He's a crossover character in anime/manga, and basically just very despicable.

After some persuasion, Harutaka Yukinoshita decided to go home.

Already dazed from drinking, he naturally couldn't see the small listening device on the beautiful woman.

"It seems that teasing Ogino Hikaru is quite effective."

"In an office," Berrick said.

"Of course, this is all thanks to my subordinate 'Golden Head Four'!"

Inuganeki Manjiro smiled and replied.

"No matter who it is, after this relentless and sleepless moaning, coupled with my [White Beauty]'s high-frequency gender-changing, their dignity and personality will be destroyed. They will become creatures that are indifferent to numbers, time, place, gender, and species, whose entire being is given to desire, and who only know pleasure!"

"See, we successfully sent him to find his distant uncle!"

"However, we need to both incite Harutaka Yukinoshita's dissatisfaction and eliminate the Yukinoshita family's magicians."

"Even if it's to retaliate against the Yukinoshita family's attacks and sanctions against our Passionate Organization, the amount of power mobilized is too enormous."

"This cannot be resolved through extortion or some other exchange of benefits,"

"I can't even imagine what a terrifying plan the boss is plotting..."

——————————————The Crimson King—————————————————————

"Hello, Cheetah Delivery Service."

A deliveryman appeared at the gate of the Yukinoshita family mansion.

"This is a glass item, and it's quite large, so please handle it with care. By the way, it's cash on delivery. Thank you, 2000 yen."

"Thank you for your hard work, delivering goods so late at night."

The security guards took the delivery box and entered the mansion.

"Master, your package is here."

"Okay, open it."

Upon opening the package, it appeared to contain something resembling a glass specimen.

"What...what is this thing?!"

The human body slices preserved in formalin showed no trace of blood. The eyes revealed an almost ferocious look, with the eyeballs almost bursting out of their sockets, as if they had been cut while still alive. The cross-sections were intact, and the blood vessels between the sections could be clearly seen, conforming to the most rigorous sectioning methods.

The already quiet room suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop, filled with a lonely desolation.

The human remains lying silently on the tatami mat added to the indescribable sense of dread...

"Piece it together... put them together."

Anyone could hear the almost tangible rage beneath Yukinoshita Shizuka's calm exterior.

The security guards had already left, and the remaining magicians of the Yukinoshita family arrived. They worked together to piece the dozens of slices together into a whole.

Or rather, it's two people.

"Lady Ninghua!!! Mr. Tianqing!!!"

These were the two strongest of the dozen or so magicians sent to deal with Kurosaki Azami, yet now they couldn't even leave behind a complete corpse.

That's terrible, absolutely terrible.

Especially Yukinoshita Ningka, judging from the pieced-together expression on her face, she seemed to have been scared to death.

"The key question now is, who did this?"

For so many years, for so many years no one has dared to challenge the prestige of the Yukinoshita family.

This is no longer a situation that can be resolved simply by dealing with Kurosaki Azami.

Shizuka Yukinoshita approached the gruesome human specimens.

The Yukinoshita family's ice and snow magic is not suitable for tracking, so they cannot summon familiars like blood bats to hunt down murderers like Akiaki Ogino.

Fortunately, Yukino Shizuka had been immersed in the art of silver magic for many years and was very familiar with the injuries caused by various magic spells.

"There are many burn marks on Tianqing's skin. The other party may have used magic related to fire."

"wrong!"

"Beneath the burns, there are numerous knife marks!"

“Ninghua’s ice and snow magic is far stronger than Tianqing’s, so the fire magic did not cause her much damage.”

"What's truly fatal is the knife wound!"

"The wounds are messy and disorderly; this is definitely not the work of any sword-wielding family."

"Wait, because it was immersed in liquid, I couldn't see it clearly just now..."

"This is... a bite mark?"

On both corpses, there were several teeth marks hidden beneath the knife wounds.

The teeth marks were large; they were definitely not made by a human bite.

"The Komagaki family has absolutely no conflict of interest with us. The Shishiin family is based in Osaka, and the Inuzuka family's demon dogs could not have caused such serious damage."

