From Hokage to Visionary

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Chapter 304 The True Red Well!

The extremely brutal corpse-guarding defense battle finally tilted completely after Uesugi Yue joined.

However, the Eight Clans of Sheqi, who had clearly won the victory, seemed to have been defeated. Everyone was shrouded in despair, with empty and confused eyes, and many of them were even crying softly.

The reason for all this is that just now, the young master Minamoto Chisei, Inuyama He, the former Shadow Emperor Uesugi Koshi, and Miyamoto Shio jointly announced a shocking fact, that is, the former head of the Tachibana family and the 73rd head of the Snake Eight Families, Tachibana Masamune, is actually the leader of the fierce demons, 'Wangjiang'!

Tachibana Masamune's real name is Jung von Herzog. He has been lurking in the Snake Eight Clan for decades, with the goal of seizing "Uesugi Erie" who has royal blood.

When the truth was revealed, even with Yuan Zhisheng's prestige, he could hardly suppress the members of the Sheqi Eight Families.

After all, Mr. Tachibana Masamune's contributions to the family over the past few decades, and his gentle and tactful methods, have led everyone forward in the darkness after World War II. Both his moral character and his charm have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every member of the Snake Eight Families.

Now, they were suddenly told that the respected Mr. Masamune Tachibana was the mastermind behind everything, and no one could accept it.

Finally, with Uesugi Yue's status as the 'King of Shadows' and Minamoto Chisei's prestige, the Sheqi Eight Families had to accept the sad fact that the beloved patriarch turned out to be an ambitious 'devil' with ulterior motives, a 'ghost' who manipulated everything!

After pacifying the Eight Snake Clans, Minamoto Chisei immediately led a few people to find Miyamoto Shio.

"Master Miyamoto, please retrieve the surveillance video."

"Okay, wait a moment."

A moment later, the surveillance video from Tokyo Bay was retrieved.

In the surveillance video, there is a blond young man next to Herzog.

However, a strange scene appeared. They were walking on the tragic battlefield, but those brutal corpse guards seemed to ignore them.

Not only the Corpse Guards, but even the people from the Eight Snake Clans seemed unable to see them.

Immediately afterwards, Herzog came in front of Eri, and without any movement, the girl followed them and walked towards the darkness until she completely disappeared at the end of the surveillance.

"Adam Angelwide, why is he here?" Yuan Zhisheng frowned, obviously recognizing the blond young man in the surveillance video.

But this made him even more confused. Could it be that the commissioner sent by Kassel Academy was still secretly in contact with the ghosts?

"Zhisheng. No, Patriarch, I just received a message from the Peninsula Hotel."

At this time, Miyamoto Shio came over and was about to call him by his name, but then he felt it was inappropriate and immediately changed his words, "It was a message from Caesar Gattuso, the commissioner of Kassel Academy. Just half an hour ago, they were attacked by Wang Jiang, the leader of the ghosts. One of the members, Adam Anglewied, was forcibly hypnotized and abducted by him."

"What did you say?!"

Yuan Zhisheng was shocked and angry, and asked, "Why are they reporting this important matter only now?"

"Please calm down, Patriarch." Miyamoto Shio raised his hand and put it on Yuan Zhisheng's shoulder to calm him down, then said: "This is not their fault. A large number of Deadpools invaded the Peninsula Hotel. Caesar Gattuso and Chu Zihang were seriously injured and have been transferred for treatment. This news was passed by him before he fell into a coma."

A massive Deadpool invasion of the Peninsula Hotel?!

Yuan Zhisheng was startled again and felt a little suffocated.

Herzog's plan was almost flawless, with one link after another, like an invisible black fog that enveloped them all.

The Eight Sheqi Families were like fish that had been caught in a fishing net. They could only watch helplessly as the invisible net shrank little by little, trapping them all to death.

"There is another more important message."

Miyamoto Shio looked a little unhappy, and said, "Before Caesar Gattuso fell into a coma, he mentioned that Adam Angerwede's bloodline came from the noble 'White King'. The Word Spirit is suspected to have the power of mind control and hypnosis. We must be careful."

The bloodline of the White King, is the curse in the bloodline finally about to erupt?

Yuan Zhisheng sat down on the chair beside him, feeling somewhat powerless. His hard face showed a trace of fatigue. He lowered his head deeply, his eyes full of confusion: "All of this was planned by Herzog. Eri and Adam, what exactly does he want to do?"

"Master, what should we do now?"

Miyamoto Shio looked at the young man sitting on the chair and asked.

This is not only what he wants to ask, but also what the Eight Clans of Sheqi want to ask. Where will they go next?

"Want to know the answers to everything, brother?"

Just when Gen Chisei was feeling confused, Kazama Ruri, who was bound by special alchemical instruments, suddenly spoke.

