A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

"Yes."

The man who answered the phone responded to Kyō Jinci's instructions.

Then he asked with some confusion: "So what should we do with the other kid?"

However, as he spoke, he did not notice that a shadow was lurking beside him.

It was Megumi Fushiguro who was acting in secret.

"Continue to be vigilant."

Cheng Jinci laughed and gave the order.

"Qiluoluo will join us later."

"Why~~!"

Qi Luoluo, who was standing by, complained when she heard this.

"Ah~ I'm getting excited."

Hyō Jinci completely ignored her complaints and sighed to himself.

"The last time I was this agitated was when my ex-girlfriend was buying things in installments~"

"Don't mention your ex-girlfriend." Qi Luoluo on the side curled her lips slightly when she heard this.

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late at night.

"rustle--"

The panda sneaked into the woods near the parking lot.

"Oh, it's here as expected. Fushiguro."

As soon as he arrived here, he found Megumi Fushiguro who had been waiting here.

"Senior Panda."

Megumi Fushiguro greeted the panda.

"It seems that Xuanhao should be able to get in touch with Cheng. Why hasn't Senior Panda met Senior Cheng yet?"

"I already know where he is," Panda explained, "He's basically in the monitoring room on the top floor. But I can't get close to him."

"Unapproachable?" Fushiguro Megumi was a little confused.

"After we got on the roof, no matter how close we got, we couldn't shorten the distance between the monitoring room and the gate. We couldn't walk or run." Panda explained, "It feels similar to Wu's technique. I think it's Kirara's technique. But I don't know the details."

"Kirara...?" Fushiguro Megumi asked, "I remember the other third-year student should also be a boy, right?"

"It's a boy." said the panda.

"Is that a situation that will only occur when Senior Kirara is in the monitoring room?" Fushiguro Megumi continued to ask.

"I don't know. Cheng and Qi Luo Luo are together all the time." The panda shook his head slightly, "So I thought, instead of chasing too closely and avoiding them, it's better to be a panda that can attract customers. Fortunately, you two are here."

"Then do you think Xuanhao can convince him successfully?" asked Fushiguro Megumi.

"It's difficult." Panda thought for a moment and replied, "It's not that Xuanhao can't do it, the key is the problem of scale."

"..."

Fushiguro Megumi was silent for a moment after hearing this.

At this time, Panda comforted him again: "But I think if we can spend more time, there is still a good chance. Xuanhao has a cheerful personality and is good at dealing with people. He should get along well with Cheng. But Xuanhao is not good at lying."

"It's not a question of whether he's good at it or not," Fushiguro Megumi sighed, "He has never thought of lying. I have already given him certain instructions."

"But the worst case scenario would be that Xuanhao revealed his identity as a member of the High Commissioner and was kicked out of the monitoring room before he could even say a word. Or someone else would forcibly intervene in the conversation."

"So I think we should quietly launch a quick attack and suppress the multi-story parking lot the moment Xuanhao enters the monitoring room," said Panda. Guard the monitoring door and leave time for the two of them to talk alone."

"But this..." Fushiguro Megumi said with some concern.

"Don't worry, we won't kill anyone. We just let them sleep for a while." The panda laughed.

"There are a lot of surveillance cameras inside. Since we have to negotiate in the surveillance room, there is no guarantee that we will not be discovered..." Fushiguro Megumi was still a little worried.

"I have already investigated the situation. I know the location of the surveillance cameras and their blind spots." Panda said, "And even if I am seen, it won't be a problem. I usually like to wander around in there. The only serious magicians in there are Cheng and Qi Luoluo."

"How many people are in charge of guarding?" asked Megumi Fushiguro.

"Four at the entrance, and two on each floor except the roof," the panda replied.

"...If that's the case, it should work." Fushiguro Megumi thought for a moment and nodded slightly. "The most worrying thing is Kirara-senpai's technique."

"There's nothing we can do about that." Panda shrugged helplessly.

"If he can transfer Xuanhao out of the room like teleportation, or let someone enter the room, then we will give up trying to persuade Cheng."

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The time came to 00:58 in the morning.

People in the parking lot continued to patrol.

