The transfer of property between couples also violates the law, letting this loophole exist in the divorce ruling. It's clear that Kujo Hikari had long been prepared to divorce his wife without intending to pay a single yen in compensation.

Kujo Hikari mumbled, "The person is already dead, whatever father says, I can't explain it clearly."

Kujo Mutsumi was stunned; he didn't expect his son to splash the mud on him. If this spreads, it's like having mud on your pants — whether true or false, no matter the explanation, others would think Kujo Mutsumi was behind it.

After all, he did instruct his son to handle family matters back then; how that was interpreted is up to the perception of different people.

Moreover, someone is already suspecting this.

Kujo Mutsumi wasn't so muddleheaded yet. As he thought it through and combined it with Kujo Hikari's words, his mind cleared instantly — this guy was playing dumb, Kujo Hikari understood at the time, and he did it intentionally over the top.

"Calculating against me?" Kujo Mutsumi asked, "Do you think I would need such petty tricks to cover up a murder?"

"I wouldn't dare." Kujo Hikari lowered his head further: "It was my stupidity, failing to handle it properly for father."

"Handle what? What did I ask you to handle?!" Kujo Mutsumi pounded the cane on his head.

"Whatever father says it is, it is." Kujo Hikari continued defiantly, "In any case, both my wife and my lover died because of you."

"Are you blackmailing me?" Kujo Mutsumi pointed to his own nose, almost laughing out of anger.

"I wouldn't dare." Kujo Hikari repeated the same words, pretending to be a fool to the end.

Kujo Mutsumi wished he could smack this fool to death with his cane, unable to fathom how he birthed such a disgrace. He took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down, and said: "How many more years do I have to live? Are you that impatient?"

"You said the same thing ten years ago." Kujo Hikari replied.

"So what do you want? Kill your wife and lover, end up in jail, and then what? What do you gain? Do you want to make me feel guilty? Is that what you mean?" Kujo Mutsumi pressed further.

Kujo Hikari stayed silent; indeed, he had overreached himself. But if Kujo Mutsumi hadn't ordered an investigation, if Minamoto Tamako, that outsider, hadn't been around, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

He held a fiery anger inside, burning more fiercely than Kujo Mutsumi's, but he kept suppressing it.

Kujo Mutsumi jabbed his chest with the cane, cursing: "As a kid, I didn't clean your butt for you, but as an adult, I have to. You're really something! Aging backwards! If I had half your wits, I would have turned into a member of the younger generation long ago!"

Kujo Hikari finally couldn't hold it anymore and pushed the cane away, but before he could speak, the sliding door opened, and four or five guns were pointed at his forehead.

Cold sweat broke out on Kujo Hikari's forehead as he slowly released his grip, allowing his father to take back the cane.

Kujo Mutsumi snorted coldly, signaling the guards not to bother, and only then did the arms and gun barrels slowly withdraw. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the end of the cane, as if distasting the filth on Kujo Hikari: "What, rebellious phase? Developing as slowly as Tamako?"

Kujo Hikari truly didn't dare to make a sound anymore, worrying now about his father executing him for betraying the family — historically, rebellious eldest sons who failed didn't end well.

Seeing Kujo Hikari so frightened, unable to utter a word, Kujo Mutsumi felt a twinge of helplessness.

It wasn't precisely frustration at his son's lack of ambition; he was too tired to be angry — it would harm his health.

Kujo Mutsumi's tone turned colder, tinged with fatigue, "For now, just stay home and take it easy; I'll have A-yi manage the company for you ... I'll go talk with Tamako, but it's unlikely we'll negotiate anything; we'll have to find a way to stall her, keep her from attending the trial."

Seeing his son keep silent with his head down, Kujo Mutsumi could only sigh, "Speak! Have you become mute?"

Kujo Hikari wrung his towel, "I'm afraid of making you angry."

Kujo Mutsumi almost retched at his son's behavior, finding it disgusting: "Speak! Say whatever you want to say! If you don't even dare f*rt, what's the use of having you?"

Seeing that his father wasn't being sarcastic, Kujo Hikari finally dared to speak, "I can handle it myself, don't worry about it any more..."

"How do you plan to handle it?" Kujo Mutsumi asked.

"That little outsider... Little Tamako, keep her under house arrest, arrange a marriage, and ally with the Fujiwara family to prevent her from causing trouble outside," Kujo Hikari said.

"Oh," Kujo Mutsumi didn't comment further, "What about her boyfriend?"

"Kill him," Kujo Hikari said, "He's not from the main family, can't be trusted, best to silence him. Killing an outsider doesn't matter, Junichiro can help with that."

"How do you plan to explain to Little Wei?" Kujo Mutsumi pressed.

"Explain what? We're helping her educate her daughter, she's not even married herself, flaunting around all day, bringing up the child wrongfully," Kujo Hikari's tone felt perfectly justified.

Just as Kujo Mutsumi was about to use his cane to knock some sense into his foolish son, he raised his hand, realized something, and asked, "Is this what you're thinking, or have you already done it?"

Kujo Hikari fell silent again.

Kujo Mutsumi stood up fiercely, demanding he clarify his words, lest he force him to clean the house.

Kujo Hikari had no choice but to be honest; he didn't have the power or guts to confine Minamoto Tamako, but for the outsider Fushimi Roku, he felt he had the right to intervene.

So he sent the Northern Association people to deal with it.

Before this, he had looked into Fushimi Roku's background; just a Tokyo yakuza officer, kill him just kill him, this is Hokkaido, Northern Association's territory, even if the Inakawa Association has a branch, it's none of their business.

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