Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

Inuyama He's title of the strongest swordsman is not undeserved. If we don't compete in the power of words and only judge according to the standards of kendo, even Minamoto no Chisei, who is Amaterasu, is not a match for Inuyama He. In fact, during Minamoto no Chisei's kendo career, Inuyama He served as his sparring partner and mentored him as a senior, so Minamoto no Chisei is well aware of the old man's tenacity and strength.

But how old was Lu Mingfei? As the youngest member of the Cassel trio, Lu Mingfei was likely younger than Caesar and Chu Zihang. Yuan Zhisheng had already fought both Caesar and Chu Zihang, and he had a rough idea of ​​their strength. While he recognized their abilities, it seemed a stretch to think that Caesar and Chu Zihang could compete in kendo with Inuyama He without using their Word Spirits.

Who exactly was this "S"-class student from Kassel Academy? Not only was he incredibly powerful, his background was mysterious, and he knew more about the Snake Family than even he, the current patriarch, did... Gen Chisheng was so lost in thought that he overlooked the fact that he was questioning Masamune Tachibana about the truth behind his raising of Deadpool.

"Although I can see that Inuyama-kun seems to be worried about something and hasn't displayed his true strength, the power and momentum displayed by that young man really make us feel apprehensive." Tachibana Masamune said with lingering fear, "Chisheng, you must be extremely vigilant when you meet that young man in the future. My intuition tells me that he may very well become your most difficult enemy yet. His position is too ambiguous, and he may even become an obstacle in our fight against the Eight Snake Families and the 'God'!"

"That's all for later. Tonight, the eight Snake families suffered a massive disaster, and many died. Now, our greatest crisis comes from within our own family." Gen Chisheng came back to his senses. He looked into Tachibana Masamune's eyes, his face frozen in time, devoid of any emotion. "To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country. You taught me that. Do you remember?"

"Remember, I taught you a lot, but I'm glad that you remembered the good things and didn't inherit my bad ones. In the end, you became the man you are today, capable of shouldering the burden of the family." Tachibana Masamune smiled, "I'm very pleased, but also ashamed."

"You should know that I didn't ask you here to reminisce about the past." Yuan Zhisheng remained expressionless and unmoved.

"I know you asked me to come here because of the deadpools that appeared in the building today," Tachibana Masamune said. "I admit that I kept those deadpools under the Genji Heavy Industries. The root cause of today's family disaster lies with me. I am not a hero of the Snake Eight Clans, I am a sinner, and my sins go far beyond that. My life record can be said to be unforgivable."

"I can't hear anything else now. The bodies of my brothers in the Executive Bureau are still lying on the screen wall. They have been roasted into a pile of black charred bones by the fire. Some have been eaten by Deadpool and their bodies are gone. There are also many more innocent office workers who died from Deadpool's cholera." Yuan Zhisheng's voice was filled with the sadness of a last samurai.

"I can't explain to my deceased subordinates, nor can I explain to their families, because I have no idea why they died. They were clearly staying in the family's safest building!" Minamoto no Chisei stared intently at Tachibana Masamune's only remaining right eye. "So I must ask you for this explanation. Regardless of whether the explanation you give is reasonable or not, you must tell those who died in vain the reason why they died in this building!"

"The purpose of creating these Deadpools is to fight against the demons," said Masamune Tachibana.

"The Fierce Ghost Clan?" Yuan Zhisheng frowned deeply. "Although the members of the Fierce Ghost Clan are all brave and skilled in battle, their numbers are vastly different from ours. The Eight Snake Clans could easily crush them with their sheer numbers... This reason doesn't convince me."

Chapter 358 Dr. Herzog

"No, Zhisheng, you are wrong. Although you have successfully wiped out the headquarters of the Demon Clan, the Demon Clan's strength is by no means as weak as you see." Tachibana Masamune's tone was extremely serious, and his expression was more serious than ever. "What we can see is only superficial. The truly terrifying guy is still hiding behind the Demon Clan. He is our real enemy. The Demon Clan we are fighting now is just a chess piece of his. The power he actually controls may be even greater than that of the Eight Snake Clans, far beyond our imagination!"

