"If we aren't enemies, why did you assassinate Mr. Masamune?" Sakurai Nanami's questions rained down on Lu Mingfei like a string of cannon fire. "Not just Mr. Masamune, but also the Uesugi Family Patriarch. Why did you take the Uesugi Family Patriarch away? And why are you harboring Kazama Ruri? You clearly know that Kazama Ruri is the Dragon King of the Menggui Sect, and that the Menggui Sect is our family's sworn, irreconcilable enemy, yet you brazenly harbor Kazama Ruri right here in Takamagahara... And now you're telling us you aren't enemies of the Shieki Eight Families."
"We've been over this many times. Your Mr. Masamune wasn't killed by us. I know my Senior Brother; even if Chu Zihang were to commit an assassination, he wouldn't refuse to own up to it. If we genuinely intended to kill Tachibana Masamune, I had the chance to do it the very first time I sneaked into the Genji Heavy Industries Building, and I could have done it right in front of you," Lu Mingfei told Sakurai Nanami. "But I didn't do it. Remember, Sakurai Family Patriarch? On the day the Ghouls attacked the Genji Heavy Industries Building, I merely blinded one of Tachibana Masamune's eyes. If that blade had landed on his neck or chest, I guarantee he wouldn't have survived. You don't think I lacked the ability to do that, do you?"
"If you had truly made a move to kill Mr. Masamune that day, you wouldn't have gotten away either," Sakurai Nanami retorted coldly, glaring at Lu Mingfei. "If you hadn't used …
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