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

Lu Mingfei couldn't tell whether Eiry realized that the dress was inappropriate, but he could see that Eiry was quite impressed by the metaphor of "Gen Chisei wearing Lolita clothes while shopping."

"Yes, yes, this dress is also 'Yuan Zhisheng wears Lolita for shopping'. It's really 'Yuan Zhisheng wears Lolita for shopping'! So it's not suitable to wear this dress out. You should change it." Lu Mingfei put one hand on Eri's shoulder and gently pushed the girl out. "Choose another one, a set of clothes that Eri would wear more often in daily life."

Although this kimono is not as directly and wildly sexy as the previous leather skirt suit, it has a kind of reserved and charming charm. Lu Mingfei wanted to appreciate it again, but his tolerance could not withstand such appreciation. His nosebleed was about to gush out, so he hurriedly urged Eiry to change into a more normal suit.

Lu Mingfei wiped his nose with the back of his hand. Looking at the bright red blood on the back of his hand, he couldn't tell for a moment whether these few minutes were a blessing or torture.

Lu Mingfei faced the wall and took the opportunity to think about the current situation of the Sheqi Eight Families.

Since he had instructed Minamoto no Nakasei not to expose Tachibana Masamune's identity, Minamoto no Nakasei naturally could not explain to the people of the Yaki Eight Families the alliance between him and the three of them. So, on the surface, the three of them were still enemies of the Yaki Eight Families. At least in the eyes of the Tachibana, Sakurai, Miyamoto, Inuyama and Ryoma families, he was the number one wanted criminal who had injured Mr. Masamune and kidnapped the head of the Uesugi family.

In this way, the following actions can only be carried out in secret, which is really a headache. What if I meet some blind guy from the Snake Family while shopping with Eiry? It would definitely be inappropriate to kill her family in front of Eiry. Should I take Eiry and run away as soon as possible, or explain my cooperative relationship with Gen Chisei and let the other party call to verify it on the spot?

Lu Mingfei was lost in thought. When he came to, his nosebleed had stopped. In reality, quite a while had passed. He was still wondering why Eri had taken so long to choose clothes this time. Could she have chosen another bizarre outfit that exposed her chest and legs? This was very likely, after all, there were only a few normal clothes in this room.

Just as Lu Mingfei was worried like this, Eiry's hand patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder from behind for the third time. Lu Mingfei turned around with the mentality that he might see something incredible again. When he saw the girl in front of him clearly, Lu Mingfei looked up and down slowly in disbelief, his eyes full of surprise.

This time, Eri changed into a JK uniform, which is the uniform for Japanese female high school students. A sea-blue bow tie was tied at the collar of a white shirt, and the lower body was a sea-blue short skirt that matched the color of the bow tie. The length of the skirt was in the middle of the thigh, just right.

Eri's slender and straight legs were wrapped in a pair of black stockings. The edges of the stockings left slightly plump marks above the knees. The thighs exposed under the short skirt and above the stockings were faintly visible, which was seductive but not at all obscene. It was an absolute masterpiece.

Lu Mingfei looked at her from the front, then walked around to look at Eiry from behind, and couldn't help but feel that it was a perfect match. This kind of youthful and beautiful high school girl style was so well matched with Eiry's temperament. A breath of youth came to his face. This dress seemed to be tailor-made for Eiry!

Most importantly… this dress isn’t erotic at all! There’s no deliberately cut or weird patterns, and even when showing legs, it doesn’t feel risqué at all. Instead, it feels just the right amount of snug!

Lu Mingfei really didn't expect that there were such normal clothes in the inventory of Manager Jing. They were so normal that they seemed out of tune with the other clothes around them. This made Lu Mingfei feel like he had seen a pure schoolgirl among a group of fallen women in a nightclub.

"Great!" Lu Mingfei gave Eri a thumbs-up. "Really great! This outfit suits Eri very well. It doesn't look like 'Gen Chi-sei wearing a Lolita dress' at all!"

I wonder what Yuan Zhisheng would think if he were here and heard Lu Mingfei using him as an analogy again and again in front of his sister.

"Now that Eri has picked out the right clothes, let's get ready to go out," Lu Mingfei said to Eri, "but there's one last thing before we go out. I really want to try it out."

