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"Yes, our church school in the outskirts of Tokyo, which we used to house those mixed-race individuals at risk of corruption, was also attacked at the same time, and the other side also used powerful firearms."
It was only because our defenses were equally strong that we were not breached. We anticipate that the enemy will soon increase their personnel and firepower deployment at the church schools.
"The Ghosts are going to have a final battle with us."
Yuan Zhisheng's expression returned to calm. He stubbed out his cigarette and exhaled a long plume of smoke, his eyes sharp as he pondered.
What does the Demon Clan rely on? Is it his brother... his sister Kazama Ruri, or the fact that the Snake-Headed Eight Families are in the open while the Demon Clan is in the shadows? The Snake-Headed Eight Families will be hampered from all sides...
Thinking of the constraints placed on the Snake Clan, Genji's expression suddenly changed, and he asked, "How are the arrangements for the Kassel teacher-student delegation going?"
Sakura Yabuki was slightly taken aback. After a moment's thought, she understood why Chisei Genji had asked about the Kassel faculty and students.
They weren't just a group of teachers and students who had nothing better to do than go on a school trip; they were also more than a hundred pairs of eyes that Kassel had placed in Japan.
The gangland shootout, even the Ministry of Defense classifying it as a terrorist activity, is nothing compared to the fact that the Ghost Gang's activities must never be exposed to Kassel.
All members of the Demon Clan are members of the Snake Clan, which, in the words of Kamen Rider, means that enemies and allies share the same origin.
This setup is cool, but also dangerous, because it means that the bloodlines of all mixed-race families in Japan have systemic flaws.
Other mixed-race families in the world, unless they are the result of a union of two high-bloodline mixed-race individuals or the use of secret techniques to purify bloodlines, have extremely stable bloodlines among their members and descendants.
The fall of hybrids into becoming Dead Servants is, for other hybrid families and forces, merely an isolated and accidental event. But for the Snake Clan, it is a systemic issue, a 50/50 probability problem.
If this matter is exposed in the underworld, the Snake-Headed Eight Families, the mixed-race people of Japan, will find it very difficult to gain a foothold in the world of mixed-race people.
With a serious expression, Sakura Yabuki pulled out a memo she had made specifically for the Kassel students and teachers: "Four days ago, we prepared a school in Adachi Ward for the Kassel teachers and students. The school, which was converted from a church school, has been officially completed. The Kassel teachers and students who were staying at the Park Hyatt Hotel moved in that same day."
On the day of their arrival, the Kassel faculty and students officially began teaching cultural courses and invited outstanding executive officers from the Executive Bureau to conduct several lectures on the operation at the school..."
Sakura Yabuki went on and on, but the gist of it was that the Kassel faculty and students were very quiet and normal, attending classes diligently and not causing any trouble.
Before Genjiro could even catch his breath, Sakura Yabuki abruptly changed the subject, bringing up the unstable factors within the Kassel faculty and students group: "However, there is one exception."
"Who?" Yuan Zhisheng had a bad feeling.
"Gao Kui, the prince of Northern Qi."
Sakura Yabuki briefed Genjiro on Gao Kui's recent situation: "Because of the special mental state of the Northern Qi prince, he is unable to attend classes with ordinary students. Guderian, the head of Kassel, has granted him special permission not to study any cultural courses. It is said that this special permission has been granted by Angers."
The Northern Qi prince, who didn't need to attend regular classes, had plenty of free time. It's said that after training each day, he would wander around Tokyo, waiting for his girlfriend to get out of school so they could go on dates to various tourist attractions. Sometimes he would even bring along an old man selling ramen outside the Akamon Gate of Tokyo University.
When did he get a girlfriend?
Yuan Zhisheng looked completely bewildered. How come I didn't know? Could it be that the girl named Chen Motong successfully pursued him...?
"She's an ordinary Japanese girl named Asou Makoto, a second-year high school student who just turned sixteen..." Sakura Yabuki gave a brief introduction to Asou Makoto.
Such a temperament!
Yuan Zhisheng felt a sense of kinship. He ignored the pursuit of the rich heiress of the mixed Chinese-American family, and disdained the hundreds of Little Dragon Girls who were interested in him in Kassel. He didn't care if the girl he truly liked was an ordinary girl.
Doesn't this look a lot like him?
Being a gangster's son, the young master of the Snake Clan, or the head of the executive department are all jobs I have to do out of necessity. My real dream is to sell sunscreen on a nude beach in France.
