Chapter 246 Bloodline and Responsibility
What does it mean to be sitting at home when bad news comes from the sky?
Gen Chisei was still wondering whether Sakura would do anything while having a candlelight dinner with Eri, like touching her hand to trick her into a hug or something.
But before he could figure it out, the crow rushed in with a horrified look on his face, saying that Chateau Joel Robuchon had been smashed.
Many people at the scene saw an old man wearing a mask smashing through the wall to perform a flying acrobatics. He was covered in blood and his eyes were glowing like light bulbs.
Angers happened to pass by and was shot by an attacker hiding in the dark.
Yuan Zhisheng thought that it was Lu Mingfei who lured Herzog out, but after listening to Crow's description, he felt that it was not the case. After all, the masked old man seemed to know Ange and was taken away by the latter.
Knowing that the situation over there had been accepted by the Inuyama family and the police who had rushed over had also been greeted, he felt relieved that there wouldn't be any major problems in Ebisu.
Since it wasn't Sakura who was knocked away, it means Eri is still safe.
However, the boy beat people up, smashed the store, asked someone to fire a volley of bullets at the principal, and left a headless corpse, which put a lot of pressure on the Sheqi Eight Families.
After all, the Tokyo Municipal Government and the Metropolitan Police Department have been keeping an eye on them these days, fearing that they might cause some serious trouble. They have been behaving themselves well for two days, and now something like this has happened. If nothing unexpected happens, Genji Heavy Industries will have to organize team-building activities in all departments again.
And there's a good chance it'll be tonight.
However, these have nothing to do with Minamoto no Chisei. The ones who should be worried are Fuma Kotaro and Ryoma Genichirō. They will be responsible for dealing with the questioning from the government.
Sighing, Gen Chisei felt that the bastard Sakura was really evil. No matter what he did, the Snake Hachika would definitely be the ones to suffer in the end.
Just like the guy who blew up the Demon Clan's headquarters in Osaka the night before, the consequence was that the governments of both places were furious, and the top leaders of the Snake Eight Families were subjected to targeted retaliation.
No wonder the female ninja reminded him yesterday not to go out unless necessary. It seems she was worried that he might get hurt by mistake.
Speechless, he couldn't help but start to ponder the ins and outs of the matter. He wanted Kaguya to retrieve the surveillance footage from Chateau Joel Robuchon, but was told that the cameras in the area were malfunctioning and could not be taken over through the Internet.
Then I asked the crow to investigate, and finally I found a clue.
Herzog lived with them for so many years as Tachibana Masamune, and understood them almost better than they themselves.
Chateau Joel Robuchon is one of the restaurants that Eri must visit when she goes out. It has the same status as a cafeteria. Since Eri went to Shibuya, she would definitely go there and share the delicious food with Sakura.
Although she didn't know the way, she knew the name of the restaurant, and Herzog set up an ambush based on this.
Thinking of this, Yuan Zhisheng's face darkened slightly.
Both brothers and sisters had undergone pons surgery, so it goes without saying what measure Herzog wanted to take, which would definitely be that damn clapper sound again.
Every failure makes one wiser. Sakura prepared headphones when he was in the town of Kadori before. Although they were not of great use, after so much time, he and the team behind him must have come up with a more effective solution.
So the last question is, what is the identity of the old man who was knocked away?
What did he do to cause Sakura to be so angry that she didn't hold back and almost exposed the secret of the hybrids to the world?
…
"I saw that Eri was not in good condition, and I thought that boy had done something, so I rushed over in a fit of rage."
In the passenger seat of the Maserati, the dusty Uesugi Yue leaned back in his chair, his tone revealing an unspeakable bitterness.
Angers drove the car without looking around, but his words hit the target like bullets:
"You've already noticed that the music being played is not right, why can't you use your brain?"
After listening to Uesugi Yue's retelling of the whole process, Angé was quite speechless. It was obvious that this old guy was being used by someone.
"You don't have a daughter, so how can you understand how I felt at that time?" Uesugi Yue was holding a half-empty bottle of mineral water. The blood and stains on his face had been wiped clean, and his expression was very resentful when he spoke.
"How could you possibly understand the feeling of having your precious child stolen and ruined by a wicked scoundrel without you noticing?!"
Hearing this, Ange couldn't help but glance at him: "You make it sound like you raised that child."
After leaving Ebisu, because Uesugi Yue's identity was very sensitive, they did not go to the properties of the Snake Eight Families, but went to Bunkyo District.
Uesugi Yue said that he lost tonight simply because the knife he picked up in the restaurant was not good enough, so he had to go home to get another knife.
Angé felt that the old man was making excuses, but he didn't expose him. He just wanted to see what Uesugi Yue had been doing during all those years since he disappeared, and how he was doing now.
