Chapter 287 Murasame's Changes, Old Tang's Sudden Self
The words "my father" were like a thunderbolt, which stunned Eri.
The girl's slender fingers twisted the corners of her clothes unconsciously, leaving deep wrinkles on the shrine maiden's costume.
Since she was a child, Tachibana Masamune told her that she was the only one left in the Uesugi family, and her parents and other clan members had passed away long ago.
Even though he later learned in a dream that he was a sibling of Gen Chisheng and Gen Chinu, it was clear that all that was left of his father in the dream was a black-and-white portrait of a serious old man with a big beard.
She blinked blankly, her long eyelashes casting tiny shadows in the light.
Subconsciously, she turned her head to look for Lu Mingfei, but found that the pair of eyes that were always smiling and gentle were now filled with complicated emotions.
Lu Mingfei once thought of stopping them from recognizing each other, but he would never lie to her at this moment and nodded slightly.
Seeing him nod, Eri became even more confused.
She glanced sideways at her two brothers, but found that Yuan Zhisheng looked calm, and Yuan Zhinu even seemed to understand a little, so it was obvious that they also knew about it.
Uesugi Yue looked at his daughter's confused and bewildered look and slowly sat back in his seat.
"My name is Uesugi Koshi. I came to Japan from France..." The old man's voice was as hoarse as a rusty knife as he recounted the dusty past.
From the gangster boss during World War II, to the good-for-nothing uncle who lives in seclusion at a ramen stall, to the now old and terminally ill old man, the content of the stories is exactly the same as the information left in the archives, but it is a little more subjective.
Among them, the focus was on criticizing the fact that the information left by Herzog to fool Minamoto no Chisei and the Snake Eight families said that Eri was actually his daughter. He gritted his teeth and wanted to jump into the cesspool to fish out his corpse and chop it up.
Eri actually didn't feel anything after hearing this. Even though Uesugi Yue's past could be described as full of ups and downs, for her with a distorted and imaginative worldview, her level of tragedy might not be as great as Lelouch's.
As for Genjitsu, his reaction was actually not that big. Kazama Ruri's personality had disappeared, but this body had once carried an angry emperor. Under self-hypnosis and imitation, Genjitsu was no longer the cowardly and kind-hearted mountain boy.
In his opinion, Uesugi Kou's experience was purely his own fault. He had a glorious life for half of his life, but after suffering some setbacks, he became depressed and exiled himself. Unlike the three siblings, they had been put in invisible shackles since birth, and were controlled like puppets, living in a script called tragedy and suffering all kinds of pain.
If it weren't for the brother-in-law's intrusion, their ending would have been extremely miserable. Unlike Uesugi Yue, who only suffered a little inner torment, he could kill anyone he wanted, run away whenever he wanted, live in seclusion whenever he wanted, or go abroad and wait for death whenever he wanted.
It's just that Yuan Zhisheng is an honest man with strong empathy, so he is not as clear-sighted as his younger brothers and sisters who have character flaws.
Shang Shanyue was a little embarrassed. His son and daughter's reactions were a little beyond his expectations. He wanted to continue to follow the speech he had prepared all night, saying that he wanted a chance to make up for the fatherly love they had missed in the past, but Lu Mingfei repeated something first:
"Your mother's name is Charlotte Chen? Chinese and French?"
His mother has always been the deepest pain in Uesugi Yue's heart. He didn't even dare to ask for her forgiveness during the worship service in the community church. But after all, many years have passed, so he didn't need to panic when he heard her name, so he nodded.
"Is she from a large Chinese family, the Chen family of Beijing?"
Uesugi Yue pondered for a moment and shook his head: "I only know that my grandfather came from a large family, but my mother's generation had lost contact with them, otherwise she would not have returned to France to become a nun after her failed attempt to elope with my father."
Yuan Zhisheng asked Lu Mingfei if he knew anything. He said that if nothing unexpected happened, your grandmother's people are still alive and well, but they are suspected of being traitors.
Yuan Zhisheng didn't know what "Erguizi" meant, but he knew that people over there called people from their country "little devils", and he guessed it wasn't a nice word.
"Okay, now that we've talked about it, let's just leave it at that for now. You guys should do what you need to do. I'm taking Eri back to China, so I won't keep you for dinner."
Lu Mingfei looked at the time and saw it was almost time for dinner, so he started to chase people away.
Uesugi Yueke had no idea that his precious daughter was going to be kidnapped by the yellow-haired boy to a foreign country. He wanted to be anxious, but he had no right to be. He could only look at Gen Chisei and hope that he, the brother who had truly fulfilled his brotherly duties, would say a few words.
