In contrast, only the younger brother "Minamoto no Chiki," who bears the title of "the most evil demon" and always calls him "brother," is real.

But he plunged the knife into his brother's heart.

Thus, the former Genji disappeared, and Kazama Ruri "replaced" her younger brother, and together with another person, completed the revenge, tearing open the bloody truth and displaying it before him.

"Sakura, Yasha, Crow, can I still trust you?" Genji opened his eyes and looked at Yabuki Sakura and the assistants standing on either side of him.

Sakura Yabuki bowed and knelt on one knee: "I am your ninja."

“If you truly doubt me, you can execute me now, and I will use everything I have to prove my loyalty to you.”

Genjiro looked at the Yaksha and the crow beside him.

Yaksha scratched his head: "Young Master, you know me, I can't act."

"...Crows can act, you should ask crows."

He pointed to the crows beside him.

Crow paused for a moment, then became somewhat anxious: "Young Master, you know me! I, Crow, am not a good person, but I have always followed you, Young Master, and I am definitely not that bastard's spy!"

Genji was silent for a while.

Sakura, Crow, and Yaksha were all retainers he chose when he was young, and he believed that Sakura and Crow would not betray him.

He looked at the various family heads who were sitting upright.

Inuyama Kasa, the head of the Inuyama family who had been silent until now, finally spoke: "The imperial blood flowing in your veins is the glory of the family. We would never betray this glory, and of course we would never betray you."

Genjiro took a deep breath and nodded.

"I see."

He was in great pain and discomfort, but thankfully not everything was fake, which made him feel a little better.

“Then, young master.” Crow glanced at the report.

"Regarding the Ghost Clan's meeting request?"

Yuan Zhisheng's heart tightened.

He remembered that the meeting requirements stated that his younger brother, Kazama Ruri, who had already avenged Herzog, would come to meet him in person.

"Hmm...okay."

"Alright, young master, I'll talk to Princess Kaguya now and ask her to arrange a meeting time."

The crow looked to one side.

The projector in the main room immediately rotated, projecting an image of Princess Kaguya.

She bowed slightly: "I've heard you, and I'm contacting their liaison..."

Suddenly, Princess Kaguya frowned slightly: "They said they've arrived."

"They will come in from Xingshen Temple. Please go and greet them."

Yuan Zhisheng's expression changed, and so did the other family heads.

"Xingshen Temple" is where these family heads hold formal meetings. It's right next to the Strategy Department, and you can get there by simply pushing open a hidden door.

They all stood up and followed Genjiro, walking quickly toward the secret door leading to the "Awakening Temple".

Only the crows and their companions, along with the elders who were not qualified to enter the "Awakening Temple," remained on the spot.

Soon, Genjiro and the family heads entered the Awakening Temple and walked together to the last open-air balcony. If the members of the Demon Clan wanted to enter Genji Heavy Industries from the Awakening Temple, they could only enter from here.

But there was no one on the open-air balcony.

Looking outside, they saw the sound of rotors cutting through the night sky, and the signal lights of helicopters could be faintly seen in the darkness.

Those were three Metropolitan Police Department helicopters.

The Ghost Gang was able to mobilize a Metropolitan Police Department helicopter to come here.

Soon, the helicopter flew over the building.

Although the building's rooftop has a landing platform, the three helicopters did not seem to intend to land. Instead, they hovered briefly before flying away.

Genji was stunned for a moment before realizing that the helicopters hadn't been doing nothing; two dark figures jumped out of the helicopters.

If he wasn't mistaken, they were at an altitude of over 300 meters, yet they jumped down from mid-air without any parachutes or wingsuits.

The heads of the families exchanged bewildered glances, unsure whether the Ghost Clan had sent someone to negotiate or if it was performance art.

But their expressions immediately changed.

Because the two figures falling from mid-air did not plummet straight down as they expected, but instead slowly descended onto the open-air balcony where they were, finally landing steadily on the edge of the balcony and waving to them.

Only then did they realize that the other party was the same person who interrogated Herzog in the video and executed those shadow warriors.

For this reason, even though there were only two people, the heads of the families all took a few steps back.

After all, the other party is an "emperor," an emperor just like the patriarch of Genjiro's family.

The other person standing next to the emperor, though whose identity is unknown, could only be a figure of equal rank and prestige to the emperor.

If the other party is not there to negotiate, but to kill, their situation will be extremely dangerous.

On the balcony, Morikawa Yu released Kazama Ruri's hand, wondering to herself how this girl's hand could be so soft, like a girl's, while looking at the heads of the family and Genji standing among them, and gently waved.

"Hello you all."

The heads of the families exchanged glances and took a few steps back again.

Morikawa Yu jumped off the edge of the balcony and landed on the balcony.

Kazama Ruri also jumped down, coldly glanced at the heads of the various families, and finally looked at Genjiro, letting out a cold snort.

Chapter 474 Taking advantage of a crisis?

Morikawa Yu walked towards the family heads, and upon hearing Kazama Ruri's cold snort behind her, she couldn't help but shake her head: "Kazama-kun, you've finally met your brother, cheer up~"

The gazes of the family heads immediately focused on Morikawa Yu, looking at him wearing a mask.

Instead of wearing her usual trench coat and showing her face, Morikawa Yu wore a long-sleeved kimono and a tanuki mask.

This kimono was a gift from Ryoko; it's black with wide sleeves and fits him perfectly.

The raccoon mask was a gift from Nishino.

When she was a household god's messenger, she and other household god messengers would wear raccoon dog masks when they went out.

She liked the mask very much, so she made one and gave it to him.

