Inuyama, Sakurai, Ryoma, and Miyamoto, the heads of the family, were all stunned.

"You're 'Mr. Hide and Seek'?" The Sakurai family head couldn't help but scrutinize the mask worn by Morikawa Yu. "You're the one who took Erii-san away?"

After Erii was taken away, Sasaki Chiyo from the second care team risked her life to enter the vault and brought out a piece of paper from the room inside. The paper read: "Brother Genji, Mr. Tachibana Masamune, I went out to play with 'Mr. Hide and Seek' and will be back tomorrow."

At the very bottom of the paper, she also wrote her name: Erii.

After examining the notes, it was confirmed that the note was indeed written by Erii herself, which is why they had always wanted to know who "Mr. Hide and Seek" really was.

Unfortunately, they could only determine from the title "Mr. Hide and Seek" that the other party was male and very skilled at stealth and infiltration. After all, the other party was able to infiltrate the Genji Heavy Industries headquarters of the Snake Clan, successfully break through the security gates, enter the medical area where Erii was located without a sound, and take Erii away without a sound.

This ghostly stealth ability is unmatched even by the most skilled ninjas of the Fuma clan.

That's why they felt it was difficult to find Erii.

In the video, Herzog suspects that it was Morikawa Yu who took Erii away, and even questions Morikawa Yu.

However, they did not agree with Herzog's view.

Judging from the video, Morikawa Yu is a hybrid powerhouse who possesses wind-type incantations and is skilled in swordsmanship. Although he demonstrated formidable strength in fighting against a "royal" level giant shadow warrior, he did not reveal any stealth abilities.

At most, the other side had one assassin companion skilled in stealth, and that companion, adept at concealing their tracks and infiltrating, took Erii away.

But they didn't expect that "Mr. Hide and Seek" was actually Morikawa Yu.

This made them somewhat worried.

A ghostly assassin is terrifying, but a powerful hybrid capable of fighting the "Emperor" is also terrifying.

But when a hybrid with the power of an "emperor" can sneak up on anyone like a ghost, it's more than just scary.

The latter can be described as terrifying.

If the other side wanted to assassinate the high-ranking members of the Snake Clan, none of the five clan heads, except for their current "Emperor" Genjiro, would survive.

Fuma Kotaro pondered for a moment: "You're not joking, are you?"

Morikawa Yu raised an eyebrow: "Do I look like I'm joking? I'm talking to you very seriously. I hope to take Erii away for a while and take care of her for you."

"Excuse my bluntness, but your current behavior is tantamount to taking advantage of someone's misfortune." Suddenly, the head of the Miyamoto family, who had been silent until now, spoke up.

"When our Sheki-Hachi family discovered that the former patriarch 'Tachibana Masamune' was a fake, we were in a terrible predicament. Your Excellency came here with Mr. Kazama Ruri, the new leader of the Oni Clan, and asked to take care of the Uesugi family head for a while."

"It is difficult for us to agree to your unreasonable request."

"Taking advantage of the situation?"

Morikawa Yu couldn't help but sneer.

"Do you think I'm taking advantage of your misfortune?"

Morikawa Yu turned to look at Kazama Ruri behind her: "Kazama-kun, can you translate for me what 'taking advantage of someone's misfortune' means?"

Kazama Ruri was taken aback and looked at him with a strange expression: "Taking advantage of someone's misfortune... This is an ancient Chinese idiom, which means to rob someone when they are on fire. It is a metaphor for taking advantage of someone's misfortune to seek personal gain."

Morikawa Yu was taken aback by what he heard.

He wanted Kazama Ruri to cooperate and tell the Snake-Headed Hachike that he wasn't taking advantage of their misfortune, but rather wanted to help them take care of Erii.

To everyone's surprise, Kazama Ruri actually translated the meaning of "taking advantage of someone's misfortune" for him.

As for the meaning of this word, as a time traveler from the Celestial Empire, he probably understands it better than Kazama Ruri, a Japanese half-breed.

However, since Kazama Ruri had already said that, he couldn't very well tell her that he knew the meaning of the word; he just wanted her to help explain it.

After all, maintaining a certain level of sophistication is very important during negotiations.

Whoever falters loses without even realizing it.

We must maintain our high-class image.

"Kazama-kun's explanation is very good; this is exactly what it means to take advantage of someone's misfortune." Morikawa Yu turned his gaze back to the heads of the various families and Genjiro.

