NOVEL WEB Chapter 126: Thanks to him, I was able to ensure that you would have no descendants
"Maybe it's Kōga's revenge!"
"Even if Kuchiki Ginrei did not participate in the Hollow experiment, Kōga could still conduct it on his own."
"It's no secret that he always wanted to stand out and show off in the Kuchiki family."
Yamada Seinosuke still felt that Tsunayashiro Tokinada was scaring him.
As a doctor, he even believed that Tsunayashiro, like Hirako Shinji, suffered from paranoia and persecution complex toward Aiyan.
"Kōga?"
"He's just an ordinary Shinigami who was lucky enough to obtain a fragment of the Soul King."
"Hollow experiments... is that power something a mere person can touch?"
Seeing that Yamada Seinosuke still didn't believe him and even wanted to continue persuading, Tsunayashiro Tokinada, tormented by the fear and unease of the past few days, immediately roared impatiently:
"Do as I say."
"Whether it's my fault or yours, it will be clear when the time comes."
"Understood? Yamada... Director."
Hearing the murderous intent in Tsunayashiro Tokinada's words, and realizing the other party was completely insane, Yamada Seinosuke didn't say anything more. He stood up and walked out silently.
"Aiyan, Aizen! I am not Kuchiki Ginrei. I won't be dealt with by you so easily."
"If you want to blame something, blame your choice."
"If you had chosen Tsunayashiro first, perhaps you and your brother would have been the final winners. After all, in Kuchiki Ginrei's eyes, I am someone who would pursue power at any cost. Even if I got involved in Hollow experiments, it wouldn't be surprising."
Tsunayashiro Tokinada whispered to himself, his voice twisted and chilling:
"Pity."
"Soul Society has everything... except 'if.'"
With Yamada Seinosuke gone, no one knew.
That night.
What enveloped the Tsunayashiro family was not only night, but also blood.
…
The next day.
In a spacious hall with simple, elegant decoration and wooden pillars carved with mysterious reliefs, Tsunayashiro Hideaki sat in the main seat, along with six clan elders, all positioned in the center of the hall.
"Tokinada, you said you had something concerning the life and death of the family to report, and that both the clan leader and patriarch had to be present."
"Alright, now we're all here."
"Can you speak now?"
Tsunayashiro Hideaki looked down at Tsunayashiro Tokinada, who was standing in the hall.
"Clan leader Hideaki, elders."
"I wonder if Tsunayashiro having no heir would be considered the death of the family?"
Tsunayashiro Tokinada lowered his head, his face twisted in a sinister smile.
"Ridiculous!"
"Have you gone mad from solitary confinement?"
"There are so many heirs of our Tsunayashiro family that they could line up from this hall to your doorstep. How could there be no heir?"
"You gathered all of us here just to say such absurd words?"
"Tsunayashiro Tokinada, I think your confinement time wasn't enough. Do you want to taste it again?"
After hearing what Tokinada said, before Tsunayashiro Hideaki could even respond, the other elders were already rebuking him harshly.
Nothing else.
Just because Tsunayashiro was different from other noble families.
Any direct family member could become heir, and Tsunayashiro Tokinada was no exception. Unfortunately, he ranked at the very bottom.
In other words, he had to wait until everyone else was gone before it would be his turn.
"Tsunayashiro Tokinada, is this what you gathered us for?"
Tsunayashiro Hideaki, who was sitting in the main seat, wasn't angry but felt an inexplicable unease suddenly rising in his heart.
"Of course."
"But that's not all."
Tsunayashiro Tokinada raised his head, revealing a face twisted with a gloomy smile, then lifted his hand and clapped.
Clack.
The doors opened in response, and then figures dressed entirely in black appeared one after another, with only their eyes exposed.
They came in pairs, each carrying a stretcher. On each stretcher lay a body, covered with blood-stained white cloth, faces hidden.
"What is the meaning of this?"
When Tsunayashiro Hideaki saw this scene, the unease in his heart instantly spiked, and he couldn't help but stand up from his seat.
"Clan leader, elders."
"Would you mind stepping forward and taking a look at yourselves?"
"Then you will understand why I said Tsunayashiro is on the verge of life and death."
The corners of Tsunayashiro Tokinada's mouth curved into a long, slanted arc, his smile growing increasingly sinister.
Hearing this, Tsunayashiro Hideaki and the others hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, each choosing a stretcher. They lifted the blood-stained white cloth one by one.
"Ryūnosuke..."
"Saburō!"
"Nishien!"
"Yifeng!"
Although only seven cloths were lifted, the faces revealed instantly turned the expressions of all the high-ranking members, including Tsunayashiro Hideaki, into masks of horror.
Because without exception, these were all heirs of the Tsunayashiro family — their own sons, daughters, or nephews.
Seeing their blood relatives dead before their eyes, they reached out trembling hands and ripped away all the remaining blood-stained clothes in one breath.
Thud.
A sound of heavy bodies collapsing to the ground echoed.
Tsunayashiro Hideaki and the elders all collapsed on the floor.
Facing this sudden banquet of blood, seeing the corpses of nearly all the family heirs placed before them, their once dignified faces were now only filled with pain and grief...
"Tsunayashiro Tokinada! Was it you who did this?"
After a while.
Tsunayashiro Hideaki suddenly turned his head, his eyes like blades stabbing into Tokinada, filled with boundless fury and killing intent.
"If you mean them, yes — I killed them."
Tsunayashiro Tokinada, far from afraid, nodded cheerfully, his face brimming with joy, pride, and an insane delight.
"You want to die!"
"Guards!"
"Tsunayashiro Tokinada is to be executed immediately!"
An elder who had lost his son roared in fury, calling for people to come and execute Tokinada.
"No, he must be cut into a thousand pieces first!"
Tsunayashiro Hideaki spoke each word slowly, each syllable squeezed out through gritted teeth.
"It doesn't matter."
"Whether you steam or boil me, with so many heirs going to the grave with me — no, the entire Tsunayashiro family buried along with me..."
"That's enough."
Tsunayashiro Tokinada raised his hands as if surrendering, but his words shocked Tsunayashiro Hideaki, who was consumed by grief and rage.
"What do you mean?"
Seeing Tokinada remain so calm and unafraid of death, Tsunayashiro Hideaki felt a shadow fall heavily over his heart.
"Now that all the heirs are dead, I... Tsunayashiro Tokinada, am the only remaining successor."
"If you kill me, it will be equivalent to destroying the Tsunayashiro family with your own hands."
"Wouldn't that mean the entire family dies with me?"
Tsunayashiro Tokinada said calmly.
"I thought you had some grand scheme."
"Is this it?"
"I'm not talented, only over 300 years old this year. I dare not say anything else, but having a few more children in my lifetime would not be a problem."
Hearing this, an elder immediately sneered.
"It's a pity that you no longer have this ability."
Tsunayashiro Tokinada shook his head, then called toward the door:
"Clan leader, elders."
"Please allow me to introduce — this is Yamada Seinosuke, director of Seijin Pharmacy Institute."
"Thanks to him, I was able to send all those heirs to hell in one move. Thanks to him, I was able to ensure that you would have no descendants."
When they saw Yamada Seinosuke walk in, at first Tsunayashiro Hideaki and the elders didn't understand. But as Tokinada finished speaking, they stood up from the ground — only to collapse again.
Bone-chilling coldness.
Shock, anger, and despair.
Helplessness and collapse.
Filled their hearts.
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