I'm having fun in Tokyo

Morikawa Yu nodded.

He cannot speak.

But he immediately came up with a solution.

He could attach his spatial power to the wall next to the passage, sending himself into the Goshuincho space to communicate with EVA, without having to hide outside and avoid the danger of being discovered.

Just as he was about to do so, he noticed the lights on in the elevator.

An elderly man in a black kimono and a young woman who looked to be in her thirties and wore thick red-rimmed glasses walked towards him. They passed by him and unlocked the door with their fingerprints.

Morikawa Yu quickly followed him inside and found that this place was very similar to the "Awakening Temple" on the thirtieth floor, like an indoor shrine, with various murals on the side.

There are terrifying-looking ghosts and gods, as well as ethereal landscapes.

Morikawa Yu casually imbued the mural with spatial power and entered the Goshuincho space.

He called out to Xinjue, who was lying on the sofa, and teleported with Xinjue to the main unit area of ​​EVA, releasing the spatial power.

The power of space acted like a viewfinder, vividly displaying the scene of the room facing the mural right in front of him, almost like a holographic projection, making it crystal clear.

Only after doing all this did he carefully observe the conference room through the medium of spatial power.

There are now five people in the meeting room.

Besides the old man and the young woman with red-rimmed glasses, there was also a middle-aged man who looked like a corporate slave, with a sad face and a troubled life.

If the man hadn't been sitting in the lounge, he would have thought he was an employee of the building who had accidentally wandered into the wrong room.

Next to the middle-aged man sat a young man, not yet thirty, wearing a white lab coat.

And then there's Erii.

She was also seated in the conference room, but far from the four of them, in a position near the middle.

Morikawa Yu looked at her and noticed that her small backpack was gone.

It seems she has already gone back to where she lives.

Although he was still wearing the same clothes, he now had a handheld game console in his hand.

Erii stared intently at the handheld console, her slender fingers pressing buttons and moving the joystick as she played the game seriously.

Suddenly, she coughed, and an unnatural blush appeared on her face.

The old man and the young woman both glanced at her.

The young woman picked up her phone, tapped a number, and began to speak softly.

Morikawa Yu frowned: "EVA, why hasn't their meeting started yet? It's been ten minutes since I left, hasn't it?"

EVA: "That's normal."

The holographic projector on the central screen of her main unit started working, projecting her next to him, standing beside him and Xinjue.

"Sometimes the heads of the five outer families are not at the Genji Heavy Industries Building. Their patriarch and the director of the executive bureau went out half a day ago. They say they have returned, but they have not actually come back yet."

EVA looked at the scene in the room and suddenly snapped her fingers.

The holographic projector on the central screen of the main unit started operating again, projecting more images.

"Right now, sitting in this conference room are the four heads of the five outer families and Erii, the head of the Uesugi family, one of the three inner families."

The EVA projector displayed images filled with densely packed information.

"That old man is called Fuma Kotaro. He is the head of the Fuma family, one of the five outer families, and also the 'yokazu' (young leader) of the Hebihachi family. His family mainly trains ninjas for the Hebihachi family. If the head of the Hebihachi family is not present, he will make decisions on family affairs."

"The young woman sitting next to the old man is named Sakurai Nanami. She is the head of the Sakurai family, one of the five outer families. Her family controls the business and gambling industries in the Japanese underworld."

"Besides being the head of the Sakurai family, she is also an inspector at the Japanese branch of Kassel College."

"The young man opposite her is named Miyamoto Shio. He is the head of the Miyamoto family, as well as the director and chief technical officer of the Ganryu Research Institute, a subordinate organization of the Sheqi Hachike."

"The middle-aged man next to him who looks like he's having a midlife crisis is called Genichiro Ryoma. He's the head of the Ryoma family. Although he looks like a corporate slave, he's actually the current branch manager of the Japanese branch."

Morikawa Yu paused for a moment: "I remember that the Snake-Headed Eight Families signed an alliance with the Academy and established the Academy's Japan Branch. The head of the Academy's Japan Branch is just one of the heads of the five outer families?"

EVA nodded: "That's right."

"Because the Snake Clan believes that the academy is not qualified to be above them, they appointed the head of the non-family among the eight family heads as the branch head."

"The Japanese branch is only a part of the Hebi-Hachi family and obeys the orders of the head of the Hebi-Hachi family."

"And then there's Erii, whom you're most concerned about."

"I've already introduced her to you. She is the only publicly known member of the Uesugi family among the three inner families, and she is also the head of the Uesugi family. She has a very high bloodline, but her health is not good. The Snake-Headed Eight Families generally do not allow her to leave the living area."

"She was allowed to attend the meeting recently because her health has improved."

"Besides that, the other two of the three inner families are the Minamoto family and the Tachibana family. The head of the Minamoto family is Minamoto no Chisei, who is the current director of the Executive Bureau, a subordinate organization of the Snake-Headed Eight Families."

"The head of the Tachibana family is named Tachibana Masamune, who is also the current head of the Snake-Headed Eight Families."

"The patriarch is the leader of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, chosen from among the heads of the eight families, and leads the entire Snake-Headed Eight Families..."

“Tachibana Masamune…” Morikawa Yu’s eyes turned cold as he interrupted EVA: “EVA, how much information do you have about him?”

EVA: "Not many."

"He is the patriarch of the Hebi family. His secrecy level within the Hebi family is very high. There is no information about him outside the family. There is only some publicly available information in the internal network of the Hebi family."

"If we want more information about him, we need to break through Princess Kaguya's network defenses."

Morikawa Yu: "It's alright, release as many as you want."

EVA nodded.

