Smack!
Oni Takizawa snapped his fingers and smiled. "You guessed right. You and Oni Rakshasa grew suspicious of each other until you became enemies, and then the siblings slaughtered each other. That was my masterpiece. I spent years driving a wedge between you. So, how does it feel? Has it all suddenly become clear?"
Oni Yunjie couldn't put her feelings into words.
Anger? Regret? Maybe both. But most of all, she felt bitter. She'd never imagined that someone else had orchestrated the siblings' mutual slaughter.
Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi fell silent too. They'd fought so hard for victory, only to learn they'd been pawns in someone else's game.
Seeing the self-doubt on all three women's faces, Fang Cheng, who'd been quiet until now, suddenly said, "Yunji, if Shuten-doji hadn't been involved, could you have lived in peace with Oni Rakshasa? Would you have yielded the throne to each other? Are you two the kind of monsters who'd put each other first?"
His three questions left Oni Yunjie momentarily stunned. Then she understood.
No. Even without Oni Takizawa, she and Oni Rakshasa would still have ended up fighting each other.
It was a pure power struggle, and a struggle over interests. Neither of them would back down. Even if the siblings had been willing, their supporters wouldn't have been.
At most, Oni Takizawa had sped up the process. He couldn't claim to have orchestrated it all.
Oni Yunjie couldn't help giving Fang Cheng a grateful look. She'd nearly fallen into Oni Takizawa's verbal trap.
Oni Takizawa glanced at Fang Cheng, then shook his head. "Forget it. Playing with you juniors is boring. There's no fun in it."
Oni Yunjie suddenly said, "If you want the throne, I can give it back to you. I'll take my people and leave the