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If it weren't for Tachibana Masamune, that traitor, constantly tipping them off, they would have been completely wiped out by the power of the Snake-Headed Eight Families long ago.
“The king is dead. Senior, your son is the apparent controller of the Fierce Ghosts. You should ask him this question, not me.”
"Cunning!"
“I really didn’t mean anything by it. I completely respect Kazama Ruri’s choice.” Cao Han spread his hands helplessly. “I think the third-in-command of the Demon Clan, ‘Ryoma,’ is a very good girl. She’s perfect for your son, and she’s also suitable as the person who openly controls the Demon Clan.”
"If you really want Genji to come back, I do have some suggestions."
"Appreciate further details."
“Isn’t Genjiro in charge of the Snake-Headed Eight Families? How about handing over the power of the Japanese branch to Genjiro?” Cao Han gave his suggestion directly.
Putting aside the fact that Tachibana Masamune was Herzog's puppet and had ulterior motives.
Over the years, he has revitalized the prestige of the Snake Clan and essentially sidelined the Japanese branch. This alone demonstrates his remarkable political acumen and skill.
This is why so many heads of the Snake-Headed Eight Families would support Tachibana Masamune to take the position of patriarch.
To be honest, Cao Han thought that compared to the overly righteous Yuan Zhisheng, he was more optimistic about the decisive and ruthless Kazama Ruri taking the position of Director of the Executive Bureau and leading the Japanese branch.
"The Japanese branch? If I remember correctly, the current director should be that student of Angers... Xiao He, right?"
Uesugi Kotsushi suddenly fell into a reverie. Mentioning the Japanese branch executive bureau reminded him of Hilbert Jean Angers, who once single-handedly slaughtered almost the entire Japanese underworld of mixed bloods with his sword.
There was also the story of how he and Angers became friends after a fight.
"It is indeed the head of the Inuyama Kaga family."
Cao Han still had a strong impression of Inuyama He, especially the two small mustaches under the other man's nose. Despite his advanced age, he was quite humorous and witty.
However, the sharp glint that flashed in his eyes from time to time seemed to tell that he was not simple.
In its normal state, the seventh-order instant can already be described as "the strongest in the world"!
Before this, the most famous user of the Word of Power was Viscount "Silver Wing" Charlotte, an elder of the Secret Party and one of the mentors of Angers. His weapon was an alchemical flintlock pistol, and he usually displayed the seventh level of the Word of Power, but it was said that he could reach the exaggerated level of the eighth level.
Whether it is true or not remains to be verified.
Cao Han, despite his overpowered abilities, lacks sufficient time and experience to advance his Instantaneous Words of Power to the sixth rank at present. It will likely take him some time to gradually work his way up to the seventh rank.
Although they are both users of the Word of Power, the power they exhibit is completely different due to their different "initial velocities".
For example, Inuyama He, despite his ability to reach the seventh level in a single strike, actually has a declining physical strength due to old age and fading beauty. The strikes he can unleash now are probably not as fierce as when he was a fifth-level strike in his youth.
Not everyone can easily run a horse on their arms like Angers and Uesugi Kotsugi, who are over a hundred years old.
"Does what you say count? Will Angers agree?" Uesugi was adept at grasping the crux of the matter.
Despite the promise of "autonomy" made by Angers when he established the Japanese branch, the position of executive director has actually been held by Inuyama He since the branch was established.
Those who know, know what it means to be a student in Angers!
Why did Tachibana Masamune send Genjiro to Kassel College? On the surface, it was for exchange and learning, but in reality, it was more like a way to "gild" himself and add the identity of a Kassel College student.
Once he returns to Japan under this identity, he can rightfully take over the power of the Executive Director from Inuyama He and further erode Kassel College's influence in Japan.
Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes.
Before Tachibana Masamune could realize his plan step by step as depicted in the original story, Cao Han decisively ended his life with a single blow.
Cao Han naturally understood the subtext that Uesugi Kotetsu was trying to convey, and confidently replied without any hesitation, "It might not count now, but it will soon be counted once I get back to school!"
“That’s true!” Uesugi Kotsushi understood the point after only a moment of thought. “Indeed, with your current abilities, there’s not much to learn if you continue as a student. Entering management is only a matter of time.”
The factions within the Secret Society are complex and intertwined, but they all share the same goal: to slay the dragon.
As for whether the spoils will be divided peacefully after the dragon-slaying mission is completed, or whether they will turn against each other, that's a matter for the future.
Under this overarching premise of slaying the dragon, the importance of those with strength becomes exceptionally prominent.
Hilbert Jean Angers is the best living example of this!
After the "Summer Mourning" incident, the Lionheart Society, an elite group led by Meneke Cassel, the then leader of the Secret Society, was practically defunct, with only Angers remaining.
Just when everyone else in the Secret Society thought that the name "Lionheart" would only exist in historical records, Angers, filled with revenge, used his own strength to forcefully bring the name of "Lionheart" back into the spotlight.
This forced the other elders of the Secret Society to grit their teeth and acknowledge Angers' status as the successor to the Lionheart Society, and step by step realize Meneke Kassel's ideal of reorganizing the Secret Society into the Kassel College, where he took the position of principal.
"Some people may not have the courage to fight the dragons head-on, but they're quite good at stabbing people in the back. They've only just seen a glimmer of victory, and they're already eager to jump out and reap the rewards," Cao Han said quietly.
It's true that Herzog created the bounty, and it's also true that some members of the board of directors wanted to take the opportunity to kill him!
He hadn't even mentioned going to the school board to settle accounts, but the school board turned around and sent an investigation team to the school to investigate all sorts of things related to Cao Han.
To be fair, Cao Han's identity is an absolute "fatal flaw".