Lu Mingfei took Eiry to a nearby dressing table. He gently pressed her down on the seat and reached out to pick up a comb and two black leather rubber bands from the shelf.

Eiry's long red hair, like a waterfall, is so eye-catching that it is hard for her not to become the focus of the crowd when walking on the street. Lu Mingfei wants to tie her hair... However, Lu Mingfei also has his own selfish motives for this action.

It all started one day when Xia Mi came to class with a messy braid. Lu Mingfei smiled and teased her, asking if she had quarreled with her senior brother again and asked her to control her temper. Her senior brother was furious, but Xia Mi was not angry at all. She touched her weed-like braid, hugged Chu Zihang's arm, raised her chin and told Lu Mingfei that this was the braid Chu Zihang had tied for her. Although it was ugly, only when a girl is willing to let a boy tie her hair can it prove that the girl really likes the boy, because hair is as important to a girl as her life.

Chapter 399 Lu Mingfei's long-cherished wish

It’s just hair, how can it be as important to a girl as her life?

Lu Mingfei didn't know whether Xia Mi was teasing him or it was true. He turned to Nono on his right to ask for confirmation and asked if hair was really as important to a girl as her life.

Nuonuo touched her crimson hair and looked at Lu Mingfei with a teasing look, saying, "Junior brother, you are still young and have no experience in love. It is understandable that you don't understand these things. You will understand when you grow up. For some girls, hair is even more important than life. If anyone dares to hurt my hair, I will pull out every hair on his body."

Lu Mingfei then tentatively asked Nuonuo, since senior sister's hair is so important, has senior sister ever asked the boss to tie your hair?

Nono shook his head and said no, because Caesar didn't know how to tie his hair.

However, before Lu Mingfei could say anything, Nuonuo continued, saying that Caesar had once insisted on cutting her hair. The guy claimed that he was an expert in hairstyling. Nuonuo let Caesar have a try, but he ended up giving her a dog-eaten fringe. Nuonuo was so angry that she burned off Caesar's eyebrows.

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, but was silent, not knowing what to say. Nuonuo patted his shoulder encouragingly and said that there was no need to envy Caesar for having his eyebrows burned by her. In the future, you, my junior brother, will definitely be able to find a girl who can burn your eyebrows.

Lu Mingfei was stunned and asked why he wanted someone to burn his eyebrows.

On the other side, Xia Mi patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder again and said, "Senior Brother Lu, you are so stupid. Senior Sister Nuonuo is reminding you that you should find a girlfriend."

So Lu Mingfei had a very bad time in that class. He couldn't hear what Professor Manstein was chattering on the stage, because on Lu Mingfei's left, Xia Mi was whispering to Chu Zihang, and on Lu Mingfei's right, Nuonuo was sending private messages to Caesar. During the one-hour class, Lu Mingfei was sandwiched between two couples, and he felt the world's deep malice towards him.

From that day on, tying the hair of the girl he liked became something Lu Mingfei must try once he had the chance.

"This is my first time tying a girl's hair, so it might not look good. Will Eri mind?" Lu Mingfei asked softly in Eri's ear.

Eiry shook her head slowly, meaning that she didn't mind.

Lu Mingfei gently stroked Eri's hair. The seaweed-like long hair slowly spread out in Lu Mingfei's hands, as soft as flowing water whose shape could not be grasped. Lu Mingfei used a wooden comb to gently comb the waterfall-like long hair to both sides, and then used a rubber band to slowly circle around the roots of the hair.

Eri kept looking at the boy behind her through the mirror. The boy's movements were clumsy and it looked like he had never tied a girl's hair before, but his expression was focused and serious, as if what was going to be born from his hands next were not two clumsy long braids, but some incredible work of art.

Eiry didn't say anything, and neither did Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei combed and tied Eiry's hair quietly and meticulously. Eiry watched Lu Mingfei combing and tying her hair quietly, without blinking.

The locker room seemed to have returned to its empty silence, with only the subtle rustling sound of a wooden comb combing through the girl's long hair. The only two people in the entire locker room were enjoying each other's silence in tacit understanding, without saying a word.

