Chapter 260: Natsuba Genryū’s Rage
Mizuō Ja?
Hearing the words from outside the door, a thought flashed in Natsuba Genryū’s mind.
And Natsuba Genryū quickly remembered the other’s information.
After all, for this steward of the Mizuō branch, whose strength was second only to Mizuō Morishige, Natsuba Genryū’s impression was still fresh in his memory.
More importantly, Mizuō Ja and Mizuō Morishige’s positions were somewhat opposite.
Although this was not a good thing for the unity of the Mizuō branch…
But for Natsuba Genryū, who was a superior, this was a good thing. It meant that he could learn about the internal affairs of the Mizuō branch from two channels.
So for Mizuō Ja, Natsuba Genryū also held him in quite high regard.
Since his plan was already finished, and there was nothing else major…
Natsuba Genryū just wanted to call Natsuba Yosuke over to get acquainted. So to let Mizuō Ja in was no big deal.
As his thoughts turned, Natsuba Genryū had already made a decision.
And Natsuba Genryū said in a deep voice,
“Come in.”
“Yes!”
Soon, a hoarse, but clearly excited, reply came from outside the door.
A man with slicked-back, dark green hair, and wearing a dark green suit of the same color, holding a package, walked in. His cloudy, snake-like pupils swept over the people inside, giving them an uncomfortable and strange feeling.
When Mizuō Ja saw Kamishiro Hime and Tamamo-no-Mae…
His snake-like pupils constricted slightly. Mizuō Ja naturally recognized these two famous people.
Kamishiro Hime, naturally, need not be mentioned. She was the current representative and heir to the Kamishiro imperial family. Almost no supernatural user did not know her.
And Tamamo-no-Mae, as the Saigū of the Ryūko Shrine of the imperial family, and with her having healed many supernatural users and commoners before, her reputation among the public was also quite good.
Mizuō Ja of course also recognized Tamamo-no-Mae.
And Mizuō Ja also immediately understood that in this situation, it was probably a situation where the family head was discussing some cooperation with the imperial family.
Mizuō Ja’s cloudy, snake-like pupils flickered slightly, and then he knelt before Natsuba Genryū and said,
“Greetings, Family Head.”
After all, as a supernatural user under the rule of the Kamishiro imperial family, after Mizuō Ja had come in, he should have first knelt to Kamishiro Hime.
And then to Natsuba Genryū.
However, the current Mizuō Ja had first knelt to Natsuba Genryū.
In this, there was naturally also Mizuō Ja’s consideration.
Mizuō Ja had done this specifically to curry favor with Natsuba Genryū.
After all, as a steward of the Natsuba conglomerate, Mizuō Ja’s entire life would be dedicated to Natsuba Genryū. Moreover, to kneel to Natsuba Genryū first would make him feel comfortable and happy, and Natsuba Genryū might even reward him with the position of a senior steward or a supernatural material.
But if Mizuō Ja had knelt to Kamishiro Hime first…
Even if this was the normal procedure, more or less, it would also make Natsuba Genryū a little unhappy.
So, even if Mizuō Ja’s impression score in Kamishiro Hime’s heart dropped a little, Mizuō Ja didn’t rely on the imperial family for a living. If it dropped, it dropped.
And a ripple appeared in Kamishiro Hime’s pure white beautiful eyes. Clearly, she had also sensed this strange and out-of-place feeling.
But Kamishiro Hime didn’t pay much attention.
After all, in Kamishiro Hime’s eyes, as a member of Summer Harvest Mountain, the other supernatural users of the Natsuba main residence who did not belong to her mother were all already dead people.
And Kamishiro Hime’s gaze, rather than looking at Mizuō Ja, was more attracted by the package in his hand.
Compared to Mizuō Ja, his package was more likely to arouse Kamishiro Hime’s curiosity.
Because in Kamishiro Hime’s view…
The package before her, not only was its material made of a Calamity-level supernatural material, but it also had a power above A-rank, and the opening was sealed, to prevent it from being casually opened.
In other words, besides an A-rank or higher supernatural user, it was simply impossible to open this package.
A package with such measures did indeed arouse a lot of Kamishiro Hime’s curiosity.
And Mizuō Ja felt even more that the package in his hand was very likely to allow him to be promoted to the position of a senior steward in one fell swoop.
In reality, this package was not on Mizuō Ja at first.
But on Mizuō Morishige.
When Mizuō Ja was in the Mizuō branch land, a “coincidental” opportunity…
He had heard that Mizuō Morishige was quietly discussing something with Mizuō Rin in a room. And Mizuō Ja had been extremely “lucky” to have heard the key information.
The general content was that this package was given to Mizuō Morishige by Natsuba Hanae, and was to be given to Natsuba Genryū.
It seemed to be of great value.
Mizuō Morishige’s words implied that if the package could be given to Natsuba Genryū, it would be a great achievement.
This made Mizuō Ja feel greedy. He was only one step away from being a senior steward. And in the Mizuō branch, his relationship with Mizuō Morishige had long since been not very friendly, and could even be said to be bad.
