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Chapter 376 Yuan Zhisheng, from now on you are the head of the Sheqi Eight Families!

Yuan Zhisheng, wearing a long black trench coat, stood in the night.

The call alert from an unknown number kept flashing on the screen of the phone in his hand.

Yuan Zhisheng took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand, threw the burnt butt into the ashtray, and pressed the answer button.

Only a clear voice came from the receiver.

"Yuan Zhisheng, from now on you will be the head of the Sheqi Eight Clan."

After that, the phone was hung up, and a monotonous busy tone came from the receiver.

There was no expression on Yuan Zhisheng's face.

But his back, which was originally as straight as a pine tree, hunched slightly silently.

He understood that Tachibana Masamune, or Herzog, was dead.

The man whom he had regarded as his father for more than ten years finally died on this moonless and rainy night.

He died from the betrayal that Yuan Zhisheng himself had caused.

An inexplicable complex emotion silently crept into Yuan Zhisheng's heart, making him feel as if something was stuck in his throat and his chest was stuffy.

Yuan Zhisheng put his cell phone back into his pocket, took out the cigarette box and lighter, but found that the cigarette box was already empty.

“Really… Alas.”

Yuan Zhisheng closed his eyes heavily and slumped down on the seat behind him in an ungraceful manner.

At this time, a white but somewhat rough little hand appeared in front of Yuan Zhisheng.

"Young Master, are you tired?" Ying's gentle voice came from behind.

Yuan Zhisheng opened his eyes and found an unopened pack of Soft Seven Stars cigarettes in the little hand in front of him.

He was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "Ying, thank you."

Yuan Zhisheng took the cigarette box, tore open the plastic film, took out a cigarette and put it into his mouth.

Ying also appropriately placed the opened lighter next to the tail of the cigarette.

Gen Chisei lowered his head slightly, lit the cigarette in his mouth, patted Sakura's hand gently, and said in a dry voice: "Tachibana Masamune is dead."

Hearing this, Sakura's movements paused slightly.

She was silent for a moment, then asked softly, "Young Master, is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I don't know either." Yuan Zhisheng replied softly.

After saying that, he closed his eyes again.

Ying didn't say anything else, but just gently placed her hands on Yuan Zhisheng's shoulders to help him relax his tense muscles.

Below where the two men were was a large construction site covered by gas lamps.

The bean-sized raindrops hit the awning above the construction site heavily, making a dull sound, as if hundreds of war drums were roaring non-stop.

More than 200 workers at Maruyama Construction were operating large machinery, busy in the muddy water caused by heavy rain.

This is located in the central part of Japan's Honshu Island, deep in the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture.

Not far from the construction site is the mighty Tama River.

The Tama River is a large river that originates from a two-thousand-meter-high mountain in Yamanashi Prefecture. It flows for thousands of kilometers, winding its way to Tokyo.

Yamanashi Prefecture is a place with many mountains.

The Akaishi Mountains, known as the Japanese Alps, and the world-famous Mount Fuji are both located in Yamanashi Prefecture.

As we all know, the formation of mountains is mainly due to the internal stress during crustal movement.

The mutual compression between the two plates formed folds on the ground, and these folds on the surface of the earth are the mountains in people's eyes.

In a place like Yamanashi where the earth's crust moves frequently, volcanoes are inevitable. About 10,000 years ago, Yamanashi was a place where volcanic activity was extremely frequent.

The hot magma continued to flow out along the cracks on the surface, wandering above the ground and forming a terrifying Jedi.

Therefore, people believe that the entrance to hell is located in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Mythologists believe that the underside of Yamanashi Prefecture is the Yellow Spring Hell, and the magma that gushes out of the surface is the water of the Yellow Spring.

Although no one takes these illusory legends seriously, there are still many shrines built near Yamanashi Prefecture to suppress the "water of the underworld."

People regularly hold ceremonies to worship Yama in shrines to prevent the souls of the dead from returning to the human world.

However, if Izanami, the goddess of the underworld, wants to return to the human world, how can a few decayed shrines stop her?
"Sakura, have you heard of the local legend about the Yamata no Orochi in Yamanashi Prefecture?"

Gen Chisei opened his eyes and turned to look at Sakura behind him.

Ying nodded: "I looked up relevant information before coming here. The locals said that when the Yamata no Orochi drinks water, it will stick its eight heads into the water sources of eight rivers at the same time, one of which is the Tama River."

"After the Yamata no Orochi was killed, its blood dyed the land within a radius of dozens of miles red. Even after a thousand years, the land soaked in the snake's blood is still red. The locals call it the 'True Red Land'."

At this point, Sakura paused.

She looked up at the valley below.

The roar of the hydraulic drill came slowly along with the moist cold wind.

The staff of Maruyama Construction are searching for an underground river called "Akagi River".

The source of this river is exactly the same as that of the Tama River, and the area it flows through is also very similar. The only difference is that the Akagi River is underground, while the Tama River is on the surface.

Ying's tone became a little uneasy: "Young Master, are you saying that the resurrected White King is really right under our feet?"

Before Yuan Zhisheng could answer, the roar of the hydraulic drill below suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud explosion, and the raging flames turned into towering pillars of fire, suddenly lighting up the dark and cold night!

"problem occurs!"

Yuan Zhisheng suddenly jumped up from his seat and rushed into the heavy rain without saying a word.

Sakura quickly followed.

……

At the same time, in the valley below.

A group of workers wearing heavy protective clothing were standing in front of a bottomless cave.

This is a hole drilled by a hydraulic drill, and a black gas is floating around the hole.

"What happened? Is anyone hurt?"

Yuan Zhisheng, all wet, appeared outside the cave.

"Master, no one was injured, don't worry. The drill happened to dig into an area with methane, so it caused the explosion and fire."

Masahiko Sakurai, the person in charge of the construction site, said this as he ran to Gen Chisei holding a protective suit.

"Young Master, please put on protective clothing immediately."

Yuan Zhisheng did not take the protective suit.

He looked at the dark hole with a serious look: "There is the sound of flowing water."

Upon hearing this, Sakurai Masahiko was slightly stunned, and then overjoyed: "Young Master, this is good news! This means that we have dug up the Red Demon River!"

Before he finished his words, a surge of water roared out from the drill hole!

Yuan Zhisheng's golden eyes lit up instantly.

He picked up several staff members beside him and shouted loudly: "Something is wrong! Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

(End of this chapter)