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Kassel's rising star, a legendary hybrid capable of fighting the humanoid dragon king, and most importantly, young enough that he doesn't act as skillfully as Angers.
If he were to intervene in the competition between the Demon Clan and the Snake Clan, or even if he didn't need to intervene at all, as long as one of the parties could guide and utilize him slightly, it would be enough to tip the scales of victory.
Therefore, Kazama Ruri must have come for Gao Kui.
But what exactly does she want to do?
Is the intention to lure Gao Kui to the side of the Demon Clan, or to subtly lead Gao Kui to stand against the Snake Clan through manipulation, or is it simply to create chaos here and expose the tip of the iceberg of the chaotic situation of Japanese mixed-race individuals in front of the Ace of Kassel?
Genji couldn't fathom it; Kazama Ruri had far too many choices. As a demon, nothing she did would be surprising.
Unable to figure it out, Genji simply stopped thinking about it. Now that Kazama Ruri held the initiative, he could only wait for her to make the first move.
"Well then, I apologize for disturbing you. I must leave early. I sincerely wish you all a pleasant time. If you encounter any problems, please feel free to call me. This is my personal contact information."
Yuan Zhisheng stood up, bowed deeply to everyone, took out a business card from his pocket, placed it on the table, turned and left, leading the nightclub manager upstairs to handle business.
The girls who had been with Yuan Zhisheng earlier flocked to Caesar, while on Chu Zihang's side, young master Gattuso accepted all comers without hesitation, leaving Chu Zihang completely at a loss as to how to refuse.
“Now he can get home before midnight and say goodnight to his sister,” Caesar shrugged, teasing the departing Genji.
Caesar was stunned as soon as the joke was said, as were Kazama Ruri and Genji, who vaguely sensed that something was amiss.
its not right.
Isn't Kazama Ruri Genji's sister? Kazama Ruri said that her adoptive father only adopted her and her "brother". So where did Genji's sister who needed him to come home and say goodnight come from?
"Miss Kazama Ruri."
Caesar looked at Kazama Ruri: "If I may ask, is the brother you just mentioned Genjiro?"
"At this point, there's no point in continuing to hide it from everyone."
Kazama Ruri nodded softly: "Yes, Gen-kun... Gen Chisei is my older brother. Our adoptive father adopted us when we were very young, and we lived together in Shikatori Town for a long time."
Furthermore, I have absolutely no intention of appearing here to sow discord between you and my brother. If I had known he would be coming, I would never have come here to work…”
"Miss Kazama Ruri, you don't need to explain anymore. We believe in you!"
Caesar patted his chest, telling Kazama Ruri not to blame herself for it: "To be honest, we should thank you for letting us see that Genjiro Chisei is such a heartless and ruthless scoundrel!"
As he spoke, Caesar picked up the business card left by Genjiro on the table, threw it into the trash can without even looking at it.
"My brother is probably not truly heartless and ungrateful."
Kazama Ruri pretended to wipe away her tears, raised the long sleeves of her courtesan dress to cover her face, and hid her eyes full of jealousy and resentment. She sobbed and said, "Didn't Mr. Caesar just say that he was going back to say goodnight to his sister? I don't know who his sister is, but I can tell that he loves her very much."
“He said this himself not long ago; he even sent his sister a text message on his way here,” Caesar recounted everything that had happened.
Gao Kui held the girl close, and asked in a daze, "Do you have a younger sister, or do you have an older sister?"
"I don't know. Perhaps after expelling me from the family, my adoptive father took in a new girl." Kazama Ruri's eyes were filled with sorrow, and her murderous intent towards Genjiro grew stronger.
When I was left alone in Shikatori Town, you never came back to visit your own sister. Now that your own sister is "dead"—and you even "killed" her with your own hands—you've started caring about your other sisters?
Yuan Zhisheng, you wouldn't be able to die even ten thousand times!
Kazama Ruri didn't blame Genjiro. The girls in the private room, as well as Caesar, who always considered himself a person who cherished flowers, spoke up for her and gave Genjiro a thorough dressing-down.
In the eyes of the public, Genjiro was practically portrayed as the Japanese Sun Xiaochuan, the Judas of Japan, and the new-era Hirohito, a super bastard destined for the eighteenth level of hell, to be thrown into the lake of fire for eternal punishment.
