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"Ah He, hurry up and introduce your collection!" Angers laughed.
Inuyama He immediately introduced his goddaughter to Angers.
Mimi, 19 years old, is the most promising newcomer in the television industry.
Kazusa, a young musician, specializes in electric violin and has performed at the Golden Hall in New York.
Kotono is a professional Go player, a 5-dan! She hosts a Go program on TV Asahi.
Setsuko looks remarkably like Ryoko Hirosue, with a refreshing appearance and a high ponytail like a kendo girl. She is a ballet prodigy.
At the same time, the chef brought in the finest Japanese cuisine, and a vulgar welcome banquet began amidst laughter and chatter.
However, after a few rounds of drinks and several dishes, the atmosphere gradually became dominated by Angers and Inuyama He, while Ryoma Genichiro and Miyamoto Shio seemed to be just there as younger brothers.
Indeed, Angers and Inuyama He had known each other since 1945 and were both teacher and friend. Miyamoto Shio and Ryoma Genichiro were too young to join the conversation.
"Is the principal here to question the mass resignation of the Japanese branch?" Miyamoto Shigeo couldn't help but ask.
“That’s Schneider’s business, the head of the executive department. It’s not my responsibility,” Angers said indifferently.
Inuyama He knew that Angers must have come because of something bigger.
Thus, the negotiations for this treacherous banquet officially began.
The Snake Clan's demands were simple: Angers had to leave Japan, stop interfering in Japanese affairs, and they could leave with his students.
They must keep the secret of the Snake Clan.
But in reality, Angers knew long ago that the Snake-Headed Eight Families were descendants of the White King.
According to the history of the dragon race, the Black King held the highest position, followed by the White King, who was in charge of the priests. Back then, only the White King raised the banner of rebellion and launched a rebellion, almost overthrowing the Black King.
Although the Black King ultimately won the final victory, the White King was also regarded as the only Dragon King capable of challenging the Black King.
Therefore, the bloodline of the White King is superior to that of the other four kings.
The White King's blood inherited by the Snake Clan is extremely precious. If this secret were to be revealed, it would ignite the greed of other hybrid races in the world!
Therefore, what Angers wanted in this negotiation was all the secrets of the Snake Clan, including Takamagahara, the gods, and the bloodline of the White King.
He felt that these things were beyond the control of the Snake Clan.
This means that the Snake Clan will have to submit to Angers once again.
This is intolerable, because the current Snake Clan is trying to get rid of Angers' influence.
At this point, Angers mocked Inuyama He, saying that he was still an immature, chuunibyou (delusional teenager) boy.
Then he rolled up his sleeves, revealing the tattoos on his arms: a striped tiger on the left and a blue-faced, fanged yaksha on the right.
Knowing that negotiations would fail, Inuyama He decided to have a contest with Angers.
Ryoma Genichiro and Miyamoto Shio were somewhat nervous because the Snake-Headed Eight Family did not intend to actually start a war with the Secret Party; they had only come to negotiate.
They all advised Inuyama He not to act impulsively.
But Inuyama He seemed to be a stubborn old man; he wouldn't listen to reason and insisted on challenging Angers.
Thus, a contest between master and apprentice officially began.
……
Not far from the Tamamo-no-Mae Club, on the rooftop of a building, Gu Ran, wearing ultra-light titanium glasses, sat and used his Byakugan to see the battle scene below.
In order to protect against earthquakes, buildings in Japan are generally not built very tall. The rooftop where Gu Ran is located is only four stories high.
The battle between Angers and Inuyama He has begun. Ordinary moves are completely ineffective against Angers. Although Inuyama He has brought his goddaughters to fight with him, they are no match for Angers even when they fight together.
When Angers came to Japan before, he had already learned kendo. He had once received the Niten Ichi-ryu Menkyo Kaiden from Miyamoto Musashi.
The so-called "permission" means obtaining the qualification to tell others the name of one's kendo style.
