We agreed to be in a band for life, what the heck is Dragon Raja?

"There's another piece of good news for you."

Genjiro remembered Nagumo Ugetsu's instructions and then said:

“This matter is far too important. I will discuss it with you in detail when I return to Genji Heavy Industries.”

"In short, there is hope for the revitalization of the family."

Even before he had relayed this to Tachibana Masamune, he felt a surge of excitement.

"Um……"

At this moment, Tachibana Masamune was almost completely dumbfounded.

When Genjiro admitted that Kazama Ruri had been captured by the Enforcement Bureau, he was so angry that he could hardly breathe.

Fortunately, his years of strategic planning and self-cultivation allowed him to remain patient and prevent Genji from noticing anything amiss.

But Tachibana Masamune was somewhat confused by Genjiro's next words.

"Any other good news?"

"Is this good news so good that I can't tell you over the phone and have to come to Genji Heavy Industries to tell you in person?"

If it weren't for his public persona, he would have been so angry that he would have immediately started cursing.

His years of planning were destroyed in a single day, but he is now unable to take any countermeasures and can only make plans after Kazama Ruri is imprisoned.

At this point, even if he wanted to calm down, he simply couldn't.

"No, we have to rescue Kazama Ruri."

Tachibana Masamune made up his mind almost immediately.

"Moreover, this plan must be swift, so swift that the Executive Bureau won't be able to react to what's happening."

"Now that a large number of the Executive Bureau's elite troops have been transferred to Kobe, Tokyo's defenses are relatively weak. We can't delay any longer, let's do it now."

A strong sense of anxiety spread through Tachibana Masamune's heart, making him restless.

Ruri Kazama is one of his most important pawns. It can be said that the purpose of the Demon Clan's current existence is to help him go further and ultimately realize his ambitions.

One of the most important actors on the stage had already left before the show even started. How could he not be furious?

"Fortunately... Genji Heavy Industries is also my territory."

"This time, a group of Deadpools were mobilized to Kobe, but another group is still hidden at the bottom of Genji Heavy Industries."

"Now is not the time to worry about the cost. If all else fails, we can command another group of 'demons' from the Oni Clan to act as cannon fodder to attack Genji Heavy Industries and create another wave of Deadpools."

Tachibana Masamune instantly realized this trump card.

In any case, Kazama Ruri must not fall into the hands of the Snake-Headed Eight Family.

He was prepared to fight to the death, even if it meant rushing forward all future plans by several years, he had to ensure that everything was under his control.

For the sake of that legendary path, he had no way out and no other chance.

If this path is abandoned, it will be impossible to ever glimpse the throne of God again.

“I have the highest authority over Genji Heavy Industries. When the time comes, I will secretly shut down Princess Kaguya for a period of time, just like today, to reduce her information processing in certain specific areas, while allowing the pawns of the Oni Clan to take the opportunity to infiltrate Tokyo.”

"The Word of Power of Misaka Chuka is 'Styx,' so we need to have Sakurai Kogure give her a few more doses of evolution medicine to help her recover from the exhaustion after the battle as soon as possible."

"Her Words of Power will be of great use when we attack Genji Heavy Industries."

Tachibana Masamune's emotions were in turmoil.

Today's overuse of the 'Styx' in Kobe has left Mikasa somewhat exhausted.

Normally, such excessive stimulation of the power of words would require at least a week of rest to barely recover.

However, the situation is critical right now, and it is impossible to give him a full week. We can only make things harder for Triangle Chuhua.

"Dad, are you still there?"

Seeing that Tachibana Masamune had not spoken for a long time, Genji couldn't help but ask.

"Chishin, this news is really surprising to me. I'm a little taken aback."

Tachibana Masamune composed himself and replied with a smile.

"You've worked hard. How much longer until we reach Tokyo?"

"About two more hours," Genjiro estimated the distance. "We should be back by dawn."

"Okay, be careful." Although he said that, Tachibana Masamune was overjoyed inside.

This timing was perfect for his plans.

The Executive Bureau and Kazama Ruri have been in Kobe all day, and even if they rush back as fast as they can, it will already be late at night.

The agents of the Executive Bureau must deal with Kazama Ruri before they can rest.

Even if there is a rotation system, it will inevitably give him an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Kobe is still too far from Tokyo. It will take a lot of effort to transfer all the fierce demons under our command there without being noticed."

Tachibana Masamune was having a headache.

Fortunately, both major forces are under his control, and there will be no further difficulties once he spends a little more time.

"There can be absolutely no mistakes in this matter."

After much painful reflection, he realized that his own excessive kindness and underestimation of the enemy had led to this situation.

Masamune Tachibana immediately hung up the phone.

He took a deep breath and then dialed the contact information of Akechi Asuya, the head of the Kanto branch.

"Asuya, how is the Kanto branch doing? Is there anything we need to pay special attention to?"

"Master, not for now. When we arrived in Kobe, the Executive Bureau had already brought the situation under control. The only enemies left for us were a small number of Deadpools."

"Ashikazuya replied."

"Furthermore, in Kobe, our Kanto branch did not encounter any mixed-bloods belonging to the Oni Clan."

The young master didn't assign us any tasks in this regard; he only put me in charge of leading my team to maintain order in the city.

Maintaining order?

Tachibana Masamune was about to vomit blood.

If the Enforcement Bureau was able to capture Kazama Ruri, did the people in the Kanto branch not contribute at all?

He had already approached the Kanto branch under another identity and had a general understanding of just how low their loyalty really was.

