In the evening, the main hall.

The floor is covered with tatami mats, there are no shrines or Buddha statues, and the inner walls are all ukiyo-e, all of which are made by everyone, with exquisite lines and dripping brushwork, and every detail is lifelike in the war of demons and gods, and without exception, the characters have eyes as bright as gold.

Hundreds of people sat in the main hall, and in addition to their lineage, position, seniority, merit, etc. were also important bases for ordering, and everyone knew their position.

Jiang Yuan sat in the horizontal column of the Uesugi family, because the three families withered, and there were fewer people who were qualified to attend the meeting, he actually looked a little empty in front of him, and the two gray-haired old men straightened their backs, as the elders who had entered the strategic department of the family and were almost idle, Uesugi Crane and Uesugi Rotten Tree rarely showed their energy, but judging from their age, they may not be able to stay in the world for a few years.

And at the front is a girl with long dark red hair, covered with black veil, wearing a man's black pattern Fu Yuori, who is playing with a game console as if no one is around at the moment, in such a solemn environment, the shrine has specially prepared a projector and screen for her.

From the perspective of contemporary hybrids, the high risk of blood is a hidden danger, but in the more traditional shrine system, high risk to a certain extent is a symbol of glory, inherited from the power of the three noble sons, so that the god lord is willing to consider himself a servant, and the girl named Eri Uesugi is a well-deserved eldest lady here.

Xia Mi secretly poked someone's waist, Jiang Yuan was expressionless, he was always not good at making trouble in public, and this behavior was a little naïve.

"Patriarch, more than half of the participants arrived, the elders of the Strategy Department, such as Shi Shuzhai, Dan Shengyan, Upper Left, Uesugi Tsuru, etc., the head of the Liaison Department and his subordinates counted 27 people, the three major surnames counted 16 people, the five minor surnames counted 84 people, the Executive Board cadres counted 24 people, the Kanto branch under the jurisdiction of the Japanese branch of the Kassel Academy, the branch head and team leader 13 people, the Kansai branch branch head and team leader 12 people, the Iwayu Research Institute 10 people, and the Maruyama Construction Institute 5 people...... Three hundred and twenty people were here. ”

The black-clad secretary presented the register to the silver-haired old man.

"Mr. Masamune, please."

Tachibana Masamune's face was quite majestic, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes indicated that he was no longer young, and he was carefully browsing the list of attendees.

Jiang Yuan saw that Yuan Zhisheng was late, and the crow and the yaksha followed, this guy has never liked this kind of activity, if he could, he would have to run away by taking care of his head, but the other party came patiently, indicating that the situation is estimated to be a bit serious.

Yabuki Sakura bowed and said, "Patriarch, the perimeter security has been checked by the young master, please instruct." ”

"Take a seat." Tachibana Masamune put down the list, and the annual meeting is also a New Year's celebration, but today there are important things.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have been sleeping at night since I became the patriarch, more than seven years, and you must have heard of the recent changes in my family, which is undoubtedly my dereliction of duty, and I apologize in advance."

Tachibana Masamune sat upright and bowed his head deeply.

Inuyama He hurriedly said loudly: "The death of the orthodox Yao family head is a negligence, how can you let everyone take responsibility for it, if you insist on this, I can only apologize." ”

In fact, almost everyone got the news, and the other party behaved like this, putting himself on the fire to roast, but after refuting it, the responsibility was determined, and it had nothing to do with the patriarch in public, and it could only be said that there was no loss.

Sure enough, Tachibana Masamune no longer pulled, but said directly: "The death of the head of the Yao family this time has led to the death of several A-level cadres and many B-level elites in the family, because the other party's appearance is to seek refuge, so the final consequences are very bad, and the fierce ghosts seem to smell the shark of blood, and they are already secretly preparing for a big move, next, I hope you can cheer up, the war is about to start, although it is not a full-scale conflict, but the family must maintain their dignity." ”

"Patriarch, what should we do?" Wind Demon Kotaro asked, he is the Great Prajna, to some extent equivalent to the deputy head of the family, and he will also do some praise work when it is critical.

"Repression." Tachibana Masamune's words were full of coldness, "Everyone here, including members of the family above the B level, need to be in charge of an area alone in the form of a group, directly lead the gangs in the area, and adopt a responsibility implementation system, the first stage is to suppress the movement of the fierce ghosts, and the head of the ghost can be exchanged for a bounty from Kagyahime, of course, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, this decision is only implemented within the family." ”

The uproar sounded, decentralization is bound to cause conflicts, and the underworld gangs attached to their own families may not honestly obey orders, which is a major decision to divide the entire underworld pattern, but if it can be effective, it can indeed play a role in suppressing the fierce ghosts.

The Sword Emperor incident has made the family lose face, and this move is undoubtedly re-establishing its majesty.

Jiang Yuan lost interest in the next discussion, the Uesugi family's right to speak is basically on the head of the family, and Uesugi Eri has no concept of her own rights and interests, usually the same as Gen Zhisheng's choice, and Gen Zhisheng regards Tachibana Masamune as his master and father, in other words, the inner three families are actually the first word of the family.

Inuyama He stepped down from the Kassel branch, the head of the Wind Demon family is a great Prajna, the head of the Ryoma family does not like power struggles, the head of the Sakurai family has a natural disadvantage, the head of the Miyamoto family is dedicated to scientific research, and the entire snake family seems to be hopeless at present.

Jiang Yuan didn't have the idea of revealing Tachibana Masamune's identity to Gen Zhisheng, even if he was justified, the other party would think that he seemed to be thinking, but in fact he was sorting out his prejudices.

At the front of the main hall are eight small tables, each of which houses a different long knife with a different family crest carved in gold, such as the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum of the Tachibana family, the gentian of the Gen family, the bamboo and finch of the Uesugi family, the red ghost of the Inuyama family, the spider of the Kazemo family, the horse head of the Ryoma family, the phoenix of the Sakurai family, and the Yaksha of the Miyamoto family.

Under the small table, Tachibana Masamune wrote the words "war" and "forbearance" on the paper scroll according to the custom, the former is sharp, the latter is mellow and ruyi, and they all have the demeanor of everyone.

At the end of the discussion, the participants stepped forward to vote one by one, and most of them wrote a stroke under the word "war", after all, decentralization is more beneficial than disadvantageous for individuals, Xia Mi saw that there were few strokes under the word "forbearance", and suddenly felt itchy, Jiang Yuan pressed her hand and failed to make it happen.

After leaving the shrine main hall, Kaguya sent a message to her phone.

[A-level cadres of this family, number A088, supervising the medium-sized underworld organization Black Snake Society, auxiliary personnel, B-level operators of this family, number B322, group: bamboo sparrow and shininger, please complete the initial control within ten days, the number of scavengers can be applied: 7 people, all operational personnel open the first-level self-defense counterattack authority, heavy weapons permission is prohibited, and the permission to use the spirit is passed.] ]

At the same time, Xia Mi's mobile phone also received a message, and the content was roughly the same.

(End of chapter)