After a long while, the two kneeling people felt their bodies lighten, and the tingling sight disappeared. Abe Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Elder Kakuichi had a strange temper and even dared to refuse the Emperor entry. They were lucky to be able to meet him so smoothly today.
"Abe Jun, what do you want from me?"
A low, hoarse voice came from the platform. Jun Abe raised his head, a look of awe on his face, and said:
"Master Kakuichi, my son has contracted a strange disease. He's been to every major hospital in Japan for the past six months, but nothing has worked. I suspect he's been targeted by some Chinese sorcery. Although Abe Okamon is unworthy, he's a direct descendant of the Abe family. Please, for my father's sake, save him..."
After saying that, Abe Jun kowtowed again, and gave his son a look, asking him to play the victim. Abe Okamon immediately cried out in a sobbing voice, "Please, Elder Kakuichi." Unfortunately, his physical strength was too poor. After kowtowed twice, he felt dizzy and fell to the ground, not daring to move.
Abe Kakuichi sneered and said with disdain, "Abe Jun, don't scare me with Abe Takemaru's name. Not to mention that he is now a pile of yellow earth. Even when he was alive, if he asked me to do something, it would depend on whether I was in a good mood or not!"
Hearing Abe Kakuichi say this, Abe Jun quickly fell to the ground, kowtowed, and apologized. The Abe family's current situation was entirely thanks to Kakuichi. He was in his prime, and even if his son died, he could still have another son. But if he offended Elder Kakuichi, causing him to harbor resentment towards the family and even leave the family to start his own business, he would be the eternal sinner of the Abe family! Abe Jun knew exactly what was more important.
It was not known whether it was because of Abe Jun's sincerity or because Abe Takemaru still had some feelings for him, but although Abe Kakuichi was unhappy, he did not ask them to leave. He continued slowly:
"But I am a member of the Abe family after all. Since you have come to me for help, I can't just ignore it. As usual..."
Abe Jun was overjoyed and quickly replied, "Yes! I know the rules. I've already brought the people here. They're waiting at the shrine entrance. They're all young girls around fifteen or sixteen years old—!"
Seeing that Abe Jun was so understanding, Abe Kakuichi was very satisfied and immediately waved to Abe Okamon to come forward.
Abe Okamon's legs were numb from kneeling and he couldn't stand up, so he had to crawl over using his hands and feet.
Abe Kakuichi sat cross-legged on the platform, his eyes seemed to have substance as he looked at Abe Okamon from head to toe several times. After a cup of tea, Kakuichi's gaze stopped at Abe Okamon's position, and he let out a strange laugh like a night owl.
"Hehehe, this is truly Chinese magic. Interesting, really interesting!"
Kakuichi let Abe Okamon lie flat on the platform, slowly stretched out his left hand, and hovered above Abe Okamon's Dahe acupoint, as if he was casting a spell.
Kakuichi always wore a glove on his left hand. The leather was so fine and soft that even the artificial wrinkles looked like natural ones. Only a few high-ranking members of the Abe family knew what leather Kakuichi's gloves were made of. To satisfy Kakuichi's habit, whenever the family needed an elder to intervene, he would be provided with large sums of money and property as well as the raw materials for making the leather gloves.
Kakuichi closed his eyes, exerted strength in his left hand, and his entire palm seemed to be shaking at a amplitude that could not be distinguished by the naked eye. With a light "puff" sound, a short needle as thick as a cow hair shot out from Abe Okamon Dahe's position, and Abe Kakuichi's palm was like a magnet, sucking the cow hair needle firmly into his palm.
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