Chapter 38

"..."

"Is that so? It's Kaguya."

Looking at his eldest son's reluctant expression, Sigong Yan'an slowly came to understand.

The only one who could make that old madman Sanzenin Tei strike so ruthlessly was his granddaughter Nagi Sanzenin.

In terms of age, Nagi Sanzenin was the only one who could have had contact with Kaguya, so the answer was obvious.

As for Sigong Huang Guang's move against the Sangan-in family, Sigong Yan'an scoffed at it.

He wouldn't dare lay a hand on Sangan-in Tei's granddaughter, let alone his own eldest son.

"Huang Guang, it seems you lost to Kaguya."

"..."

Sigong Huang Guang looked at his gravely ill father and weakly lowered his head.

He was the strongest candidate for the Sigong family heir; he could keep every situation in his hands, even Kaguya's freedom.

But this time Kaguya taught him a lesson — once you jump off the chessboard, a bigger predator can stomp you to death at will.

Every trick from the past lost its effect in this moment.

While the Sigong family was in an uproar, the Shijo family was also starting to boil internally.

"What on earth happened this time?"

No one could know the reason behind it.

Sigong Huang Guang investigated too, but the result of his investigation was no answer.

Even the name Sangan-in Tei never appeared on the surface.

Everything looked as if a major problem had erupted within the Sigong family, and then the entire both the political and business circles had sanctioned them.

"I don't know, the specific situation is still unclear. All we know now is that some outside force is combining both the political and business circles to crush the Sigong family."

"Who exactly made the move is still unclear."

Most of the Shijo family members were here.

What they cared about now was who had moved against the Sigong family, and whether they should make a move themselves.

"Father, shouldn't we make a move too?"

Shijo Tei, the heir of the Shijo family, possessed a powerful mind and correspondingly mature methods.

Shijo Tei, who had already begun gradually taking over family affairs, also took on the plan to "move against the Sigong family."

"No."

Shijo Go directly rejected it.

"The political and business pressure on the Sigong family came very suddenly, with absolutely no warning; even the Sigong family itself looks passive right now."

"But look around now — has anyone else made a move?"

"Has the Hayasaka family moved? They want to move even more than we do."

"It's not that no one wants to move now, it's that no one dares to move."

The surface of the water is calm now, but the bottom has already been surging with waves.

The Sigong family's problems erupted all at once; the complete lack of warning shows just how great the power of the person behind it is.

Everyone knows now that the Sigong family is in an extremely critical moment, but that's only on the surface.

Whether the Sigong family is truly in crisis in the end depends not on anyone, but on the person who threw the Sigong family into complete chaos.

Precisely because the situation is unclear, no one will make a move against the Sigong family.

Everyone is waiting for the final result.

"Tei, you're a smart man; you need to know what patience is."

"... Yes, Father."

Listening to his father's teaching, Shijo Tei finally suppressed this thought.

It wasn't just an internal small gathering within the Shijo family — even the Suzuki family, whose scale was almost equal to the Sigong family's, had also started a small meeting internally.

"Honey, who do you think moved against the Sigong family?"

"Only one person."

Suzuki Shi Lang's glasses glinted; the only person he could think of was one.

"Sangan-in Tei."

"!?"

Hearing this name, Suzuki Tomoko also showed a momentary lapse.

"Sangan-in... hasn't that old man already retired behind the scenes?"

"Retired behind the scenes? Sangan-in Tei's retirement just means he won't jump out from behind directly, but if there's a reason, that's another matter."

"A reason?"

Suzuki Tomoko looked at Shi Lang in confusion.

"Does that old man have a reason to move against the Sigong family? Would the Sigong family dare to provoke Sangan-in?"

"That wouldn't happen."

The Sigong family provoking Sangan-in? The Sigong family wouldn't court death like that.

Suzuki Shi Lang then took out a photograph, which showed a stretched black car parked at the gate of the Sigong residence.

"Tomoko, guess who's sitting inside?"

"... Could it be someone from the Sangan-in family?"

"Sangan-in Tei's granddaughter, Nagi Sanzenin, and the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, that mysterious shrine maiden Isumi Shinomiya."

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