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"How is it? Is that girl, Marika, still refusing to come back?"
In the meeting hall of the Tachibana family, the leaders of the various branches of the Tachibana family had gathered together. Although they were called various branches, in reality only a few people were present. Looking around, there were only four or five people in total.
However, those five people were all dressed in silk robes, and behind them stood strong men in suits, who were obviously their bodyguards.
The person who had just spoken was a woman sitting at the head among the five of them. At this moment, her brows were tightly furrowed, and as she spoke, her expression became increasingly unpleasant.
The Tachibana family had an order of succession. If Tachibana Marika was unwilling to return and inherit the position, then she would become the next head of the Tachibana family. Moreover, she was the only woman of this generation besides Tachibana Marika and Tachibana Chika. This curse... would have to fall upon her.
The woman had absolutely no desire for the position of family head. Over the years, relying on the Tachibana family, they had become a well-known wealthy family in the Kyushu Island region, and she was already very satisfied with that. As for becoming the family head and dying like that fool Tachibana Chika, sorry, but she was not that self-sacrificing.
"Gen can't be reached. I've already spread the news of the family head's death. I believe the daughter of the family head will return to Kyushu Island soon."
The thin old man sitting opposite the woman spoke with a gloomy expression.
By bloodline, he was Tachibana Marika's grandfather. However, he had absolutely no affection for Tachibana Marika, the granddaughter who was destined to die young. After all, this cursed place called the Tachibana family—if there were no need to choose a family head to bear the curse, they would not even be willing to set foot here!
"Hmph, if that little girl won't do it, then tie her up and drag her here! Becoming the family head is her destiny! We raised her for so many years precisely for this moment!"
In order to avoid becoming the family head herself, the woman was willing to say anything. Her tone was vicious, and her face was twisted enough to make even monsters feel ashamed.
It should be known that for ordinary monsters, blood was thicker than water; they would never harm their own relatives. But now, not only did that woman want to harm Marika, her tone was full of hatred, as though Marika were her mortal enemy.
"Shut up. That little girl Marika belongs to Nakano-sama now. If Nakano-sama hears that, do you want to die?"
Looking at the woman who had spoken such malicious words, the middle-aged man at the side angrily rebuked her. However, the woman was obviously unmoved:
"Heh, even if Nakano Yu doesn't kill me, you'll probably choose me as the family head, won't you?"
With a mocking smile, the woman glared angrily at the middle-aged man and questioned him.
"You're the only other woman of this generation. Besides you, who else can the curse fall on?"
The middle-aged man was not intimidated by the woman in the slightest and naturally shot back. After saying that, he felt it was not enough, so he added:
"What? If you don't want to inherit the position of family head, do you want the entire Tachibana family to bear that terrible curse?"
As soon as the middle-aged man said that, the others who had remained silent all raised their heads and glared angrily at the woman.
Noticing the gazes of the others, the woman's expression changed, and she gritted her teeth, stood up, and said:
"And that girl, Tachibana Marika! As long as she comes back, none of us will have to bear the curse!"
"Oh? Is that so?"
Just as the woman finished speaking, the icy voice of a young man sounded in front of her. Then the woman felt dizzy, after which the upside-down figure of a young man appeared in her field of vision.
An upside-down man on the ceiling?
Looking at the young man, the woman thought that, but only when her head hit the floor with a heavy thud did she realize.
How could there be a young man standing upside down on the ceiling?
Obviously... her head had been turned upside down.
After beheading the woman, Nakano Yu's gaze coldly swept over the remaining few people.
Seeing the attack, several bodyguards immediately reached for their pistols, but before their hands could reach their waists, their minds went blank for a moment, and then their heads slipped from their necks, fell to the floor, and rolled several times.
So many people died in an instant, and blood soaked the tatami. A faint smell of blood began spreading through the air, and soon the entire room was filled with a thick, nauseating stench of blood.
The entire meeting hall fell silent. Everyone stared blankly at the young man who had taken several lives with a single breath, completely stunned.
After a long while, the middle-aged man finally came back to his senses, trembling as he stood up from the tatami and addressed Nakano Yu:
"N-Nakano-sama..."
Nakano Yu glanced at the middle-aged man, waved his hand, and said:
"Go, notify all branches of the Tachibana family and tell them that the family head has changed."
Hearing that, the middle-aged man was stunned, looking at Nakano Yu as though he could not believe what he was hearing.
The family head had changed? Did that mean Nakano-sama had brought Tachibana Marika to Kyushu Island to inherit the position of family head?!
Swallowing hard, the middle-aged man suppressed the wild joy in his heart and bowed, saying:
"Thank you, Nakano-sama, for bringing back Family Head Marika. We—"
The man's words abruptly stopped before he could finish.
In the next moment, his body exploded with a bang, like an overinflated balloon, scattering flesh and blood everywhere and splashing the faces of the people beside him.
"What I meant was that the head of your branch has changed... Ah, forget it, let Aunt Tachibana explain it to you later. You... shouldn't leave."
As Nakano Yu spoke, he suddenly felt irritated, waved his hand, and his figure disappeared from the room.
Seeing this, the three survivors finally dared to breathe again, exchanging glances with hidden joy at having survived the disaster.
But before they could smile, a powerful Wind swirled inside their bodies, not even giving them the chance to scream in pain before the Wind completely turned them into bloody foam and minced flesh.
Nakano Yu, who had already left the room, was naturally aware of the situation inside. After all, it was his doing. However, he did not wish to concern himself with those disgusting people, nor did he want to look at them again.
Leaving the room, Nakano Yu walked down the corridor toward the door of a dimly lit room in the corner.
Opening the sliding wooden door, a wooden coffin appeared in Nakano Yu's field of vision. Tachibana Marika stood before the coffin, looking at the woman inside who resembled her by seventy percent, her heart filled with complicated emotions.
In the past, Marika did not like Chika Tachibana very much. Chika Tachibana was too strict with her, demanding that she study and achieve results in everything, which often made her miserable as a child.
But now that Chika Tachibana had left her and her father behind, Marika felt a heaviness in her heart. Yes, no matter what, Chika Tachibana was still her mother.
"Yu..."
Seeing Nakano Yu, Marika softly murmured.
Nodding slightly to Marika, Nakano Yu walked over and patted the girl's head, gently comforting her:
"It's alright, I'm here."
After saying that, Nakano Yu's gaze fell upon Chika Tachibana, who lay in the coffin without a single trace of blood in her body, while an emerald light flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, revive Chika Tachibana!
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