Chapter 306 Brother, My House is Pretty Big
As the saying goes, everyone has glorious moments, but don't take one moment as forever.
But there are very few people who can truly let go of their past glory, and there happens to be one of them in front of Lu Mingfei.
He did not comfort Fingel, and the latter did not need comfort.
When this man who has always maintained the image of a loser and a good-for-nothing talked about his sad past, it meant that he had made a certain decision.
"My intuition tells me that the Greenland Sea incident is inextricably linked to the Takamagahara reincarnation incident. It is very likely that our enemies are from the same camp, or even the same person." Lu Mingfei looked at Finkel and promised him in a tone of someone who was about to step on an ant to death while rushing to the mountains and rivers:
"I'll find him and kill him."
"Kassel College has been looking for the dragon for a long time, but has found nothing so far." Finkel looked at Lu Mingfei, and the shadow of the young man was reflected in his iron-gray eyes.
"There is no future in following the European and American hybrids. They are even unwilling to approve more funds for activities." Lu Mingfei smiled and opened his left hand to imitate Tezuka Kunimitsu's gesture of adjusting his glasses:
"And I have killed tens of thousands of corpse guards and deadpools in less than a month since my debut, and even killed a dragon king."
"You should have watched Detective Conan. You know that most of the detectives in the film have a tendency to encounter murders no matter what they do, right?"
Finkel smiled: "Junior brother, you mean that you also have the event physique, and can make the Dragon King come to you?"
“No, I am surrounded by the aura of the protagonist.” Lu Mingfei waved his hand, not to be modest, but to say, brother, be bolder:
"I have a lot of secrets, so many that even I don't know the exact number, but what is certain is that everyone wants to get something from me."
"Including me?" Finkel looked at him.
"Including you." Lu Mingfei looked at him.
"From now on, should I call you the protagonist or the captain?" Finkel raised his glass in salute.
"Master Protagonist sounds too complicated, just call me Master."
"Then I'd better continue to call you Junior Brother. It sounds more intimate."
After the insignificant interruption, Lu Mingfei's attention fell on another point:
"What's up with Norma, the super artificial intelligence at Kassel Academy? Her war personality Eva has the same name as your girlfriend. Are the two related in any way?"
"Norma is a super artificial intelligence created by our vice-president by combining modern technology and alchemy technology. Eva is his student and participated in the entire process of its creation. It can even be said that Norma was created based on her." Finkel took a sip of wine and continued:
"The war personality was created by him alone in seclusion after the Greenland Sea incident. It is said that it was a copy of Eva's memories...
She was exactly as I remembered her, except that she had lost her body and her life.
Like a beautiful ghost trapped in the computer matrix and my memory."
The vice-president of Kassel Academy is the greatest alchemist of our time, and his achievements in alchemy are unmatched.
Except for dragons.
It is for this reason that Princess Kaguya, created at great expense by the Japanese branch, is called a poor imitation by people at the academy headquarters. Compared with Norma, Princess Kaguya is just a powerful but emotionless AI.
"Are you sure Eva is dead?" Lu Mingfei's tone suddenly became serious, and it was obvious that he wanted to confirm something important.
"I don't know." Finkel leaned back slightly on the sofa, "The dragon blew me away to a very far place. When I was fished out, I was a full mile away from the mission site. The people in the execution department said that I was only wearing a tattered diving suit at the time. If I was still wrapped in the metal net, I would definitely drown.
Professor Schneider, who was attacked with me, was contaminated by dragon blood and was frozen in a block of ice weighing several tons when he was fished out.
As for Eva... no one knows where she is, but she is presumed dead."
"In the archives of Kassel College, are they missing or dead?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Missing." Finkel sneered. "In order to suppress this matter, those bastards on the board dismissed all the people who knew about it. The students who died because of their stupid decision were not able to enter the school's Hall of Heroes, and even the insurance for airlifting their bodies back to the country was not activated."
As he spoke, he sighed again: “When I woke up from my coma, it had been a long time, and the vice-principal was by my side.
He said the board had dealt with everyone who might raise a question, and the principal could not interfere, so he could only use this opportunity to wrest more say from them and prevent such incidents from happening again.
The fact that Professor Schneider and I were contaminated by dragon blood was also kept secret, but his bloodline was not strong enough to fully accept it. The dragon blood allowed him to survive from the bottom of the sea, but it also left his body full of holes.
My situation is a little better, but when I use the Word Spirit, the burden on my body bones increases exponentially.