"The real enemy?" Yuan Zhisheng frowned. "You mean... the Dragon King and the King's General?"

"Yes, it was Wang Jiang." Tachibana Masamune nodded. "Wang Jiang, the number one figure in the Oni-shu, might be an old acquaintance of mine. I should have killed him twenty years ago, but he might have survived. It's my fault for not killing him completely and allowing such a dangerous person to follow me to Japan."

"You said General Wang is an old friend of yours?" Yuan Zhisheng's frown deepened, forming a deep "川" (Chuan) between his brows. "What's the name of your old friend?"

"Herzog... His name is Dr. Herzog." Tachibana Masamune exhaled the name along with all the air in his lungs. His only remaining right eyelid drooped, and the expression in his eyes was dark and unclear.

After hearing the name "Herzog", Minamoto Chisheng was completely stunned. A thousand thoughts instantly flashed through his mind and his expression kept changing... Fortunately, Tachibana Masamune was lowering his head and did not see the surprised and incredible expression on Minamoto Chisheng's face.

Herzog...Yuan Zhisheng certainly remembers this name.

Just now, Chu Zihang said that the second sentence Lu Mingfei asked him to tell him was that if Tachibana Masamune told him that his name was Bondarev, he was deceiving himself. Lu Mingfei said that Tachibana Masamune's real name was Herzog.

In fact, Yuan Zhisheng has always been skeptical about Lu Mingfei's words, because he can't guess Lu Mingfei's position at all.

This man is too elusive. Ever since the three people from Kassel Academy came to Japan, Lu Mingfei has always been the most mysterious one. Yuan Zhisheng could never see through this man. He even received a message from a deceased old friend on the night of the Mountain God Society's rebellion, saying that Lu Mingfei was a gift prepared by him for himself. This made Yuan Zhisheng once suspect that Lu Mingfei's position had actually switched to the side of the ghosts.

But later, the three members of Caesar's team resolutely carried out the Jiyuan plan, which was risky in every way. In addition, Caesar and Chu Zihang sacrificed their lives a few hours ago and stayed with him in the Genji Heavy Industries Building to fight against Deadpool. These actions were enough to prove their position, and Yuan Zhisheng was naturally willing to give them the greatest trust.

Yuan Zhisheng knew that Lu Mingfei must know some unknown secrets of the Eight Snake Clans and wanted to remind him of something, otherwise he would not have asked Chu Zihang to convey those three inexplicable and meaningless words to him. Yuan Zhisheng asked Tachibana Masamune to confront him face to face, on the one hand to give an explanation to the dead clansmen, and on the other hand to verify the three sentences that Lu Mingfei asked Chu Zihang to convey to him.

Minamoto no Chisei originally thought that Tachibana Masamune would avoid mentioning the name "Herzog", but he never expected that Tachibana Masamune would immediately mention this name at the beginning of the confrontation... but attributed it to the king.

Although Yuan Zhisheng didn't know who Herzog was, nor did he know what the name meant, since the name was said by Lu Mingfei and Tachibana Masamune at the same time, it meant that Herzog must be a crucial figure, and Lu Mingfei's words became more credible.

Gen Chisheng looked deeply at Tachibana Masamune, then withdrew his gaze, trying to keep his expression normal. He whispered, "Go on...speak."

"Dr. Herzog was the lead scientist on a German genetics project. After Germany's defeat in World War II, he was captured by the Soviets. A year after his capture, Dr. Herzog was sent to an unnamed port in the Arctic Circle to conduct research code-named 'Project Delta.' This mysterious project was inherited from the Soviet leader by a certain leader." Tachibana Masamune narrated calmly. "Chisheng, you're well-versed in history. You should know that the Soviet Third Reich was technologically advanced, even twenty years ahead of the world at the time. While other countries were still busy developing powerful artillery and missiles, the Soviets had already set their sights on genetic research, which was then largely ignored. They were undeniable pioneers in this field, and their most representative research was 'Project Delta.'"

