The Song Family's Struggle for Power!

The Fatty was a little confused.

He clearly remembered hearing General Pagoda and the principal say that as long as they destroyed the Demon's Heart, the city's crisis would be over.

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Now that the Demon's Heart had been destroyed, why hadn't the city's crisis been resolved?

"The Super S-Class Demonic Beast hadn't awakened yet. Destroying the Demon's Heart would make it fall back into slumber, but by the time I encountered it, it had already awakened."

"So we have to destroy its true body as well before the city will be safe."

Hearing Jiang Chen say this, the Fatty felt that things were getting more and more complicated.

He couldn't help asking, "Where is its true body?"

"Well, I'm guessing only the Guardian Family knows."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen took a sip of lemonade.

Its sourness would stimulate his digestion and help the food in his stomach break down faster.

The Guardian Family.

The Fatty knew the Guardian Family existed.

But only from legends.

They said every city had a Guardian Family. Whenever the city was in danger, members of the family would appear to protect it.

Since it was only a legend, no one had actually seen them.

So the Fatty had always thought it was nothing more than a story.

He asked, "You mean the Guardian Family really exists?"

"Of course it does. And you know someone from it."

He knew someone from it? He didn't know many people at school. The only ones he could call friends were Jiang Chen and Zhang Banxian.

Now Jiang Chen was saying he knew someone from the Guardian Family.

The Fatty wasn't sure which of the people he knew came from the Guardian Family.

"You know Song Yiyi, right? Her family is this city's Guardian Family."

The Campus Belle, Song Yiyi.

The Fatty thought of that girl, so beautiful she seemed otherworldly. She had awakened her ability when she was young, and it had been rated S-Class.

If she had enough room to grow,

one day, her legend might spread across the entire continent.

He never would have guessed that such a beautiful and powerful girl came from the Guardian Family.

That meant Principal Song was from the Guardian Family too.

Thinking this, the Fatty jumped to his feet. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get Zhang Banxian and go ask the Song Family where the Super S-Class Demonic Beast's true body is!"

"That may be difficult."

Jiang Chen continued, "I'm afraid the Song Family won't tell me."

"Why? Are they that stingy?"

"It's not that. Right now, they probably consider me their enemy!"

Hearing Jiang Chen say that, the Fatty was confused again. "Brother Chen, why would you say that?"

"The principal died by my hand."

What? Brother Chen had killed the principal? How could that be...

"That's impossible!" the Fatty objected. "It can't be true. If Brother Chen really did it, he must have had a reason."

"The principal was possessed by a demon. There was no saving him."

Jiang Chen didn't want to hide it from the Fatty. Even if he didn't tell him, he would find out sooner or later.

Better to explain it himself than let someone else tell him.

"Then you can't blame Brother Chen. I'm sure he didn't want things to turn out this way. Besides, if there'd been any other choice, Brother Chen wouldn't have done it."

The Fatty trusted Jiang Chen completely.

At this, Jiang Chen shook his head. "The Song Family probably won't see it that way."

Jiang Chen didn't know why he felt that way. He just did.

At that moment, the Song Family had been turned upside down.

Song Yiyi stood in the family's meeting room and recounted everything that had happened.

When she got to the part about her grandfather being consumed by the Demon's Heart and gradually turning into a demon, a family elder interrupted her.

"Yiyi, you need proof before making accusations. Big Brother has always been decisive, but he would never sell his soul to a demon."

Song Yiyi took a deep breath, forcing back her tears.

She didn't want to believe it either, but the truth was right in front of her. She couldn't deny it.

She brought out the surveillance footage from the principal's office and said, "It's all clearly recorded here. Grandpa really did fall into corruption!"

The five elders plainly didn't believe her. Their eldest brother was the strongest among them and hated evil more than anyone. Saying he had fallen and become a demon was as absurd as claiming the sun rose in the west—utterly ridiculous.

The Second Elder, Song Tianshan, took the footage doubtfully and projected it onto the wall.

The footage clearly showed Principal Song completely transforming into a demon.

"How could this be!"

After a long silence, the Second Elder, Song Tianshan, shook his head again and again. "Big Brother was foolish. How could he do such a thing? He's brought shame upon the family."

Song Yiyi wanted to say something. Her lips moved, but in the end, she said nothing.

At that moment, the Third Elder, Song Huaishan, stepped forward. "Now that Big Brother is gone, we can't leave the Family Head's position vacant. Our Song Family needs someone who can take charge. I propose that Second Brother become Family Head. He's the eldest among us and has the most seniority."

Hearing this, Song Yiyi's face went pale. She clenched her fists. "I disagree. Grandpa designated me as the family's heir before he died. Although Second Grandfather is the eldest in the family, I'm the one who's supposed to inherit it."

"An heir tainted by demons already has a stain on her. How can someone like that inherit the Song Family?"

Song Huaishan immediately retorted.

The other elders nodded in agreement.

"I've already told you: before he died, Grandpa made me the family's heir and entrusted me with protecting the Song Family. You can't turn your backs on that just because he's dead."

"General Pagoda was there as a witness." Song Yiyi had never imagined that the grandfathers she had always looked up to would now join forces against her.

At that moment, she finally seemed to understand why her grandfather had chosen to fall and become a demon rather than die.

These so-called family members weren't family at all. They were wolves!

Without her grandfather's protection, she couldn't imagine how terribly she would have been treated in this household.

"Yiyi, we old fellows watched you grow up. We admit you're capable of inheriting the Song Family. But Big Brother chose to become a demon himself. How can his descendant be qualified to inherit the position of Family Head?"

The Third Elder, Song Huaishan, stood on the moral high ground, ready to attack Song Yiyi.

Song Yiyi had never experienced anything like this. For a moment, she didn't know what to do. She looked at the grandfathers and uncles who had once treated her with kindness. Now their faces had become utterly unfamiliar.

In a way, they looked more like enemies.

Someone stepped forward and said, "Yiyi, hand over the Purple Ring. You're not qualified to be the heir."

Once one person spoke up, many others chimed in. "That's right, Yiyi. You're not qualified to be Family Head of the Song Family."

"You'd better hand over the Purple Ring!"

Song Yiyi retreated step by step. Looking at their unfamiliar, repulsive faces, she finally snapped and demanded, "Are you even my family?"