If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

"Shit." Caesar blurted out almost without thinking. Fortunately, there were no other people from the same family around. Otherwise, as soon as he arrived, he would see the team leader of the headquarters calling their head a shit. He probably wouldn't even have to wait for the negotiation stage. He would have just smashed the cup as a signal and the three hundred swordsmen would have gone through the process.

Caesar suddenly shut up after realizing that he had said something wrong and exposed his emotions. This was very unprofessional behavior, and there was a sense of self-incrimination in it. He would not have made such a low-level mistake in the past. The main reason was that this was a big bomb right at the beginning, which made it seem that their efforts to get a confession and the various concerns about exposure on the way to cover up were stupid.

Of course, has Caesar ever considered the possibility that Tachibana Masamune's remarks might be deceptive?

If Tachibana Masamune's first words when he came up were: I know what you did last night.

Then Caesar would not have reacted so strongly. He would have just said calmly and humorously that it seemed that the problem of stalking and secretly filming in Japan was not only about the beauties on the train!

But Tachibana Masamune came up and said, "Thank you all for taking care of my daughter last night." It's really scary, isn't it? And considering that this is Japan, regional issues have caused this sentence to have even worse ambiguity. Didn't you see that before Caesar blurted out "shit", Lu Mingfei on the side had already widened his eyes and wanted to challenge Tachibana Masamune to a knight duel.

Seeing the reactions of everyone in the headquarters, Tachibana Masamune didn't say anything. He just calmly picked up the teacup in front of him, blew on the water and took a sip.

"Let me make it clear in advance that we have no idea what Mr. Masamune is talking about. A daughter? Do you have a daughter? It seems like you haven't formally introduced her to us yet?" Chu Zihang spoke, trying to fill Caesar's hole, but his words were a little weak. He was not the type who was good at speaking.

"Of course, if everyone in the headquarters insists, I can pretend that you did not bring Eri to Roppongi. After all, I went to Genji Heavy Industries this morning to look after my daughter and made sure that she was fine. Of course, we can pretend that this incident never happened, but the security issue of Genji Heavy Industries will have to be taken to a higher level, and the relevant personnel in charge of the monitoring room last night will have to resign." Tachibana Masamune said with a gentle smile.

Caesar and the others exchanged glances, and their expressions were somewhat subtle. The other party's attitude of having them taken advantage of made them a little uneasy. After all, they really didn't reveal anything last night, so why did Tachibana Masamune say so confidently about what they had done? Could it be that they had installed cameras on them? Or did they use some kind of precognitive words, similar to the "Word Spirit·Prophet" of Qi Lan, the chairman of the freshman fraternity in the same class as Lu Mingfei?

"Does the problem lie with Eri?" Lin Nian suddenly spoke, looking at Tachibana Masamune and asked calmly.

Tachibana Masamune did not answer, but gently used the tea lid to comb the tea stems standing on the water surface.

"It seems that only the patriarch knows about this matter? Is this why you insisted on meeting us alone after clearing this place?" Lin Nian looked at Tachibana Masamune and said slowly.

"Mr. Lin, do you mean that you are not going to avoid what happened last night anymore?" Tachibana Masamune looked directly at Lin Nian.

"Why avoid it if you haven't done it?" Lin Nian said.

Even though his previous remarks had some self-destructive connotations, Lin Nian was unwilling to admit it now that Tachibana Masamune had formally asked him about it - you can speculate, and I can also continue to speak based on your speculation, but if you ask me to admit it directly, I will definitely not admit it unless you provide solid evidence.

"Then let's assume that what happened in Roppongi yesterday was related to you all. Then I believe you all should have gained a lot, right?" Tachibana Masamune looked at the four people and said.

"Since it is a hypothesis, let's assume that we get some gains that our family has spent a lot of effort to get but has not been able to get, can this make any changes to our current situation?" Caesar took over Tachibana Masamune's words. He did not dislike this kind of drama where everyone pretended to be ignorant. On the contrary, he was quite used to it. His uncle Frost always did this at the negotiation table. The young Caesar always stood in the corner of the conference room and watched coldly those adults wearing false masks and pulling each other at the negotiation table. He also learned something from what he saw and heard.

"That depends on what each of you gain from this hypothesis," replied Masamune Tachibana.

