Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

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Genji picked up a notepad and pen from his desk and wrote down a coordinate: "Water storage well No. 13, design code Red Well, located in the mountains near the Tama River."

He handed the coordinates to the old headmaster: "We lost contact with the Fuuma clan's ninjas an hour ago. It must be the Oni clan that took over that place. The god should still be there."

Angers took the note, glanced at it, and tossed it to Karl in the Equipment Department, instructing him to give it to EVA. He then dismissed everyone, as he wanted to speak with Genjiro alone.

The two remained silent for a while. Yuan Zhisheng kept smoking, his eyes sometimes looking lost, sometimes helpless, and most of the time weary.

Angers sighed and said that Genji was still being chased by the past.

Yuan Zhisheng was stunned.

Angers said, "Many years ago, during afternoon tea with the principal, we were drinking aged whiskey together, and you asked me, 'How much can a person pay for justice?'"

Yuan Zhisheng paused slightly. He was drunk at the time. Don't ask why he was drinking during afternoon tea, especially getting drunk. Nothing at Kassel College is ever serious.

He was so drunk that he completely forgot the principal's answer.

Chapter 492 Hell Transformation

Angers now tells him that there is no justice in this world that transcends the individual; for some, revenge is justice, for others, protection is justice. If your brother's happiness is the most important thing in your heart, then he is your justice, and you are willing to be an enemy of the world for him.

Everyone's sense of justice is different. For example, for Angers, taking revenge on the dragons is the justice he believes in.

Angers said calmly, "The reason you've been unhappy all these years is because the justice you uphold isn't the justice in your heart at all, but rather the 'righteousness' taught to you by others, the 'pseudo-justice' created by the entire Japanese underworld atmosphere. So, in order to uphold the justice in your heart, you stabbed your brother to death... You really weren't thinking straight."

Yuan Zhisheng smiled wryly: "You are the second person today to call me stupid."

"Who else cursed?"

"Gu Ran".

“Oh, he’s a smart kid.” Angers smiled slightly. “His sense of justice is to protect those around him, even if it means going against the whole world. At the same time, he can save the world in order to protect those around him, so his heart has always been very strong.”

“And you, no matter how strong your bloodline is, your heart is weak, because you are always bound by the past.” Angers then looked at the underworld patriarch and criticized him.

Yuan Zhisheng remained silent, not refuting a single word of the principal's argument.

"Think about it carefully. I see you've used up a lot of energy today and you're tired," Angers said, preparing to end his lecture to the students. "I hope we can all see the sun rise tomorrow."

"Can divine retribution really kill a god?" Genji asked with some doubt.

Angers didn't dare to predict whether it would definitely work, but it was their only useful weapon at the moment.

"In short, this has nothing to do with you. Although you tried your best to stop God's resurrection, you failed." Angers concluded his lecture to the student. "You are very serious about what you do, but it's actually just obsession. You want to break free from the cage, but you're trapped inside. Ask your heart what you most want to do, and what's stopping you from truly doing it. Is the 'justice' imposed on you by others more important, or is it more important to uphold the true justice deep within your heart?"

Genjiro looked somewhat blank. He had accepted his defeat deep down, so he bowed respectfully to Angers and then walked outside.

When Sakurai Hideyuki passed by and saw the patriarch, he immediately stopped, bowed respectfully, and felt a little worried about him.

……

Genjiro left in a helicopter. He looked down at the crowds of people fleeing on the highway. These were people from low-lying areas, who seemed to be preparing to escape to the mountains, or to escape Tokyo, or even to escape Japan.

There was no one maintaining order on the highway, and the traffic lights were malfunctioning. Japan has always been a step behind in disaster relief. Although its relief supplies and equipment have always been the most advanced in the world, it has no one to use the equipment because it cannot mobilize a large number of disaster relief personnel.

Sometimes even the Self-Defense Forces are unwilling to go to disaster areas for rescue. For the members of the Self-Defense Forces, it's just a job, and there's no need to risk their lives.