However, under the tutelage of the head of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, the Kanto branch became Tachibana Masamune's most obedient henchman.

Relying on his two outstanding advantages of having low moral standards and being crazy enough, he was able to entrust many secrets that even Genjiro didn't know to Akechi Asuya.

Since the Kanto branch had not received any intelligence either, he could only make other plans.

"Yuan Zhisheng said there was another surprise that made him feel that the family's revitalization was promising."

"Could it be... related to that ZONE?"

Tachibana Masamune recalled the excited tone of Genjiro's voice on the phone.

He also infiltrated Kobe as a king general and received a message from Kazama Ruri saying that his Word of Power was suppressed by an unknown half-blood.

"To suppress the power of the 'Emperor's' words, only another 'Emperor' can do it."

Although he was extremely reluctant to admit it, Tachibana Masamune had already realized that another 'royal bloodline' had appeared in Japan that he had not yet discovered.

How to deal with him was also a headache for him, as the nominal head of the Snake Clan.

The 'Royal Blood' is extremely precious. Among the Snake Clan, apart from Genji, there is no other 'Royal'.

The bloodlines of the three inner families have now almost completely disappeared.

Logically speaking, Genjiro is actually of Uesugi family blood, since his genes come from a patriarch of the Snake-Headed Eight Families named 'Uesugi Kotsu'.

Tachibana no Masamune never told Genji about this, but simply let him use his original name, which was named after the Genji clan.

So, which family does this 'Emperor' who just appeared belong to?

This issue was actually irrelevant to Tachibana Masamune.

But the most important point is that when an 'emperor' joins the family, he will inevitably take away some of the family's power.

After all, the Snake Clan adopts a strict patriarchal system, and the reason why the inner three families are so prestigious is because they can produce 'royal blood'.

However, although he is the patriarch of the Ju family, there is no one else in the Ju family besides him, and it is impossible for the 'royal bloodline' to be born again.

After all, he only has some of the Orange family's genes and has no connection with the 'Emperor' whatsoever.

Genjiro was not yet married, and apart from Kazama Ruri, he was the only other member of the Genji family.

And the Uesugi family...

Although Erii Uesugi's genes originated from Kotsugi Uesugi, her bloodline is extremely unstable, and coupled with her young age, she is unable to make even basic decisions on her own.

After much deliberation, Tachibana Masamune realized that if a newly joined 'Emperor' wanted to take over a position, the most legitimate candidate would be the Tachibana family, which had no 'Imperial bloodline'.

"Heh... He's just a guy without any foundation."

He is now the head of the Tachibana family and also serves as the patriarch; there is no way he would give up this position.

However, according to the family rules that have remained unchanged for thousands of years, if someone in the family really requests it, then he can only arrange for this zone to be placed in the Uesugi family.

“I am already the head of the Tachibana family, and the Minamoto family has Chisei as the director of the executive bureau. Only Erii does not hold an important position in the family.”

"Sigh... Fortunately, Erii doesn't care about the title and power of the head of the family. If all else fails, we can just send him to the Uesugi family."

Tachibana Masamune thought to himself.

Give him the empty title of head of a family, then give him money and beautiful women...

A half-blood with no connections can never participate in the family's major decisions if they use any means necessary.

"That's all we can do for now."

Tachibana Masamune took a deep breath and then left the safe haven set up by the Oni Clan in Kobe.

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Swah——

Meanwhile, in a special vehicle modified by the Enforcement Bureau, Nagumo Ugetsu and her group were returning to Tokyo in the Enforcement Bureau's convoy.

Before getting into the vehicle, Nan Yun Yuyue had already checked the vehicle's condition and confirmed that no one had planted a C4 bomb on it before she felt safe to board.

Genjiro specially arranged for Sakura Yabuki to be the driver, while Shifune Tsuzuki sat in the passenger seat. Fortunately, the vehicle was spacious enough that even with four people sitting in the back row, it didn't feel crowded.

Nanon Ugetsu was sitting next to Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mutsu, while next to Toyokawa Shoko, Yoru Na was sitting by the window.

Kaname Rakuna, Toyokawa Shoko, Nagumo Ugetsu, Wakaba Mu.

The layout of the rear seats in the entire vehicle is roughly like this.

By this time, the sky outside was gradually darkening, first turning light gray, then deep indigo, and finally even the clouds on the horizon were shrouded in a dark veil, and the whole world was falling into the night.

Sakura Yabuki turned on the car's interior lights, and in their glow, Ugetsu Nagumo was typing away on her phone.

"Master, something's happened in Kobe. I'm on my way back to Tokyo in the Sheqi Hachike family's car."

[And...I also unexpectedly discovered a coincidence.]

Chapter 216 Shocked Uesugi Koshi returns to Tokyo, to the Hachiman family.

Something happened in Kobe.

When Uesugi received Nagumo Ugetsu's message, he was at his ramen stall.

It was the time for the ramen stall to open, and he was taking a break while customers sat down when he unexpectedly saw the words "Kobe Incident" as soon as he turned on his phone.

Uesugi Kotsuki was immediately startled and hurriedly opened his phone. The details of the message sent by Nagumo Ugetsu came into view.

"Master, something's happened in Kobe. I'm on my way back to Tokyo in the Sheqi Hachike family's car."

After confirming that Nagumo Ugetsu was alright, Uesugi Kotsu breathed a sigh of relief.

He had gone to great lengths to accept these two disciples as his successors, and he certainly didn't want anything to happen to them.