The Matou Family estate.
The enormous mansion lay shrouded in darkness, with the only light coming from a corner of the estate.
This was where Matou Byakuya, the Matou Family's nominal head, lived with his family.
That was right!
The nominal head.
He was merely a puppet presented to the outside world.
The person who truly controlled the Matou Family had always been Zouken Matou alone. From the day the Matou Family was founded until now... there had only ever been this one man!
However, that was about to change.
Because the true ruler who had founded the Matou Family with his own hands and lived for an unknown number of years had already left this world.
And the culprit behind it all...
Was the person before him, squatting atop the enormous dining table and shoveling food into his mouth with both grease-covered hands like a beggar who had been starving for years.
Kariya Matou stood to one side with Sakura, the corners of his mouth twitching as he watched the scene before him.
"Oh, right. Whitey, come over here."
Wu Biao waved his greasy hand at Kariya Matou while taking a moment from eating, startling him. After hesitating for a moment, though, Kariya still walked over to the table.
The moment he stopped beside it, Wu Biao's grease-covered hand landed on his shoulder.
"You're like this, and that little girl is like this too. Do people around here really like raising all sorts of weird stuff inside their bodies?" Wu Biao wrinkled his nose and asked curiously.
Kariya Matou's expression darkened. He shook his head. "N-No. The bugs inside our bodies appeared because of external factors. It wasn't... something we wanted."
"Oh."
Wu Biao looked at Kariya Matou's face and nodded casually. "Thanks for the meal."
As soon as