There is also an interesting thing. The dragon blood I absorbed at that time healed all my injuries. Professor Schneider always thought that he was the one who shot and injured the dragon. In fact, all the ordinary bullets remained in my body. It was the vice-president who took them out while I was unconscious. "
"Your ability to find joy in adversity is commendable." Lu Mingfei gave a thumbs up. "So you actually don't know what Eva's situation is like?"
"The old cowboy said she was dead." Finkel shook his head, "I've known him for so many years, and that was the only time I saw him look like a hundred-year-old.
Eva is his proudest student, and he has praised her more than once as the heir to the title of Flamel. "
"Is that so? OK, I'll make note of this. I'll consult the world's best alchemist when I get a chance." Lu Mingfei nodded slightly and stood up to end the conversation.
"What world is the coolest?" Finkel didn't react for a while. The old cowboy was the number one in the field of alchemy in the world. Who could shake his authority in this field?
Unless it's a dragon...
Wait, the King of Bronze and Fire seems to be buried in a corner of the Yangtze River...
But Eva has already...
Lu Mingfei did not give him any extra hope, but Finkel was smart enough that he could not hide his excitement even though it was unbelievable.
But he also knew that the greater the hope, the greater the despair when the hope was dashed.
So he just watched Lu Mingfei leave. After he pushed the door open and left, he leaned back on the sofa and sipped his beer. His eyes gradually lost focus, and he was not even shaken by the bikini beauties on TV.
He wasn't sure whether the decision he made today was the right one, but there was no doubt that he had broadened his path.
…
After talking about life, Lu Mingfei returned to the suite and opened the door with a slightly louder noise, successfully saving Old Tang who was almost in danger of falling into the tiger's mouth.
He turned on the game console outside and selected a game suitable for two people. He waited for Eiry to come out of the shower so that they could play together. He also passed a message to Su Enxi and asked her to make arrangements for Shao Nanyin who had mixed into the crowd.
After a while, Eri from the master bedroom had not come out yet. Old Tang and Ryoma Xun, who looked a little embarrassed, walked out of the living room first. The former's clothes were a little untidy, and the latter's hair was a little messy. It seemed that the war was not too intense.
Old Tang coughed softly, as if nothing had happened: "Well, Mingming, let's go have lunch, do you want to join us?"
"No, you guys go ahead. I just bought some fried chicken from Finkel's." Lu Mingfei naturally had no interest in being a light bulb.
"Old Feng has already eaten it?" Old Tang widened his eyes and wanted to scold Finkel for betraying the foodie alliance, but when he thought about the fact that he had also eaten some lipstick just now, he lost his confidence.
"Then we'll go by ourselves."
After saying that, he hurriedly pulled Ryoma Xun out.
Longma Xun nodded to Lu Mingfei calmly before leaving.
“Tsk, the world of adults…” Lu Mingfei grinned. Although Old Tang, a tech geek who enjoyed being single and surrounded by machines all day, lived a very comfortable life in his previous life, now he has changed his way of life and it is actually very comfortable.
Just don't let anything tactless come along to destroy this happiness and tranquility.
With this in mind, the game was fixed at Street Fighter.
Just treat it as a rehearsal for tonight and have a hearty battle with Eri.
Soon, Eiry came out of the shower, changed into the classic red and white shrine maiden costume, and sat next to Lu Mingfei in a duck sitting position.
While holding the controller to select a character, Eri said something without thinking: "Brother can't come over for the time being."
Lu Mingfei was stunned when he heard this, and it took him two seconds to react. He asked curiously, "What happened?"
"He said that hunters are coming." Eri answered truthfully. She recognized Chinese and guessed that the hunters that Gen Chisei mentioned were probably the ones who received missions from that website and came to Japan to cause trouble.
“Making money from disasters.” Lu Mingfei was disdainful, but the Hunter Organization was such a filthy place that only cared about making money, not to mention that what happened in Japan was just a natural disaster, not a catastrophic disaster.
If a fight really breaks out, the Eight Clans of Sheqi will have the advantage of home court, numbers, and top combat power, so there is almost no possibility of losing.
"Don't worry, they can't cause any trouble." He comforted softly. Now Angé is still staying in Japan, trying to re-conquer the Eight Clans of Sheqi. There are three emperors and a rogue there. Unless a Dragon King-level combat force comes forward, he can't imagine the possibility of being defeated.
…
On the other side, Chu Zihang drove the black Maybach slowly into an old residential area.
The mottled iron gate was half open, the access control was ineffective, pedestrians could enter and exit freely, but vehicles still needed to be registered.
