Inuyama He opened his sleepy eyes, suddenly alert, his eyes sharp, and the room was filled with the drunken smell of low-quality alcohol.
Someone broke into his room quietly and was drunk?
He stretched out his hand to grab Onimaru Kunitsuna, the famous demon-slayer sword in Japanese history. As a contemporary swordsman, Inuyama Ga never let the sword leave his side too far, but this time he missed it.
"Ahe, long time no see, thank you for paying me the land fees all these years." A calm but deeply tired voice sounded.
At that moment, Inuyama He felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He turned around in disbelief and looked at the source of the sound.
It was a gray-haired old man, wearing a rain-soaked coat and a ramen chef's scarf on his head. He looked a little ridiculous. He seemed to have just been drunk alone, and his whole body was covered in the stench of alcohol.
"Your Majesty..." Inuyama Ga blurted out, but was stopped by Uesugoshi raising his hand.
"My time has passed. I am not your Majesty. Now I am just a stall selling ramen." Uesugoshi wiped the crimson handle of the knife and handed it back to Inuyama Ga.
Inuyamaga stood up, and with trembling hands he respectfully took Onimaru Kunitsuna from Uesugi Koshi.
He respects Tachibana Masamune because in the past twenty years, Tachibana Masamune has been able to turn the tide and bring the family back on track.
He also respected Minamoto Chisei. It was precisely because of Minamoto Chisheng's appearance that the family, which had been fighting among themselves, regained its cohesion. Only the emperor could completely convince the next five families. It was precisely because of the "emperor's" teacher that Tachibana Masamune
Only by attaching importance to his identity and being the heir of the Orange family can he control the power of the family.
But for this old man, all he has is fanaticism and worship.
When Inuyama Kashang was still young, Uesugoshi had been established as the emperor of the eight Seraki families. The distinguished elders gathered around him, shouting that his birth was a reward from God to the family. He sat in the family seat.
On the prepared throne, even though his movements were not dignified, it was still fresh in the memory of the young Inuyama Ga.
That was the new peak reached by the eight Sheki families in modern times. The power of the family was once exerted throughout the country through its influence on the emperor. It was precisely because of this that Uesugi Koshi was also called the "Shadow Emperor". The eight Sheki families at that time were
The uncrowned king of Japan, and the man in front of him was the former supreme ruler of his family.
"Sit down, Aga, I'm just here to chat with you." Uesugoshi said calmly.
"Yes!" Inuyama He knelt on the floor, his eyebrows lowered and his expression solemn.
"Ah He, I heard that the family has a new emperor, is it true?"
Inuyama He was shocked and almost blurted out that the contemporary emperor was actually your blood descendant, but when he thought of Yuan Zhisheng's instructions, he hesitated.
Not long ago, at the invitation of Yuan Zhisheng, he had a private meeting with Yuan Zhisheng, and learned a series of secrets from the other party that even he did not know, including the fact that the brothers Yuan Zhisheng were actually "
"In vitro fertilization" facts.
And during this meeting, Minamoto Chisei openly expressed his doubts about Tachibana Masamune.
It is undoubtedly a headache for the head of the family today to doubt the head of the family of the previous generation. If one mistake is not made, the family will be in turmoil and even fall apart.
What is even more shocking is that Mr. Masamune Tachibana died deep inside Genji Heavy Industries last night!
This matter is very complicated, and if you are not careful, it may cause civil strife in the family. However, to the surprise of several family heads, Yuan Zhisheng handled it very appropriately. Not only did the matter not shake the foundation of the family, but it turned the matter into a fight to the death for the family.
introduction.
Tachibana Masamune has shown kindness and power within the family over the years, and has captured the hearts of many people. Many people think of him well. But now that he is dead, Yuan Zhisheng has taken the stance of avenging him and fighting to the death with the monsters, and won the prize in one fell swoop.
With a large number of supporters, the current family is similar to a "sorrowing soldier"
"Yes, after you, the family received the blood of three emperors, and the most stable one is now the head of the family."
