Dragon Raja: Starting with Summoning Erii

"Immediately notify the church school to seal off the campus and stop Natsuki!" Genji hurriedly dressed. "I'm going!"

"Notifying him is useless. Ordinary hybrids have no chance against him; they'd just be easy prey." Tachibana Masamune shook his head.

"At least let those at the bottom of the family know that his Uesugi family head badge is invalid! Otherwise, who knows what he'll do next!"

Genjiro then tucked the Spider Cutter and the Child Cutter behind his back and strode out of the courtyard.

Tachibana Masamune watched his retreating figure, his eyes flickering.

"elder brother."

Erii's figure appeared unexpectedly, suddenly blocking the doorway.

Genjiro was delighted: "Eri, what's wrong?"

This was the first time she had spoken since she came back. Before that, she had reverted to communicating through her notebook, and had been silent for a long time.

“The Uesugi family crest was given to me,” Erii, the wine-red-eyed child, said without blinking. “It can represent me, no matter what I do.”

A string of ellipses appeared on Yuan Zhisheng's forehead.

“Eri, this is against the rules,” Tachibana Masamune stepped forward, looking at her seriously. “The Uesugi family is one of the three upper families and has a great deal of influence within the family. You can ask him to do some things for you, but how can you expect him to completely represent you and gain the family’s approval?”

Originally, both Genjiro and Erii's votes were his. Tachibana Masamune had thought that perhaps one day Genjiro would have his own ideas and not support him, but he never thought that the Uesugi family's vote would be the first to cause problems.

Erii's long hair danced in the wind.

"What if... I married him?"

Her gentle voice drifted away on the breeze.

Tachibana Masamune and Genji Chisei exchanged a strange glance.

The little girl, who had never had any opinions of her own, suddenly had her own ideas and kept talking about getting married, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

Their memories of Erii were still from two years ago, and they only now realized that the girl in front of them was no longer the naive child she once was.

"Once I've figured some things out, I'll marry him."

Erii walked away with her little red umbrella, her soft but firm words echoing, "Therefore, he can always represent me."

Tachibana Masamune and Genji Chisei stood side by side under the eaves, exchanged a glance, and saw the same exasperated look in each other's eyes.

"What a hassle..." Tachibana Masamune sighed.

If he could kill Xia Mu, he would rush over right now and tear Xia Mu to pieces.

Unfortunately, I couldn't beat them...

"I'll go talk to him and see what he'll do first."

Genji turned and left the courtyard.

As Tachibana Masamune watched his retreating figure, the gloom in his eyes was like dark clouds covering the sky, heavy and oppressive.

The search for the White King's remains needs to be expedited; the longer it takes, the greater the variables become. Right now, he can only rely on the sound of the clapper, which is still under control for the time being.

But what about the future...?

Church school.

"He's your brother?"

Xia Mu pointed to the young man in school janitor's uniform on the playground and asked.

"Yes, after graduation, I'll stay and work as a school janitor until I'm 40. Only if there are no problems will I be allowed to go out and live my own life..."

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Sakurai Kogure looked at Sakurai Akira's retreating figure, unsure of how she felt.

"Why didn't you think of taking him out with you?" Xia Mu asked.

Sakurai Kogure shook her head and said softly, "At least staying here means I can live, and maybe I'll have a chance to get out in the future, unlike me who is destined to be burned to ashes."

"Follow me, and you won't be burned to ashes."

Natsuki strode forward, walked to the stands of the playground, and sat down next to Sakurai Akira.

Sakurai Kogure glanced at him silently and followed him.

"You are... Ah!"

Sakurai Akira is not very good-looking. His features are not as delicate as Sakurai Kogure's. In addition, he has been closed off for many years and has suppressed his inner feelings. He looks listless and has no energy at all.

"Sister... Sister?"

His eyes widened the moment he saw Sakurai Kogure, and he stood up abruptly.

"You, the Fierce Ghosts!"

Sakurai Akira instinctively wanted to shout, but the words caught in his throat.

"Did you come looking for me?"

He stared into Sakurai Kogure's eyes, which seemed to burn with a flame, a flame that had never been so bright before...

Chapter 265 Akira Sakurai's Choice

"To be precise, he came to find you."

Kogure Sakurai pointed at Natsuki, looked at Akira Sakurai's suddenly burning gaze, and said softly, "He can change your destiny."

