Lu Mingfei, who studied Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

Inuyama He remained silent. He did not dare to look directly into Ange's eyes. This was the past that he deliberately kept in his heart, and was mentioned by Ange again at this moment.

Over the years, he has been running away from the terrible past, thinking that those tragic things are just a nightmare, and there is no need to recall nightmares. He treats Angers as an imaginary enemy and trains himself day and night, as if defeating Angers can be with the past. The cowardly self said goodbye...but how could it be so easy to forget the past that I had personally experienced?

The biggest devil in a person's life is the unbearable version of himself in his memory.

"Aga, some problems can't be solved by running away. Have you ever thought about it, if I show up, help you solve the Inuyama family's predicament, accept you as my student, and praise you like I praise Lu Mingfei and Caesar "If I encourage you, what will you become now?" Angers asked.

Inuyama He was stunned, because Angers in his memory was probably the biggest villain in the world. He could not imagine what it would be like for Angers to praise him. Sixty-two years ago, all the words that echoed in his ears were They were curse words such as "waste", "coward" and "idiot". If he had heard Angers use the word "stubborn" to describe him once at that time... he would probably be moved to tears.

"Remember the story of the 'Thorn Bird' that I told you?" Angers said.

Inuyama Ga nodded subconsciously.

"It is a bird in the novel of contemporary Australian writer Colleen McCullough. It sings only once in its life and soars in the sky throughout its life without landing. The meaning of its life is to find the thorn tree. When it finds When the longest and sharpest thorn comes, I will use it to pierce my own throat and complete the swan song that only happens once in my life." Angers' voice was deep and deep, "Ah, when I saw you for the first time, I thought you were... A child born among thorns, your life is full of thorns, remember? Your two sisters..."

When Angers mentioned the word "sister", Inuyama He's eyes flashed with a flash of confusion and fear, and his body trembled instinctively, but when he looked at Angers eyes, he suddenly calmed down.

Angers voice full of vicissitudes of life is like a disk in an old gramophone, bringing Inuyama He back from hazy memories to the scene of their first encounter sixty-five years ago.

Before World War II, the Inuyama family was not as powerful as it is now. At that time, the yakuza chain of contempt was serious. The Inuyama family, which made its fortune in the flesh business, was at the bottom of the chain of contempt of the Jakaki Hachi family. At that time, the head of the Inuyama family was Inuyama Ga's. My father was not willing to be looked down upon by other family heads, so he resolutely led the entire family to participate in the war of aggression and mingled with the main war faction.

Later, the war failed and the emperor announced his surrender. The overwhelming condemnation from the Snakekihachi family poured into the Inuyama family, which was the weakest at the time. The head of the Inuyama family, who became the target of public criticism, could not bear the insult and committed seppuku.

The power and business of the Inuyama family were divided, and gangs of all sizes wanted a share of the pie. Inuyama Yuki, Inuyama's eldest sister, fought hard for the family's last territory, fought with vicious dogs, and died at the door of her home.

Before the war, Inuyama Ga had a falling out with his father because of his stance and left the house angrily. After returning home, he only found the body of his eldest sister lying in front of the house. Inuyama Ga staggered up the stairs with grief, but the scene at home made him even more sad. He collapsed on the spot, and what he saw that day was a shadow that would linger throughout his life.

In the room of the head of the Inuyama family, in front of his father's memorial tablet and photo, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on a woman's twisted face and exposed body. That was her second sister, and her kimono painted with cranes and red ghosts was torn apart. Her body was tied up with a thick hemp rope, and her mouth was tightly gagged with a ball of cloth. The woman curled up on the tatami in an obscene posture, whimpering helplessly. A U.S. Navy colonel held one end of the hemp rope, his face An unbridled evil smile appeared on his face...

In order to protect the Inuyama family and the only remaining man in the family, Inuyama Ga, the second sister did not hesitate to devote herself to the U.S. Navy, protecting the dilapidated family with dignity and innocence.

Inuyama Heya rushed out of the door as if he was running away, stepped over his eldest sister's putrid body, and ran desperately on the street, crying like crazy, as if he instinctively wanted to stay away from this terrible home.

He fell into the mud puddle, and his vision was blurred by the mixture of sewage and tears. His stomach couldn't stop churning and he was vomiting. He hadn't eaten for two days, but he was still vomiting acidic water, as if he wanted to swallow his stomach and entire esophagus. It felt like he was spitting it out... The scene just now seemed to be burned into his mind, and he couldn't get it out, making his soul tremble.