"However, after the defeat of the Soviet Union, the Soviet leader who discovered Project Delta did not report it to the Soviet regime," Tachibana Masamune said gravely. "He hid it from everyone and secretly sent all the experimental materials along with the then-chief scientist, Dr. Herzog, to an unnamed port in the Arctic Circle. From that point on, Dr. Herzog became the world's most in-depth researcher on Project Delta. His research on dragon genes was even more advanced than that of the Kassel Academy."

"So what exactly is this 'δ Plan'?" Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but ask.

"Project Delta is an experiment to explore the possibility of genetic fusion between humans and hybrids. The original plan of the Third Reich was to scour the globe for hybrids, extract genes closer to 'perfect' from the best hybrids, and then use these perfect genes to create a brand new human race... an unrivaled hybrid army capable of conquering the world," Tachibana Masamune whispered. "However, Dr. Herzog, who took over Project Delta, discovered that no hybrid possessed truly perfect genes. So, he came up with an even more sinister and insane idea... He wanted to extract truly 'perfect' genes from the very source of the hybrids!"

"The origin of the hybrid..." Yuan Zhisheng muttered, his expression changing slightly. "Dragon? Do you mean the perfect gene refers to the dragon gene?"

"Indeed, Dr. Herzog saw in Project Delta a path to world domination," said Masamune Tachibana. "No matter how powerful a hybrid army is, it remains within the realm of 'humanity.' Human power can no longer satisfy Herzog's ever-expanding ambitions. He needs an immortal army, a mythical army, to help him conquer the world, just like the 300 Spartan immortals who garrisoned the Achaemenid Empire in history."

"So that's why you think the King General is Dr. Herzog? Because their goals are very similar," Yuan Zhisheng asked. "So the King General needs the Ghost Potion. He wants to turn all his hybrids into perfect warriors, and rely on them to conquer the world?"

"I originally thought so, too. I thought he wanted to conquer the world with an invincible army," said Tachibana Masamune. "But the appearance of 'God' made me realize that the purpose of his genetic research was to transform himself. He wanted to replace 'God' and create a brand new world!"

"Desire turned that once-genius scientist into a complete madman," Tachibana Masamune said with a look of fear. "No, perhaps he was already a madman from the beginning, but the desire that had been dormant in the corner of his heart was ignited. The tiny glimmer of dragon civilization he saw through this plan was so dazzling that it ignited the wild nature in his heart. It was a temptation that no scientist could resist. He couldn't help but want to push open that forbidden door and glimpse the ultimate mysterious and magnificent world hidden behind it."

When Tachibana Masamune said this, Minamoto Chisei appeared calm and silent on the surface, at most revealing a look of slight surprise from time to time, but a storm was already brewing in his heart... Because Minamoto Chisei could see that when Tachibana Masamune was recounting these past events, his fearful expression concealed an uncontrollable madness and yearning, as if Tachibana Masamune was not narrating the life story of a mad scientist, but reminiscing about his own glorious past, revealing his crazy and burning ambition to the world.

If what Lu Mingfei said is true, Tachibana Masamune himself is the crazy scientist... With this thought in mind, Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He felt that the old man in front of him seemed to have changed. He was no longer the kind and majestic elder, but seemed to have turned into a poisonous snake in human skin.

"What about you?" Gen Chisheng suppressed the chill in his heart and tried to speak calmly to Tachibana Masamune, "Who were you originally? I mean, besides being Tachibana Masamune of the Snake Eight Clan."

"Bondarev," Tachibana Masamune whispered, "My real name is Bondarev. I also belong to the Soviet regime. I am a senior intelligence officer of the former KGB."

