Chapter 451 Old Deng, lend me your life, I need it.
Lu Mingfei didn't interfere with who would be the officiant when Caesar and Nono got married in the future. He told Erii to wander around by herself and take whatever she liked without being shy, as they were all her grandmother's treasures.
After Erii excitedly dragged Nono to play the treasure hunt game, Lu Mingfei finally looked at Mai Shutoku, who had been busy all day without much rest:
"Thanks to you this time, I'll ask Aze to give you a raise later."
Lu Mingfei is a seasoned master of empty promises; he can make things up as soon as he opens his mouth.
Mai Shude leaned against a shelf with her arms crossed, her pretty face showing three parts exhaustion, three parts weariness, and four parts speechlessness:
"I should have been able to handle things calmly and with ease, but now I'm rushing around in a panic. In short, I'm like a horse running itself to death just looking at the mountain."
Just as he was complaining, he saw Lu Mingfei trying not to laugh and couldn't help but retort, "What are you laughing at? You have no conscience!"
"No, I was just thinking about something happy." Lu Mingfei waved his hand and pointed to the pile of things in the warehouse, saying, "The things in this warehouse can be divided into three parts and seven parts. The potato chips should be on their way now. You guys discuss how to handle them later."
"What about the remaining 30%?" Mai glanced at the two red-haired men who were walking around the warehouse, realizing that they couldn't possibly take all of the treasures.
"You know perfectly well what I'm asking." Lu Mingfei transformed into a husky pointing at someone emoji, then changed the subject:
Have you heard of the Holy Palace Medical Association?
Mai Shude was slightly surprised upon hearing this: "How do you know about this?"
Lu Mingfei pointed to the armor on the cart: "This way."
When Lu Mingfei was searching through Chen Tianmu's memories, he discovered that the Chen family and the Gattuso family not only had deep connections, but had even joined a mysterious organization together.
The mysterious organization is called the Holy Palace Medical Society. No matter what they wear, everyone in the society wears a bird-beak mask, like a medieval doctor.
From Chen Tianmu's memories, it can be learned that this organization was deeply hidden and had a huge influence, making the Secret Party appear somewhat weak in its presence.
After all, many leaders of powerful families within the Secret Society seem to have entangled themselves with the Holy Palace Medical Association.
While maintaining a stable home life, they also enjoy romantic relationships outside. Mature mixed-race families don't put all their eggs in one basket; being opportunistic is their forte.
Mai nodded knowingly: "If Chen Tianmu is also from the Holy Palace Medical Association, then it's not surprising. People from that organization like to do weird little experiments."
She didn't actually know much about the Holy Palace Medical Association, because they were so well hidden that Su Enxi's painstakingly built intelligence network couldn't break through the firewall set up by these powerful families.
It can only be vaguely confirmed that the Holy Palace Medical Association is very powerful, not even taking the Elemental Monarchs seriously, and its ultimate goal is the Black Emperor who will awaken at any time and destroy the world.
"That's it?" Lu Mingfei looked disappointed. "At least Inspector Chen had some idea about the true identities of the members of the Medical Association."
"Heh, we also know some suspicious individuals, and we're pretty close to the truth, but so what?" Mai Shude said nonchalantly. "Even if Sanwu and I could take them all down by ourselves, we wouldn't be able to seriously injure them, except if they team up and chase us to the ends of the earth."
At this point, she suddenly became alert: "You're not going to cause trouble for the Holy Palace Medical Association again, are you?"
It's no wonder she reacted so strongly; since Lu Mingfei awakened, she hasn't had a single day of peace. She's been constantly running around with him, and her rest time has been something she's been saving every second of.
If this were in later generations, it would be considered a top-tier performer who consistently dominates the WeChat step count leaderboard.
Of course, most importantly, the Holy Palace Medical Association is not as easy to find as the Secret Party, the North American Hybrids, or the Solomon Temple. They are even more hidden and scattered than the Hunter Organization, but the energy they can unleash at critical moments far exceeds that of the Hunter Organization.
“No rush. You have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.” Lu Mingfei glanced at Caesar, who was standing not far away holding Ricardo and hadn’t participated in the treasure hunt, seemingly waiting for the conversation to end. “As for the Holy Palace Medical Association, I think there are people who know more about it than you do.”
Following his gaze, Mai looked up and asked, "His father?"
“It could also be the council of elders.” Lu Mingfei hadn’t forgotten that the real power in the Gattuso family came from a group of old fogies who had lived for who knows how long.
