"Who are you?"
As Chen Fan's words fell, replies came from all directions on the twenty-second floor.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that you will be a dead man soon."
"Why are you so confident?" Chen Fan spoke coldly, his gaze fixed on the elevator doors that refused to close.
Suddenly, he realized that these unclosing elevator doors were the real deception. The opponent could not possibly be here.
"Because in my eyes, you are simply too weak!" The voice came from all directions once more!
But, as this voice fell, a sharp blade light flashed from the elevator entrance before Chen Fan!
Clang!
"Condensing Qi into a blade! A fine swordsmanship!"
A cold smile played on Chen Fan's lips. While loudly praising his opponent, he sidestepped slightly, evading the sharp blade light.
However, it was at this moment that he suddenly realized that the so-called blade light was merely a diversion.
Because he could feel a bone-chilling coldness coming from behind him!
"But, I guessed right."
Knowing he had guessed correctly, Chen Fan struck without turning around!
He channeled the true qi within his body and, without even turning his head, struck out with a palm strike behind him!
"You guessed right, that's also a dead end!"
At the same time, an enraged voice came from behind Chen Fan.
And a deep, resounding shout!
"Hah—yah!"
Immediately after, a palm strike was unleashed from the other side!
The two palms met, and a tremendous gale burst forth, causing Chen Fan's brow to furrow.
Because he could feel that the strength of the opponent's palm strike was not weak!
"However, this time, Chen Fan seems to have guessed wrong."
Because, when he turned around, he saw an old man who had been pushed back more than ten meters by his palm strike. The old man was now clutching his chest with one hand, using his katana to prop himself up on the floor, preventing his swaying body from collapsing in embarrassment.
This old man had taken quite a blow from Chen Fan and was spitting blood profusely from his chest!
"Ptooey! Ugh~ Splat~~"
Looking at the other party's disheveled state, Chen Fan said speechlessly, "At your age, you've embarrassed yourself greatly. If you had said earlier that you couldn't fight, I wouldn't have struck so hard. Why put yourself through this?"
As Chen Fan said, this old man could no longer hold his head up in front of him.
After all, when he was showing off earlier, no one had more swagger than him.
And now, when it came to getting beaten, this old man couldn't even withstand one of Chen Fan's palm strikes.
"It's not my fault. I'm just doing my job for a salary. Winning or losing is another matter, but if I take the money, I can't let my demeanor falter. If I seem shabby, the finance department will come to audit the accounts."
The old man spat out a few mouthfuls of blood and temporarily recovered some strength.
Seeing that he was no match for Chen Fan at all, the old man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No more fighting, no more fighting! I can see it, the level of that palm strike you just made is at least at the Grandmaster realm. If I continue to fight you, it will only be seeking humiliation."
"No, you're mistaken." However, seeing the old man's overly familiar demeanor, Chen Fan shook his head at him. "There's indeed no need to continue fighting, but you need to consider something else now."
"That is, give me a reason not to kill you."
As Chen Fan's words fell, the old man, leaning on the katana supporting him, managed to stand upright.
He said to Chen Fan, "My friend, I don't need to give you a reason. If you want to kill me, then go ahead. After all, the seniors are already on their way."
"Seniors? Your seniors?" Chen Fan frowned. "That's a good reason you've found. I can refrain from killing you for now, but you need to explain yourself clearly."
"What do you want me to say? Do you want me to describe how powerful my seniors are?" Upon hearing Chen Fan's words, the old man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and feigned ignorance, asking Chen Fan, "If I'm no match for them, would you be scared away?"
"Stop the nonsense. You know what I want to know."
Due to the excessive use of true qi in the previous palm strike, the demon core within his body began to act up again.
Chen Fan suppressed his discomfort and lost his patience with the old man, saying displeasedly, "I'm giving you one last chance, or you'll soon be part of the pile of corpses downstairs."
As Chen Fan spoke, he also released his killing intent towards the old man!
The old man, who had intended to stall for time, did not dare to play any more tricks after sensing the intense and chilling killing intent emanating from Chen Fan.
"Don't be angry. I was just playing a small joke. I said, I'll tell you now."
The old man quickly corrected his attitude and said to Chen Fan, "Actually, the way the East Sakura branch of the Mitsui Zaibatsu operates is different from what you imagine."
"Firstly, the Mitsui Zaibatsu has a person in each city's branch whom only President Mitsui knows. President Mitsui calls them—Guardians of the Zaibatsu."
At this point, the old man patted his chest and said, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Guardian of the Zaibatsu for the East Sakura City, Kurokawa Miyazo."
"Oh? Given your identity, you intend to fight me to the bitter end?" Upon learning of Kurokawa Miyazo's identity, Chen Fan was already prepared to kill him.
At this very moment, the killing intent emanating from Chen Fan intensified!
"Don't misunderstand! I didn't mean that!"
Sensing the sudden surge of killing intent from Chen Fan, Kurokawa Miyazo hurriedly waved his hand at him, fearing he would be killed.
"Then what do you mean? You know what I want to know, yet you refuse to say it."
Chen Fan said coldly, "You tell me yourself, isn't this courting death?"
"I was just being coy earlier. I know what you want to know." Seeing that Chen Fan's murderous intent was already ignited, Kurokawa Miyazo dared not play any more tricks.
He said, "Feel free to ask. As long as you ask, and I know, I will answer everything."
"Besides you, who else knows about the situation of this branch?" Chen Fan asked.
"After the incident here, I have reported the situation to President Mitsui. For you, the situation is likely not optimistic..."