When the name "Bondarev" came out of Tachibana Masamune's mouth, Minamoto Chisei took a deep breath and then slowly raised his head.

He raised his head to hide his expression. No matter what Tachibana Masamune's true identity was, he must be a very thoughtful person. Such people are also extremely sensitive to the emotions expressed by others. Gen Chisheng was afraid that his eyes would involuntarily reveal murderous intent and be noticed by Tachibana Masamune.

But even Yuan Zhisheng himself didn't know that besides the fleeting murderous intent in his eyes, the deepest part of his eyes also revealed a sadness as pure and clear as a child.

Yuan Zhisheng himself is a sensitive person. He will not trust anyone easily because he believes that the world is always wrapped in evil thoughts. It takes at least ten years of getting along with each other, or a life-or-death friendship, before Yuan Zhisheng is willing to share his trust and kindness with someone.

There are only a few people that Gennochi truly trusts, and ten seconds is enough for him to quickly recite their names three or four times in his mind. Yasha is his left arm, Crow is his right arm, Sakura is his sharp blade, and Tachibana Masamune is his strongest and most reliable backing, as well as his guiding light.

Genno Chisei can accept having his hands and feet broken and even his weapons turning against him, because he always has Tachibana Masamune as his solid and reliable backing to bear all the malice in the world for him. But if one day this backing is gone, all of Genno Chisei's fatal weaknesses will be exposed, his future will become dark, and any thorns and gravel can easily pierce his body.

If Tachibana Masamune betrayed him, Gennochi didn't know who else he could trust in this world. It would feel like he was a child who was sold by his parents and became homeless... The saddest thing in this world is the one who has lost his home.

After many years, Yuan Zhisheng seemed to have become that lonely boy again. He could not find anyone in this world to confide in or anyone to ask for help. Yuan Zhisheng felt that the burden of the family on his shoulders had become heavier for no reason, and he was almost unable to breathe, because the man he relied on for support betrayed him. The responsibilities and beliefs that man taught him were all lies. He could no longer distinguish what was the right truth and what was the meaning of protection... He just felt that such a reality was so cruel that it made people tired and wanted to escape from everything.

But Yuan Zhisheng could not escape, because this was his fate. Now he was the patriarch of the Eight Snake Families, and he had to fulfill his duties as the patriarch. No matter what the man taught him was true or false, he had to protect the family in his own way and keep the family intact in this dark world.

"Go on..." Yuan Zhisheng took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly. "Go on, how did you come into contact with... Dr. Herzog?"

"I was the youngest and most talented KGB agent, but my memories of my life before the age of 20 are very vague," said Masamune Tachibana. "My records show that I was born in an orphanage and had a poor but warm childhood. But in the dead of night, desolate images always flash through my mind... a hard and cold iron cage... desolate icebergs everywhere... a mountain-like steel ship would sail from the foggy sea. Once a month, the xenon lights on the bow shone as brightly as the eyes of a monster..."

"The older I get, the clearer this memory becomes, as if it's ingrained in me. I've undergone brainwashing and anti-brainwashing training, and I know who tampered with my memory. I finally couldn't stand the torture anymore, so I decided to investigate my past," said Masamune Tachibana. "Thankfully, my identity as a KGB agent provided me with many advantages, so I frantically investigated the prisons built near the snow-capped mountains and the harbor."

"There are very few prisons in the world that meet all of these requirements. Finally, I found that place in a confidential file named 'δ,'" Tachibana Masamune said. "It's that unnamed port in Siberia, in the Arctic Circle. It turns out I was born there, one of the experimental subjects of the mad scientist Dr. Herzog."

Gennochi listened carefully to everything Tachibana Masamune said. He should have had many questions, but he felt that there was no need to ask a single question, because all of this was fake. It was a disguise made up by the venomous man in front of him. Just like the great image the man had created in the Snake Eight Clan over the years, this man had deceived everyone... for a full twenty years.

