A delicate rebuke rang out over the skies of the Umekawa Family, amidst the sounds of battle.
The voice wasn’t very loud, but since the combatants were all Martial Arts experts with acute senses, they heard it very clearly.
Some turned their heads in astonishment toward the source of the voice.
Seeing that it was a beautiful young woman who had suddenly appeared and was scolding everyone to stop the fight, most people ignored her and continued their battle.
However, six extremely powerful experts in the field, upon seeing Chiba Susumu appear, decisively pushed back their opponents, chose to stop fighting, and hurriedly gathered around Chiba Susumu with respectful expressions to greet her.
Seeing this, the Western Cultivators who were fighting the six also stopped, which influenced the surrounding fighters to cease their battles and look curiously in this direction.
"Kakuta Tairo, lead the Kagaya Family out of here immediately and stop the attack on the Umekawa Family, or the Kagaya Family will be the next Umekawa Family," Chiba Susumu said, her gaze falling on a middle-aged man.
Kakuta Tairo was momentarily stunned, then burst into a big laugh and scoffed, "Who is this blond girl daring to order me, Kakuta Tairo? She’s seeking death!"
"You bastard, Kakuta Tairo, how dare you disrespect Miss Chiba !" raged the six experts beside Chiba Susumu, one of them seething with killing intent and ready to charge at Kakuta Tairo.
Feeling the intense killing intent, Kakuta Tairo was shocked, and especially upon hearing the title "Miss Chiba", he suddenly remembered something and looked solemnly at Chiba Susumu, "Are you Miss Chiba Susumu of the Chiba family?"
Chiba Susumu nodded, "It is I."
"I apologize, Miss Chiba. I didn’t know it was you personally here. I apologize to you," Kakuta Tairo immediately bowed deeply.
Seeing his very respectful attitude, Chiba Susumu nodded slightly and said, "Take your men and leave immediately."
Kakuta Tairo’s face showed a complex expression, seeming reluctant to refuse but also unwilling to just leave .
Today was a prime opportunity to annihilate the Umekawa Family, and although he knew Chiba Susumu represented a force in Penglai, the Kagaya Family dared to attack the Umekawa Family not only with the tacit consent of major forces from the Mortal World’s Martial World in Japan but also with support from Penglai.
Moreover, this matter involved cooperation with Western forces.
"I’m sorry, Miss Chiba, this matter is not decided by me or the Kagaya Family alone, and it’s not within our power to make decisions today. Thus, I cannot comply with your command," Kakuta Tairo said.
A flicker of fierceness flashed through Chiba Susumu’s eyes as she stared at Kakuta Tairo, "Do you not realize the crime your Kagaya Family has committed by instigating a war of annihilation within the Martial World?"
Kakuta Tairo’s heart grew cold.
If Chiba Susumu was determined to pin such a crime on the Kagaya Family, they would likely face imminent destruction.
The will of certain individuals from Penglai was not something their Mortal Martial Arts Family could defy.
"Hmph, I thought it was strange that the Umekawa Family had so many skilled fighters coming to their aid. It turns out you were meddling. A little lady from the Chiba family, is it? Even the old patriarch of your family would have to be polite to me, and who are you, a junior, to meddle in our affairs?"
Just then, a chilling voice spoke.
A man, small and dwarf-like, walked out and stood beside Kakuta Tairo.
Upon seeing this person, Kakuta Tairo immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Mr. Yamamoto."
Chiba Susumu looked at the dwarf-like small middle-aged man in surprise and said, "You are Yamamoto Lov?"
The dwarf-like man paused, surprised, and said, "You recognize me?"
Chiba Susumu’s gaze turned icy, and he spoke coldly, "The disgrace of the Japan Martial World, a human scum, despised by the Japanese people, lower than pigs and dogs, yet you dare to return to Japan. You’re courting death!"
Twenty years ago, Yamamoto Lov raped over seventy underage girls in Japan, until his intentions toward a pearl of the Ookamura Family were exposed.
At that time, Yamamoto Lov brutally killed thirty-seven members of the Ookamura Family but still left a survivor. He was also caught on surveillance committing the crime. After the exposure, he could no longer remain in Japan and was expelled from the Yamamoto family, then fled overseas and had never appeared again, until today when he showed up at an event targeting the Umekawa Family.
"Hahaha, little girl, you have quite the nerve. For the sake of several old friends from the Chiba family, leave now, and I will not hold this against you," said Yamamoto Lov.
Chiba Susumu spoke sternly, "Today’s incident has violated the peace treaty. If you all cease now, there’s still room for mitigation. Otherwise, no one in the Yamamoto family or Kagaya Family can bear this responsibility."
Yamamoto Lov frowned and said, "Girl, are you truly foolish or pretending to be? Today’s incident is not targeted at the Umekawa Family, but a crucial moment for our cooperation with Western forces. If you disrupt our plans, even the Chiba family cannot save you."
Chiba Susumu said, "I don’t care about your grand plans. I only know one thing: according to the peace treaty, disputes between the Martial World can be settled by duels, and a massacre of an entire clan is absolutely not allowed."
Yamamoto Lov smiled upon hearing this. "We haven’t violated the peace treaty."
"Are you calling me blind? Then why are you here, and what were you just doing?" demanded Chiba Susumu in anger.
"We were invited here to help the Umekawa Family clean house," Yamamoto Lov said with a sinister smile.
Chiba Susumu felt a chill in his heart, a ominous foreboding arising spontaneously.
At the same time, just as Yamamoto Lov finished his last sentence, Umekawa Taro felt a great alarm in his heart, and a cold chill suddenly emerged from behind.
He burst forward suddenly, and at the same time, looked back.
A cold knife was fiercely thrust toward the hollow of his back.
Although he sensed the danger in time and reacted as swiftly as possible, he was still a bit too slow.
The cold knife penetrated halfway into the hollow of his back, and the white cloth on the outside was quickly stained red with a large patch.
However, compared to the shock and despair in his heart, the intense pain from the stabbing seemed almost trivial. Find the newest release on novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Umekawa Taro looked in horror at the person holding the knife who had stabbed him, his eyes filled with disbelief and deep confusion.
This scene happened so suddenly, not only was Umekawa Taro stunned, but everyone around was also dumbfounded, completely frozen.
Many inside the Umekawa Family gasped in fear and looked at the person holding the knife in horror.
However, Yamamoto Lov revealed a psychotic smile, laughing out loud triumphantly.
Kakuta Tairo and the experts he brought from the Kagaya Family also all showed strange and complicated expressions.
The scene suddenly became incredibly quiet, only the psychotic laughter of Yamamoto Lov could be heard.
Umekawa Taro, holding a knife in one hand and clutching the chest that was nearly penetrated, looked at the person who stabbed him, utterly puzzled, and slowly asked, "Why... Why?"