Chapter 120

April 17, 2010.

This day was destined to be an extraordinary day for the underworld forces in Japan.

Just because today, the undisputed king of the underworld—the Snake Eight Families—suddenly announced without warning that their 73rd family head, Tachibana Masamune, had died suddenly at home due to a sudden illness.

Not long after, after the joint recommendation of the Uesugi family head and other five minor families, it was announced that Gen Shizheng, the head of the Gen family, one of the Upper Three Families, would officially succeed as the 74th family head of the Snake Eight Families, ruling the entire Japanese underworld.

This news was not shocking.

After all, in Japan, any force with a little status knew that the so-called Emperor was just a mascot in name only.

The actual power was not even as good as the Prime Minister, and the one who truly controlled this country was the hybrid force led by the Snake Eight Families.

In other words, the move of the Snake Eight Families to change the family head was infinitely equivalent to the power transition of an ancient emperor.

It was imaginable that after the fermentation of time, as this news gradually spread, let alone Japan, Europe would probably tremble three times.

And at the same time, people who heard this news now also started to beat drums in their hearts, as if they smelled the smell of blood and rain from it.

After all, it was too sudden. How could there be no news at all before the emperor passed the throne.

Even if Gen Shizheng had long been confirmed as the successor to the future family head, as long as Tachibana Masamune was still the family head for one day, he was only a young master.

Therefore, the leaders of many major forces in Japan were maliciously guessing, suspecting that Tachibana Masamune's death had other secrets.

The so-called sudden illness was actually a carefully prepared conspiracy layout, and Gen Shizheng was the mastermind behind the scenes, just to sit on the throne of the family head as soon as possible and become a real underworld emperor.

Considering that this was Japan, following the old tradition of the inferior over the superior, everything seemed inexplicably reasonable.

For a time, major forces in Japan were shocked, secretly saying that Gen Shizheng looked loyal, but in fact, his scheming was unfathomable. He would definitely become a great weapon in the future. If you don't lick him now, when will you lick him?

So on that evening, the street area where the headquarters of the Snake Eight Families was located had countless vehicles coming and going, forming a long dragon of cars several kilometers long, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

And the owners of these vehicles were each rich and noble, and people who could make Tokyo tremble by stomping their feet.

But at this moment, they were all like little cockroaches who had lost their lives, crying and shouting to be a cow and a horse for the family head. The scene was chaotic and funny.

Gen Shizheng: "..."

At the top floor of Gen's Heavy Industry, Gen Shizheng, wearing a solemn kimono, looked at the chaotic scene below through the window, couldn't help but take a deep breath, and suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable tiredness.

He raised his hand to touch his pocket, but didn't find the cigarette case, thinking about whether to call Crow to bring it over.

However, at this time, a fair hand holding a cigarette was handed out from behind. Gen Shizheng subconsciously took it, and then turned around, seeing Yabuki Sakura's expressionless, delicate face.

"Young Master, the five family heads and the cadres of the Execution Bureau have all arrived at the shrine, waiting for you to go over and hold the ceremony for succeeding as the family head."

"Understood, I'll go after I finish this cigarette."

Listening to the other party's familiar address, the corners of Gen Shizheng's mouth curled slightly, and then as if thinking of something, he asked:

"Too many things happened before, I didn't have time to ask, how was the check result on Erii's side? Is it really as that person said, she has completely eliminated the possibility of becoming a ghost."

"Yes."

Yabuki Sakura nodded, a flash of joy in her eyes.

"We have passed a series of checks and repeatedly confirmed that the Uesugi family head's various indicators are now incredibly healthy, and her physical fitness has also reached the normal level of an 【Emperor】."

"And after testing, the Uesugi family head can even autonomously activate 【Spirit Word: Judgment】 without any signs of going berserk."

"Of course, these are just preliminary diagnoses, and continuous testing is needed later to be sure."

After listening to Yabuki Sakura's report, Gen Shizheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, he regarded Erii as a younger sister, and invested all the regrets of not being able to protect Gen Zhinu well in the past on her.

And now that he knew that Erii was his biological sister, this feeling grew like spring bamboo breaking through the soil, and it couldn't be stopped.

Not to mention, if conditions allowed, he would want to put Erii in his pocket every day to protect her well, so that she wouldn't suffer any more grievances and injuries.

Unfortunately, he couldn't put her in, because now there was a guy who snatched this power, and most importantly, he couldn't beat him.

Thinking of a certain shameless person who called him brother, Gen Shizheng's face suddenly became ugly, as if he had returned to the scene when he learned that the other party and Erii had entered the love hotel last night.

"By the way, where is Erii? Has she gone to the shrine?"

Gen Shizheng sighed in his heart, and then asked Sakura casually, raising his hand to put the cigarette in his mouth, ready to light it and smoke.

"No, Mr. Wu came to the medical room this morning, and then... took the Uesugi family head away, and also told me not to tell you, Young Master."

Yabuki Sakura glanced to the side, answering with a guilty conscience.

"... Did he say where he was going?"

Gen Shizheng's action of lighting the fire stopped abruptly, and then he said expressionlessly.

"It seems he said... he was going to find his father-in-law?"

Father-in-law?

Gen Shizheng's expression stalled slightly.

That guy's father-in-law, wouldn't that be Erii's father, which is...

His own father?!

This was a small street behind the University of Tokyo.

In this busy city, only this block had never been developed on a large scale. There were old-fashioned wooden houses built before World War II on the street, and plane trees and cherry trees were planted on both sides of the street, revealing a trace of decay in the quietness.

And on this street, there was a Japanese-style ramen stall.

In fact, it was a cart with eaves ears on it. There was a soup pot in the cart, and there were side dishes and sake in the cabinet under the cart. After the cart was supported, a long bench was placed in front.

On weekdays, guests sat on the bench and ate ramen. The curtain on the eaves could half block their backs, forming a slightly more private space on the street with the autumn wind blowing.

On weekdays, students studying late into the night would come out in twos and threes to eat a bowl of ramen as a midnight snack.

Uesugi Yue looked up silently at the darkening sky, guessing who would be the first guest to appear at the ramen restaurant today.

So noisy...

Closing his eyes, he faintly listened to the roar from another world, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly.

Why is that world so noisy today?

Forget it, it's not a big deal, it's noisy every day anyway.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly he frowned, the roar of the car approaching from far to near.

Uesugi Yue looked up, looking into the distance, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a car stopped on the side of the road.

The car door opened, and a young man wearing black casual clothes walked out, then looked up at the horizontal signboard on the ramen cart, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"What an arrogant name. Uncle, aren't you afraid of being checked for water meters."

No way, it wasn't that Wu Xian wanted to roast, but the four big characters "Emperor Ramen" in front of him were so ink-splashing, especially in Japan, it was simply arrogant to the point of having no friends!

However, considering the true identity of this ramen master, everything seemed to have become reasonable again.

"Young man, are you here to eat ramen?"

Uesugi Yue looked at this black-clothed young man with a special temperament, his brows frowned slightly, not knowing why, a feeling of tension suddenly surged in his heart.

"No, I'm here to recognize relatives."

Wu Xian chuckled, and then stretched his palm toward the car door behind him.

Immediately after, a red-haired figure wearing a shrine maiden outfit walked out from inside. It was Erii, who had been kidnapped by him.

"Recognize relatives?"

Uesugi Yue was stunned when he heard this, and then moved his gaze to Erii's body.

The next second, his pupils shrank instantly.

(End of chapter)