Chapter 379: Subway Dragon Hunt
The matter of the physical examination was finalized. Nono had no objection, and Caesar naturally had no objection either. They just regarded it as a rehearsal for the marriage examination.
After all, Caesar is just a foil, it doesn't matter whether he goes or not.
"When does it start?" Nuonuo also wanted to take this opportunity to find out what was wrong with her body, such as the word spirit that she could not awaken no matter what.
At Kassel Academy, it was indeed rare for an A-rank hybrid to not have a Word Spirit. Nono was well aware that some people privately called her a "fake A-rank," but she wasn't the only one in the academy.
Her roommate and best friend, Susie, is also a half-blood without the power of words.
It's interesting to say that the two powerful women in the Lionheart Club and the Student Union don't have the power of words, but Susie is very popular, has a good temper, is strong, and is very beautiful. In addition, everyone in the Lionheart Club recognizes her as the big sister, so there has never been any criticism about her.
Nuonuo initially thought that Susie actually had a Word Spirit, but she chose to conceal it because she was concerned about the impact and didn't want to keep it in archives or make it public, such as the high-risk Word Spirit Jun Yan that Chu Zihang displayed during his trip to Japan.
But facing her curiosity, Susie just smiled and shook her head and said really not.
Susie was her best friend, they could talk about almost anything, and she even knew all her secrets, so Nono believed it.
She hoped that the physical examination arranged by Lu Mingfei could find out the problem of not having the Word Spirit, and preferably provide a solution, so that she and Susie could also have the Word Spirit and would not have to run around with guns all day.
"Tomorrow." Lu Mingfei estimated the time. Su Enxi, Jiude Mai and Ling would arrive tonight. Only with them around could he do it with confidence. Otherwise, he always felt that the rear might be attacked at any time.
It’s not that I don’t trust Old Tang and Constantine, it’s mainly because their homes have been robbed. Without Lu Mingfei’s brilliant appearance, they would probably have to go to the Wanhun Banner to be brothers.
Oh, it should be to go to Odin's Treasury to be brothers.
And the two of them also have the most important task, which is to see if they can make a prosthetic limb for Fenrir, or brainstorm to see if they can transform him into a human form.
This was bound to be a big project, and Lu Mingfei was thinking of discussing it with Aze in the evening.
But that guy is so elusive that he hasn't shown up since he returned to his country. When he tried to rescue Constantine before, he wanted to ask if there were any precautions, but no one responded after he summoned him for a long time. I wonder what he was busy with.
There is also a research institute invested by Su Enxi in Beijing. The preparation work is not difficult. The trouble is how to send people there without going around the Chen family. The arrival of Jiude Mai will solve this problem.
"By the way, your opinion on the family, is it directed at your line or the entire family?" Now that Nuonuo has also been roped in, Lu Mingfei has to consider her situation. If her disgust for the Chen family is limited to her bastard father and those brothers and sisters who have gone crazy vying for favor, then he has to consider whether it is equality for all or targeting them specifically.
"The Chen family is now ruled by my father." Nuonuo understood what he meant and said calmly, "The Chen family is like a big ship, and my father is the only helmsman who knows the direction.
Once he falls, the entire Chen family may not fall apart immediately, but sooner or later it will be lost and swallowed by the wind and waves.
Besides, the Chen family has made many enemies over the years, and many people want to take a piece of the Chen family's flesh."
The head of the Chen family is a shrewd businessman and a ruthless hunter. In his eyes, his family members are assets whose value can be assessed, while outsiders are prey to be slaughtered.
The Chen family is involved in a wide range of industries, some of which rely on capital, while others rely on shady means.
On the surface, they are very successful in both the political and business circles, but their dirty dealings behind the scenes are little known to the public.
Lu Mingfei nodded. "Then please summarize the information you have about the Chen family tonight. Regardless of whether it's politics, economy, culture, or medicine, write it all down, no matter if it's useful or not. It will be very useful."
After thinking about it, he felt that Su Enxi might know more about this than Nuonuo, so he shook his head again: "Forget it, let's wait until we meet her tomorrow and let her tell you in person."
Nuonuo was stunned by what he said, but she realized that this was for her to prepare for contact with the secret forces behind Lu Mingfei.
That is an existence that can snatch food from the secret party and the eight families of Sheqi. It would be a lie for Nuonuo to say that he is not interested.