……

Minamoto Chisei, wearing a long black trench coat, stood in front of the gate of Awakening Temple. Yaksha and Crow on his left and right pushed open the heavy black wooden door for Minamoto Chisei. Minamoto Chisei slowly stepped into the extremely hidden terrace built on the Genji Heavy Industries Building.

The sky above was covered with lead-colored dark clouds, which gathered and hung low, giving people the illusion that the sky was about to collapse. Yuan Zhisheng walked on the ancient bluestone road, and the gurgling water flowed slowly by his sides.

Crow and Yaksha stopped at the door early because their identities did not qualify them to enter the Awakening Temple today. The highest-level family meeting of the Eight Snake Qi Families was about to be held here, and only the eight most distinguished people among the Eight Snake Qi Families were qualified to attend the meeting.

At this moment, except for the head of the Uesugi family who is not in Genji Heavy Industries, all the other heads of the families have arrived. With the arrival of Minamoto no Chisei, the highest-level family meeting is about to be held.

In fact, it was already noon, but the sunlight could not penetrate through the thick black clouds. Only a pale light was cast on the horizon. Because of the heavy rain all night the day before, the coastline of Tokyo Bay was moving closer to the shore. A strong wind blew from the sea in the distance, carrying a damp and salty smell.

The hem of Yuan Zhisheng's windbreaker was rustling in the strong wind.

Gen Chisei is now the supreme leader of the Snake Eight Families, but today he did not choose to wear the special haori that represents his status as the patriarch. Instead, he wore the windbreaker he wore when he was the director of the Executive Bureau. It has to be said that the patriarch's kimono, which carries a heavy sense of age, is indeed a bit out of place on this young man, but the capable and solemn black windbreaker can more perfectly set off the young patriarch's capable temperament.

The other family heads were all dressed in black suits. Since this meeting wasn't held at the family shrine, they didn't need to wear the haori that symbolized their status as family heads. The only female family head present, Nanami Sakurai, wore an exquisite black kimono. This beautiful family head looked unusually haggard. I wonder if she didn't get enough rest last night, or if something had really troubled this most powerful woman in the Japanese underworld to the point of exhaustion.

In fact, it wasn't just the head of the Sakurai family. The expressions of all the heads of the family were meaningful, between heavy and solemn. The heads of the family exchanged glances without saying a word. Everyone understood that the significance of this urgently convened supreme meeting was absolutely extraordinary.

Gen Chisei took a seat at the head of the table. He pulled a cigarette and lighter from his inner pocket, lit a Soft Seven Stars, took a drag, and slowly exhaled the smoke. He spoke calmly, "The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has left. We were confiscated for a lot of contraband, but I've already made good connections. In the end, the family paid a total of 2 billion yen. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the other parties stated that the only disciplinary action would be a warning, and there would be no further additional liability."

Two billion yen is definitely not a small amount. Although it will not cause any serious damage to the Sheqi Eight Clan, it is not a price that can be thrown out casually. But even for a huge underworld family like the Sheqi Eight Clan, this amount must be paid if they want to gain a foothold in the prosperous Tokyo. Because the political situation attaches great importance to this anti-gang operation, not only the Metropolitan Police Department, but also the Tax Bureau, the Governor's Office and other institutions will share the dividends. Because the Sheqi Eight Clan has been caught this time, they must pay a price if they want others to shut up. This is the law of survival in this world.

In fact, all the family heads present knew very well that even if this search operation came suddenly, the Sheqi Eight Families could have survived safely because the family's spies lurking in the Metropolitan Police Department had reminded the family twelve hours in advance that the Metropolitan Police Department would have a sudden search of the Genji Heavy Industries Building. For the Executive Bureau commissioners who were always incredibly efficient, twelve hours were enough for them to clean up all the prohibited items displayed in the open in Genji Heavy Industries.

But last night, the sudden incident not only disrupted the family's pace of preparing supplies, but also caused a catastrophic disaster in Genji Heavy Industries. Overnight, the eight Sheqi families suffered heavy casualties.

"In last night's 'Deadpool's Raid on Genji Heavy Industries,' the total death toll was 297, with 143 injured. Thirty-nine people died in the Contact Division, forty-two in the Liaison Division, and two in the Strategy Division. The heaviest casualties were in the Executive Bureau," said Fuma Kotaro, head of the Fuma family, as he reported the family's casualties. He paused, "The Executive Bureau's casualties... exceeded 100."

