Coming-of-Age Ceremony (Part Two)

Blood flew soundlessly, then fell without a sound.

It was as though even the cries of anguish had vanished.

In the dead silence, Lin Zhongxiaowu did not look at Fourth Aunt's face, as grim as if her mother had died. He could not even be bothered to care whether her fury would make her lose control, whether she would disregard everything and try to kill him.

From the very beginning, she had never been the point.

She was not the opponent he had come here to deal with today. She might have been troublesome, but compared to the real problem, she was utterly insignificant.

The true mastermind was seated at the head of the table, holding a teacup, sitting calmly as he watched the childish farce and ridiculous counterattack with indifferent eyes.

He was the true backbone of the Lin family, an elder, a pillar of support, one of the rulers of the shadow world throughout Southeast Asia. For fifty years, he had been the unshakable leader of the Six Harmonies Society.

The old Dragon Head, Lin Wei Bu Ju.

Had this not all been his doing?

That stupid bitch Fourth Aunt had merely sniffed out an opportunity and brought her idiot son to pick the fruit. He had not objected because he needed someone muddleheaded to charge ahead in his place and probe the bottom line of the Tanba Inner Circle.

He had not admitted defeat yet.

After missing the opportunity their teacher had given him, he still wanted to negotiate terms again.

He wanted to take back what he had missed.

He wanted to use this chance to shatter that invisible glass ceiling, extend the destiny of his Path of Sin into Kyoto's darkness, and take another step forward.

But the Tanba Inner Circle's momentum had already formed.