From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 281 Mario and Princess Peach
The black Gulfstream G550 'Sleipnir' began to glide on the runway.

The engine roared deafeningly, and even with the top-notch soundproofing materials in the cabin, the noise still couldn't be blocked, pouring directly into the brain from the ears.

Then, a strong push-back sensation came over me, as if I was being pressed firmly into the seat by an invisible force. My eardrums throbbed, my heart pounded, and my blood accelerated. If the person sitting in the seat hadn't been a mixed-race individual, I probably would have been knocked unconscious by the intense acceleration just from the start.

Although I had heard before that the principal's car was quite 'violent'.

But unexpectedly, it could be so 'violent' that in just a few seconds, Sleipnir rose from the ground and soared into the sky with a roar.

Fortunately, it finally stabilized after entering the high altitude.

Caesar glanced at the expressionless Chu Zihang, then at the smiling Adam. Neither of them seemed to react. Caesar suddenly felt a headache coming on. He pinched his brow and said, "Everyone has seen the mission, right? Since we'll be going to Japan for a while anyway, why don't we discuss how to proceed once we get there?"

"I haven't seen it yet."

Chu Zihang slightly raised his eyelids and said briefly.

"That shouldn't be the case. Shouldn't you have all the mission-related documents?" Caesar looked at Chu Zihang with a question mark on his face.

"Ahem, let me explain this." Adam coughed twice to help Chu Zihang out of the predicament: "The main thing is that Chu Zihang has been receiving treatment in the psychological department since the last mission ended, and he was just released from prison today. Cough, he was discharged from the hospital, so he is not very clear about the mission details."

Chu Zihang glanced at him sideways. Did this guy just say 'release from prison'?

"Pfft cough cough, um, I see."

As expected of someone of noble birth, Caesar went from suppressing a laugh to being serious in less than half a second, and then said solemnly, "Perfect, here is the detailed information about the mission."

Then, he took out a brown paper bag from behind his seat, unsealed it, and took out the documents inside.

The three huddled together. The red 'SS' stamp on the envelope meant it was top secret, and according to regulations, it could only be officially unsealed after the plane took off.

As for the reason for this regulation, according to Caesar's nonsensical guess, it was probably because he was afraid that the enforcers would give up halfway through, of course, the above is a joke.

The contents of the document were very simple: a black and white photograph, a memory chip, and a translated Russian document.

The black-and-white photo shows a magnificent former Soviet icebreaker, which mysteriously disappeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The contents of the memory chip confirmed that this huge icebreaker was suspected of carrying forbidden items related to dragons and eventually sank near Japanese territorial waters.

Besides investigating the origin of the Dragon Blood Gene Potion, their other, more important mission was to find this icebreaker.

"What are your thoughts on this mission?"

Caesar wanted to ask his two teammates for their thoughts so that he could plan in advance what actions they would take after landing.

However, he was disappointed.

Chu Zihang and Adam both readily agreed that they would follow his orders.

This left Caesar, who had intended to use this mission to compete with Chu Zihang, feeling inexplicably speechless and discouraged.

The atmosphere became tense again.

Caesar never imagined that one day the 'job' of setting the mood would fall to him.

Difficult, too difficult.

One of them was Chu Zihang, who was expressionless and taciturn. After learning about the mission, he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

The other was Adam. It wasn't that he was quiet, but Caesar felt like he was punching cotton. No matter how he tried to start a conversation, Adam would always end the topic very quickly.

Ultimately, after trying for a long time, Caesar chose to give up.

Whatever, let's just give up!
The three of them were completely on different wavelengths and had almost nothing in common.

Thus, in the midst of the three's eerie silence, Sleipnir, as expected of the principal's private car, took only six hours to travel from Chicago to Tokyo, Japan, a journey that normally takes thirteen hours.

The tense atmosphere inside the cabin finally eased a little.

"The brightest place over there is Ginza. It's said that when Japanese real estate prices were at their peak, the land value of just one Ginza block could buy the entire United States," Caesar said, looking out the window at the brightly lit metropolis and pointing to the brightest area of ​​skyscrapers.

"Ah."

Chu Zihang's response remained cold, showing no interest in the dazzling city lights. Instead, he asked, "Where can I buy cosmetics and souvenirs?"

Caesar gave him a strange look: "Do you have any unusual fetishes?"

"Do not."

Chu Zihang's eyes twitched slightly, and the veins on his hand holding the alchemical sword bulged: "It's my mother. She asked me to go back and bring her some things."

“Let’s go to Ginza. It’s Tokyo’s biggest luxury goods center.” After Caesar finished speaking, he glanced at Adam beside him and asked, “Is there anywhere you’d like to go?”

"It's nothing, I still prefer to stay at home."

Adam smiled and waved his hand to indicate that he did not intend to go out for a stroll.

Then, the atmosphere that had just been eased fell silent once again.

Even though the mission hadn't even started, Caesar was already feeling a bit exhausted, with a sense of uncertainty about the future.

He truly had no idea what the principal was thinking, forcing three completely unrelated people together.

Genji Heavy Industries Building, Tokyo, Japan.

It's hard for outsiders to imagine that in such a prime building, there's actually a traditional Japanese-style room hidden on a high floor.

The room was filled with toys of all sizes, including cute plush monsters and plastic Ultraman and monster figures. There was an LCD TV on the wall and a Sony PS3 game console below it.

The stack of game discs next to the room undoubtedly proves that the room's owner is a big fan of video games and anime.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, a girl dressed in a Japanese shrine maiden outfit could not hide her exquisite figure even through the loose shrine maiden outfit. Her long dark red hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her waist was so slender that it could be encircled by one hand, and a pair of delicate, jade-like ankles were revealed under the red skirt, her fair feet stepping on the tatami.

The girl leaned against the window, stretching her swan-like neck, craning her neck in anticipation.

Those bright and pure eyes, filled with a hint of excitement and joy, gazed at the Tokyo sky under the dark night.

Even her favorite rubber duck, which she usually keeps, has now been left aside.

Because she was waiting for someone.

That person promised to take her away from the cold tower that imprisoned her, so she could see the outside world.

Just like the all-powerful Mario, who broke into that cold castle and snatched Princess Peach, who longed for freedom, from the evil Bowser.

Do you yearn for freedom?

This was the first thing the girl heard when she saw him in her dream.

The man sat on a tall bronze bench, seemingly with a thousand faces, shrouded in a mysterious gray mist. All around him was a majestic and magnificent holy church built from bones, and his pale golden eyes were as pure and clear as an infant's, as if reflecting the soul of all things.

"My name is Adam Angelweid."

The mysterious man lowered his eyes and said softly in a tone that the girl couldn't understand, but which always seemed to contain sadness, "It's nice to meet you, Erii Uesugi."

Some readers commented that the world-switching was abrupt, but I don't think it was. After all, there was foreshadowing in the beginning; the protagonist will definitely go to other worlds later. The Dragon Clan serves as an interlude; after Dragon Clan 2 and 3, the story returns to the main Naruto plot.
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