After hearing this number, even the family heads couldn't help but gasp, because everyone understood that this death toll meant that the Executive Bureau had suffered a nearly devastating blow in this incident. This department, which used to be the strongest and most popular in the Japanese branch, might not be able to recover for a long time to come.

While making these reports, Fuma Kotaro glanced vaguely at the expression of the chief, Minamoto no Chisei. After all, Minamoto no Chisei had served as the director of the Executive Bureau for three years and should have some feelings for the Executive Bureau. Hearing that most of his subordinates were killed or injured, he naturally felt uncomfortable.

But to Fuma Kotaro's surprise, Gen Chisei remained expressionless. He just smoked the Gentle Seven Stars quietly, his feminine face covered in smoke, without any sadness or anger.

"Go on." Yuan Zhisheng put out a soft Seven Stars cigarette and said softly. What he meant was that if any family head had anything else to report, he could continue.

"Most of the remains of the snake-like Deadpools were burned by high temperatures. The fire in the screen wall layer has been extinguished. The few remaining remains have been taken over by the Rock Flow Research Institute, and researchers are studying them." said Shio Miyamoto, head of the Miyamoto family.

Yuan Zhisheng nodded and said, "After the research is completed, burn all the remaining debris of those things to leave no traces."

"Yes," Miyamoto Shio replied respectfully. "Also, we found three researchers unconscious in the submarine repair room in the underground dock this morning. Researcher Maruichiro Yamamoto and two of his colleagues had their Iwateu Institute uniforms, identification badges, and authorization cards stolen by someone unknown. We suspect someone impersonated an Iwateu Institute researcher and infiltrated Genji Heavy Industries last night. This may be related to the 'Deadpool attack on Genji Heavy Industries' incident."

"It's someone from Cassel." Nanami Sakurai, head of the Sakurai family, said grimly, "We ran into a guy in the elevator last night wearing a Ganliu Research Institute uniform and a Yamamoto Maruichiro nameplate. Later, Mr. Masamune, the Inuyama family head, I, and that guy took the elevator to the fourth floor. Mr. Masamune revealed that 'Yamamoto Maruichiro' was Lu Mingfei, one of the three specialists sent to Japan by Cassel this time."

The three heads of the Miyamoto, Ryoma and Fuma families all changed their expressions.

"After his identity was revealed, Lu Mingfei suddenly insulted Mr. Masamune for no reason. The head of the Inuyama family and I immediately started fighting with Lu Mingfei..." Sakurai Nanami was interrupted before she could finish her words.

"Wait a moment, Master Sakurai." Fuma Kotaro frowned slightly and asked the question in his mind, "Are you saying that Lu Mingfei, you, and Master Inuyama will fight at the same time?"

"Yes, although we were only at the testing stage at the beginning, Lu Mingfei's strength was still far beyond our expectations. His swordsmanship was even comparable to that of the Inuyama family head." Sakurai Nanami said solemnly, "While we were fighting, a deadpool wandered into our battlefield. The Inuyama family head dealt with the deadpool, but Lu Mingfei used the deadpool's corpse as cover to slash Mr. Masamune's eye and escaped in the chaos."

The other family heads showed expressions of disbelief. No matter how strong Lu Mingfei was, he could injure Mr. Masamune in front of the two family heads... This was simply unbelievable.

"Yes, everything Patriarch Sakurai said is true. I can testify to it." At this time, Patriarch Inuyama He spoke up. "Lu Mingfei's strength is indeed beyond imagination. It was also due to our negligence that Mr. Masamune was injured. After attacking Mr. Masamune, Lu Mingfei sneaked into the elevator shaft. I chased him, but in the end, he accidentally escaped."

After Inuyama He finished speaking, all the family heads' eyes were focused on the old man sitting in the second seat to the left of Minamoto Chisei.

In previous regular meetings, the old man always sat in the position where Gen Chisheng sat now, full of energy, and coordinated and arranged in an orderly manner in meetings of all sizes. But the old man seemed particularly silent today, and his silence was mixed with a bit of embarrassment, because most of his face was wrapped in thick gauze, and only his nose, mouth and one eye were exposed. Before this, no one would have thought that one day they would see Mr. Masamune, who was always as calm as a mountain, appear in front of everyone in such an embarrassing manner.

