From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 305 The Grand Awakening (Part 1)

The Battle of Tokyo Bay ended in a Pyrrhic victory for the Snake-Headed Eight Families.

In the name of the 74th head of the family, Genjiro officially announced Tachibana Masamune's betrayal and ordered Miyamoto Shio and his Ganryu Research Institute to survey the Red Well mentioned by Kazama Ruri.

In the most expensive ward of Genji's private hospital, Genji Chisei and Sakura pushed open the door and entered.

After being seriously injured, Chu Zihang and Caesar were transferred here for emergency treatment. Fortunately, they were of mixed race and recovered quickly.

"How is the situation now?" Caesar asked immediately as he entered.

Yuan Zhisheng sat on a chair in the ward, lit a thin Seven Stars cigarette, placed the ancient sword beside him, and said indifferently without even raising his eyelids, "Not good. Herzog has found what he wants, and I guess some things we don't want to see will happen soon."

From the other person's tone, Chu Zihang seemed to have sensed something, and frowned, saying, "You mean... the White King?"

“No, perhaps it’s worse.” Genji flicked his cigarette ash and continued, “According to current intelligence, Herzog plans to use the relics and imperial blood to steal the divine authority of the ‘White King’ and make himself the new ‘White King’. At that time, perhaps the whole of Japan will be destroyed by Him.”

Caesar raised an eyebrow, shocked by Herzog's audacious plan, and his expression became somewhat solemn: "If we were in different identities, I would really admire this guy's perseverance. He actually hid his identity for decades for a plan, and in the end, he even sat in your boss's seat."

Genjiro's eyelids twitched, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in the guy's words: "This is a matter for our Snake Clan."

"Now that things have come to this, are you still going to be stubborn and try to solve this on your own?" Chu Zihang shook his head and said, "From the moment we learned about the White King, this was no longer just a matter for your Japanese branch, but for Kassel and the whole world."

"Let me guess, are you hesitating about whether to kill us to silence us?"

Despite his severe injuries, Caesar spoke without restraint, his eyes filled with provocation: "If you kill us, you can conceal the biggest secret that the Japanese branch has always kept hidden, right?"

Yuan Zhisheng slightly raised his eyelids, glanced at them, and sneered, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. One of you is the heir of the Gattuso family, and the other has a Super A-level bloodline. Even if I really kill you, do you think Principal Angers wouldn't know the secret we're planning to hide?"

"Besides," Genjiro sighed, looking somewhat tired, rubbing his temples, "we're not confident we can stop Herzog with our current strength."

"so?"

Caesar looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah, that's right."

Genjiro nodded and said, "I'm here to seek cooperation. Compared to the consequences of exposing the secret, stopping Herzog is the most important thing."

"It seems we've reached an agreement on this point." Clearly, cooperation was the best course of action given the current situation. Caesar wasn't surprised and said calmly, "We need to report everything that's happening here to Kassel College. Do you agree?"

"There's no need for you to trouble yourselves."

Genji stubbed out his cigarette and said calmly, "While you were unconscious, I had Kaguya compile all the intelligence and report it to Norma at the Kassel headquarters."

"It seems the situation is truly dire." Caesar frowned deeply. Knowing Genjiro as he did, he would never make such a decision unless the danger was extreme.

“You’ve been unconscious for twelve hours.” Genjiro’s face was hard and cold as he said, “During this time, we have been trying to find Herzog, but just half an hour ago, an unexplained magma eruption was discovered inside Mount Fuji. I have sent Miyamoto Shio from the Ganryu Research Institute to investigate, and we should have news soon.”

Speak of the devil, and he appears. Miyamoto Shigeo pushed open the door, holding a report, looked around, and said with a grave expression, "One good news, and one bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

"Bad news." Even in his hospital bed, Caesar didn't forget to light a Cohiba cigar, filling the room with smoke. He said calmly, "I like to hear the bad news first, so that when I hear the good news, I won't feel too down."

Miyamoto Shigeo glanced at Genjiro, seemingly waiting for his reply.

"Go ahead."

Genji nodded slightly and said, "At least for now, our goals are the same as Kassel's: to stop Herzog's plan."

"The bad news is that the situation at the Red Well is exactly as expected." Miyamoto Shigeo handed over the report and said, "Just now, we confirmed that magma and groundwater meet in the Red Demon River. The magma flows from an active volcano near Mount Fuji, and it provides sufficient nutrients for the birth of the gods. At the same time, it heats the groundwater to a high temperature. The recent instability of Mount Fuji is also due to the abnormal flow of elements caused by the birth of the gods. All signs indicate that that place is the 'Red Well'."

"Although it's called 'Well,' is it actually not a vertical well, but rather a horizontal one underground?" Chu Zihang asked, frowning.

“That’s right. In the myths passed down by the Snake Clan, we call it the ‘Well of Hidden Bones’.”

Genjiro took out a thin Seven Stars cigarette, lit it to his lips, took a silent puff, and said, "It seems that Herzog intends to awaken the 'god' sleeping in the Well of Bones."

"You mean, God is still alive?" Caesar raised an eyebrow, surprised.

“Those who are alive are not necessarily gods.” Miyamoto Shio sighed and said, “Think about it, in the ten thousand years since He died, no high monks chanted sutras and incantations for Him. If the resentment accumulated there were released, I’m afraid all of Japan, and even the whole world, would be destroyed.”

"Whether He is still alive or not, this time, we must kill Him."

Yuan Zhisheng finished his cigarette in a few puffs, threw it on the ground, stubbed it out with his leather shoe, and said quietly, "Whether it's the Holy Remains or the God, it's all a cruel joke that the White King played on us. He gave us sacred blood, but that bloodline has created generation after generation of demons. It's time to cut off this cruel fate."

Are you really determined?

Looking at Genjiro's expression, Miyamoto Shigeo asked, "Once such a war begins, there will be a lot of bloodshed, patriarch."

“Head of the Miyamoto family, our enemy is not Herzog, but our own destiny.”

Genjiro said in a deep voice, "We must end the White King ghost that is lodging in our destiny. We are willing to shed as much blood as possible for this. Even if all the people of this generation die, at least the next generation will have a slightly happier life. Otherwise, our family and even Japan will always be a building built on shifting sands."

"What's the good news?"

Chu Zihang asked, "Didn't you just say there was another piece of good news?"

Miyamoto Shigeo glanced at him and said, "The good news is that your principal, Angers, will arrive in Japan this afternoon aboard Sleipnir."

Is the one hailed as the greatest 'dragon slayer' finally about to descend upon Japanese soil once again after decades?
Yuan Zhisheng fell silent. He had not experienced that era, but as for the name 'Angers,' any mixed-race person would surely know the significance it represented.

That folding knife, honed by anger for decades, is finally about to strike down the 'Dragon King'.

(End of this chapter)