“Your Hebi family is indeed in great danger now. It’s not as simple as Herzog forging his identity and climbing to the high position of the head of your Hebi family under the alias ‘Tachibana Masamune’ to bring disaster to your Hebi family.”

"You are facing many enemies."

“In your Snake Clan’s ‘Divine Burial Site,’ there is an ancient dragon embryo that is about to awaken.”

"And the Kassel College headquarters above your Snake Clan's Japanese branch is also sending people to the Japanese waters to check what exactly is going on with that ancient dragon embryo beneath the surface."

Chapter 475 I always keep my word

“If we allow them to send people to infiltrate the abyss and reach the location of the ancient dragon embryo, your Snake Clan’s ‘Divine Burial Site’ will be discovered, and your secrets will be exposed to Kassel College.”

“At that time, Kassel College will definitely ask you to open the ‘House of Gods’ to them.”

"In addition, there's the person who released that audio recording of the Gu Long embryo's heartbeat online. His identity is very mysterious; we don't know exactly who he is, what his intentions are, or whether he's eyeing your 'Divine Burial Ground.'"

"This is your current situation: beset by internal and external troubles, teetering on the brink of collapse."

"And then, let me show you what it means to take advantage of someone's misfortune." Morikawa Yu sneered.

"Taking advantage of the chaos means I won't expose Herzog's identity. I'll watch him toy with you Snake Clan and Oni Clan, and after he's crippled and exhausted you, I'll appear before him to execute him and seize the throne he's worked so hard to obtain."

"After I exposed his identity and executed him, I didn't come looking for you. Instead, I conspired with Kassel College to put pressure on you and force you to open the 'Burial of the Gods' so that I could seize the power of the 'gods' within."

"Taking advantage of the chaos means that after I expose Herzog's identity and execute him, I won't come looking for you or Kassel College. Instead, I'll hide behind the scenes and wait for you and Kassel College to fight to the death. Then I'll kill your superiors one by one, kill those in Kassel College who covet the power of 'God,' and then take over the 'Burial of God' for myself."

"After that, whether I kill 'God' or let 'God' be resurrected, it's up to me."

"That's what you call taking advantage of someone's misfortune!"

"Do you understand, my dear patriarchs?"

"..." The head of the Miyamoto family fell silent.

He took a step back, and the other family heads exchanged silent glances.

If someone else said these words in front of them, they would be very disdainful, very angry, and would order their family to punish that person.

However, when faced with a super hybrid race powerful enough to fight a "Emperor" and possessing ghost-like stealth abilities, the family power, upper-class connections, and their leader, this generation's "Emperor" Yuan Zhisheng, are all somewhat inadequate.

After all, if the other party really wanted to kill, even Genjiro might not be able to protect them.

They couldn't resist going to see Genjiro.

But Genjiro just stared blankly at Kazama Ruri, lost in thought.

Finally, Genichiro Ryoma, the head of the Ryoma family, stepped forward: "What you say makes sense. We misunderstood you. Please allow us to apologize to you."

"Even so, the head of the Uesugi family is one of us. We will protect her, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Protect her?" Morikawa Yu couldn't help but laugh. "You're all struggling to take care of yourselves, do you really have the strength to protect her?"

"Moreover, her health condition is not very optimistic."

“Herzog has been using the serum extracted from the trained Dead Servants to maintain her body. Now that Herzog has been executed by me and Kazama, and you can’t understand the research data and documents he left behind, the serum will run out. What are you going to do?”

"Watching her body being eroded by the ancient dragon's blood, weakening little by little, until her body collapsed and she died in agony?"

Upon hearing this, the heads of the families couldn't help but be moved.

Ryoma Genichiro pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked, "So, what you're implying is that you have a solution? Do you possess the technology to extract serum?"

“No.” Morikawa Yu shook his head: “I don’t have the serum, nor do I know the technology, but I have other ways to treat her, it just requires going to a very far place.”

"You let me take her away, and I'll help you take care of her and treat her."

"If you need help, I can come back and help you solve your problems."

"Furthermore, don't think that just because you disagree, I will hand her back to you. She's with me, and I decide where she goes from here."

"Even if that would upset her, I'm more worried that something might happen to her here."

Ryoma Genichiro and the other family heads exchanged glances.

After Morikawa Yu's words, their resistance to Erii being taken away lessened.

After all, they were facing a super hybrid who was powerful enough to fight an "Emperor" and had the ability to move like a ghost. They couldn't beat her, they couldn't reason with her, and the possibility of taking her back was too slim. They could only hope that Morikawa Yu would keep her word.

