The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 164: Use heroic spirits to defeat heroic spirits!

Yuan Zhisheng recently felt that his sister had become a little strange.

To be precise, Eri herself seems to be out of tune with normal society due to her special growing environment, but recently her behavior has shown subtle differences from before.

Just the day before, Yuan Zhisheng stood outside the glass window of the intensive care unit and saw the light in his sister's room. "Eri" was lying on the snow-white bed, like a butterfly trapped in a crystal ball. Her fingers gently stroked the edge of the bed sheet, and her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling.

Both his appearance and demeanor were the same as usual.

But Yuan Zhisheng always felt that something was not right.

He looked through the latest report sent by the medical team. There were indeed some subtle changes in Eri's behavior patterns recently.

In the past, whenever Gen Chisheng took the time to visit her, Eri would always drag her brother to a game match. Or when Eri's abilities were needed, Gen Chisheng would also play a few games of Street Fighter or Samurai Shodown with her as "compensation"...

But now, she no longer plays games for hours at a time, nor does she insist on dragging her brother to play arcade games. Although she still plays, the frequency and duration have obviously decreased. Those fighting games that once fascinated her - Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat - seem to have suddenly lost their usual great appeal.

In fact, Eri's behavior is not because she is really obsessed with playing this game, but because her life is too simple and boring. She cannot go out to interact with others or receive more information from the outside world. The hobbies she develops are naturally no different from those of a stay-at-home girl, so that playing games has become one of the indispensable ways for her to make friends and interact with others.

Recently, according to the observations of the medical team on duty, Eri still watches TV as usual every day, takes a long time to take a bath as before, and does not forget to bring her bathroom yellow duck toy before bathing, but the bathing time seems to be a little longer than before.

In addition, Eri's mental state is always stable. During the time when Genjiro was away, there were no signs of degeneration and loss of control like "demonization". Her dangerous bloodline no longer caused trouble, as if it had been lurking or simply disappeared.

The medical team was very interested, and they said that Eri's dangerous bloodline had entered a dormant state, like a hibernating animal, which might be related to her recent peaceful state of mind.

Such examples are not uncommon among the Eight Sheqi Families. Many family members who are judged to have "dangerous bloodlines" are monitored centrally by the family and subject to closed management. These dangerous bloodlines have to undergo a psychological assessment at regular intervals to determine their risk of degenerating into ghosts.

Most of them are unlikely to have a good ending. Quite a few attempt to defect and join the fierce ghosts and become enemies. Others suffer mental breakdown and become ghosts, and are unfortunately executed by their families. Only a very small number of them remain stable throughout the entire period.

After all, not everyone is born to endure a miserable, desireless and dull life like in prison, unless they are a Zen monk or an immortal.

But this seems to be the case with Eri. Genshisei doesn't understand what happened to this girl's psychological world. It seems that she has undergone some kind of transformation.

Back to the present, we see "Eri" in the conference room, looking calm and composed. She blatantly sits down next to Emiya, looking obviously familiar with the situation.

A faint suspicion arose in Genchisei's mind. Could it be that Eri had secretly known Emiya without his knowledge?
"Eri, Eri."

Gen Chisei was too far away to stand up, so he could only lower his voice to remind Eri that she was sitting in the wrong seat, "Your seat is for foreign guests, and you should be sitting in the seat of the head of the Uesugi family."

"Eri" glanced at Genjisei but ignored him. The next second, she lowered her head and took something out of her pocket...

Yuan Zhisheng's heart suddenly hung in the air. He thought to himself, "Don't take out your game console and start playing in public on this occasion. What will it mean if we have a serious meeting while listening to your game sound effects?"
However, what "Eri" took out was not a handheld game console, but her notebook. She hurriedly wrote two lines on it, then tore the small page of paper accurately and threw it. In the serious atmosphere of the meeting room, under the gaze of all the heads of the families, the paper flew through the air with an elegant trajectory and fell into the hands of Gen Chisei.

...It was just like the arrogance of passing notes openly in the examination room, and the two people passing the notes were not ordinary candidates, but senior leaders, which made the invigilators who witnessed the whole process dumbfounded and at a loss.

Yuan Zhisheng unfolded the piece of paper and saw that a perfect reason had been written on it:

"Emiya is a good friend, not a foreign guest."

"We met during an online game."

Oh, so that's how it is. Gen Chisei's doubts about his sister's recent changes were instantly dispelled. In his opinion, although the people who interact with Eri need to be strictly controlled, Gen Chisei himself has come into contact with Emiya many times and feels that he is a standard decent person, so there is no risk of leading his sister astray.

However, the previous investigation data didn’t seem to mention that Emiya had a hobby of playing games. Maybe it was a hobby he developed recently...?
After clearing his throat, Yuan Zhisheng finally started the formal meeting process. At present, except for the head of the eight families who were absent due to personal reasons and the head of the Miyamoto family who was busy personally controlling the Ganliu Research Institute project and could not get away, the other heads of the eight families have all arrived. It can be said that this is an unprecedented grand gathering.

