The bright white branches bloomed in the thick black clouds, and the white light illuminated the side face of Gen Zhisheng, who was sitting in front of the eaves of the temple, and in an instant, a roaring thunder slowly came from Mt. Fuji 100 kilometers north, like an angry dragon hiding in the crater of a volcano and roaring towards the sky domed by the black clouds.

The pouring rain poured down on the congested city in the afternoon, and the black haze pressed down the glares of the building's glass, and the whole world could only hear the roar of the water, and the noisy voices of people and anxious horns in the streets were smashed down by the sound of the rain into the flowing water on the ground, and poured down the raging canals into the dark underground sewers.

Genji Heavy Industries, Koshin Temple.

This is an unusually spacious terrace of Genji Heavy Industries, and the only way to enter is in a Japanese-style room sliding door in the strategy department on the 30th floor, and when you open the sliding door, you will see the vermilion bright 'torii' under the heavy rain, and then there is a well-decorated courtyard with the atmosphere of a Buddhist temple, but the nearby granite walls are carved with all kinds of ghosts, green fangs, and fierce gods, like a hundred ghosts in the night.

The Zen-like 'startling deer' in the dry landscape pointed out by the famous scholar in the courtyard lost its original effect in the heavy rain, the bamboo tube was slightly trembling by the rain on the hitting stones, and the strings of water falling from the eaves hung a curtain, flowing down from the front of Yuan Zhisheng, and beside him was placed a tray with two cups of hot tea and a porcelain bowl of soft rice cakes, he sat cross-legged and drank tea, looked through the water curtain and looked at the bright red torii gate in the rain, under it, an old man with a black umbrella and a black stripe Fu Yu weaving stepped on wooden shoes and walked on the stagnant water.

When the old man approached, Yuan Zhisheng under the eaves wanted to get up, but the old man pressed his hand from a distance and motioned him to sit down, walked into the Awakening Temple with a gentle and peaceful smile, put away the black umbrella and sat cross-legged beside Yuan Zhisheng and picked up a cup of hot tea:

"It's raining so hard?"

"Since I agreed and made an agreement, I have to go to the appointment even if I am born with a knife." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"Are the promises made necessarily fulfilling? This is indeed the consistent style of this family, childish, it looks like you are also preparing for my class. ”

"Dad, I said I don't want to talk about this in the near future."

"Then don't talk about this, this weather is not suitable for greetings, let's talk about business." The old man took a sip of hot tea and looked at the vermilion torii standing in the heavy rain: "The situation is bad now?" ”

"In the space of a week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has detected 15 cases of illegal entry, during which there have been seven armed clashes and several casualties, and at the same time, no less than 10 dangerous people who have been issued red notices on Interpol have been arrested on international flights within seven days.

"How's the message blockade?"

"It's good, but it's not good enough, because the information he has in our hands has been leaked." Gen Zhisheng said: "Someone has already obtained the intelligence fee of up to 200 million yen, Kaguya Ji tracked the flow of funds and finally only determined that the person who provided the 'S' level information in our hands of the headquarters was in the United States, but even Kaguya Ji couldn't track it down, and the other party was a top hacker who could even hide Kaguya's eyes on the Internet." ”

"It seems that the two billion hanging red is indeed very tempting, attracting so many talented people... Is that post still hanging on the dark web? The old man nodded thoughtfully.

"Within an hour of the launch of the hanging red post, the Rock Flow Research Institute used Kaguya to hack the so-called 'hunter website' on the dark web, violently canceled the post and the poster's account, paralyzed the entire website for half an hour, and locked the IP of the person behind the hunter website in the background and issued a real-name warning."

"Real-name warning?" The old man paused: "Is it in the name of the family?" ”

"Yes, but not intimidation." Gen Zhisheng shook his head: "We let Kaguya threaten them that if they insist on keeping that hanging red sticker, then all the 'affairs' of this forum that set foot on Japanese soil will be obstructed and interfered with by local organizations, and all members of the forum will also be ostracized and rejected by the underground forces of this country - they are the ones who are begging for a living in the shadows, and we are the ones who create shadows in this place." ”

"The hunter website doesn't want to give up the long-term cake because of short-term interests, so it chooses a compromise, a good way to deal with it, and your thinking has begun to gradually transform, if it was before, you would probably choose to fight with that website head-on, which will inevitably lead to a lot of unnecessary bloodshed." The old man praised.

"But even so, there are still many undead bounty hunters who choose to take the risk to seek popularity, and the 'S' class photos of the headquarters have spread all over the dark side of Tokyo, and almost every underworld organization in the streets and alleys, and even the unruly yakuza know that there is a boy in this city who is worth two billion heads." Yuan Zhisheng said in a deep voice: "It is said that there has been bad news recently, even the people of the killer organization have been eyeing him, the hanging red of the hunter website has a great meaning of going out of the circle, and the personnel from all walks of life in the underground have smelled the fishy smell and want to get involved in it, and the prestige of the Eight Snake Qi families can persuade most of them to quit, but they can't get rid of the greedy hyena jackal." ”

"Two billion hanging red, I haven't seen such a large amount in a long time, even if my head is on the side of the fierce ghosts, the price is only 800 million yen." The old man sighed slightly, his photo still exists in the underground forces at the moment, but his own power and power have reached an unimaginable peak, even if he is walking alone in the downtown area, no one will dare to quietly point the silencer at him.

