Chapter 243: Broken and Embraced, Arrogance Brought by Power and Strength (Overhaul, 6k)
While the dishes were being served, Lu Mingfei joked with the general manager, saying that Chateau Joel Robuchon had been reserved by a customer, so why were they allowed in?
If the guests who have booked the place knew about this, wouldn’t they be angry? Wouldn’t they rush in, grab them by the collar and tell them to get out right away?
The general manager was just ashamed of this, thinking that the person who booked the entire place was that old lady, and she couldn't possibly chase him out.
I cursed in my heart but kept a friendly face and said that it was not true. Miss Uesugi was the most distinguished customer of the restaurant. As long as she was here, we would do our best to serve her. If others had any opinions, they could only apologize afterwards.
Yesterday at noon, a big shot called and asked them to vacate the restaurant tonight, and offered a price they couldn't refuse.
The general manager had worked his way up in Tokyo's upper class, and he knew that this was a favor given by others. If he dared to refuse, the restaurant would have to close the next day. If he wanted to reopen it, he could only wait until the big shot was happy to turn the page.
When he learned that the people coming to dine were the gangster princess and her crush, all he could think of was "Oh, so that's it." In the past, when Miss Uesugi came to Chateau Joel Robuchon for dinner, she would directly book the whole place, but she would always notify them a few days in advance so that they could make the reservations in advance.
This time maybe he just changed the contact person, and he acted more domineeringly because he was in a high position.
To be on the safe side, he reported the news of Eri coming to dine to Crow, and only after the Snake Eight Families confirmed it was correct did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course, he was also very perceptive and did not mention that the hasty booking made it difficult for the restaurant to run. After all, thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor, and if you have any opinions or don't want to live anymore, you can just say it.
The small information gap prevented Lu Mingfei and Yuan Zhisheng from being suspicious about the private candlelight dinner.
Especially after most of the meal was served, the manager and general manager were very tactful and left so as not to interrupt the two guests' love conversation.
Since it concerns the main gang, even those who seem to be in a good position dare not interfere. The more you do, the more mistakes you make, and the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make.
Thus, Lu Mingfei and Eiry happily enjoyed their dinner without being disturbed by anyone.
The two otakus talked about anime and games for most of the time, and the rest was where to go tomorrow.
Because Lu Mingfei complained that since ancient times, there have been benefits in the seventh or eighth episodes of anime, so when it comes to the seventh or eighth episode, there will definitely be benefits scenes of anime characters wearing swimsuits at the beach or swimming pool.
So Eri also had a yearning to see the sea that she had only seen on TV:
"I want to go see the beach and buy a swimsuit later."
Lu Mingfei looked at Eri who was concentrating on cutting steak across from him. The red-haired girl's eyelashes cast fine shadows in the candlelight, which was particularly seductive.
He was about to say something when a strange sound suddenly came from the restaurant's speakers.
“Click—click—”
Just like changing records on an old-fashioned record player, a strange rhythm came from the speakers.
The moment the rhythm sounded, Lu Mingfei's pupils suddenly contracted.
The sound of clappers!
The evil voice that had dragged him into the abyss twice.
"Eri, cover your ears!"
He stood up suddenly, the dining chair making a harsh sound on the floor, and was about to rush over to get the special headphones in his bag.
But it was too late.
The silver knife in the girl's hand fell onto the porcelain plate with a clang.
Her slender fingers curled up convulsively, and her deep rose-colored eyes were instantly swallowed up by red-gold.
Her body was like a puppet controlled by invisible strings, huddled in place in a distorted posture.
Lu Mingfei had never seen Eri like this before - her whole body seemed to be tied up by invisible ropes, her delicate face was distorted, and she whimpered like a small animal in her throat.
"No, no"
Eri's lips trembled, and the beautiful visions she wanted to express were shattered at this moment.
Her fingers clutched the tablecloth so tightly that the expensive china fell and clunked on the carpet as she pulled it.
Lu Mingfei's right hand turned into an afterimage, and the pure silver dinner knife engraved with the Uesugi family crest tore through the air, blasting the speakers in the corner to pieces.
Metal fragments flew everywhere, gleaming coldly in the candlelight.
"Lock Down!" His voice was as low as ice.
The entire restaurant was plunged into darkness in an instant, with only a few candles flickering in the sudden silence.
But the sound continued - someone was manually striking a clapper in the dark, tirelessly torturing the poor girl.
"Asshole! Go to hell!"