"Xuanhao, you are still in the first year of high school? You are so young."

At the same time, Xuanhao, under the leadership of Qiluo Luo, was preparing to meet Cheng Jinci.

"Acheng was held back in middle school."

"...You look so happy?" Xuan Hao asked.

"Haha, yes." Qi Luoluo smiled. "Because Jin hasn't been so enthusiastic for a long time. I like Jin the most when he is full of enthusiasm."

"Click——"

As he said that, he knocked on the door of the monitoring room.

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At the same time, Megumi Fushiguro has already started to take action.

He emerged from the shadow of the patrolman and strangled him from behind.

He then avoided the surveillance cameras, lurked towards the shadow of another person, and repeated the same trick.

On the other side, the panda was rolling on the ground to attract other people's attention.

"...Do pandas eat fish sausage?"

The patrolman asked with some confusion as he looked at the panda.

"Hey, this guy is here to fight, not to be an ornamental animal."

A companion beside him reminded him.

bang bang-

However, just when the two of them were distracted, the panda suddenly jumped up and knocked them both down in two moves.

"Thank you for the fish sausage."

Then, he ate the fish sausage from one of the men's hands and walked leisurely towards the emergency stairs.

"The safety staircase is not monitored~"

"Hi!"

Soon, he reached the rooftop and saw Megumi Fushiguro who had also sneaked in.

"Panda-senpai, is it really okay to do this?" Fushiguro Megumi asked, "Will this cause trouble in the future?"

"No problem, no problem~" Panda had no psychological burden about knocking those people down.

"..." Fushiguro Megumi felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"Go and guard the door." Panda reminded.

However, at this moment, an unexpected figure appeared on the rooftop, just in time to see the panda. "Red panda!?"

It was Qi Luoluo who sent Xuanhao to the monitoring room and came here to get some fresh air.

"Forehead……"

The panda was slightly stunned when he saw this, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Isn't Qi Luoluo with Cheng?!"

On the other side, Kirara was slightly stunned when she saw that the panda was with Fushiguro Megumi.

"The panda and... the hedgehog-headed kid...! The little panda led him to invade, which means he is... from the high school!?"

Thinking of this, he immediately prepared to take out his cell phone to contact Cheng Jinci.

"Then Xiao Xuanhao is also from the technical college...!! Jin... is in danger!!"

"Jade Dog!!"

Noticing his movements, Panda and Megumi Fushiguro took action almost at the same time, preparing to stop him.

However, just when the jade dog was about to pounce on Qi Luoluo, it was suddenly bounced back.

"Fushiguro!?"

Seeing this sudden change, the panda was slightly startled.

"The Jade Dog was flung away!? No, based on Senior Panda's description, it's impossible to get close to him!!"

"Ok?"

"Oh?"

Panda and Megumi Fushiguro looked at each other, as if they were discussing tactics.

"The red panda has been marked before." Qi Luoluo looked at the two men being temporarily repelled and turned and ran.

"He wants to go back to the monitoring room...back to the scale!?" Panda was slightly surprised by his actions.

"Wait! Kirara! We are not enemies!! We just have something to ask of you!!"

"It's unbelievable, I misjudged you! Red panda!!" However, Qi Luoluo didn't bring any letter and continued to run very fast.

"Ah! Now, I can't get close to you!" The panda chased after him but found himself getting farther and farther away.

"Jade Dog!!"

Megumi Fushiguro ordered the Jade Dog to block Kirara's way.

"!!"

Qi Luoluo was slightly surprised. It seemed that she didn't expect the jade dog to be so fast.

"The same goes for those who can't get close to Kirara-senpai...!!" Fushiguro Megumi guessed Kirara's technique in her mind.

However, at this moment, his body began to lose control again and flew towards his jade dog.

"Fushiguro!?" Panda shouted worriedly as he watched the scene.

Fushiguro Megumi's heart was heavy. "Not only can I not get close to Kirara-senpai...I can't separate myself from the Jade Dog!? What kind of technique is this!?"

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"Xuan Hao."

At the same time, in the monitoring room, Cheng Jinci said to Xuan Hao.