The image projected by the host changed rapidly, eventually being arranged into an A4-sized image and projected in front of him.

He flipped through the images, looking at the photos.

The photo shows an elderly man with white hair, dressed in white linen clothes, a kind smile, and the name next to him is Tachibana Masamune.

But he knew very well that the other person was not actually named Tachibana Masamune, but Herzog, a cunning, despicable, and sinister mad scientist.

"EVA, do me a favor, kill him."

"Kill him?" EVA was taken aback. "This is the first time I've seen you show such strong murderous intent towards someone. What did he do to make you so angry?"

Morikawa Yu did not answer, but simply turned to the last page of the document.

"You can find out why I'm angry by looking up information about a man named Jung von Herzog."

EVA frowned slightly, then nodded: "Let me check..."

"...Found it."

"Jung von Herzog, a German genetic scientist during World War II, was in charge of a genetic project. He was captured by the Soviet Union in the later stages of the war, surrendered, and became a Soviet scientist, conducting research on dragons and hybrids in a port in the Arctic."

"In his research, he mainly performed live dissections and experiments on mixed-race children, and performed a surgery called 'pontine separation'."

"This surgery can cause schizophrenia and violent behavior, and it is difficult to cure for life."

"Hmm... This person is indeed cruel and has committed numerous evils. Whether according to human law or the traditions of hybrids, he is a villain who can only live in the shadows and will be executed once exposed to the light of day."

"But the records show that an explosion occurred at that port in the early 1990s. He should have died in that explosion. What does that have to do with Tachibana Masamune?"

As EVA spoke, she suddenly realized a problem.

"Is he Tachibana Masamune?"

She looked at Tachibana Masamune's information in the documents.

It wasn't that she was making unfounded connections; the main reason was that the database also contained records of the aftermath of that explosion.

A Soviet icebreaker escaped from the port after the explosion and headed towards the Pacific Ocean, eventually exploding and sinking over the Sea of ​​Japan. The waters where it sank are the area where the heartbeat of the dragon embryo is now found.

Morikawa Yu nodded.

EVA raised an eyebrow: "Interesting."

A light instantly shone in her clear blue eyes, and countless streams of data flowed through them as she began to use all the information she could find to calculate the possibility that Tachibana Masamune, the head of the Snake Clan, was Herzog, a former German scientist who served the Soviet Union.

Moreover, if this is indeed the case, then the matter of the dragon embryo heartbeat audio received by Kassel College becomes quite intriguing.

An icebreaker that escaped from a Soviet port researching dragons and hybrids sank in the Sea of ​​Japan. Twenty years later, the heartbeat of a dragon embryo could be heard from beneath the sea.

The German scientist who served the Soviet Union changed his name and appearance and became the leader of the Japanese mixed-race group.

Finally, EVA stopped calculating and looked at Morikawa Yu: "If he really is Herzog, then is the audio online related to him? Did he release the audio?"

Morikawa Yu shook his head.

In my past life memories, dragon embryos beneath the waters of Japan would not be discovered until a year later.

Herzog wouldn't be so foolish as to expose things prematurely.

Maybe it's someone behind Herzog.

EVA: "I see. It seems there's someone else behind this. I'll look for the person who released the audio online."

“Let’s continue talking about Herzog.” She changed the subject: “Even if he really is that scientist from the former Soviet Union, why are you so eager to kill him?”

"Because he used children for vivisection and human experimentation?"

"While this aligns with your intolerant nature towards crime, it seems like you want to kill him for more than just that, right?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

He didn't just want to kill Herzog for that reason; it was because Herzog had committed crimes far greater than vivisection of children and human experimentation.

Moreover, Erii, as depicted in the Dragon Clan's previous life, died at the hands of Herzog.

If things are left to their own devices, these things will repeat themselves, so we must kill Herzog, this menace, and the people behind him.

EVA thought for a moment: "You want me to kill Herzog."

"But I am just a weak and harmless AI virtual life form, and I have no way to help you kill people."

"Of course, I can control networked weapons from the outside world, but I need human authorization to use them. You are my current master, and you are the only one who has the right to make me kill people."

"If he's exposed to the networked weapons I control, I'll do everything I can to kill him for you."

Morikawa Yu: "Yeah, I'll take action too."

As he spoke, he noticed movement outside the Goshuin-cho space; the meeting room door was pushed open.

A young man with black hair and two elderly people walked in.

Chapter 456 Discovered by the Little Monster

The white-haired old man walking in the middle of the three was none other than Tachibana Masamune from the records.

EVA: "The person you wanted to kill has arrived."

"Although I can't be sure that he is Herzog, since you think so, then he is probably Herzog, and I'm not wrong."

Are you going to kill him now?

Morikawa Yu did not answer EVA.

He looked at Herzog as he walked into the conference room with surprise in his eyes.

Because he discovered that Herzog's head held a resolute expression.

No, it can't be called a decision, but rather a kind of "malice" like that of Qingluo, the "evil spirit of desire" he had once fought against.

The black lettering twisted above Herzog's head.

Moreover, this "malice" was somewhat unexpected; it was actually called "clown."

A clown?

Morikawa Yu pondered for a moment.

He didn't actually care what Herzog's "malice" was.

Because "malice" and "determination" are fundamentally different, based on the determination and malice he has encountered, determination is a positive bonus that can greatly enhance the owner.

Malice does not necessarily enhance the power of the possessor; on the contrary, it may cause the possessor to develop personality weaknesses.

While this "weakness" may grant the owner some external power to some extent, it generally does more harm than good and can easily lead the owner to a dead end.

Qingluo is a good example.

He felt that Herzog's "malice" was most useful in helping him confirm Herzog's identity and true form.