Chapter 41

After all, the Seven Night Assassination Technique still has its uses in this world... After completing four kills in just a minute, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that his previous worries were somewhat excessive. Even though the Titans were tall and had to be lifted up to be killed, it didn't mean that the Seven Night Assassination Technique had lost its effectiveness. After all, some footwork and acceleration techniques were still useful. Moreover, if the Titans' bodies could be used as a ground, it might even produce some unexpected effects.

Although this was not yet certain, it was worth a try. If he could thereby gain a unique skill, wouldn't that be a good thing? Even if the technique wasn't very useful for killing Titans, it could still be used to kill humans. After all, fundamentally, there was no difference between humans and Titans; both could be killed with a single strike. They wouldn't suddenly have their souls leave their bodies or turn into elements.

As a six-star super rookie, his vision shouldn't be too limited.

"You, what are you doing? You actually..." The soldier responsible for guiding the civilians to safety looked at the headless corpse on the ground, whose head was shattered into pieces, then pointed at Tang Cheng, almost unable to speak from shock.

"Clearing the roadblock, can't you see?" Tang Cheng retorted, not bothering to pay attention to him. He looked at the remaining guards of the merchant and extended his hand. "What are you all standing there for? Don't you plan to unload the goods?"

It was this hand that effortlessly snapped the necks of two of their companions, and this hand that effortlessly smashed their leader's head... Seeing this hand reach out to them, the guards were instantly terrified, the fear of death leaving them with no will to resist. They just wanted to stay as far away from this man as possible, the farther the better!

Fortunately, although they were terrified, they didn't forget their duties and immediately ran to the carriage, unloading the goods at the fastest speed of their lives.

Because of this, they luckily escaped a disaster.

Tang Cheng knew that he was no longer needed here, so he immediately leaped onto the roof and flew forward... There were still many adorable Titans waiting for him on the battlefield ahead.

Suddenly, a figure blocked his path, forcing him to stop. He glanced at the man, who was the one who had earlier shouted at him to keep up with Third Master's rhythm... Wasn't he the captain of the rear guard?

Iain, the squad leader of the elite group of the Garrison Corps, served as the commander of the rear guard during the Rose evacuation. In order to ensure the smooth and rapid evacuation of civilians and out of admiration for Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman, he specially allowed the two trainees to join the rear guard, as the rear was much safer than the front lines. These two, though exceptionally talented, lacked combat experience, and if they were immediately thrown into the highly lethal front lines, their accidental deaths would be a huge loss for humanity.

So, letting the two join the rear guard and accumulate some experience in fighting Titans with the elite members of the Garrison Corps was the best choice.

Although Tang Cheng's initial performance disappointed him, his subsequent killing of the aberrant Titan did not betray the title of "a genius who can fight a hundred." In fact, it was even better than he had imagined... Both Eren and Mikasa, as long as they survived, would surely become the pillars of humanity in the future.

However, he never expected that such an incident would happen next!

He knew the merchant's identity, so he didn't blame his soldiers for their cowardice, as even he would find it difficult to find a solution that satisfied both sides. But Tang Cheng had killed the merchant without hesitation, and in such a cruel way!

From a soldier's perspective, Iain also wanted to kill such a person quickly, but from the perspective of the whole, this was something that could not be done. The merchant was a human, and a very influential one at that, being the head of the largest chamber of commerce in the city and having close ties with most of the high-ranking officials. Even if Tang Cheng was just a trainee, he would face severe punishment, and even the commander of the Corps would not be spared.

Even if Tang Cheng's killing of Titans was taken into account, he might be spared the death penalty, but imprisonment was inevitable. Once in prison, the consequences under the influence of the deceased would be unimaginable.

Realizing that humanity might lose such a genius, Iain could hardly suppress his anger and glared at Tang Cheng, saying, "Why did you kill him?!"

Did you stop me just to ask this?

Tang Cheng shrugged and said indifferently, "First, he obstructed the evacuation of civilians, which would affect our mission. Second, I just didn't like him."

"Is that all?"

"Do I need any other reason?"

"Didn't you consider the consequences of your actions?"