"Three emperors' blood? When did the emperor's blood become so prolific?" Uesugoshi looked solemn.
Inuyama He looked calm, and recalling it at this moment, he also felt a little sad.
This incident indeed revealed something strange. Originally, the family unanimously believed that the imperial blood would be cut off from Uesugi Goe, but the appearance of Tachibana Masamune found unexpected imperial blood for the family, and there were three of them at once!
But at that time, the family was immersed in the joy of regaining the emperor's blood, and no one cared about these trivial matters, just thinking that God was once again involved in the family.
"How...are they doing now?" Uesugi asked in a low voice.
"The eldest Yuan Zhisheng took over the identity of the patriarch and is now the leader of the family. The second son Yuan Zhisheng was judged to be a ghost a few years ago and was killed by... the patriarch Yuan Zhisheng himself. The youngest
Ms. Eri Yi has been suffering from health problems and has been staying in the family’s infirmary all year round.”
After a slight hesitation, Inuyama Ga truthfully told what he knew so far.
Uesugi's eyes widened and his lips trembled as he said, "Ghost? How can the emperor's blood be a ghost?"
Inuyama Ga lowered his eyes: "The family priest believes that Minamoto's girl corresponds to the family's Suzuo male destiny."
"Suzano no Mikoto?" Uesugi murmured. He remembered something and said with pained eyes, "Is it that curse?!"
Inuyama He looked shocked and couldn't help asking: "May I ask, sir, what is the curse?"
"That's the curse of the twins." Uesugi said in a low voice, "There has been a legend circulated in the Uesugi family that if a twin appears in a descendant with the blood of the emperor, one of them must be killed, because if they all survive to awaken, one of them will
They can become ghosts, and they are ghosts with royal blood. The twins of royal blood recorded in the previous generation were Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Shuten Doji."
Inuyama He's heart skipped a beat. He had never heard of this secret. It must have been passed down orally from generation to generation in the three previous families.
"He...killed his own brother with his own hands?" Uesugi murmured, "How could he kill his own brother so cruelly..."
"Everyone has no choice but to do so..." Inuyama comforted the old man in front of him in a hesitant voice.
There was a vague suspicion in his heart. The old man in front of him seemed to already know that the two Minamoto and Chisei were his descendants, and Uesugoshi's next words undoubtedly confirmed his suspicion.
"I have been thinking over the years, if I die, will anyone come to my funeral besides my church brothers? I have no relatives in this world, maybe only that old guy from Angers will come and give me a bouquet of flowers
, but a few hours ago I suddenly heard that I have two sons and a daughter, I don’t know how to describe my feelings, Ahe, can you understand?"
There was fatigue and joy in Uesugoshi's eyes.
Inuyama He stared at the old man and lowered his head: "You should go and meet Minamoto's parents."
"Aga, have you met my father?" Uesugi asked suddenly.
"I was fortunate enough to meet him several times when I was accompanied by my father," Inuyama said respectfully.
"But I haven't seen it." Uesugoshi said softly, "I haven't seen my chess master father since I can remember. He was still alive when I returned to Japan. He was just waiting for me to drift to Japan from France.
He died. For a thin man like him, who was fed and taken aphrodisiac drugs by his family every day as a stallion, it would be difficult for him not to die, and it would be difficult for him to persist for so many years. You say, during the years he was a stallion
, why didn’t you think of committing suicide?”
Inuyama He pursed his lips and did not dare to answer.
"I never thought about it at first, until someone told me privately that my damn dad had been waiting for me and wanted to see me for the last time. Unfortunately, he still couldn't come. Do you think it was because he wanted to see me?
My thoughts persisted until the last moment?"
Inuyama Ga's crouched body got lower and lower.
"Aga, how is the current situation of the family?" Uesugi asked suddenly.
Inuyama Ga felt uncontrollably happy. Could it be that the previous generations of masters were planning to intervene? He was the lucky one who had seen the battle that year. If Time Zero was not too weird, Sugoshi could kill Angers instantly from a physical perspective alone.