This is what an army without faith looks like.

Yuan Zhisheng looked at the families fleeing the disaster, and saw a family of three crammed into a Honda Fit. The husband, who was driving, was anxiously looking ahead, hoping that the traffic would start moving again, while the mother was comforting the frightened child. The child was holding a dog and didn't quite understand the situation outside, but with his parents there, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Yuan Zhisheng's helicopter flew over the family of three. The husband looked at the helicopter with envy, thinking that with a helicopter, he could take his family to escape to safety.

However, Yuan Zhisheng, who was in the helicopter, envied the family of three because they still had family members who could hug each other and comfort each other when they encountered difficulties.

But he has no family left. Tachibana Masamune is dead, Sakura is dead, and the girl has gone mad. She is now under the control of the King.

Yes, the younger brother is still under the control of the king; he shouldn't be confused or depressed.

Moreover, whether the iron rod of divine retribution could actually kill a god was still unknown.

In that instant, he sat up straight again, regained his composure, and his eyes were no longer glazed over.

He should start protecting what is most righteous in his heart.

He glanced out the window again and saw a ramen noodle maker weaving through traffic on his bicycle.

It has to be said that bicycles are a really useful means of transportation on congested roads.

However, for some reason, he felt that the old man making ramen looked familiar, and there seemed to be a sense of familiarity about him.

But the helicopter was moving very fast and swept across the airspace in the blink of an eye, and the ramen chef disappeared before his eyes.

……

Helicopters flew through the heavy rain, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring in the sky from time to time.

Mount Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan, erupted once again. I don't know how many times it has erupted today. The snow that had accumulated on the summit for years has long since melted, and the pointed tip has turned bright red, like a scorching chimney.

Genji glanced at Mount Fuji and then stopped looking, only urging the pilot to get to the family shrine as soon as possible.

Soon, the helicopter arrived in the suburbs of Tokyo and came over the Hebihachi Shrine.

The shrine remained quiet, with only the sound of rain audible all around.

Genji jumped off the plane and came to the shrine, where white-robed priests stood side by side in front of the eaves to greet him.

He never offered incense when passing by the Buddha statue normally, but today he suddenly felt like offering incense, so he put his hand in the rain and immediately three lit cigarettes were placed in his hand.

He placed three incense sticks directly into the incense burner, walked inside, and sat down facing the open door.

The priests surrounded him, removing their white robes to reveal black suits.

These priests are actually people who have committed crimes in their families and have been punished to guard the ancestral tablets here. Each of them is a criminal and carries a warrant from the Metropolitan Police Department. They are in the shrine to seek refuge.

Genjiro prepared to lead these priests to the Red Well to launch a surprise attack on the Oni Clan.

There is still a group of people at Genji Heavy Industries holding their ground, about a hundred people. These people cannot be moved. It is necessary to leave some reserves and fresh troops to deal with emergencies.

The three heads of the Hebi family—Fuma Kotaro, Sakurai Nanami, and Inuyama He—are the only remaining heads of the Hebi family, and Genjiro has no intention of taking them to the battlefield.

If they can overcome this hurdle, the reconstruction of the Snake Clan will still require their help.

"How is Erii?" Genji asked.

The head priest replied, "The head of the Uesugi family is waiting for the patriarch in the rear hall."

Erii moved to the shrine on the day Tachibana Masamune died and has lived there ever since, remaining uninvolved in these conflicts.

Genjiro didn't want the innocent Erii to go to the battlefield.

"Sit down, all of you, and write down what I'm about to say," Yuan Zhisheng began to give instructions.

With his future uncertain, he had to prepare for the possibility of not returning and began to whisper his last words.

Genjiro is the 74th generation head of the family, and he plans to recommend Sakurai Nanami as the 75th generation head.