The two young family heads, Miyamoto Shio and Ryoma Genichirō, had not yet realized anything. Only Fuma Kotaro, the most senior family head present, knew how powerful Inuyama He was and how superb his swordsmanship was. He looked deeply at Inuyama He and then at Minamoto Chisei, who was sitting on the head seat.

Everyone knew how close the relationship between Minamoto no Chisei and Tachibana Masamune was, almost like father and son, but at this moment Minamoto no Chisei did not look at Tachibana Masamune with concern and worry like the other family heads. He just took out another Soft Seven Stars cigarette from the cigarette box without looking away and quietly lit it for himself.

"Since we've mentioned Lu Mingfei, let's first explain Lu Mingfei's situation." Yuan Zhisheng exhaled a puff of smoke and suddenly said, "During last night's 'Deadpool attacks Genji Heavy Industries' incident, the head of the Uesugi family disappeared from her room, and there's no trace of her anywhere inside Genji Heavy Industries or around the building. Based on the current clues, the head of the Uesugi family left with Lu Mingfei."

Chapter 400 Change

When talking about the head of the Uesugi family and Lu Mingfei leaving the Genji Heavy Industries Building, Minamoto no Chisei used the word "left together" instead of "kidnapped" or "taken away". The meaning he expressed to the heads of the families was very clear... Uesugi Erii voluntarily followed Lu Mingfei out of the Genji Heavy Industries Building.

"The head of the Uesugi family also left with that Lu Mingfei? How could that be? Is there something wrong?" Sakurai Nanami murmured absentmindedly.

"Eri did leave with Lu Mingfei, there is no doubt about that, someone witnessed it with their own eyes." Gen Chisheng said.

Even if the people in the connection department and the executive bureau could have made mistakes, there was absolutely no mistake in Lu Mingfei and Eiry visiting his father Uesugi Yue's ramen stall together. This was what his father told him personally, and it was irrefutable evidence.

Hearing Yuan Zhisheng's extremely confident tone, the family heads were all stunned. Everyone's face was very interesting, and was instantly filled with disbelief.

Everyone present was an absolute leader of the Sheqi Eight Families. Everyone knew what Uesugi Erie meant to the Sheqi Eight Families and to the entire mixed-blood world. The Uesugi family head's departure from the Sheqi Eight Families was like a powerful developed country suddenly losing its nuclear weapons along with the nuclear launch button. For the family, this was no longer a question of how much loss it suffered. The moment this news was blurted out by Gen Chisheng, even the supreme family heads could not help but panic, and a feeling of unease quickly spread from seat to seat.

If the faces of the other family heads were filled with fear, then Tachibana Masamune's face was gloomy, extremely gloomy, so gloomy that it seemed as if black water might be squeezed out of it.

Eri is missing? Uesugi Eri is actually missing?

Lu Mingfei! That damn Lu Mingfei again!

Tachibana Masamune clenched his hands tightly into fists under the table, his nails digging into his flesh, causing him to feel a piercing pain.

The rage in Tachibana Masamune's heart at this moment was even greater than when Lu Mingfei blinded his eyes. He had never been so furious or so aggrieved in the past twenty years. His perfect plan was about to usher in a great finale, but suddenly a crack appeared... All this was because of the sudden appearance of Lu Mingfei, a young boy who was not even twenty years old. Tachibana Masamune was so irritated by such a young boy that his lungs were about to explode!

It’s not because Eri’s fighting power is so important to the Yaki Eight Clan, nor because of the “deep father-daughter relationship” between Tachibana Masamune and Eri, but because Eri means so much to him.

During the past twenty years, Tachibana Masamune had gained supreme power and authority in the eight families of Sheqi. He raised the girl as his own daughter. He put in a lot of effort and worked hard. He killed countless people openly and secretly, stepping on thick blood and piles of bones. Tachibana Masamune staked everything on his plan. If he made a mistake, he would lose not only his life, but also the supreme throne, his overwhelming ambition, and a brand new era!

Either get everything or be damned forever.

