Don't be afraid, I've truly come to bring you happiness.

Seeing Xiangzi wake up, Chu Hua finally managed a smile and said:

"Wait a moment, I'll go cook for you."

"Where's Dad? Doesn't he usually cook?"

"Coo coo coo---"

Another groan from her stomach interrupted her question.

But this time, the sound didn't come from her.

On the floor in front of the sofa, three figures—one with green fur, one with brown fur, and one with purplish-black fur—slowly awoke.

Nagasaki Motoyo rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked around blankly.

"Huh? Where are we?"

Shiina Tatsuki held her throbbing head.

Is this still Earth?

Ruoye Mu yawned softly.

"Mortis, you didn't tamper with the tea again, did you?"

Immortals stand in rows, as numerous as hemp!

Seeing three familiar faces appear in the house,

Xiangzi's brain seemed to shut down:

"Eh?"

Could it be that I'm still half asleep?

Or perhaps, her father was afraid of being lonely, so he kidnapped her amazing friends from Tokyo one by one overnight?

"Dad?"

She looked around, but received no response.

"he's gone."

Chu Hua replied.

"what?"

Xiangzi's heart skipped a beat.

"When did you leave?"

“Last night, that guy put something in my dinner and left while I was asleep.”

"So you mean no one in our family was sober last night?"

Xiangzi couldn't help but complain.

"So, where did he go so late at night?"

Chu Hua shook her head.

"I don't know, maybe... there's something very important to do."

Just then, Xiangzi's phone rang.

It was Aine calling.

She pressed the answer button, and Ai Yin's anxious voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.

"Xiangzi, news! Quick, look at the news!"

"what?"

Before Xiangzi could react, Su Shi on the other side had already reached for the remote control and pressed the power button on the TV.

The screen lit up, and the TV station was broadcasting an emergency news report.

In the footage, the Toyokawa family's luxurious conference room resembles a living hell.

Those family elders who were usually high and mighty now hung neatly between the crystal chandeliers on the ceiling like rows of dried bacon, their ashen faces indicating that they had long since died.

This was a public execution without any cover-up.

On camera, the man surrounded by police is slowly removing the bandages from his face.

Even the scene of his surrender seemed like the final dessert of this bloody feast.

"You don't need to hide for too long, just wait until I'm healed."

Xiangzi suddenly remembered the words his father had said before leaving home.

Looking at that abyss-like figure on TV,

She murmured:

"Dad, he"

"Don't you understand yet? That person isn't your father at all."

For some reason, Chuhua was a bit irritable today.

"He is your father's shadow clone, a double!"

"what?"

Xiangzi looked up in astonishment.

In the television footage, the bandages were completely removed, revealing a gloomy and sinister face to all the cameras.

Looking at that face.

Ruo Yemu suddenly reacted.

Or rather, it was her alternate personality, Mortis, that reacted.

found it!

it's him!

How come you are here!

Could it be that the "person" he had been searching for all along had been right beside Xiangzi all along?

In order to gain more time to search for him, he made various deals with the main personality, but ended up getting further and further away from his goal.

Mortis became withdrawn.

So why did he do it?

Xiangzi couldn't understand.

“It was your father’s order, and he couldn’t disobey it.”

Chu Hua came up with the most reasonable explanation in her mind.

“Slaughter all the troublesome members of the Toyokawa family, and your Teiji lineage can sit back on the throne in peace. The plan is simple and brutal, and the price to pay is just the life of a madman's double.”

"not like this"

The explanation was too cold and cruel for Xiangzi to accept. She clutched her head in anguish and slowly squatted down on the ground.

But actually, Chu Hua was wrong.

The primary reason Lin Yuanshan caused such a commotion in Tokyo was simply that he was extremely vengeful.

In this world, no one who dares to plot against him has ever escaped unscathed.

This includes treatment.

As for resolving Xiangzi and Chuhua's troubles, that was merely a byproduct of revenge.

Moreover, he had no intention of trading his life for it.

He had already devised a flawless escape plan, intending to kill the man and leave calmly, leaving the police in the dust for the rest of their lives.

Who would have thought that across the street in the bank, the Metropolitan Police Department's SWAT team was conducting a full-scale counter-terrorism drill?

The emergency call was made, and within thirty seconds, hundreds of heavily armed anti-terrorism elites surrounded the Fengchuan Group building, making it impossible for even a fly to escape.

Faced with such a display, even Lin Yuanshan could only temporarily restrain his sharp edge.

But it's not a big problem.

As is well known, the execution process in Japan is so long that a person could get married twice and write three autobiographies while in custody.

As a master criminal, he had countless ways to escape from prison during this period.

This is the confidence that Ram's pocket watch gave him.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Fuchu Prison.

"Lin Yuanshan, someone is visiting you."

Lin Yuanshan, known as the "first criminal of the Reiwa era," the "financial clique shark," and the "Tokyo Demon King," received his first visit since entering prison, wearing a full set of electronic shackles.

According to regulations, visits to serious offenders must be conducted through bulletproof glass, with prison guards present and listening throughout.

However, the visitor's identity was too special, so the prison guards only led him to the door and then respectfully withdrew, closing the door behind them.

Only Lin Yuanshan was left to enter the room.

He inexplicably had a sense of déjà vu, like Jotaro Kujo visiting his daughter in prison.

Inside the room, he finally met the mysterious visitor.

Toyokawa Shoko.

She wrapped herself up tightly in a heavy beige trench coat, her hat and sunglasses obscuring most of her face, and she spoke furtively in a low voice:

"Hey, you bastard dad, long time no see."

Lin Yuanshan was stumped by her opening remarks.

“I am not your father, this face is proof.”

Xiangzi, however, wore an expression that said, "I already know everything," and stated confidently:

"Don't try to fool me!"

“I’ve already investigated thoroughly. The Toyokawa family doesn’t have any so-called shadow warriors! Besides, if this were really Father’s plan, you should have come out and reaped the rewards long ago!”

Lin Yuanshan was speechless.

Now that things have come to this, he finds it somewhat difficult to admit that he sent Toyokawa Sadaharu to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Xiangzi was completely absorbed in his own reasoning, his eyes gleaming with intelligence.

"So there is only one truth!"

"To avoid implicating me and Chu Hua, you voluntarily gave up your identity as a father and chose to bear all the sins alone!"

Lin Yuanshan felt a chill run down his spine.

"Then how do you explain this completely different face?"

Xiangzi slammed his hand on the table as if it were the most natural thing in the world and said:

"Is that even a question? The fire must have ruined your face! Your current face is the result of plastic surgery! Don't underestimate my intelligence network!"

Plastic surgery my ass!

My handsome face is all-natural, okay?!

Lin Yuanshan took a deep breath and pointed to his well-defined muscles.

"What about my skills and these muscles?"

"Hmph, Dad, you must have secretly become obsessed with fitness! This is definitely the result of hellish training!"

Outrageous!

He felt that if he continued talking, the woman's logic would become completely flawed!

Lin Yuanshan simply gave in to her.

"Well, my dear daughter, so you've come here today just to deliver your verdict?"