The leader, his tone grave, asked Chen Fan, "Since you are able to come here, it means the president Mitsui is dead, right?"
Although Chen Fan did not know the identities of these four people at this moment, he understood in his heart that these must be the people arranged by Mitsui Kenji.
This cunning old fox had indeed layered traps upon traps, setting up mechanisms to protect that fragment of the Dragon Pattern Compass.
After such a thought, Chen Fan turned his gaze to the man who had spoken.
Chen Fan nodded and replied, "Yes, I killed Mitsui Kenji. Who are you?"
He received Chen Fan's answer, but also Chen Fan's question.
The leader, with hatred in his eyes, glanced at Chen Fan.
Then, he let out a cold laugh and said in a chilling tone, "Us? Heh, we are the guardians of the old headquarters."
Each branch of the Mitsui Corporation had its own secret guardians.
And the headquarters of the Mitsui Corporation had four secret guardians.
Last time, the four of them had gone with Mitsui Kenji to Dongying City, so they hadn't had a chance to confront Chen Fan.
This time, they already knew Chen Fan's identity and had learned that their president Mitsui had died at Chen Fan's hands.
Now, for them, it was time to settle old and new scores!
With this mindset, their attitude towards Chen Fan was naturally extremely cold.
Upon hearing the leader introduce himself, Chen Fan naturally understood their identity.
However, he wanted to know something else.
"What do you four guard? Is it the fragment of the Dragon Pattern Compass?" After hearing the leader's words, a cold sneer played on Chen Fan's lips as he asked indifferently.
Hearing Chen Fan's question, the leader's expression changed instantly, turning furious!
He widened his eyes and roared at Chen Fan!
"As expected! You've come for that treasure!"
Chen Fan's heart was now clear.
It seemed that the whereabouts and specific location of the Dragon Pattern Compass fragment were not known only to Mitsui Kenji!
What if Mitsui Kenji was dead? These four people in front of him still had value!
Thus, Chen Fan deliberately adopted a provocative stance and said coldly.
"So what if I did?"
Everyone had a sensitive spot, and Chen Fan had now found the leader's sensitive spot and poked it hard, deliberately provoking him.
Indeed, upon hearing Chen Fan's words, the leader could not contain himself and, with a voice trembling with anger, roared at Chen Fan.
"If so, then I will kill you!"
Chen Fan knew the other party would be angered by him, but he didn't expect him to be so overconfident!
As if hearing a most amusing joke, Chen Fan, with a hint of disdain, replied to the man.
"Don't be ridiculous, you can't."
Hearing Chen Fan's words again, the leader suppressed the raging anger within him.
Then, he bowed slightly to Chen Fan, stated his name in a cold, hateful tone, and assumed a fighting stance.
"I am Takano Masao, please enlighten me!"
Facing the opponent's challenge, Chen Fan knew very well that this battle was unavoidable.
If he did not subdue them completely now, he would never be able to obtain the specific whereabouts of the Dragon Pattern Compass fragment.
"Please."
Chen Fan, in turn, cupped his fists in return to Takano Masao and uttered a single word.
As Chen Fan's words fell, Takano Masao placed his hands across his chest and began to form hand seals rapidly!
Seeing this, Chen Fan's brow furrowed.
Judging by Takano Masao's hand seals, he should be a ninja.
But what Chen Fan found strange was that he had killed quite a few ninjas these past few days, yet this was the first time he had seen such peculiar hand seals!
Just by looking, Chen Fan already felt that the ninjutsu Takano Masao was about to use would not be simple!
And in the brief moment Chen Fan was lost in thought, Takano Masao, standing opposite him, had finished forming his seals and appeared ready to unleash his ninjutsu!
"Mystical Art! Amaterasu's Fire Dragon! Burn everything!" Immediately, under Chen Fan's slightly tense gaze, Takano Masao clenched his fist and extended it towards Chen Fan!
Then, Takano Masao parted his lips slightly and blew with force!
First, a stream of fire surged from his mouth!
Next, under everyone's gaze, this stream of fire rose into the air!
In an instant, this flame transformed into a colossal fire dragon, lunging towards Chen Fan!
"This is..." Looking at the scene before him, Chen Fan's brows furrowed tightly.
His hand was already on the Ama-no-Murakumo sword at his waist, ready to strike at any moment!
However, Chen Fan was in a dilemma.
After all, this was the first time he had seen such a move, and he dared not attack rashly.
Seeing Chen Fan's solemn expression, Takano Masao let out a proud, cold laugh, as if showing off, and loudly said to Chen Fan,
"That's right! This is the Amaterasu Fire Dragon, and nothing in this world can extinguish it! Once this fire burns, it can burn for forty-nine..."
However, just as Takano Masao was speaking, Chen Fan had already begun his move!
Chen Fan knew no ninjutsu, so he naturally couldn't fight using the common method of countering moves employed by Sakura Country warriors.
Now, he had only one way to fight!
That was to infuse his Chaos Power into the Ama-no-Murakumo sword and then unleash it!
In fact, that's exactly what Chen Fan did!
As Chen Fan thrust his sword forward, the seemingly intimidating fire dragon, upon contact with the sword energy, let out a "sizzling" sound!
In the blink of an eye!
In mere moments, this fire dragon was instantly vaporized by the sword energy Chen Fan had unleashed!
And the owner of the fire dragon, Takano Masao, who had unleashed this move, was now utterly dumbfounded!
"What! How can this be!" Takano Masao's eyes had become somewhat vacant, and he exclaimed in astonishment.
Chen Fan, equally surprised by this turn of events, dejectedly sheathed his Ama-no-Murakumo sword.
He looked at Takano Masao opposite him with great confusion and fired off a string of questions.
"What? That's it? You can't extinguish it?"