But just when all the chess pieces on the chessboard were moving according to plan, and just when Masamune Tachibana thought everything was within his grasp, the young man named Lu Mingfei suddenly showed up, disrupted his plans, and abducted Eiry... Eiry was the most important character in his plan. If a new chapter was about to begin, then Eiry would be the prologue, the introduction. Without Eiry, all the achievements that Masamune Tachibana had made in the past twenty years would be wasted. How could he not be furious?

"But what was Kassel Academy's purpose in taking Patriarch Uesugi away?" Miyamoto Shio asked Gennoshi. "Did they sense Patriarch Uesugi's extraordinary power? And want to exploit it? Was it revealed during the 'Abyss Plan'?"

"The most puzzling thing is why the head of the Uesugi family is willing to leave with Lu Mingfei?" Sakurai Nanami frowned tightly, "They should not know each other at all."

The heads of the families looked at Minamoto Chisei with inquiring eyes, because Minamoto Chisei was the current head of the family and the person closest to the head of the Uesugi family. The heads of the families all hoped that Minamoto Chisei could give a reasonable explanation... But to everyone's surprise, Minamoto Chisei just shook his head slowly.

"I can't understand why the head of the Uesugi family was willing to leave Genji Heavy Industries with Lu Mingfei, a person she didn't even know. This is something that has always troubled me," said Gen. Chisheng. "But whether taking Eri away was arranged by Kassel Academy or Lu Mingfei's personal act is still under discussion. I have issued a scarlet bounty in the name of the Eight Snake Clan. Lu Mingfei's portrait has been distributed to every gang. His bounty is 10 million yen."

"Ten million yen?" Fuma Kotaro frowned slightly, questioning, "Isn't it too little? The Uesugi family's importance makes a reward of hundreds of millions of yen a reasonable sum. Ten million yen won't be enough to impress the major underworld organizations. I'm afraid the search won't be strong enough."

"Cranking up all of Tokyo isn't a solution. The more turbulent the city, the easier it will be for them to hide amidst the chaos." Gen Chisei shook his head, rejecting Fuma Kotaro's suggestion. "Also, an overly aggressive search would likely cause resistance from the Uesugi clan leader. We don't need to worry about his safety; we should worry about whether the city will remain safe if we anger him."

Fuma Kotaro remained silent and did not comment.

"But there's no need to be too nervous," Gen Chisei said to Fuma Kotaro. "Although the head of the Uesugi family is not very worldly-wise, she is very opinionated on major issues. I've known the head of the Uesugi family for so many years, so I know very well that she is very sensitive to other people's ill intentions."

"If Lu Mingfei brought the Uesugi family head with a purpose, the Uesugi family head would never have followed him so obediently." Yuan Zhisheng said in a deep voice, "And it is even more impossible for Lu Mingfei to take the Uesugi family head away by force. Even if he has the strength to injure the head of the Tachibana family, he will never be able to subdue the Uesugi family head. Various signs in Genji Heavy Industries show that the Uesugi family head was willing to follow Lu Mingfei. I think the Uesugi family head must have his own considerations. The Uesugi family head is one of the heads of the top three families of the Sheqi Eight Families. We can't just treat her as the secret weapon of the Sheqi Eight Families. She has the freedom to choose what to do and who to trust. We must respect the Uesugi family head's personal will."

Does Eri really have her own thoughts? Gen Chisheng didn't know, but that was all he could say. Although he had issued a bounty order, it was only 10 million yen. In his heart, Gen Chisheng knew that he was protecting Lu Mingfei and Eri. All this stemmed from a conversation between Gen Chisheng and Uesugi Yue at the ramen stall. Ever since he learned that Eri was his biological sister, Gen Chisheng's heart had developed strange feelings towards this girl.

"The secret weapon of the Sheqi Eight Clans"... This name is really too ugly.

Gen Chisheng recalled the light in the girl's eyes when he first met her, like a red bird soaring in the sky. Now Gen Chisheng no longer wants to use Eri as a weapon to intimidate the demons, but wants to treat the girl as a truly independent individual. He respects Eri's freedom and will.

When Gen Chisheng spoke of Eri, his tone was firm and decisive. Fuma Kotaro looked deeply at the unquestionable expression on Gen Chisheng's face. The old man with white hair on his temples bowed deeply to the first seat, then sat back in his seat, kept silent, and no longer raised any questions.