"Pay close attention to that girl named Aso Makoto, don't disturb her, and don't let anyone disturb her," Genjiro instructed seriously.
"Understood." Sakura Yabuki nodded; in fact, she had already done so.
Regardless of how long the relationship between the Northern Qi prince and Aso Shin lasts, it is an undeniable fact that they are dating at this moment.
Providing Aso Makoto with some security protection wouldn't cost much in terms of manpower and resources, but it would also foster good relations with the Messiah of Kassel and the Northern Qi prince on whom Angers placed high hopes—it was a win-win situation.
"Where are they now?" Genji asked again.
"They should be near Sangenjaya in the southern part of Seyeda Ward. Our people there just reported their movements to me half an hour ago."
"Send someone immediately... no, you go to the Northern Qi prince's place yourself."
With a serious expression, Yuan Zhisheng instructed, "Tell the Northern Qi prince and his girlfriend that Tokyo is in a state of turmoil lately, and our Sheqi Eight Families are struggling to protect them. They are engaged in a nationwide war with other underworld alliances."
Tell him the situation is as bad as it is, as chaotic as it is, ideally making him believe that Tokyo is about to descend into chaos, but don't involve the Oni Clan.
Then, he was sent back to the Kassel campus in Adachi district, and the situation was relayed to the person in charge, Guderian, who was instructed to keep the teachers and students in Kassel in check.
The storm is brewing, and the Snake Clan and the Demon Clan are about to engage in a decisive battle. We must not let the people of Kassel notice anything amiss.
"I'll take care of this immediately." Sakura Yabuki put away her things and bid farewell to Genjiro.
Yuan Zhisheng didn't say much, just nodded.
As the pretty girl turned around, the elevator doors and the bedroom door of the patriarch, Tachibana Masamune, opened at the same time. Tachibana Masamune, Fuma Kotaro, Inuyama He, Ryoma Genichiro, Sakurai Nanami, Miyamoto Shio, and the heads of each family, along with the elders of the strategic department, walked into the corridor with grim faces.
With such a major incident occurring, the top brass of the Snake-Headed Eight Families needs to hold a small meeting to set the tone and stabilize morale and the situation. Otherwise, without organization, the Snake-Headed Eight Families will fall into internal strife before the Demon Clan can even launch another attack.
Seeing Genjiro and Sakura Yabuki standing by the window, Masamune Tachibana gestured for everyone to go to the conference room first, and then walked over here.
"Dad."
"The patriarch."
Genjiro and Sakura Yabuki bowed slightly to greet Tachibana Masamune.
"Ah."
Tachibana Masamune nodded slightly, without uttering a single unnecessary word, and asked, "Is Erii asleep?"
"Just fell asleep."
"Don't let your sister participate in this meeting; you can represent her with your vote."
“Hmm.” Genjiro also didn’t think it was necessary for Erii to participate in this meeting. Erii should know about the family’s current predicament, but not in this way.
"We must also maintain secrecy in Kassel; we cannot let Kassel know about the existence of the Ghost Clan."
“I’ve already assigned Sakura to handle this. From now on, maintaining secrecy in Kassel will be Sakura’s main focus.” Genji pointed to Sakura Yabuki beside him.
"Ah."
Tachibana Masamune nodded again, his gaze towards Genjiro filled with even more admiration: "You have grown into a man who remains calm in the face of danger and can take responsibility. Seeing your growth makes me truly gratified."
Just as Yuan Zhisheng was about to say a few words of modesty, he suddenly stopped, his ears twitching slightly as if he had sensed something.
Chapter 146 Transfer of Power
Looking down from a height of 100 meters, Tokyo's skyscrapers are bathed in starlight, and the endless stream of neon lights below converges into a boundless and dazzling torrent of light.
The sound of propellers, growing louder as they approached, echoed through the dark night sky. Genji and his two companions looked out the floor-to-ceiling window and saw black shadows flying above the steel jungle in the night sky.
From far to near.
It was an Apache attack helicopter, internally designated AH-64D. Genji and his two companions recognized this model; it was the same type of attack helicopter they had smuggled from the United States.
According to a report by the U.S. Department of Defense, this attack helicopter, which was developed during the Cold War and has undergone numerous upgrades and improvements since then, has a battlefield effectiveness four times that of earlier models.
