"As far as I know, no."
Kanzaki Rin answered Fang Cheng's question. "The Aoki Family can run this business thanks to the discord between the government and the Yuguang Family. They both need an intermediary like them."
Monsters needed human corpses, and the government didn't want them attacking the living for bodies and disrupting order, so it tacitly allowed intermediaries to exist.
Fang Cheng understood. The Aoki Family didn't have some powerful patron or influential relatives. It was objective demand that had given rise to a middleman like them.
Even so, this wasn't a business just anyone could run. The Aoki Family had to be either exceptionally powerful, backed by someone, or in league with monsters.
Seen in that light, the Aoki Family really was far stronger than the Morishita Family.
"Who's the Yuguang Family?"
Fang Cheng remembered Ugou Mirai, the girl he'd rejected before. Even Kanzaki Rin couldn't uncover her identity.
"The Yuguang Family is the largest monster power in the Tokyo area. You could also think of them as representatives of the many monsters stationed in Tokyo's suburbs."
Since becoming a full member, Kanzaki Rin had gained a great deal more access and could consult more classified information.
"That girl you asked me to look into last time is very likely a child of the Yuguang Family. No wonder I couldn't find anything about her background."
Kanzaki Rin rarely praised Fang Cheng. "Good thing you cut ties with her decisively. Otherwise, even if the Countermeasure Department hadn't set its sights on you, the Yuguang Family's monsters would have."
Fang Cheng asked curiously, "If that girl came from such a powerful family, how did Kuroishi Yuto manage to kidnap her so casually?"
Kuroishi Yuto was the second vampire Fang Cheng had taken down. He had put tremendous pressure on