Villainous Second Miss Becomes a God in Supernatural Tokyo 166

Chapter 166: Natsuba Genryū Takes the Blame Unjustly

Kujō Mien’s red lips curled into a barely perceptible smile, which then immediately turned into a look of panic.

She quickly knelt down and righted Kujō Tōkawa’s head.

She even managed to stick the half-peeled-off piece of skin back on.

And Kujō Sujin, seeing Kujō Tōkawa’s head, his wine-red pupils suddenly filled with a dangerous glint. The smell of blood in the air grew thicker, almost choking.

“Mien, what do you mean by this?”

“As I thought…”

“You’ve defected to the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain. Are you trying to intimidate me?!”

“Have you mistaken your own identity and status?!!”

Kujō Sujin, seeing Kujō Mien’s actions, laughed in anger, and it was ridiculous!

Could it be that Kujō Mien had seen Natsuba Rinrei’s actions and thought she could imitate her, using the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain’s identity to pressure him?

But Kujō Mien simply couldn’t understand.

Her existence and Natsuba Rinrei’s were completely different. First of all, Natsuba Rinrei was a direct descendant of the Natsuba family.

Just this one layer of identity separated the two by a world of difference.

The reason a direct descendant was a direct descendant was because they enjoyed the protection of the gods in the main residence. Even Natsuba Genryū, if he were to act against Natsuba Rinrei in the main residence, would be attacked by the divinity of the gods.

Although he wouldn’t be killed by the gods, his vitality would be greatly damaged.

In the rules of the gods, infighting among direct descendants in the family was forbidden!

And if Natsuba Genryū didn’t act against her in the main residence, but waited until Natsuba Rinrei went out, then this restriction would become the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain.

Natsuba Genryū didn’t want the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain to descend upon the Natsuba main residence again.

Natsuba Rinrei’s status as a direct descendant, combined with her strength and the marriage contract, all these factors had created her special status.

And Kujō Mien?

In the Kujō family, the one with the blood ability was the direct descendant. A branch of the blood ability was nothing!

Just a higher-level blood food to provide a higher level of power for the one with the blood ability.

Not only that, but unlike Natsuba Rinrei’s previous situation, the Kujō and Natsuba conglomerates now had a cooperative relationship.

The combined strength of the two families, facing the now-weakened Master of Summer Harvest Mountain, was undoubtedly the more advantageous side.

How dare Kujō Mien use the weaker side to threaten the stronger side?

Almost instantly, a killing intent filled Kujō Sujin’s eyes.

He wanted to crush the impertinent Kujō Mien before him.

And when Kujō Mien keenly sensed Kujō Sujin’s intention, she immediately knew that using her mother’s identity to pressure the Kujō family was no longer feasible.

According to her original, simplest plan, she would just use the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain’s identity to intimidate him.

This way, Kujō Sujin wouldn’t act rashly, wouldn’t let her go free, and wouldn’t let her die. At most, he would imprison her.

As for the people who would imprison her, at most it would be a few B-ranks or peak B-ranks.

But her current strength was such that she could break through to A-rank at any time.

As long as she waited for her mother to attack the Kujō family, she could instantly break through to A-rank. At that time, she could assist her mother in fighting from the inside, for example, by canceling all the barriers.

However, it seemed that was not feasible now.

That old geezer Kujō Sujin, she didn’t know where he had gotten the courage and confidence, but he was not afraid of her mother at all.

She could only use a slightly more complicated method.

Thinking of this, Kujō Mien’s beautiful, charming wine-red eyes suddenly widened, and a look of disbelief appeared on her face.

Crystal-clear, hazy tears welled up in her eyes, like a pear blossom in the rain.

“Uncle Sujin, how can you say that about me…”

“I didn’t defect to Summer Harvest Mountain at all.”

“I risked my life to bring back Uncle Tōkawa’s head. I wanted to give him a proper burial…”

“But you suspect me just because I’m the only one who came back…”

“If I had known, I would have rather defected to Summer Harvest Mountain!”

At the end, to enhance the authenticity, Kujō Mien’s heartbreak gradually transformed into a disappointment with the Kujō family and Kujō Sujin, and she even became angry.

The change in emotion was seamless.

As expected of a new top student in Summer Harvest Mountain’s corporate culture.

And before, Kujō Sujin’s mind had already been filled with a bunch of punishments for Kujō Mien. But suddenly hearing her explanation, he couldn’t help but be taken aback.

