Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 409 The Old Man (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)

A meeting about the future fate of the Snake Qi Ba Family came to an end.

Rather than saying that this meeting is a meeting at the highest level of the family, it is more like a change, because through this short one-hour meeting, the family made several huge resolutions one after another.

First of all, the war with the ghosts has been stopped. In a short time, the family will focus on searching for and killing the "God". The second is the "Deadpool's raid on Genji" that caused heavy losses last night. For the vicious incident of "Heavy Industry Building", the source of all the crimes is actually Mr. Masamune, who is recognized as a hero by the Snake Eight Schools, and Masamune was temporarily removed from all positions and powers in the family, and was even ordered to be grounded by the current head of the family, Yuan Zhisheng. At the end of the month, the head of the family, Yuan Zhisheng, announced that the family no longer regarded the secret party as an enemy. After the "God" problem was resolved, Yuan Zhisheng would personally find Principal Angers in order to reach a settlement between the two parties.

As soon as the meeting came to an end, the Patriarchs rushed back to their positions non-stop. After a catastrophe, the current Sheqi Eight Families were left to waste, and a new crisis was imminent. Only under the leadership of the leadership can we stand safely in this huge storm that is about to sweep across Japan.

Minamoto and Tachibana Masamune went to the 22nd floor of the building together, where they wanted to immediately transfer the highest authority of Kaguya Ji, the head of the Miyamoto family rushed back to the underground dock of the Yanliu Research Institute anxiously, he was busy with the dragon-shaped Deadpool The skeletons of his father are still stored on the experimental table of the research institute, waiting for his research. Sakurai Nanami and Ryoma Genichiro rushed to coordinate the reconstruction of the Liaison Department and the Shadow Wall, the two places that were most severely damaged by Deadpool. Only a person at the level of the head of the family is required to sit in the town, so that the work can proceed safely.

In the end, the only ones who stayed on the terrace of the Xingshen Temple were the two most senior and white-haired old heads of the Sheqiba family... Fumo Kotaro, the head of the Fumo family, and Inuyama Ka, the head of the Inuyama family.

Fuma Kotaro and Inuyamaga sat on opposite sides of the long round table, and the "King of Ninja" and "Strongest Swordsman" of the Snake School were separated by the width of the table.

The two old men just sat quietly, no one took the lead, but the air seemed to freeze a little for no reason, carrying an aura of imminent rain, as if a strong wind blew past, and the next moment there would be swords, swords, and blood splashing scene.

But this kind of scene that would only appear in samurai wanderer movies was not staged at this moment. With Fuma Kotaro's heavy sigh, the long silence was suddenly broken.

"I'm old, it seems that I'm really too old. The 'King of Ninja' of the Fuma family who was once feared on the battlefield has become a self-styled old man who is unwilling to adapt." Fuma Kotaro said heavily sigh.

There was too much helplessness in the old man's voice, and the years had eroded his face like vicissitudes of life. When Fuma Kotaro said these words, the aura in his body that was in opposition to Inuyama Ka's rivalry suddenly collapsed. Come down, the "King of Ninja" at this moment does not have the slightest aura of cutting blood and killing thousands of miles. If someone who does not know him on the street sees the current Fuma Kotaro, at most he will think that this is serious, rigid or even There's also a scary old man who doesn't change his mind.

"The heart is as brave as before, but it is suddenly too late." Inuyama Ka slowly shook his head.

"It's not you, it's us, we're all old, and it's hard for old people like us to leave anything for the family." Inuyamaga looked into Fuma Kotaro's eyes, "That's why I don't like you, Fumo-kun. I don't like you not only because of the grievances left over from the previous generation, but because you are too radical."

"You always want to leave something for the family. I know you are sincere to the family, but you don't know that your thoughts have been corrupted. Only the young blood of Patriarch Miyamoto and the elders can bring new life to the family." Inuyama said very seriously, "Our old-fashioned thinking is no longer suitable for this new era, and it is even a kind of poison to the current family. The only use of us old guys is to do our best for the young people who have grown up. It is possible to remove the obstacles ahead, and the bones after our death can only be turned into the foundation of the family, and the spine and arms of young people can become the pillars of the family."