This has absolutely nothing to do with animal magic!

In addition, there was a faint, almost imperceptible aura emanating from the wound...

"Although the aura is extremely chaotic, it is undoubtedly the aura unique to hellish magic!"

"They died from demonic magic!"

Not only in Japan, but almost all magician families around the world use magic that bears a very deep family imprint.

Just like in Japan, when you mention insect magic, you think of the Matou family, and when you mention ice and snow magic, you think of the Yukinoshita family.

When it comes to demonic magic, the only suspect left is one family—or rather, one person.

"Ogi! No! Haru! Takashi!!!"

P.S.: Has anyone guessed Kurosaki Azami's plan?

The Yukinoshita Family Collapse Plan is in full swing!

Chapter 45 Peaceful Prayer (3300 words)

"Ring ring ring ring..."

Inside a room at the Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Yukinoshita's cell phone rang.

"What's wrong, Mother? Is there something you need?"

"Wh...what? Master?"

"Recall the entire family of magicians to prepare for a magical war?"

"Yes... I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Yukino Yukinoshita's beautiful face was unusually filled with worry.

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Because of the unique matriarchal system within the Yukinoshita family, and the distorted Spartan-style education they have always upheld as a family of magicians, Yukinoshita Haruno has always looked down on her father, whose magical abilities are poor and who relies on the Yukinoshita family for support.

But no matter what, Yukino Harutaka—no, the head of the family has already stripped Ogino Harutaka of the Yukinoshita surname—is also his biological father.

Just as children might complain that their parents don't earn enough money or that their jobs aren't respectable, very few children would actually lay a hand on their parents.

He had simply gone out to see his sister and found someone to teach that naughty boy who had upset her a lesson. How come the whole world had changed so quickly?

The family was attacked by other magicians, and all of the dozen or so magicians were killed.

The head of the family has declared Ogino Harutaka a traitor and is summoning all the remaining magicians in the family to surround and kill him.

"Looking back now, if Yukino knew about this, she would probably be the most heartbroken..."

Although the head of the family hasn't informed Yukino yet, it's probably time to tell her now.

Such a big thing couldn't possibly be kept from Yukino.

Of the entire family, Yukino has the best relationship with her father; hopefully, she won't do anything irrational...

----------------at the same time-------------------

"Get me the car ready, I need to go to 'that place'."

After hanging up the phone, Yukinoshita Shizuka's cool voice came through.

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Not only Yukinoshita Haruno, but even Yukinoshita Shizuka found it unbelievable.

Ogino Harutaka's magic circuits are only barely passable in terms of both quality and quantity. I have been intentionally increasing his workload and reducing the time he spends practicing magic. I know his level of magic all too well.

How could Harutaka Ogino possibly handle more than a dozen excellent magicians!

But wounds don't lie; they were wounds inflicted by demonic magic...

Could it be that... he's hiding his true strength?

"It seems necessary to send people to search for the remaining bloodline of the Ogino family again."

Shizuka Yukinoshita got up, went downstairs, and got into a black luxury car.

After some time, the car stopped in front of a deserted shrine in the mountains.

The shrine is deserted not because it's late at night and no one is worshipping there, but because, apart from the Yukinoshita clan, hardly anyone has ever come here.

This is because it is the exclusive shrine of the Yukinoshita family, the place where "someone" in the Yukinoshita family lives in seclusion.

The new head of the family can only learn of the existence of this shrine from the previous head of the Yukinoshita family before he dies.

The elderly shrine maiden opened the gate, and Shizuka Yukinoshita entered the shrine alone. She carefully cleaned her hands in the "Mitarashi" (washbasin) in front of the hall before walking up to the main hall, kneeling on the ground, and then placing her hands, knees, and forehead on the ground.

"Yukinoshita Shizuka, the ninth head of the Yukinoshita family and an unworthy descendant, respectfully requests the patriarch to come out of seclusion and execute the traitor!"

After he finished speaking, there was a long silence.

Shizuka Yukinoshita showed no impatience whatsoever, and remained in the dogeza (vertical kneeling) posture.

"well........"