Chapter 974
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Chapter 974 Unreasonable Demands
Matsuo Tai stared at Fang Yu and said loudly: “The Yagi family priest Yagi Ken was inexplicably arrested by you in Beidu! On the night of his release, the Yagi family was brutally massacred!”
“If this has nothing to do with you, I, Matsuo Tai, will commit seppuku!”
“You Eastern Islanders shouldn’t be so quick to threaten seppuku, it’s rather uncouth,” said Fang Yu.
Udagawa Kawahito looked at Fang Yu, his eyes narrowing with dangerous coldness, and said: “Regardless, your Beidu Martial Arts Association is the most suspicious party, this point is beyond doubt.”
“Where does our suspicion come from? Just because we arrested Yagi Ken and then released him?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, “Then you should investigate everyone Yagi Ken had contact with that day, including people on the ferry. They are equally suspicious.”
“Bullshit! No matter what you say, today you must explain everything clearly, otherwise you won’t be leaving!” Matsuo Tai roared.
Matsuo Tai’s voice was extremely loud, attracting the attention of many people around.
“What’s happening?”
“I heard the Beidu Martial Arts Association sent people over, those two beside Saito Issei.”
“What? They still dare to send people here?”
Discussions spread around them.
“You can speak more quietly, there’s no need to be so agitated,” said Fang Yu.
At this moment, Matsuo Tai’s brain was flushed with blood, his eyes reddened.
The way he looked at Fang Yu was like looking at his father’s murderer.
This confused Fang Yu.
Before coming, he thought the situation on Eastern Island had been exaggerated.
He believed some people would suspect the Beidu Martial Arts Association, but not many.
But now, the situation was not as expected.
Matsuo Tai and Udagawa Kawahito before him seemed convinced that the Beidu Martial Arts Association was the culprit.
This didn’t make sense.
With just a bit of logical thinking, one would know that the Beidu Martial Arts Association was highly unlikely to be suspicious.
There was no motive.
What benefit would the Beidu Martial Arts Association gain from eliminating the Yagi and Kamimura families?
They were just two Eastern Island families, minding their own business. Why would anyone expend so much effort to cross the ocean to Eastern Island to exterminate them?
Furthermore, if the Beidu Martial Arts Association had really done this, they wouldn’t send people to Eastern Island at all.
They wouldn’t even need to put on a show.
Because even if Eastern Island had many suspicions, or even held ironclad evidence proving the Beidu Martial Arts Association did it… as long as the Beidu Martial Arts Association denied it, they could do nothing!
Who would dare to cause trouble in Beidu?
Not mentioning other regions in Yan Xia, just the martial arts community in Beidu alone was enough to crush Eastern Island.
The gap between them could be described as heaven and earth.
They weren’t even in the same league.
Eastern Island lagged behind in martial artists at every level.
Not to mention, just one Huai Xu from the Beidu Martial Arts Association was enough to make their entire Eastern Island tremble.
In summary, with just a little thought, one would know the Beidu Martial Arts Association was not suspicious.
But Matsuo Tai and Udagawa Kawahito before him…
“I want to know, do you have any evidence?” Fang Yu asked calmly.
“Yagi Ken was arrested by you in Beidu, that’s ironclad evidence!” said Matsuo Tai.
“This counts as evidence?” Fang Yu laughed and said, “Why would we want to eliminate the Yagi and Kamimura families?”
Matsuo Tai glanced at Udagawa Kawahito, then turned back and said: “You had a personal grudge with Yagi Ken!”
“If it was a personal grudge, why eliminate the entire clan? And if we were to eliminate a clan, it would only be the Yagi family. Why would we also eliminate the Kamimura family?” asked Fang Yu.
“Your Beidu Martial Arts Association fears our Four Snake Families, and deliberately sent people to kill…” Matsuo Tai continued shouting.
“If we could easily eliminate two of your families, why would we fear you?” Fang Yu smiled and shook his head, saying.
In his view, this Matsuo Tai had gone mad.
His words were incoherent, without any logic.
Talking to him made Fang Yu feel his intelligence was being insulted.
“We can leave now,” Fang Yu said to Zheng Ze beside him.
“You dare to leave!?” Matsuo Tai shouted.
Fang Yu turned to look at Matsuo Tai, his brows furrowed.
“Mr. Matsuo, Master Fang is an honored guest of our Tenninso organization, you cannot treat him like this…” Saito Issei said to Matsuo Tai.
