Genji Heavy Industries, located in the darkroom underground.
The crimson candlelight danced like a ghostly will-o'-the-wisp, and the flickering candlelight projected onto the side of Yuan Zhisheng's face, illuminating his expression in an uncertain manner, flickering brightly and dimly.
If you feel that no one in this world is trustworthy, go find a man named Uesugoshi, who is a ramen chef... Lu Mingfei told Yuan Zhisheng that his words were like a ghost in his mind.
Unable to go back, Yuan Zhisheng finally understood the meaning of the most difficult words Lu Mingfei told him.
Uesugoshi... Uesugoshi... Could the man named Uesugoshi who had been buried in the family history turn out to be his biological father?
So Lu Mingfei was telling himself that if he found out that he had been deceived by Tachibana Masamune, couldn't distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and began to have doubts about the world, he should go find his biological father... In this world
At least there is a man named Uesugoshi who is worthy of his trust and can guide him out of this shady fate?
If before this, Minamoto Chisheng had an attitude of seven-point trust and three-point doubts about Lu Mingfei's words, then from the moment the name "Uesugoshi" blurted out from Tachibana Masamune's mouth, Minamoto Chisheng had already begun to doubt Lu Mingfei's words.
Lu Mingfei believed what he said.
Although Yuan Zhisheng still couldn't discern Lu Mingfei's position, and he didn't know how Lu Mingfei learned the truth, but a man who was willing to tell him the truth hidden in many shady scenes, Yuan Zhisheng believed in his purpose
It was definitely not just to sow discord between him and Tachibana Masamune, nor was it just to murder him and the Snake Qihachi family.
Yuan Zhisheng didn't know Lu Mingfei's purpose, but his intuition was beyond the sharpness of ordinary people. Yuan Zhisheng could vaguely feel that Lu Mingfei was setting up a game...a shocking chess game that took the whole of Japan as the board...
...To put it harshly, even if the Snake Qihachi family has reached the pinnacle of the Japanese underworld, it is probably not qualified enough to be regarded as an enemy by a man with such monstrous ambitions.
Yuan Zhisheng had already labeled Lu Mingfei as "at least not an enemy" in his heart, and silently remembered that he owed Lu Mingfei a huge favor.
Tachibana Masamune never expected that his act of honestly revealing Uesugi Koshi's existence to Minamoto Chisheng would completely push Minamoto Chisheng to Lu Mingfei's side.
"Uesugoshi... why did this man disappear from the family? Do you know the reason?" Minamoto Chisheng restrained himself to prevent too much emotion from being revealed in his voice.
"I don't know, very few people know about this matter." Tachibana Masamune shook his head, "Even the old people who survived that era chose to remain silent about this matter. The man named Uesugoshi and that period of history have already
It was deleted from all family files and documents and became an absolute taboo."
"What I know is very limited. I only know that Uesugoshi is the strongest patriarch in the family for a hundred years, but he is also the family's biggest shame in modern times." Tachibana Masamune said, "Uesugoshi is not purely Japanese, he is Chinese.
He is of mixed French and Japanese descent. He has settled abroad since he was a child. From university to doctorate, he studied in French universities. So in a fundamental sense, rather than saying that he is Japanese, it is better to say that he is French in his heart.
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"I remember you said he was forcibly recalled by the family?" Yuan Zhisheng looked at Tachibana Masamune, "What is the purpose of the family recalling him? Is it for the powerful blood in his body?"
"Yes, the upper three families of the Eight Snakes and Eights were already in decline at that time. After the death of Uesugoshi's father, the imperial bloodline of the Eight Snakes and Eights was cut off... Except for Uesugoshi who was studying in France, it can be said that he
One person is shouldering the arduous mission of inheriting and reproducing the entire upper three families." Masamune Tachibana whispered, "Of course this is only one of the reasons, and part of the reason is because I mentioned that during World War II, the family cooperated with Germany at that time.
Germany is not satisfied with the genetic blood samples of the next five families provided by the family. If the family cannot continue to provide them with up-to-standard genetic samples, they will not only interrupt the provision of advanced genetic technology to the family, but may even tear up the war cooperation treaty at that time.
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"You know, World War II at that time was a war that swept almost the whole world. Even a family could not protect itself in such a huge war. Without Germany as a cooperative ally, we would be unable to survive alone." Tachibana Masamune sighed softly.
