Chapter 127 My second uncle wants to kill me?
The lights are dim and the blade is swift.
The sudden assassination caught everyone off guard.
No one could have imagined that among these girls carefully trained by Inuyama He, there was actually an assassin hiding, who suddenly killed people when the master of the house was entertaining guests.
The blade, emitting a cold blue light, drew a long arc that was out of place in the warm light, and its sharp edge pierced Lu Mingfei's throat.
The knife is used to break the wind and take lives.
The poison is fatal on contact with blood.
Was he dumbfounded? Or was he as fast as lightning? Almost at the moment when the poisoned weapon slipped out of the sleeve of the maid, Inuyama He's sword-like eyebrows suddenly jumped. Although he was old, his body was still strong in an instant. The dragon blood in his body began to boil, ready to burst out at the fastest speed to intercept the assassination.
However, before his butt left the cushion, a hand suddenly rose up and lightly grabbed the maid's wrist, freezing the poisoned blade in mid-air.
It was only three inches away from Lu Mingfei’s throat.
The dark blue blade stretched across his body. The cold-faced singing girl beside him had murderous intent in her eyes. Lu Mingfei's thin lips, exposed to the air, curled up slightly, and he said in a playful voice: "Is this a belated welcome ceremony?"
Without waiting for Inuyama He to answer, the maid, whose wrist was held after missing the attack, gritted her teeth, suddenly opened her lips painted with cherry blossom pink, and leaned forward to bite Lu Mingfei.
At the same time, his right hand loosened, the poisoned blade fell, and his free left hand stopped at the landing point.
Old Tang, who finally reacted at this moment, immediately shouted and wanted to draw his gun. However, before his hand touched the weapon at his waist, Zero, who had been in the silent mascot form and in follower mode, moved.
She still maintained her ladylike sitting posture, but her right arm, which was covered with a gauze glove, was like a long whip filled with power. It swung in the air, leaving a blurry afterimage, and suddenly slashed the maid's neck with a knife.
The moment of being hit, the maidservant rolled her eyes and fell limply, the dark blue dagger fell straight down, and the tip of the knife was pointing at Lu Mingfei's thigh.
Ling, who had just knocked the maid unconscious with a knife, caught it and handed it to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei, in line with the principle that men and women should not touch each other, threw the fallen maid behind him, picked up the poisoned dagger and stabbed it into the long table with a "puff", staring straight at Inuyama He who was halfway up.
Next to him, Old Tang finally pulled out his Colt M1917. It was given to him yesterday when he visited the Longma family arsenal. A girl named Longma Xun heard that he liked Indiana Jones and gave it to him.
The muzzle of the Colt M1917 was first pointed at the maid who had fallen to the ground. After a quarter-second pause, it suddenly turned to the old man who had stood up with a solemn expression. He raised his eyebrows and tried to look ferocious:
"Hey, is this how you Japanese say hello? Do you want me to shoot your ass?"
When he aimed at Inuyama He, the group of beautiful girls who had been standing quietly beside him after the dishes were served all changed their expressions. Their delicate faces with springy eyes suddenly showed a bit of solemnity. The two girls who had been circling around Old Tang put their palms together like knives and started to attack.
Seeing this, Inuyama He raised his hand slightly, signaling them not to move rashly, and so these thorny roses turned back into harmless little flowers.
"I'm sorry everyone, this was an accident, and it's definitely not the Inuyama family's way of entertaining guests." Inuyama He put his hands on his thighs and bowed to express his apologies.
At the same time, the girls gathered around the long table followed the head of the family and bowed to apologize.
"Was it really just an accident?" Lu Mingfei pressed down Old Tang's hand that was aiming the gun, and tapped the hilt of the poisoned blade with his fingers.
The shocked expression on Inuyama He's face when he was attacked just now could not be faked; this was obviously not his work.
Of course, whether this matter is related to him or not does not prevent Lu Mingfei from making a fuss about it.
Anyway, he is now the one who is right and the victim.
"Please rest assured, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you a satisfactory explanation." Inuyama He has lived for so many years and is naturally an old fox. With just one sentence, he wants to transfer all the conflicts and responsibilities to the mastermind behind the scenes.
But Lu Mingfei brought the topic back to the assassination tonight: "So Master Inuyama wants to close the door to the internal inspection today?"
Upon hearing this, Inuyama He shook his head and said, "No, no. You are the only three distinguished guests at the banquet tonight. How can we go on without you?" He promised that he would make them satisfied tonight.