A roar like thunder exploded, coming from the side and back of the stairs, accompanied by a sharp whistle of heavy objects piercing the air.
Lu Mingfei didn't look back. The silver fork in his left hand was thrown out like a dart, colliding with the heavy wooden chair in mid-air.
"Bang--!"
The wooden chair was shattered and wood chips flew like snow.
This scene completely violated the laws of physics, but no one in the restaurant was surprised - this was the power of dragon blood, the most common violent aesthetic in the world of hybrids.
Lu Mingfei's golden eyes suddenly lit up, burning with a mountain-like majesty. He stood up and hugged Eri in his arms, took out special headphones from his bag and put them on her to save her from the nightmarish devil sound.
But just as he reached out his hand to the helpless girl, the attacker behind him came like a mad dragon.
In his perception, the strength of the other party's bloodline even surpassed that of Eri at the moment, and the oppressive feeling it brought was far greater than the crisis he felt when facing Minamoto Chisei!
The moment Uesugi Yue threw out the wooden chair, his figure rushed out like a cannonball.
Although he is over 80 years old, his muscles are still as strong as steel, and the Italian imported solid wood floor cracks every time he steps.
Before the fist arrived, the strong wind it created had already cut through the air, making a shrill scream.
Lu Mingfei was afraid of hurting Eri, so he had to stand up and stop her from leaving the dining area.
He tilted his head back and the wind from the fist brushed across his cheek, leaving a faint white mark.
He casually slapped the empty fist, trying to disrupt the attacker's balance.
However, the attacker wearing the white noble mask was experienced. He took advantage of the momentum of his slap and spun around, using his free left hand to lash out like a steel whip.
"Bang--!"
Lu Mingfei raised his hand to catch it, only to feel the force as heavy as a hammer, even more violent than when the furious Yuan Zhisheng chopped people down, and his raised hand was pressed down a little by the huge force.
But he was not surprised for too long. The moment he received the punch, he lowered his body, lowered his shoulders, raised his armpits, bowed his stance, and crossed his legs. With a somersault like a python dragon, he directly knocked the attacker, who was exuding a fierce aura, away.
Uesugi Yue never expected that the bastard who wanted to do something wrong was not only handsome but also very skilled. He was caught off guard and thrown out.
Fortunately, he had been doing physical labor for many years and his body had not aged or rusted. He regained his balance in mid-air and landed lightly on the restaurant bar.
But before he could land safely, a heavy wooden chair of familiar style came blowing in the wind.
If he were young, Uesugi Yue would certainly twist his waist in the air and knock him to pieces with a whirlwind kick, but time is merciless, his waist is no longer strong enough due to his age, especially recently it has been severely overdrawn, so he could only bend his arms to block and take the kick from that bastard.
"Bang!"
With a dull thud, Uesugi Yue, who was still in the air, floated away again and was yanked away by Lu Mingfei holding a chair. The huge force hit his body and smashed the solid wooden bar counter, and the solid wooden table top shattered like tofu.
Then, the remaining force continued to smash into the wine cabinet, shattering the glass, bursting the wine bottles, and the amber whiskey splashed like blood under the candlelight.
Feeling the burning pain on his back and arms, Uesugi, who had lost count of how many years it had been since he last got injured, resisted the urge to cough and stared at the young man who was grabbing half of the chair back with his red-gold eyes.
There was no need to waste words. Lu Mingfei understood everything when he saw the familiar white noble mask on the visitor's face.
Sure enough, that old dog Herzog couldn't help it and picked him and Eiry who were playing outside, wanting to test Lu Mingfei's strength!
The two men, whose mighty powers had almost solidified into substance, confronted each other in the dark restaurant for just a moment before the masked Uesugi Yue suddenly jumped up, picked up half of the counter weighing 100 to 180 kilograms with one hand and swung it towards Lu Mingfei.
This kid had already moved a little away from the dining table when he fought back just now, so there was no need to worry about accidentally hurting my precious daughter, so I could beat him up without any worries.
Facing an attack that resembled Dio's steamroller, Lu Mingfei threw the remaining half of the chair back in his hand like a boomerang, spinning straight towards the extremely disgusting noble mask.
This move seemed like a mayfly trying to shake a tree or a mantis trying to stop a chariot, but the moment this half of the chair back hit the solid wooden bar counter, the bar counter weighing about 180 pounds instantly disintegrated.
