Michika finally decided to go to Sakutarou Anju, she didn't know what to expect, she didn't trust him, and Sakutarou remembered the situations with her grandfather and father.

Mahiro Anju had told Sakutarou before his death that after the death of Umenosuke and other members of the Muneyoshi clan besides Shion Muneyoshi, Kaito and Kiichisaburo, this clan would only cause trouble for Yomiyama.

Mahiro maintained to the end of his life that people from the Muneyoshi clan should not be trusted, however Sakutarou had a different opinion, he was willing to give Michika trust.
The Anju clan has always been the richest clan from Yomiyama.

This was true during both the feudal era, the imperial era and the post-war years.

This was due to good economic policies, and influence in other regions of Japan.

The Anju clan was the wealthiest family in the entire Yomiyama.

Michika, escorted by a bodyguard, arrived to meet Sakutarou.

Sakutarou: So you must be the last of the Muneyoshi clan right?

Michika: The last one? After all, a relative of mine worked at the hospital until recently.

Sakutarou: After the doctor dies, it is unfortunate that you will become the last representative of the clan.

Unless you drive yourself into the grave sooner.

Michika became more serious.

Michika: How do you know, Sakutarou-sama, about my job for Chitose?

Sakutarou: The Anju clan knows everything about you, probably even more than yourself.
Chitose recruits teenage girls to be hitwomen?

interesting...

Michika: So you also know the entire truth about Yomiyama group?

Sakutarou: That it is not headed by Yoshimasa Minamiyashiki but by his wife?

This is a widely known fact, of course, if for you the wide circle is the 5 most trusted families of the Minamiyashiki clan and the Anju clan.

Michika: May I ask why the Anju clan cares so much about me?

Sakutarou: Did your father tell you about your grandfather?

Shion Muneyoshi?

Michika: No, whenever I was a child and asked him about his grandfather's side of the family he would answer me that I was still too young for that.

Sakutarou: Do you want to know why?
The Anju clan wants to prevent history from circling.
But I asked myself if you wanted to know about your grandfather, as well as unknown facts about your father's life.

Michika felt furious that she would find out about this, from a representative of the Anju clan, rather than at least Kaito or someone else from her family.

However, she suppressed it within herself.

Michika: Yeah, sure.

Sakutarou: Don't feel insulted, Muneyoshi-san.

I'm not trampling on the memory of your relatives, all I'm saying are facts.

So perhaps we should start with your father,

Do you know why the Hironiwa clan killed your mother?

Michika: No, I doesn't even knew that they were behind it.

Sakutarou: Your father slaughtered almost the entire Hironiwa clan.

Unfortunately, it was partly my father's fault because he didn't want to give your father a chance before it was too late.

Your father thought that the Hironiwa clan was responsible for the murder of your grandmother and your father's siblings.

So he started to take revenge by killing members of the Hironiwa clan, first Ria Hironiwa was killed in December 1998, then Kenshin , then he was indirectly responsible for the suicide of Yuukichi Hironiwa.
Later in 2007, he murdered almost all members of the Hironiwa clan except Yoshimasa Hironiwa

And finally, he was responsible for the death of Tatsumi Hironiwa.

Sakutarou sighed, and he avoided eye contact with Michika who was on a verge of crying, In her eyes, Naoki was a loving father, not a merciless murderer.

Difficult topic isn't it?

Michika just nod

Sakutarou: Should I tell you about your grandfather?

Michika: Yes, I am ready to accept this knowledge.

Sakutarou: Alright, so now I will tell you about Shion Muneyoshi.

Shion was a strange child from a very young age, I was his age and occasionally met him.

He always wore a slight emotionless smile absolutely regardless of the situation, he seemed like a positive and bright person, however, he had an aura of mystery and darkness.

I always had this impression that there was nothing between that smile and the real Shion - an insulating layer that prevented anyone from looking into his eyes.

I succeeded once, however, and what I saw in his eyes...

don't know...

Sakutarou's hand began to shake slightly.

It seemed to me that deep inside Shion slumbered a monster, a monster that I managed to see both a piece of.

However, with you, I don't see it.

If I were to read something from your eyes, it's a subdued sadness, which makes me happy.

Continuing.

I wasn't wrong, in the 1970s he started killing, most likely because of him organized crime appeared in our little Yomiyama.

Because he started murdering members of the Hironiwa and Minamiyashiki clans, these clans began to defend themselves by creating criminal structures.

My father knew about this, and wanted to warn Umenosuke Muneyoshi - your great-grandfather, however, it was too late.

Your grandfather, along with his brother, murdered most of the Muneyoshi clan.

And it didn't end there.

I remember one day, I think it was shortly after his marriage, he came to the estate once.

He handed over the chronicles of the Muneyoshi clan, I accepted them, at the same time I was panic-stricken.

I thought that more people would soon fall victim to him.

Michika: Sorry to interrupt, but why then has no one reported this to the police?

Sakutarou grabbed his head, as if trying to find a reason why Shion's crimes had not been curbed.

Sakutarou: I don't know, it's possible that my father was afraid of him, as if he started to be pursued by the police.

Besides, there was no irrefutable evidence, or at least my clan didn't have it at that moment.

Back to Shion.

My guess was right,in 1986 this monster murdered his own family, except for your father.

He then changed his identity, and lived as Akira Kobayashi in Osaka.

However, he returned to Yomiyama, sometime in the early 1990s.

I heard about the murder of a teacher by her student in 1996, this is my theory now, I have nothing to confirm or deny it, but this student could have done it being manipulated by Shion.
And then came 1998, truth be told it was your grandfather who manipulated your father, by casting suspicion on the Hironiwa clan.

However, a year later, in March 1999, he made a fatal mistake.

He wanted to implicate your father, however, your father killed him.

I know this is difficult for you, but this is the truth.

I'm sorry.

Michika needed a while to accept this whole information, after several minutes she took a deep breath.

Michika: May I see the chronicles of my clan?

Sakutarou: Of course, however, read them here, even though they belong to you, they would probably be safer in a safe here right?

Michika: That's fine.

Sakutarou: You can take them whenever you want, in the future I intend to give them back to you completely when you have somewhere to hide them.

Michika: Hide?

Sakutarou: My father, when he was still alive, forbade me to read these chronicles, only members of the Muneyoshi clan can access them.

It is your clan's tradition from what my father told me.

Michika: I see, there is something else you would like to tell me Sakutarou-sama?

Sakutarou: No, you can go, Come more often, I'll tell you more.

Michika bowed and left the Anju mansion, she did not trust Sakutarou enough to tell him about Chitose's plans to kill him, however, she knew Chitose would not kill him quickly.

Therefore, she decided not to tell him.

Michika was also shocked by a certain connection between Shion Urushibara and her own grandfather Shion Muneyoshi, both of whom were murderers without any human feelings.
She was also interested in the impression of the monster inside her and the aura.

"No, it's impossible, the parents of the students don't seem to be returning after all."

After opening the door to her home, her adoptive mother Kiyoe Shibaoka reacted.

Kiyoe: Michika-chan
Your aunt has arrived.

Michika: What? But I don't have an aunt…