Uesugi Yue also briefly revealed his situation. He was alone without a wife, children or daughters. He volunteered at the community shrine during the day and pushed a ramen cart to the back gate of the University of Tokyo at night to earn money for his retirement. His life was monotonous and boring.
That's why Angers asked this question.
Uesugi Yue was a little at a loss for words. After all, if it weren't for the rich woman the night before, he would never have known until his death that he actually had a bloodline.
But this did not prevent him from feeling that he had finally defeated Angers.
Since the first time they met, he had never defeated Angers in any field. Even with his unrivaled bloodline, he was not as fast as the shameless Time Zero and was beaten badly.
Now I finally feel a little proud.
But when he thought that it was Angers younger generation who kidnapped his daughter and beat him up, he couldn't be happy.
So he changed the subject and asked, "Who is that kid?"
"His name is Lu Mingfei, and he is the most important enrollment target of Kassel College this year." Angé's voice was light, and there was no sound of anything unusual.
"What do you mean? That guy is a wild-growing hybrid?" Uesugi Yue had not come into contact with the world of hybrids for many years, but he was making a living near the University of Tokyo after all, so he had a comprehensive understanding of university affairs.
And because of his mother, the overseas news he pays most attention to are from France and China.
I know that the education across the sea is exam-oriented, and many things can only be learned in university.
"Based on the two moves he showed me, it would take several years of training to do that. Don't tell me that kid learned his martial arts at the Children's Palace."
"What's wrong with the Children's Palace?" Angers glanced at him. "We have a swordsman in the Children's Palace in Kassel. He has been training in the Kendo Training Center for two years. After entering the school, he was immediately awarded the title of invincible in close combat."
Uesugi Yue had never expected that China's Children's Palace would be so valuable, but he soon discovered the highlights like a blind student:
"You said he was the enrollment target of Kassel College, which means you haven't successfully enrolled him yet?"
He turned his head and stared at Ange: "The great Hilbert Jean Ange, has he ever been rejected?"
Angers steered the Maserati through traffic, his eyes fixed on the rapidly receding street scene outside the window, and did not answer immediately.
Lu Mingfei’s incident was indeed an accident. There were too many mysteries hidden in that seemingly ordinary boy, and even he who knew some of the inside story could not figure it out.
"Also, even if he rejected the invitation from Kassel College, he should be in school now. Why did he come to Japan to seduce my daughter for no reason?"
How would I know?
"Nowadays, the Internet is so developed that it's normal to make friends across borders." Angers made up a random excuse, "Young people are bold and daring, and they rush to meet offline when they are excited."
Uesugi Yue is also an experienced person and knows that the pen pal culture in Japan has a long history. Once the relationship is established, they will indeed make arrangements to meet in person.
But it's still hard to accept.
"Whose descendant is he? His bloodline is so strong that even I... couldn't take advantage of him?"
Uesugi Yue looked down at his hands which had regained control, gently stroked his chest which was still in pain, and lowered his voice.
He didn't know much about the situation in China. He only knew that the elite troops sent to the battlefield by the Eight Snake Clans did encounter many powerful opponents.
But the descendants of the White King are too shameless. The awakening of their bloodline is just like Uchiha in Naruto opening the Sharingan, and they become stronger at an unbelievable speed.
In addition, they have advanced weapons, which gives them an overall advantage.
so……
It is said that China is a land of talented people and beautiful scenery. After so many years of recuperation, could it be that they really have raised a remarkable oriental dragon?
"The confidentiality level of his affairs is very high." Ange's eyes became deep. "I can only say that his bloodline is rated as S-level because the highest rating of Kassel Academy is S-level."
If Lu Mingfei joins Kassel Academy, the bloodline rating of the academy and even the secret party will usher in a breakthrough.
Well, it was a breakthrough upwards, not a dive all the way down to level F like Fingle did.
"That's it." Upon hearing this, Uesugi Yue's pupils shrank slightly. He nodded and stopped talking. The carriage fell into silence again.
Looking at the street lights flashing outside the window, when he counted to the fifth street light, he suddenly asked: "What are you doing in Japan?"
"Your reaction time is too long."
Angé complained in his heart that time is unforgiving. The king of the eight Snake families has become a slow-reacting old man. It turns out that no one can escape the passage of time.
Even though he had just been beaten up by a kid, Uesugi Yue was ultimately a top hybrid. If anything unexpected happened to the God-killing Plan, he would be a powerful helper.
So, he simply talked about the fierce ghosts, the eight snake families and the revival of the White King, and waited for Uesugi Yue to express his opinion.
"White King..." Uesugi Yue frowned, scratching his head but he couldn't figure out why that kid named Lu Mingfei caused such a big fuss just a few days after arriving in Japan.
As expected, those who are favored by Angers are all troublemakers.
However, those things have nothing to do with him anymore.
