RPAGF 135. Let's have a friendly exchange.
135. Let's have a friendly exchange.
"Perfume?" Sasaki frowned, rubbed his nose, and said, "Why do men wear perfume too?"
Zhou Hongyi straightened his clothes as if it were the most natural thing in the world and said, “Senior Sasaki, you may not know this, but ladies have their own perfumes and men have their own perfumes. How can a refined man not use perfume? By the way, Commander Kondo, I also brought you a bottle today. You can try it. Ladies really like it.”
A hint of disgust flashed across Kondo's face, but he didn't respond. Instead, he said, "Everyone, please don't stand. Mr. Sasaki, please sit down. Go and get another teacup. Sasuke-kun brought not only cherry blossom leaves today, but also a lot of good cigarettes, good wine, and good tea."
Zhou Hongyi wore a respectful smile, but in his heart he thought, "I've been waiting for you, you old dog with a nose. How does my cologne smell? I sprayed a whole bottle on it just to deal with you. I hope it suffocates you, you old geezer."
The three of them sat there sipping the clear tea, and for a long time they didn't turn the conversation to anything serious.
Zhou Hongyi was not in a hurry. He always knew that whoever lost their composure first would fall into a passive position, especially in this kind of probing, where it was easy to be led by the nose by the other party.
As time went on, the two sides talked a lot of nonsense, and even though Kondo was very patient, his thoughts began to change.
When Zhou Hongyi saw entries like "When is this bastard going to stop?" and "Will he ever stop?", he knew the other party was getting impatient.
Zhou Hongyi seized the opportunity and changed the subject, saying, "By the way, Commander Kondo, Mr. Sasaki, what are some of the New Year's customs in our Sakura Country?"
When Kondo heard Zhou Hongyi mention the New Year customs of Japan, he was somewhat displeased, but he still maintained a polite smile and replied, "Hehe, Sasuke-kun, we in Japan naturally have many traditional customs for the New Year, such as the whole family gathering together to stay up late, elders giving red envelopes to the younger generation, and visiting shrines to pray for a peaceful and prosperous new year."
Zhou Hongyi nodded slightly, looking quite interested, and chimed in, "I see. It does sound similar to what we're talking about here. We're all hoping for a good omen in the new year. But... speaking of the exciting events during the New Year, the lion dance competition a few days ago was truly spectacular. Although it ended up being a bit chaotic, it added a unique touch to the New Year."
At this point, Zhou Hongyi glanced at Kondo seemingly casually. Kondo's heart skipped a beat, realizing this was a good opportunity to test Zhou Hongyi. He then said, "Yes, that Lion King competition was indeed very chaotic. But the more chaotic it was, the more curious one became about the role some hidden forces played. Sasuke, you were there at the time, weren't you? Did you see anything suspicious?"
Zhou Hongyi sneered inwardly, but a hint of helplessness appeared on his face. He spread his hands and said, "Commander Kondo, although I was there at the time, the scene was just too chaotic. People were packed everywhere, lion dance troupes were bumping into each other, and people were fleeing in panic. My police station was already overwhelmed just maintaining order, how could we have the mind to pay attention to anything else? You were watching from up there at the time, so you must have seen the extent of the chaos."
Kondo narrowed his eyes slightly, scrutinizing Zhou Hongyi's expression, trying to find a flaw in his face, but Zhou Hongyi's calm demeanor made it impossible for him to judge the truth for the time being.
At this moment, Sasaki, who had been sitting quietly drinking tea to the side, suddenly spoke up. His hoarse voice made people feel uncomfortable: "Sasuke-kun, I've heard that you have some skills in Shanghai. But I wonder if you know anything else besides handling police affairs? For example... self-defense martial arts?"
After saying that, Sasaki, though he had no eyes, seemed to be looking directly at Zhou Hongyi, and the empty whites of his eyes made the atmosphere inexplicably tense.
Zhou Hongyi knew the old blind man was deliberately testing him, so he smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Mr. Sasaki, you flatter me. Our police station is just running errands for our Special Higher Police. We don't have time to learn martial arts on a regular basis. But as for combat skills... I did learn some at West Point and I'm quite confident in my abilities. I've heard that you, Mr. Sasaki, are a renowned swordsman in Japan, with superb martial arts skills. I wonder how good you are at unarmed combat?"
