429: Chapter 425: Return (Second Update!) 429: Chapter 425: Return (Second Update!) Forced to learn strange stuff?
She must be practicing the Guardian Combat Technique!
This girl is a genius at practicing Japan’s Guardian Combat Technique?
Otherwise, they wouldn’t force her!
Thinking this, Lin Tian’s expression finally eased slightly.
The girl before him clearly bore no animosity toward him, and she had been kidnapped by Shen Zong Yilang and others.
Regardless of how filthy things were within Japan, the little girl in front of him was at least not bad.
Thinking this way, Lin Tian nodded slightly and said, “So, you were captured by those people.
But how do you know the Huaxia language?”
“Of course, my mother taught me!
She is a renowned archaeologist who is proficient in the languages of many countries around the world!
Since I was little, she told me many, many stories about Huaxia, and I always thought that when I grew up, I definitely wanted to go to Huaxia and see it for myself!”
Asano Naoko’s eyes sparkled as she eagerly spoke, counting on her fingers and occasionally mixing in some Japanese, “Senior, you are an Immortal, right?
Please take me to see Huaxia, okay?”
Lin Tian nodded inwardly and then said, “I’m not any kind of Immortal!
I am just a Cultivator like those strong people in your country.
As for taking you to Huaxia, aren’t you afraid I might be a bad person?
Moreover, I’ve heard that people in your country really dislike us in Huaxia, hate us, and even look down on us!
Don’t you dislike Huaxia?”
“Um, then Senior, you must be one of Huaxia’s super-strong Cultivators, right!
And since Senior saved me, of course you’re not a bad person!”
Asano Naoko shook her head like a rattle-drum and pouted, “I don’t dislike Huaxia at all, I really like it.
As for those in our country who badmouth and hate Huaxia, indeed, there are many.
I hear them say all day how barbaric and backward the people in Huaxia are, even…”
“Even saying that all people in Huaxia are ‘Chinaman pigs,’ right?”
Lin Tian snorted coldly and added.
“Senior, please don’t be angry, Naoko never thought that way!”
Asano Naoko waved her hands frantically at Lin Tian, clearly nervous, “Those are just stupid things said by foolish people in our country, they are truly idiots!
My mother is an archaeologist, and she knows Huaxia very well.
She told me that most of the culture in our Great Japan is inherited from Huaxia, but those foolish people act like they want to change history and deny the facts, which is so dumb!
Mom told me, Huaxia is so vast, there are so many people, and even more amazing things to eat and places to play, Senior, will you take me there?”
“Stop calling me Senior, my name is Lin Tian.
If you don’t mind, just call me Big Brother!”
Looking at the little girl chattering non-stop, her face filled with innocent smiles, Lin Tian couldn’t help but let down his guard, laughing, “However, I can’t take you to Huaxia, you should go home!”
I can really call you Big Brother?
Asano Naoko’s beautiful eyes flashed with excitement as she exclaimed.
Thinking of going home, Asano Naoko couldn’t help but look around.
This place is Urayasu Island; she had come here on vacation with her family, just on the outer islands of the archipelago.
Now, the cruise ship had long since departed, leaving her stranded on this isolated island, surrounded by the vast sea; how could she go home?
Thinking of this, Asano Naoko looked up pitifully and said, “Big Brother, how do I get home?
The cruise ship that brought us has already left, and I don’t know how worried my parents must be.
Why don’t you sail this boat with me to Huaxia?
After that, I’ll fly back home!”
Hearing the young girl’s words, Lin Tian then remembered.
If he left, Asano Naoko wouldn’t be able to get home on her own.
“In that case, you can come back to Huaxia with me, and then I will take you to the airport!”
Lin Tian couldn’t bear to leave the little girl on this deserted island, so he immediately said, “As for this boat, I can’t sail it, so we’ll just skim across the waves back!”
With that, Lin Tian picked up the little girl, leaped out of the warship, and reached the sea surface.
“Wow, Big Brother, you’re amazing!
How do you manage to walk on the waves ?”