Moreover, in the long run, a powerful hybrid capable of fighting an "emperor" and possessing ghost-like stealth abilities would indeed be a very good ally.

The fact that the other party helped them execute Herzog and was willing to stand up and explain so much to them, seeking their opinions, is enough to show that they are not a dark, perverse, and sneaky schemer hiding behind the scenes like Herzog.

They are willing to discuss cooperation with the other party.

But that would mean sacrificing the head of the Uesugi family.

The adorable, sensible, and obedient head of the Uesugi family, who possesses immense power yet remains oblivious to it, is about to be taken away.

The head of the Uesugi family has always been the family's secret weapon, as well as a "time bomb" that could explode at any moment, so they keep her locked in the medical area at the deepest part of the building.

If someone is willing to take her away, treat her, and become their ally to help them, then her being taken away doesn't seem like a bad thing at all.

But what would the head of the Genji family think?

For a long time, the head of the Genji family had treated Erii as his younger sister. Now that Herzog's conspiracy has been exposed, they have learned that Genji is actually Erii's older brother.

Now that his younger sister is about to be taken away and his younger brother has become his mortal enemy, how will the head of the Genji family feel?

They looked at Yuan Zhisheng.

Genji finally snapped out of his daze and turned his gaze away from Kazama Ruri.

As Morikawa Yu and Kazama Ruri were preparing to arrive, Kazama Ruri changed her clothes. She wore a shrine hunting robe with bright red bloodstains and cuts on the chest.

Kazama Ruri said that he was wearing this outfit when he was killed by Genjiro, so he will wear this outfit today as well.

He was now stroking the sword at his waist, lost in thought.

Genji turned his head to look at Morikawa Yu: "I heard everything you just said. You want to take her away, take away my own sister. I don't agree."

"but......"

He hesitated for a moment: "I really didn't protect her well, and I don't know how to extract the serum. If you have a way to save her, that would be great, but I'm really worried about her being taken away by someone wearing a mask who won't even reveal their identity..."

Suddenly, he froze.

As Morikawa Yu removed her mask, she lightly brushed aside her black sideburns, moved the mask to the side, tied it behind her ear, and revealed her face.

The heads of the families were also stunned.

"You are... Professor Morikawa from Kassel...?" Ryoma Genichiro couldn't help but be surprised.

He is the head of the Ryoma family, one of the five families outside the Snake Clan, and also the current head of the Japanese branch of Kassel College. He learned about Morikawa Yu's deeds from the college's intelligence, knew that Morikawa Yu had stolen the college's mainframe and the Dragon King's Egg, and had even defeated Principal Angers. He also recognized Morikawa Yu's face.

He gave a wry smile: "If it were you, I could understand."

"With EVA in your hands and your own strong stealth abilities, you are more than capable of taking the head of the Uesugi family away."

Beside her, Kazama Ruri frowned slightly.

He sheathed his knife, walked closer to Morikawa Yu, took Morikawa Yu's hand, and looked at him for a while.

"Hmph, although he's handsome, he's not so handsome that he has to cover his face. Wearing a raccoon mask and pretending to be a monster, really..."

Genji was silent for a while.

"Since that's the case, I agree to your request. You can take her away..."

“I will also keep you updated on her situation regularly,” Morikawa Yu continued. “If you need help, you can contact me through EVA. She can connect to your mainframe Kaguya’s network.”

As for the White King, that's up to the Snake Clan themselves.

He's not a nanny.

If all else fails, he can step in and save the day.

But if you help from beginning to end, it will be too much of a waste of energy.

Yuan Zhisheng nodded silently: "Okay..."

Beside them, Inuyama He and several other family heads watched anxiously.

Compared to the high spirits of Morikawa Yu and Kazama Ruri, their patriarch seemed rather subdued, constantly backing down.

But they also understood the reason for Genjiro's depression.

Genjiro had just discovered that "Tachibana Masamune" was a heartless bastard who had deceived him for nearly ten years, played him for fools, and that he had personally "killed" his younger brother because he trusted that bastard.

In the end, it was his younger brother who, together with a stranger, executed that bastard, and only then did he discover the truth.

He's currently in a state of doubt about life and himself, so expecting him to muster the confidence of an "emperor" to negotiate with Morikawa Yu and Kazama Ruri is indeed asking too much of him.

But even that won't work.

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