Chapter 464 Taking Your Destiny into Your Own Hands
The news that Odin's puppet forcibly abducted Su Xiaoyan to Nibelungen and was killed on the spot by Xia Mi reached the capital immediately.
When Lu Mingfei heard the news, he was squatting on the carpet in his hotel room, assembling the Gundam model that Erii had just bought with him.
Upon hearing Chu Zihang's description, he showed no surprise, only pursed his lips, and muttered "despicable."
According to the rules of the martial arts world, one should not harm one's wife and daughters, but throughout history, who has cared about this or that? They just attack your weaknesses and vulnerabilities relentlessly.
However, for a dignified god-king to use someone else's family as a threat is truly utterly lacking in class.
However, Odin's willingness to sacrifice a puppet to regain control of the Nibelungen that Lu Mingfei so vehemently disliked, and to set a trap for Chu Zihang and Xia Mi, clearly reveals his intentions.
It was just a test.
Now that the puppet has been swiftly and decisively killed by Xia Mi, Odin's true form will undoubtedly receive a response immediately.
Xia Mi hadn't dared to say it before, but Lu Mingfei knew perfectly well what was going on.
Previously, this little female dragon hid the most important cocoon inside Chu Zihang's body, greatly reducing her own strength. In her weakened state, she was far from being able to recover to the peak of the World Serpent Jormungandr; at best, she was only at the level of the strongest second-generation species.
In this state, if she were to face Odin's clone head-on, she would probably be at his mercy.
But what about now?
She can not only kill Odin's puppets, but also seize control of the Nibelungen region and bring it under her own control.
The implications behind this are self-evident.
Xia Mimon has undergone ultimate evolution and upgraded to Death Helamon.
A weak but cunning Xia Mi is not worth Odin's excessive fear.
But Hela, the powerful and cunning goddess of death who also has the authority to freely enter and exit any Nibelungen in the world, is enough to keep many beings, including Odin, on high alert at all times, and they have to sleep with one eye open.
Therefore, Odin now has few paths left to choose from.
While helping Erii find the key structural parts, Lu Mingfei was also making calculations in his mind.
Odin could choose to unite, or more simply devour the King of the Ocean and Water to further enhance his own power in order to deal with the threat from Lu Mingfei's side.
Alternatively, he could become a complete coward, hiding away in some place where no one could find him, and waiting for Ragnarok to descend.
When Lu Mingfei and the destined-to-return Black Emperor are locked in a fierce battle that leaves both sides severely weakened, he will then step in to reap the benefits.
Of course, it's also possible that this guy, in desperation, might decide to find the Black Emperor's slumbering place, forcibly awaken him prematurely, and cause a catastrophic destruction, dragging all life on Earth down with him.
However, given Odin's pride and obsession, this possibility is actually quite small.
Odin is a very proud dragon king who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, but precisely because of this, he cherishes his existence more than anyone else.
He would never easily choose such a low-level, undignified, and childish ending—suicide together with someone else—unskilled and undignified.
He has been planning this for so many years and has put in so much effort, how could he be willing to let it end like this?
For now, there's no need to worry about him going crazy immediately.
This guy will most likely choose to hide, do his best to accumulate strength, and secretly cause trouble while waiting for the right opportunity.
This made it easier for Lu Mingfei to do whatever he wanted.
Lu Mingfei's lips curled up.
Go ahead and hide, let's see how long you can hide.
Once I smash your entire plan to pieces, let's see if you can still hold back.
The sacrifice used by Takamagahara to awaken the White King, namely the unfortunate King of the Ocean and Water, Li Wuyue, is currently missing and has been blown away by a nuclear bomb to an unknown location.
He was quite unlucky, actually. During the raid on Kassel Manor, he was almost killed by Menek, one of the most outstanding dragon slayers in the history of the Secret Society.
After finally recovering from his injuries, he ran into Odin again and was nearly killed. He had no choice but to follow Menek's example and throw out a spell, Rhine, which created the legendary Tunguska explosion, blasting Odin away but also leaving himself on the verge of death.
Finally, unable to run any further, he buried himself somewhere, but unfortunately, Odin found him and threw him into the Sea of Japan along with the Lenin to feed the White King.
Then, as everyone knows, Angers dropped a nuclear bomb into Takamagahara, and it exploded spectacularly.
