692. Beginning

First Round

The people from the Qing Tian Family finally saw those from the Tojo and Naito Families, and all of them sneered. If they had an automatic rifle in hand, they probably would not hesitate to pull the trigger and mow the other side down in neat rows.

They had failed to launch a successful surprise attack on Snow Spring Manor in Arima Town, and their bounty assassination plot to break up the Alliance of Three Families had also been exposed. Although they had caught their enemies off guard, the opening of this struggle was far from satisfactory. The alliance between the three families had tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice used to lure it instead, gaining not the slightest advantage.

Although Tojo and Naito had weathered the Qing Tian Family's counterattack and had not been nearly wiped out like the Yagyu Family, they had completely fallen behind in terms of momentum.

If not for this life-and-death battle, and the Qing Tian Family throwing caution to the wind and staking everything on the fight, the Tojo and Naito Families probably would have suffered the same fate of being unable to escape without paying a heavy price.

The struggle between financial conglomerates was far more complicated than simply fighting one-on-one. Once a weakness was revealed, it would inevitably attract swarms of sharks smelling blood, triggering another round of slaughter.

Although a life-and-death battle was cruel, it could concentrate all the conflicts in one place and let them erupt within a limited scope, preventing a chain reaction that would eventually spiral out of control.

The Tojo Clan's head, Tojo Munemori, wore a stern, expressionless face as he narrowed his eyes and sized up the people from the Qing Tian and Aoki Families.

Standing beside him, Naito Shinichi was