At this point, he is far more powerful than Yuan Zhisheng!
"It's terrible! Our current situation is very troublesome. The gods are about to awaken, but the main force of the monsters is still hiding in the dark and watching us all the time. There are also enemies whose identities we don't know are lurking in Tokyo. The family is said to be in a state of life and death.
The crisis is no exaggeration!" Inuyama He said solemnly.
"That's it." Uesugoshi sighed, "It sounds worse than before."
"I implore your majesty to help the family!" Inuyama He leaned over and knocked his forehead to the ground.
Uesugi frowned, and with one hand he pulled up Inuyama Ga, who was kneeling and kowtowing. He said dissatisfiedly: "What I hate most is the time back then. Don't do this kind of behavior that will remind me of the past."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Inuyama He quickly replied respectfully.
Uesugoshi was silent for a while: "Aga, I'm not God. I can't help the family turn the tide. I couldn't do it back then, and I can't do it now."
"No! With your strength, you are enough to sweep away all monsters! As long as God does not appear, there will be almost no opponents for you in Tokyo!" Inuyama Ga said firmly.
Uesugoshi smiled bitterly and said: "Ah He, thank you for looking up to me so highly."
"This is not an opinion! It is a fact!" Inuyama He said excitedly, "You are the real emperor and the legitimate heir of the emperor's blood! When the [Black Sun] burns, no one can stand in front of you!"
Uesugi remained silent and stood up slowly: "Aga, I'm leaving."
"Where are you going?!" Inuyama He quickly stood up and asked in panic.
"I'm going to find Angers. I came here to confirm a fact with you. Now I have an answer." Uesugi said slowly, "Don't have too many expectations for me, and don't expect me to come to you.
Tell anyone about it, this is my last order to you."
Inuyama said solemnly: "...I obey."
Uesugi scratched his head: "Don't be too nervous. I'm still very grateful to you for taking care of me secretly all these years."
"Let's go, no need to send it off." He waved his hand and walked out of the bedroom door.
Inuyama He watched him leave with a wry smile, then sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. He sat there blankly for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
Until a phone suddenly rang.
Inuyama He glanced at it, frowned and answered the phone.
"What's up?"
"...What did you say? Everyone is already outside the door?!"
He stood up in shock and hurried to the door of the bedroom. He looked at Uesugoshi's leaving figure and wanted to shout, but his lips wriggled a few times and finally did nothing.
Maybe... letting them meet is the right choice.
…
Uesugoshi opened the door handle of Inuyama's house and saw a straight figure standing at the door.
"Senior, are you here to find the head of the Inushan family?" Yuan Zhisheng stared at the man in front of him.
"...Don't get me wrong, I just came to say goodbye." Uesugi was silent for a moment and said in a hoarse voice.
"Goodbye?"
"I'm going back to France to see the monastery where my mother stayed, then hold a funeral there, and lie in the coffin and listen to them sing a requiem mass for me."
"You said 'return'? It seems that you have never regarded this place as your home." Yuan Zhisheng paused and said softly, "That's fine, Tokyo will not be peaceful in the future, and we don't have any extra people to go there.
To protect you, let’s leave as soon as possible. Have you bought your ticket?”
"I bought an Air France first-class ticket to Lyon decades ago. I paid a large sum of money to Air France, so I can get on the plane at any time with this priority ticket." Uesugi said more calmly, "In addition,
I’m not at the point where I need your protection either.”
Yuan Zhisheng nodded, his cigarette butt lit: "Are you still rich? Take the money and go. You need money for funerals and other things. You also need to repair your mother's grave. This is a filial piety from the descendants of our family."
"Don't bother me anymore, I still have this little money." Uesugi narrowed his eyes and said, "Compared with the last time we met, you seem to have realized something now?"
"Yes, this is thanks to you and Principal Angers for their teachings."
"My teachings?"
"What you said last time was correct. Imperial blood is a cursed thing and should not remain in this world. We should become the last heirs of the imperial blood."