Because even the heads of the families, not all of them are based in the Tokyo headquarters. The industries and territories of the Eight Snake Families are spread across this island country. Many heads of families with other surnames, including their subordinates, are constantly traveling outside to guard places for the heads of the families or run industries, so it is normal for them not to come back for the New Year celebrations.

The current situation is as if the daimyo of the Warring States period finally summoned their most capable subordinates, think tanks and samurai to the palace to discuss matters and listen to orders. The gates are strictly guarded and no outsiders are allowed to enter. Those low-ranking foot soldiers are only qualified to wait outside until the order comes from above, and then they will immediately follow the samurai masters to fight in the battle.

Therefore, in such a highly confidential occasion, even Minamoto no Chisei's close confidants, Yasha Kuroko and Sakura Yabuki were not qualified to attend or even listen from outside. However, Minamoto no Chisei openly invited outsiders like Emiya to attend, which surprised the family heads who had not yet learned the details.

"We have gathered together this time to discuss a matter of life and death concerning the Eight Snake Clan."

Yuan Zhisheng saw that some people were confused, so he brought up this rather serious topic and asked everyone to perk up, suppress their doubts, and listen carefully.

"I'm sure everyone here knows about the 'Shinjuku Incident' that happened not long ago. But some people may not know that this is just the beginning. In fact, it involves a major event called the 'Holy Grail War' that is about to sweep across this city..."

Gen Chisei told the whole story of the attack on Aoi-ya that day, as well as how the subsequent blocks were severely damaged by the attacking Heroic Spirits. He also displayed the highly confidential on-site pictures and video footage and the Heroic Spirit investigation report to the heads of the houses through a projector.

"As you can see, the Shinjuku Incident was just a rehearsal. The main force of the Holy Grail War that will take place next, the existence of 'Servants', is essentially 'Heroic Spirits', and they are the same type of enemies as those that appeared in the Shinjuku Incident..."

"In other words, they are the undead. They are not afraid of physical attacks from thermal weapons. They come and go without a trace. Their frontal combat capability is extremely strong. Even this 'God Slayer' Emiya was unable to defeat them for a while."

Yuan Zhisheng slammed his fist on the conference table. "This is the tricky part of the situation. With the fighting power of our family, I'm afraid we can't prevent the outbreak of this Holy Grail War, and we can't even stay out of it."

Even with top-level weapons like Uesugi Erie, the Snake Eight Clan cannot guarantee that they can deal with all the Heroic Spirits at the same time.

Just by looking at the extent of the destruction of the Shinjuku streets not long ago, one can imagine what kind of terrifying situation would be caused when the real Holy Grail War comes if the Eight Snake Families did nothing and allowed the seven servants to fight each other. Not to mention the damage to the family, it would be a question how many roads and buildings in Tokyo would be left intact by then.

The Holy Grail War... Heroic Spirits... Servants and Masters... all these terms shook the hearts of the heads of the families with great force.

Especially the older ones, Inuyama He and Fuma Kotaro almost subconsciously wanted to deny the possibility of such an incredible event. How could such a powerful force that even the emperor-level hybrids could not match appear in so many at once! ?

However, all kinds of shocking data and bloody facts are already laid out before their eyes. In addition, Yuan Zhisheng, the "emperor" of the Eight Clans of Sheqi, has always been meticulous in his work, and there is no way he would joke about major matters.

Even the old man with stubborn cognition had to bow to the reality.

The old man in the black kimono, Fuma Kotaro, couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, you have formally summoned us. I guess you have a plan to deal with the enemy?"

After saying that, Fuma Kotaro looked at Emiya and "Eri" who were sitting in the guest seats. From the video footage just now, it can be seen that this Emiya is an extremely powerful fighter who can compete with the Heroic Spirits, and his strategic position is no less than that of their family weapon Eri.

If they could unite with the Snake Eight Clan, it would be a timely help in stabilizing the chaos in Tokyo. Perhaps this was the deep meaning of arranging for Emiya to attend?

Gen Chisei could tell at a glance that the old man was looking at Emiya, but he just shook his head.

The efforts to win over Emiya had had little effect when he had personally taken action at first, and when the head of the Sakurai family had taken action a second time, so he didn't expect to do anything to recruit him this time. Going back and forth too much and too frequently would cause resentment... Now inviting Emiya to come was just a simple mutually beneficial transaction.

"Please rest assured," Yuan Zhisheng's solemn words were loud and clear.

"I have made up my mind to stop this so-called Holy Grail War from destroying Tokyo no matter what. We have no idea what conspiracy the enemy is hiding behind the scenes, but at least one thing is clear. Only by summoning the Heroic Spirits can we better deal with them!"

"And the reason I invited Emiya to come this time is because he is an expert in the information related to the Holy Grail War!"

(End of this chapter)