The beef-offal stall owner only gave a lazy side-glance before speaking coolly.
"Quit staring. Once food is served, no refunds."
Wu Liuqi ignored him completely. All his attention was glued to the video.
Was this… an actual serious video?
Why did the creator even have footage of him fighting with Miss Meimei,
(in such an ambiguous way, no less)?
Was someone stalking him?
Had he accidentally attracted the attention of some talent scout?
The amnesiac senior hairstylist of Chicken Island's Health & Beauty Salon…
The amateur assassin Wu Liuqi…
In reality, before he lost his memory, he had been the strongest Shadow Assassin of the Xuanwu Kingdom, codename , Seven (Qi).
Just who was this mysterious creator?
How did he know all of this?
Wu Liuqi had asked himself the same painful questions on countless sleepless nights:
Why had he lost his memories?
What kind of person had he been before?
Why was he living with this blank, aching void in his mind?
He never imagined the answers would appear through a multiverse anime projection.
A figure in purple robes appeared onscreen , hair wild and untamed, expression cold and ruthless, crimson eyes radiating killing intent.
Was this… really what he looked like before losing his memory?
Marco (1st Division Commander):
"Pops, who is this guy? Do you know him? He kinda looks… not very smart."
Kurosaki Ichigo:
"Huh. Another swordsman. But his blade isn't as cool as my Zanpakutō."
Dracule Mihawk:
"I'm called the World's Strongest Swordsman, yet this blade… I've never seen a weapon like that. Demonic Blade Thousand-Edge? A fine name."
Naruto Uzumaki:
"He and I… we have the same belief: protecting the people we want to protect!"
Wu Liuqi's carefree, lazy expression stiffened.
His memory loss was something only people close to him knew.
Then the narration played:
[You are the strongest Shadow Assassin of the Xuanwu Kingdom. Codename: Seven.
Why would you save this woman?
Are you planning to stand against the entire Assassin Alliance?
Do you understand the consequences?]
Under the brilliant blue moon, a lone figure was surrounded by countless Shadow Assassins.
Seven carried a woman in his arms as he tried to escape the Xuanwu Kingdom.
Gripping the Demonic Blade Thousand-Edge, he fought off thousands of assassins without falling behind even once.
Blades clashed like streaks of lightning; the movements were too fast for the naked eye.
Amid overwhelming doubt and bloodshed, he left only one sentence:
[I'm taking her with me today.
Let's see who dares stop me.]
The combination of this scene and the explosive BGM Blaine had picked sent blood rushing through viewers across the multiverse.
More reactions:
Vegeta (Prince of all Saiyans):
"Strength aside, this man has backbone. He's got a real man's resolve. I like him.
If it were Bulma in danger, I would go far crazier than this!"
With his pride as a Saiyan prince, Vegeta believed:
A man who can't protect his woman doesn't deserve to be called a man.
He immediately sent a reward to Blaine's video.
Mihawk (Hawk-Eye):
"This man's strength is no joke."
He stared at the screen, eyes wide.
The fighting style shocked him, like discovering a completely new horizon.
Normally, for swordsmen, letting go of your blade was taboo.
A sword without a wielder was like a predator without its claws.
But this Demonic Blade Thousand-Edge allowed Seven to fight by controlling the blade with his energy, blade controlling qi, the reverse of traditional swordsmanship.
So it's possible to wield qi to guide the blade… instead of the blade guiding the qi?
Handsome.
Terrifying.
Inspirational.
The world's strongest swordsman sent a heavy reward beneath the video.
Naruto:
"I don't know what he's been through… but the woman he's protecting must be the person he loves most!"
He too sent a reward.
Across the multiverse, countless characters were moved…
until the sudden twist came.
"Pfft!"
The strongest Shadow Assassin of the Xuanwu Kingdom,
a man capable of fighting the entire Assassin Alliance head-on,
was pierced through the back by a single sword.
The woman he protected…
the woman he risked everything for…
stabbed him.
Seven couldn't understand.
He had become the enemy of an entire nation just to protect her.
And yet,
Why did she stab him?
With his last strength, he destroyed the stone bridge and plummeted into the sea along with the pursuers.
Even unconscious, he still held tightly onto the Demonic Blade Thousand-Edge…
The video cut off abruptly.
Within half an hour, comments exploded past 100,000+.
"Trash woman! Damn! She's so vicious! Seven risked everything for her and she backstabbed him?!"
"Let me find out who that woman is! I'll kill her every time I see her!"
"Good intentions treated like garbage! Seven never should've saved that white-robed woman!"
Wu Liuqi sat at the edge of the small island at sunset, golden light bathing his expressionless face.
"Is this real?
So… this is when I lost my memories?"
His mind was a tangled mess.
He never expected the mystery haunting him for so long to be revealed through a multiverse projection.
If everything was true…
then the person behind the video was terrifyingly mysterious.
"So that's the kind of person I used to be…"
He looked back toward the island's residential district.
Memories flooded in.
After thinking deeply, Wu Liuqi finally left a comment under Blaine's video:
[Hello, mysterious creator.
I am Wu Liuqi.
I want to know more about my past.]
He hit send.
Immediately, three men jumped out from behind the wall.
"YOU'RE the strongest Shadow Assassin of Xuanwu Kingdom?! Take this!"
"You don't seem that strong! You definitely edited that video yourself!
Die! Once I kill you, I'll become Number One!"
Wu Liuqi scratched his head with an embarrassed grin.
"I'm just a hairstylist. You guys definitely got the wrong person.
A super handsome assassin just ran that way, go get him quick!
If he escapes, you'll never find him again!"
The three idiots sprinted away instantly.
Wu Liuqi dove into the bushes, turned into a toad, and escaped.
"Crap… I forgot the projection shows up for everyone…"
If that was the case, then he was now officially being hunted.
His identity as the strongest Shadow Assassin was completely exposed.
"Aiyo… I just want to be the strongest hairstylist…
And Miss Meimei is still waiting for me… Should I go back or not?"
Meanwhile…
At the border between human territory and demon territory, Blaine checked his patrol phone.
He stared at the projection app.
Over 99+ new notifications.
"It's only been a few hours… it went viral this fast?!"
The moment he opened the app, his overpriced Banana-Brand 13 phone instantly crashed.