It is said that students of Kendo have mastered all the techniques of the school and have passed various tests to prove it.
Therefore, the highest level of permission in Kendo is the "permission to transmit all knowledge".
This man, who was over 130 years old, was like Feng Qingyang, a martial arts master, who had reached the level of defeating opponents with no moves.
The Inuyama family's goddaughters were armed with long knives, sniper rifles, and even attempted to use rocket launchers, but Angers thwarted their attacks one by one.
Finally, Angers and Inuyama He compared their words of power.
Angers' Word of Power is Time Zero, while Inuyama He's Word of Power is Moment.
The two words of power can be described as each other's natural enemies. Setsuna pursues extreme speed, which can enhance a person's speed of action, while Time Zero slows down the flow of time, but the person can still act normally. Therefore, to outsiders, people in the Time Zero domain are very fast.
However, in comparison, the operation of zero time is more precise because the speed of action in an instant can even exceed the speed of thought.
Inuyama He's Word of Power: Setsuna's Speed can unleash a divine speed of up to 516 times when drawing his sword!
Even at that speed, it could only injure Angers' shoulder slightly before he easily blocked it and slapped Inuyama He with the flat of his blade.
Inuyama He was sent flying, his aged body crashing to the ground.
He was decades younger than Angers, but looked older.
"Baka!" Angers muttered under his breath.
Not far away, Gu Ran used his Sharingan to copy Setsuna's Word of Power, but he was unable to copy Time Zero's Word of Power.
Angers won the battle, and he sat down in front of Inuyama He, giving him a lesson once again as his teacher.
Angers had already taken off his fine suit, revealing the tattoo on his back.
This tattoo is called "The Violence of All Realms," and it is the highest-ranking tattoo in the underworld. In the past, only the patriarch of a family could have this tattoo on his back.
By displaying this tattoo, Angers was telling everyone present that he used to be the king of the Japanese underworld.
He still is.
As an educator, Angers' teaching method was to teach according to students' aptitude.
He told Inuyama He about the four students he had sent to Japan.
"Caesar is a proud and confident man, so I never praise him, but I send him to carry out the most important tasks. He needs to succeed, the more successful he is, the more confident he becomes, and the more confident he is, the stronger he becomes."
"Chu Zihang is a sword that has been forged by itself. For a sword, it is to cut through everything, whether it is fate or enemies, it can cut them all with one stroke. So I never worry about letting Chu Zihang experience failure. Every failure makes him more perfect. That's why I always send him to carry out the most dangerous and absurd missions, giving him endless crises."
"Gu Ran is a free spirit. He doesn't like constraints and seems carefree by nature, but he secretly studies hard without letting others know. He's a slightly naughty little boy. So for every mission, I let him act freely and do the mission according to his own wishes. That's why he can cooperate with many people, and many people are willing to cooperate with him. He always surprises me."
"As for Lu Mingfei, he's fantastic. I just need to smile at him."
Angers proudly introduced his students, then asked Inuyama He, "You are also my student. Have you thought about what my educational approach is for you?"
Then, Angers recounted the story between himself and Inuyama He from back then.
Chapter 405 The war will not stop because of your cries.
After World War II, Japan's major cities were in ruins.
General Curtis LeMay, hailed by netizens as the "barbecue master," bombed 67 major cities in Japan with tens of thousands of tons of incendiary bombs, burning at least 500,000 to 800,000 Japanese people to death. Many more were buried or burned to ashes, making it impossible to count. Conservative estimates put the death toll at over a million.
For a time, the invaders' house was filled with acquaintances, with no strangers among them.
The burning of Japan is the bitter fruit of the invaders' own actions. The war began because of your greed and will not stop because of your cries of despair.
Master Li Mei conquered Japan with ruthless force.
If the defeated nation of Japan felt awe towards General MacArthur, then towards Master Chef LeMay, there was only fear—a fear as intense as that towards the 'Little Boy' and the 'Fat Man'.