, "Germany at that time put serious pressure on the family. The family knew that the genes of ordinary White King descendants could no longer satisfy the appetites of those Germans, so they had to recall Uesugi Yue from France and borrow his genes to continue to maintain relations with Germany.
Cooperation."
"Uesugoshi, who returned to the family, naturally became the head of the Snake Qihachi family. His strong bloodline was unanimously recognized by all the family heads." Tachibana Masamune said, "But over time, the family heads and clan members of various surnames had this attitude.
The new head of the family has more and more opinions, and the suggestion box at the family shrine is filled with letters every day."
"Most of them were anonymous letters, and the content was surprisingly consistent. They were overwhelming abuses, which made Uesugi go down from his position as the head of the Snakeki Eight Family, saying that this kind of person is not worthy of being the supreme yakuza of the entire Japan. The family is here
Under the leadership of such people, it will only decline day by day." Tachibana Masamune said, "Another part of the emails was to recommend the head of the Fuma family at that time to take over the position of head... It was not because of the high prestige of the Fengma family in the eight families at that time. In fact,
At that time, the family's talents were withering too much, and there were intrigues and intrigues within the family. Everyone wanted to take advantage of the chaotic wartime to annex other families' industries and strengthen themselves. Only the Fuma family, as a ninja family, remained constant in this turbulent era.
Take a neutral stance."
The corner of Yuan Zhisheng's mouth twitched. He became the head of the family until the whole clan objected. This was the first in the history of the Sheqi Ba family. There was no one else... Was he created by the genes of such a man?
"What on earth did that man named Uesugoshi do that made everyone hate him so much?" Minamoto Chisheng couldn't help but asked Tachibana Masamune. After all, he was his father, and Minamoto Chisheng couldn't restrain himself.
own curiosity.
"Uesugoshi, who is used to being free and loose abroad, doesn't understand Japanese culture at all, doesn't understand what the Japanese mafia is, let alone how to manage a huge family. He doesn't understand the responsibilities he shoulders. Fundamentally,
He is not suitable to be the supreme leader of the Japanese underworld. In the eyes of all the family heads and the underworld, he is completely strange...or an incompatible monster." Tachibana Masamune said, "But since the family invited Uesugi Koshi back, according to
According to the unshakable rules of the family for thousands of years, Uesugi Yue, who inherits the bloodline of the 'god', should serve as the supreme leader of the Snake Qihachi family until the next successor of the imperial blood appears."
"But Uesugoshi's performance really disappointed the family. He ascended to the position of patriarch in 1934 and abdicated in 1945. His reign was only a short eleven years. It was not that the family impeached him, but that he actively abandoned him.
He became the supreme leader of the underworld." Tachibana Masamune said, "Perhaps his behavior is more appropriately described as an escape... One day in 1945, Uesugi suddenly disappeared from the family, quietly, without even saying hello.
Abandon his position as the leader of the Sheqiba family, and leave behind the family that has been scarred and scarred by his eleven years of rule."
"At that time, Japan was defeated in World War II. The emperor announced unconditional surrender. The Hachichi family also suffered a big blow. The first one to bear the brunt was the Inuyama family. The Inuyama family suffered a tragedy that nearly wiped out their entire family. At this time, Uesugi, as the head of the family,
Not only did Yue fail to rectify the demoralized Snake Qiba family, he suddenly fled from the family after the battle with Angers, leaving the then weak family to face Hilbert Jean Angers, the strongest dragon slayer from the United States.
"Re." Tachibana Masamune said, "As you know, the leaderless family simply could not withstand the fierce attack of Angers. The family was suppressed by Angers and signed a humiliating agreement and contract, bound by Kassel College.
Angers even established a Japanese branch in the family and supported the then humble head of the Inuyama family as the head of the Japanese branch, further dividing the already discordant family."
"So the reason why Uesugoshi was cast aside by the family was because he was not doing his job properly, had no sense of responsibility, and was incompatible with the family?" Minamoto Chisheng continued to ask.