He vowed to kill the U.S. Navy colonel! The villains who forced his eldest sister to death must be made to pay the price!

Since then, Inuyama Ga has never returned to that home, but he still stubbornly adheres to the family's customs and business. Even though he doesn't know any high-class women at all, he is very good to those women of ordinary beauty, and every day Every woman he introduced to the U.S. Navy was regarded by him as a woman from the Inuyama family.

Even in order to help these poor women get a few more yen, Inuyama Ga was beaten severely for contradicting the soldiers.

In his eyes, every tortured woman is his involuntary second sister, and every American soldier is the devilish American colonel. He has no ability to punish the colonel and these soldiers, nor to protect them. His second sister and these women could only use their thin bodies to block them when they were being bullied intolerably, and take the punches and kicks for them.

Endless insults and beatings were like sharp thorns, covering Inuyama Ga's boyhood.

"Aga, in my impression, you are always as dirty as when we first met. You wear a shabby kimono and do dirty business, but your eyes are bright."

Anger's voice sounded, awakening Inuyama He from the unbearable memory.

"That light is the stubbornness in your bones. You fight tenaciously against the thorns in your life. Sadness and anger will turn into your strength, pushing you forward on the road that ends in 'man'... But if sadness and anger Anger can also drown people if it is too strong.”

"So I solved the Inuyama family's dilemma for you and helped you eliminate the thorns in your life, but I can't let you stop here, because it's not enough. Your life should not stop when you are eighteen. Otherwise I will be harming you.”

Angers' tone was extremely serious.

"Ahe, I can't turn you into a useless person who relies on teachers. The U.S. Navy's punches and kicks will no longer fall on you, so let me do it. People from other families don't have the guts to insult you, so I will give it to you. The insults and ridicules are doubled, you always claim that you are the last man in the Inuyama family, but the road to becoming a man is a reverse journey...Aga, I must become a new thorn in your life."

"Today you finally crossed over the thorns of teacher. In the ninth moment, you left your determination on my chest. I can see it clearly." Angre rubbed the part of his chest where Inuyamaga cut him, showing a pleased expression. Smile, "Congratulations, Aga, you have become an upright man of the Inuyama family."

Looking at Ange's happy smiling face, Inuyama He was dumbfounded. He suddenly remembered that the hateful and hateful man in front of him seemed to have never smiled at him.

"Do you still remember what happened after we met when I first came to Japan?"

Inuyama He remembered that Angers had just asked him this question. Those deep in his heart that he had deliberately buried... also contained the memories of his and Angers' true acquaintance.

"Since you think you can represent the Inuyama family, then take me to your Inuyama family's territory, and I will negotiate with you there." Angers leaned down and looked directly at Inuyama He said.

Inuyama He hesitated because he had not been back to that home for a long time. He was not sure whether the naval colonel had left or was still bullying his sister in his home. He did not want to see that nightmare scene again.

"Why, you are claiming that you are the last man of the Inuyama family, don't you have the guts to invite me to your territory?" Angers straightened his back and put on his white military cap, "Since you have no say, Then go to She Qiba’s house and find someone who can speak, and take me to a place of sufficient importance to negotiate with me.”

"Who says I have no right to speak!" Inuyama He stood up stubbornly, wiped the mud off his body, and revealed the proud tattoo of the Inuyama family, "Follow me!"

Inuyama He took Anger to the ancestral home of the Inuyama family. In front of the door where his eldest sister had died tragically, he hesitated again. He admitted that there was a coward in the house that he did not dare to face. He stopped in front of the door and listened to the room. If there is any movement, judge whether to go in.

While he was still hesitating, Angers had already stepped into the house. He climbed up the wooden stairs, and there was a "creaking" sound from the old wooden boards. Inuyama Ga took a deep breath and trotted after him. Behind Angers.

When he reached the door of the master's room, Angers suddenly stopped, frowning and looking ahead. Behind him, Inuyama Ga also turned his head and looked into the house from Angers side.

The moment he saw the scene in the room clearly, Inuyama He's eyes widened suddenly, and all the blood in his body seemed to surge into his mind instantly. He felt that he had never been so angry before, and it seemed that his nerves were about to explode.