It turned out that he had woken up a long time ago and was just looking at them calmly. Although his appearance was still terrifying and ferocious, there was no trace of cruelty in his eyes anymore. He was like a cold and silent lake.

"Are you Kazama Ruri or Gen Chisho?" Gen Chisei, who was sitting on a chair, looked at him with a tired face.

"In fact, whether it's Fengjian Liuli or Yuan Zhinv, they are the same person." Yuan Zhinv's eyes were calm and she said softly: "One yearns for revenge, and the other hopes for dependence, but the same thing is that they both love you, just in different ways."

Yuan Zhisheng opened his mouth, but in the end, he couldn't say anything.

"Brother, do you still remember the True Crimson Well?"

Yuan Zhinv seemed to be lost in memories, and she slowly said, "That day, you pierced my chest with a knife and pushed me down the well, but I didn't die."

"I met Wang Jiang. No, haha, now I should call him Herzog." He paused and continued, "I don't know what he did to me, but since then, another personality has appeared in my mind, Fengjian Liuli."

"It should be some kind of surgery."

Miyamoto Shio said, "I've heard that a certain type of pons surgery can create a split personality."

"Well, that's about it. It's not important."

Yuan Zhinv said calmly: "I don't know much. The only thing I know is that Herzog seems to be planning to use the holy remains left by the White King and the royal blood left by the Shadow Emperor Uesugi Yue to complete the true 'Road to the Underworld' and steal the authority that belongs to God."

"what?!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Using the 'royal blood' and the holy remains of the White King to steal the authority that belongs to God, this guy Herzog actually plans to become the new generation of 'White King'!

Miyamoto Shio was soaked in cold sweat, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he said in horror: "No, we must not let this guy succeed, otherwise, the Snake Eight Clan, no, the whole of Japan will be destroyed!"

In the mythology of the Snake Eight Clans, it was mentioned that ten thousand years ago, the Japanese continent collapsed due to the awakening of the White King and became the four major islands today.

If it happens again, all of Japan will sink!

The awakening of the 'God' will inevitably bring about a grand 'sacrifice', and Japan is that sacrifice!

"You're not Genji, right?"

Suddenly, Yuan Zhisheng looked at the calm Yuan Zhinu with complicated eyes and said these words.

"Oh, is it important?"

Yuan Zhinu showed a strange smile on her face, and said meaningfully: "It doesn't matter who I am. I want to kill the king more than your life."

"why?"

Yuan Zhisheng asked.

Genji smiled and said something that made people's backs shudder: "I just want to destroy everything, that's all."

Tama River mountain area, Hongjing.

White filaments covered the inner wall of the water storage well. They grew from the bottom of the well, like the hyphae of some kind of mold.

But these hyphae can not only infect soil and trees, but can even penetrate steel. They can grow to several meters long and hang on steel beams or trees, like countless slender hands swaying in the wind.

This kind of filament is fatal to any form of life. It is highly corrosive. The inside of the steel contaminated by it becomes as loose as a sponge, and the trees die directly from the inside. Within a radius of one kilometer, life is completely cut off. Under the seemingly holy white cover, the entire mountain has died.

At this moment, the red-haired girl who looked like an elf was as dull as a puppet in the strange and ethereal sound of the clapper.

Herzog took out a cigarette, put it to his lips and lit it.

Zi.

As the tobacco burned, he took a deep breath, enjoying the moment of tranquility and gazing at the night sky in the distance: "A grand awakening always requires some sacrifices. The Eight Snake Clan, please come quickly. It is your bloodline of the Eight Snake Clan that is supporting me to steal the divine power and become the 'White King'!"

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Chapter 305: Grand Awakening (I)

The battle in Tokyo Bay ended with the Snake Eight Clans winning a tragic victory.

As the 74th head of the family, Minamoto Chisei officially announced Tachibana Masamune's betrayal, and ordered Miyamoto Shio and his Ganliu Research Institute to survey the red well mentioned by Kazama Ruri.

In the most expensive ward of Genji Private Hospital, Gen Chisei and Sakura pushed the door open and walked in.

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

"What's the situation now?" Caesar asked immediately when he saw him come in.

Yuan Zhisheng sat on a chair in the ward, lighting a thin seven-star candle by himself, with the ancient knife placed next to him. Without even raising his eyelids, he said calmly, "It's not very good. Herzog has found what he wants. I guess something that none of us want to see will happen soon."

Chu Zihang seemed to have sensed something from the other party's tone, and frowned, "Are you referring to the White King?"

"No, maybe worse." Gen Chisei flicked the ash off his cigarette and continued, "According to the current intelligence, Herzog intends to use the Holy Remains and the Royal Blood to steal the divine power of the 'White King' and make himself the new 'White King'. By then, perhaps the whole of Japan will be destroyed by Him."