Genjiro's departure did indeed make the atmosphere in the private room more cheerful.
With Yuan Zhisheng, an outsider, absent, and having personally taken photos as evidence of Gao Kui kissing the girl, Chu Zihang gradually relaxed as he drank more and more, changing from being embraced by the girls to embracing them instead.
Glasses of champagne were raised, glasses of brandy and whiskey were downed, and around three or four in the morning, the nightclub closed, and the party finally came to an end.
The girls were completely drunk and lay sprawled out asleep in the outer private room. This was the Sheqi Bajia's territory, and there were nightclub staff guarding the outside of the rooms, so they could sleep soundly.
The three Kassel members, also heavily intoxicated, collapsed into a pile of women, their faces covered in girls' lipstick marks, including Chu Zihang, who was usually the most unapproachable of strangers.
His father has been found, and Chu Zihang is no longer as bitter and resentful as he was a few years ago. Now he's even a bit of a repressed flirt.
Leaning down, she left a final lip print on Gao Kui's cheek. Under the dim light, Kazama Ruri calmly tidied her slightly disheveled courtesan dress.
The three members of the Kassel group were all decent people. None of them did anything out of line. They only hugged, drank, chatted, and cursed Yuan Zhisheng with the girl's tacit consent.
It's even simpler than a Japanese junior high school student's birthday party.
Kazama Ruri glanced down at the three drunken Kassel members, and couldn't help but worry about Kassel's future. On their very first night in Japan, they were out partying at a nightclub. Were they really professionals?
However, this can also be seen as a kind of legacy. Angers, the leader of Kassel, had a much more extravagant lifestyle than the trio. He had lovers all over the world and went from one battlefield to another.
"Good night."
The girl gently said goodnight to the boy who was fast asleep among the women, then turned and left the private room, her steps light as she walked away from the nightclub.
At three in the morning, the neon lights were still on, the noise subsided, and the gang fight on the first floor had long since ended.
The broken door and bar counter had been cleaned up early on, and there wasn't a single shard of glass or bloodstain on the lobby floor. Young men and women helped each other, staggering out of the nightclub, their ties askew, their skirts disheveled, and their eyes numb from being soaked in alcohol.
Yuan Zhisheng squatted under the streetlight, smoking silently. The cigarette butts at his feet looked like scattered bullet casings, almost piling up into a small mountain.
Hearing footsteps behind him and smelling that familiar aroma, Yuan Zhisheng took out a new cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with the still-burning butt, and turned his head without looking back.
Why didn't you die?
Are you surprised that I didn't die?
Kazama Ruri stood behind Genji, casually combing her waist-length hair. Her voice was still soft and charming, but her tone was full of resentment and hatred.
"My brother, do you really want me to die? Do you really want to kill your dearest relative with your own hands, to kill your blood brother?"
"You know that was never my intention."
Genjiro, with a cigarette butt in his mouth, scratched his head and said, "We were adopted by Dad together and lived together in Shikatori Town. No one in this world loves you more than I do."
I was just... just carrying out orders from the Executive Bureau.
"You're a demon. You know the Snake-Headed Eight Family will never allow demons to live. Even if I don't act, someone else will."
"So you've been squatting here waiting for me for hours, trying to kill me again? You can't do it. That weak little girl, Minamoto no Chizuru, who could do nothing but call you 'brother,' is already dead."
Now, my name is Kazama Ruri.
Kazama Ruri's eyes were as cold as ice. Last time, if it weren't for Genji's personality suddenly emerging, she wouldn't have lost to Genji.
Yuan Zhisheng clutched his head, his eyes filled with struggle: "Give me a chance... I'll beg Dad, I'll beg Dad to let you go, this time you won't die..."
"What if he doesn't agree?" Kazama Ruri interrupted Genji.
Yuan Zhisheng was speechless for a moment. Yes, what if his father didn't agree? What if his father ordered him to execute Zhinu again? Would he still obey his father's orders and kill his younger brother again?
Yuan Zhisheng dared not think about the answer to this question.