Chapter 359 Yuan Zhisheng's Real Father

Yuan Zhisheng originally thought that trust was a very solid thing, because it takes a long time to build trust. The longer it takes to build something, the stronger it should be, just like the city of Rome, which has stood firm for thousands of years through wind and frost.

But what Yuan Zhisheng didn't expect was that when trust really collapsed, it was no different from a defeated city, and destruction only took a moment.

He didn't want to listen to any more lies from Tachibana Masamune. Being deceived by someone close to you was not a pleasant feeling. It was like having your heart torn into pieces. No one could stand having their heart slowly torn apart.

But Gennochi had to be patient. For the sake of his family, he had to force himself to listen patiently. He had to pretend to be ignorant of everything and act naturally and reasonably so as not to arouse the other party's suspicion. He needed to respond with false trust in Tachibana Masamune's words and occasionally raise questions.

"What happened next?" Gen Chisheng calmed himself down and looked into Tachibana Masamune's eyes. "How did you get in touch with Dr. Herzog?"

"Once I got this information, I knew I had to return to the Siberian port where I grew up," Tachibana Masamune said. "After all, no one wants to be someone's experimental subject their entire life, nor does anyone want to live their entire life in 'The Truman Show.' Remember what I told you? A person's life should be in their own hands."

It was another dogmatic truth, another dogmatic truth... Whenever Tachibana Masamune told Minamoto Chisei these principles of life like a teacher, Minamoto Chisei would listen carefully, because he felt that he had to at least understand everything this man taught him before he could become a man as upright as his father. Now, he only felt that this man was extremely hypocritical.

Those truths that he believed to be true occupied his mind like a leech, making him hate from the bottom of his heart the self who had revered and admired the other person so much and regarded this man as the embodiment of truth.

Yuan Zhisheng smiled bitterly in his heart. It turned out that the sincere feelings that had remained unchanged for twenty years could be disguised so perfectly, just like a real father and son. Yuan Zhisheng thought he had a father and became someone's son, but in the end, he was just a pawn... Ambition and desire are really scary things. Once people have desires and ambitions, it seems that anything can become a victim of desire: wealth, life, feelings, faith...

Yuan Zhisheng now finally understood that perhaps this world can no longer be described as cruel... This world is bullshit!

"Of course, when I returned to my 'homeland,' I couldn't use the identity of Dr. Herzog's experiment. Instead, I had to forge a brand new identity for myself." Tachibana Masamune was unaware of the complex emotions that flashed through Minamoto Chisei's mind. He continued, "Fortunately, after I became a KGB agent, all records of my past were erased. After I turned twenty, I completely disappeared from Dr. Herzog's sight. But perhaps Herzog didn't even notice me, because I was actually a failed experiment, just like the hundreds of failed experiments he created. There was nothing worth paying attention to."

"Anyway, I forged my identity quite smoothly. I portrayed myself as the last grandson of the Romanov dynasty, descended from Nastasia's lineage, and one of the oldest mixed-blood families in Europe, guarding the secrets of the dragon race for generations." Tachibana Masamune said, "Actually, I don't know if the Tsar's line is mixed-blood or not. It's just that when I was an intelligence officer, I happened to hear about some bizarre things that happened to the Tsar's lineage. I guess they might be a very well-hidden mixed-blood family. Fortunately, Dr. Herzog's knowledge of the Tsar's lineage is even less comprehensive than mine. So, relying on this extremely important identity, I lied that I was an old acquaintance of the former Soviet leader who sent Dr. Herzog to this unnamed Arctic port, and that I had a promissory note for 300 million US dollars. I successfully boarded the ship bound for Dr. Herzog's research base."

Gennochi listened with bated breath, his expression gradually becoming serious. Tachibana Masamune's narration had finally reached a critical point. Although he knew that there were many deceptive elements in Tachibana Masamune's words, but putting aside the lies, the rest must be the truth... If a person wants to gain the trust of others, he must confuse the audience and make his lies sound like they really happened.

