Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 567 Sisters
Jiude Mai obviously didn't know what kind of scene she was about to face under the tacit cooperation of a nosy guy and her best friend. At this moment, she just felt her eyelids twitching a little.

There is no explanation for eyelid twitching in Japan, but Jude Mai remembers that Potato Chip Girl seemed to have said that there is a saying in China that "left eye twitching means wealth, right eye twitching means disaster."

Which eyelid was twitching... the right one?
Jiude Mai curled her lips and rubbed her eyes, not taking it seriously. She felt that she had never believed in this kind of divination. Maybe it was just because she didn't sleep last night and was a little nervous, so her eyelids kept twitching?
"Old rules?"

Jude Mai crossed her long legs, leaned against the driver's door, and mouthed, "You and Xia Mi go up, and Eri and I will wait for you in the car. If we meet Genjitsu, it would be inconvenient to bring Eri with us, right?"

Eri has five senses far superior to those of ordinary hybrids. Even without using the Word Spirit, her hearing is close to that of Caesar Gattuso who uses the "Word Spirit Kamaitachi". She can hear every sound within a dozen meters. In addition, Eri can understand some Chinese.

Therefore, although Eri was still sitting in the car, out of caution, Jiude Mai only used lip movements to communicate with Lu Mingfei. After all, it would not be good for Eri to hear some of the conversations.

She obviously didn't know that the person Lu Mingfei was about to meet was not Genjitsu, but Shude Aki and Zero.

She had her own considerations for suggesting that Eri stay in the car.

After a night of rain, Jude Mai noticed that Tokyo was already looking like a storm was about to come.

Most Tokyo residents didn't notice any difference between today and yesterday. The roads were just as crowded and the schedules were just as tight. If I had to say anything, it was that the air was better after the rain, with a slight seaweed smell. The news said that the warm and humid air currents from the Pacific Ocean were controlling the climate throughout Japan, and there would be continuous rainy days in the near future.

But if they were more careful, they would find that there were more police patrolling the roads. There were now three traffic police at the intersection where there was only one policeman. Every two or three intersections, there would be patrol officers reporting with radios. There were also more motorcycle gangs parking their modified motorcycles on the streets, and each of them looked at passers-by's faces with eager eyes.

It was not difficult for Mai Jude to guess that this was definitely the work of the Snake Family. It was discovered that Eri had run away from home within a day. It was estimated that the Snake Family had mobilized all their connections and had both the black and white forces to search for Eri's whereabouts.

That's why they had to be cautious in their actions. Fortunately, Liu Miaomiao was good at braiding her hair. After putting on the bell hat, Eri's most distinctive dark red long hair was completely covered. With a white dress, she looked like a tourist from another place.

It was for this reason that Lu Mingfei felt it was inconvenient to bring Eri with him. He was taking the underworld princess around Tokyo, so it was better for Eri to show up in less occasions than necessary. Besides, it was highly likely that Yuan Zhinu knew Eri.

Yuan Zhinv is not Lu Mingfei's enemy at this stage, but in Jiude Mai's opinion, he is not a very trustworthy person either.

Lu Mingfei also noticed the changes in Tokyo today, and knew that Jude Mai didn't want Eri to show up too much. This change was not obvious, but it was easy to see if you looked closely. To put it in an analogy, it was like an army that was in a mediocre state of training suddenly became disciplined.

However, Lu Mingfei believed that the meeting between Eri and Aki was necessary. If Eri was to be completely free from the control of the Snake Eight Families, the intervention of the academy was essential. Therefore, in essence, Aki Jude was contacting Eri as a representative of Kassel Academy.

In addition, the sister reunion scene that Lu Mingfei secretly arranged must also require Jiude Mai to be present.

After quickly thinking of a reason in his mind, Lu Mingfei immediately mouthed: "We think it's better for us to act together. The eight families of Sheqi are probably searching for Eri right now. It's not a good idea to act separately at this time. It's safer for us to act together."

In fact, both positive and negative explanations make sense. Acting separately can be said to be "don't put all your eggs in one basket"; while acting together can be said to be "it's safer to stick together."