"It seems that cutting corners cannot be eliminated even in Japan, a country full of craftsmanship. What Yilin said is not entirely right. Fortunately, I didn't try to drink the toilet water in the room." Lu Mingfei suddenly blurted out this sentence.

".Please don't drink toilet water. We don't have this custom here." Tachibana Masamune was also stunned by Lu Mingfei's words and advised sincerely.

"Ignore him," Caesar said. "What else? What else did I find?"

"In addition, there are traces of fighting on the streets in the center of Roppongi. The sampling team reported that Roppongi suffered an EMP-like impact last night. During the blackout, it seemed that two 'tyrannosaurus' fought in the center of the street. We believe that the unknown word spirit that pierced through the sky of Roppongi yesterday was also left behind by that battle. One of them can be identified as the 'Emperor' of the Oni Clan, and the identity of the person fighting with the other party is unknown. Our director of the Executive Bureau once bit the tail of that group of people, but unfortunately he was sniped in the end and was forced to give up the pursuit and let them escape."

At the end, Tachibana Masamune obviously glanced at Lin Nian who was concentrating, but Lin Nian was just sipping the mellow tea.

"Very good investigation results. According to the main family, the fierce demons last night must have gone crazy for unknown reasons and raided Roppongi. Even the emperor himself came, but was stopped by an unidentified hero. A fierce battle broke out in the center of Roppongi, and maybe they even defeated the enemy that gave the main family a headache. So, after analyzing these results, is the main family going to try to do something?" Caesar asked, summarizing in a calm tone.

"I have to say, no matter who had a conflict with the ghosts last night, they acted cleanly. At least they didn't leave any traces at the scene. Naturally, our family has no clue of their whereabouts and identities. Now there are voices inside suggesting to start with the survivors in the club last night and try to see if we can get some information out of them." Tachibana Masamune nodded slightly.

"Well, good luck to you. It may take some time to find customers in a club during a fixed time period during a power outage," said Caesar.

The field suddenly fell silent, and after Caesar and the others had talked, they seemed to be calm again.

As expected, just as they had guessed before, the Eight Snake Families would definitely target them with suspicion, and even Tachibana Masamune found information from somewhere that directly focused his attention on Eri. However, they still had no so-called "evidence" to accuse them, so after a lot of back and forth, they still returned to the key step in the end.

Replacement of chips.

They obtained the addresses of three evolutionary medicine factories from Sakurai Kogure, and they had an absolute advantage in the subsequent negotiations.

But sometimes, the situation always develops in an unexpected direction, just like when they walked into this hall, Tachibana Masamune gave them an unexpected opening, and then, this unexpectedness is bound to continue.

Tachibana Masamune put down his teacup, and after a moment of silence, he swept his eyes over the four people at the opposite table, lingering on each person's face for a moment.

As the four looks of the headquarters team gradually turned into astonishment, the head of the family actually stood up and took a step back, completely imitating the apology he made in the Awakening Temple that day, and bowed to the four of them again, saying in a low voice:

"I know that everyone in this headquarters wants to participate in the conflict between the Eight Snake Clan and the Fierce Ghosts. I also understand that everyone has a strong purpose for the dragon egg under the sea that may hatch at any time. But I still want to make it clear that this battle belongs to the Eight Snake Clan. We have our own glory and dignity."

"In a battle that is bound to be lost, you emphasize dignity and honor, and you give up your only hope to die heroically. I'm sorry to say that you Japanese think this is the spirit of Bushido, but we think it is a stupid and meaningless sacrifice." Caesar said bluntly. He was a little dazed, thinking that Tachibana Masamune was using his personal dignity to persuade them to give up interfering in this battlefield. Then obviously he would not back down because of such red tape, and he started to fight back.

If Caesar had said this at the last meeting of the eight family heads, everyone would probably have drawn their swords against each other by now, right?

But now there was only Masamune Tachibana here, and there were no other security forces around. In addition, the other party's sudden humble attitude caught Caesar off guard and made him inexplicably angry. He felt that a leader should not try to solve things in this way, so he simply spat out what he had always wanted to say, spicy and straightforward.

"I understand that. So, during this private meeting, I am also prepared to try to solve this problem." Unexpectedly, Tachibana Masamune frankly acknowledged Caesar's point of view, which surprised all four of them.

ps: Yesterday's