"So you can't be sure if you'll execute me again, right? Brother, you don't love me as much as you say you do. Stop deceiving yourself and trying to feel good about yourself."
"Of course I love you, but you're a demon." Genji emphasized again, it wasn't that he didn't love her enough, it was just that the paths of emperors and demons were different.
"What does it matter if it's a ghost?"
Kazama Ruri laughed disdainfully: "Do you know what I saw in Gao Kui's eyes before I kissed him?"
He will save me, whether I am human or ghost, no matter what state I fall into, he will unhesitatingly reach out to help me.
Kazama Ruri will never forget the look in Gao Kui's eyes at that time; it was the most reassuring and loving look she had ever seen.
At this point, Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but recall the cringe-worthy scene in the private room earlier, and he couldn't bring himself to say anything about brotherly affection.
"So you kissed him because you were moved, and kissed a man?"
"Is there a problem?" Kazama Ruri sensed that the emphasis in Genji's tone seemed a little off.
"You're a man too!"
Yuan Zhisheng covered his forehead. "If you're going to express your gratitude, there's no better way than to kiss me, and a French kiss at that..."
Kazama Ruri suddenly froze, her soft, alluring eyes fixed on Genji, her gaze turning icy cold.
She laughed, a laugh born of anger at Yuan Zhi: "My brother, your ruthlessness far exceeds my imagination."
"I'm a girl! My brother and I have lived together for countless years, and you actually managed to mistake my gender! Caesar and those girls were right, you really are a beast."
While drinking earlier, the girls and the Kassel trio, due to insufficient information and being deliberately misled by Kazama Ruri, mistakenly believed that Genji was a cold-blooded and ruthless scoundrel.
Kazama Ruri knew, of course, that this wasn't true; Genji had simply chosen the rules of the Snake-Headed Eight Families over his sibling affection.
Now, Kazama Ruri has to admit that the girls and the Kassel trio's calling Genji a beast was really prescient.
You son of a bitch!
My brother and I grew up together since childhood and have spent countless years together. How could you possibly mistake my gender and say I'm a man?
You don't even deserve to be called a human being!
Genjiro was also stunned, looking up at Kazama Ruri in disbelief: "How is this possible? We're brothers, are you crazy...?"
He was speaking when he suddenly froze, his pupils contracting sharply.
By the light of the streetlamp, he could clearly observe that Kazama Ruri's eyebrows and features were more delicate and feminine than he remembered. Her chest rose and fell slightly, and her slender figure was more graceful than he remembered. She exuded a feminine charm from the inside out.
Girl...?
Those subtle changes and differences would probably go unnoticed by ordinary people. But Genjiro, being Kazama Ruri's older brother, could keenly perceive the difference between Kazama Ruri and her previous appearance.
The Genji I remember was a boy with feminine features, giving off a very delicate and fragile vibe. The current Kazama Ruri, on the other hand, is a girl with masculine features, possessing a natural air of heroism between her brows.
Not wanting to look at her cold-blooded, heartless brother any longer, Kazama Ruri snorted coldly and turned away.
"Wait and hold on to hope. The day I break free of my shackles and transform into a dragon will be your death day."
Chapter 123 The Mermaid in the Sewer
Chiyoda Ward, Sanban Town.
This is a building with a distinct Edo-era style. The main building is no more than three stories high, with white-painted exterior walls and upturned eaves, somewhat resembling the world-famous White Heron Castle.
It's hard for ordinary people to imagine that in Chiyoda Ward, where land is incredibly valuable, in the heart of Tokyo adjacent to the Imperial Palace and the Ginza shopping district, there are such old-fashioned buildings with a low building density.
Such buildings are common in the vicinity.
This is Chiyoda-no-bancho, a traditionally affluent area in Tokyo, located west of the Imperial Palace, south of Shinjuku-dori, north of Yasukuni-dori, and east of Hanzo-ho.
The area is home to many high-ranking officials, dignitaries, celebrities, and the wealthy. In Japan, the rich consider settling here a status symbol.
Most importantly, even a powerful family like the Snake-Headed Eight Families would find it difficult to extend its influence completely here. With the previous emperor burning down the Snake-Headed Eight Families' palace and the end of militarism, the Snake-Headed Eight Families inevitably began their decline.