Caesar raised his eyebrows, shocked by Herzog's bold plan, and his expression became a little solemn: "If I were in another identity, I would really admire this guy's perseverance. He actually kept his identity secret for decades for a plan, and finally even sat in the position of your boss."

Yuan Zhisheng's eyelids twitched, and he pretended not to hear the sarcasm in this guy's words: "This is our own business of the Eight Snake Clan."

"At this point, are you still stubborn and want to solve it on your own?" Chu Zihang shook his head and said, "From the moment we knew about the White King, this is no longer a matter for your Japanese branch, but a matter for Kassel and the whole world."

"Let me guess. Are you hesitating whether to kill us and silence us?"

Although Caesar was seriously injured, he did not hesitate to speak, and his eyes were full of provocation: "As long as you kill us, you can conceal the biggest secret of the Japanese branch, right?"

Yuan Zhisheng raised his eyelids slightly, 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 is of Transcendent A-grade bloodline. Even if I really kill you, won't Principal Angers know the secret we intend to hide?"

"Besides." Yuan Zhisheng exhaled, looking a little tired, rubbing his brow and said, "With our strength alone, we are not sure we can stop Herzog."

"so?"

Caesar looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah, that's right."

Yuan Zhisheng nodded and said, "I am here to seek cooperation. Compared with the consequences of exposing the secret, stopping Herzog is the most important thing."

"It seems that we have reached an agreement on this point." Obviously, for the current situation, cooperation between the two sides is the best way to deal with it. Caesar was not surprised and said lightly: "We need to report everything here to Kassel College. Do you agree with this?"

"No need to bother you."

Yuan Zhisheng put out his cigarette and said calmly, "While you were unconscious, I asked Kaguya to collect all the information and report it to Norma at the Kassel headquarters."

"It seems that the situation is really not optimistic." Caesar frowned. Based on his understanding of Yuan Zhisheng, he would never make such a decision if the danger was not extremely severe.

"You have been unconscious for twelve hours." Yuan Zhisheng'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 riot was discovered in Mount Fuji. I have asked Miyamoto Shio from the Rock Flow Research Institute to investigate, and there should be news soon."

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Miyamoto Shio opened the door with the report in hand, looked around, and said with a heavy face: "One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Bad news." Even on the hospital bed, Caesar did not forget to light a Cohiba cigar. The room was immediately filled with smoke. He said calmly, "I like to hear the bad news first, so that I won't be too depressed when I hear the good news."

Miyamoto Shio glanced at Minamoto Chisei, as if waiting for his reply.

"Go ahead."

Yuan Zhisheng nodded slightly and said, "At least now, our goal is the same as Kassel's, to stop Herzog's plan."

"The bad news is that the situation at Hongjing is just as expected." Miyamoto Shio handed over the report and said, "Just now, it was confirmed that magma and groundwater meet in the Akagi River. The magma flows out from the active volcano near Mount Fuji. The magma provides enough nutrients for the God's gestation and also 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 gestation of the God. All signs indicate that there is the 'Hongjing'."

"Although the name is 'Well', it's not actually a vertical well, but a horizontal one underground?" Chu Zihang said with a frown.

"Yes, in the myths passed down by the Eight Snake Clans, we call it the 'Well of Hidden Corpses'."

Yuan Zhisheng took out a thin seven-star cigarette, lit it at his lips, took a sip silently, and said, "It seems that Herzog intends to awaken the 'God' sleeping in the Well of Corpses."

"You mean, God is still alive?" Caesar raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.

"Those who are alive are not necessarily gods." Miyamoto Shio sighed and said, "Think about it. In the ten thousand years since his death, there has been no monk chanting sutras or mantras for him. If the accumulated resentment were released, I'm afraid not only Japan, but even the whole world would be destroyed."

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

Yuan Zhisheng finished his cigarette in a few puffs, threw it on the ground, crushed it with his leather shoes, and said quietly: "Whether it is the holy remains or the gods, they are all a joke played by the White King on us, a cruel joke. He gave us sacred blood, but that bloodline created generations of ghosts. It's time to cut off this cruel fate."

"Have you really made up your mind?"

Miyamoto Shio looked at Yuan Zhisheng's expression and asked, "Once such a war begins, a lot of blood will be shed, Patriarch."

"Master Miyamoto, our enemy is not Herzog, but our own destiny."

Yuan Zhisheng said in a deep voice: "We must put an end to the White King's ghost that dwells in our destiny, even if it means shedding a lot of blood. Even if all the people of this generation die, at least the next generation will have a slightly happier life. Otherwise, the family and even Japan will always be a building built on quicksand."

"What's the good news?"

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

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