In the room, a naked woman was lying on the tatami. Her eyes were empty and lifeless. She looked like she was mentally disturbed. Her body was as thin as a skeleton. In my impression, my second sister was obviously a beautiful woman. Now her hair is disheveled like a malnourished female ghost.

What made Inuyama He even more furious was that the US military colonel was sitting on the table where his father's tomb was placed, watching the two fat pig-like naval officers on the tatami doing unruly things to his second sister. The scene was disgusting. It was filthy, but the colonel was whistling while admiring it, and tossed the silver coins he earned in his hand.

Inuyama Ga let out a heartbreaking roar. He rushed into the house like crazy and knocked away the two fat pig-like men who were pressing on his second sister. The colonel recognized Inuyama Ga and took out the belt from his waist. , while insulting him, he slapped the belt on Inuyama Ga's cheeks and back like a whip.

Inuyama He was so painful that he wanted to curl up, but he held on and held his second sister firmly in his arms, shouting vague words crazily.

"I will definitely kill you! I will definitely kill you fat pigs!"

"Get out of the Inuyama family! You will pay with blood for what you did to my second sister! I swear!"

He regretted it so much that he realized that he should go home early. Even if he risked his life, he could not let the second sister become like this. The second sister became like this because of him. He was not a man from the Inuyama family at all. What a coward, he couldn't even protect the women in his family... Inuyama He opened his mouth, revealing his blood-soaked tooth sockets, and bit hard on the wrist of the naval colonel who whipped him with a belt.

The colonel screamed and dropped his belt to the ground. He kicked Inuyamaga hard in the stomach and crotch with his leather boots. The other two soldiers also rushed up and punched Inuyamaga on the head, breaking his teeth with force.

Blood flowed from his forehead, blurring his vision. Inuyama Ga felt that his consciousness had become thinner... Maybe it was the end of his life. At the end of his life, at least he died in front of his father's memorial tablet as a man of the Inuyama family. Before he died, he had to These damn pigs are only willing to bite off a piece of meat!

Suddenly, screams rang in Inuyama Ga's ears. The sound of the belt cutting through the air was as loud as a firecracker, and the fists hitting him suddenly stopped.

Inuyama Ga wiped the blood from his eyes and looked around. The man named Anger had arrived in the house at some point. He picked up the navy captain's belt and waved it like a riding crop. Each wave made a sharp arc. The line rolled up and made a crackling sound, and was whipped hard on the colonel and two soldiers.

The arrogant and domineering sailors scurried under the men's long whips, begging for mercy again and again, but Ange seemed not to hear their cries of mercy, and just kept lashing the whip with an expressionless face... until the three men were whipped to the full extent. There were blood marks, and there was not a single piece of good flesh on their bodies. The three people fainted in the severe pain.

Under Inuyama He's dull eyes, Angers took off his military jacket and put it on the second sister's thigh on the ground. Then he took off his military cap and placed it in front of the woman's chest. He walked to the window and opened the window, and the setting sun emerged from the window. The window slanted in the light.

Angers stood in the sun, looked at Inuyama Ga, and lit a cigar: "Inuyama Ga, right? You look like a backbone kid. I recognize you. You can negotiate with me on behalf of the Inuyama family."

After smoking a whole cigarette, Angers took the colonel's unfinished wine from the table and poured it on Inuyama He. When he was grinning, Angers put his hands on his shoulders and held him down. The tossing body seemed to say something.

"From today on, you are my student. You will hate me. Risk your life to defeat me and grow into a real man."

Just like in the memory, the day they parted.

Angers beat Inuyama He black and blue before leaving, and poured wine on his wounds in the same way. Hearing him grinning, he put his hands on his shoulders and pressed his body. At the departure port, a staff member The officer happened to be passing by and teased: "You didn't want to part with the three years in Japan, so you recognized a godson?"

Angers just smiled and said nothing.

The officer took pictures of them. In front of the mountain-like warship, Angers kept his hands on Inuyamaga's shoulders... That photo was placed in Inuyamaga's ancestral house, and it is still displayed with his photo.

Inuyama Ga vaguely remembered that at the moment when the shutter was pressed, the father-like man behind him seemed to say something.

"Farewell, Ahe, don't forget to hate me and risk your life to defeat me... The day you truly defeat me, you will defeat yourself and become a real man."

In the photo, the bruised Inuyama Ga is grinning, and Angers is smiling. Behind him is the skyscraper-like "Iowa", and cherry blossoms are falling from the water-washed sky.