The most advanced lies are often seven parts truth mixed with three parts lies... The truth is of vital importance to Yuan Zhisheng.

For example, Tachibana Masamune's description of the nameless port, his recollection of the meeting between Herzog and Bondarev, and what Bondarev and Herzog each got from the nameless alley... If Genchisei, who knew Tachibana Masamune's true nature, could distinguish the true and false elements in the other's words, he would probably be able to restore the events that happened twenty years ago to the present.

"When I set foot on that land, I was stunned by the environment." Tachibana Masamune's eyes were slightly lost, as if lost in distant memories. "The sky was filled with wind and snow, and there was nothing but ice. Everywhere was a vast expanse of white. Snow-capped peaks towered into the clouds, and storms gathered with thunder, slowly moving across the horizon. The sea was black, shrouded in thick fog year-round, and the distant scenery was invisible. Built on the edge of the snow-capped mountains at the harbor was Dr. Herzog's headquarters, also his 'factory'."

"Factory?" Yuan Zhisheng caught this strange word.

"Yes, a factory." Tachibana Masamune nodded. "It's a factory used to produce humans. He uses in vitro fertilization technology to create children like spare parts. Thousands of incubators are neatly arranged, like a flat honeycomb. Each incubator contains a life about to be born. But under Dr. Herzog's technical control, they can be frozen for fifty years, always maintaining the embryonic state. Herzog also tests each fetus for bloodline. Only those with a dragon blood ratio and stability that meet the requirements are qualified to stay and live in the incubator. Those who do not meet the requirements will be abandoned, pulverized and discharged into the dark sea."

Tachibana Masamune wantonly enumerated the crimes that Herzog had committed, and he also revealed an expression of righteous indignation in conjunction with his speech. It must be said that his disguise was really perfect, as if he was really a witness to all these crimes rather than the instigator. If the people who heard these words did not know his true identity, they might really be deceived by him looking at his indignant expression.

But what Masamune Tachibana didn't know was that while he was recounting these crimes, Minamoto no Chisei's heart had already turned into hell... He knew that everything Masamune Tachibana was telling him about the "factory" must be true, because the more realistic the description of this part, the more credible Masamune Tachibana's words would be.

Knowing that the culprit of all these evil deeds was right in front of him, and he was pretending to be indifferent and spitting on the crimes he had committed, Gen Chisheng had never felt so disgusted. Evil and inhumane were not enough to describe this man. Perhaps Tachibana Masamune's own description of himself just now was the most appropriate... This man was a complete lunatic!

"Herzog's factory is divided into a production area and a supervision area. Unborn children are assigned to the production area, while those already born but awaiting observation are sent to the supervision area," said Tachibana Masamune. "Originally, these areas were absolutely off-limits to outsiders, but the leader who sent Herzog to the Siberian port suddenly stopped funding for some unknown reason. By then, Herzog's experiment had reached a critical stage. He had been blinded by the great bloodline of the dragon race and urgently needed a large amount of funds to facilitate his work. He also needed to rely on a powerful and influential person to protect his research institute from outsiders."

"My arrival happened to solve his most pressing problem, and that's why I easily gained his trust," said Masamune Tachibana. "Dr. Herzog took me on a tour of his production workshop. While I despised this scientist's madness and lack of self-control, I was also shocked by his brilliant ideas."

"I have to admit, standing before the throne of the world, my heart was moved. Whoever possessed the supreme bloodline would conquer the world and usher in a brand new era that would overthrow all order... Then, Dr. Herzog took me to a mysterious darkroom. He told me that the contents of that room were the pinnacle of his experiments, the closest thing to perfection."

"What's in that room?" Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but ask.

