Zongman: Harem's Music

The girl seemed to be still struggling...

hum~

Hua Hua Hua...

Tinnitus, dizziness, the sound of rain... Nishimiya Jiyi, already at his limit, could barely see the other person's face. He used his sword to cut the hemp ropes that bound her. Suddenly, he noticed a sound that wasn't rain, and he scrambled towards its source...

A man covered in mud, clutching his right shoulder, holding a long axe, staggered closer...

Did you miss one?

No... that's not right... it's the one who was kicked away by the horse... He still has the strength to fight?

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Chapter 51 Cut it down hard!

hum~

Hua Hua Hua...

Tinnitus, the sound of rain, dizziness... I couldn't see clearly the man approaching with an axe...

Nishimiya Siyi bit the tip of his tongue and forced himself to cheer up thanks to the fishy sweetness and tingling sensation that spread across his taste buds.

"If I were you, I would pretend to be dead. Jail is better than losing your life, right?" Nishimiya Siyi pretended to be relaxed and held the sword in front of the girl in the box.

"What have you done, you bastard?" The man shook his head and stared at Xigong Siyi like a hungry wolf.

"Oh, so robbers would also feel angry because their companions were killed?" Nishimiya Tsuyoshi said sarcastically.

Although I am in a state of exhaustion, the other party seems to be no better...

How powerful is Ma Yang's kick?

Even if he could stand up, he would only have about 40% of his combat power left...

The two of them were on guard against each other, one because of his own condition, and the other because he was afraid of the other's amazing fighting power that had killed nine of his companions in a row, and no one dared to make any unusual moves first!

If I keep wasting time like this, my paper tiger will be exposed sooner or later... Nishimiya Siyi, whose vision was gradually blurring again, knew this very well and whispered, "Run..."

Behind Nishimiya Tsuyoshi, the black-haired girl standing in the wooden box with her hands placed on her chest was even more at a loss.

If the black-haired girl behind him is Mikasa, as long as he can stimulate the potential of her Ackerman family, the current crisis can be easily resolved, but if she is not... or cannot... his only chance of winning now is to exchange for an automatic firearm!

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi lowered his voice and said, "Don't just stand there. Whether it's escaping or fighting... it's more effective than standing there and doing nothing!"

As he spoke, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi held out his sword to her while keeping a vigilant eye on the enemy...

Nishimiya Tsukasa decided to give the girl the choice... Fight, or flee... Would the girl put an end to the slaughter with a flourish, or would he pay with his few remaining points and regretfully save a vase...

"Uh..." The man holding the axe watched Xigong Siyi's movements and discovered something. He raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a cruel smile: "Heh, you seem very weak..."

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi, who had his back to the black-haired girl, noticed that she took the katana...

Nishimiya Tsutomu stared at the enemy, ready to switch to automatic firearms at the last moment, and said, "Do you see his head, throat, neck, heart? No matter where it is, stab it hard, or chop it down with all your strength!"

The man took the long-held step...

The girl clutched her sword tightly in both hands, her body hunched, and she hesitated and trembled in the rain...

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi was ready to exchange...

As the cloaked man was about to step onto the carriage, the girl quickly recalled her father being hacked to the ground the moment he opened the door, his blood pooling... She recalled her mother desperately fighting the bandits who had broken into their home, just to buy time for her to escape, while she stood there stupidly, doing nothing... She recalled the despair of curling up in the wooden box... She recalled the boy's eyes and words beside her...

Head, throat, neck, heart... cut it down... with all your strength!

"what--"

As soon as Nishimiya Tsutomu saw it from the corner of his eye, the girl's body stopped trembling, and even her eyes became sharp, accompanied by a hysterical childish voice...

Click~

The ivory handle of the sword in her hand was completely crushed and deformed. Then there was another cracking sound, and the bottom of the wooden box where she started collapsed...

She jumped out, and with a gorgeous posture that ordinary people could not match, she turned several times in the rain. Then, the cold light of the sharp blade in her hand flashed, and accompanied by a blood sword, she shot out five steps away, and the man fell down!

In this world, there is no other family other than the Ackerman family that can perform such actions at the age of a ten-year-old.

Nishimiya Tsukoshi smiled with satisfaction, then sat down on the carriage, leaning against the wooden box. His vision blurred, and he lost consciousness...

In a trance, Xigong Siyi seemed to hear someone arguing... But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fight the heavy sleepiness... He didn't know how long it took... before consciousness gradually became clear...

……

When I opened my eyes, what came into view was the inside of the wooden house with its arched roof!

"Are you awake?"

When Xigong Si heard the voice, he looked and saw a middle-aged man wearing round-frame glasses.

Damn... Grisha Yeager? Nishimiya Tsuyoshi struggled to get up, but found that his body had no strength at all.

"Don't move yet, you have a bad cold and need to recuperate!" Grisha advised, then said: "By the way, thank you for saving Mikasa!"