However, this somewhat far-fetched excuse was approved by Jude Mai. Jude Mai put her hands on her waist and nodded: "Alright, it is indeed safer to act together now. But is it really okay to let Minamoto no Chitose know that it was you who kidnapped the princess of the Snake Eight Clan?"

Lu Mingfei made up a lie: "It's okay. Eri has been hidden by the Snake Family in a room under the Genji Heavy Industries. Although Genji Chitose knows of Eri's existence, she may not really know her."

Jiude Mai blinked. To be honest, she always felt that the expression in Lu Mingfei's eyes was a little weird...

How should I put it? If you have ever been confessed to in high school, you should be able to understand this feeling.

It’s like after evening self-study, a boy who is on good terms with you takes you to the playground for a walk, and when you walk to the center of the crowd, he suddenly kneels down, lights the candles on the ground, and confesses his love to you in the heart pattern formed by the candle flames, and everyone around you sings Sodagreen’s "Little Love Song" around you... It’s probably this feeling.

Of course, Japanese high schools do not require evening self-study, but Jude Mai had the experience of receiving many love letters in high school. Usually, she would randomly stuff them into the shoe cabinet of a girl next to her. In three years, Jude Mai had never been in love, but by chance she had formed many couples.

But Jiude Mai didn't think Lu Mingfei would confess his feelings to her...

"..."

Yes, it shouldn’t be that serious, right?

Jiude Mai looked at Lu Mingfei's eyes which seemed to hide a little joy, and suddenly felt guilty.

……

The group climbed up the not-so-wide staircase to the comic cafe on the second floor. Jude Mai followed at the end, followed by Xia Mi, and Eri followed obediently behind Lu Mingfei who was leading the way.

Lu Mingfei walked in front and took out the student card of Kassel Academy from his pocket. Behind him was the half-rotten World Tree.

It was this card that Professor Mans Rundstedt specially gave to him when he was carrying out the cave diving mission in the Three Gorges. He said it was standard equipment for students in the preparatory class. Only with this student card could he be officially considered a member of Kassel College. The student card had a credit limit of 10,000 US dollars, allowing Lu Mingfei to spend as he pleased.

In addition, the magnetic card is equipped with a positioning chip. If Lu Mingfei disappears in the cave, they can also use this student card to determine Lu Mingfei's approximate location, thereby helping them narrow the scope of body recovery.

As the prophecy came true, Lu Mingfei really disappeared in the cave, and this card did not help Teacher Mance and his team find Lu Mingfei's location faster. Instead, it was used here now.

It's a very ordinary comics cafe. Through the frosted glass door with wind chimes hanging on it, you can see young maids sitting by the bar, and the whole wall next to it is covered with comics.

It is almost a standard practice for Japanese manga cafes or Internet cafes to hire young girls to cosplay as maids. The only downside is that the girls' skirts are too short, so short that the edges of their stockings are exposed, which looks unstylish.

Feeling Xia Mi's gaze lightly sweeping across his face, Lu Mingfei resisted the urge to take another look.

A pretty maid came over and bowed. Lu Mingfei immediately handed her his student ID.

The student ID is a token of the members of Kassel Academy. The managers of the safe haven are often not from Kassel Academy, but are just paid to do things, which is also to minimize the risk of information exposure. They naturally know nothing about the dragon clan, they only look at the token, and provide help if the token is correct. The maid took Lu Mingfei's student ID, glanced at the world tree pattern on the back of the student ID, and smiled sweetly, saying something mixed with not very standard Japanese English:
"リカードMルーさん?あなたのFriendsがずっとお抡です.こちらへお日しください(Mr. Ricardo M. Lu? Your friend has been waiting for you for a long time, please come with me.)"

When registering for Kassel College, one needs to enter two names, one real name and one English name. However, this name seems to be a long-lost name for Lu Mingfei, and it instantly made Lu Mingfei dream back to the time when he was studying at Kassel College.

The connection went more smoothly than Lu Mingfei had imagined, but that was probably because Aki and Ling had already made some progress before him.

Eri, standing by, showed a somewhat troubled expression without showing any emotion, and thought to herself why Sakura had so many names... it was a bit hard to remember.

The young maid led Lu Mingfei and his group into the corridor. On both sides of the narrow corridor were small rooms with comic book cabinets as walls.