Interestingly, in the 60s, the Japanese cabinet awarded Lee May the Order of the Rising Sun, First Class, for her work as a barbecue master, perhaps to thank her for helping them burn down the old buildings.
Angers, as a naval staff officer, arrived in Japan as a victor.
The Snake Clan of Japan has lost its former glory.
At the time, Japan was in ruins after its surrender. Many people were left homeless due to bombing, and excessive militarization led to a severe food shortage. In addition, nearly ten million overseas soldiers returned home, making the country's food reserves even more strained.
People could only get one meal a day. Many of the poor had no jobs and could only engage in prostitution, offering their hungry bodies to the rich in order to get a bite to eat.
Inuyama He was only sixteen years old when he became the head of the Inuyama family. The Inuyama family had always been at the bottom of the Snake-Headed Eight Families because they were involved in the sex trade and were not respectable.
By the time of Inuyama He's generation, the family had fallen into complete decline.
The Snake-Headed Eight Families have never been a united front. They often fight for their own interests. Inuyama He's eldest sister died in a street brawl. The other seven families are watching Inuyama He's decline with cold eyes, constantly trying to steal his business and women.
Inuyama He's second sister went everywhere seeking connections, hoping to save the Inuyama family, but in the end, she could only sell her young and beautiful body to an American colonel.
At the time, Inuyama He was still a boy and couldn't handle that kind of stimulation. He wanted to rise up, but he couldn't do it on his own.
Until he met Angers.
Angers needed Inuyama He's Word of Power "Setsuna" to train his own Word of Power "Time Zero," but Inuyama He was still too weak at that time and needed more training to improve himself.
Angers' training of Inuyama was cruel. He repeatedly knocked Inuyama down while practicing swordsmanship and subjected Inuyama to extreme insults and ridicule while he was lying on the ground.
Because Inuyama He harbors sadness and anger within his heart, which is the most powerful force within him, encouragement is useless; it will only make him forget his sadness and anger.
Angers is willing to become a villain in Inuyama He's heart, so that he will do his best to become stronger, just like Uchiha Itachi was willing to become a villain in order to train Sasuke and make Sasuke seek revenge on him.
"You did well today, ninth-tier instantaneous strike, 516 times the speed of divine slash, very good." Angers put his clothes back on, covering up the frightening tattoo.
He looked at Inuyama He, who was standing to the side in a daze, and nodded slightly: "I am very pleased."
This appears to be the first time Angers has praised Inuyama He.
Perhaps it was the Stockholm syndrome he developed from being abused by Angers over the years, but at this moment he recalled the bits and pieces of his past with Angers, and deep down he regarded Angers more as his father.
“No need for thanks. I did intend to use you to control the Snake Clan and the Japanese branch, and that would settle things,” Angers said. “But now, there is no room for negotiation between us, because I am an avenger. I will send all the Dragon Kings to the gallows. I never negotiate this with anyone. You can keep the secret, but I will also dig up your secrets and kill your gods.”
"Teacher, what brings you here today?" Inuyama He couldn't understand. Angers came so high-profile and even sent him a text message. Wasn't that a show of force?
“Just to see you, Aga. It’s been a long time,” Angers said softly. “Perhaps the next time we meet, we’ll be enemies.”
Inuyama He explained that the Snake-Headed Eight Families had their own difficulties and did not really want to be enemies with the Secret Party.
Angers said casually, "You guys have to dare too."
Inuyama He knew that there was no room for negotiation with Angers on matters of principle, so he could only bow and bid them farewell.
Angers turned around, picked up his suitcase, and was about to walk outside when he heard a faint metallic clanging sound from above.
Everyone sensed the murderous intent, but no one could pinpoint its source.
In that instant, Angers transformed into a ferocious tiger, his muscles bulging, while Inuyama He instantly activated his ninth level, using 512 times the speed to shove Angers aside and shield him from the bullet.