beautiful geisha smashed the ice sculptures to pieces while crying. For the first time, they lived with such ease and dignity!
And all of this was given to them by Li Jiexuan!
"Jiexuan-kun, thank you!"
Nearly a hundred geisha knelt before Li Jiexuan. It was Li Jiexuan who taught them that even geisha had their own self-respect and principles.
"No need to thank me…"
Li Jiexuan smiled and shook his head. "I have my own selfish reasons. If you really want to thank me, then go to Konoha."
What he was about to do next absolutely could not be leaked. If Li Jiexuan didn't want to kill them, the only option was to let them leave.
Li Jiexuan took out a large sum of silver and shook his head with a smile. "Leave this place. Go to Konoha Hospital—the bald-headed director there will make arrangements for you…"
"Jiexuan-kun, aren't you coming with us?" Little Peach Blossom tugged at the corner of Li Jiexuan's clothes worriedly…
"No."
Li Jiexuan smiled and shook his head. His gaze seemed to pierce across a thousand miles, seeing Senju Tobirama rushing toward the Land of Lightning.
"I promised someone—and I will never let her down!"
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