“If someone told you, ‘If you spend one hour a day doing something, you can earn 100 million yen a month…!!’, would you believe it?”

"………………Um???"

Xuan Hao was slightly stunned, his heart full of confusion, and he had no idea what Cheng Jinci was thinking.

"Well...it depends on what it is."

"But if you want to know what it is, you have to spend 20 to buy business intelligence." continued Kyōjinji.

"!?" Xuan Hao was even more confused after hearing this, "Uh... then this is not very reliable."

"Yes, just as you thought. This is a typical scam." Hyojinji laughed, "The scammer pretends to be a rich man, and then swindles money by selling so-called 'methods to make money'. Normally, these are obvious scams, but countless fools fall for them. Why is that? It's all because of 'passion'."

"Passion?" Xuan Hao was a little confused.

"Both the cheater and the cheated have the 'passion' of 'changing life from now on'." Hyūga Kinji explained calmly, "People will be overwhelmed by 'passion' and make wrong judgments. However, if there is no 'passion', people will not even fall in love. I love 'passion' deeply. Speaking of a more direct confrontation of 'passion', what do you think it is?"

"...Gambling?" Xuanhao answered immediately.

"Haha, you really are very smart." Hyūga Kinji grinned, "Life is a gamble. Many women I've dated dumped me because they hated gambling. They were wrong at the root. The first people eliminated in this society are those who dare not place a big bet and those who don't know when to withdraw. Everyone is gambling. What they hate is not gambling itself, but 'failure' and 'destruction'."

"Is there anyone who hopes to live a peaceful and stable life?" Xuan Hao asked.

"I've never seen any of those guys." Hyōjinji replied somewhat boredly, "I love 'passion'. 'Passion' is 'gambling', 'gambling' is 'life'. Then, 'love' is 'control'. In the future, I will control the 'passion' of this country through boxing matches. The existence of cursed spirits has been made public, and the functions of the General Administration Department will also be paralyzed. Now is a great opportunity to expand my business. I will break down various obstacles and take advantage of this great opportunity to reform the curse regulations to let the world recognize the existence of boxing matches. In short, I need excellent chess pieces now."

As he said that, he looked at Xuan Hao and asked.

"Xuanhao, are you willing to try to follow my 'passion' and go crazy?"

"Boss, I have something to say..." Xuanhao opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

But at this moment, Cheng Jinci's phone rang.

However, Cheng Jinci just glanced at the phone on the table and continued to talk to Xuanhao.

"Xuanhao, would you like something to drink?"

"Ah, anything is fine, except wine," Xuanhao replied.

"Why?" Cheng Jinci asked, "You can't drink well?"

"It's not a matter of drinking capacity. I'm not an adult yet." Xuanhao said as a matter of course.

"I didn't realize you were so conservative." Kinji smiled, "You know what? Gojo Satoru's alcohol tolerance is also very poor."

"Oh——?" Xuan Hao was slightly stunned, then asked in confusion, "Who is Gojo? And why do you have to say 'also'? It's not like I don't drink because I can't drink much."

"I say, how could there be a magician in this world who doesn't know Gojo Satoru?" Hyōkinji asked with a smile. "Why are you pretending not to know him?"

As he spoke, he drank the wine in the glass in his hand in one gulp, and his expression became gloomy.

"You, were sent by the High Commissioner?"

"—!!"

Xuan Hao was slightly startled and immediately realized that he was exposed, "Listen to me!! I am——"

However, before he finished his words, he felt that the environment around him had changed.

It was Hyō Kinji who activated the technique!!

"First...listen to me..."

"Qiluoluo called me, instead of sending a voice message," Cheng Jinci said to himself without intending to listen, and at the same time gave Xuanhao a hit.

"It means something unusual has happened. This is the code we agreed on in advance."

However, Xuan Hao did not retreat because of this attack. Instead, he grabbed his collar and headbutted him.

"Listen to me...!!" Xuan Hao roared.

"I don't want it! Because my passion has cooled down!!" Cheng Jinci also roared.

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the other side.

The situation with Fushiguro Megumi, Panda, and Kirara has also fallen into a state of anxiety. (End of this chapter)