"After all, you are the student that Principal Angers is proud of. Inuyama-kun, you really live a pure and thorough life. I am ashamed of myself." Fuma Kotaro shook his head slowly.

"Are you proud of it? Teacher has too many students, and I am far from being the one that teacher is proud of." Inuyamahe suddenly thought of Lu Mingfei. Through that young man, he again Thinking of myself more than 60 years ago, "I'm really ashamed to say it, I should have understood it a long time ago. The teacher wanted to teach me the truth 62 years ago, but I was too stupid. It took me 62 years to understand the teacher's mind. I almost went to my grave with this regret... I never thought that it would take me as long as 62 years to grow up."

There was a self-deprecating wry smile on the corner of Inuyamaga's mouth. These were the words he hid in his heart, but he didn't tell Ange, his subordinates, or even anyone around him. , Inuyama Kawa actually said these words frankly, not only did not feel half wronged, but also felt a sense of relief that some kind of shackles had been removed.

"I still envy you, Inuyama-kun." Fuma Kotaro said sincerely, "At least you understand now, so you don't have to regret it."

"Some people say that people's growth is actually in a few moments, maybe when they gain something, maybe when they lose something, these moments in some people's lives may come very quickly, they grow up overnight, and Some people may never grow up in their lifetime." Fuma Kotaro suddenly turned his head, and the old man squinted his eyes to look at the distant Tokyo Bay, "In this way, living a long time may not be a bad thing at all, at least I am already this old, You can still see such a vivid picture, young people today are more interesting than us at that time."

Kotaro Fuma stared at the young men and women in swimsuits playing and chasing in the waves on the beach of Tokyo Bay in the distance. No one knew what the "vivid picture" the old patriarch referred to... Maybe it was the sight of Kotaro Fuma The wave chaser who was running in the distance, perhaps at the end of the meeting just now, was impassioned, talking about all the Patriarchs to the speechless Yuan Zhisheng.

"Yeah, it's good to be alive... It's a good thing to be alive." Inuyama Kaya followed Fuma Kotaro's eyes and murmured.

I don't know if the same picture is reflected in the pupils of the two old people.

"Compared with Mr. Masamune, who do you think is more able to lead the family to prosperity?" Fuma Kotaro suddenly asked Inuyama congratulations.

"The head of the family has just inherited the position, who can predict what will happen in the future?" Inuyama He paused, he hesitated, and said slowly, "But with all due respect, Mr. Masamune is also an old man, just like us ...It is undeniable that Mr. Masamune's thoughts do have radical parts, but Mr. Masamune's radicalism is an 'old radical'."

"'Old radical'?" Fuma Kotaro frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand the word.

"Yeah, 'old radical'." Inuyama He deeply sighed, "This is a samurai-like radical, straightforward when it should be straightforward, decisive when it should be decisive, and never dragging its feet when it needs to act, just like the shogunate The samurai of the era... But the samurai is something that should have been eliminated long ago. When the family is in decline, it is true that the warrior-like "old radical" is needed to guide the rise of the family, but this kind of radical behavior cannot guarantee the success of the family leader. Prosperous."

"Really?" Fuma Kotaro was noncommittal, "You have a higher opinion of Mr. Masamune than I imagined. I thought you would have a big prejudice against Mr. Masamune."

"Why?" Inuyama He Xuebai raised his eyebrows.

"I don't know, it's just a kind of intuition, and my intuition is rarely wrong." Fuma Kotaro shook his head, "Do you know Inuyama-kun, I am the leader of the five outer clans, and among all the five outer clan heads, I am He Masamune The person who walked closest to Mr. Masamune, even Mr. Masamune would come to me to talk about what the Patriarch of the Minamoto family had revealed. We are all old people of the same age. Do you know why?"

"Because of identity?"

According to the family tradition, the leaders of the five outer families and the patriarchs of the eight snake families should not get too close due to identity issues.

"No, it has nothing to do with identity." Fumo Kotaro shook his head slowly, "I always have a feeling that Mr. Masamune may be more like a... strategist than a samurai."

Inuyama Ka was stunned for a moment, he took a deep look at Fuma Kotaro, and repeated calmly: "A strategist?"