Today, Uesugi Yue is no longer the emperor of the Snake Eight Clans, but just an old man selling ramen. His only wish in life is to return to the church on the outskirts of Lyon, France, listen to the glory of the Lord and fall into eternal sleep.
Of course, he now has one more wish in life.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Ange knew that he definitely didn't want to get involved in this troublesome matter. After all, after leaving the center of the storm for so many years, it does take some courage to step back into the vortex that can cause one to sink forever.
But this old guy chose to escape back then. Although it was shameful, it was indeed useful.
"Tell me about it, your child."
"According to the information I received, the head of the Uesugi family should be the daughter of the previous head of the family, Tachibana Masamune."
Angé heard the last words of Tachibana Masamune from Inuyama He, which were somewhat different from what Uesugi Yue said.
"Bullshit, Eri and my mother when they were young are just like two peas in a pod. Who the hell is a guy named Tachibana? Is he worthy of that?"
Uesugi Yue's eyes were full of disdain. If Tachibana Masamune hadn't been confused, he would have dug out the other party's eyes and made him face the reality.
Under Ange's inquiring gaze, Uesugi Yue sighed deeply and told him his past.
"My father is the last heir of the Uesugi family, but he was obsessed with Go and became a Go Master." Uesugi Yue said in a low voice, with a bit of sarcasm and emotion in his tone:
"He is a complete idiot. The reason he is obsessed with Go is that he hates his bloodline and wants to escape reality. Unexpectedly, he won my mother's favor by accident."
"My mother was a French nun who fell in love with my father during a blind chess match. They eloped to Lyon, but were hunted by the Fuma family."
"The tragedy of Madame Butterfly?" asked Ange.
"No, it's The Escape of a Stallion." Uesugi Yue shook his head, "My father was forced to return to Japan to be a breeding machine, and my mother raised me in the church under an assumed name."
Ange noticed the change in his address - distant "Dad" to intimate "Mom".
Uesugi Yue continued to tell his story. He grew up in France and often went to church to pray just to see his mother from afar. In his heart, his mother was as holy as an angel.
But the peaceful daily life was broken one afternoon when his bloodline awakened and his power went out of control, reducing three city blocks to ruins.
Just when he was in a state of panic, the priest of the Snake Eight Clan found him and said that he was the emperor and wanted to welcome him back to Japan to ascend the throne.
After arriving in Japan, he was given a grand welcome and a coronation ceremony was held. He had seven Japanese wives and lived a dissolute life every day, completely forgetting the good manners he had maintained in France and throwing his mother's advice to the winds.
When World War II broke out, the Eight Snake Clans advocated war, hoping to benefit from the war and suppress the European hybrids.
He lived a good life in the early stages of the war, until France surrendered. He was worried about his mother's safety and was relieved to learn that his mother had left France and her whereabouts were unknown.
However, when Japan was defeated and the Emperor announced unconditional surrender, Angers came to take over the Japanese mixed-race. After his assassination attempt failed, he received the Tokyo Trial testimony sent by the other party, and found that his mother died in that brutal massacre and her body was desecrated.
However, the war criminal who desecrated his mother's corpse was hailed as a hero and worshipped at the family shrine.
In a rage, he rushed into the shrine, cut off Fujiwara Katsu's spirit tablet, kicked over the eternal lamp, scattered the ashes, burned the shrine down, and killed many people to vent his anger.
There are people who want to stop him, people who want to subdue him, and there are also innocent poor people who long for forgiveness.
But he spared no one. His mind was filled with violent desires and he said nothing, just swinging his knife and killing people.
In the end, he killed his seven wives. Looking at their bodies floating on the water, he suddenly realized that his mother committed suicide because she could not tolerate his participation in the war and being the spiritual leader of the mob. The person his mother cursed in the end was him.
From then on, he changed his identity and became an ordinary ramen chef. Whenever he had free time, he would go to the community church to volunteer to wash away his sins.
He remained childless throughout his life, just to end the curse of the royal blood from his generation.
But what was unexpected was that the genetic samples extracted from the Eight Clans of Sheqi actually produced offspring. His bloodline was finally continued, but the curse of the imperial blood continued.
Ange also knew that Tachibana Masamune's death was related to Minamoto no Chijo, but he felt that Inuyama He did not tell him the whole story when he told him this, and there must be some hidden secret.
"I have been retired for more than 60 years, Ange." Uesugi Yue's voice was hoarse, "I thought this life would end peacefully, but fate did not let me go after all."
"Including me?"
"Including you."
"I will not return to the Snake Eight Clan, nor will I help you kill the gods." Uesugi Yue said indifferently, "I hate Japan. This country has taken too many things from me."
"But...I do owe it to those kids."
Yuan Zhisheng now, just like he was back then, may be thrown to the front and take the blame at any time. As a father, he does not want to see a similar tragedy happen to his children.
So, he would do what he could.
(End of this chapter)
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