Perhaps because of his long-standing indignation over what his elder brother Ryushiki had suffered, and his admiration for the man's charisma, Torashiki wanted to seize this chance to get everything off his chest before Yu died. He continued recounting Ryushiki's past.
"After leaving Dragon Palace City, Ryushiki rose from the Branch Family to the Main Family and was assigned to serve the second princess, Huiyue. He put aside the injustices done to his parents and himself, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving the clan and the second princess as a member of the Main Family!"
"With resources scarce, almost every member of the Main Family schemed and fought over a single Chakra Fruit, all to obtain eternal life. Those conflicts had existed for ages, even escalating into murderous infighting.
"To ease that conflict, Ryushiki created many methods of prolonging life. The method of refining 'pills' and the reincarnation method of 'Karma' were both his creations. His original intention was to let our clan continue living without relying on Chakra Fruits. Although he couldn't change the overall environment, he greatly eased the infighting. That was something the Main Family, especially its leaders, wanted to see!"
"To reward Ryushiki's outstanding contributions, one day a messenger delivered a supreme Divine Tree Chakra Fruit into his hands." At this point, Torashiki shook his head with a regretful sigh. "Heh... with the strength my brother possessed then, if he had eaten that Divine Tree Chakra Fruit, he would definitely have ranked among the clan's ten strongest overall, even counting the Hidden World Gods who aren't included in the rankings!"
Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Hidden World Gods who aren't even ranked? Just how terrifying are this clan's reserves of power?
Torashiki paid no attention to the feelings of Yu, a man already marked for death,