"Yes, a strategist." Fumo Kotaro said softly, "Whenever I am alone with Mr. Masamune, through the lines of this man, I can deeply understand that this is a man with monstrous ambitions, such a man Being the leader of the Sheqiba family is naturally a good thing for the family, because only his radical style can lead the precarious family to a strong position."

"Before Mr. Masamune took over as the head of the Snakiba family, I knew him at the stage of the executive board. At that time, Mr. Masamune was extremely ambitious, as if the position of the head of the family was his pocket. At that time, I was very excited. Appreciate this man, he will definitely become the head of the family, and the family will become stronger day by day under his leadership... This is what I thought at the time." Fuma Kotaro said, "After that, that man really became the master of the Snake Ba Family. Long, my vision is not wrong, and the family has indeed risen rapidly under the hands of that man, but I can't see through him more and more."

"How to say?" Inuyama He asked.

"Mr. Masamune, who has become the head of the family, is more restrained, but after all, I have known that man for a long time, so I can feel that he just hides his huge ambitions under a steady appearance, even his hidden His ambitions are more inflated than when he was in the executive bureau." Fuma Kotaro said, "But at that time, Mr. Masamune was already the supreme leader of the underworld, and the most powerful man in the entire Japanese underworld. His growing ambition Where did it come from? Is it to lead the family to a higher peak? Certainly not, because if Mr. Masamune's ambition is for the family, he will not become restrained, but will show his sharpness."

"This problem has troubled me for a long time. I have been thinking hard but I still can't solve it. Of course, I have never revealed it in front of Mr. Masamune, and I have never told other people these words. Inuyama-kun, you are the first." Fuma Kotaro Looking at Inuyama He, "It's not that I don't want to have a heart-to-heart with Mr. Masamune, but that I can't have a heart-to-heart with such a man, because I simply can't see what is hidden deep in this man's heart."

"It's surprising that Fumo-kun is the first to tell me the secrets that Fumo-kun has kept in his heart for so many years." Inuyama He smiled, but his heart was never at peace.

Even if the Inuyama family and the Fuma family have had unresolved enmity for generations, Inuyama Ka himself has always been at odds with Fuma Kotaro, and at this moment he has to admire this man from the bottom of his heart.

Inuyama Ka has always believed that Fuma Kotaro and Tachibana Masamune got close to gain influence, but now it seems that the leader of the five foreign schools actually had a faint feeling in his heart that something was wrong with Tachibana Masamune, although he was not yet suspicious To a certain extent, but this vigilance developed only by intuition has already lived up to his reputation as the "King of Ninjas".

"Inuyama-kun, in today's meeting, it seems that one of you and the elders are targeting Mr. Masamune and the other is targeting me, but I can vaguely sense that you are acting very cryptically, but you cooperate very well." Fuma Kotaro looked at Inuyamaga's eyes, "You and the elders, I think you two may know something... something we don't know."

Inuyama Kagu couldn't help taking a deep breath, he looked at Fuma Kotaro with surprise in his eyes, and he finally realized: "That's why you kept singing against the elders at today's meeting, pretending to defend Mr. Masamune's appearance?"

Fuma Kotaro didn't answer Inuyamaga's question, he just stared into Inuyamaga's eyes, and continued with his own question: "I won't take the liberty to ask Inuyama-kun what you and the elders know, what I just want to know is ...Is Mr. Masamune's ambition for the family, or for himself?"

Inuyama He opened his mouth, but was at a loss for words for a while.

"Then let me ask this question in a different way." Fuma Kotaro paused, "Mr. Masamune, will you betray the family in order to achieve a certain purpose?"

Looking at the straight eyes of the old man opposite him, Inuyama He nodded slowly after being silent for a long time.

Fuma Kotaro got up slowly, suddenly bowed deeply to Inuyamaga, and then walked towards the door of Xingshenji Terrace without saying a word.

The piercing sea breeze blows from Tokyo Bay in the distance, and the image of the old man's back in the wind is a famous knife that has been unsheathed again after many years of silence.

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Black Toyota taxis parked on the streets of Chiyoda Ward.

The boy stepped down from one side of the back seat, trotted to the other side, and slowly opened the door.

(End of this chapter)