On the wall, there are all kinds of comics, from the old "Astro Boy" by Osamu Tezuka to the classic "Jump" series and the new "Suzumiya Haruhi series". It's hard to imagine how many comics are collected in this small comic cafe.

The further Eri walked inside, the brighter her eyes became. She wrote on the notebook for Lu Mingfei to see: "There are a lot of comics here that I haven't read. Can I choose a few to read later?"

Lu Mingfei took the book and replied, "Of course, Eri can choose whatever she wants to see."

There is a door every one meter or so on the comic book wall. Behind each door is an independent small room where four people can sit together to read comics and play games...

Hmm, maybe six people is a bit too much?

However, this is not something the young maid should be concerned about. Her task is only to provide assistance to those who show them the token.

Walking all the way to the last room in the corridor, the young maid turned around and smiled at Lu Mingfei.

"This is it, your friends should be waiting for you inside."

The maid bowed slightly and said: "(private service first, necessary contact service), then I will leave first. If you need anything, you can always tell me."

After getting Lu Mingfei's reply, the maid left first.

Jiude Mai looked up and looked around, then nodded: "As expected, you are quite an otaku. This meeting place is very suitable for your personality."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and thought, this meeting place was not chosen by me, but by your sister.

However, looking at the door of the small room in front of him, Lu Mingfei's heart suddenly started beating faster and he became a little nervous.

Senior Sister Aki should be in there now, right?
All they had to do was gently push the door open and Mai and Senior Sister Aki would be able to see each other.

It was really strange. It wasn't like he was about to meet his long-lost sister. Even if it was Lu Mingze (cousin version) who was meeting him again after a long separation, he probably wouldn't be so nervous. Why was he so excited just seeing the sisters about to meet? It was like he was about to confess his feelings that he had been planning for a long time...

Jiude Mai looked at Lu Mingfei's expression and became even more confused. She just wanted to see what Lu Mingfei was up to.

Jiude Mai was getting a little impatient: "Why are you dawdling outside... just go in directly."

As she spoke, she passed Lu Mingfei and stretched out her hand. Before Lu Mingfei could react, Jiude Mai had already pushed the door open. The wooden door slammed against the wooden wall.

"..."

The corridor fell into absolute silence.

The imagined scene of sisters seeing each other for a long time and then looking at each other with tears in their eyes and being speechless did not appear. Jude Mai stood at the door of the corridor, her beautiful eyebrows wrinkled, and she looked at the person in the room.

Without Aki, there was only Zero in the room. The cold and beautiful girl held a classic otome manga "Witch's Trial" in both hands, and nodded to Mai Jude with a faint expression: "Mai, you are here?"

"Sanwu, why are you here?" The words almost came out of Jiude Mai's mouth, but she immediately realized that Lu Mingfei was still beside her.

Although Lu Mingfei knew that Sanwu knew her... because when they were in Portugal, it was Sanwu and her who rescued Charlotte from Bernardo and sent her to Valentine Manor.

Even without asking Zero, after just thinking silently for a few seconds, Jiude Mai realized what was going on...

Lu Mingfei came here today not to meet Yuan Zhinv, but to meet Aki and Sanwu! No wonder Lu Mingfei showed his student ID to the waiter at the door, because this is the safe haven set up by Kassel Academy in Tokyo! All this is Lu Mingfei's doing...!
Jiude Mai gritted her teeth, and her beautiful eyes pierced Lu Mingfei's face fiercely, then she turned around and walked quickly through the corridor without looking back. There was no time to settle the account with Lu Mingfei. Now that Aki hadn't arrived yet, she had to leave here quickly during this time.

Lu Mingfei's voice was still chasing after him: "Where are you going?"

"Don't worry about it." Jiude Mai said: "The cooperation is over, and the employment fee does not need to be charged to my card."

Jude Mai seemed to be more resistant to meeting Aki than he had imagined. Lu Mingfei looked at Jude Mai's departing back and felt as if he had stepped on a landmine, a big landmine... He seemed to have done something bad with good intentions.

But the next moment he heard a loud thunder... Bah, it seemed that Jiude Mai collided with something at the end of the corridor?

Lu Mingfei immediately looked up and saw at the end of the corridor...

Aki Sakude was sitting on the ground holding a briefcase.

……

(End of this chapter)