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Wu Xie had bumps all over his head, and couldn’t remember the last time his head hurt this much.

If he practiced for another hour, he may end up like a watermelon that was flicked too many times, and his brain would become liquid and flow out of his nostrils.

Despite that, he felt that he could basically keep up with Black Glasses’ movements now; not by relying on his eyes, but by relying on an almost intuitive feeling.

Black Glasses told him that it was a result of all of his pores participating in the sensation.

Human hair was very sensitive to the airflow caused by something passing around it, but most people could only feel the airflow itself and couldn’t estimate the size and direction of the things causing it.

The masters in wuxia novels could catch darts while blindfolded, but such a thing was difficult to do in reality. It required years of hard training and wouldn’t achieve success every time.

After systematic training, however, it was possible to distinguish the direction of this kind of airflow, so there was a chance one could form a conditioned reflex of avoidance.

When the two of them sat down to rest, Wu Xie felt that he was on the brink of a concussion. As soon as Black Glasses raised his hand, Wu Xie immediately made a dodging action, and then realized Black Glasses was handing him a cigarette.

“When it comes to being a coward, you’re a real champion.” Black Glasses smiled. “Good, you’ve impressed me. Maybe you can turn out to be the longest living apprentice I’ve ever had.”

“How long did the previous apprentices last?”

“Two and a half years.”

“And the shortest?”

“Seven days.”

Wu Xie took a puff of the cigarette. “Have you never reflected on it?”

Black Glasses smiled and suddenly attacked Wu Xie on the forehead. Wu Xie landed three meters away and cursed while covering his face.

Black Glasses gave a “tsk” and looked at his watch. “It only took fifty seconds for you to let your guard down. Start over!”

Black Glasses was smoking, and Wu Xie was sitting ten meters away with a big swollen bump on his head.

He looked at the sunset in the distance shining on the grapevines in the courtyard of Black Glasses’ house. The scenery felt like a jigsaw puzzle made of colored glaze, very beautiful and quiet.

“The enemy won’t get tired, so you can’t let your guard down.” Black Glasses said.

“Yeah.” Wu Xie replied. “But I’ll get tired. From now on, I’ll stay at least ten meters away from you.”

“You have problems with your speed and the arc of your joints. If you don’t learn close combat, you can easily be killed by a good pitcher at a distance of ten meters.”

Wu Xie thought of how Poker-face threw the steel pipe and said, “Let’s change the topic—” Before he got the words out, a broken piece of tile flew from Black Glasses’ hand and hit his temple.

Wu Xie got up from the ground and rushed towards the door. Just as he reached it, however, the door opened and Huo Xiuxiu walked in with a basket of snacks. She was surprised and asked, “What happened to you?”

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“If you want to make progress, it’s going to be like this. People in this business are weird. Everyone has their own ideas and concepts. It’s really a world without standards. Fleas can eat frogs. Chess can be played as Go. If you win, you win.” Xiuxiu rubbed safflower oil on the bumps on Wu Xie’s head.

Wu Xie was eating the sachima (1) that Xiuxiu had made and said, “But I feel so insecure.”

“That’s because you don’t accept it. If you accept the fact that your head is going to hurt anyway, what else can’t you accept?” Xiuxiu poked Wu Xie’s bump with her slender finger, causing him to let out a whine. “If it were me, I would practice at home for most of the night, and give myself a head full of bumps. That way, first, my progress won’t fall behind. Second, the master will feel distressed when he sees me like this the next day, and maybe he’ll teach me some tricks in advance. Psychopaths are also human beings. As long as they’re human, you can make them fall for your trap.”

Wu Xie looked at Xiuxiu, whose glowing face showed a cunning beyond her years. This girl would be a real devil in the world. His judgement was accurate, and definitely couldn’t be wrong.

“Sister Hua recommended that he teach you. He’s already taken into account the fact that you’re clever but not wise enough. Black Glasses has a lot of ideas that are suitable for you, so be satisfied with what you have. If your master was a person who liked performing dangerous acts, then you’d be fixing your bones right now.”

“Why did you change Xiao Hua’s nickname?” Wu Xie grinned.

The smell of the safflower oil had mixed with that of the sachima, making it hard to continue eating the snack. Nevertheless, Xiuxiu had made it herself, so his personality dictated that he would definitely act like he had never eaten it before.

“I learned it from you.” Xiuxiu said, “He had it coming since he wasn’t willing to take me to Europe with him.”

Xiao Hua had gone to Germany. This line of business was in a mess, and he was getting busier and busier.

“By the way, why do you have so much free time to come and see me today?” Wu Xie forced himself to finish the sachima before he curiously asked the question.

Xiuxiu didn’t go out very often. People in the Huo family had skin that was different from others, so they didn’t like the sun very much. Plus, their skin looked frighteningly translucent under the sunlight.

Before liberation, if such girls weren’t in a family system like the Mystic Nine, then they would have been kept inside the house by local families.

“I didn’t come to see you. I came to see him.” Xiuxiu pointed at Black Glasses who was behind Wu Xie. She took an account book from the basket. “He has a glasses shop that makes hand-made glasses. He rents the place from my family. I’m here to urge him to pay the rent.”

As soon as she finished speaking, they heard the sound of snapping grapevines. They turned around and found that Black Glasses had stepped on the grapevines, climbed the wall, and flipped himself over it.

<Master Black Glasses 3><Table of Contents><Mafia Game>

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TN Notes:

(1) It kind of looks like a Rice Krispies treat. It’s made of fluffy strands of fried batter bound together with a stiff sugar syrup

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Translated by: Tiffany X

Edited by: merebear226

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