Chapter 285 Chu Tianjiao, the new head of the family
The next morning, Humpback Whale and a group of gigolos rushed back to Takama-ga-hara, and were in tears when they saw the mess inside the nightclub.
Although the ownership of Takama-hara is no longer in his hands, he truly regards Takama-hara as his home and a safe haven for all lonely women.
Seeing it suffer such a disaster, how could he not feel heartbroken? He was so heartbroken that he almost couldn't breathe.
The other cowherds also looked sad.
Sakurai Akira mingled in the crowd and looked at the damage to Takama-ga-hara. He could tell at a glance that this was definitely not caused by an earthquake. After all, the elevator door that was torn open and the bullet holes on the wall floor and ceiling could not lie.
Takamagahara definitely experienced a big battle last night.
No wonder the store manager took everyone to the Gigolo Association yesterday, and said that no matter how big the problem was, they should keep it to themselves and go back to solve it the next day.
Everyone was smart and saw the truth but didn't say anything. Sakurai Akira said hello and went upstairs to find his sister and brother-in-law to see if they were hurt.
The first and second floors were in such a horrible state that they were almost unrecognizable. If you looked carefully, you could even smell a faint smell of blood in the air.
I have to say that the aftermath personnel of the Eight Snake Qi Families were indeed professional. They cleaned up most of the traces of the battle in just one night. Last night, the river of blood marinated the first and second floors, and now the remaining smell cannot be detected unless you smell it carefully.
Sakurai Akira saw his sister and brother-in-law on the third floor. They were still hanging out together all day as usual and just nodded when they saw him.
After saying hello and quietly leaving their private room, Sakurai Akira went to look for Seniors Old Tang and Finkel who had taken good care of him.
However, only Old Tang was here today. Finkel went to find the Kassel College group early in the morning. Before leaving, he also went to find Chu Zihang and asked him if he wanted to go together. The latter thought for a moment and left together.
Although he has decided to stay with Lu Mingfei until the end, Kassel Academy will always be a melting pot for him to hone his edge.
Professor Schneider's strict guidance, the Lionheart Society's inherited responsibility, and the resources the academy poured into him, these bonds should not end in a break.
Lu Mingfei didn't stop him after knowing this. He knew that Ange would definitely come to Takama-ga-hara before he left, but this was a matter of attitude.
He could ridicule the secret party without restraint, because they owed each other nothing and he didn't covet anything.
But Chu Zihang is different. Kassel Academy witnessed his growth from a vengeful boy to a true warrior.
Some farewells need to be done in a dignified manner.
As for the rule that one must undergo brainwashing after leaving Kassel Academy and eliminate all knowledge related to dragons, hybrids and secret parties, if anyone dared to mention this rule in front of Lu Mingfei, he would remove that person's head, wash it with concentrated sulfuric acid, and then throw it into a septic tank with Herzog.
And Angé was also very clear about this, so when Finkel and Chu Zihang found him, he did not care about the fact that they did not respond to the deep diving plan and did not report it.
Finkel made a copy of the previously filmed battle footage for Ange. Although the key killing scene was missing, the wonderful shot of Lu Mingfei wielding his sword to slay the god was not missed.
As for how the remains of the Yamata no Orochi were dealt with, Finkel told the truth. The skeleton of the Yamata no Orochi that was burned by fire was taken away by "Susan", and the holy remains were also scattered on the spot by Lu Mingfei, and no ashes were left.
Ange nodded slightly and said nothing, as long as they were killed completely.
Next it was Chu Zihang's turn, but before he could open his mouth to express his plans, Angers had already promised to give him a long vacation and return to school when he had finished his work.
As for the final exams and the like, he can find time to come back and make up for them. The school will not hold him back a grade, but the position of Lionheart Club president may not be given to him by then.
"Why?" Chu Zihang didn't understand. Kassel College had been established for more than a hundred years, and no one had ever received such a privilege.
Is it just because of Lu Mingfei?
Ange did not answer immediately, but just glanced at Finkel, who was trying hard to conceal his presence and trying to eavesdrop on some gossip. Seeing that he could not rely on his talent to simulate the words and ghosts, he could only leave in disappointment.