The tense atmosphere eased a little, and Lu Mingfei looked at the table full of delicious dishes that were said to be carefully prepared by a Michelin three-star chef, but he had no intention of picking up his chopsticks.
Seeing this, Inuyama He waved his hand to signal the girl to take the food away, and led the three of them to the Japanese room at the deepest part of the third floor.
A room where someone has died is not a suitable place for dining.
That's right, when Hasegawa Yoshitaka, the second-in-command of the Inuyama family, rushed over after hearing the news, the singer who had suddenly attacked had already died of the poison.
The moment she was restrained by Lu Mingfei, she realized that there was no way back tonight. When she opened her mouth to try to bite Lu Mingfei, she had already crushed the highly toxic capsule hidden in her teeth, and the poison spread throughout her mouth in an instant.
If you get bitten, it would be life or death.
Yoshitaka Hasegawa led his team to ask all customers who had visited the Tamamonomae Club tonight to leave, and gave each of them a large coupon as an apology.
However, the atmosphere on the third floor and inside the house was not harmonious.
The distinguished guest had just had a sip of tea when he was nearly stabbed to death. The atmosphere between the two sides could never return to its original state.
"The head of the Inuyama family is not strict with his subordinates."
Lu Mingfei was playing with the poisoned dagger in his hand. He had already put the lower visor of his helmet back on. He declined the tea or wine, and his attitude was very clear.
"Look at those girls. You must have carefully nurtured them. How come one of them turned out to be rebellious?"
Old Tang continued: "Could it be that you used improper means to force others to do something excessive?"
He is just living his life purely based on the American mentality.
"They are all my adopted children." Inuyama He sighed slightly, "My wish is to become a man like Maeda Keiji, but it's a pity that it's no longer the era where a BMW and a red gun can unify the world.
So my ambition can only be placed in flowers and wine. I adopted many goddaughters and sent them to different industries to become stars..."
While he was recounting his past, Lu Mingfei punched him: "Why don't you adopt a boy? Are you being sexist?"
"Yes, but they quickly fell into depravity when surrounded by women." Inuyama He shook his head. How many adolescent boys with surging hormones can keep their first experience in a place surrounded by beautiful women and where they can get rid of their virginity at any time? "That's true." Lu Mingfei nodded and brought the slightly off-topic topic back to the attacker: "Since she is your adopted daughter since she was a child, why would she do such a thing?
Could it be that the daughter of some enemy discovered the truth about her parents' tragic death and raised the butcher knife in anger? "
To be honest, the plot is too cliché and Lu Mingfei feels very innocent as a person implicated.
"That's not the case. Most of the members of the Inuyama family are adopted children. They were either abandoned by their parents, or their parents died and they were sent to an orphanage. There are also quite a few mixed-bloods who were found outside by us."
Inuyama He didn't have much sadness on his face, as if he had experienced enough betrayal. He just sipped his wine calmly and said, "Mingmei was a very obedient child. Her parents died in an accident when she was a child, and she was sent to the orphanage under the family by her relatives.
One time I saw her telling stories to other children and found her voice very nice, full of simple yet sincere emotions, so I adopted her.
Her dream is to be an announcer. She previously made her official debut as a college voice actor. There are two new dramas in April that she has dubbed.
Although he is not a major character, he is surprisingly popular. It’s a pity…”
Lu Mingfei nodded: "Since her growth trajectory is under your control, I believe you will soon be able to find out why she suddenly assassinated..."
He suddenly paused at this point, touched the helmet on his face and said:
"By the way, could it be that she had a scumbag ex-boyfriend, or was cheated on by someone else, and the other person happened to be a tokusatsu fan or a CV who was created by the card face, so she took me as the target of revenge out of hatred?"
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"No, Mingmei has never been in a relationship." Inuyama He shook his head, but his brows frowned slightly.
If I remember correctly, it seems that this child has a bad habit. Although she is the daughter of the emperor of the sex industry, Inuyama family, she always likes to go to male escort shops.
It seems that she still has a crush on a certain gigolo whose whereabouts are unknown.
"That must be your problem." Old Tang crossed his arms and said confidently, "It is said that you are the overlord of the Japanese sex industry. There must be someone who doesn't like you and wants to replace you, so they deliberately make things difficult for you."
