A Country Called "Chana"

The Konno Family's dojo in Wakayama rang with screams and thunderous crashes. If not for the many Konno family members rolling around on the ground with bruised and swollen faces, the scene could have passed for a horrific massacre.

The great Onmyoji Konno Yousuke had greedily taken a reward to fight in a death match on behalf of the Tojo and Naito families. That was despicable, but not enough to condemn his entire family to die with him. So the Qing Tian and Aoki families had merely asked Li Bai to teach the ungrateful Onmyoji family a lasting lesson. They had no intention of wiping them out.

Onmyoji, with their orderly traditions, held a special social status in Japan. Retaliation and punishment were permitted to a certain extent, but if anyone was killed, the authorities would surely step in.

"What happened? Was that an earthquake?"

The great Onmyoji Konno Yousuke finally woke from a day and a night of unconsciousness. Hearing the constant crashes and violent shaking outside, he thought an earthquake had struck.

Thanks to Amaterasu's protection, the Japanese archipelago happened to lie on the Pacific Ocean's seismic belt. The Japanese were naturally a downtrodden lot, with major and minor quakes, offshore and mountain tremors, and even car-shaking tremors as regular as meals. They had long since grown used to it. As long as the shaking didn't kill them, they'd bounce back at full health and carry on like nothing had happened.

The third young master, Konno Hideto, who had been studying in Tokyo and was summoned back at short notice, cried with a pale face and blue lips, "Father, Father, something terrible has happened! People from the Qing Tian Family are here. They've captured Second Brother, and they're tearing down our house!"

He was only a bookish young