A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 121 Brother, let all your men come and watch the show.

Genji Heavy Industries' 16-story group conference hall was originally intended for use by several departments for their annual meetings, a serious venue with a total of 800 seats.

Today, however, the atmosphere was far from solemn. Confetti and light strips were hung everywhere, and four large screens were urgently installed so that the members of the Snake Clan, who filled the place, could watch the performance of the Uesugi clan head in more detail.

Genjiro, who was positioned in the center of the first row, still had a slight twitch in his cheek, and his right hand kept rubbing his right temple.

He simply couldn't understand how Erii, who was always so obedient and well-behaved, could have become like this.

Erii used to be so well-behaved and sensible, always staying in her room and trying not to cause trouble for anyone.

Now, things are really messed up. Every day he either goes to the family's treasure vault to ransack it or runs away from home to go out and play. Every time Sakurai Takashi reports that the head of the Uesugi family is missing, it causes chaos at Genji Heavy Industries.

Today, he even boasted that he had taught himself magic tricks and hoped that Genji would help gather the members of the Snake Clan to put on a magic show.

Genjiro truly remembered the sentence Erii wrote with her pen: 'Brother, have your men watch my performance.'

What is this thing called?
The dignified patriarch of the Snake-Headed Eight Families used his power to command the members of the Snake-Headed Eight Families to watch his sister perform magic tricks?
When Genjiro heard Erii's request, his first instinct was to refuse, but when he saw Erii's pleading eyes, he suddenly felt deflated and couldn't bring himself to say a word of refusal.

That was his debt to Erii, and perhaps also his debt to his former younger brother, Genji.

He claims to treat Erii as a younger sister, but when Genjiro recounts the past years, has he really taken care of this younger sister?

He would only go to play a few video games with Erii every few months. Did he really fulfill his responsibility as an older brother?
The same was true for Genjiro. When he was brought back to the main family by Tachibana Masamune, Genjiro was busy with his studies and training, as well as learning how to interact with people and lead the family.

He was so busy that he could only return to that remote mountain village every few months to spend two days with his younger brother, Yuan Zhinv, before rushing back to his family home for further studies.

Over time, his younger brother, Genjiro, turned into a degenerate half-blood who committed murder. At that time, Genjiro personally pierced Genjiro's heart to uphold justice.

The night he 'killed' Genji was like a nightmare, haunting Genji's mind countless times in the middle of the night.

Seeing Erii's innocent and pure eyes, like a doe's, Genjiro seemed to see Genjiro herself, and finally agreed.

The conference hall lights went out, and only the stage's electronically controlled lights changed color, focusing their light on the slowly opening curtain.

The Yasha beside Genji couldn't help but wonder, "What kind of performance will the head of the Uesugi family put on?"

The crow tried to catch a glimpse of Genji's expression out of the corner of its eye, but did not respond.

The members of the Snake Clan around them, like Yasha, were very curious. The sudden appearance of the heads of the three upper clans to perform naturally attracted their attention.

Backstage, Erii murmured to herself, silently reciting the acting rules Xu Lie had told her: "A magician should always prepare for his performances. Hmm, I've prepared a lot this time."

"I can get the audience's applause and control their attention." Xu Jun said he could do it.

That's right. After the latest gathering, and after receiving more ritual magic from Fingel, Erii successfully digested the Apprentice Potion and advanced to Sequence 8 Trick Master.

They have mastered a variety of flashy, but almost harmless, spell-like abilities.

Upon learning of Erii's successful promotion, Xu Lie's clone, who remained in Tokyo, naturally came to her door to teach her how to act as a magician.

The key to playing a magician lies in the word "play".

Similar to the Fool's Path Sequence 7 Magician and the Wrong Path Sequence 8 Deceiver in some respects, the focus is on deception, or in other words, trickery and fooling.

Finally, Xu Lie offered a suggestion for faster digestion: ask Genjiro to gather the members of the Snake Clan to watch Erii's performance. The more audience members there were, and the higher their 'quality,' the faster the potion would be digested.

The members of the Snake Clan are all hybrids. Even though most of them don't have high bloodline ratings, they are still stronger than ordinary people. They are both high-quality and high-quality. If these people watch a few more magic tricks, they will definitely be able to quickly digest the magic master.

If it weren't for Erii's sensitive identity and Herzog constantly watching over her...

Xu Lie's clones all wanted to suggest that Erii directly utilize the resources of the Snake Clan to create elaborate TV magic shows, online magic variety shows, and the like.

Let's see if we can use television and the internet to broadcast the magic tricks to hundreds of thousands or even millions of netizens, making Erii's magic melt in their mouths.

The stage curtain was fully drawn back, and Erii was genuinely worried when she saw so many people. She wondered if a righteous Ultraman might suddenly appear and kill her, this monster.

Seeing this, Xu Lie's clone, hidden backstage, smiled indulgently and casually stole Erii's nervousness, leaving Erii with only the anticipation and motivation for her first performance.

"So beautiful, is that the head of the Uesugi family?"

"After all, they are the heads of the three upper families who rarely leave their homes. I've never seen them before."

"Even if the heads of the three upper families were to perform magic tricks, it might be beyond the discernment of those with our bloodline and eyesight."

With the expectations of the Sheki-hachi family members, Erii kept in mind all the preparations she had made for this occasion.

With his hands outstretched, accompanied by a flash of light and a loud bang, two white doves appeared instantly, causing many members of the Snake Clan to widen their eyes in astonishment. How did he do that?
Those mixed-race people really can't see through it.

Genji was startled by the loud noise, then became engrossed in watching. Erii must have put in a lot of hard work to learn it; no wonder she wanted to perform on stage. It wasn't easy.

As the older brother, he should have encouraged him.

Erii was unaware of what everyone was thinking. Following her secret rehearsals with Xu Lie, she performed her magic tricks step by step.

I released two white doves, then did a couple of simple tricks, fishing out a fish from thin air with an empty rod – I caught a kitten.

Then the formal performance began. Erii first applied a slippery fall technique to the ground, and then applied a repelling technique to the suits brought up by her assistant.

Several suits seemed to come alive, sliding and jumping freely on the stage floor.

Many viewers squinted, trying to see if there were steel wires hanging above the clothes, but naturally found nothing. They had never heard of words that could control clothes, so they found it all very puzzling.

How exactly did the head of the Uesugi family manage to do that?
Erii rubbed her fingers together, setting several suits on fire. Then she used her wind-blowing ability to create a level 7 gale, and the howling airflow swept through the conference hall. Many people instinctively raised their arms to shield their heads.

Those with unobstructed views were astonished to see the several suits that had been blown away by the strong wind suddenly transform into black crows as they flew into the air, cawing and carrying away bits of sparks and debris with the wind.

When their attention returned to the stage, they were surprised to find that the entire stage was covered with a thin layer of ice.

After finishing her performance, Erii came backstage. She was no longer so shy and could speak fluently to Xu Lie: "Xu-kun, did you see that?"

"I never knew performing on stage could be such a joyful thing."

“When I first went on stage, I was a little scared, but with Xu Jun there, I suddenly wasn’t afraid anymore.”

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