However, we can't overlook Pompeii Gattuso; who knows, he might just be a cunning old fox pretending to be weak.
The conversation came to a temporary end. Jiu De Mai took out her phone to contact Su En Xi, informing her of the situation and discussing how to handle the aftermath.
Although the thunderstorms concealed the activity from the mountains, the Zhou family still knew that an anonymous member of the Chen family was releasing animals in the Taihang Mountains.
Releasing dragon-blooded creatures for strength testing sounds like a terrible idea, so there's a high chance they'll send someone to investigate.
That's easy, we'll just have Lu Mingfei give a heads-up later.
While she was busy cleaning up the mess left by the absentee boss, Caesar finally came forward after Lu Mingfei finished talking.
Lu Mingfei originally thought he wanted to ask about the future of the Chen family, but he never expected that his first words would be:
"Can you tell me how I can become stronger?"
This straightforward and unprepared statement truly delighted Lu Mingfei, giving him the feeling of having stumbled upon a rich and foolish landlord's son and gotten a bargain.
None of my family members understand.
Forcibly suppressing the urge to pull out a copy of the Sunflower Manual and utter that classic line, Lu Mingfei coughed twice and glanced at the two sisters who were still rummaging through their belongings: "Did you get a shock?"
He could actually understand Caesar's psychology.
Having been a privileged person for most of his life, always pampered and fawned over, he suffered a series of heavy blows from reality within a short period of one month.
Not only has Chu Zihang, who thought he was only a threat to his status as the strongest student, become a user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, and Finger, whose name was known throughout Kassel as a good-for-nothing, become a user of the Shadow Fruit, but even his cunning and sharp-tongued girlfriend has now become a user of the Door-Door Fruit.
Everyone else has a bright future, but he's the only one left who can only be a human listening device.
Is that correct?
That's not right.
Caesar didn't feel any shame or embarrassment. After all, he and Lu Mingfei had no conflict, and the gap between them was not as vast as heaven and earth, but at least as wide as the Mariana Trench and Mount Everest. There was absolutely no possibility of him catching up.
So he nodded quite frankly: "In Chinese terms, I used to be a frog in a well, only seeing the tip of the iceberg of the world."
At Kassel College, there is the Night Watch's Word of Power and Commandments, which prevents everyone from using Word of Power. Students can only rely on physical strength and skill. He, however, has the resources of the Gattuso family and can be considered one of the best.
But as we all know, schools are ivory towers, and universities are the last greenhouse for students before they are brutally beaten by society.
Although Kassel College is jokingly called the "Dragon Slayer Arsenal," as long as you stay on campus, it's still a greenhouse. At least you won't be in a situation where you're eating hot pot and singing songs when Deadpool suddenly kidnaps you.
"I used to think of myself as Batman, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with gods despite being just a mortal." Caesar held Ricardo, his eyes filled with emotion, as if recalling his childhood when he was all alone, with only cold banknotes for company.
"But now it seems I overestimated myself."
“That’s because your dad isn’t dead yet,” Lu Mingfei said bluntly. “Batman sacrificed his parents to earn his first fortune and lay the foundation for his future development. Your life has been too smooth sailing, so you naturally can’t feel his pressure.”
He's different; in his previous life, his parents truly sacrificed themselves to heaven.
That's why he was so successful at impersonating Batman when he was in Japan.
Caesar neither confirmed nor denied this, nodding and saying, "If my father were willing to commit suicide for my mother, I would not object."
The family was overjoyed by the filial piety.
"You must have heard my conversation with Mai Shude just now, right?" Lu Mingfei said bluntly.
For a mixed-race person with sensitive hearing, that distance was just a matter of politeness. If he really wanted to hear, he could still hear even if he were standing in the mountains.
"So that woman is the sister of Jiudeyaji?" Caesar raised an eyebrow. He had said that the woman looked familiar, but with Nuonuo beside him, he couldn't examine her closely like Fingel did.
This statement can be considered a tacit admission.
"Actually, your Gattuso family definitely has a way to become stronger," Lu Mingfei told Caesar, adding that his family's old fogies were hiding something they would never give him.
"You've seen what the Chen family has been up to behind the scenes. Compared to the Chen family, your Gattuso family will only get a longer sentence, not a reduced one. Someone like Fujiwara Shinnosuke is most likely a product of genetics."
"When Bondarev's idea was plagiarized by Herzog, he still managed to create serums that enhanced and suppressed dragon blood. Your Gattuso family, after all these years, has probably already developed methods that are even more effective, have fewer side effects, and are even safer."
