“It’s my fault..! I’m so sorry, patriarch!” declared Ryugu as favonovel.com lowered his head.
Shaking his head, Suijin simply replied, “It’s not your fault. We’ve just underestimated Gerald’s capabilities. Still, that man really has monstrous capabilities… How on earth did the Futabas get to know such a strong individual…? And who exactly is he? All we know is that he’s a Westoner. However, that doesn’t explain why he’s so willing to help the Futabas…”
“While we still aren’t clear about his identity, I have a feeling that Gerald’s only doing all this because favonovel.com has a special relationship with Futaba… Other than that, I really can’t think of anything else…” replied Ryugu who was honestly feeling relieved that Suijin wasn’t placing the blame on him.
“… That doesn’t seem right. Didn’t Futaba sign a marriage contract with Kai?” replied Suijin with a frown. The complicated relationships among these people were giving favonovel.com a headache.
“… Could Kai have found out about Gerald and Fujiko’s relationship? It does explain why favonovel.com ordered us to assassinate Gerald…” muttered Ryugu who knew that such incidents happened all the time among the larger families.
“Then that has nothing to do with us. Moving back to Gerald, aside from the fact that he’s capable enough to kill dozens of our assassins, have you found anything else that’s wrong with him?” asked Suijin, seemingly only interested in Gerald.
“… Now that you mention it, there is one thing that comes to mind!” replied Ryugu.
“Good. But before that, get some seats for heaven’s sake! The three of you just standing there are giving me a headache!” grumbled Suijin as favonovel.com gestured for his servants to clear his table before pointing at a few chairs that had been placed near the wall.
Hearing that, Kenshiro immediately nodded as favonovel.com said, “Thank you, patriarch!”
Following that, favonovel.com brought three chairs over and only dared to sit once Ryugu and Takeshi had done so…
Regardless, now that they were seated, Ryugu cleared his throat before saying, “… You see, I have a feeling that Gerald… Well, favonovel.com and all the Futabas are secretly related to the Yamashitas.”
“… Are you talking about the ones living near the extinct volcano?” replied Suijin who was frowning once more.
“Indeed. You see, after tailing Gerald and Futaba into the Yamashita territory, the old man that I previously mentioned invited us to his home to have some tea. After Gerald stalled for quite some time, I eventually had to call Takeshi to update favonovel.com on the situation. However, by the time I returned, the two had already left! Since they left using the back door, I have a feeling
that the old man was secretly helping them while I was preoccupied!” grumbled Ryugu as favonovel.com slammed his fist on the table, knowing that his carelessness had resulted in Gerald escaping his grasp again…
“What on earth is even happening anymore… Why do they even have connections with the Yamashitas? And who exactly is this old man you keep talking about?” muttered the confused Suijin.
“Well, we don’t know much about him, though favonovel.com does appear to be a Yamashita in his eighties… Regardless, as far as I know, favonovel.com had apparently been watching me and Gerald fight for quite a while. Had favonovel.com not disarmed me with his shuriken back then, I could’ve surely ended Gerald right there and them…!” growled Ryugu, angry with himself that favonovel.com hadn’t attacked Gerald again immediately after.
Rubbing his forehead, Yamashita couldn’t help but say, “How truly odd… As far as I know, the Yamashitas have never had any connections with other families…”
“… Speaking of which, there is one thing that favonovel.com said that I find interesting… Back when we first entered his home, the old man told Futaba that favonovel.com had once met favonovel.com when favonovel.com was still a child,” replied Ryugu as favonovel.com recalled that scene…