"Is that so, are you ready to die?"
"Well, men will die anyway, and the battlefield is the best destination for our generation."
"That's very well said. You are worthy of being...a great leader."
"...the flight this morning?"
"almost."
"Want to send it?"
"Need not."
"good."
The words finally fell, and the cigarette burned to the end.
Everyone's words were so simple and blunt, revealing the estrangement and indifference, but they all tried their best to hide their confusion and confusion.
Uesugoshi took off the cigarette butt, threw it on the ground and crushed it. Minamoto was next to him and handed over the cigarette case of Nanahoshi. Uesugoshi hesitated for a while and took another cigarette. Minamoto lit it for him.
The two men with faces as hard as iron just stood guard at the door. No one said anything, and no one was left behind. They just smoked one after another, and cigarette butts soon piled up around their feet.
Uesugoshi raised his head and looked at the brightening sky in the distance. The faint morning light of sunrise actually dispersed the rain clouds for the first time in a long time. He didn't know if it was the last sound before the storm.
He stared blankly for a long time. The streets in the distance were crowded with people. The morning news was playing on a huge screen. The buildings blended into the background of the sky without looking obtrusive. The softness of Tokyo after the rain and the clear sky surprised him. He
I have lived in this city for more than seventy years, but I never knew that Tokyo under the morning sun could be so gentle, as gentle as the mother in my memory.
But at this moment, he thought of his chess master father.
It is said that the great chess master had been waiting for him to go to Japan to see him for the last time, but he still could not survive that winter.
"Swallowing the Starry Sky: Sign in to Become a God"
In a sense, I am luckier than him, aren't I?
Yuan Zhisheng lowered his head and looked at his feet, one seven stars after another.
He was thinking that the man beside him came too late. When he was a child, he always hoped that a father would appear in his life, so that he and his daughter would not be so lonely and would not be bullied. But the man came too late.
Now, their brothers have grown up and have turned against each other long ago.
Maybe this is fate. Destiny is always a hair's breadth away.
Yuan Zhisheng clearly accepted his fate, but he still couldn't help but think about it. If all this had happened earlier, if the man who should be called father had appeared in his and Zhisheng's world, what if
He didn't insert the blade into the girl's heart back then...
Will everything be different?
At least he would have enough time to take Uesugi to a tavern, have a drink with each other, chat about the interesting things that happened in the past years, report about the certificates he obtained in school that could fill the entire room, and then ask him
How are you doing? The young girl sat aside with watery eyes and poured wine for her brother and father...
It's a pity that if there are no ifs in life, there will be no turning back. Even if you try your best to look back, time will not go back.
So he could only use these short ten minutes to experience the feeling of his father standing beside him, and then move forward again.
This was enough, he had no time to dwell on the past, he had to finish this battle, for his family, for all the people who trusted him, and for this city that he didn't love but was inhabited by the people he loved.
He was very happy to hear the news that Uesugi Yue was going to France. He also wanted to go to France, but he thought there was no chance. As a son, he couldn't do it, so it would be a good story for a man to be a father to realize his son's dream.
When the last cigarette in the cigarette box was burned out, Yuan Zhisheng said calmly: "Have a good trip."
"Thanks."
He still has a speaking style that cherishes every word like gold.
Yuan Zhisheng stood there, and the old man wearing a headscarf slowly walked down the steps and walked into the distance facing the rising sun.
In the glow of the rising sun, Yuan Zhisheng squinted his eyes and stared directly at the long-lost sun on the horizon. He turned around silently and walked into Inuyama's house. This was destined to prevent him from seeing the old man walking down the steps looking back.
Uesugoshi stood at the foot of the steps, his white hair blown by the distant sea breeze. He looked so old, yet so gentle, just like the city under the morning sun.
Many years ago, a man who ran away from his family stood in a French port, looked back at his infant son, and finally set out on his way back to his country.
Many years later, the man who had abandoned the world and was abandoned by the world stood again in this city he did not love, looking back at the person he loved.
This chapter has been completed!