Lu Mingfei had to take advantage of this opportunity to find the damn headphones and put them on Eri, and then cut the damn shadow warrior and the bastard who was hiding in the dark and banging the gong into pieces!
However, after seeing Lu Mingfei smashing the speakers and wooden chairs with a knife and fork, Uesugi Yue already knew that this kid was a little bit evil!
Knowing that something bad was going to happen, he dodged when half of the chair back was coming at him. As wood chips flew everywhere, he appeared on Lu Mingfei's left side.
With your back to me?
Are you being too arrogant or trying to take hostages? !
Uesugi Yue was furious, his white hair bursting out like a lion's mane, and his body, which was still as strong as a sword after wandering in the world for eighty-seven years, was now tense like a fully drawn bow.
The right fist is put under the ribs, and the left hand is extended forward in the shape of a palm knife. This is a variation of the three-battle structure of the Okinawa Goju-ryu. In order to make him accept Japanese culture, the Snake Eight Schools poured far more resources into him than into Minamoto Chisei.
Even though Uesugi Yue never took it seriously, Huang's talent still allowed him to easily master martial arts that ordinary people might not be able to acquire even after a lifetime of hard work.
"Bang!"
"Bang!!"
The first explosion was caused by Uesugi Yue's stepping and shattering the floor tiles.
The second muffled sound was the old master's mid-section straight punch hitting Lu Mingfei's vest. The angry young man was startled by a strong wind coming from behind, and he turned around suddenly, punching back with his right fist.
At the moment when the two huge forces collided, the glass curtain wall of the entire floor seemed to have experienced an invisible impact, with a buzzing sound!
"cough……"
With a muffled cough, Uesugi Yue took three steps back, each step leaving a half-inch deep footprint on the floor.
My right arm was shaking unnaturally, and there was a piercing pain in my finger bones.
As the saying goes, young and strong people are more powerful. Uesugi Yue never expected that the not-so-strong body of that 18-year-old boy actually contained such powerful strength comparable to that of a dragon.
Lu Mingfei did not hold back when punching, and was confident that he could overturn a car in front of him. However, this Herzog's shadow warrior only took three steps back, and was unable to cause even a fractured bone or dislocated joint.
Sure enough, he came prepared!
But it's no use. Once I stabilize Eri, you'll know how to write the word death!
Ignoring the shadow warrior who had just stopped, he rushed towards Eri again.
When Genjiro hears the clapper sound, her personality switches, with good and evil reversed. When Genjiro hears it, he loses his power and becomes an ordinary person.
He didn't know whether Eri would go berserk or turn into a pitiful and helpless little flower after hearing the clapper sound, so he had to stop the damn clapper sound from entering Eri's ears as soon as possible!
On the other hand, the long-lost severe pain did not make Uesugi Yue feel afraid. He just had the impulse of meeting a worthy opponent and being happy. If this kid was not the madman who kidnapped his daughter and wanted to do something wrong, perhaps he would be willing to sit down and drink with him and discuss with him again, and then introduce him to the old monster Ange to let him taste the impotent rage he felt when he was abused by Time Zero.
Unfortunately, there is no if!
A fierce light flashed in his golden eyes, and Uesugi Yue rushed forward with one foot, breaking the floor. His right leg attacked Lu Mingfei's lower body like a dragon's tail.
Are you fucking done yet?!
Lu Mingfei dodged by raising his knees and leaped forward to counterattack with a heavy punch. He didn't know what Eri would become after hearing the clapper sound, but that old bastard Herzog must know, so the purpose of this annoying guy was to hold him back and make Eri completely degenerate or change her temperament drastically!
He no longer held back and swung out with a powerful punch, aiming to blow the opponent's head off!
However, the strength of the shadow warrior carefully selected by Herzog was truly extraordinary. He changed his moves like a ghost. His sweeping kick suddenly changed direction in the middle of the kick, and his toes kicked straight into the throat like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue!
The punches and kicks collided with each other, and there was another dull thud, but this time there was no winner and no one retreated.
But Lu Mingfei's feet finally left the ground for a moment, and he kicked hard. The less than one second of time he stayed in the air was seized by Uesugi Yue, who took a step forward while he had no support.
As if to avenge him for his bad behavior of hitting him in the face instead of anywhere else, Uesugi Yue threw a series of straight punches, each one heading straight for Lu Mingfei's face.