Most importantly, when he used the surrounding bloodlust and blood mist to sense her blood and organs…

He found that the throbbing was not like a lie, but more like anger.

After all, having mastered the blood of a branch of the blood ability, as a blood ability user, he had absolute control over the blood. He could analyze and judge related information from the blood of a branch of the blood ability.

He could even control life and death, let alone sense emotions.

In other words, he had wronged Kujō Mien?

But the deaths of Kujō Kōta and Kujō Tōkawa were still full of suspicious points. What was going on?

Kujō Mien looked at Kujō Sujin’s uncertain expression.

She knew his heart had been shaken, and she could proceed with her next words.

She sighed deeply and gently wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.

She pursed her red lips and continued,

“Uncle Sujin, even if you treat me like this, I’m still a member of the Kujō family.”

“I’ll tell you the real situation.”

“Look.”

“Please take a closer look at Uncle Tōkawa’s wound, and the wound on his head.”

Kujō Mien guided Kujō Sujin’s gaze.

She had been in the Kujō family for so long. Although her talent had a limit, her learning ability did not.

She had learned all kinds of social skills and had guessed everyone’s thoughts. She was a veritable social butterfly.

Although Kujō Mien and Natsuba Rinrei’s combat talent were both very high, and they had grown up through constant fighting since they were young, and had been through hundreds of battles…

But the two of them had many differences.

If Natsuba Rinrei was a red dragon, with strength being paramount, and she had improved her strength step by step with her tenacious and stubborn personality, without borrowing any external objects, relying only on herself…

Then Kujō Mien was relying on her appearance, her feigned likable personality, and her specific words for specific people, and had done everything she could to obtain resources.

So, compared to Natsuba Rinrei, Kujō Mien’s intelligence was also first-rate.

It could be said that Natsuba Hanae had not taken Kujō Mien with her, but had let her continue to show herself in the Kujō family. This undoubtedly showed her own value.

Her strategy was by no means inferior to Kujō Sujin’s.

Of course, because Kujō Sujin had been focusing on stabilizing his own strength for many years, his mind was a bit muddled.

But Kujō Sujin’s arrogance and pride would not be lost because of his muddled mind, but would instead be aggravated.

And facing this kind of person, Kujō Mien was very adept.

Because…

—All the direct descendants of the blood ability were this kind of person!

Facing them, Kujō Mien would not directly state her own views to clear her name, because they were more willing to believe what they thought and saw.

Kujō Sujin was just like that.

So, Kujō Mien would guide him in this direction.

Her fingertip pointed at Kujō Tōkawa’s severed head.

He saw that the cut was smooth and even, and there was a faint supernatural power spreading there, with a hazy, spreading feeling, and a faint, pale golden airflow.

Before, because Kujō Sujin had been almost certain that Kujō Mien had betrayed him, he had not looked at Kujō Tōkawa’s head carefully. But now, looking at the supernatural power emanating from it, his wine-red pupils couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

“This is?!!”

And Kujō Mien’s red lips curled into a faint smile.

Clearly, Kujō Sujin had already made a judgment.

Next, it was up to her to guide him and have him follow her plan.

“That’s right, Uncle Sujin.”

“This is a residual supernatural power that does not belong to the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain, does not belong to Natsuba Rinrei, and does not belong to a blood ability.”

“It’s another supernatural user hidden in the Hero Association!”

“And his strength is between A-rank and the B-rank critical point.”

“When Kōta and I had just fallen from the upper floors, we were on the ground floor, and we saw Uncle Tōkawa… just being beheaded by a supernatural user…”

“If I had been a little faster, I feel I could have saved him…”

At this, Kujō Mien showed a hint of sadness, clenched her fists, as if she were hating her own weakness.

“He was wearing a golden bird mask, so he must be a member of the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain!”

“And after that, Kōta and I fought together, but in the face of his powerful offensive ability, we were no match for him.”

“Kōta was killed by her and turned into a pool of blood.”

“I couldn’t bear to see Uncle Tōkawa’s body exposed, so I picked up a part of him and desperately ran, desperately ran!”

“Even though I was seriously injured along the way, I still ran regardless of everything!”

“Just as I was about to be caught, he heard a huge sound and then rushed in that direction.”

“And so, I managed to save my life.”

Kujō Mien only stated the “facts” she had described, and did not try to manipulate Kujō Sujin’s thoughts.