If it hadn't been told directly, they could have pretended not to know. But now that it was told openly, it would be difficult for Caesar to go there again.
After all, he is the future heir of the Gattuso family. What would it matter if he fell into the hands of an unknown force?
Before, the Sheqi Eight Clans at least had the title of a Japanese branch, and were still considered their own people.
The power behind Lu Mingfei clearly had a bad relationship with the secret party, otherwise they wouldn't have taken away all the benefits without even leaving a single drop of the God-Slaying Plan.
Lu Mingfei can barely be considered a good person. He has powerful military force but he is unwilling to force them. But who knows whether the forces behind him have evil intentions and want to plant something in Caesar's mind.
The murals collected by the Eight Snake Families all record that when Izanagi signed the contract with the White King, he was spiritually branded, and eventually merged with the Holy Remains under the instigation of the White King.
Taking this into consideration, she asked Caesar to accompany her tomorrow without any need for examination.
If there is anything real, it’s not too late to talk about it when we get to Kassel College.
In terms of individual combat power, perhaps someone can surpass Cassel, but in terms of overall resources, the Secret Party is still the pinnacle of the half-blood world.
Lu Mingfei had no objection to this. He didn't really need Caesar to participate; he was just using him as bait to see what big fish he could catch.
After the serious business came to an end, they chatted for a while, and the people who had just gathered together to have fun dispersed, tacitly leaving the two of them some space to be alone.
"How long are you going to hug me?" Nono leaned lazily on the sofa and found that Caesar's hand was still on her shoulder, with no intention of moving away.
"Forever, okay?" Caesar winked at her, his smile a bit ruffian, completely losing the image of a noble gentleman in front of others.
"The dragon clan won't live to see that day either." Nuonuo couldn't help but roll his eyes. This guy has a silly personality to begin with. After spending two days with Lu Mingfei and Finkel, his symptoms showed signs of worsening.
He who keeps company with vermilion becomes red, and he who keeps company with ink becomes black. The ancients were right.
"Then let's try to live longer." Caesar tightened his arms and pulled her into his embrace: "Do you believe what Lu Mingfei said?"
"Gene problem?" Nuonuo and he have been together for many years and have already developed a tacit understanding: "There is no doubt about this. My father has invested in many research institutes just to ensure that his bloodline is passed down perfectly.
Natural childbirth is too risky and the outcome is uncontrollable, so genetic technology and IVF are an indispensable method."
There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone, but a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.
In fact, she even suspected that she was also a product of in vitro fertilization. After all, as far as she could remember, there were not many pictures of her parents appearing together. Even if they appeared in the same occasion, they did not have the harmonious relationship that a couple should have, and they could not even say that they respected each other.
Looking back now, their relationship was more like a professional manager showing respect to the chairman of the board, with an invisible but insurmountable gap always between the two.
Caesar stroked her hair and said, "This is the same for every family. My parents' marriage was also opposed by the family because my mother's bloodline wasn't good enough to meet the family's requirements."
"But in the end, she gave birth to the most outstanding heir." Nono noticed a hint of sadness in his words and did not move away the big hand that might mess up her hair.
"Yes, we are both the best heirs of the family." Caesar smiled. He respected Nono very much and never took the initiative to pry into her secrets. He would only listen when she was willing to tell him.
It was not until today that he realized that they had so many similarities, and the few differences might be gender and status in the family.
If you put yourself in Nuonuo's shoes, and put yourself in Nuonuo's situation, I think the choice you make will be exactly the same as hers, or even more radical.
"If you were born into the Gattuso family, you would have been the most outstanding heir," Caesar said, his eyes brimming with emotion. "I feel like you're my other self. We were drawn to each other by our shared qualities, and that's how we came together."
"Really?" Nuonuo remained noncommittal.
"Of course, I fell in love with you when you drove a convertible around the dormitory building on a rainy day, shouting, 'I'm going to Chicago, I'm going to Chicago, is there anyone willing to go to Chicago with me?'" Caesar rested his chin on Nono's slender shoulder, and his warm breath brushed against her silver four-leaf clover earrings as he spoke:
"You are like a little madman, your hair is soaked by the rain, your skirt sticks to your body with such beautiful lines, and your eyes are so bright."
"So you jumped from the third floor with a gun in hand just to attract my attention?" Nuonuo did not deny the madman's statement. There was a hint of smile in her eyes. It was unclear whether she was pleased with her own charm or lamenting her boyfriend's childishness.
