Know Yourself in the Dragon World

Chapter 318: Starting from the Kanto Branch

After a long time, Ryoma Genichirō and Sakurai Nanami finally walked out of the room, and Inuyama Kazuo and Miyamoto Shio stood up tacitly.

During this long period of time, Gen Chisei was exchanging information with Ryoma Genichirō about the situation of the Kanto branch and some of the key figures.

The door opened silently, and Yuan Zhisheng just needed to explore more.

Han Qiu was still staring at Tachibana Masamune. If this guy was not still breathing, Han Qiu would have thought he was dead.

As Inuyama He and Miyamoto Shio walked in, the door closed again. The old man's eyes finally opened and met Han Qiu's gaze.

Han Qiu read disdain and ridicule in his eyes.

This guy... actually dared to laugh.

Are you really not afraid of being exposed at all?

Han Qiu didn't understand.

No matter how stubborn Yuan Zhisheng is, and no matter how grateful the guys from the Eight Clans of Sheqi are, they can't be stupid, right?

The Kanto branch has been bullied twice, and you still can’t suspect the founder?

"Mr. Han, you look nervous." Tachibana Masamune said with a cough.

"Well, I'm just looking forward to it..." Han Qiu pointed at everyone, "Who is behind this?"

"Maybe there is no ghost." Tachibana Masamune glanced at the three family heads.

"If that's the case, that's great. It will save our next move from being controlled by the demons. Without Kaguya-sama, if we have a traitor here, we'll naturally lose a step."

Tachibana Masamune asked: "Mr. Han, didn't you say you had an undercover agent in the Ghost Clan? What are you afraid of?"

Han Qiu tried hard not to curse, fearing that he might be able to kill you, old man.

At the same time, he became cautious again. Han Qiu did not see the expression he wanted on the faces of the several family heads who went in and out.

He was so calm that he didn't look like he noticed anything.

Is Yuan Zhisheng not strong enough, or is he reluctant to take action?

If there is no problem in Tokyo, then there must be a problem in Hokkaido. Obviously, the probability of a problem in Hokkaido is higher.

Sakura, Crow, and Yasha, do you suspect there is something wrong with these three funny guys?

Yasha doesn't have the brains to do that, and the fierce ghosts don't even look down on Crow's strength, so does Sakura need to ask?

Tachibana Masamune Tachibana Masamune Tachibana Masamune, you should have contacted him if something happened to the Kanto branch, the tortoise...

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"Two family heads." After summarizing the information about Inuyama He and Miyamoto Shio, Yuan Zhisheng asked something else: "Do you know more about the Kanto branch?"

"There was no Kanto branch before." Inuyama He's age was very convincing. "After Mr. Masamune took office, he reformed the system of the Snake Eight Families. In order to give young people opportunities, he selected young elites from various families to form the Kanto and Kansai branches. In fact, as the head of the family, we have very limited management rights over the two branches, even if there are young people from our own family in them."

"Head, do you want to start your investigation from the Kanto branch?" asked Miyamoto Shio.

"As you know, after you left Tokyo, Genji Heavy Industries was invaded again. Just like the last time, it was the traitors from the Kanto branch. If it weren't for Principal Angers and his men arriving, Genji Heavy Industries would now belong to the Demon Clan." Genji Chisei said, "I have to consider this issue."

The head of the Kanto branch, Akechi Asuya, was killed by Uesugi Koshi in the first rebellion, so this invasion was led by Osafune and Kagehide.

"Family heads, please forgive me for asking a very presumptuous question." Yuan Zhisheng took a breath, "You know the history of the underworld better than I do. Mr. Masamune...are there any abnormalities in the management of the Kanto branch? Or, in other words, are there any changes in the young people transferred from the family compared to before?"

"Head..." Miyamoto Shio asked in astonishment, "Do you suspect Mr. Masamune?"

"The Kanto branch has been under the direct jurisdiction of the head of the family since its establishment. It is obviously not something that can be done in a short period of time to make an entire branch of nearly a hundred people rebel." Inuyama He thought that there was some truth in Minamoto Chisei's suspicion. "People change... If you insist, the Kanto branch actually accommodates most of the most ambitious young people in the family."

"But Mr. Masamune has no reason to train such a group of people." He added,

The problems of the Kanto branch were not so obvious the first time, but it was hard not to arouse suspicion the second time.

Before his death, Akechi Asuya screamed that all the people in his family were bastards and hypocrites who claimed to be righteous.

Saying such things is completely contrary to the teachings of my family.

It might be normal for one person to disobey, but it was the entire Kanto branch that rebelled.

Ryoma Genichirō's words were just the key that opened the lock that Minamoto Chisei was unwilling to touch.

He also pushed open a door that the owners of the houses did not dare to push open.

"I also know there is no reason, but I said, treat everyone equally." Minamoto Chisei said righteously, "I am the head of the family now, and I hope more than anyone that Mr. Masamune has not done anything that would damage the family. However, the facts tell me that the Tokyo side was very successful in this plan. At first I might have suspected that one of you had taken advantage of the situation, but it was the Kanto branch that did it. The arrogance of the Kanto branch even made them feel that they were underappreciated. Whether it was for revenge or for power, Hokkaido was the most suitable battlefield for them. But they did not come."

"What does this prove?" asked Miyamoto Shio.

"This means that the Kanto branch did not temporarily defect to the fierce ghost group. They were ghosts planted in the Sheqi Eight Families from the beginning. The arrogance they have is the arrogance of ghosts, not inherited from the main family. They hate the main family not because the main family treats them badly, but because they are born to hate them." Yuan Zhisheng said: "I took over the Kanto branch for a long time. I think it was a temporary idea and I couldn't hide it from my eyes."

"The Kanto branch is the sword, just like the code names of the twelve captains. They are ancient swords that are invincible. The only one who can intimidate the sword is the one holding the sword. The fact that they betrayed me shows that I am not one of them, and it is impossible for the fierce ghosts to train nearly a hundred loyal ghosts without leaving any traces. The person we captured not only knows our movements, but also has the ability to train such a team."

"Was it Akechi Asuya? But he's dead, so that should be the end of it."

Although Han Qiu was standing outside the door, he could hear the conversation inside clearly.

The distance of several walls is nothing, Kamaitachi will send back the answer.

He now really wanted to scold Yuan Zhisheng and praise Yuan Zhisheng at the same time.

In the spirit of a gentleman, Han Qiu had no intention of eavesdropping on Yuan Zhisheng's interrogation of the family heads. After all, it was not decent.

But since the three family heads didn't react, Han Qiu had to get anxious.

When I heard this, I was stunned.

What can't be hidden from your eyes? What have you been doing before?

Didn't you trust the Kanto branch so much at the beginning? You even handed over the affairs of the Tama River area to the Kanto branch.

Let a thief deal with thieves, and nearly got yourself killed.

I didn't dig too deep then, but now I can tell you that I can't hide it from your eyes.

However, Han Qiu also understood that after two days of interrogation, Yuan Zhisheng had more or less certain answers.

Everyone is trying their best to cooperate, and the answers are constantly being pushed towards that door.

It was a matter of time. Smarter family heads would have figured out the problem long ago, but Minamoto Chisei had always refused to start with the Kanto branch.