All the family heads now focused their attention on Yuan Zhisheng, who was in the first place, because everyone noticed that the temperament of this young man was different from before.

In every previous meeting, this young man gave all the family heads the impression of being lax and lazy. Whether it was routine gatherings about family construction and future prospects, or major events involving the family's survival, Minamoto Chisheng never seemed to be interested. He never resisted or argued in the face of doubts and accusations from other family heads. The Japanese uprightness was not reflected in this young man at all, so there were so many doubts and resistance from the eight families of Sheqi about Minamoto Chisheng's succession to the head of the family.

But Yuan Zhisheng today is completely different, as if he has become a different person overnight. The current Yuan Zhisheng gives people the feeling of a strategist who has a broad view of the overall situation. He is calm but has good judgment, and has his own opinions. Even when facing the head of the Fengma family who has the longest seniority and the highest status, Yuan Zhisheng still refutes the other party's words, and he does so with reason and evidence, neither humble nor arrogant. The aura of a superior emanating from this young man at this moment makes everyone sigh.

"Do you have any questions or suggestions?" Minamoto no Chisei looked around at everyone, and the eyes that Tachibana Masamune praised as the evil eyes swept across the faces of each family head one by one.

No one spoke, and no one questioned. Only Yuan Zhisheng's voice seemed to still echo in the huge terrace, lingering for a long time.

It was not until they looked into Yuan Zhisheng's majestic eyes one by one that the heads of the families present suddenly realized that the person in front of them was not a lazy young man by nature, but a sleeping lion. The unique royal blood of the Eight Snake Families flowed in his body. He was the strongest of the Eight Snake Families in the world. If Yuan Zhisheng had the intention to kill any of the heads of the families present, no one could compete with him.

After a long silence, Yuan Zhisheng spoke again, "If none of the Patriarchs have anything else to say, let's move on to the core of today's meeting. I will announce several important resolutions."

"First of all, starting today, the family will stop the war with the fierce ghosts." Yuan Zhisheng's first sentence was earth-shattering.

All the family heads were stunned by this unexpected decision. Everyone was speechless for a moment. It seemed that they could not determine in a short time whether Yuan Zhisheng was serious or joking with everyone.

"When I say halt the war, I mean a complete halt. All relevant clan forces will immediately recall their Osaka territories after this meeting and order them to retreat to Tokyo as quickly as possible." As if oblivious to the growing astonishment in the crowd, Minamoto Chisei spoke calmly, "During the evacuation, remember not to initiate any conflict with the Oni Clan's forces."

The atmosphere was silent and frozen. Everyone stared at Yuan Zhisheng with disbelief, as if trying to confirm the truth of his words... But Yuan Zhisheng had no expression on his face. After he finished speaking, he stopped talking and did not look at any of the family heads. His silence at this moment was his best expression.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" The first to speak was still the most senior Fuma Kotaro.

Fuma Kotaro's reaction was the biggest among everyone. After he came to his senses and realized that Minamoto no Chisei was serious, the old man couldn't help but slam the table and stand up.

"There is no way that the family will stop the war with the demons! This is a point that does not need to be discussed!" Fuma Kotaro said loudly.

When Fuma Kotaro said this, all the family heads frowned slightly. Even though most of them could not accept Minamoto Chisei's decision for a while, no one would say it in such a straightforward tone like Fuma Kotaro. It sounded as if he was the patriarch who could decide the family's mission. Moreover, Fuma Kotaro suddenly stood up and naturally had a condescending attitude when talking to Minamoto Chisei. This behavior was obviously a disrespect and presumption towards Minamoto Chisei.

However, Gen Chisei, who was refuted in such a public manner, did not show any anger or resentment. He just looked at the angry Fuma Kotaro calmly, quietly waiting for what Fuma Kotaro would say next.

"Calling a complete halt to the war is simply impossible, because this isn't a recent war," Fuma Kotaro said gravely. "The war between our family and the demons has raged for far too many years. We and the demons have accumulated too much hatred. Countless members of our family have shed blood and sacrificed, and this is etched in our family's history. This hatred can't be stopped simply by saying it should. It's a conflict etched into our bloodline. Only when one side is completely annihilated can this war be brought to an end."