After he left, Ange said, "I could tell from the first time we met that you are an avenger like me, with the fire of revenge burning in your eyes."
Chu Zihang is one of the few people who took the initiative to approach Kassel College over the years. Although it was Professor Schneider who contacted him and accepted him as a student, Angé had been watching him quietly from an invisible place.
Others don’t know where Chu Zihang’s dragon blood comes from, but he knows it clearly.
"Some hatred must be washed away with blood." Angers looked at him, his tone not serious, as if he was chatting about family matters, but his words were full of the majesty of a lion:
"I know that you have been following the footsteps left by your father over the years, looking for the murderer who killed him. In order to seek revenge, you even used the blood-blasting secret technique to forcibly enhance your bloodline."
Chu Zihang remained silent. He knew that what he did was not in compliance with school rules and the secret party's regulations, but he couldn't stop.
After a long silence, he looked up at Ange and said, "Do you know my father?"
He only told Schneider about his father, but the latter could not find the name Chu Tianjiao in the list of the executive department, as if such a person had never existed.
But Chu Zihang remembered very clearly that when the man was rushing towards the god, he took out the weapon box of Kassel Academy and warned him not to apply for this academy full of crazy people.
This only shows that Professor Schneider does not have enough authority. After all, he was promoted to executive minister a few years ago and has no right to access some gray lists and top-secret files.
If you want to know, perhaps only the principal or the school board has the authority to read it.
"Chu Tianjiao, graduated from Kassel Academy in 1987, an S-level hybrid, is one of the top ten super executives since the academy was founded."
Angé looked at Chu Zihang, his gaze sliding from his handsome face to the demon sword Murasame hanging on his waist. It was hard to tell what emotion was in his silver-gray eyes, it was very complicated.
"He was the strongest fighter in the Executive Department at the time. I sent him to China to carry out a top-secret mission... You should know what happened afterwards."
Chu Zihang certainly knew what happened later. The super hybrid with zero time fell in love with a woman who danced beautifully and had a child with her.
He could have provided his wife and children with a comfortable life with his extraordinary abilities, but he disguised himself as a coward, and in the end, he not only lost his wife and children, but also his own life.
It was difficult to describe Chu Zihang’s current mood, and he even didn’t know how to face this absurd fact.
He is no longer the boy who knew nothing about the world of dragons and hybrids. He now knows what an S-rank hybrid means and how powerful Time Zero is.
Even a B-rank Fujiwara Nobunosuke could beat him without any chance of fighting back. As an S-rank hybrid, that man must be even stronger.
But unfortunately, they all died on the same rainy night.
"He..." Chu Zihang opened his mouth and found that his voice was a little hoarse.
He had many questions to ask, whether the man had completed his mission, whether he abandoned his wife and children because of the regulations of the academy and the executive department, and whether he was unwilling to make progress and willing to be a useless person was also a requirement of the mission...
But when I think that person is no longer here, all this seems less important.
Moreover, if he really wanted to ask, he also wanted to ask the man himself, what does the answer he got from others mean.
Lu Mingfei said that the man might not be dead, so there must be a glimmer of hope. He wanted to save the question for himself to ask.
"What kind of man was he?"
Ange thought for a moment and answered simply and clearly: "He is an excellent warrior."
Kassel Academy only reformed its educational policy in recent years. Before, they did not train dragon-slaying leaders at all, but only mass-produced soldiers. After graduation, students were only evaluated by the academy as qualified, average, and excellent soldiers.
And Chu Tianjiao is the best warrior.
Even Caesar, Chu Zihang, and even Finkel, are not as good as him.
But the more outstanding a person is, the more likely he is to fail. Maybe Chu Tianjiao, as his name suggests, is sometimes too proud and overconfident, so he resolutely stepped onto the viaduct even when something was obviously wrong.
"Thank you." Chu Zihang bowed slightly.
