A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 266: There is a mole, the deal is terminated
"This...!" Even before reading the accusation letter, Genji tried his best to calm himself down and not lose his composure in front of Aso Makoto.

He is the patriarch of the Snake-Headed Eight Families. If he performs poorly in front of the old Japanese bishop, it will lower the overall reputation of the Snake-Headed Eight Families.

Even though Genjiro had prepared himself mentally, he still couldn't hold back after reading the list of all the Fuma clan ninjas lurking in the old church in the letter.

Those bright eyes were filled with disbelief, pain, and anger, which were clearly revealed in their expressions and could not be hidden at all.

Sakura Yabuki and Crow, who followed behind, were particularly surprised. What had the head of the family seen that caused him to lose his composure like this?
They were worried about Genjiro, but as retainers, they couldn't ask him directly in front of Aso Makoto. They could only watch Genjiro with anxiety.

Genjiro did this because he had seen this list before. When Genjiro ordered Fuma Kotaro to send ninjas to infiltrate the Old Church, Fuma Kotaro had handed him this list.

Genjiro forcibly memorized that list, and then burned it in front of Fuma Kotaro. He and Fuma Kotaro could testify to each other that only the two of them knew about it!

But the list of names in the whistleblower letter in front of us is exactly the same as the one that Fuma Kotaro submitted!
Yuan Zhisheng felt a little dizzy, as if he had been exposed to the scorching sun all day in the middle of summer, and was sweating profusely and confused.

How... is this possible? He clearly burned the previous list, so how did Bishop Aso manage to obtain such a whistleblower letter?
Calm down, you must calm down! Remember your father's teachings: remain calm in the face of adversity! Calm down, you must calm down! But why? The whistleblower's letter, the list of all the Fuma clan ninjas who infiltrated…

Genjiro was completely unable to calm down. He forced himself to think and could only come up with two possibilities. One was that the old church was unfathomable and, without alerting the enemy, had secretly found all the Fuuma clan ninjas and tested their Word of Power.
The second possibility is more troublesome, indicating that there is a mole in the Snake Clan, a high-ranking mole who can at least secretly investigate the movements of the Fuma Clan ninjas!

Compared to the former, the probability of the former is extremely low. The Fuma clan ninjas are well-trained and it is almost impossible for them to expose their own incantations during the intelligence gathering process!
Even if the old church had mysterious methods, it could only investigate one or two specific incantations at most. There was no reason for them to find out the incantations of all their lurking ninjas within two days!
In this way, the probability of the latter is relatively high. Yuan Zhisheng gradually clenched his hands, crumpling the letter of complaint.

Who is the mole?!

Why leak the secret? Leaking the secret to the Old Church is probably a scheme to use the Old Church to eliminate the Fuma clan ninjas!
Who benefits from this? Whom do the Fuuma clan ninjas pose the greatest threat?
Naturally, the image of the Demon Clan, the greatest rival of the Snake Clan, appeared in Genji's mind. They were demons who had been entangled with the clan's demon slayers for many years!

It was the Ghost Clan who caused this trouble, planting a high-ranking traitor within our clan!
Aso carefully observed all of Genjiro's subtle changes in expression. Genjiro's expressions changed so much that they didn't seem like a pretense, but rather a genuine expression of emotion.

This shows that the other party truly did not know about the internal problems of the Snake Clan.

Since that's the case, it's much easier to handle. Before Genjiro could calm down completely, Aso Shin launched an attack: "Mr. Genjiro, the Snake Clan has been of great help to us."

"We are very grateful for the sincerity of the Snake Clan for being willing to send reliable personnel for our use."

"If the Snake Clan is willing to help, our Old Church is just right because we need to distribute free supplies every day and we lack some sea routes and transportation teams."

Oh no, the Old Church is clearly demanding an explanation. The Snake Clan is in the wrong in this matter and does not want to go to war with the Old Church, so they have no choice but to back down.

They relinquished a portion of the profits from maritime transport to appease the anger of the old church.

Genjiro's lips moved twice, his thoughts about the mole being interrupted: "Bishop Aso... since we, since we have decided to work together, we are naturally happy to lend a hand to anything your church lacks."

"However, as Bishop Aso said, there may indeed be some problems within our Snake Clan. As for shipping, we can entrust it to your church. As for subsequent cooperation, how about we discuss it after I have sorted out the internal affairs of my clan?"

Sakura Yabuki and the crow looked at Genjiro Genji once again. What had happened to make the head of the family make such a big concession?
“No problem.” Aso was very happy to have secured some benefits for the Tokyo Diocese, though she also had a little bit of personal motives involved.

Next time, if a similar battle to the capital happens again, the Tokyo Diocese has its own sea routes and can go out to support Xu Jun.

Unlike this time, we won't have to stand by and watch helplessly in Tokyo, unable to do anything.