The rest, he would fill in himself.

According to what Kujō Mien thought, the situation he had imagined was nothing more than that the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain had hidden a hand, and had a powerful member hidden in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

And the subsequent departure of that member was basically easy to imagine. It was because the battle between the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain and Natsuba Taiga had caused a great commotion, and she had gone back to help.

However, when Kujō Mien looked at Kujō Sujin, she found that his wine-red pupils were staring at that supernatural power without moving, and his breathing had become rapid. His chest heaved up and down, as if he were very angry.

His emotions also revealed a hint of disbelief.

Then, Kujō Sujin condensed a void blood hand and shattered Kujō Tōkawa’s head with a smack. Blood splattered everywhere.

And that pale golden aura was about to dissipate.

But it was immediately held and wrapped by Kujō Sujin’s blood hand, and floated before his eyes for a closer look.

And with Kujō Sujin’s rapid breathing, the atmosphere became heavier and heavier.

Finally, he let out a long sigh.

“Natsuba Genryū, what a good move!!!”

Kujō Mien: “??????”

Hearing this, she immediately shut down. How did things suddenly turn to Natsuba Genryū?

Then, Kujō Sujin looked at Kujō Mien, his expression no longer sharp and filled with killing intent, but softened.

“Mien, I wronged you.”

“This is all Natsuba Genryū’s conspiracy.”

“That person with the golden bird mask is not a member of the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain, but a member of the Natsuba conglomerate.”

“If not for the fact that I had the honor of seeing this ability before, I would have been fooled by that old geezer Natsuba Genryū!”

Kujō Sujin’s eyes shone brightly as he stared at the pale golden aura before him. He gritted his teeth.

“This is the unique Qi ability of the Natsuba conglomerate’s Chikari branch!!!”

“I have to say, Natsuba Genryū is very thoughtful. He even changed the color of the Qi ability through some special method. But I fought with someone from the Chikari branch before, and this battle record was not made public, so even that old geezer Natsuba Genryū doesn’t know that I’ve seen the Qi ability!”

The Chikari branch was a branch family that the Natsuba conglomerate had subdued in recent decades.

Originally, this branch was in a remote mountain village, not in the public eye. And Kujō Sujin, when he was young, had once accidentally encountered someone from this branch in a deep mountain old forest and had fought with him.

In the end, he had successfully killed him. Later, the Chikari branch was subdued by Natsuba Genryū and had been doing the work of hunting supernatural beings alone. They would not fight with supernatural users.

Few people could see the Chikari branch kill supernatural beings, let alone personally experience the terror of the Qi ability.

As for Natsuba Genryū’s purpose, Kujō Sujin thought for a moment.

And it was easy to guess.

To judge others by oneself.

Just as he wanted to seize the Natsuba god and the benefits of the Natsuba conglomerate, the Natsuba conglomerate was no different.

The four major conglomerates.

No matter which one was weakened, the share of the cake for the other three would greatly increase.

Natsuba Genryū’s feigned sincerity and cooperation with the Kujō family, no, it could also be said to be sincere.

Because joining forces with the Kujō family and weakening the Kujō family and eliminating Summer Harvest Mountain were not in conflict.

This would also lead to a win-win situation for the Natsuba and Kujō conglomerates. The Natsuba conglomerate would win twice, and the Kujō family would lose badly.

And the Chikari branch’s supernatural user’s thinking was also very simple. At the beginning, the goal was to annihilate Kujō Tōkawa, Kujō Kōta, and Kujō Mien.

This was based on importance.

Kujō Tōkawa was an A-rank sorcerer. He was a support but not strong in combat, so of course he was killed first. And Kujō Kōta was a blood ability user, so he was killed second.

Kujō Mien was the least important, so she was killed last.

However, Kujō Mien’s combat awareness was high, so she was not killed for a while. Until the explosion, it was highly likely that Natsuba Taiga had encountered some danger, so the Chikari branch had given up on chasing the least important Kujō Mien and had gone to help him.

If not for Kujō Mien bringing back Kujō Tōkawa’s head and discovering the information about the Qi ability…

He would probably still be in the dark.

Thinking of this, he said with a hint of warmth,

“Mien, go to my private collection and take a blood food to replenish yourself.”

“As for Natsuba Genryū…”

“We’ll see!!”

Kujō Mien: “??????”

She was still confused now.

What had just happened?

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