But Yuan Zhisheng has to prevent tragedies like his and his brother from happening again, and also to make up for the mistakes he made in the past. Although he is just taking the lead in the work, everything is difficult at the beginning. Solving the grievances between the Eight Snake Families and the Oni Clan is bound to be troublesome. He cannot take good care of Eri in a short time, so he simply lets her go abroad with Lu Mingfei to relax.
As for Uesugi Yue, this man was only reliable once in his life yesterday. Gen Chisei was not at all confident in leaving his sister to his care, and besides, Eri might not be willing either.
So Uesugi Yue could only follow Minamoto no Chisei with a depressed look on his face.
He came with a huge fortune of 1.2 billion US dollars, hoping to get a chance to take up his father's responsibilities again. Unfortunately, his two children were not interested and his eldest son didn't need the money. How could he describe his mood in one word: depressed.
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
Looking back at Takama-ga-hara nightclub, Uesugi Yue recalled the farewell words he wanted to say before being chopped away by Lu Mingfei's sword last night. Such a cool sentence, but now it is difficult to say it out loud.
The good fight was ended by others, and the path that should have been kept was not kept. Looking ahead, it seemed that the road to the end was still a long way off.
The three divers had already left, and Uesugi Yue got into Gen Chisei's car, his eyes still reluctant to leave.
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All of Gen Chinu's supporters died at the hands of Gen Chisheng, but the remaining fierce ghosts were leaderless, so they would naturally support the only emperor and pray for his protection.
The mistakes he made in the past will not disappear just because Ruri Kazama's personality disappears, so he can only find a way to atone for his sins.
This was a matter between brothers, and they knew that Lu Mingfei didn't want to get involved. He just waited until they were sent on the plane before regrouping his old team and starting a new chapter in their lives.
Old Tang came back just in time for lunch, and he was accompanied by Longma Xun who was carrying a large suitcase. It seemed that this girl was really determined to get hold of Old Tang and wouldn't let go.
"Where is Lao Feng? Didn't he say we were going to China together?" Lao Tang asked curiously when he couldn't find Finkel.
"He was caught by their principal to write a mission report. He will be back when he boards the plane." Lu Mingfei was observing Chu Zihang's demon sword Murasame and answered casually.
Fingel's full name is Fingel von Frings. Old Tang once joked that Fingel was so talkative and his middle name was Feng. I heard that there is a famous crosstalk actor in China who also has the last name Feng. So why not just call him Lao Feng from now on.
Finkel didn't mind it at all, and said that he became so fluent in Chinese because he watched Mr. Feng's crosstalk.
It's a pity that his words are not effective, otherwise a sentence like "I miss you guys so much" would completely kill the game.
Here, Chu Zihang continued the topic that was interrupted. When Lu Mingfei and the Huangxue family were dealing with household chores, Cheng Shuangfan approached him alone and said that he wanted to borrow his knife for a look.
Chu Zihang thought that Caesar had told others about how he had released the alchemical matrix engraved inside the demon sword Murasame in the underground garage and attached Jun Yan, so he didn't doubt anything and handed the sword to the other party.
But Cheng Shuangfan just pulled out the knife and took a quick look. When he found that there was an inscription on the snow-white blade, his face showed visibly disappointed, as if his inner guess was slightly different from reality.
But he still asked with anticipation where the knife came from.
Chu Zihang heard some clues and suspected that the other party knew the demon sword Murasame, and even knew his father.
"This is what my father left me," he said.
When Cheng Shuangfan heard this, his eyes widened, and his hand holding the knife trembled a little. It took him a lot of effort to sheath the knife.
Chu Zihang could see that he probably had something else to ask, but after hesitating for a long time, he held it back. He returned the knife to him and left in a hurry, looking as if he was going to question someone.
After listening to everything, including the information that Ange told Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei muttered to himself that Uncle Chu was worthy of being Uncle Chu, and he was indeed a nobody in both his past and present lives, but he was a bit of a scumbag in this life.
"When did the inscription on this sword appear?" Lu Mingfei looked down at the demon sword Murasame.
The blade is as bright as a mirror, with a graceful and solemn arc. It is made of iron and has no guard. The blade is engraved with electric-shaped folds called "Inazuma". Dew will condense on the blade if it is wielded for a long time.
But now, there are several more golden inscriptions at the root of the sword - Chaogang Xiyu·Tianmo Hunmie!
Cheng Shuangfan was greatly disappointed when he saw this golden inscription.
"Last night." Chu Zihang replied.
After he killed someone and wiped his knife last night, the blade was still as white as snow, without a single spot of color, except for an extra line of golden inscriptions at the base of the blade.
After testing, he found that it did not affect usage and there was no special feeling when touched, so he did not care too much about it.