"Of course it's to scare the others. I'm sure all the boys will fall in love with you at that moment. In order to prevent them from getting there first, I have to take the initiative."
Nuonuo couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard this: "You did succeed in scaring the others, but you messed up my travel plans."
She may never forget that rainy night when Caesar descended from the sky with two guns in hand and landed in the posture of a superhero, his long golden hair dripping with water. He glanced at the boys in the dormitory who didn't have time to jump down like a king, and got into her car with a victorious smile on his face.
But before she could step on the accelerator, they were surrounded by school workers who had heard the news, and dozens of guns were aimed at the two rebellious students.
Their fate was sealed from that moment on, and they naturally joined the student union, accepted the confession, and became a couple.
A crazy freshman actually succeeded in winning over the most valuable bachelor in Kassel College. Countless girls envied and hated her secretly. At that time, Finkel lived a rich life just by writing gossip about them.
The two of them kissed in the presidential suite, and I talked about the past to dispel the unhappiness in my heart. On the other side, the people who were disbanding did not take any action.
Chu Zihang knew that Lu Mingfei and the others still had things to discuss, so he took the initiative to find Finkel and asked him to mobilize his intelligence network to find information about the Chu family in Beijing and see if the old house was still there.
Ryoma Kaoru was also good at observing people's expressions and offered to play games with Eriya, and then took her away.
As for the remaining non-humans, after the door opened and closed, they silently merged into the realm of darkness and disappeared from sight and surveillance cameras.
"By the way, why do we have to be so sneaky?" Old Tang felt that Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi were a bit too cautious. After all, there were luxury brand stores and underground supermarkets below the hotel, so they could easily disappear into the crowd.
"It's better to be safe than sorry." Lu Mingfei expressed Xia Mi's thoughts. Ever since she learned that her dragon had been targeted by Odin, she has become more cautious, fearing that a spear of fate would pierce out from some corner and take her dragon's life.
Even before checking into the hotel, Lu Mingfei had asked Potato Girl to hack into the hotel's surveillance cameras, constantly monitoring whether there were any third-party data streams trying to invade the surveillance, and if so, he would follow the clues to find them.
Fenrir was hidden by Xia Mi in Nibelungen, and one of the entrances to Nibelungen was at the subway station right under their feet.
The subway station is overcrowded during the day, with trains constantly running through. If the entrance is opened hastily, people in the real world might be accidentally dragged into the Nibelungen.
But with the abilities of those present here, they can enter the Nibelungen without anyone noticing.
A wisp of black smoke, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, drifted to the Wangfujing subway station on the second basement floor. It was not the rush hour, so there were not many people. The black smoke quietly passed through the crowd. At a certain moment, the space seemed to ripple, but it returned to normal in an instant, as if nothing had happened, and it did not arouse anyone's vigilance.
In a dimension beyond the reach of mortal sight, four figures are crossing the boundary between reality and illusion.
In an instant, the glaring incandescent lights went out, and the hum of the air conditioner ceased abruptly. The platform, which had just echoed with the announcement and the sound of footsteps, suddenly fell into a suffocating silence.
"What a shabby Nibelungen! They can't even afford to turn on the air conditioner. Can't they afford the electricity bill?" Lu Mingfei complained reflexively and immediately received a sharp glare from Xia Mi.
The next moment, blue-gray mist surged in from all directions, and the biting cold instantly permeated the entire underground space.
Before Lu Mingfei could utter another annoying remark about "the smog is a bit heavy", Xia Mi summoned the only means of transportation in Nibelungen.
The ground began to shake, and glaring car lights lit up deep in the tunnel.
Accompanied by the sharp whine of rails rubbing against each other, an old-fashioned, square-headed train slowly pulled into the station. On its mottled red and white paintwork, the sign "Black Stone - Ba Wang Tomb" loomed faintly in the mist.
Lu Mingfei didn't know much about the Beijing subway routes. Seeing that the interior of the carriage was pitch black and he couldn't see anything, he wanted to complain about whether he owed electricity bills again, but he saw Xia Mi had already walked in with her head down. She said nothing more with a slight twitch of her lips and followed him closely.
A trace of fear flashed in Constantine's eyes. This was going to Jörmungandr's lair. Was it really okay?
As I was thinking this, I saw my brother striding in. I immediately put all my worries aside and followed him in.
(End of this chapter)
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