But Lin Nian couldn't, he wasn't a local, he floated like rootless duckweed in the muddy waters of Tokyo, and beneath the rippling waters of the city in the torrential rain were schools of bloodthirsty goblins, all trying to rip off a piece of flesh from his body, so that the blood would smear in the pool and cause even more attention, and the chaos that would cause a stormy wave.

"The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, the deterrent power of the family does exist, but it is obvious that the more time passes, the more bold those people become, and there have been three incidents of infiltrating and spying in Genji Heavy Industries recently. Two Russians, one French, the first two seem to be partners, one is a pathfinder, the other is hacking, the former is noticed by Kaguya Hime to appear frequently in nearby cafes and zebra crossing traffic lights, and the latter is lured into a fake backdoor vulnerability when the computer invades and is locked to the IP address. ”

"Did you catch them all?"

"The night they infiltrated, and a team of Executive Board commissioners were waiting for them in full gear, but it turned out that the two were just ordinary people, who were put down with stun batons without even pulling out their guns in the face of half-bloods, and are now locked up in the basement."

"What about the Frenchman?"

"Pretending to be our insider, he was detained and interrogated by the security guards, although the documents were very real, but unfortunately he came to the wrong place, and after being pointed out his true identity, he raised his hand and surrendered without any resistance, and is now also locked up in the basement."

"Have there been three incursions directly targeting the Genji Mansion in just one week? Lin Jun's position has been exposed, and it looks like the situation is really bad. The old man pinched the bridge of his nose and put down the teaglass.

"What's worse, these three intruders are just frizzy ordinary people, according to Kaguyahime's investigation, the 'hunter website' that posted the red post has netted the 'hunters' of the whole world, and most of the tasks posted on the website are related to archaeology, the occult, and even tomb robbing, feng shui, and alchemy." Gen Zhisheng said: "Usually mentioning these gods and ghosts must be related to the dragon civilization, under Kaguyahime's calculations, there are a small number of half-bloods in the 'hunter website', and there are many candidates who can be called elites among the half-bloods. ”

"Is there a file for it?"

"Kaguya has already retrieved information from the background of the website, and there are about four or five hunters who deserve our special attention, judging from their mission experience and past resumes, they are all hybrids with an estimated bloodline rating of 'A', and they are also very famous in the industry."

"And what are you going to do next?" The old man asked again.

Yuan Zhisheng paused for a moment and didn't answer immediately, he touched the still warm teacup and whispered: "Dad, it seems that you are the patriarch of the Eight Snake Qi families, this conversation should be me asking for your opinion, and you give me orders." ”

"Oh, if you don't say I'll forget, it looks like you're already a child." The head of the Eight Snake Families, the head of the Tachibana family, Tachibana Masamune looked at the Yuan Zhisheng beside him and smiled and said, "Why don't you let me listen to your arrangements as the director of the Executive Bureau?" ”

"Repatriate him back to headquarters." Yuan Zhisheng said without hesitation.

"You think this department is much safer than we are?"

"No, I just don't want to pay for his actions, once the chaos in the city over the hanging red spreads massively, a lot of people will die—our people." Yuan Zhisheng said lightly.

Tachibana Masamune nodded slowly and recognized Gen Zhisheng's words, but he said, "Don't forget, if the information is not wrong, the king general who is eyeing him is also our old friend." In the Shinjuku bombing, there were also people in our own family who were harmed, and this can no longer be regarded as a simple hanging of the red, and this time the 2 billion hanging of the head office can be said to be the 'internal affairs' of our Snake Eight family. ”

"Internal affairs, internal solutions, you can't put the mess out for others to see the joke." Gen Zhisheng lowered his eyes and said the meaning of Tachibana Masamune's words: "The 'S' rank of the headquarters can't leave Tokyo, at least not until the Hanging Red Incident is resolved, this is a contest between the Fierce Oni and the Snake Eight Family through him, once we let go, it means that we have avoided the edge of the Fierce Oni and taken the initiative to 'admit defeat'." ”

"This will have a very bad impact in the circle of influence in Japan itself, and some of the swinging forces that are wandering around the Fierce Oni and the Eight Families of Snake Qi will make the wrong choice, and it will also lay the groundwork for more bloodshed in the future." Tachibana Masamune's clear eyes were full of the coldness and unquestionability of the high-ranking person: "The arrogance of the fierce ghosts must be suppressed, and Lin Jun can't leave the protection of his family, at least not in the near future." ”

"But how long is this going to drag?" Yuan Zhisheng looked at the courtyard outside the eaves, which was blurred by heavy rain, and only felt that the whole world was filled with the sound of the tide: "We can't protect him for a lifetime, and he won't be willing to be under house arrest for so long." ”

"That hanging red post will no longer appear, and the Internet has no memory." Tachibana Masamune said, "It is people who have memories, and when those who come there are almost dead enough to learn from them, the matter is settled." ”

"Daddy, what do you mean..."

"There is blood to be shed to quell the incident, and when necessary, no matter which side, some blood will be released for inducement, for intimidation." "So we need to create some bloody opportunities to deter hyenas and jackals, and let them know that there is a price to be paid for gnawing bones in our mouths," Masamune Tachibana said. ”

"In the near future, you can let Lin Jun go out for a walk, and remember to arrange some people around him to watch him."

Gen Zhisheng raised his head slightly, and smelled the smell of bloody wind and rain from Tokyo in the tidal water.