Asano Naoko clung to Lin Tian’s neck, sitting in his arms, seeing Lin Tian stepping on the waves and hovering in midair, she let out a cry of surprise, her little face full of shock and admiration.
Such a small trick made the little girl marvel with joy.
Lin Tian couldn’t help but crack a slight smile.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, the Demon Ru Xiaotian Sword flew out and instantly enlarged.
The flying sword cleaved through the air, and the entire battleship was instantly split in half; parts scattered in every direction while both halves of the broken ship sank into the depths of the sea.
“Big brother, you’re the most powerful person I’ve ever met!
Will you protect Naoko from now on?
Asano Naoko gazed at Lin Tian’s profile with her bright, sparkling eyes, full of joy and anticipation.
However, Lin Tian just smiled faintly and did not answer her.
Instead, he told her to hold on tight and it would be best to close her eyes.
Then, amidst Asano Naoko’s screams of shock and bursts of delighted laughter, Lin Tian strode over the waves, crossing the vast International Public Sea and then the Huaxia East Sea, before finally making it back to Tieshan Port.
Leaving Tieshan Port, Lin Tian, with the little girl in tow, returned to the very spot where Qin Peilan and the group of Japanese warriors he had killed had confronted each other.
Upon arriving, he saw that everything had been cleaned up.
Apart from the traces of the fierce battle, everything seemed normal.
It would be difficult for an ordinary person to notice anything amiss.
Finding no abnormalities, Lin Tian did not linger.
He kept moving, taking Asano Naoko to the highway exit of Iron Mountain Town.
It was already beginning to grow dark, and Rong Shanshan and the others had long since left.
The car he had borrowed from Bai Hao was still there.
Taking Asano Naoko into the car, Lin Tian drove back to Bin City.
“By the way, Naoko, if anyone asks you how you got back to your country, just say someone rescued you.
But don’t mention anything about me.
Can we keep it as our little secret?”
In the car, Lin Tian seemed to remember something, and with a slight change of expression, he smiled at Asano Naoko beside him.
Naoko’s eyes lit up, and she exclaimed with joy, “A little secret just between me and big brother?
I absolutely won’t tell anyone!”
As she spoke, Asano Naoko quickly added, “Big brother, can you spend some time with me these next couple of days?
Even if it’s just one day, like tomorrow, can you?”
Looking into the little girl’s eyes filled with longing, Lin Tian found it hard to refuse.
In the end, he could only nod.
At that moment, his mobile phone rang; it was Xu Tangge calling.
“Lin Tian, are you alright?
They all said you chased after those people from Japan, out to sea.
On the other end of the line, Xu Tangge’s voice was laced with anxiety, repeatedly asking questions.
Lin Tian glanced at Asano Naoko and then at the black robe that wrapped Shen Zong Yilang.
After a brief silence, he replied, “Tang Ge, I might not be able to return to the company for a couple of days.
Plus, all those assassins have been wiped out, and with Wu Yan around, you don’t need to worry about safety.
I’m already back in the country, I’m fine.
It’s just that I have some matters to handle, so I won’t be coming back for now!”
Xu Tangge on the other side obviously let out a sigh of relief, and then said, “Then be careful, I will pay attention to my own safety, too!”
After Xu Tangge hung up the phone, Lin Tian’s expression suddenly became solemn, his body quivering slightly, his eyes filled with a trace of guilt.
He picked up his mobile phone and called Rong Shanshan; the call went through quickly.
“Brother Tian, how are things?
I tried to call you earlier, but you were out of the service area!”
Rong Shanshan’s crisp voice came through, filled with surprise.
Listening to her sudden change of address and tone, Lin Tian was somewhat taken aback, but he didn’t dwell on it, directly speaking in a heavy tone, “How’s Xu Ping?
I want to go see his wife.”
“Brother Tian, Xu Ping is at Old Locust Pond.
His wife is ‘settled’ there,” Rong Shanshan’s voice grew a bit dismal.
“Brother Tian, come to the end of Bin City East Avenue.
I’ll take you there.”
Lin Tian uttered a single word and hung up the phone.
But there was an unmistakable heaviness in his tone.