Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 411 - 55 Zero and Matsushima

Chapter 411: Chapter 55 Zero and Matsushima

Guiding the Martial God in Martial Arts — saying such a thing would make one sound extremely arrogant.

What’s more arrogant is that it seemed Hiroshi Matsushima had really done it.

Hiroshi Matsushima couldn’t help but sigh.

"But I have to correct something. The person just now, isn’t a ’Martial God’ yet," Zero said seriously, "A Martial God must be certified by the old friends of Xiang Shan."

"Hmm," Hiroshi Matsushima said lightly, "But the personality... or rather, the memory and such. At least, I was indeed facing someone who possesses a fragment of the Martial Ancestor’s soul. He is a remarkable Martial Artist."

With that said, Hiroshi Matsushima tapped his forehead lightly.

It seemed that doing so could slightly alleviate the symptoms of a headache.

Over the past seven days, it wasn’t just Xiang Shan who felt weary and in need of rest.

Hiroshi Matsushima was also exhausted, both mentally and physically.

The dignity of being a Martial Artist made him not want to show any weakness in front of those who had come to learn.

Therefore, he gave his all in every training session with Xiang Shan.

"I need to sleep a bit," Hiroshi Matsushima muttered to himself, "But before that..."

Hiroshi Matsushima walked over to the household 3D printer. Inside were the quickly produced sheets that were ready.

These were set to be printed for a task defined seven days ago. The sheets inside had cooled down nicely.

Hiroshi Matsushima pulled out these sheets and then headed to the center of the living room.

There was a small pit there.

That was the pit he had created with a punch to relieve his shock that day.

Even the metal floor was completely damaged.

The ground had been leveled, and the cracks and holes were filled with soil brought in from elsewhere.

Naturally, replacing the metal floor was a bit more troublesome.

Hiroshi Matsushima fitted the hexagonal floor tiles into the ground. The raw materials for these tiles were naturally the same as those from the floor he had damaged that day.

The household version of the 3D printer could recycle old metal materials, grinding them into powder inside the machine, and then rebuild them by adding material.

Of course, such a process could not produce the high-quality alloys needed for the Martial Artist Prosthesis. The Martial Arts School did have one or two professional-grade ones, but they could only supply the wear and tear of everyday training.

For more powerful parts, you either had to go to stores set up by the government or find specialized merchants.

As for the former, actually, very few Martial Arts School Martial Artists would consider it. The government also employed Martial Artists for certain tasks or issued bounties against the Green Forest or Heroes. The prizes for these bounties were often high-grade parts. People in the government rarely used digital currency.

But such tasks are often very dangerous. Even if one accepted such tasks, there was no guarantee that they would live to complete them.

The professional merchants, on the other hand, were those with engineering talent who could find blueprints on the network to manufacture advanced equipment.

However, such merchants couldn’t stay in business for long.

Because, if a person knew how to find advanced blueprints, it meant they knew how to use the network to obtain the correct resources.

Such people could easily find clues to "Martial Arts."

Once these people began to ponder, they could perceive the twist in the current state of the world.

And when such advanced merchants come up with components of cutting-edge performance, they are really not far from "closing shop for good."

Because... this is often evidence of merchants getting tangled up with Burrow Dragons.

Anyway, this kind of parts business usually doesn’t last too long, but there are always people who become such dealers.

After laying down the flooring, Hiroshi Matsushima just sat on the ground.

He was truly tired.

"Speaking of which, have you made a decision about that invitation to Paradox City?" Hiroshi Matsushima asked.

Originally, Hiroshi Matsushima had told Xiang Shan that if TX-0 decided to help when Xiang Shan was making a move on Paradox City, then he, as a collaborator with TX-0, would also show up on the battlefield.

But TX-0 did not agree directly at that time.

[Ho ho, Hiro, isn’t it you who wants to go?]

"Me? I’m just a Martial Artist. The entire meaning of my life is to keep the Martial Arts School running," Hiroshi Matsushima said calmly, "If you don’t take action, then I have no obligation to go."

[Tch, saying one thing but meaning another.]

"I am a martial master, but you are a Hero," Matsushima continued, "I thought for sure you would go."

The predicament of Paradox City’s Ninth Martial God is a huge pain and shame for Jianghu. Countless Heroes have thought about breaking in and rescuing the Ninth Martial God. Although they have all failed, there have always been such Heroes.

And from what Hiroshi Matsushima observed, TX-0 did not seem like a Hero who was afraid of death.

Not to mention that this TX-0 was just a Pseudo-personality Mask.

If there were a real death, it would be that of the person who lent out his Biological Brain.

From this point of view, Zero had absolutely no reason to refuse Xiang Shan.

"Could it be the Jianghu rumor? Your mentor detests Martial Gods..."

[No. Even if the mentor dislikes Martial Gods, he would not let such aversion influence his likes and dislikes,] Zero sighed, [However, the current condition of the mentor is very poor. We Personality Masks out here must be very cautious... Even if we miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we absolutely cannot expose the mentor’s whereabouts.]

"You seem to value your mentor too much."

[You really are...] TX-0 said, [Have you heard of the ’Arethusa Miracle’... in the romances, it should be called ’Dark Star Last Stand’.]

"The Sixth Martial God and Red Fleet Prosthetics Followers’ victory before their martyrdom?"

The Arethusa Miracle is a splendid event in the brief history of the Red Fleet Prosthetics Followers. Being able to turn the tables and defeat the powerful Sky Star Fleet under the condition of being vastly outnumbered was a very remarkable feat.

However, some historians were puzzled by this. In the final stages of this battle, the Sky Star Fleet did not perform up to the expected level.

Although the Staff Group of the Sky Star Fleet anticipated that the Red Fleet Prosthetics Followers would use asteroids to shield from fire and circumvent their rear, the response they made lacked coordination and did not demonstrate the level of expertise one would expect from King Aqini, a master of military martial arts.

TX-0 explained: [The reason is actually quite simple. At that time, the mentor revealed his whereabouts near the Sixth Martial God’s fleet. King Aqini judged that the Sixth Martial God was like a turtle in a jar, and killing Turing was more critical, so he led the airborne and assault troops away from the Sky Star Fleet, transferring command to his Staff Group.]

[It was precisely because of this that the Red Fleet Prosthetics Followers and the Sixth Martial God were able to seize the opportunity to turn the tables and eliminate the Sky Star Fleet.]

Hiroshi Matsushima was somewhat incredulous, "That king, he abandoned his own fleet?"

[It was just some Soldiers, just some ships. For a Protector, these are all replaceable. But the opportunity to kill Jianghu Turing comes once in a blue moon.]

[Moreover, the fact proved that his judgment was not too flawed. Because of that action by King Aqini, the mentor was subsequently trapped in the encirclement and could never leave ’that place’ again. Once the whereabouts were exposed, utter destruction awaited us. When the Seventh Martial God and Ninth Martial God revolted, the mentor couldn’t leave that place either.]