"I had the same question as you at the time, and I couldn't wait to have Herzog open the darkroom door," Tachibana Masamune whispered. "Once the door was open, I saw two enormous petri dishes filled with a mixture of formalin, human blood, dragon's blood, and some unknown liquid. In the center were two children, their bodies covered in various equipment wires. The outsides of the two dishes were labeled 'π' and 'ω' respectively."

"'π'...'ω'..." Yuan Zhisheng muttered absentmindedly, "Those two children are..."

"It's you and your brother, the young girl." Tachibana Masamune sighed. "You are Herzog's greatest creation. The proportion of dragon blood in your bodies far exceeds the critical threshold, yet you possess an extremely stable bloodline. Herzog wants to mass-produce you and the young girl, and turn you and the young girl into an invincible army. The new world he envisions will be filled only with humans like you."

Yuan Zhisheng was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "So... my daughter and I were also born from that nameless port?"

"Yes," Tachibana Masamune nodded. "Following the instructions of Project Delta, Herzog collected various races from all over the world. He originally thought that the best hybrids would appear in Europe or Africa, but he stumbled upon a gene in you two children he found in Japan that could transcend bloodline boundaries without losing control."

"Herzog also discovered the family secret?" Minamoto Chisei asked calmly following Tachibana Masamune's words.

"That's right, Herzog also discovered that the hybrids of the Sheqi Eight Clan were descendants of the White King," Tachibana Masamune confirmed. "Back then, Japan was also one of the empires of the anti-Japanese camp. The family cooperated with Germany, supplying Germany with seeds containing the family's excellent genes. In exchange, Germany gave the family advanced hybrid research and genetic technology. Germany needed the family's stable genes, while the family needed methods to purify their bloodline. The goal of both parties in the transaction was to find the path to the dragon clan. Although the family had expressly forbidden the outflow of blood samples and genes from the Sheqi Eight Clan, how could those rules and laws have any binding force in the face of such a huge temptation as evolving into a dragon?"

"So, the ghost potion created by Miyamoto Noyuki also originated from the legacy left by the German army during World War II?" Yuan Zhisheng asked.

"Yes, that genius girl consulted the genetic technology exchanged from Germany, and based on this technology she created a powerful medicine that can awaken the dragon blood component in the bloodline." Tachibana Masamune confirmed.

"No, since my daughter and I are of stable royal blood, why is your bloodline so ordinary?" Yuan Zhisheng noticed something suspicious. "Don't we all inherit our bloodlines from the three upper families?"

"We are different. Half of my body inherits Russian blood. My father is Russian and his bloodline is quite ordinary. My mother is a descendant of the Tachibana family named Tachibana Chiyo. She is only a branch of the Tachibana family and is far from the height of royal bloodline. Therefore, my bloodline is not pure." Tachibana Masamune looked at Minamoto Chisei. "But you and Chisei's bloodline is inherited from a great man. He was the epoch-making emperor of the Snake Eight Clan. He possessed a bloodline that was unique in that era. He was the most powerful patriarch of the Snake Eight Clan in the past hundred years, and even now, it is still the case. Even you and Chisei's bloodline may not be as good as that man's."

"There's such a person in our family?" Yuan Zhisheng looked surprised. "Such a person should be famous in our family's history, but why have I never heard of him? What era did he live in? What's his rank in the family's old shrine?"

"He was the most unique patriarch in the family's history. He was forcibly recalled from abroad. His tenure as patriarch coincided with Ange's arrival in Japan. It was during that time that he resigned from his duties as patriarch and disappeared from the family...or rather, fled," said Tachibana Masamune. "He also had the shortest reign of any patriarch in the family's history. Because he was considered a sinner, his spirit tablet is no longer in the family's old shrine, and all documents related to him have been deleted."

"Name?" Minamoto Chisei stared into Tachibana Masamune's eyes. "What's that man's name?"

"In fact, he is the man who should be called your father, Chisheng." Tachibana Masamune sighed slightly, "That man's name is... Uesugi Koshi."