All I can say is that if Li Wuyue were still alive, he shouldn't be called the King of Ocean and Water anymore; he should just be called the King of Bombs and Explosions.
The other "water king" who nearly wiped out the Greenland Sea Operations Group should be active in the Arctic Ocean area after hatching.
But now, I wonder if, out of a connection with the twin dragon kings, it will run to the Pacific Ocean to retrieve its unfortunate little brother.
These two are Odin's inevitable targets for cooperation and conquest, and we must pay close attention to them.
The next operation won't require the brothers Old Tang and Constantine for the time being; they can stay in the country for now.
On one hand, they need to prepare special alchemical materials to revive Eva.
On the other hand, it was also to take advantage of Chen Tianmu's research institute, whose technology was already quite mature, to practice and familiarize themselves with the combined application of modern technology and alchemy.
After all, finding a wife for Fingel is a skill, as it concerns his good friend's happiness for the rest of his life, and cannot be taken lightly.
As for Fingel, he'll have to come with me.
Let's vent our anger by fighting first, then head to our final target, the Greenland Sea.
In that tragic Greenland incident, all of Fingel's elite team, except for him, were forever lost beneath the frozen depths of the sea.
After taking revenge, it's time to retrieve those teammates who were frozen in time.
Of course, the list of accompanying personnel should also include Erii, Caesar, Chen Motong and her younger brother.
For a proper confrontation with the Gattuso family to be effective, Caesar, the rightful heir, must be present.
Chen Motong and Li Jiatu could have stayed in the capital to gradually take over the Chen family, but since it concerned Caesar's life and future, it was inconvenient for them to be absent.
After all, Caesar had been by her side throughout the entire upheaval in the Chen family.
Oh, right, and Percy too.
Not long after being released, the kid contacted Frost and then rushed back to the city center.
Instead of returning to the hotel, he went to the Kassel College branch base, probably because he was worried about being captured and dissected by Lu Mingfei, that outlaw.
Lu Mingfei knew, of course, that this was Frost's idea; staying by his side was too unpredictable and risky.
On the contrary, once they arrived in Angers, no matter how much the leader of the Secret Party disliked the Gattuso family, he had to be careful about the impact and could not openly take action against the Gattuso family representatives.
It can be considered a form of political asylum.
I roughly went through the itinerary in my mind:
First, they went to Italy to cause trouble for the Gattuso family, then they went to England to raid the Solomon Temple Society's hideout, which was obsessed with forcing innocent women to have children illegally. After that, they went north to the Greenland Sea to carry out deep-sea salvage operations.
Finally, he went straight to the main campus of Kassel College, where Fingel bid farewell to his right hand.
During this period, Su Enxi, the Kassel College, and the intelligence network of the Eastern mixed-race people will all exert their efforts to find clues about Odin and the Holy Palace Medical Association, and then Lu Mingfei will interrupt them one by one.
With so many places and so many arrangements, there will always be a time when Odin can't stand it anymore.
He dared not appear in person and could only send his subordinates and puppets to deal with it.
Although Chu Tianjiao is definitely one of his biggest trump cards, when the time comes to destroy the nest, can he still hold on to his cards and not play them?
After all, at this stage, the only one who can truly attract Lu Mingfei's attention is Chu Tianjiao.
Everything is going according to plan. We just need Chu Zihang and Xia Mi to bring Zhao Xuzhen back and extract information about the Solomon Temple from his mind before we can set off.
However, Lu Mingfei wasn't in a hurry.
Chu Zihang and Xia Mi rarely have the chance to enjoy some undisturbed time together, so let them be lovey-dovey for a while longer.
He could also take the opportunity to spend a few days in the capital with Erii, making up for the regret of not being able to spend enough time with her due to his constant running around.
However, his idea of stealing a moment of leisure was quickly shattered.
The Tang family of three went to the mountain city, Fingel moved into the No. 7 Research Institute, and after Caesar and Chen Motong moved to the Chen family, the presidential suite became vacant and was naturally rented by Lu Mingfei and Erii.
Just as he and Erii finished assembling a Gundam, the doorbell rang.
"The door isn't locked," Lu Mingfei called out, and then someone pushed the door open and entered.
The newcomer was dressed in a well-tailored black suit, his silver hair was neatly combed, and he wore shiny Oxford shoes. It was Angers, whom we hadn't seen for a few days.
Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow, his face showing no surprise. He simply gestured for Erii to start assembling the item herself, then got up to make tea.
