These questions were not passed on directly by Lu Mingfei to Chu Zihang for a face-to-face confrontation with Minamoto Wakasei. Instead, Lu Mingfei simply reminded Chu Zihang of some of the misfortunes they had encountered since arriving in Japan, and, combining this with the political landscape of the Shieki Eight Families, suggested that all of these events might have been orchestrated by a shadowy mastermind pulling the strings from behind the scenes.
For instance, the conversion of the Trieste's nuclear propulsion module into a nuclear bomb, which the three of them had been manipulated into driving deep into the abyss to detonate Takamagahara—Lu Mingfei told Chu Zihang that this could never have been Minamoto Wakasei's idea. Given the personality of that Elephant Turtle, without anyone else pulling his strings, Minamoto Wakasei would never have compromised his conscience to commit such an act of betrayal.
Another example was the underground auction in Tokyo Bay. The mastermind behind that auction had to be a figure of immense weight within the Japanese Yakuza. Not only could he summon Yakuza factions affiliated with the Menggui Sect to gather in one place, but he was also able to set the auction's location in Tokyo Bay, right under the very noses of the Shieki Eight Families. To command the entire Shieki Eight Families to turn a blind eye and offer no interference or obstruction whatsoever throughout the entire event meant that this mastermind's status within the Shieki…
Chapter 351