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"Since you're worried, then prepare for the important family matter. Tomorrow, launch an attack on the shrine and rescue Hisasaku yourself," Abe Haruhiko said calmly.

“...Yes!” Abe Hisashi replied again, his heart sinking at the same time.

That's right, the family's big plan is to launch an attack on the shrine at tomorrow's Nijo Castle meeting, forcing the shrine master to seal himself away again.

To address this issue, the family not only persuaded the head priest of Ise Grand Shrine to help them deal with the head priest of Nagako Shrine in Tokyo, but also awakened the three slumbering demon kings to counter the household gods of the Tokugawa and Fujiwara families.

The household god and the head of the household will deal with the weakened shrine master and the shrine's priestess, respectively.

As for the mistress of the shrine maiden of Ise Shrine, she will be dealt with personally by the fourth demon king, Ōgokumaru.

In addition to these, the demons raised by the family will also participate in the battle to deal with the ancestral spirits of the Fujiwara and Tokugawa families.

Once this is accomplished, the situation in Kyoto and even the Kansai region will be completely changed.

There will be no more Fushimi Inari Shrine controlling Kansai, nor will there be any more Gosanke (three great families); the Abe family will be the masters of Kyoto.

The Kyoto Prefectural Police and the Prefectural Council will also be controlled by the Abe family. Once those smaller families realize that the situation has changed, they will naturally pledge allegiance to the Abe family.

However, Abe Hisashi was somewhat worried about Abe Haruhiko's condition, after all, Katsura was his only son, and he died at such a time.

He looked at Abe Haruhiko with some concern, only to find that Abe Haruhiko glanced back at the coffin in the hall, his eyes cold and unreadable.

It was as if the person lying in the coffin was a stranger, not his own son.

Abe Hisashi paused for a moment, glanced back at the coffin, and then looked at Abe Haruhiko.

He noticed that the other person's gaze was completely different from before; it was like that of a lion who had lost its only cub, suppressing its anger and ready to devour someone at any moment.

Is it an illusion?

Abe Hisashi was stunned, but Abe Haruhiko had already turned and walked away, with several family guards following behind him. The group's figures disappeared from his sight.

......

The Abe family cemetery.

The driver smoothly parked the car outside, opened the door for Haruhiko Abe, and waited for him to get out.

He picked up a bunch of white flowers beside him and walked toward the path in the cemetery.

The security guards followed him for a while before finally stopping to watch his figure disappear into the distance.

The head of the family had come to see his wife and sister; this was something they all knew, and no one dared to break the silence.

Although it is hard for most people to believe, the cold-blooded and ruthless head of the Abe family visits the cemetery every month to pay respects to his deceased wife and sister, especially the latter.

After all, the other party was killed by the head of the family himself.

That was a long time ago, before the head of the family had inherited the position. He was just an administrative officer at the shrine, just like his sister.

However, the head of the family's younger sister became very close to one of the Fujiwara family's administrative officers.

This was unacceptable to the elders in the family at the time.

Although the Abe, Fujiwara, and Tokugawa families were all among the three great families, they were rivals, especially the Fujiwara family, who were almost enemies and could not possibly agree to such a thing.

As in those tragic stories, the head of the family's sister eloped with the Fujiwara family's official in order to rebel.

In his disappointment and anger, the head of the family personally pursued and killed his sister, and in the end, he even executed her in front of the family god's messenger. He didn't even spare the Fujiwara family's official.

In the end, the Fujiwara family apologized and redeemed the official.

The family not only saved face, but also gained the upper hand over the Fujiwara family.

The household god also recognized him because of the head of the family's protection of the family's interests and his awareness of sacrificing family ties for the family.

In the end, the patriarch, through his skill and strength, ascended to the throne.

Such a cold-blooded and heartless person coming to sweep the graves of his deceased wife and sister makes one wonder if he is just being hypocritical and putting on an act.

The guards watched Abe no Haruhiko's departing figure in silence.

Haruhiko Abe walked alone to a tombstone, bent down to put down the bouquet of flowers in his hand, stood silently for a minute, and finally came to a small, nameless tombstone.

Chapter 246 The Rising Wind (Part 2)

This is my sister's tombstone. Because it violated a family taboo, it can only be a simple symbol, and even her name cannot be left behind.

Oh, what an irony.

Just because of that kind of thing...

"Meow~"

Suddenly, a black cat jumped out from behind the tombstone, sat down beside it, and stared at him with its dark green vertical pupils.

Abe Haruhiko's face was expressionless.

Encountering a black cat in a cemetery is not a good omen.

Not to mention, this is the Abe family cemetery, and the black cat is a symbol of the Fujiwara family, so they are inherently incompatible.

However, the head of the family did not speak, and the guards, upon discovering it, dared not approach.

"You're back?" Suddenly, Abe Haruhiko looked at the black cat and "said" something, but it was a mental communication without any sound.

"Yes, I'm back, meow."

The black cat responded with its own consciousness, without making any sound.

"Thank you for getting Mr. Morikawa to come to Kyoto."

Abe Haruhiko "spoke" again.

The black cat remained outwardly calm, but inwardly it responded, "It's nothing. After all, I didn't invite him. It was the God of the House who persuaded him. He came to Kyoto on his own for His Highness the God. Meow."

"So, the rumored relationship between him and His Highness the God is true?" Abe Haruhiko asked again.

Black Cat: "Yes, His Highness the God likes him very much, and he likes His Highness the God too, meow."

Haruhiko Abe remained silent for a while.

"That's good. It's a good thing that my ancestor has been rescued and has found someone to accompany her."

He is the head of the family, knows many secrets, and understands the true history of the family.

Historically, one of the incarnations of the Shinto shrine was none other than the family's ancestor, Abe no Seimei.