"Mr. Angers, what brings you here?"
A few days ago, Passy went missing, and Frost asked Angers to send people to look for him, which was actually a way for him to ask Lu Mingfei for his return.
But why would Angers, that old fox, do something so thankless? He knew that Lu Mingfei had kidnapped Passy not just to vent his anger, but probably for other reasons. So he stayed at the branch office, sitting back and not even showing his face.
Now that Percy has returned safely, he has come to find him in person, which is quite puzzling.
Angers took the teacup from Lu Mingfei, took a small sip, and a gentle smile appeared in his silver-grey eyes and on his wrinkled face:
"I wouldn't call it giving you advice, but I'd like to ask you for a favor in a few things."
"Is there anything you can't solve?" Lu Mingfei's expression was exaggerated.
Angers ignored his teasing and got straight to the point: "Mingfei, are you planning to go to Italy next?"
Lu Mingfei smiled upon hearing this, leaning back against the soft sofa, his posture relaxed.
"Was my intention so obvious? It felt like the whole world knew I was going to cause trouble for the Gattuso family."
Ang nodded.
As an old fox, he can automatically interpret many things with multiple layers of meaning.
Just like the high-profile move of Chen Motong and Caesar into the Chen family mansion a few days ago, it means that the Chen family has definitely changed. Although Chen Tianmu is still active in the public eye, all his actions are suspected of pushing Chen Motong to the top.
This is not in line with Mr. Chen's character. He is like Cao Cao, who said, "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me." It is impossible for him to choose to abdicate and give way to a worthy successor without even trying to resist and die with everyone, thus sacrificing himself to protect the Chen family.
There's definitely something fishy going on here.
This hunter, who had lived for over a hundred years, still possessed an incredibly keen sense of smell, but unfortunately, he would never know the truth.
"So?" Lu Mingfei remained noncommittal, waiting for Angers to continue.
Angers paused for a moment, his fingers gently tracing the smooth surface of the teacup, and asked, "How much do you know about the Gattuso family?"
Lu Mingfei shrugged, his tone relaxed: "Not much, but enough."
I know that the real power in the Gattuso family is not Pompeii, the patriarch in the public eye, nor Frost, who is always jumping around, but the elders who are hiding behind the scenes.
Pompeii and Frost were merely their chosen agents to carry out the actual work.
Angers was not surprised, and was clearly not surprised that Lu Mingfei knew these things.
He sighed, his tone becoming somewhat complicated: "Did you go to Italy this time to replicate what you did with the Chen family?"
He didn't really know what Lu Mingfei had done, but he had a feeling that the Chen Tianmu who was active now might not be the same Mr. Chen from before.
Given Lu Mingfei's righteous indignation and ruthless methods, the real Chen Tianmu is likely in grave danger.
Lu Mingfei neither admitted nor denied it, but simply looked at Angers quietly.
Angers met his gaze, a rare hesitation flashing in his silver-grey eyes. Finally, he spoke slowly, his voice lowering slightly:
"Mingfei, if possible, I hope you can spare the lives of Frost and Pompeii."
This request surprised Lu Mingfei somewhat.
How many times has Frost, both openly and secretly, sabotaged Angers over the years?
They were hindered at every turn, and they wished they could pull Angers off his position as principal.
Pompeii, Caesar's womanizing father, seemed to be indifferent to affairs, but all indications suggest that he was very likely one of the masterminds behind a series of conspiracies within the Gattuso family, and may even be involved in a deeper secret of "serving a dragon."
With these two around, Angers' work was difficult to carry out. While he was risking his life on the front lines with his students and subordinates, the Gattuso family's spies were causing trouble in the rear, trying to figure out how to rein Angers in and make him obey their commands, and how to take as much benefit as possible from Angers.
Both of them should be targets that Angers should be eager to eliminate.
But now, Angers himself has come to plead for these two people?
"Why?" Lu Mingfei asked directly, voicing his doubts. "I remember Frost causing you a lot of trouble, didn't he?"
Upon hearing this, Angers smiled faintly and said:
"Just like you said, everything in the Gattuso family is controlled by the elders, and Frost is just a stupid executive."
Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow: "What about Pompeii?"
“He…” Angers’ eyes flickered, “like Caesar, he was a guy who didn’t want to be a puppet and tried to take control of his own destiny.”
(End of this chapter)
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