Mikasa? Oh right... where is Mikasa?

The surrounding scenes suddenly turned sideways, and Grisha disappeared...

"Thank you for saving me!" It was Mikasa who spoke.

"Thank you for helping me save Mikasa!" It was Eren who spoke.

The two smiled at each other, walked away hand in hand, leaving only Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's backs leaning against each other...

"MMP!"

His body sank, and Nishimiya Tsutomu suddenly opened his eyes? Well, this time he really opened them. The sound of rain pouring down all around him, the rain continuously pouring down on him, and the biting cold... connected with his memories before he fell into a coma!

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Chapter 52 Cause and Effect!

Hua Hua Hua...

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The cold rain continues.

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi lifted the raincoat covering his upper body and head, sat up, and felt his head feel heavy...

Detected that the host has regained consciousness...

System prompt: Your [Superpower: Metal Manipulation] has been upgraded to LV2, but due to your poor physical condition, it cannot be used effectively.

System prompt: Mikasa Ackerman's [Ackerman bloodline] has [awakened]. As the person who indirectly caused her [awakening], you will have the opportunity to become her [guardian]. Please seize the opportunity!

"It looks like it's about to succeed..." Nishimiya Siyi murmured.

"Sir, are you awake?" The driver of the carriage turned around when he heard the voice. "What do you mean by success? If it means saving a child... you have already succeeded..."

After Siddon finished speaking, he glanced at a place behind him with lingering fear.

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi propped himself up with his hands and followed Sidon's line of sight, finding a second carriage behind the one he was sitting in. This carriage was piled with ten bodies...

However, what concerned Nishimiya Tsuyoshi more than the carriage was the girl sitting next to him wearing a large raincoat. Her long skirt had been soaked by the rain and looked a little dirty.

"Your knife!" Seeing Xigong Siyi wake up, the girl handed over the scabbarded Xinyueya with a rotten handle, lowered her head and said, "Sorry, I broke it for you!"

"It's broken, so what? It's just the hilt!" Smiling, he took the Crescent Moon and looked at the broken ivory hilt, which still bore the mark of his grip. Nishimiya Siyi glanced at the girl's petite body again. This disproportionate strength... worthy of the Ackerman clan!

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi couldn't help but recall the [Ackerman Bloodline] he had found when he was checking the system's exchange list, as well as the reason for his trip...

Ackerman Bloodline: The only successful byproduct of Titan research in non-Eldians, these individuals are implanted with the Loyalty gene, a guardian race that pledges absolute loyalty to a single individual throughout their lives. Born with exceptionally high bone density, their physical prowess is significantly enhanced after their Awakening, unlocking a certain degree of their Physical Limits, surpassing the 25-point upper limit on basic human attributes like strength, nerve reflexes, and cardiopulmonary function. They are an ideal fighting race, capable of near-perfect control of their bodies! Price: 15000 points.

In short, if humans have no contact with supernatural powers including cultivation, superpowers, qi, and internal strength, the maximum level they can reach through simple training is the value given by the system: 25!

After [awakening], the Ackerman bloodline will not have this restriction, and will be able to coordinate the body efficiently, exerting strength to the extreme without waste... Of course, removing the restrictions does not mean that there will be no more restrictions, but compared to ordinary people, their upper limit will be larger, which is incomparable to a bald donkey who can blow up the earth with one punch.

In addition, the Ackerman clan was once the guard clan of the Eldian royal family. As a by-product of giant research, they were implanted with the "loyalty" gene and are loyal to only one person throughout their lives... The ideal state of the royal family is naturally to hope that their loyalty will always be to every king of the royal family, but in fact this is not the case.

The Ackerman clan's loyalty isn't limited to simple loyalty between a subject and his lord. It can also be triggered by Mikasa Ackerman's love for Eren, Levi Ackerman's admiration for Erwin, or Kenny Ackerman's awe of Uli, etc...

This is a hidden setting of the original novel that Nishimiya Tsuyoshi discovered after he became familiar with the original plot. The system also has a hidden setting - favorability!

As early as when the system was first launched, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi discovered that the favorability of female characters in this world could be purchased in [Exchange in This World], and the upper limit of favorability was 100. At that time, he even thought that the system was trafficking in human beings.

After asking, I learned that a full 100 favorability rating not only means that the character and I have reached the point of sharing life and death, but if the character who reaches the full rating is a female, the female character will also be recognized by the system!

Those who are recognized by the system will become Nishimiya Siyi's vassal, and after becoming a vassal, they can achieve a certain degree of function sharing!

The so-called function sharing actually has only two aspects: shuttle function sharing and task function sharing.

That is, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi can take a certain character from one world to another, and the completion of Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's mission by a vassal is equivalent to the completion of Nishimiya Tsuyoshi.

The chemical reaction between the two implicit settings is: becoming Mikasa Ackerman's [protected object] Complete the guide to Mikasa Ackerman. The giants killed by Mikasa Ackerman will bring points to Nishimiya Tsuyoshi, and the speed of obtaining points will double!