Making Sakurai Nanami the head of the family was a decision he made after careful consideration. Inuyama He and Fuma Kotaro were getting old and probably didn't have the energy. Of the two heads of the family, Inuyama He was too close to the Secret Party, while Fuma Kotaro was too resistant to the Secret Party.

Sakurai Nanami is in the perfect middle ground, able to uphold the position of the Snake Clan without rejecting the possibility of re-establishing a cooperative relationship with the Secret Party.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the Dragon King was gradually awakening, and the Snake Clan could not remain unaffected; cooperating with others was the better choice.

In his suicide note, he specifically emphasized that family members must never seek to become dragons for power and strength, as this is a taboo for all hybrids, and all members of the family have the right to punish them.

The 'ghosts' in the family's black prison deserve better care. He believes that as long as these 'ghosts' are treated well, they will not become the vengeful spirits seeking revenge on the family.

He confessed everything, including Kaguya's password permissions, selected new heads for each department, and handed over the key to the family treasury.

The chief priest wrote furiously on the side, and after finishing, presented it to Genjiro for review.

After Yuan Zhisheng glanced at it and found no major problems, he took out the family crest stamp, used his own 'royal blood' as ink, and stamped the paper with the seal.

He had someone keep the letter safe and then pass it on to Sakurai Nanami.

Then he asked the chief priest if everyone was ready.

The chief priest said that all twenty-seven priests had assembled and were ready to depart at any time.

“Very good, have the helicopter prepare. I’m going to check on Erii.” Genji stood up, turned and went into the back hall.

The wall of the rear hall is painted with a mottled ancient painting, a prophetic mural that foretells the day when the descendants of the White King will rule the world. The White Emperor sits on a large palanquin carried by hundreds of people. The White Emperor will build cities from the bones of his enemies, and all the cities will be connected together to form a giant wall. To the north of the giant wall is the frigid land where the conquered races are exiled, and to the south is the imperial capital.

The painting is called Hell Transformation.

At the very bottom of this painting, Erii, dressed as a shrine maiden, sits in a corner with her knees drawn up to her chest. The shrine does not use electric lights, but oil lamps, and the dim light only allows her to be vaguely seen.

Yuan Zhisheng knelt on one knee in front of her, looked into her eyes, and gently embraced her.

Erii wrote in her notebook and asked him, "Brother, what's going on outside?"

Genji told her that things were terrible outside and that he had to go and deal with the trouble in a little while, and that Erii had to be good and obedient.

Erii obediently nodded.

Yuan Zhisheng opened the suitcase she had left there; it was full of clothes that Lu Mingfei had bought, all of which were new styles from this year's Tokyo Fashion Week.

"Let's change your clothes," Genji said to Erii.

Erii loosened the sash of her shrine maiden outfit, then glanced at Genjiro, seemingly a little shy, and began to undress behind his back.

Genjiro was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned his back to avoid it.

Chapter 493 People are forced to do things

Erii wasn't shy at all when changing clothes in front of Genjiro, because no one had ever taught her that girls shouldn't take off their clothes in front of men.

Moreover, in her eyes, her "brother" might not even be considered a man, but just a "reliable good person," someone who could play games with her.

But Erii is shy today. Perhaps this is the change that occurred after Lu Mingfei took her out?

Soon, Erii changed into a white taffeta knee-length skirt, put on high-heeled Roman sandals, and tied her long hair up with a white headband. The girl who had just worn a shrine maiden outfit and looked a bit dowdy was transformed into a sophisticated urban woman in no time.

Genji turned around and glanced at her silently, then smiled without a sound.

It feels like my younger sister has grown up.

He handed Erii his passport and bank credit card, which he had prepared beforehand, both bearing entirely new identities.

Then he hugged her again, as if this was his final farewell.

He said Erii looked really pretty in that dress, and that girls should dress up beautifully and go out to have fun and go crazy with the boys they like, because that's how you truly enjoy life.

I feel so sorry for keeping her locked up in the house before.