Angers sighed slightly: "I shouldn't tell you these things now, but since you have decided to leave with Lu Mingfei, I can't pretend to be confused and let you cross the river by feeling the stones, otherwise I'm afraid that Mingfei will point at your nose and scold you."
The reason why he confessed today was because he had witnessed Lu Mingfei's strength in freezing the sea with one sword, and he believed that the other party would be able to hold on and would not let the tragedy that happened to him in the past happen again.
Looking at Chu Zihang's back as he turned and left, Angé thought of the past a hundred years ago when he and Menech, the first leader of the Lionheart Society, had fought together for the cause of slaying dragons.
At that time, they were just like Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang now, who regarded each other as family, companions and brothers, but because they provoked an enemy that was difficult to defeat, he was the only one left to die.
With a long sigh, he called Uesugi Yue, who was still dressing himself up in the bedroom, and went to Takama-ga-hara together with Finkel and Chu Zihang.
Lu Mingfei is preparing to return to China today, time waits for no one.
At the same time, in the mountains of Kobe, inside the Snake Hachika Shrine.
The surviving senior officials and heads of various families gathered together. The heavy wooden door slowly closed behind them, making a long creaking sound.
Inside this hall, the scent of sandalwood is wafting.
The white-haired elders of the Strategy Department sat upright, the elites of the Liaison Department looked solemn, the members of the Outer Five Families looked sad, the cadres of the Kansai Branch were silent, the scholars of the Ganliu Research Institute and the technicians of the Maruyama Construction Institute stood in awe...
A total of 288 people attended the meeting, and all of them were present.
Yuan Zhisheng's eyes swept across the slightly empty hall.
At the last family meeting, all 432 seats were filled.
Of the 144 people who were absent, less than ten were able to return here.
The God-Slaying Campaign wiped out most of the clan's combat power, with the frontline combat units suffering the heaviest losses. Even all members of the Kanto branch were killed in the battle, with no one surviving.
The six family heads took their seats one by one.
The vacant seat on the left for the head of the Tachibana family is also covered with plain white brocade, symbolizing that he has passed away.
The seat of the Uesugi family on the right was also vacant, and everyone had long been accustomed to Eri's absence.
However, the vacant position of the patriarch still caused sadness in the eyes of everyone present.
Fuma Kotaro and Minamoto Chisei sat next to each other. The nearly hundred-year-old Ninja King had a calm expression and his eyes slowly swept over everyone present.
At a time when the patriarch is absent and the emperor is not on the throne, as the young head of the family, it is only natural that he should preside over this meeting that will surely shake the entire Japanese underworld.
"Gentlemen." Fuma Kotaro's voice was not loud, but it instantly silenced the entire meeting room. "In yesterday's battle, we accomplished the feat that our ancestors had always dreamed of - killing gods!"
"With the fall of the White King, the curse that shrouded our bloodline has vanished."
"We paid a heavy price for this, losing many of our compatriots, and even when we wanted to hold a funeral for them, we couldn't find their remains to bury them."
"But their sacrifice was worth it. They used their lives to ensure that their descendants would no longer have to live under the shadow of God..."
Everyone was touched by Fuma Kotaro's words, but their emotions soon turned into shock and anger.
Because after remembering and expressing gratitude for the sacrifices made by the victims for the family, he actually pointed the finger at the already deceased Masamune Tachibana, saying that the resurgence of the gods, the rise of the demon clan, and the rampant Deadpool in recent years were all due to that respected and beloved patriarch!
"Tachibana Masamune deceived us. He served as the leader of both the Demon Clan and the Eight Snake Clan at the same time, causing the White King's bloodline to fall into serious internal friction and continuously splitting our tribe."
Everyone was angry but speechless in the face of the facts presented by Fuma Kotaro. They just felt it was absurd and hard to accept that the patriarch who always thought about the tribe members could be so despicable. All of them were manipulated by that hypocritical guy and were willing to die for him.
They were deeply shaken in their hearts, and even ignored the sacred atmosphere of the temple and began to discuss among themselves, thinking about the consequences of this news spreading.
