A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 267 The Old Church Loves to Sing

At the Tachibana family mansion, in the same rustic pond and tea garden, Tachibana Masamune sat drinking tea, while waiting for news from the Oni Clan.

Upon first hearing information about the Tokyo diocese of the Old Days Church from Genjiro, Tachibana Masamune already suspected that the third-party force secretly attacking the Oni Clan during this period was probably the Old Days Church.

After these past few days of investigating members of the Old Days Church who have made public appearances, Tachibana Masamune is 100% certain that the real culprit is the Old Days Church!
After all, the former head priest of the great temple, Inuyama Taro, was once a member of the Demon Clan, and his information is still in the Demon Clan's database.

When the disco was attacked and Inuyama Taro and the others went missing, they thought they had all been captured by the main family or killed in battle. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be temple priests of the old Japanese religion!

When Tachibana Masamune learned of this, he was so angry that he smashed eight teacups in a row. However, he did not act rashly or retaliate because he was mindful of the power of the former church.

Instead, he ordered Miyamoto Toru to secretly send out the whistleblower letter.

Miyamoto Toru, a member of the Oni Clan who was originally responsible for guiding Kazama Ruri, was parasitized by Xu Lie early on and was essentially placed under Tachibana Masamune's command as an informant.

If the old church can deal with the Fuma clan ninjas based on the whistleblower's report, Tachibana Masamune's plan can succeed.

He can teach a lesson to the disobedient old man, Fuma Kotaro, and also sow discord between the Snake-Headed Eight Families and the Old Church. He stays behind the scenes, watching the two fight, and reaps the benefits.

As a result, after two days, the people of the old church did not take any action against the Fuma clan ninjas. Miyamoto Toru also reported that the Fuma clan ninjas were still working at the church and had not mysteriously disappeared.

Make Tachibana Masamune realize immediately that something is wrong, that the whistleblower's attempt to sow discord may have failed, that the old church probably has other ideas, and that a change of course is needed.

So Tachibana Masamune, having gone this far, looked down at his severed fingers and thought, since Genjiro so hated raising Dead Servants, then he would show Genjiro that the Old Church was also 'raising' Dead Servants!
Coincidentally, the old church, in order to recruit believers, would buy a large number of eggs and fresh produce every day and give them away to the residents for free in exchange for the residents coming to the temple to pray.

With such a perfectly legitimate reason, Tachibana Masamune immediately came up with a plan to substitute one thing for another: to put Deadpool in a refrigerated truck and put some fresh food on the outside as a cover.

When Genjiro formally visited the old church, he openly and honestly delivered it to the old temple.

At that time, all that is needed is to remotely control the truck's freezer to thaw it, and Deadpool, who is in a state of low-temperature hibernation, will naturally wake up and cause chaos, thus allowing Genji to see the 'true face' of the Old Church.

If mud gets into your pants, even if it's not poop, it'll still look like poop.

In this way, even if the old church does not expose the Fuuma clan ninjas, it will still be hated by Genjiro and will still clash with the Snake Clan.

Tachibana Masamune was already feeling smug, believing that the plan was foolproof and that he could finally vent his anger at the frequent sneak attacks on the Oni Clan by the Old Church.

From a great distance, Tachibana Masamune had no idea that the two refrigerated trucks he had secretly dispatched were now surrounded by Aso Makoto and his men at the entrance to the cold storage behind the old temple.

To avoid being seen by ordinary people, Makoto Aso eventually let the two refrigerated trucks in. When they were almost at the cold storage in the backyard and there were no ordinary people around, Makoto Aso and Genji arrived together.

The driver might not recognize Aso Makoto, the reclusive diocese bishop, but he definitely knows Minamoto no Chisei, the patriarch of the Snake-Headed Eight Families!

Upon seeing Genjiro, the driver didn't hesitate and frantically pressed the defrost button, attempting to use Deadpool to create chaos so he could escape.

You should know that his more than twenty companions from the Ghost Clan were all waiting outside, and only he and another truck driver drove in.

They must escape to have a chance of survival, relying on the numerical advantage of their fellow ghosts.

However, thawing and warming up will take time.

No matter how frantically the driver kept hitting the switch, even if he smashed it to pieces, it would still take time for the temperature to rise. Deadpool, hidden in the back of the truck, couldn't possibly wake up immediately.

Taro Inuyama was currently guarding Makoto Aso, and the person leading the group to surround them was Ogawa Miyamoto, his former partner from the disco.

Miyamoto Ogawa noticed the driver's unusual behavior and didn't know what the other party wanted to do, but what the enemy wanted was exactly what he wanted to sabotage.

Miyamoto Ogawa, now a Sequence 7 interrogator, swung his hand and unleashed a painful whip!
"Agh!" An invisible mental whip lashed the driver's mind, as if his entire soul had been burned through by an electric current. The driver was in excruciating pain deep in his brain and cried out in agony.

At this time, the members who remained with the Fierce Demons and had not defected to the Old Church were all fallen hybrids.

The fallen hybrid was already in poor mental condition, and after being struck by the whip of pain, his mental state completely collapsed. The driver's eyes were golden mixed with blood red, and even two streams of bloody tears flowed from them.

The raging dragon blood began to boil within his body, sharp claws pierced his skin, and ten jet-black dragon claws protruded from the tips of his finger bones.

Pain, confusion, madness—the driver was incapable of thinking anything but wanting to use his claws to tear everyone in front of him to pieces!
He deliberately broke open the car door and pounced from the driver's seat like a madman, but Miyamoto Ogawa, who was the first to be hit, did not panic.