“Shut up! You bastard, showing such respect to an outsider while ignoring us island families! You’re just a foreign-loving dog!” Matsuo Tai cursed.
These words were extremely offensive, and Saito Issei’s face darkened.
“Mr. Matsuo, I respect the Matsuo family and can understand your current feelings,” Saito Issei said gravely. “But if you insult our Tenninso organization like this, I cannot accept it.”
“I’m only insulting you personally! Don’t accuse me falsely,” Matsuo Tai sneered.
Saito Issei’s face turned ashen, clearly furious.
“What’s going on?”
Just then, another voice came from nearby.
Everyone turned to see an elderly man in a white and gold robe approaching.
Seeing this person, everyone’s expressions changed.
The royal family had arrived!
This was the royal priest, Kinoshita Matsunaga.
“Priest Kinoshita.”
Saito Issei, Matsuo Tai, and Udagawa Kawahito all bowed in greeting.
Facing a royal representative, they had to show proper respect. Otherwise, having a mark against them in terms of etiquette wouldn’t necessarily result in punishment, but their reputation would be ruined.
Kinoshita Matsunaga smiled and said: “I heard arguing here and came to see. What happened?”
“The Beidu Martial Arts Association sent people here, and I want to take them back for questioning!” said Matsuo Tai. “My actions are reasonable, but Saito Issei is obstructing me!”
Kinoshita Matsunaga glanced at Fang Yu and Zheng Ze, his eyes containing a smile.
“Do you have evidence?” Kinoshita Matsunaga asked Matsuo Tai.
“No evidence is needed, they are…” Matsuo Tai said.
“Without evidence, you naturally cannot take people away,” Kinoshita Matsunaga interrupted Matsuo Tai, saying, “How are your actions any different from a bandit’s?”
Matsuo Tai’s expression froze. He wanted to retort but didn’t dare speak.
Kinoshita Matsunaga was a royal priest with an extremely high status!
He didn’t dare argue with Kinoshita Matsunaga.
“It seems there’s nothing else, so we’ll be leaving now,” said Fang Yu.
“Wait,” Kinoshita Matsunaga spoke.
“What is it?” Fang Yu looked at Kinoshita Matsunaga and asked.
“Our royal family has always maintained good relations with the Beidu Martial Arts Association. Since you two have come from afar… I would like to invite you to attend our royal banquet tonight,” said Kinoshita Matsunaga.
“Banquet? What banquet?” asked Fang Yu.
“A regularly held royal banquet,” Saito Issei turned to tell Fang Yu.
“I see, then it depends on Master Zheng’s decision,” Fang Yu looked at Zheng Ze.
Zheng Ze, observing Fang Yu’s expression, answered: “We’ll have to see. If we have free time tonight, we will certainly attend.”
“Good, then I’ll await you both at the banquet tonight,” said Kinoshita Matsunaga.
“Let’s go.”
Fang Yu, Zheng Ze, and Saito Issei turned to leave.
Matsuo Tai stared at Fang Yu’s back, a mocking cold smile appearing on his face.
In his view, these two had already become their playthings.
Kinoshita Matsunaga glanced at Matsuo Tai and Udagawa Kawahito, a subtle smile appearing on his face as he turned to leave.
…
In the car.
“Lord Fujiwara wanted to meet with you, but he had urgent business yesterday and left, so he can’t meet today… When he returns tomorrow, I’ll arrange for you to meet him,” said Saito Issei.
“Alright,” Zheng Ze replied.
An hour later, the car drove back to the urban area.
Saito Issei had already arranged accommodation, a separate two-story small villa.
“If you have any questions, please notify me anytime,” Saito Issei said before leaving.
Fang Yu and Zheng Ze sat on the sofa in the first-floor living room, with four attendants standing outside.
“How do you feel?” Fang Yu looked at Zheng Ze and asked.
“About what?” Zheng Ze asked, puzzled.
“Today’s situation,” said Fang Yu.
Zheng Ze hesitated for a moment, then said: “I feel the other two Snake System families harbor deep resentment toward us, but the Tenninso organization and the royal family seem to have a good attitude toward us.”
“So, what do you think we should do?” asked Fang Yu.
“Uh… just as the teacher said, ignore other voices, attend the royal banquet tonight, and return to Beidu tomorrow,” Zheng Ze thought for a moment and answered.