However, Inuyama He just smiled and shook his head: "All those who wanted to replace me are dead, and the ones left are those who don't like me but can't get rid of me."
"Damn, he's so arrogant." Old Tang leaned close to Lu Mingfei's ear and whispered.
"If you were in his position, would you pretend?"
"Then I'll show him the correct way to use sexy underwear."
“Stop it, stop making dirty jokes.” Lu Mingfei pushed away Old Tang, who was talking nonsense. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the corridor outside.
There was a knock on the door, and then Hasegawa Yoshitaka walked in, holding a flip phone with a Hello Kitty sticker on it: "Master, we found an unknown number in Hirota Akemi's phone, and we called it and found it was a public phone, and the call duration was very short.
A girl who knew her well said that she received a phone call in the evening, and since then she has been a little dazed and absent-minded.
"Can we retrieve the video footage from the surveillance cameras near the public telephone?" Inuyama He asked in a deep voice.
"I have contacted the technical department and am waiting for notification." Hasegawa Yoshitaka glanced at the three distinguished guests and signaled with his eyes. After getting permission, he told them something about Hirota Akemi's privacy:
"According to Hirota Akemi's friends, she met Ruri Kazama, who is at the top of the list of the Gigolo Association and is known as the male flower arrangement master, when she was out collecting materials. She has since become his fan and is madly obsessed with the legendary gigolo."
Upon hearing this, everyone present had different reactions.
Inuyama He frowned, Old Tang was confused, and Lu Mingfei was a little nervous. He looked at Hasegawa Yoshitaka and said, "Kazama Ruri, a male flower arrangement master, sounds very impressive. Can you tell me more about him?"
The man's intuition told him that this Fengjian Liuli was most likely an acquaintance.
After all, the real name has changed drastically, so it’s not a bad idea to change the stage name and the nature of the job slightly.
My second uncle was a man who could make a living by his looks. When he announced his relationship at a concert, tens of millions of girls in Japan were heartbroken at the same time and cried their hearts out.
It is said that the sales of tissues throughout Japan increased by two percentage points that month. The emotion of broken love hung over Tokyo, and the girl's tears almost turned into raindrops and drowned the city.
Of course, this is the report from the Japanese media. These guys just like to come up with some awkward and childish gimmicks.
Hasegawa Yoshitaka vividly describes the status of Kazama Ruri in the Japanese gigolo world - just like the throne of the Inuyama family in the sex industry, she is the first, the throne, and the supreme.
He never worked in a fixed gigolo club and his whereabouts were always uncertain.
Sometimes he would refresh regularly in an unknown bar, sometimes he would make the most delicious Japanese breakfast in the world at a hot spring hotel at the foot of Mount Fuji, and sometimes he would sing to girls on the cross-sea bridge in Ehime Prefecture with the waves as his accompaniment.
As a top gigolo who sells his art but not his body, he charges ridiculously low fees, just the price of a lunch, and he will talk to you for a few hours and take you around.
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei became even more certain. In the past, his second uncle also liked to randomly show up at lucky fans’ birthday parties or on the way home, giving him or her good wishes and a chance to make a wish come true.
The only time he failed to fulfill a fan's wish was when a girl who had just broken up with her boyfriend wanted a kiss. He refused on the grounds that kisses can only be given to the one you love the most. As compensation, he invited the girl and her family to travel to Kyoto.
"You mean to say that Kazama Ruri seduced this girl and asked her to kill me?"
Lu Mingfei felt a little puzzled. He hadn't even hooked up with his wife yet, and his brother-in-law hadn't expressed his stance yet, so why were you (suspected to be) targeting me?
However, Inuyama He defended Kazama Ruri: "No, he is a man of principles and will not do such a depraved thing."
As they were all people working in the sex industry, he could tell that Fengjian Liuli was actually just like him, looking for salvation from the girl.
He is just trying to redeem himself in the past who was weak and helpless and could not be protected by anyone. What is the reason for the redemption in Fengjian Liuli's heart and where is it going?
Lu Mingfei felt that his second uncle was not the kind of idiot idol who liked to abuse his fans, so he frowned and asked, "Who is plotting against me behind my back?"
Inuyama He spun the wine glass in his hand, looking at the clear liquid, and an image emerged in his mind of an organization that had been hiding in the shadow of the Snake Eight Families, lurking and thriving silently, and finally giving the Snake Eight Families a heavy blow.
"A group of fierce ghosts."
(End of this chapter)