"Could it really be that old bastard again?" Caesar murmured. "After faking his suicide, he shifted the blame onto Chu Zihang, turning him into a murderer, all to spark an irreconcilable conflict between us and the Shieki Eight Families?"
"That must be it. Even though Tachibana Masamune's secret of breeding ghouls inside Genji Heavy Industries was exposed, to the Family Heads, that wasn't a principle-breaking offense. The matter wasn't even leaked to clan members outside the leadership, so Tachibana Masamune's prestige within the Shieki Eight Families remained intact," Lu Mingfei said. "However, Herzog framing Senior Brother for the murder of the previous Clan Leader—that is undoubtedly an act of contempt, a provocation, and even a declaration of war to the Shieki Eight Families, who view Tachibana Masamune as their living faith."
"Are those people in the Shieki Eight Families complete idiots?" Caesar frowned. "Herzog hatches a conspiracy, and everyone just swallows it so naively? Even that Elephant Turtle follows Herzog's lead?"
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