He had dealt with far too many similar degenerate hybrids when he was following Aso Makoto and ambushing the Oni Clan.

Without hesitation, Miyamoto Ogawa unleashed a mental piercing attack.

The invisible, intangible spikes pierced the driver's mind, causing him to pause in his attack and clutch his head in agony.

In an extremely absurd turn of events, the attack turned into a kneeling motion, and due to inertia, the driver even slid a short distance before finally kneeling down in front of Miyamoto Ogawa. The driver stopped howling and simply kept clutching his head, emitting painful and slight hissing sounds.

Taking advantage of his weakness, Miyamoto Ogawa stomped his feet on the ground, used his waist to generate power, and transmitted it through his shoulders and neck, accumulating all his strength in his right fist, and blasted it towards the driver's head!
With a muffled thud, like the sound of a punching machine in an arcade, the driver was sent flying several meters to the side. The force was so great that he spun around as he flew at low altitude.

Miyamoto Ogawa's team members had all taken magic potions, making them far more physically powerful than ordinary hybrids. Upon seeing this, they skillfully drew their swords.

By severing its spine and piercing its collarbone, unless the individual has a bloodline so abnormal that it can regenerate bones in an instant, it will be completely subjugated, unable to move, and will lose all ability to resist.

On the other refrigerated truck, without the Old Church even needing to intervene, Genjiro relied solely on his physical prowess to overwhelm the enemy, kicking the entire truck door away with a single, mid-air kick.

The entire car door flew towards the driver's compartment, slamming the driver against the other door. The other door barely withstood the force, bulging outwards in an arc.

The other driver was stunned by the kick and didn't react before Yuan Zhisheng forcibly broke off the other car door, dragged him out, and broke his limbs.

No wonder he was the former young master of the underworld and the current patriarch; his movements are so practiced, it's as if he's broken countless limbs.

They were just two corrupted half-breeds of the Demon Clan. Neither Genjiro nor Aso Shin showed any joy because of this; they simply ordered their men to open the trunk.

Miyamoto Ogawa was in charge of the left carriage, while Crow went to open the right carriage. When the door opened, what came into view were rows of frozen chickens.

Then, if you throw out the outermost layer of frozen chicken to conceal the truth, you'll see four Deadpools lying in two trucks and four freezers.

If it were a fully-fledged Deadpool, it would take a little effort to deal with them, but now all four Deadpools are in cryogenic hibernation. Miyamoto Ogawa and Crow can take them out with just two strikes, leaving no future trouble.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Gen." Although he could easily solve the problem by teaching him, Aso Makoto couldn't ignore Gen's contribution since he had done so.

Since it was the current head of the Snake Clan who personally intervened, saying thank you was effortless.

“Bishop Aso is too modest.” Genji glanced at Miyamoto Ogawa and waved his hand. “Even without us, your church’s strength alone is enough to easily resolve this.”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Sakurai Masami and another retainer of Genjiro, Yasha, entered the backyard and approached Aso Makoto and Genjiro to report to each other.

All that remained were the twenty-nine half-blood members of the Fierce Ghost Clan left outside; they were all captured, and none escaped.

After discussing it with Genjiro, Aso Makoto realized that there was no use keeping these people in the old church, so they handed them all over to Genjiro's members who were in charge of the pomp and circumstance, and took them back to the main church for interrogation.

Genjiro himself hurriedly took his leave and, alone with his three retainers, rode back to Genji Heavy Industries to catch the mole.

On the way back, Genji looked at Yabuki Sakura and Yasha: "How was it? I didn't see clearly just now how the people from the Old Church managed to defeat the Oni Clan?"

Although we are preparing to cooperate more deeply with the old church, it would be good to get some information.

Sakura Yabuki was the first to agree: "I can't tell, but Miyamoto Ogawa was using some kind of mental incantation. That half-demon was holding his head the whole time, as if he was being mentally attacked."

"But it could also be something other than spiritual incantations, but rather a method unique to the old church. We have too little information to make a judgment."

After Yabuki Sakura finished speaking, Yasha excitedly reported to Genjiro, "Boss, if you ask me, the Old Church is really something else!"

“What Sakura saw was different from what I saw. When those former church members led us to find someone, they inexplicably started singing hymns.”

"Boss, didn't you hear that? That poem was really good for getting me to sleep. After listening to it, my eyelids felt heavy, and I felt very calm. Suddenly, I just wanted to lie down on the ground and take a nap."

As Yaksha was speaking, he suddenly praised the old church hymns for their ability to bring peace to people's hearts, which made Genji pinch the bridge of his nose and helplessly remind him: "Yaksha, get down to business."

"Oh, oh, business, business. That poem was good. After singing a few lines, those half-bloods of the Fierce Ghost Clan relaxed and seemed to have lost their fighting spirit. When they saw us, they didn't draw their weapons."

"Anyway, we took them down without really understanding what was going on."

The crow chimed in, "It sounds like the Old Church is quite adept at mental attacks? That Miyamoto Ogawa's mental attacks, the Yaksha's lullabies? No, lullabies."

“You’re wrong,” Yabuki Sakura coldly corrected. “It’s not just in terms of spirit, but also in terms of physical fitness, the Old Church is not bad either. Don’t forget Miyamoto Ogawa’s last punch, and the skills of those team members.”

"And what exactly was in the letter from Bishop Aso, the head of the family?" This was what Yabuki Sakura was most curious about.

When this was mentioned, Genji sighed again and told the three that there was a mole in the upper echelons.

The three retainers were all terrified. There was actually a mole from the Oni Clan among the high-ranking members of the Snake Clan.

Then, who could it be?
(End of this chapter)