In this late night with light rain, nearly a hundred vehicles blocked the road in front and behind the shrine, and men with loaded guns or long knives stood in the shadows. No one dared to approach this vermilion building.
This is a very classical shrine, but it has been carefully renovated without any feeling of dilapidation.
The only thing that has not been repaired is the burnt torii gate, and the vermilion stone wall still maintains its original appearance. No one has even been hired to clean it. Large areas of dried blood on the stone wall seeped into the cracks of the stone.
inside.
Yuan Zhisheng was walking through the shrine. He was a little surprised when he heard the sounds coming from the main hall. There were only a few heartbeats.
In the past, when the family held meetings, there would be hundreds of men and women kneeling in the hall. They were usually called the meritorious deeds and backbone of the family. However, for such an important meeting today, the meritorious deeds and backbone were not present...
Yuan Zhisheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned again. The small number of people showed the seriousness of the matter. Only those few people can make decisions that determine the rise and fall of the family.
Yuan Zhisheng continued to listen, and what was clearer than the heartbeat was a burst of game music.
"Howl's root! Howl's root!" Yuan Zhisheng could imagine the scene where Long jumped up twice in succession and launched his Shenglong Fist. Chunli was unable to avoid it and was cut off a large part of the blood bar...
It's Eri Yi, only she has such courage. I can't say courage, she has always had such a character, as if no matter how many people there are, they are nothing to her eyes.
In the solemn meeting of the shrine, turning on the projection, taking out the controller and playing "Street Fighter IV", this kind of thing is something that a child would never dare to think about...
If the young master is such a disconnected and cynical person, everyone in the Sheqi family will be unlucky, but it doesn't matter what the Uesugi family leader does, she is still an immature little girl, and the elders will forgive her.
Misaki Sakura opened the door of the main hall for Minamoto Chisei. After Minamoto Chisheng entered, she closed the door of the main hall and respectfully retreated.
The floor of the main hall is covered with tatami mats, and there are no shrines or Buddha statues enshrined. The inner wall is covered with ukiyo-e paintings, which are carefully and skillfully painted with vivid strokes of brushstrokes, depicting a war between demons and ghosts, with thin clouds and flames flying, and the eyes of ghosts reflecting the candlelight.
Ranshenghui is actually painted with phosphorus pigments.
The main hall was empty, and the sound effects of the "Street Fighter IV" game echoed. There were several people sitting around in the area. They were all wearing formal kimonos. The men wore black patterned haori, and the women wore black sleeves.
White socks and clogs.
A white projection screen was hung in front of the Kamiki-e scroll. The heads of each family were sitting and watching the battle scenes on the projection screen. Surprisingly, Masamune Tachibana did not drink Shige Rie, as if he also wanted to break the dull atmosphere.
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There are eight small tables in front of the curtain. Different long knives are enshrined on the tables. Eight different family crests are depicted in gold on the handles of the knives. They are the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum of the Tachibana family, the gentian of the Minamoto family, and the Uesugi family.
Bamboo and Sparrow from the Inuyama family, Akagi from the Inuyama family, Spider from the Fuma family, Horsehead from the Ryoma family, Phoenix from the Sakurai family and Yaksha from the Miyamoto family.
All the heads of the eight surnamed families will attend this family gathering. At this moment, only the small table of the Yuan family is empty. All the heads of the family also remain silent. After all, this is the family's shrine, and the souls of ancestors wander in the shrine.
It's disrespectful to our ancestors.
Only the head of the Uesugi family pressed the controller, and his fighting spirit soared in "Street Fighter IV"...
This is an online battle. The player controlling Takashi is somewhere in Japan. If he knew that his battle was being watched like a movie by a few powerful gangster elders, his hands would be shaking with fear.
When the old people heard the noise, they all looked at Minamoto who was late. Minamoto bowed slightly to apologize for being late. He first grabbed the controller from the hands of the Uesugi family leader, then turned off the projection, and then turned to the Minamoto family.
Sit down at the small table.
The head of the Uesugi family is a very young girl. Although she covers her face with black gauze and wears a black patterned haori worn by men, the wide kimono cannot hide the curves of her body. She is exquisite and slim, and she obviously has the figure of a young girl.
The game music suddenly stopped, and a solemn atmosphere gathered in the air again. Even Yuan Zhisheng, who had just sat down, felt this subtle atmosphere.
"It's better to be careful in situations like this." Minamoto turned his head and said to the head of the Uesugi family. He returned the controller to Eriki, "I'll play with you when I get down. I'll be free these days."
The tone when he spoke to Eriki was not harsh, nor did he sound like coaxing a child, just like an eldest brother speaking to his younger sister, with a slightly harsh tone.
Eriki nodded and put away the controller. She looked particularly well-behaved in front of Yuan Zhisheng.
No one spoke at this time. Eriyi's game was over, and the brother's lesson to his sister was over. The silence in the hall suddenly reached the extreme level. The sound of rain became clearer and could be heard. Yuan Zhisheng frowned. He didn't like it.
With this weird atmosphere, I don’t want to waste time.
"Dad, what's the matter?" Yuan Zhisheng asked, leaning forward slightly, because the heads of the family here were all familiar with each other. This was an internal meeting, and privacy was stronger than discipline, so he did not
I did not choose a formal title like Mr. Masamune.
Although Yuan Zhisheng was asking the superior Tachibana Masamune, he glanced at several family heads with doubtful eyes, and several family heads looked at Tachibana Masamune.
This is indeed a secret meeting. There is no need to face the core members of the Sheqi Eight Families, and Tachibana Masamune does not have a lengthy opening statement.
Tachibana Masamune said: "Hilbert Jean Angers called the Japanese branch today. He informed that the Kassel College headquarters will send specialists to form an inspection team to inspect all the work of the Japanese branch."
"Principal Ange personally called?" Yuan Zhisheng was a little puzzled. He frowned and asked: "Inspection team? Isn't the Japanese branch independent of the headquarters and has autonomy? If the headquarters sends exchange students or interns in the name of exchange
We cannot refuse the student, but the inspection team still uses the name of 'inspecting all the work of the Japanese branch'. According to the contract, the headquarters does not have this right, so we can refuse him."
"I can't refuse. The headquarters has sent us the list of the inspection team and asked us to do a good job in reception. It is estimated that the special plane of the executive department will take off in a few hours." said the head of the Inuyama family.
"What does Principal Angers mean? What new moves has the secret party made?" Yuan Zhisheng was puzzled. He had studied at Kassel College, and even though his stance was different, he still respected Principal Angers very much.
Tachibana Masamune shook his head and said: "Ange is rarely very strong. This is something that has never been seen in the cooperation between the Eight Sheqi Family and the secret party for many years. It seems that he is not afraid of intensifying the conflicts between the two parties... I even feel that he is deliberately creating conflicts.
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"But none of this is the most important thing." The head of the Inuyama family waved his hands and said with a deep look on his face, "The most important thing is... the list of the inspection team!"
Yuan Zhisheng's doubts deepened.
At this time, the head of the Feng Mo Family said: "The leader of the inspection team, Jiang Yi, a 2008 'S' student from Kassel College."