Morikawa Yu also liked it because he found that the mask was very similar to the tanuki mask in Hotarubi no Mori e, which gave it a special feel to it.

Kazama Ruri followed in his footsteps and walked into the family. Looking at Genji, who had become the head of the family, standing in the middle of the family, she said, "It's not easy to see my brother. I should be happy."

Suddenly, he sneered: "...If my brother hadn't stabbed me in the heart back then, buried me, and burned me alive."

Yuan Zhisheng was taken aback upon hearing this.

He looked at Kazama Ruri, his hands trembling slightly.

So many years have passed, and he has always wanted to forget what happened, but he did not expect that the first thing Kazama Ruri said to him when she saw him was about this matter.

"I'm sorry... young girl."

"No need for apologies. The girl is dead, killed by your own hands. My name is Kazama Ruri," Kazama Ruri said coldly, glancing at the other family heads.

“Five hours ago, we gave you evidence that Herzog had forged his identity and infiltrated your ranks. You should all have verified the authenticity of this evidence by now and understand his true identity, right?”

All the family heads looked at Yuan Zhisheng, since he was now the head of the family.

Yuan Zhisheng's face darkened, and he was speechless.

The heads of the families exchanged glances, and finally, the head of the Fuma family, Fuma Kotaro, stepped forward: "We have verified the evidence you sent and have preliminarily confirmed that it is genuine."

"Even so, executing 'Tachibana Masamune' should be our responsibility..."

"Is that so?" Kazama Ruri interrupted him with a cold laugh: "Executing him is your business? Even if it is your business, can you actually do it?"

"We need to find out his true identity and kill him."

"Even if you were used by him to death, you wouldn't realize that he was actually a schemer who infiltrated the Snake Clan, controlled the Fierce Demons, and coveted the Shrine of the Gods, would you?"

“We…” Fuma Kotaro was speechless.

If it weren't for the evidence provided by Morikawa Yu and Kazama Ruri, they wouldn't have realized the identity of "Tachibana Masamune".

In fact, before tonight, if someone had said that "Tachibana Masamune" was a fabricated identity, and that their patriarch "Tachibana Masamune" was actually a schemer who infiltrated the Snake-Headed Eight Families and used them to obtain the secrets of the Shrine of the Gods.

They simply wouldn't believe what the other person said.

Herzog's acting was truly exquisite; he exploited their antagonistic relationship with the Oni Clan, setting the Snake Clan against the Oni Clan.

No one would have imagined that "Tachibana Masamune" and "King Sho" would be the same person.

Even if someone has doubts, they will be confused among the several identities left by Herzog, unsure of which one is the real one.

"That's true, but until tonight, I doubt any of you Ghosts knew his true identity, did you?"

Fuma Kotaro said solemnly.

He watched the video that Morikawa Yu and Kazama Ruri had sent him.

In the video, Kazama Ruri looked extremely surprised when she heard Herzog admit his identity.

Moreover, Kazama Ruri didn't realize the lie she told at the beginning.

This shows that Kazama Ruri was unaware that Herzog was actually "Tachibana Masamune" and "King General," and only confirmed Herzog's identity after he confessed.

In that case, it's quite obvious who truly knows Herzog's identity.

His gaze shifted to Morikawa Yu

"May I ask who you are?"

“We were all deceived by Herzog, which allowed him to rise to a high position in the family and toy with us and the Ghosts at will.”

"Your Excellency's strategic planning allowed you to uncover his conspiracy, capture his true identity, and even kill his substitute test subjects. Your strength is beyond imagination."

"With your wisdom and strength, you are certainly not an unknown person. May I ask your name?"

However, Morikawa Yu simply shook her head: "Stop with the flattery, I'm not interested. Let's get straight to the point."

Actually, no, it's quite nice to be flattered.

However, once someone praises you to the skies, it becomes difficult to say certain things.

So there's no need to listen.

I really want to hear it, but I'd rather go home and tease Asaka, or hear praise from my own shrine maiden sisters like Shimazaki Natsuko.

Morikawa Yu's gaze swept over the five family heads and Genjiro in the very center.

Upon hearing this, Kotaro Fuma was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Yu Morikawa to be so direct.

He also looked at Genjiro, after all, Genjiro was the patriarch, and when it came to making decisions, it was still up to Genjiro's opinion.

Genjiro kept staring at Kazama Ruri's face.

Noticing Kotaro Fuma's gaze, he finally came to his senses: "Serious business... What important business do you and Chizuru have come here for? We are still sorting through the evidence you sent and cleaning up the traitors within our ranks."

In fact, they have not yet revealed the true identity of "Tachibana Masamune". Only the heads of the family and the senior executives know that "Tachibana Masamune" is Herzog and also a "King General".

Because the incident happened so suddenly, only five hours have passed since the video was received, and no one else knows exactly what happened within the family.

Although there were various speculations, no one expected the situation to be so serious.

All current investigations into the true identity of "Tachibana Masamune" are being conducted under the guise of eliminating traitors within his family who have been turned by the Oni Clan, and many of these investigations are still ongoing.

"Hmm..." Morikawa Yuya pondered for a moment, thinking about something before speaking.

After all, he came to tell Erii of the Snake-Headed Hachike family that Erii was in his hands and he wanted to take her away. And Genjiro was Erii's biological brother.

Finally, he decided to speak directly: "I hope to take Erii with me and help you take care of her."

"Eri?" Genji was taken aback.

Fuma Kotaro stepped forward again: "I'm very sorry, sir. Although I don't know how you learned the name of the Uesugi family head, she was taken away not long ago, and we are also looking for her..."

“Eri is with me. I took her away.” Morikawa Yu interrupted him.

Fuma Kotaro was stunned.

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