Her last sentence was a personal thought and a hint; no matter what, he was still her younger brother.

Sakurai Akira's intense gaze fell upon Natsuki: "You...were looking for me?"

Xia Mu sat down in the stands, patted the chairs, and gestured for them to sit down as well.

"Have you had enough of this place? If you had the chance to go out, but it would involve some risks, would you be willing?" he asked bluntly.

Sakurai Akira was overjoyed, but barely managed to suppress his emotions and said in a low voice, "I'm willing to give anything for freedom!"

Sakurai Kogure's eyes were filled with complex emotions.

On the day she left, Sakurai Akira was still a timid little boy who didn't understand why she was desperately leaving, or why she wouldn't stay with him.

But at this moment, she seemed to see a reflection of herself in his eyes, that kind of madness where she would burn herself to death if she didn't burn others to death.

“I represent the Uesugi family of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, but I belong neither to the Demon Clan nor to the Snake-Headed Eight Families camp. I am independent, and they cannot do anything to me.”

Xia Mu briefly explained the situation and then asked, "How many people are there here?"

Akira Sakurai's eyes lit up.

Not controlled by the Snake Clan or the Demon Clan, and unafraid of either side, and brought by my sister!

"There are more than two hundred people in total, all of whom are from various families and have been deemed to have unstable bloodlines."

"As rated?"

Xia Mu sneered, "What standards were used to judge this?"

Akira Sakurai shook his head blankly: "I don't know..."

"Is this kind of betrayal also a conspiracy?" Sakurai Kogure asked in a low voice.

Xia Mu glanced at her and chuckled, "How many years have the hybrid races of the Snake Clan existed? How come a large number of clansmen have suddenly gone out of control in just over ten years?"

Sakurai Kogure was startled.

“Generally, the longer a bloodline is passed down, the more diluted it becomes. Could it be that you are the opposite?” Xia Mu asked again.

Sakurai Kogure clenched her fists: "How could this... happen..."

"Who on earth did this?!" Sakurai Akira asked angrily.

Hearing this inside story, the fire burning in his heart burned even brighter. The string that had always been worried about whether he would lose control snapped, and what replaced it was anger, boundless anger!

"You don't need to know the things behind the scenes for now. Do something right now."

Xia Mu pointed to the teaching building and dormitory building, "Try to tell them this fact as quickly as possible. Those who are willing to come with me, come to the playground."

"Yes!"

Sakurai Akira practically jumped up and ran at breakneck speed.

Sakurai Kogure glanced at his back, then looked at Natsuki's profile sitting next to her, and said softly, "I'm starting to believe you more and more now."

"It's right to have doubts; you can only know the truth by witnessing things firsthand," Xia Mu said.

Sakurai Kogure looked at the playground and then at the surrounding dilapidated buildings. "Does he... Kazama Ruri know?"

"I don't know, but he still wanted to kill the king, for his own freedom."

Sakurai Kogure breathed a sigh of relief: "Then standing behind you doesn't count as betraying him."

“I am me, and you are you. There’s no need to sever ties with the Fierce Ghosts right now,” Xia Mu said.

Sakurai Kogure's eyes lit up: "Can you tell everyone the truth?"

"No."

Xia Mu shook his head. "Think about it. After being enemies for more than a decade, how many people are already on an absolute standpoint? No matter what the initial reasons were, there's no going back now. They will fight each other to the very last moment."

He paused, then said, "Only if all of this group dies will the remaining members of the Snake Clan and the Fierce Demon Clan have a future."

Sakurai Kogure was startled: "You mean... there will still be a final battle someday?"

“Well, before that, what you need to do is find those who don’t harbor deep hatred and quietly bring them into our camp. I will give you some evidence to help you gain their trust,” Xia Mu said.

Sakurai Kogure nodded solemnly: "Yes."

The new goals and new light seemed to give her world a new glow.

"Waaah—"

Suddenly, a sharp alarm sounded throughout the school.

"Everyone back to your dorm! Close the doors, no leaving! Anyone still outside after 15 minutes will be treated as violating the rules!"

The campus radio broadcast these words in a serious voice.

But the wave of riots on campus was not contained at all. The campus itself was like a haystack, just one spark away from being completely ignited, and the news that Xia Mu brought was that spark.

They were originally defined by their family as a dangerous group, possessors of unstable bloodlines. The family's propaganda made them believe that they were born with defects and that it was right for them to be confined like this.