除标配的每分钟600发的30毫米M230机关炮与AGM-114地狱火导弹外，还能够选装AIM-92毒刺型空对空导弹，在整个世界都很畅销。
The massive black shadow trembled slightly, and an armor-piercing missile, over 1.5 meters long, was launched from the Apache attack helicopter's missile rack, trailing a brilliant tail flame, and hurtling towards Genji Shiki and the others who were standing by the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of Genji Heavy Industries.
Yuan Zhisheng and the other two were furious. "Damn it, they're playing this so ruthlessly?"
Not only did they send armed helicopters into heavily guarded Tokyo, but they also loaded them with Hellfire missiles, and openly launched a surprise attack on the Genji Heavy Industries building.
"Get down!"
Tachibana Masamune's eyes flashed with golden light, as if he were an angry Vajra who had suddenly opened his eyes. He pounced on Genji, knocking the still-unresponsive Genji to the ground.
Sakura Yabuki hurriedly lay down!
The deafening roar was deafening. The bulletproof glass outside the Genji Heavy Industries building offered no protection whatsoever from the missile; it was melted and pierced in an instant. The Hellfire missile, often used for anti-tank purposes, was far beyond the capabilities of ordinary bulletproof glass.
Fireworks erupted as a missile struck the floor next to the three men. The terrifying impact sent smoke and flames flying in all directions, throwing the three men, including Genjiro, who were lying down, into the air.
Flames flickered in the silent corridor, and the heads of various families and the elders of the strategic department who had rushed to the meeting were instantly thrown into a panic. They immediately sought cover and prepared to counterattack.
The second Hellfire missile followed closely behind. Perhaps because the attack helicopter did not use blockchain information interconnection technology and was operated by a novice, the second missile missed its mark and landed on the 22nd floor of the Genji Heavy Industries building.
The ground shook again.
Amidst the smoke and chaotic screams, Yuan Zhisheng, who had survived the ordeal, finally came to his senses. He had clearly seen that the armed helicopter was only carrying two Hellfire missiles.
Although they still have two M230 cannons, without missiles, their situation is now somewhat safer.
"Dad!"
Genjiro sat up abruptly, looking at Tachibana Masamune and Yabuki Sakura with a panicked expression.
Sakura Yabuki had originally planned to leave the window, as she was standing furthest inside. She's fine now, though she looks a bit disheveled.
Standing by the window with him, and having tackled him to shield him from almost all the impact when the missiles struck, Tachibana Masamune was now in an extremely dangerous situation.
The bulletproof vest worn under his kimono was pierced, and several shrapnel fragments penetrated the steel plate and lodged deep in Tachibana Masamune's chest cavity. The powerful impact nearly shattered his old bones.
Ultimately, hybrids can never compare to pure-blooded dragons; they lack the powerful physique and regenerative abilities of pure-blooded dragons, and are all just glass cannons.
Even if they weren't directly hit by the Hellfire missile, being caught off guard by the impact would be something that ordinary hybrids could never withstand.
"Parents!"
"Masamune-sama!"
"Parents!"
"Dad!"
The elders and heads of the clans who came to their senses were also in a panic, as if they had lost their parents. Tachibana Masamune was the pillar of the Snake-Headed Eight Clans, the white jade beam that held up the sea and the purple gold beam that supported them. What would they do if Tachibana Masamune died?
"What are you yelling for? I'm not dead yet."
Tachibana Masamune was pale and bloodless, but his eyes still held a stern expression as he reprimanded, "Quickly, take me inside..."
The three of them were still too close to the window. Although the Apache attack helicopter had run out of missiles, its two machine guns were still ready to fire.
Without saying a word, Genji picked up the badly injured Tachibana Masamune and ran towards the depths of the corridor.
A massive black shadow approached the Genji Heavy Industries building, hovering outside the top floor. Surrounded by residents and tourists in Shinjuku, it spewed flames and poured ammunition into the building with a "rat-a-tat-tat" sound.
Even before the theatrical version of "Detective Conan," "The Raven Chaser," was released, Tokyo residents were already treated to a memorable scene: a vicious criminal unleashing a barrage of fire from an armed helicopter in the heart of Tokyo.
With people running ahead and bullets chasing behind, Genjiro carried Tachibana Masamune and ran wildly. His royal bloodline was squeezed to its limit at this moment, and he finally managed to outrun death and escape behind the cover where Ryoma Genichiro, Sakurai Nanami and others were.
"I'll go shoot that thing down outside!"
Sakurai Nanami, the head of the Sakurai family, grabbed a fire axe and chopped open the wall behind the fire cabinet. Behind the broken cement bricks was a miniature armory, containing the heavy firearms of the Snake Clan.