Yuan Zhisheng's face changed drastically.

Chapter 360 Uesugi Yue's Two Sons

"Yes, Master Yue, you heard it right. You're not so old that your ears don't work well." Lu Mingfei looked into Uesugi Yue's eyes and said every word seriously, "I can tell you responsibly that you do have two sons."

Uesugi Yue was completely stunned, his expression was as if he had been struck by lightning, his mind instantly froze and went blank.

The colander in Uesugi Yue's hand fell into the boiling water, splashing scalding water onto his calloused hands, but he was completely unaware... He could no longer hear Lu Mingfei's voice, the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the awning, the sound of speeding vehicles running over the puddles in the distance...

In an instant, countless thoughts and questions flashed through Uesugi Yue's mind.

A son? Two? I have two sons? How could I possibly have two sons?!

Ever since she separated from the Sheqi Eight Clan, she'd been single and alone for over sixty years, yet she still managed to have two sons? She'd clearly given up on life, planning to peacefully wait for death, so how could she suddenly have two sons?

"I have a son? Or two? Are you sure you are not fooling me? Do you know what the price will be for fooling me with something like this?" Uesugi Yue stared at Lu Mingfei's eyes, with a look that seemed to want to stare a flower out of Lu Mingfei's face.

"You really do have a son. I'm not kidding you, and I wouldn't joke with you about such a thing." Lu Mingfei nodded seriously. "I guarantee it with my character... I can guarantee it with my character. My character is well-known for its reliability at Kassel Academy."

Su Enxi and Jiude Mai secretly curled their lips, wondering how dare someone like Finger, who's so close to him, talk about his character? Who are these two guys who fawn over each other every night, even fighting over the last pistol leg in the bucket? Their personalities are probably shattered into dust, thrown away along with the broken bones and chili powder in the empty bucket every night? Is there anything left?

But they gave Lu Mingfei face and did not sabotage him on the spot.

Uesugi Yue was silent for more than ten seconds, then he asked tentatively in a trembling voice, "Is the child... Aiko's?"

Uesugi Yue's voice was very soft, so soft that one couldn't even be sure the words came from his mouth. No matter whether he was talking to ordinary diners or to Angers, no one had ever seen Uesugi Yue speak in such a restrained tone. It was as if Lu Mingfei had inadvertently mentioned some bad things he had done in his youth, and the originally arrogant old man couldn't help but feel guilty.

“No…” Lu Mingfei was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, “Aizi…who is it?”

"Isn't it Aiko?" Uesugi Yue was obviously stunned for a moment. Then he paused and tremblingly said the name of another Japanese woman, "Is that... Yurina's daughter?"

"Yurina...is she the owner of some izakaya?" Lu Mingfei frowned slightly.

Only then did Lu Mingfei remember that the old man was a stud-like guy. He claimed that he had been living a celibate life like a monk all these years, but the blood rushing in his body did not allow him to do so.

The powerful bloodline has endowed Uesugi Yue with an enduring body and kidney organs. Although the old man is already eighty years old, in some ways, his body is probably better than that of a strong man in his thirties or forties... The dragon race is lustful by nature, which is due to some kind of wild instinct. So for a guy like Uesugi Yue, whose body has a higher ratio of dragon blood than human blood, love and sex are as important to him as eating and shitting, otherwise he might starve to death or suffocate to death.

Moreover, the high-purity dragon blood also gave Uesugi Yue a look and temperament far beyond that of an ordinary person. Although this ramen master is old, he is definitely a suave and stylish old man among all the elderly men in Japan... a sexy old man.

This type of old man has an inexplicable and fatal attraction to a large number of female elites who have a fetish for mature men and some young girls with an Oedipus complex... Just like a young female director on the school board has always admired Angers, who is older than her great-grandfather, and Pompey, whose son is of marriageable age but is still dating a female college student who is younger than Nono... This situation is particularly common in a country like Japan where the average person is perverted.