Lu Mingfei had never received any traditional martial arts training, but he was an expert in fighting and grappling. He raised his hands a few times to deflect the punches that were aimed at his face and intended to disfigure him, and he even seized the fleeting flaw and poked forward with the dragon whisker finger of his right hand, trying to disrupt the golden pupils that adorned the mask.
Uesugi Yue thought it was despicable and turned his head away, but he had already lost the opportunity and Lu Mingfei fell to the ground again.
The moment his feet touched the ground, he leaped out like an arrow, his right fist hidden at his waist ready to strike, and his left hand stretched out like a snake, trying to push away Uesugi Yue's parrying palms and smash the enemy's head and face to pieces.
But Uesugi Yue was experienced after all, and he easily saw through Lu Mingfei's plan. He twisted his arms like a python and forcibly neutralized Lu Mingfei's attack, then punched him in the temple with his backhand.
The softness and hardness of Goju-ryu Karate are fully displayed at this moment.
The two hands are entangled and the two fists collide!
"boom--!"
The air wave exploded, the floor beneath the two men's feet collapsed, and broken wood and porcelain pieces flew out like a rainstorm.
Uesugi Yue's punch was extremely powerful, Lu Mingfei's punch broke tendons and bones, and the sound of the fists colliding was almost as loud as thunder!
Uesugi Yue was afraid that Lu Mingfei would go looking for Eri again once he got away, so in order to prevent himself from doing so, he grabbed Lu Mingfei's arm tightly to prevent him from getting away!
At this moment, the two of them were like those boxers in an underground boxing ring fighting to the death with handcuffs locked together. Only one person could leave the ring alive!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Uesugi Yue knew that he was no match for this kid who appeared out of nowhere, so he adopted the strategy of exchanging injuries for lives, ignoring Lu Mingfei's attacks and punching him in the vital parts.
But Lu Mingfei was not a fool, how could he do as he wished? Every time he threw a heavy punch, he would block Uesugi Yue's insidious jabs, and each punch was stronger than the last, with the intention of beating him to death.
After several consecutive punches, Shangshan Yue felt that the bones in his left hand were almost broken by Lu Mingfei, but he didn't dare to let Lu Mingfei leave. He gritted his teeth and punched him in the face again.
This was a feint, and Lu Mingfei was fooled. He raised his hand to block it again. Uesugi Yue thought to himself that he was still too young, and suddenly raised his knee to hit Lu Mingfei's abdomen again.
But when his knee was halfway raised, it collided with Lu Mingfei's equally raised knee.
Feeling the pain coming from the ridge, Uesugi Yue glanced at him and found that this insidious boy was even more vicious than him. That knee strike was completely aimed at his vitals!
If he were to hit this person, the excruciating pain would definitely make him relax!
But the surprise at this moment was captured, and the feinted left fist had been deflected. Lu Mingfei took advantage of his distraction and punched him without mercy, with a punch as fast as the wind and as aggressive as fire!
"boom--!!!"
In a hurry, Uesugi Yue relied on his unique physical fitness as a super hybrid to twist his body and took the powerful punch with his shoulder. He felt that his entire shoulder was about to be broken.
Behind him, Eri cried softly, and Lu Mingfei felt furious, as if someone was pouring kerosene on a raging fire.
He immediately grabbed the shadow dancer's arm and used it as a battering ram, swinging it hard in the direction where the bang sound came from.
"Bang!"
The human-shaped cannon shot out, extinguishing the remaining candlelight and, with immense force, smashing down the wall of the seventy-year-old western-style building in the pitch-black darkness, burying the troublemaker hiding in the dark along with the sound of the clappers.
Lu Mingfei took the opportunity to return to Eri's side. The girl was curled up in a chair, trembling, her tears sparkling like pearls in the candlelight.
"It's okay, I'm here!"
He gently stroked Eri's hair, but felt her trembling violently the moment he touched her.
Although the damn clapper sound was interrupted, the impact it had on Eri was far more serious than expected.
He took out a special headset from his bag and put it on Eri. He was about to connect the phone to play music to prevent the damn clapper sound from restarting, but he didn't expect that the word "LockDown" just now also affected his and Eri's phones, and all of them were in black screen mode.
Fortunately, the sound of the clapper that was buried by the brick wall should not be heard for a while. He only needs to deal with the difficult shadow warrior, and then...
Before he could make up his mind, he saw the ruins exploded, and a shadow warrior wearing a white noble mask walked out slowly on the broken bricks on the ground, with a cold and sharp samurai sword in his hand.