Mizuō Ja naturally didn’t want Mizuō Morishige’s status to be raised a notch in front of Natsuba Genryū. So Mizuō Ja had “silently” stolen this package.
And the A-rank and above seal on it, and the material of the package, all represented that what Mizuō Morishige had said was not false.
The contents of this package were clearly extremely important.
Although Mizuō Ja could not open this package, and could not verify what was inside…
But based on the known information, the contents of this package were enough for him to gain a great achievement. This was enough.
Although Mizuō Ja’s current strength was inferior to Mizuō Morishige’s, as long as he obtained the reward of a supernatural material, with his own ability, in a few years, he would not be without a chance of advancing to A-rank.
Once Mizuō Ja advanced to A-rank, and with the favor of Natsuba Genryū from this package, he could also compete for the position of the head of the Mizuō branch. His future was limitless.
Every time Mizuō Ja thought of this, his cloudy, snake-like pupils were filled with a look of greed.
One day, Mizuō Ja would climb to the top of Mizuō Morishige’s head.
Then, from now on.
In Mizuō Ja’s lowered head, his lips curled into a twisted and extremely excited sinister grin.
And Mizuō Ja said,
“Family Head, your subordinate wants to present this to you.”
“This package is a gift from Natsuba Hanae.”
With that, Mizuō Ja raised his hands high, waiting for Natsuba Genryū to take the package from his hands.
Seeing this…
Natsuba Genryū’s pale golden pupils narrowed slightly, and his mind began to race with imagination.
A gift from Natsuba Hanae?
As far as Natsuba Genryū knew, Natsuba Hanae was being watched by Chikari Tanishi and Mizuō Morishige. And the relationship between Mizuō Morishige and Mizuō Ja was not good. Even if it was a so-called gift, how could it have gotten into Mizuō Ja’s hands?
Of course, this was insignificant.
No matter what means Mizuō Ja had used to get this thing, Natsuba Genryū didn’t care.
Rather, the matter of Natsuba Hanae giving him a gift was more interesting to Natsuba Genryū.
Was it a plea for mercy?
To use the precious materials Natsuba Hanae had gotten from Summer Harvest Mountain to plead for mercy with Natsuba Genryū?
Natsuba Genryū didn’t know what was inside.
Or was it that it did not contain any materials, but some information about Summer Harvest Mountain from Natsuba Hanae?
All of this was unknown.
But Natsuba Genryū would know as long as he opened it.
There were no outsiders present. If it was information, it would be even better. It could enrich Natsuba Genryū’s plan and destroy all of Summer Harvest Mountain with smaller losses.
As for whether Natsuba Genryū would forgive Natsuba Hanae or not…
Ridiculous. Since Natsuba Hanae had already betrayed the Natsuba conglomerate, there was no turning back.
After all, Natsuba Hanae’s betrayal was ultimately because Natsuba Genryū had been too merciful in the past, and had been too indulgent of those two goods.
Especially now that the descendants were withering…
Natsuba Genryū shouldn’t have promised to let Natsuba Hanae and Natsuba Rinrei marry.
He should have just imprisoned them, and let them be used by anyone, to leave as many bloodlines as possible for the Natsuba conglomerate.
And to completely become a birthing tool.
As for if the information Natsuba Hanae had provided was valuable enough, after she had given birth to enough bloodlines, Natsuba Genryū would let her die a quick death. This was already his greatest and only mercy.
Natsuba Genryū slowly stood up and took the package from Mizuō Ja’s hands.
The moment Natsuba Genryū took it, he felt it a little, and felt something was wrong. What was inside was clearly not a box, and it didn’t look like it contained any information paper.
Could it be that the information was a unique token?
Or was there no information at all, just a pure and precious supernatural material?
However, no matter what…
Since Kamishiro Hime was present, Natsuba Genryū also had to watch it together, to avoid letting her misunderstand that he was hiding something.
Natsuba Genryū placed the package on the table.
And Natsuba Genryū said to Kamishiro Hime,
“Lady Hime, this is a package from Hanae. I suspect the contents are related to Summer Harvest Mountain. Let’s take a look together.”
Hearing this, Kamishiro Hime nodded.
She knew that what was inside was definitely not some information about Summer Harvest Mountain. Even if it was information, it would definitely not be true information.
However, what her mother had put inside, Kamishiro Hime was looking forward to it.
“Open it.”
Kamishiro Hime pursed her pink lips and said softly.
When Natsuba Genryū heard this, in his pale golden pupils, a powerful killing intent immediately boiled and opened. A suffocating violent aura gradually spread.
In the next moment, Natsuba Genryū’s index finger transformed into a small, cold knife.
There was no need to inject any killing intent.
With just the seal of an early A-rank, Natsuba Genryū fiercely swung his right hand.
And the seal was completely broken.
Then, the package was slowly opened.
A thick, bloody smell instantly filled this area, and it washed away the fragrance of the tea.
And the contents of the package were also reflected in everyone’s eyes.
