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Chapter 23 The First Battle of the Parasitic Line
Ronald didn't realize what happened until his right leg was shot through.

Didn't we say we'll talk about it after we've dealt with the ninjas of the Hand?

Why was it me who got hurt?
Although his right leg was pierced by Roger's elastic thread, Ronald was the leader of the gang after all, and he didn't wail in pain like other punks.

But soon, he discovered something was wrong.

The thin thread that pierced his right leg didn't directly leave his body like a bullet, but quickly wrapped around his leg as if it had life.

This is?

Before Ronald could react, a huge pull came from his right leg, pulling him forward.

What the hell!

Ronald never imagined that he would be pulled directly to Roger.

What's more troublesome is that the big white man and the Hand ninja around him didn't have time to catch him.

Unlike the previous elastic thread, the elastic thread that Roger discovered this time is a little different.

The previous elastic thread is to directly launch a section of thin thread like a bullet.

But now, what he fired was a thin thread that was still under his control.

The front end of the thin wire pierced Ronald's right leg, while the other end was still connected to his index finger.

In the blink of an eye, Ronald, who was in the protection circle of the Hand ninja, was pulled in front of him by Roger, and he grabbed his neck and lifted Ronald up.

"Are those ninjas following your orders now?"

Roger still had a smile on his face.

But in Ronald's view, Roger's smile is no different from the devil's smile.

"Yes, they were sent by Suowanda to protect me!"

Ronald tried to break free, but after finding that he didn't have enough strength to resist Roger's left hand, he pulled his neck and tried to answer.

"Very well, now order them to attack me, otherwise, I will break your neck right now."

"No... no problem..."

Although Ronald didn't know what Roger wanted to do, but now he had no choice but to give orders to the Hand ninja behind him with a not too loud voice.

When he finished giving the order, Roger flicked his left hand lightly, threw him aside, and left a sentence at the same time.

"Lie down, don't do stupid things!"

After speaking, he held the thread knife in his hand and walked towards the five Hand ninjas.

If it was just to deal with the five hand ninjas, Roger could have adopted a more relaxed and safer tactic.

But after the system released the second bounty task, he decided to be reckless.

In other words, test your current melee combat level.

Although the ninjas of the Hand are all lunatics who are not afraid of death, it cannot be denied that their melee combat skills are quite good.

In this world where thermal weapons have an absolute advantage, the Hand, which has always insisted on traditional craftsmanship, can be regarded as an alternative.

The confidence of the Hand to adhere to traditional craftsmanship is their level of melee combat.

So at this stage, the ninjas of the Hand are the most suitable targets to test their melee combat skills.

When Roger ran towards the Hand ninjas with a knife in his right hand, the Hand ninjas took out poisoned darts without any hesitation.

Then, it was thrown towards him with a single brain.

clang!clang!clang……

Roger can't do things like blocking bullets with a knife.

But it's not a problem to just block a dart whose flying speed can't compare with a bullet.

Seeing Roger knocking darts away one by one like a legendary swordsman, Ronald's first reaction was to take this opportunity to leave here.

However, just when he was about to put it into practice, the pain from his right leg made him dispel this idea instantly.

After a battle between heaven and man, he finally decided to lie on the spot obediently.

There's no need to provoke this fierce man who came out of nowhere, just be obedient, he won't kill me!

Although Ronald's ability to lead the gang is not good, he is still very good at observing the situation.

Roger didn't pay attention to Ronald's thoughts, anyway, he had already warned Ronald just now.

If Ronald really planned to escape, he didn't mind making his words come true.

He raised his left hand again after hitting the dart shot by the Shura ninja.

Bounce the line!

In an instant, he fired three bullets.

Passive defense is not his favorite tactic.

Attack is the best defense!

Compared with darts, almost transparent thin lines are obviously more difficult to dodge.

Although these Hand Association ninjas have rich combat experience, they are still hit by bullets.

The only good news is that they all escaped the critical point and were not killed by a bullet.

However, they were able to evade the vital point, and it was also inseparable from Roger's release.

It was agreed that he would use them to test his melee combat skills, and Roger would not end their lives with long-range attacks.

Doing what you say is the most basic quality of a man.

After buying himself some time with the elastic string, Roger took the opportunity to come to these Hand ninjas.

At the same time, dozens of thin threads gushed out from the fingers of his left hand.

With the knife in his right hand, he slashed at the Hand Ninja in front of him, while with his left hand, he controlled a thin thread to attack another target.

In combat, it is taboo to be dual-purpose.

But now, Roger did just that.

Parasitic line!
When these dozens of nearly transparent thin threads were wrapped around a Hand ninja, Roger decisively activated the parasitic thread.

To be precise, it was not activated, but the parasitic line was controlled.

Under his control, the Hand ninja turned around in an instant, raised his samurai sword and slashed at his companion.

The situation of 1vs5 turned into 2vs4 in an instant!

The biggest role of the parasitic line in combat is never to actively attack the enemy, but to manipulate the enemy's companions to attack the enemy.

If there's anything more rewarding than defeating an enemy, it's defeating an enemy with its companions.

It's not a straight-forward tactic, but it's a cool one.

As long as it is not a cold-blooded machine in the absolute sense, it will more or less have some scruples about attacking its companions.

And this scruple will bring about unconscious retention.

However, the target controlled by the parasitic line will not have this concern.

Under the ebb and flow is the dividing line between life and death.

The reason why Roger included the parasitic line as one of the moves that must be practiced in the early stage, in addition to the effect of the parasitic line itself and his own preferences, more importantly, the parasitic line is the only one that has both "attack shape" and "heart attack" Effect moves.

With the parasitic line, Roger easily resolved the absolute superiority of the Hand ninjas in numbers.

Gradually took the initiative of the battle into his own hands.

After throwing away the katana of the hand-meeting ninja in front of him, Roger didn't hesitate, and directly inserted the thread knife into his heart, watching him turn into dust in front of him.

(End of this chapter)