The old man in the security booth squinted his eyes as he looked at the luxury car, obviously unable to tell how much it was worth - perhaps in his eyes, it was just a "pretty fancy black car".
The car window rolled down, Xia Mi stuck her head out, and called out with a smile: "Uncle, it's me, open the door."
The old man was stunned for a moment. He felt vaguely that the girl looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her.
But seeing her curved eyebrows and sweet smile, he didn't bother to investigate further.
After all, what is there in this shabby neighborhood that is worth people's attention?
He waved his hand, and the lifting rod slowly rose.
The Maybach slid silently into the community. The six-meter-long body looked like an elegant yet dangerous black beast, out of tune with the surrounding mottled walls, old facilities, and rusty fitness equipment.
The afternoon sun lazily sprinkled on the concrete ground. A few elderly men and women who were taking a walk were strolling slowly, occasionally casting a curious glance, but quickly losing interest and continuing their after-meal digestion.
Chu Zihang put his hands on the steering wheel, looking calmly ahead, driving very slowly to guard against any children who might suddenly jump out from the corridor entrance or behind the green belt, but he was actually keeping an eye on Xia Mi out of the corner of his eye.
On the way back, he thought she would chatter non-stop as usual, but she was abnormally silent.
Occasionally, when I glanced sideways, I could catch a glimpse of her slightly furrowed brows and her thoughtful eyes reflecting the light and shadows from the window.
It was not until she was away from the hustle and bustle of the CBD that she seemed to come back to life, and talked cheerfully about her life after leaving Shilan Middle School.
Although that life still sounded monotonous, it was nothing more than school, cafeteria, and home, just three points in a straight line, no different from Shilan Middle School.
Finally, she invited Chu Zihang to her house, saying that her house was quite big.
Chu Zihang had too many questions in his mind waiting to be answered, so he naturally would not refuse.
"It's still exactly the same as before." The girl gently guided the direction. Her voice was vague, as if she was stating a distant fact, or as if she was sighing that time had frozen in this community.
Chu Zihang drove into a road leading deep into the residential area. His wheels rolled over a path covered with dead leaves, and the broken branches and leaves groaned softly under the tires.
The corners of old neighborhoods are always filled with a damp and decayed smell, as if they were corners forgotten by time.
Overgrown weeds sprouted out from both sides of the road, slapping the body of the Maybach as it passed by, but they could not leave even a shallow scratch on this steel beast.
Just as Chu Zihang was secretly surprised that this old community had such depth, a dilapidated villa suddenly came into view.
It was a villa that had been abandoned for a long time. Like an old man forgotten by time, it stood silently among the old trees.
One of the sycamore trees looked particularly familiar, with its branches twisted and stretching towards the sky, while its leaves fell off in the wind and floated to the ground.
A house needs vitality. A house without vitality will decay quickly, and it is obvious that the owner of this villa has been gone for a long time.
The Maybach stopped in front of a rusty iron gate. Xia Mi pushed the door open and got out of the car. She felt a little worried when she saw the iron lock that was so rusty that the keyhole was completely invisible.
Chu Zihang walked up to her, looked at the iron gate that was covered with vines and had no signs of opening or closing, and the weed-covered yard inside, and asked:
"Forgot your keys?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, an inexplicable sense of familiarity suddenly hit him.
It seemed like a similar conversation had taken place a long time ago.
And the person who answered him would put his hands on his hips and say:
"Come with me."
The voice in his memory overlapped with reality. He turned his head and saw Xia Mi striding towards the other side of the courtyard wall.
There was a gap there. She took a few steps back, then suddenly accelerated and jumped lightly onto the wall that was almost as high as her, without even needing to use any leverage.
The moss on the wall shone wetly in the sunlight. She jumped down from the gap covered with ivy and waved at him on tiptoe:
"Brother, be careful, there is moss here and it is very slippery."
Chu Zihang nodded slightly, supported himself with one hand and climbed over the gap in the courtyard wall neatly. When he landed, he heard the girl muttering imperceptibly:
"You still like to play it cool."
"What?" He pretended not to hear.
"No, I mean it's a huge project, I don't know when it will be finished." Xia Mi put her hands behind her back and turned around to look at her former "home", a hint of sadness on her pretty face:
“I want to spend my summer vacation here.”
Chu Zihang glanced at the weeds, fallen leaves and dead branches in the yard, raised his hand, and a cluster of blazing flames suddenly jumped up from his palm: "Do you want my help?"
(End of this chapter)
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