Those who learned from me lived; those who imitated me died! Under Kondo's guidance, Hijikata had indeed learned some of the Kondo Group's techniques, but what had truly made him the Demon Vice-Chief was instinct!
The masterminds behind the dark web had no way to make a move against the Doma Family, so they could only set their sights on Hijikata. Assassinations, open attacks—along the way, Toshiro Hijikata's blade had been stained with an unknown amount of blood... Even those dark web masterminds could only count themselves lucky that the Kondo Group had not held them accountable. Just think of their predecessors on the dark web—they had died without even knowing how. As for the assassins they sent out who got dealt with, the big shots behind the scenes did not care in the slightest. Other than lunatics like the Kondo Group, what organization did not abide by the principle that underlings were disposable as long as the leader remained to negotiate?
Yama-x Group: "..." Their boss—no, even their group leader—had been replaced over a dozen times. Who could they complain to?
x Dragon Society: "..." With the Yama-x Group as a cautionary example, their chairman had only been replaced twice. Heh heh!
Toshiro Hijikata had always believed the authorities would deal with them. The actual authorities, however, were like: "..." Let's keep a low profile. Those Kondo Group lunatics have not been arrogant enough to declare independence, so why provoke them?
Let someone else test the waters first... Even Hijikata privately believed he had been flagged by the authorities, but in truth, all those black marks had been fabricated by Sougo and Shaqiang. Of course, he really had been flagged—but the authorities did not dare do a thing about it!
No one knew that Hijikata's information was probably classified