A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 68 Erii must be feeling terrible too, right? She's smiling so happily.

"What are you doing here, Erii?" It took Genjiro a while to calm down and temporarily shake off his confusion, staring intently at Erii.

Tachibana Masamune's breeding of Dead Men is a very serious matter, but Erii's is equally serious; her unstable bloodline cannot be taken lightly.

If Erii loses control, it will definitely be more serious than these Deadpools!

Yuan Zhisheng must ask clearly.

"I smelled it." Erii wrote while admiring Xu Lie in her heart, thinking that Xu Lie's prediction was very accurate, and her brother would indeed ask such a question.

Xu Lie had instructed Erii in advance that the word count should vary depending on the situation.

If Erii is asking the question, then the more words you use, the better.

However, if it is Genjiro or someone else who asks Erii, then Erii should answer with as few words as possible.

Although she didn't understand the underlying principle, Erii obediently did as Xu Lie said.

This completely baffled Genji and the others. Did they smell it?!

No, head of the Uesugi family, isn't your nose a little too sensitive?

Fuma Kotaro and Inuyama He silently looked at Genjiro. Their bloodlines were limited, and they knew they couldn't do what it took to accurately smell a three-story underground farm, wrapped in layers of metal, just from the ground.

Everyone says that royal-level hybrids are powerful, so as a fellow royal-level being, can you smell it, young master?

That's a load of rubbish!

Yuan Zhisheng knew his own situation well. Not only on the ground, but even when he came down from the second basement level through the secret passage, he didn't smell it!
Could it be that he's really the gatekeeper of the lowest level of the Emperor rank? Is he really that bad?

Erii blinked, and the slight upturn of her lips completely disappeared, replaced by a genuine, relaxed smile. She knew Xu Lie's teachings were right; she had successfully put them into practice.

Then, as if sensing something in the darkness, the apprentice's potion dissolved a little more.

Huh? You don't need to learn occult knowledge; you can digest apprentice potions by learning and applying this kind of question-and-answer knowledge?

Ignoring the difference in their royal bloodlines, Genji stepped forward again: "Eri, what else do you see here? Are there any other living Dead Servants?"

'Scholars? No.'

Erii followed Xu Lie's instructions diligently, writing as much as she could.

It hurts my tooth to see Genjiro. No, what's wrong with Erii? She wasn't like this before. Didn't she used to be able to write a lot of words quickly?
Why are people so sparing with their words these days?

He only stopped paying attention to Erii for a while, so why has Erii become estranged from him?

Or is it that even royal-level hybrids go through a rebellious phase? Or is it just that they've grown up?
Wait, could it be that he's disappointed in Tachibana Masamune?
Genji suddenly realized this. Even he, his adopted son, was deeply disappointed in Tachibana Masamune and felt cold-hearted. Erii, who was adopted by Tachibana Masamune even earlier, must also be feeling bad, right?

In other words, although Erii is smiling sweetly and tenderly now, in her heart... no, no, Erii is really, really happy!

You couldn't tell at all that she was upset.

Genji hadn't seen such a smile in a long time; he only remembered Erii smiling like that once when he first played a fighting game.

Sakura Yabuki understood the meaning of the word "scholar" and reminded Origin Chisei: "Young Master, the head of the Uesugi family said that there are other scholars here, who must be the ones responsible for researching Deadpool. Should we arrest them?"

Erii only wrote "no", but everyone unanimously believed in Erii's power and thought that no Deadpool would survive, so Sakura Yabuki took the initiative to suggest going to bring the person back.

Genjiro has no interest in those scholars right now, or raising Deadpools and such. He'll just pour them into cement and sink them into Tokyo Bay to fill in the sea.

He waved his hand, signaling his three retainers to go together and capture those scholars, not letting a single one escape.

Then she turned to Erii and said, "Can you go back first? I'll finish what I need to do here, and then I'll come play games with you." Erii had no objection at all, and with small, leisurely steps, she left, leaving only the three of them.

Fuma Kotaro immediately pledged his loyalty, slamming his right fist into the ground and kneeling on one knee in a standard ninja posture: "Young Master, no, please, Head of the Minamoto Clan, take over the position of head of the Snake-Headed Eight Clans!"

Inuyama He was stunned. He never expected that his old colleague, Kotaro, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would kneel down so quickly!
Fortunately, Inuyama He reacted quickly: "Young Master, the Snake Clan has always followed the Emperor's command. The entire Inuyama family obeys the Emperor's orders."

To put it bluntly, what the two of them are doing now is forcibly removing Tachibana Masamune so that Genjiro can take over as the head of the family.

Isn't this a kind of Tokyo-style imperial robe?

However, unlike Zhao Kuangyin, who happily chose to become emperor with the thought, "You have really caused me great suffering," Genjiro did not do so.

He simply gripped his swords, Spider Cutter and Child Cutter, and said, "Head of the Fuuma Clan, Head of the Inuyama Clan, could you please take the elder and Tachibana Masamune with you...?"

"Alright, I'll trouble the two patriarchs to keep a close watch on this place. Before I return, no one is allowed to enter or leave. I'll go see him myself."

Fuma Kotaro and Inuyama He felt a chill run down their spines. Oh no, Genjiro still had feelings for him. That shouldn't be the case. They knew Genjiro well and knew that he would absolutely not tolerate such a thing.

Before they could think any further, Yuan Zhisheng had already left, heading straight for the Xingshen Temple inside the building.

Tachibana Masamune was also waiting there early on. He knew that the Deadpool breeding farm couldn't be kept secret, and that Genji would definitely come looking for him.

So this elderly man, who usually wore a plain kimono with a black haori over it, changed into a worn-out military uniform.

It was an extremely distinctive military uniform. The shoulder boards, collar insignia, and even the cap band were all dark blue. If one was familiar with the history of the Cold War, it would be easy to recognize that this was the uniform of the KGB, the intelligence agency at the time.

"I never imagined that you were a secret agent, Dad." Yuan Zhisheng was also a little surprised when he walked in. He really didn't know that his adoptive father had done this before.

Tachibana Masamune smiled gently, consistent with his usual demeanor, as if he were not some madman who raised Deadpools, but a kind old man: "Chisuke, you've come."

As he spoke, he also displayed two swords, keeping the short sword in front of him and tossing the long sword to Genjiro.

Genjiro casually took it, realizing that his father wanted to commit seppuku to atone for his sins, and that he would be the second.

In the traditional culture here, when committing seppuku as an act of atonement, if the second is merciful, he will cleanly and decisively cut off the head of the person committing seppuku, so as to reduce their pain and prevent them from having to endure excruciating pain and die slowly.

"So, Dad, this might be the last time I call you Dad."

"Don't you have anything to say about the Deadpool breeding farm right under our feet?"

Tachibana Masamune gently picked up the short sword in front of him: "I know that doing this violates the prohibition of the Snake Clan and breaks through the limit that all hybrids can tolerate."

"But all I want to do is save my daughter, Erii."

"What did you say?! Erii is your daughter?!" Genji's eyes widened in disbelief.

Wasn't it said that he and Erii were both adopted by Tachibana Masamune?

How did Erii suddenly become Tachibana Masamune's biological daughter?

For some reason, at this moment, the image of Erii's radiant smile flashed through Genji's mind.

What kind of filial piety is this? Damn it, why does Erii's smile remind me of this?

It was hell.

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