But it was obvious that Fuma Kotaro did not intend to give them too much time to think. After stopping their almost emotional conversation, he announced that they would move on to the main topic of the day - the election of the 74th head of the family.
The two hundred and eighty-eight people in the hall were silent, looking at the six family heads, wondering who would ascend to the top.
The head of the Fengma family has the longest seniority and is also the young head of the family, so the probability is the highest.
The head of the Inuyama family is very powerful and is the first director of the Japanese branch, so it is understandable that he serves as the head of the family.
The head of the Longma family is also a possibility.
It’s not impossible for the head of the Sakurai family.
Could it be the head of the Miyamoto family?
Holy shit, how come all five family heads nominated the head of the Yuan family to be the head of the family? !
There was silence in the hall, and everyone looked at each other, unable to hide their shock.
Who would have thought that the young patriarch who was usually criticized could gain unanimous support from the five outer families?
Although family meetings usually require everyone to vote, the five family heads have already expressed their opinions, and their clansmen and members who depend on them will inevitably vote according to their wishes.
There are only a few relatively independent departments within the palace, such as the Kansai Branch and Maruyama Construction Office, but their combined share is only one-fifth of the palace.
There's no point in even voting on this. Just pass it unanimously.
Fuma Kotaro tapped the table with his old fingers, breaking the silence with a crisp sound: "Everyone, please vote."
Crow and Yaksha raised their hands immediately, with surprise and joy on their faces, not understanding how their young master was suddenly pushed to the position of head of the family.
Didn’t he talk about going to France to live out his retirement life before? How come he took over the position of supreme leader in just one night?
If the occasion wasn't inappropriate, they would really want to slap themselves twice to see if they were still in their drunken dream.
The result of the vote was no surprise. Yuan Zhisheng won with an overwhelming majority of votes and became the 74th head of the Sheqi Eight Families.
The young emperor walked slowly towards the main seat, the dark patterns on his black kimono faintly visible in the candlelight. When he sat down, the air in the entire hall seemed to freeze.
"I'm here today to accomplish one thing." Yuan Zhisheng's voice was terrifyingly calm. "Once I'm done, I'll resign immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience was in an uproar again.
Everyone was stunned, not knowing what Yuan Zhisheng was up to. Even the five family heads had strange expressions on their faces. Only Sakura, who was also in the corner of the hall, looked normal, as if she had already known his plan.
Yuan Zhisheng did not intend to explain too much, and regardless of everyone's doubts, he got straight to the point:
“As you all know, the bloodline we are so proud of is actually a curse left to us by our ancestors.
It is this so-called White King bloodline that created all of you here today, but it also destroyed countless of our compatriots."
The hall gradually became quiet, and everyone understood what he was going to say.
"The fierce ghosts share the same bloodline as us, and we share the same roots. The purer the dragon blood, the greater the possibility of turning into an evil ghost. Every new member of the tribe may become one of them.
They are the shadows that the Eight Clans of Sheqi cannot get rid of. As long as their bloodline continues, evil spirits will continue to be born and gather.
This fate that has lasted for thousands of years has long been engraved in our bones and blood."
"And now that God is dead, it's time to cut off fate!"
Inuyama He asked in a deep voice: "What does the head of the family want to do? Are you going to declare war on the demons?"
"On the contrary."
Yuan Zhisheng shook his head slightly, his eyes falling on the empty seat of the Tachibana family: "Although Tachibana Masamune's death is not a pity, he did something good for the family before his death. He took away all the most radical, crazy and dangerous demons and buried them together in the hands of God.
Now, most of the remaining ghosts are just poor people who are trying to find a place to live.
They were forced to flee because of their unstable bloodline. They didn't intend to evolve into dragons, nor did they intend to fight to the death with the Eight Snake Clans. They just wanted to find a place where they would not be imprisoned and live a stable life."
Yuan Zhisheng glanced at everyone with his evil eyes, with a hint of chillness:
“These compatriots who share the same bloodline deserve the protection of their family.
If we treat them well, they will stay with us.
We abandoned them in the wilderness, and they will take revenge on us..."
(End of this chapter)
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