And what was presented…
—Was clearly Natsuba Yosuke’s head, his eyes wide open in death!
In Natsuba Yosuke’s wide-open, lusterless eyes, there was confusion and bewilderment, but more was a desire for life and an unwillingness to die.
When Kamishiro Hime and Tamamo-no-Mae saw Natsuba Yosuke’s head…
A look of astonishment appeared in their eyes. The two of them looked at each other and immediately understood that this was probably their mother’s mischievous prank.
As far as Kamishiro Hime and Tamamo-no-Mae knew, the Natsuba conglomerate attached great importance to its male direct descendants, and even to a pathological degree.
And Natsuba Kouryu and Natsuba Taiga had been killed by Kamishiro Hime’s mother before.
The only one left, Natsuba Yosuke, for Natsuba Genryū, could be called the only seedling.
But this only seedling, without Natsuba Genryū’s knowledge at all, was also killed by Kamishiro Hime’s mother, and was nakedly presented before Natsuba Genryū.
Her mother’s move of attacking the heart was simply unbelievably ruthless.
Kamishiro Hime and Tamamo-no-Mae looked at Natsuba Genryū, who had always been known for his calmness and indifference, and was nicknamed the “Human Butcher.”
They only saw that Natsuba Genryū’s entire body was now uncontrollably trembling.
An incomparably powerful killing intent was unconsciously enveloping his entire body, and like a boiling lava, a churning wave completely spread. The killing intent in the air was as thick as if one were in a sea.
Natsuba Genryū’s pale golden eyes had been dyed a crimson red, and the red light shone brightly. The reason within was minimal.
—Kill! Kill! Kill!!!
Damn Natsuba Hanae, damn Summer Harvest Mountain!!!!
I will slaughter them all! I wish I could drink their blood and eat their flesh to relieve the hatred in my heart!!!!
Natsuba Genryū’s teeth were grinding loudly.
The veins on his two hands bulged like coiling pythons, and they wriggled and wreaked havoc. Natsuba Genryū fiercely slammed the table.
In the next moment, the table instantly shattered into pieces, and Natsuba Yosuke’s head couldn’t help but roll on the ground a few times. But Natsuba Genryū didn’t even glance at it.
And Natsuba Genryū roared,
“Damn it————!!!”
“Natsuba Hanae, you damn it——————!!!”
“A thousand cuts are not enough to appease the hatred in my heart! I will make you suffer forever!!!”
Natsuba Genryū’s eyes were full of killing intent as he stood up.
And he looked at Mizuō Ja, who was kneeling before him.
At this moment, Mizuō Ja was terrified. He stared at Natsuba Yosuke’s head not far away. Even if Mizuō Ja had racked his brains, he simply couldn’t understand that the package that Mizuō Morishige had cherished was this thing.
Mizuō Ja looked at Natsuba Genryū, whose killing intent was boiling, but who was also gradually calming down and was filled with an indifferent expression.
And Mizuō Ja immediately said,
“Family Head, I didn’t know that what was in the package was Young Master Yosuke…”
“Right… right… this package was from Mizuō M—”
Mizuō Ja wanted to blame Mizuō Morishige to save himself.
However, suddenly…
Clang—!
Before Mizuō Ja could finish his sentence…
A sound of a sword being drawn, carrying a sky-piercing killing intent, suddenly sounded.
Mizuō Ja, with his eyebrow as the center, his entire body was split in two, and instantly transformed into two halves, and fell to both sides. Blood splattered all over the green tatami.
A mess of red and white was everywhere.
At some point, Natsuba Genryū’s right arm had already transformed into a sinister sword, gleaming with a crystalline blood red.
When Mizuō Ja had been killed, the sword had returned to Natsuba Genryū’s right arm.
Natsuba Genryū’s accumulated anger was only slightly relieved, and he barely held on to his remaining reason.
No matter what, Mizuō Ja had to die.
The man had presented Natsuba Yosuke’s head. He could not possibly escape responsibility.
Natsuba Genryū was stunned for a moment, and looked at Natsuba Yosuke’s head on the ground.
Besides his anger, a strange sadness rose from his heart.
It wasn’t sadness for Natsuba Yosuke’s death, but sadness for the fact that the Natsuba conglomerate was really going to decline like this.
But sad as Natsuba Genryū was…
Only Summer Harvest Mountain, this debt, this blood feud, Natsuba Genryū would never easily forget!!!
They had destroyed the foundation of his direct descendants!!
After a long time of thought…
Natsuba Genryū took a few deep breaths, and his face, from ferocious and angry, forcibly calmed down.
Natsuba Genryū once again quietly knelt in his previous position.
And said faintly,
“The internal affairs of the Natsuba conglomerate, I’ve made a fool of myself in front of Lady Hime and the Saigū.”
Natsuba Genryū was outwardly calm, but in reality, he was like a volcano about to erupt, and seemed to be about to completely boil and vent in the next moment.
And Natsuba Genryū continued,
“Regarding the plan…”
“It can be implemented tomorrow.”