He felt that the Uesugoshi described by Masamune Tachibana was indeed unsuitable to be a family head, but it was just unsuitable, and not to the extent that anyone could be punished for his heinous crimes... Minamoto Chisei now further believed in the man named Uesugoshi
The man must be his biological father, because they both yearn for France, neither likes to be restrained by rigid rules, nor wants to bear the heavy responsibility and fate of the family, and they all share the same laziness and looseness in their bones.
They are all facing very similar predicaments. More than sixty years ago, the family's enemy was Ange, but now the family's enemy is the monsters and "gods". The only difference between Minamoto Chisei and Uesugi Yue is
, that man left everything behind and left freely, but Yuan Zhisheng finally chose to stay and bear all this for the family... Yuan Zhisheng did not think that man was heinous, on the contrary, he even had a vague admiration for him deep in his heart.
A man’s free and unrestrained temperament.
"If he is just escaping and not doing his job properly, the family priests will at most downgrade his position in the family's documents and the shrine, and give him a reputation of 'foolish and incompetent'." Tachibana Masamune shook his head and sighed softly, "But he
The crimes he committed were far more than that. Even when the head of the Feng Mo family mentioned him to me, his expression and tone were filled with deep sorrow and hatred. He said that the evil that this man had brought to the family was simply too numerous to describe."
"It is said that on the day when Angers signed a contract with his family, Uesugoshi suddenly rushed into the family's old shrine like crazy, and in front of all the priests, loudly cursed a man named 'Fujiwara Katsu'
The late soldier, who served as a lieutenant colonel in the army, was hailed as the hero of the family during World War II." Tachibana Masamune whispered, "But Uesugoshi not only cut off the heroic soldier's spiritual tablet with a knife, but also kicked it.
He turned over the ever-burning lantern that was used to pray for the hero, and the priests who were standing in front of the spiritual tablets were all slashed by him one by one."
"Not only that, after returning home from the shrine, he killed all his thirteen wives. When the bodies of those women were found, they were naked in the bathtub. The only wounds were a thin line of blood on their throats.
, all of them had their throats sealed with a sword." Masamune Tachibana said, "The firewood and coal have been burned dry, the water in the pool is cold, and the blood has dyed the water in the pool red."
Yuan Zhisheng was startled, and his eyelids trembled slightly. He didn't understand the whole story of what happened back then, and he had never seen the tragic scene with his own eyes. But just from Masamune Tachibana's description, Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but feel his scalp numb.
I think it's cruel enough... The scene back then may have been even more tragic than what Tachibana Masamune described. Maybe it was a hell-like situation. Minamoto didn't know how that man with a carefree nature could commit such a devilish act.
If given the chance, Yuan Zhisheng would like to ask that man face to face... not as a son, but as the contemporary head of the Sheqi Eight Family.
"However, these are not the deepest sins he committed in the family." Tachibana Masamune said, "Before he ran away from the family, he tore up and burned most of the information in the family's library, many of which had been passed down for hundreds of years.
The rare books, the only copies, and the precious history were turned into dust and scraps of paper under Uesugoshi's hands... Do you still remember the torii gate and ruined walls in front of your family's old shrine?"
Yuan Zhisheng nodded. Major meetings of the family are usually held at the old shrine, where the family enshrines the ancestors' statues and pays homage to the pioneer heroes. The family spends a high price to maintain and repair the old shrine every year... except for the burnt bird.
The ruins of the residence and the ruins left with scorched marks and crimson bloodstains have always stood there, never touched, as if they were deliberately preserved as evidence of history.
Minamoto Chisei originally thought that they were traces left by the family's foreign wars, and they were preserved to alert future generations and remember the family's history of humiliation... But according to Masamune Tachibana, those dilapidated buildings may have something to do with Uesugoshi, the former patriarch.
"Before Uesugi left the Jakikihachi family, he burned down the family shrine. It seemed that he was venting the anger in his heart, but no one knew where his anger came from." Tachibana Masamune said softly, "With that raging fire
In the burning fire, Uesugoshi completely disappeared from the family history. After that, no one found any trace of him, as if this person had never existed... In addition to the family that was riddled with holes by him, there were also
There are damaged relics left in the old shrine that bear evidence of his crime."
Yuan Zhisheng said nothing. This was the real history of the family, but he did not understand the beginning and end of this history. He was just a listener and could not make any comments.
However, after listening to Masamune Tachibana's description, Minamoto became even more determined to meet that man... maybe tonight.