Sasaki chuckled softly, "Oh? Sasuke-kun, would you like to give it a try?"
Sasaki and Kondo were both surprised that Zhou Hongyi would take the initiative to mention that he had studied combat at West Point and even seemed eager to try it out.
Zhou Hongyi said this because he saw a new entry for Sasaki: the old blind man actually wanted to test his skills.
Zhou Hongyi knew he couldn't avoid it, so he decided to go all out and provoke them himself.
"Sasuke-kun, Mr. Sasaki is a true master swordsman. Are you... issuing a challenge to him?"
Kondo, who never misses an opportunity to stir things up, saw it as a rare chance to test Zhou Hongyi's skills.
After all, a master like Sasaki can tell your true strength just by sparring with you. Martial artists have instinctive physical reactions, and you can't fool them by faking it.
Zhou Hongyi chuckled and swung his arm, saying, "If possible, that's exactly what I'm thinking. After all, not everyone can spar with a great swordsman."
As Zhou Hongyi spoke, he actually started rolling up his sleeves, like a rooster preparing for a duel.
Kondo originally wanted to give Sasaki a look, but when he looked over, he realized that the latter was blind.
However, Sasaki, though blind, was not blind in spirit. He seemed to have guessed Kondo's thoughts and immediately said with a smile, "Since Sasuke-kun has said so, then I will experience the fighting skills you learned at West Point."
Zhou Hongyi's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Great! Mr. Sasaki, please!"
Zhou Hongyi couldn't wait to leave the reception room, take off his coat and stand in the courtyard, rolling up both sleeves of his shirt.
Sasaki took the long sword from his waist, put his hands in his sleeves and walked out, standing three meters away from Zhou Hongyi.
Kondo squinted at the scene and said with a smirk, "Mr. Sasaki, let's stop here for today. Please don't hurt Sasuke-kun."
Hearing this, Zhou Hongyi glared at him defiantly and said, "Commander Kondo, it's not certain who will win or lose yet. Take this!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than he took two steps forward and threw a punch at Sasaki's face. Facing a blind man, he shamelessly chose to launch a sneak attack.
A hint of disdain flashed across Kondo's face, and then he saw Zhou Hongyi's fist miss its mark, and Sasaki even used the force of Zhou's punch to push him away.
"Ouch~!"
Zhou Hongyi fell face-first to the ground, making Kondo roll his eyes.
What kind of bullshit fighting technique is this? Have they started believing their own lies after lying so much? Do they really think they're a West Point graduate and a fighting master?
Kondo mentally complained, while at the same time, Zhou Hongyi got up from the ground and said, "I slipped just now, take this again."
That's right, Zhou Hongyi didn't activate the [Melee Domain] skill at all. He was just relying on the moves he had learned from training and fighting, and was just attacking randomly.
Sasaki showed no interest in his highly targeted attacks, and hadn't even raised his hand yet, only occasionally tripping him with his foot while dodging.
But Zhou Hongyi, on the other hand, seemed to think that he could fight the Great Swordsman to a standstill. His confidence was boosted, and he even used a deadly move like the Spinning Kick.
"Take this whirlwind kick!"
Zhou Hongyi, possessed by his inner chuunibyou, shouted and leaped forward to kick Sasaki.
Sasaki seemed to sigh softly, then pulled his hands out of his sleeves, ducked to avoid Zhou Hongyi's whirlwind kick, and with a quick lift, pull, and throw, he actually sent Zhou Hongyi, who weighed over a hundred pounds, flying more than five meters away.
However, the next moment, due to inertia, Zhou Hongyi smashed his head through the window next to him and fell inside hard.
He didn't know what room he had crashed into, but Zhou Hongyi felt as if countless books and documents were falling on his head and quickly burying him inside.
"Stop! Senior Sasaki, that's enough. Someone, quickly help Director Zhou out!"
When Kondo saw the window that Zhou Hongyi had smashed, he realized it was their Special Higher Police's archives, which contained many documents. He didn't want someone he suspected to see those things.
However, Zhou Hongyi did it on purpose. He took advantage of this opportunity to barge into the house and use those few minutes to quickly gather intelligence.