"Not at all." Tang Cheng said with an innocent look (at least in Iain's eyes), then pinched his chin and frowned. "But now that you mention it, the consequences do seem quite serious... Oh, that dead guy said he was the head of the chamber of commerce, right? As they say, officials and merchants collude. I killed him so rashly, his backers won't let me off easily. I'm so scared... Well, I might as well go kill a few Titans to calm down."

Your face doesn't show any fear at all! Do you even understand what I'm saying?

Iain was almost spitting blood. He couldn't understand how this person's mind worked.

He wanted to say something, but seeing the figure flash past him, Tang Cheng had already flown by, heading towards the distant Titans, leaving all his unspoken words behind.

Watching Tang Cheng's departing back, Iain could only sigh helplessly and mutter, "Indeed, just as the instructor said, he has unparalleled talent but is a difficult-to-manage problem child. Sigh!"

In the新手副本 (newbie dungeon), the identity settings for the challengers in the game world are not just names or symbols. The cycle world provides a deeper setting based on the challenger's personality. After all, if the set identity does not match the real personality, it would inevitably cause some unnecessary problems.

For example, if Tang Cheng's identity in this world was a well-behaved student, but he was actually a problem child, it would create a sense of dissonance... Although the cycle world would challenge the players in various ways in terms of task difficulty, it would still make reasonable arrangements in these details.

Therefore, although Iain was angry and sighed at Tang Cheng's behavior, he did not find it strange.

Soon, thanks to the efforts of the rear guard, all the civilians were safely evacuated, and the city gates began to close. The rear guard, having successfully completed their mission, could finally withdraw, but Tang Cheng and Mikasa ignored Iain's advice and rushed to the front lines in the rain.

Mikasa had to go because the person most important to her was still fighting on the front lines.

Tang Cheng had to go because he had not yet killed ten Titans.

There weren't many Titans in the rear, as most were fighting on the front lines. Even with their astonishing combat power, the total number of Titans killed by Tang Cheng and Mikasa was less than ten, but all were large Titans over ten meters tall.

From this, Tang Cheng could see that the difficulty of this battle was higher than in the original story.

The increased difficulty was evident from the earlier aberrant Titan. In the original story, there was only one aberrant Titan that forced the evacuation, but now there were two, at least doubling the number.

This suggested that the front-line battle was likely to be even more intense.

Of course, this was not surprising. In this battle, the human army suddenly had eight more challengers. Although Tang Cheng didn't know where the other seven were or how strong they were, since they could enter a two-star difficulty, they couldn't be too weak. If the number of Titans was the same as in the original story, it would be too simple.

Rushing through the rain, Tang Cheng occasionally glanced at the black-haired girl beside him, not because he had any romantic interest, but because he noticed that her combat style... no, her way of controlling power, was somewhat similar to his. Although she probably couldn't control things like blood circulation and cell changes, she did have control over strength, speed, and neural reactions.

This made Tang Cheng somewhat interested in her. It was like a person who had always been ostracized and treated as an outsider suddenly discovering someone else who was the same. It would naturally evoke a sense of familiarity and empathy.

Although many people, and even he himself, considered him a pervert, Tang Cheng's gaze on the girl was not lecherous but rather observant. When Mikasa noticed his gaze, she didn't feel anything strange, just asked a question.

"Why did you kill him?"

"Why are you asking the same question as that guy?" Tang Cheng countered, then laughed. "If I hadn't acted, that dead guy wouldn't have unloaded the goods. Would you have killed him?"

"..." Mikasa hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded.

"There you go. I just didn't want to give him time to think and chose the simplest and fastest method." Tang Cheng said. Whenever he encountered a problem, he always chose the quickest solution. If a problem could be solved in one second, he wouldn't drag it to two seconds. If a problem could be solved with force, he wouldn't use his intellect. As for problems that required intellect... why not try force again? Intellectual battles were too troublesome.

"But the consequences..."

Hearing the concern in her voice, Tang Cheng asked, "Do we know each other well?"

How should one answer this? As classmates who had spent three years training together, even if they only passed each other every day, they wouldn't be strangers.

"Average." Mikasa answered, her tone somewhat cold.

"Oh, then..."

Whoosh!

Tang Cheng had only said a few words when the girl suddenly sped up and flew forward, leaving him frustrated. Why was she running so fast? "Third Master, do you have abs?" I haven't even asked that yet.

Don't doubt it; Tang Cheng would genuinely say such things.

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