Even if she found it hard to accept, Sakurai Nanami was forced to do so. A massive emotional shock tore through her, yet her reason told her that this was the truth, the reality—and reality was a remarkably cruel thing. She and the other Family Heads, and indeed the entire Shieki Eight Families, had been profoundly deceived by the mastermind named Herzog.
Compared to the deeply shaken Sakurai Nanami, Fuma Kotaro's reaction was notably calmer. First, age and experience had endowed the old man with a steady disposition; second, Fuma Kotaro had already deduced beforehand that Tachibana Masamune’s stance had deviated from the Shieki Eight Families. Thus, even upon learning such an unexpected truth, Fuma Kotaro was able to digest and accept it within a very short time.
"Lu-kun, if our negotiations today result in a mutual reconciliation, might I ask you to resolve the doubts in my heart?" Fuma Kotaro looked at Lu Mingfei. "Since you stand in opposition to Herzog, why do you shield the Dragon King of the Menggui Sect? You must know that Kazama Ruri is the Wang Jiang's only student, and he is the ultimate evil 'ghost'."
Chapter 568