"Hey, that's strange." Lu Mingfei also frowned, but frowning didn't let him know what was wrong with Murasame.
When Minamoto Chisei was rescued from the town of Kadori before, he helped to take a look and said that the Murasame sword definitely had a history of more than 300 years. It should be an alchemical weapon modeled after the fictional demon sword Murasame in "The Legend of the Eight Dogs of Nanso Satomi". He promised to help Chu Zihang find relevant clues after returning.
In Japan, even if the famous swords that can truly slay dragons and behead demons are not collected by the Eight Snake Families, they are all recorded in a book called "The Great Mirror of Swords". However, Gen Chisei went back and flipped through the book again and again and found that there was no record of Murasame in the book.
There is no record of another Muramasa being lost in the Nibelungen.
There is no demon sword Murasame in history. There are many swords named Muramasa, but none of them are alchemical weapons and are not worthy of being recorded in "The Great Mirror of Swords".
Chu Zihang recalled the rainy night that brought about a radical change in his life. He clearly remembered the scene where the man used the long sword that he claimed to be "The Divine Sword Murasame" but was actually "The Divine Sword Muramasa" to kill more than a dozen Deadpools. How could such a feat be achieved by an ordinary famous sword?
Speaking of which, the man was indeed confused. Not only did he get on the wrong elevated road, he also remembered the wrong name of the knife.
If Murasame could talk, then the dewdrops that fall when it is waved might be the saliva it spews out as it spews out dirty words.
The two of them were thinking seriously. Old Tang next to them looked at them strangely and came over to take a look. He said directly:
"This is because the alchemical matrix inside the alchemical knife has become visible after being bathed in too much high-concentration dragon blood. If left alone, it will return to normal after tomorrow."
He said this lightly, and it sounded as normal as when someone gets angry after drinking.
But Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang were the first to look at him with surprised eyes.
“No, how did you know?” Lu Mingfei tilted his head and looked at Old Tang. He didn’t understand how this “psychic insulator” who didn’t even know about dragons and hybrids and had lived in confusion for more than 20 years suddenly became enlightened. Could it be that he had encountered similar objects when he was performing in tombs?
But they were not the only ones who were surprised. Old Tang himself was also confused after he said this.
Is this knowledge that you can know? And you said it so smoothly, so naturally?
"Hiss - I don't know either." Old Tang scratched his head and took a deep breath, frowning as he recalled the feeling just now:
"After seeing the changes in the blade, this idea naturally popped into my mind."
Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang looked at each other and realized the seriousness of the problem.
Lu Mingfei had long suspected the authenticity of Lao Tang's nationality, and Chu Zihang also had doubts last night when he saw Lao Tang ignoring Time Zero and easily subduing the group of Deadpools when they were besieged in Takama-ga-hara. Now they have come to the same conclusion.
No matter what Old Tang was like in the past, he is now becoming more and more inhuman. It would not be surprising if he had horns on his head and a tail behind him.
Dragons need some time to regain their memories and adapt their bloodlines at the beginning of their revival, and Lao Tang’s changes are in line with this characteristic.
Lu Mingfei clenched his fist. He was good at three types of boxing - the Friendship Breaking Fist, the Return My Pretty Fist, and the Personality Correction Fist.
If Old Tang's ideology really slips, then his iron fist of love may hit Old Tang on the head.
This punch, ten years of training, can you withstand it?
You will die.
Old Tang was frightened by the way Lu Mingfei stared at him with his fists clenched. The strange emotions that had just appeared in his mind disappeared instantly. He pointed at him and said:
"Hey, what do you want to do?"
"No, I'm just itching to fight. How about we go to the octagonal cage?" Lu Mingfei grinned evilly, with a weird look on his face that said, "Elbow, follow me into the house."
What is a brother?
When you are in danger, your brothers are your greatest sense of security.
When there is no danger, your brothers are your greatest danger.
"Get out of here, get out of here. I have nothing better to do than to fight with you." Old Tang rolled his eyes. If it was a game, he could still go up and seek abuse, but forget about Mortal Kombat.
I don't know what happened in the past two days, but I felt a little scared when I met Mingming's eyes. It's hard to say whether he fell off a cliff while traveling and was rescued by the white-bearded old man, who taught him martial arts and even mastered a unique martial art.
Murasame's problem was temporarily solved, but there were too many remaining doubts, about Uncle Chu, about Cheng Shuangfan, about Old Tang...
It seems that I will be busy and busy again after I return.
Lu Mingfei stretched lazily. There will always be a way when you reach the mountain, and there will always be more solutions than problems when you reach the bridge.
This time, I will carry the whole game!
(End of this chapter)
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