The old man was soaked in wine, and his body was dirty and covered in dust, but his hunched back was now straight, and his skinny fingers gently stroked the blade, his movements as gentle as stroking a lover's skin.
The golden eyes under the shattered mask moved towards Lu Mingfei, revealing a murderous intent and overwhelming self-confidence.
Moonlight poured in from the window, and the blade shone with a cold luster, reflecting Lu Mingfei's furious face.
"What did you do to her?" The old voice came through the mask, suppressing the rage.
Looking at the human skin beneath the hole in the mask, Lu Mingfei suddenly understood something.
This old man is not Herzog - he is here to save Eri.
But it was pointless to explain at this moment. The sound of clappers rang out again from the ruins. Eri, a half-evolved species, had better hearing than her two brothers. She held her head and sobbed softly again.
With rage erupting like a volcano, Lu Mingfei's fist slammed into Uesugi Yue's face with a sound of breaking through the air.
The old man blocked with his sword, and the samurai sword forged from fine steel bent into an exaggerated arc under the huge force.
“Get out of here!” Lu Mingfei roared and kicked Shang Shan Yue’s waist and abdomen with a whip-like kick.
The old man was forced to retreat, but he was still not as fast as the angry boy. He only had time to raise his knife to his side to relieve some of the force.
Unexpectedly, the kick was as powerful as a dragon flipping over, and the samurai sword shattered in an instant. He seemed to be hit by an overloaded truck and crashed through the outer wall with a loud bang. He flew out of the building together with the glass brick wall and was thrown onto the street outside.
Pedestrians on the street screamed and dodged the flying debris, wondering what the restaurant had done to cause such a big commotion!
Lu Mingfei did not pursue.
The moment he turned around, the rage in his golden eyes solidified - Eri was curled up in the corner, her red hair disheveled, her slender fingers tightly grasping his arm, leaving red marks on it.
Her lips kept trembling, but she couldn't make a complete sound, only intermittent sobs.
Lu Mingfei stood there in a daze, reaching out his hand tremblingly and then retracting it.
He suddenly realized his own arrogance - the arrogance after gaining power made him let down his guard and think he could easily protect her.
He used to be the god of gaming, now he is a super hybrid who is the best among all the heroes. He is the most powerful monster in the world in his younger brother's words, and there is always a hidden arrogance in his heart.
And this arrogance is now being repaid at the cost of Eri's pain.
As his golden eyes trembled, fragments of the samurai sword floated in the air. As he raised his hand and waved it, the fragments poured towards the source of the sound like a rainstorm.
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff——
The sound of a sharp blade cutting into flesh was incessant, and in the dim light and shadow, it seemed as if something was being cut into pieces!
When the smoke and dust cleared, a man in a waiter's uniform appeared in the room, with a noble mask on his face - the clapper in his hand had been broken into several pieces, and there were seventeen or eighteen bloody holes on his face and chest, with dark red blood oozing out freely.
The lifeless body was still stiffly repeating the knocking action. Lu Mingfei raised his hand expressionlessly and slashed the opponent's throat with a knife. The head rolled off and everything was silent.
He quickly walked back to Eri and this time finally hugged her gently.
The girl's body was as cold as a corpse and she was still shaking uncontrollably.
“I’m here… I won’t let anyone hurt you again…” Lu Mingfei’s voice was hoarse, “I was too arrogant… I thought I had the power to look down on everyone, and I didn’t consider your feelings at all…”
Listening to the painful whispers in her ears, Eri's trembling gradually subsided.
She slowly raised her head, and Lu Mingfei's face, which was infected with regret and pain, was reflected in her red-gold eyes. A tear slid from the corner of her eye and splashed on the back of Lu Mingfei's hand.
"Sa...kura..."
This simple syllable made Lu Mingfei's heart ache.
He carefully wiped away the tears on her face, his movements as gentle as if he was treating fragile glass.
"Let's go see the sea, shall we?" he whispered. "Just like in the cartoons, let's go now."
Eri's eyes widened slightly.
After a moment, she nodded slowly, and her slender fingers gently grasped the corner of Lu Mingfei's clothes, as if grasping the only drifting wood.
Lu Mingfei picked her up sideways, let the girl lean on his arms, and slowly walked towards the stairs.
Eri listened attentively to the boy's steady, strong heartbeat, feeling the warmth coming from his chest. Her expression gradually relaxed, like a frightened baby bird that finally found its way home.
(End of this chapter)
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