This is why Nishimiya Tsukazu tries every possible way to be one step ahead of Eren, because the meaning of losing Mikasa Ackerman is not only that he came to the world of "Attack on Titan" and lost the fun of conquering the heroine of this world, but also the points and benefits that he could have gained!

And now, we are very close to the ideal result...

Thinking of this, Xigong Siyi's mouth cracked, and when he thought of the worry-ridiculing dream not long ago, he laughed out loud at himself!

"..."

Hiding in the rain in a large cloak, Mikasa looked curiously at the boy who suddenly laughed in front of her. But he looked really good when he laughed...

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Chapter 53 Guarding the Contract!

It starts from the east and west sides in an arc shape, with no end visible at either end...

After witnessing Wall Sina and Wall Rose, Nishimiya Jiichi finally got to see the splendor of Wall Maria!

Wall Maria, bathed in the cold rain at night, is majestic and imposing, yet its atmosphere is even more desolate... For Nishimiya Tsuyoshi, who is familiar with the plot, this desolate feeling has a certain depth. It has stood here, protecting those within for nearly a hundred years, but one day it will fall...

It’s a pity that there is no chance to see it up close today, because their target is not Wengcheng - Xikenxia, ​​but a small town closer where a garrison corps has a branch.

The Garrison Corps, the one with the largest number of serving personnel among the three corps, is mostly responsible for the defense and repair of the city walls, but in the Maria Wall area where there are no military police stationed, it is also responsible for maintaining public order and combating crime.

The carriage drove to the Marshall branch of the garrison corps. The soldiers carried the bandits' bodies into the branch and temporarily parked them. On the way, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi and Mikasa had explained their respective experiences. Mikasa naturally told the truth, while Nishimiya Tsuyoshi was sightseeing and passed by. He found something wrong, so he made up an excuse that he was brave and righteous.

In any case, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's status as a viscount once again came in handy, as he no longer had to give his confession in wet clothes all night.

Xidunti, carrying the luggage and other belongings he had taken from Xigong Si's horse, which had been shot several times and died, said, "Sir, let's go quickly. If we're any later, the inn will be closed!"

Nishimiya Tsugumi turned his head to look at Mikasa, and coincidentally, Mikasa also looked at him... The girl in the rain looked very confused, she was homeless...

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi stepped forward and asked, "Is there somewhere we can go?"

Mikasa shook her head.

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi smiled and stretched out his right hand, "Then come with me, there will be bread and milk!"

Mikasa tilted her head in confusion.

Nishimiya Tsukasa's smile became a little awkward. He found that his literary youth disease had come back again. He always subconsciously quoted a few famous quotes. The phrase "bread and milk" was originally a classic line in the movie "Lenin in 1918" when Lenin's guard comforted his half-starved wife. The implication was that as long as you tenaciously live on, hope will always come... What he wanted to express at the moment, as a person in this world, Mikasa could never fully understand it, right?

"Just come with me!" Nishimiya Tsuyoshi walked up to Mikasa without saying anything, took her slightly cold hand and turned to leave!

Feeling the warmth coming from the hand that was tightly clasped on the back of hers, a hand that was not much bigger than hers, Mikasa did not reject it. She followed her heart and followed...

Leading Mikasa to the side of Xidun, Xigong Jiyi urged: "Let's go!"

"Well, okay!" Sidon responded and followed him. He couldn't help but think: Is this girl the purpose of the adults' trip?

Although he was curious about the reasons and the details... he wisely did not ask why, nor did he point out the excuses that Xigong Siyi had made to the stationed troops, such as the parade and the heroic act. In this respect, he was undoubtedly a smart man!

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The next day, morning and noon, the eastern mountains of Xikenxia.

Behind the wooden house surrounded by trees, in front of two new graves side by side, Mikasa stood quietly... As for the identity of the couple who were buried here, there must be no need for too many words!

After paying the villagers who were invited to bury Mikasa's parents, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi walked over to Mikasa and said comfortingly, "Let them stay here in peace!"

Sashasha~

A cold current swept across the mountains, rustling the leaves in the forest. Mikasa subconsciously tightened the scarf around her neck, hiding half of her face inside...

After quietly accompanying Mikasa for a long time, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi smiled and extended his hand to Mikasa, "Let's go, we are going home!"

"Ok!"

Taking one last look at her parents' resting place and the wooden house where she had lived for ten years, Mikasa softly responded, took Nishimiya Tsukasa's waiting hand, and followed him to the carriage that had been waiting for a long time not far away...

Secretly glancing at Nishimiya Tsukasa's profile, Mikasa recalled the first time she saw him through the crack in the wooden box... the way he, exhausted, shielded her behind his back, the way he personally tied her scarf before leaving the house that morning... and the way he'd just called her home... and finally, the faint smile that had always graced his lips when he'd reached out to her twice...