That was something he personally witnessed Chu Tianjiao forge using the channels of Kassel College, and it couldn't withstand any verification.
Then there's the issue of bloodline.
The school board's consistent approach to dangerous mixed-race individuals is "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," sending them all to Tartarus, the place where the Secret Society imprisons such unstable mixed-race individuals.
It's likely that the main reason the investigation team entered the school was to gather compelling evidence.
If possible, Cao Han doesn't want to completely break ties with Kassel College for the time being.
"Hahahaha..." Upon hearing this, Uesugi Yue burst into laughter, but quickly suppressed his smile and warned, "Kid, I admit that your strength is indeed very, very, very strong. I can't see where your limit is either."
But... you must be very careful!
Many of the families behind the Secret Society have existed for over a thousand years; underestimating them will come at a price.
On this point, Uesugi Koshi has a lot to say.
Back when he was active on the European battlefield, he suffered many losses at the hands of these ancient families.
While they may not be able to match the individual strength of super hybrids, these families may possess various unimaginable and bizarre methods.
It may be an alchemical weapon that only exists in mythology, such as the Holy Silver Crossbow that Cao Han once took out.
It may be an alchemical matrix with a long history.
The pure-blooded dragons of the Bronze and Fire lineage, who possess alchemical knowledge, have deployed various large-scale alchemical matrices when fighting against the other three lineages of pure-blooded dragons.
Perhaps most of the alchemical matrices have long been worn away by time, but who can guarantee that none have remained?
In addition to the "Philosopher's Stone" that Cao Han had just seen a couple of days ago, it is also part of the heritage of these families.
The mere sight of the bullet's armor-piercing markings suggests that the faction or family that produced it must possess a highly skilled alchemist.
If they can break through Cao Han's physical defenses, they can also break through the physical defenses of the four great monarchs and first-level dragon kings.
Given the damage the Philosopher's Stone inflicts on the mind and soul, it's not impossible to completely kill the Dragon King.
Of course, it's just a possibility.
The Dragon King isn't stupid; without a corresponding battle plan, hitting the target isn't an easy task.
"Is it possible... that your strength isn't strong enough?!" Cao Han teased Uesugi Yue.
There's a universally understood phrase: speechless!
Uesugi Kotsushi snorted irritably, thinking to himself that his good intentions had been taken for granted, and that he had even bothered to remind the kid.
Fortunately, a cell phone rang at that moment.
It sounded like a charming old Japanese song, with a vintage feel. Then I saw Uesugi Koshi pull an antique cell phone out of his pocket, the kind that could be displayed in a museum.
Elderly people are not used to smartphones and they are not durable, so this specially made one is more convenient to use.
Cao Han didn't have the habit of eavesdropping on people's phone calls, but who knew that the antique phone was so loud that it would be hard for him not to hear it, given his keen hearing.
"Dad~ Erii has already received the bloodline locking agent that Cao Jun brought."
"And the result?" Uesugi Koshi was eager to know the final outcome.
"Judging from the test results, her condition couldn't be better." Genji's voice sounded equally excited. After pausing for a second or two, he continued, "We just had Erii try to speak, and she didn't lose control of her power to unleash Judgment."
Erii Uesugi has always been reluctant to speak because of the unstable state of her bloodline. When she speaks, she is prone to losing control and releasing the Word Power: Judgment.
The destruction caused in an instant was indistinguishable from that of humans and animals.
To avoid this situation from happening again, the well-behaved and sensible Erii Uesugi, who didn't want to cause trouble for others, chose to communicate by writing instead of speaking.
"Then... hurry! Let me hear my dear daughter's voice." Upon hearing this news, Uesugi Kotsugu's eyes widened immediately, his tone filled with tension and anticipation.
"Father (Father)"
After a brief pause, a timid voice came from the phone; the melodious voice was unmistakably that of Uesugi Erii.
Cao Han, who was standing to the side, must have breathed a sigh of relief after overhearing the result.
If he were to rank the regrets in the original "Dragon Raja" novel...
Lu Mingfei and Uesugi Erii are absolutely the No.1!
It becomes difficult to rank No. 2 from then on, for example, there are too many to list, such as Shuto Aki and Ye Sheng, Chu Zihang and Xia Mi, Genji and Yabuki Sakura.
If we look at the timeline, Lu Mingfei will become a proud high school student this September.
In other words, there are still nearly three years until the start of the story's timeline.
Cao Han felt disgusted looking at Uesugi Yue, who was holding an antique phone and had a loving father-daughter expression on his face. Having never been a father, he simply couldn't understand it.
Only after the other person reluctantly ended the call did he speak: "Oil, old man~"
"Kid, what's wrong?" Uesugi Yue was still somewhat immersed in the excitement of his daughter's recovery and couldn't wait to get to the Ganryu Research Institute.
Therefore, looking at Cao Han at this moment felt somewhat offensive.
“Now that Erii can live like a normal person, how about we let her study at Kassel College in three years?” Cao Han was like the Big Bad Wolf trying to lure Little Red Riding Hood.
"Three years later? Kassel College?"
Upon hearing Cao Han's suggestion, Uesugi Yue couldn't help but frown, quickly pondering the other party's intentions.
If it were anyone else, or even Angers, who said this, he would have no hesitation in assuming that the other person was interested in Erii's powerful words and wanted to train her.
Only Cao Han...
Absolutely impossible!
What a joke! Even the genuine Judgment of the god Orochi couldn't do anything to this brat, so how could he possibly be interested in Erii's knock-off Judgment!
When it comes to his daughter, Uesugi Koshi has no choice but to get to the bottom of it: "Why? I need a real reason!"
"Emmm......"