Know Yourself in the Dragon World

Chapter 321: The Significance of the Kanto Branch (Part )

Things got serious.

From Tachibana Masamune's questioning, it was obvious that he knew something about the Kanto branch.

Yuan Zhisheng felt as if one of his nerves had suddenly broken.

The silence of the family heads made Minamoto Chisei even more at a loss, even Ryoma Genichirō stopped talking.

"Mr. Masamune...please go ahead." Gen Chisei said softly.

Tachibana Masamune suddenly smiled, a smile that was familiar to Minamoto Chisei.

It was just like what this old man taught me many years ago when he was not so old.

And as recorded by the priest, Tachibana Masamune's smile when he handed over the power of the patriarch to Minamoto Chisei.

It is the joy of seeing the younger generation grow up, and the pride a father feels in his son's performance.

"That is the last weapon I leave for you, against the academy and the demons." Tachibana Masamune said, and then he started coughing again: "The children of the Kanto branch are no less loyal than anyone else."

The family heads were stunned, including Han Qiu who was outside the door.

Tachibana Masamune continued, "They are the last bargaining chips I have left for my family. Chisheng, make good use of them."

"Mr. Masamune...what do you mean?" Gen Chisei's severed nerves were reconnected.

But I don't understand the current situation.

"When the Kanto branch was first trained, it was to infiltrate the inner circle of the Oni-shu. They are not traitors, but for the sake of their family, they must consider themselves traitors. Unfortunately, the Oni-shu are too cautious. Over the years, Akechi Asuya could only bring the Kanto branch to this point, even at the cost of his own life and some people from Genji Heavy Industries."

"Sacrifice is inevitable as long as it is valuable," said Masamune Tachibana.

"Mr. Masamune, do you mean... that the actions of the Kanto branch were arranged by you?" Miyamoto Shio asked, "But isn't the price too high? If you want to plant spies, you can send one or two people."

"I have always been standing in front of the demons in person. I understand the demon group, but not that well. I once tried to do what the head of the Miyamoto family thought, but unfortunately, I never succeeded. The demon group has a keen sense of smell. To join them, one must submit a pledge of allegiance. The Kanto branch's pledge of allegiance almost led to the destruction of the main family, but it was also successful in getting accepted by the demon group." said Masamune Tachibana.

"Mr. Masamune, the assassination of me, including the Tama River area... was also arranged by you?" asked Minamoto Chisei.

"Chisheng, that incident was unexpected. It's my fault. I didn't expect that the fierce demons were determined to kill you at that time, and I didn't know that God was really in the Tama River area. The situation was very urgent at that time." Tachibana Masamune looked at Minamoto Chisheng guiltily.

He sadly recounted the situation at that time: "That day, Akechi Asuya called me and told me that the Oni clan had contacted him and said that if he wanted to prove his determination, he should follow the Oni clan's request and cooperate with the Oni clan's invasion of Genji Heavy Industries that night, and...sniper you."

"I thought those evil ghosts who dare not see people could not hurt you at all, but I never expected... little girl. Fortunately, Mr. Han has been paying attention to you secretly. He is the benefactor of the Sheqi Eight Clan."

"I asked Akechi Asuya to do what the Demon Clan asked. With Uesugi Koshi at Genji Heavy Industries, there shouldn't be any problems. I thought this was a risky move, but I didn't expect... it almost ruined the Snake Eight Families. But this sacrifice also made the Kanto branch completely accepted by the Demon Clan."

"It was also after that incident that I no longer had my guard against Mr. Han. I tried my best to meet his requests. He told us about the girl and the gods in advance, but we didn't believe it and believed that everything had to be seen with our own eyes."

"Akechi Asuya was a hero. He worked hard for his plan until his death, even if he had to bear the blame."

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Han Qiu sat on a chair outside the door, very angry.

This old guy is really good at making up stories, but the problem is that he makes them sound really realistic.

Han Qiu no longer had any hope. Since Tachibana Masamune dared to admit this, he must have set up certain evidence in advance.

Ryoma Genichirō has gone against his usual behavior, so it is very likely that he has some evidence.

It must be the evidence left by Tachibana Masamune.

Big Orange is still Big Orange, it’s decided.

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Tachibana Masamune continued to narrate, coughing from time to time, "I want to determine the location of God, so I have been secretly in contact with Nagashune and the others. The Demon Clan accepted them, but they still don't fully trust them, so they can't be considered the core of the Demon Clan."

"So I threw a lot of information to them in exchange for their trust. This time when Zhisheng came to Hokkaido, I was not worried about his safety because he was accompanied by Han Qiu, so I dared to continue to inform them. The captains of the Kanto branch are very smart, and they know what I mean."

"Forgive my selfishness and ruthlessness. Many people have been sacrificed during this period."

Tachibana Masamune stopped, stood up, bowed to the heads of several families, and silently took out his mobile phone.

He tore open his clothes again and took out a phone card.

He tremblingly put the phone card in in front of everyone.

"Everyone can take a look at the contact records between me and several captains since the day when the Kanto branch rebelled. For security reasons, several captains, including myself, have a number that cannot be locked by Kaguya-sama. It was set by me at the time with the authority of the head of the family, and it is located at the core of Kaguya-sama."

Yuan Zhisheng took the phone and looked through the text message records.

Akechi Asuya, Osafune, Kagehide...

Miyamoto Shio recalled that after Akechi Asuya died, he found a damaged cell phone on his body.

There was only one contact in that SIM card, and the only exchanges with that contact were text messages.

Yuan Zhisheng had called that number before, but it was always turned off.

Meanwhile, Kaguya's investigation did not reveal anything meaningful.

That's what happened.

Shio Miyamoto wrote down the number, took out his cell phone and dialed it.

When the phone in Yuan Zhisheng's hand rang, everything made sense and clear.

At the same time, the mobile phone provided by Tachibana Masamune began to emit a text message notification sound.

Kotetsu: The location has been found, Swan Lake in Hokkaido.

It was not real-time information, but information from two days ago, because Yuan Zhisheng cut off everyone's contact with the outside world, and due to the delay, the card was installed only now to react.

"Can I make a call?" Gen Chisei asked Tachibana Masamune.

"Whose text message is this?" Tachibana Masamune was delighted.

"Kotetsu." Genjisei said, showing the text message to several family heads.

This is the information that the Kanto branch exchanged for their reputation and lives, as well as the lives of many people from the Snake Eight Families.

"Let's fight back." said Masamune Tachibana.

Gen Chisheng dialed Kotetsu's number, and the call was connected after it rang for a long time.

There was a gunshot over there, and Kotetsu's voice was weak.

"Mr. Masamune, the location of the god has been found."

"I am Yuan Zhisheng." Yuan Zhisheng asked: "Where are you now?"

"Head?" Kotetsu was a little shocked. "I'm still in Tokyo, and I've run into some troubles... I can't say too much for now. The Kanto branch is destroying the Deadpools stored by the Oni Clan in Tokyo."

The hands-free mode was on, and all the household heads were shocked.

"The Kanto branch apologizes to everyone in the main family. The mistakes we made... are already being paid for with our lives. Please tell Mr. Masamune that Kotetsu has fulfilled his mission..."

The call was hung up and there was no way to know the situation on the other side.

But the family heads could roughly guess the ending.

Silence, deathly silence.

Until Tachibana Masamune laughed out loud.

"Herzog, you finally lost... cough cough cough cough..."

The coughing became more violent than before, and ended with a mouthful of blood.

Tachibana Masamune fell down with a smile on his face.