"There's an old Chinese saying that goes, 'The squeaky wheel gets the grease.' You just can't bring yourself to ask. Otherwise, given how much those old folks in the Gattuso family value you, they would definitely give you whatever you want."
Caesar thought Lu Mingfei was right, but even if he starved to death, died outside, or jumped off a building, he would never ask the Gattuso family for anything.
Hey, Old Deng, can I borrow your life? I need it.
Of course, Caesar knew that Lu Mingfei's seemingly joking words were actually telling him that the Gattuso family was not clean at all and had ties to the Dragon King. He was certain that Lu Mingfei would go to their house to demand an explanation in the future.
Perhaps if they had gone too far, the Gattuso family would have been reduced to just Caesar, a lone figure who went from being the illustrious young master of the Gattuso family to its last descendant.
So, while he seemed to be giving Caesar advice, he was actually presenting him with a choice: to stand on the side of righteousness or to choose to trust the Gattuso family one last time and make a decision when the truth came out.
Caesar's response was quite resolute: "Let's discuss other possibilities instead."
Since his mother's death, he has never had any expectations of his family, especially since he had just heard a lot of dirty secrets from Lu Mingfei.
Moreover, judging from the conversation between Lu Mingfei and Jiu Demai just now, the Chen family and the Gattuso family have long been colluding together. It's hard to say whether my meeting, getting to know, and falling in love with Nuonuo was also part of their plan.
You old fools are the most useless!
Lu Mingfei wasn't too surprised by this, after all, Caesar hadn't reconciled with his family yet, and given the Chen family's actions, it was hard not to suspect that Caesar's mother's death might be the same as Chen Motong's mother's death.
Caesar had always suspected that his mother's death was the work of the old men in his family. In addition, he had always thought that Frost's efforts to prevent him from going to the capital and to persuade him to return were simply because he did not want him to get involved in the power struggles of the Eastern mixed-race people. But now it seemed that it was also possible that knowing what the Chen family had done and that it had been exposed made him feel uneasy and damaged the already strained relationship between him and his family.
It can only be said that there are too many similar old stories between the Chen family and the Gattuso family, and Caesar could easily find points of suspicion. If you don't think about it deeply, it's fine, but if you do, it becomes terrifying.
Seeing that Caesar made the right choice, Lu Mingfei was also very pleased. Indeed, young people are like the sun at eight in the morning, full of vigor and justice, unlike those old Deng whose will has been corrupted by power and desire.
He raised his hands, one empty, the other empty, but that didn't stop him from putting on a compassionate, charlatan-like expression:
"So, young righteous man, would you like a fast-acting or a slower-acting treatment to become stronger?"
"Quickly." Caesar said without hesitation, without even considering the side effects and costs.
He had originally planned to go to Chu Zihang and let him make any demands in exchange for the Blood Explosion Secret Technique.
But Lu Mingfei has an even more outrageous method right now, so why not just go directly to him?
Anyway, owing Lu Mingfei a favor is better than owing Chu Zihang a favor, so that he won't lose in terms of presence when he meets Chu Zihang at Kassel College in the future.
After all, there is a difference between passively copying answers and actively copying answers.
Moreover, he also had his own concerns. Lu Mingfei's grudge notebook contained countless people and forces, and there would definitely be big moves in the mixed-blood world later. If he didn't want to remain a spectator forever, he had to have enough strength to step onto the stage.
That's why he chose a method that could quickly make him stronger.
"OK, this is the Bloodlust Manual, keep it safe."
Without any hesitation, Lu Mingfei pointed a finger at Caesar's forehead, instantly transmitting knowledge about bloodlust into Caesar's mind, leaving him slightly stunned.
It's not that the Bloodlust Technique is particularly profound, but rather that Lu Mingfei's demonstration had a touch of dragon-like characteristics.
As is well known, dragons have inherited memories, and Caesar not only comes from a family with a strong tradition of learning about dragons, but is also a somewhat chuunibyou (delusional) dragon novelist.
Feeling the complete set of Bloodlust Techniques in his mind, he couldn't help but make a bold guess.
Is Lu Mingfei the world's strongest hybrid, or a dragon king who wishes to remain anonymous?
Before he could even come up with a solution, Lu Mingfei gave him a good whack on the head:
"Don't overthink it. I am who I am, a unique spark."
Caesar's eyes widened upon hearing this; he had clearly not said anything!
Is this... mind reading?!
"No, your thoughts are written all over your face."
impossible!
"real."
(End of this chapter)
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