After all, at the last gathering, Mr. Fool had already said that he was about to forge the Black King Incubator, and the Tokyo Diocese might be able to participate in any place that the flight path could reach.

Aso Makoto did not show much joy, and controlled his expression well: "If there is internal instability, cooperation will only result in losses. I have always had this concern."

"Mr. Yuan's agreement to resolve the internal issues first is also for the sake of our cooperation, so why would I have any objections?"

As for the ninjas of the Fuma clan, neither side mentioned them, tacitly assuming they would be taken away by Genjiro. After all, the Snake Clan had paid such a large sum for the sea transport, and they couldn't afford to lose both their money and their army.

When Genjiro saw that Aso had agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief and was only thinking about going back quickly to investigate the mole in the upper echelons. Before he could say goodbye, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." Aso Makoto didn't care about the opinions of Genjiro and the other two. With her approval, Inuyama Taro pushed open the door, and hesitated slightly when he saw Genjiro. Aso Makoto was very frank, not hiding it from Genjiro and having Inuyama Taro report secretly, but asking directly to his face: "Have you discovered the Demon Clan?"

“Yes.” Taro Inuyama ignored Genjiro and answered the bishop’s question seriously: “Just as Bishop Aso predicted, the Oni Clan really made a move today.”

"Our people discovered that there were frozen Deadpools in two refrigerated trucks that were about to arrive, and around the two refrigerated trucks were thirty-one disguised half-bloods of the Oni."

Given that Genjiro is present, there are some things that Taro Inuyama cannot say outright.

For example, the reason they were able to discover the Ghost Cult was not because the other side was poorly hidden, but because the followers of the Old Days had already been given potions for their contributions.

Back when Aso Makoto and the old church believers lived in the Sumitomo Building, Xu Lie had already given Aso Makoto the potion recipe for the Sequence 9 Arbitrator, so that she could give it to the believers who had made contributions.

This was also something Xu Lie considered: the majority of the people in the Tokyo Diocese were mixed-race individuals on the verge of depravity, who were part of the Demon Clan but still retained some moral principles.

In other words, they are all future demons with unstable bloodlines. Certain potions make them too easily fall into demonic ways, so a symbolic path of order is provided to help believers maintain a more stable mental state.

Later, the followers followed Aso Makoto, raiding and robbing the experimental bases of the Oni Clan everywhere, and making more and more contributions.

Seeing this, Xu Lie also gave Asou Makoto the recipe for the Sleepless Potion, as darkness is also a way to stabilize the mental state of believers.

Anyway, every now and then, various kinds of magic potions are released into the chaotic areas.

Xu Lie wouldn't be stingy with his subordinates who were already his believers. Strengthening the believers' power was to protect his church and those ordinary believers.

Distributing the potion is still necessary.

The discovery of the Ghost Clan members was made by a Sequence 8 sheriff from the church who noticed something amiss.

Sheriffs are keenly aware of abnormal factors and can detect subtle clues. When they are close enough, they can detect and sense things that are not shielded from evil, chaos, or madness.

With the addition of this sheriff, whose familiar 'jurisdiction' happens to be near the old temple, the sheriff, being in the 'jurisdiction', will be able to perform even better, immediately noticing Deadpool and further sensing the Oni Clan.

The Ghosts and Deadpool themselves were unaware that they had been exposed.

Of course, this secret of the potion could not be told to Genjiro.

Taro Inuyama's report gave Genjiro, who was anxious to return home, renewed patience: "Bishop Aso had long anticipated that the Oni Clan would come looking for trouble?"

Aso was not arrogant at all, and nodded normally. The simple and cautious girl from before had now grown into a qualified diocesan bishop: "To be honest, we have some grudges with the Oni Clan."

"When I first saw that letter of complaint, I felt that it was sent by the Ghost Clan."

"They intend to sow discord between our two families and use the Snake Clan to deal with us."

"Since the Demon Clan was able to find so many Fuma clan ninjas, they must have also noticed that we haven't eliminated these ninjas."

"So I continued to guess that the Ghost Clan, having failed to provoke us, would have another move. Today, I specifically asked everyone to thoroughly check the surrounding area, and sure enough, we found something."

The Demons actually have a grudge against the old church?!
Genji felt from the bottom of his heart that this was the best news he had heard today. Since the two sides had a common enemy, wouldn't that mean they could cooperate further?
With the fighting prowess demonstrated by the Old Church, coupled with the local intelligence network of the Snake Clan, they might be able to completely eradicate this malignant tumor, the Demon Clan!

Upon realizing this, Genjiro, who had originally intended to keep to himself, immediately changed his mind and attempted to form an alliance: "We, the Snake Clan, have always taken it upon ourselves to slay demons."

"If your religion doesn't mind, we can also help you."

Genjiro thought that they should fight together first, and then, relying on the camaraderie of fighting side by side, he proposed further cooperation to wipe out the demons.

(End of this chapter)