Chapter 017: Ill-Fated Bond

Although Wang Bo did not find the Hairy Fox in Kyoto, he was not discouraged.

Because he knew very well that the Hairy Fox had an indissoluble bond with Kyoto; even if she was not in Kyoto today, she would return in the future, so he would eventually catch her.

And Wang Bo believed that this day would not be too far off.

Perhaps it would be tomorrow, or a dozen days later.

Since he already knew that one of the time travelers was the Hairy Fox, she could not escape his grasp now.

And the time traveler beside the Hairy Fox could not escape his grasp either.

The key was the other two time travelers.

Wang Bo did not know who they were, nor where they were, and finding them would not be easy.

Although Wang Bo had the cheat tool of the Pre-Written Diary, it was not omnipotent. What Wang Bo feared now was that the time travelers might be people he did not recognize.

Then, even if a time traveler stood before Wang Bo, as long as he did not reveal his origin, Wang Bo might not know that he was the time traveler he was looking for.

If things really turned out like that, it would be troublesome.

Returning to the mansion in Ginza, Wang Bo took out the Pre-Written Diary and wrote a sentence.

"The next target of the black ball hunt in Tokyo is a time traveler."

Now Wang Bo could only use this method to find time travelers. After all, black balls were spread all over the world and could communicate with each other, so the chance of finding a time traveler was far greater than doing it himself.

As long as Wang Bo kept a close eye on the black ball, he could find the time traveler.

...

The next day, Kishimoto Megumi woke up, got out of bed, washed up, and came to the living room. Seeing Wang Bo, she stepped forward, bowed, and greeted, "Good morning, Lord Bo."

Wang Bo glanced at the time: 11:30 AM, half an hour until noon.

He nodded and said, "Good morning."

Kishimoto Megumi also saw the time, her face flushed, and she quickly said, "Sorry, I got up late."

Wang Bo waved his hand and said, "No need to apologize. You just experienced a battle last night; it's normal to get up late. Do you want to sleep a little more?"

Kishimoto Megumi quickly shook her head, "No, no, I've slept enough."

"Then let's eat first, and after eating, continue training."

A flicker of disappointment flashed in Kishimoto Megumi's eyes, but she nodded, "I understand."

In fact, she had wanted to go shopping today to buy some change of clothes, but upon hearing Wang Bo's decision, she was too embarrassed to disobey and agreed.

After eating, Wang Bo continued training Kishimoto Megumi. Her performance in last night's battle did not satisfy Wang Bo; in the end, it was still due to insufficient training.

So Wang Bo planned to intensify the training to help Kishimoto Megumi get familiar with combat as quickly as possible.

This time, Wang Bo also intended to teach Kishimoto Megumi a cold weapon. He remembered that among the black ball's weapons, there was a battle sword that could extend by instantly changing the arrangement of nanoparticles, and after extension, it could change the arrangement again to restore local parts to their pre-deformation strength and toughness.

This weapon was extremely sharp and could easily cut any conventional metal.

So Wang Bo planned to teach Kishimoto Megumi the techniques of using a longsword, so that she could skillfully wield this weapon in the future and easily defeat the targets of the hunt.

Compared to a pistol with a delay effect, if this cold weapon was used well, it still had considerable lethality.

In certain situations, it was quite convenient, and its practicality even surpassed that of a pistol.

After a period of intensive training by Wang Bo, Kishimoto Megumi finally became proficient in using the longsword. Although she was far from the level of a master swordsman, she was much stronger than an average novice.

This was the benefit of actual combat; progress was much faster than training alone.

Of course, this approach also had its drawbacks, namely that the foundation was not solid.

Fortunately, the reinforcement suit could compensate for this. As long as she wore the reinforcement suit, even Kishimoto Megumi could easily defeat a swordsman who had trained for years.

During these days, Wang Bo was also looking forward to the next black ball mission.

He was very curious whether the Pre-Written Diary could influence the black ball, causing it to issue a mission to hunt time travelers.

Day after day passed.

One day after dinner, just as she was about to sleep, Kishimoto Megumi suddenly came to Wang Bo and said, "It's here. I'm going to the black ball room."

At the same time, her lower leg had already begun to transmit.

Wang Bo nodded and said, "Remember to stay in touch."

Kishimoto Megumi nodded, and a few seconds later, she was transmitted to the black ball room.

Wang Bo also found a comfortable place to sit down, his gaze passing through building after building, seeing what was happening in the black ball room.

At this time, in the black ball room, besides familiar faces like Kato Kei, Kurono Kei, and Kishimoto Megumi, a new batch of people had been summoned, including a tall black man, a bald monk, and an ordinary office worker.

Among them was a woman with a single braid.

What was this woman's name? Wang Bo had forgotten, or rather, when he had watched it back then, he hadn't remembered at all.

The reason Wang Bo remembered this person was because she was Kurono Kei's first girlfriend. She had a good figure and was proficient in Muay Thai. She fell in love with Kurono at first sight and, at his request, had intimate relations with him, hoping to date him in the real world afterward, even though Kurono told her he had only acted on impulse for sex.

At first, Wang Bo thought this woman was the heroine, but the subsequent plot development caught him off guard.

During a mission, to protect Kurono, who had lost both limbs and was incapacitated, she willingly fought the Thousand-Handed Buddha with her bare hands, but unfortunately was hit by the palm lamp ray of the Thousand-Handed Buddha and died.

However, due to GANTZ's special settings, the memory of protecting Kurono was deleted, leaving her only a trivial passerby in Kurono's life.

So when Wang Bo watched the plot, he felt that this woman's sacrifice was not worth it.

Therefore, even if Wang Bo forgot this woman's name, he remembered that there was such a woman in the plot of Gantz. After all, she was a good woman, and Kurono Kei did not deserve her.

Now seeing this woman appear, Wang Bo hesitated whether to cut off the ill-fated bond between her and Kurono Kei. If she didn't know Kurono Kei, perhaps she could survive this mission.

But what surprised Wang Bo was that this woman did not fall in love with Kurono Kei at first sight, nor did she have sex with him. Instead, she looked at Kurono Kei as if he were a stranger.

Wang Bo then realized that ever since he had intervened and taken in Kishimoto Megumi, the plot had subtly changed.

And it was precisely because of this change that the ill-fated bond between Kurono Kei and this woman seemed to have been severed.