She adopted a child from the lower-ranking noble family of Abe, raised the child, taught him Yin-Yang arts, and ultimately created the Tsuchimikado Abe family, a powerful and influential family in later generations.

Although he was not related to her by blood, this connection was enough for him to respectfully address her as his ancestor.

"However, it seems that the swordsman has a wife, right?" Abe no Haruhiko asked again.

"Yes, it is a divine demon of the Age of Gods as powerful as His Highness the God. In history, it destroyed Echizen and Kaga and brought a blood moon. It is the Silver Wolf Cat."

Haruhiko Abe remained silent for a while.

"Our ancestor will not lose."

“I also think His Highness the God will be the main wife, meow,” the black cat added.

"Let's not talk about that for now, Keisuke." Abe Haruhiko changed the subject. "Also, get rid of that disgusting verbal tic you have."

"I don't want to hear a man act cute, even if you're my brother-in-law and you're using a female cat's body."

"Oh." Fujiwara Keisuke nodded, and this time he didn't add "meow" as expected.

The black cat is none other than Fujiwara Keisuke, who returned to the Fujiwara family after leaving the shrine.

In addition to borrowing the power of their household gods, members of the Fujiwara family can also communicate with cats and possess their bodies.

He used this ability to meet Abe no Haruhiko.

Abe Haruhiko was silent for a moment, then continued, "Thank you for bringing him here, and thank you for the information."

"No one in the Abe family knew that he had become a great swordsman."

"That evil spirit sent Qingyuan to distract the shrine and test it, but he killed him, which can be considered as eliminating a part of her power in advance."

"Although Qingyuan is only a great demon, he has her corrupted consciousness. Once controlled by her, he can unleash the power of a high-ranking great demon. If we don't deal with him in advance, tomorrow will be very troublesome."

He hesitated for a moment before asking, "How is Harumi now?"

"Not bad, I've recovered quite a bit recently. It's just that I've been hiding for so long, which has made me feel really bad," Fujiwara Keisuke said.

"Tch, brat, she's in a bad mood, can't you just comfort her?" Abe Haruhiko's tone turned noticeably colder.

“Of course I’m trying to appease her, but she wants to see you, her older brother, and I can’t become you,” Fujiwara Keisuke added. “Besides, tomorrow is the day we deal with your Abe family. Aren’t you going to see her?”

"It's not time yet. After tomorrow's business is finished, the Abe family is destroyed, and that evil spirit is defeated, I will naturally go to see her."

Haruhiko Abe spoke again, but what he said was surprising.

If someone from the Abe family were to join this exchange of ideas and overhear their conversation with the cat, they might go insane.

Haruhiko Abe is the current head of the Abe family, yet he claims he wants to destroy the Abe family. He had already killed his sister with his own hands, but now he says he's going to see her.

However, Fujiwara Keisuke nodded without any surprise.

To outsiders, Abe Haruhiko was a cold-blooded patriarch who abandoned his family for power, at most being loyal to his deceased wife and supporting his only son to become the head of the family.

But in fact it is not the case.

He has always been a seemingly cold person, but actually very kind to his younger sister; in other words, he's a sister-obsessed person.

Back then, he and his sister were in love, but they were persecuted by the Abe family. He was forced by his family to kill his sister, or else he and his sister would die together.

He didn't want to harm his sister, so he found himself and asked himself if he was willing to die for her.

He didn't back down either, saying he was willing to die for Harumi.

In the end, the two of them put on a show together. He used the power of the household god he borrowed to create a wild cat demon, which possessed him and transformed into Harumi's appearance before being killed by him.

Harumi and he were both half-demon with almost pure blood. She gave up half of her demon blood and disguised herself as a completely real half-demon corpse, deceiving the Abe family and others.

However, due to the excessive exertion, Harumi remained asleep for a long time, only waking up more than a year ago.

Both he and she were worried about the existence of the Abe family, so they dared not let her show herself and kept her hidden from the outside world.

But these awful days are almost over.

Over the years, he gradually became one of the powerful figures in the Fujiwara family, a powerful member of the government council, and also became the head of the Abe family, controlling the power of the Abe family.

He and I have been looking for an opportunity to destroy the Abe family.

Now, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has arrived.

The Abe family, because the true god has been unsealed, wants to force him to seal himself away again.

He deliberately concealed a lot of information, misled the Abe family's decision-making level, and kept stalling for time, waiting for His Highness the Shinto priest to recover.

He then invited that swordsman to Kyoto.

In this way, the power of the shrine completely overwhelmed the Abe family.

As a result, Abe no Haruhiko was still not at ease. Today, he persuaded the evil spirit he mentioned, the Abe family's ancestral deity Seira, to send out his demon general to test the shrine, and he sold out a head.

In this situation, if the Abe family were to attack the shrine tomorrow, it would be like throwing an egg against a rock, courting their own destruction, and they could also conveniently bring together the shrine master and that swordsman.

Haruhiko Abe and Keisuke Fujiwara exchanged a glance.

He looked at the nameless tombstone beside the two men: "Tomorrow, I will have the Abe family's name engraved on this tombstone."

"Then, I will hold a grand wedding for the two of you."

"Hmm...?" Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Keisuke shook his head seriously.

"Don't say that, brother-in-law."

"Why?" Abe Haruhiko was taken aback.

"Unlucky."

Haruhiko Abe frowned.

"Alright, then I won't say anything more."

He waved his hand, which to outsiders looked as if he were shooing away the black cat in the cemetery.

Fujiwara Keisuke released the possession the moment he waved his hand.

The black cat shook its head, seemingly wondering how it got there, then turned and ran away, disappearing into the side of the cemetery.

Haruhiko Abe also turned around.