Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 576: Luqu Town
His voice was originally full of energy and as loud as a bell, but when he said this, it suddenly became calm, as if he was speaking casually.

But those who are familiar with this patriarch will understand that the more casually and lightly the words come out of Mr. Masamune's mouth, the more solid their meaning is, which shows that he has repeatedly thought about this issue and has reached the final conclusion.

At this moment, he was like a warrior who had been on the battlefield for a long time and had already drawn his sword, but his murderous aura was restrained and he looked calm and composed.

Yuan Zhisheng paused for a moment, and suddenly felt the gap between himself and Tachibana Masamune. His father's perspective on things was indeed much longer than his own. He took the initiative to give up the position of the head of the family, which was just a strategy of retreating to advance. The purpose was to ensure the safety of the family to the greatest extent and reduce losses.

"I've already made up my mind about this matter. Let's talk about other things."

Tachibana Masamune said, "The official email from Kassel Academy included photos of the God's Burial Ground. Their students found a shipwreck in the God's Burial Ground, and there were embryos of what looked like dragons in the shipwreck."

Fuma Kotaro clenched his fists. "As we suspected at the beginning, the elite team of Mans Rundstedt came to Tokyo, and they definitely didn't come for a simple tour. Their original purpose was probably the burial place of the gods."

Ryoma Genichirō frowned. "The burial place of the gods is located 8000 meters below the sea. It is difficult for ordinary diving equipment to reach this location. They must have secretly transported the modified manned submersible to Tokyo a long time ago. I have long suggested that we intensify the search for those students who have escaped."

"What if we intensify the search? Aside from Shude Aki, we don't even have the identities of the others."

Yuan Zhisheng laughed at himself: "After discovering that Eri had run away from home a few days ago, our family has been under full martial law. However, three days have passed, and we haven't even found Eri's shadow... We can't even find Eri, let alone the people from Kassel Academy."

Gen Chisheng couldn't help but lower his eyes when he said this. The overlap in time between the recent major events was too high. He even considered the possibility that someone from Kassel Academy had taken Eri away.

Just think about it, Eri has hardly ever left that room, even if Kassel Academy knows about Eri's existence, they can't take her away by force unless Eri is willing.

The main family has checked all the people in the organization whose names contain Sakura, and no one has the suspicion of committing the crime and the time of the crime. Who is that person named Sakura... Why did Eri willingly follow him?

Inuyama He turned his head and looked at Miyamoto Shio: "I am more curious about how those students were able to sneak into the God's Burial Place. Aren't the people from the Ganliu Research Institute responsible for monitoring the nearby sea area?"

Miyamoto Shio was stunned for a moment: "That's right. But the headquarters building was attacked that day, and the Kaguya system was hacked. Most of the staff of the institute were assigned to repair Kaguya, and it was a thunderstorm that day, so the sea conditions were complicated..."

"This also exposes the fact that the main family's execution ability is seriously worrying now that Kaguya-sama is gone." Yuan Zhisheng sighed: "After losing Kaguya-sama's dispatching ability, the operation of the organization is simply like a pile of loose sand."

Sakurai Nanami suddenly smiled at this time: "Is the head of the Minamoto family criticizing our leadership ability? Yes, after all, I will soon be the head of the family, so I have to learn how to manage an organization in advance."

Yuan Zhisheng quickly said, "I didn't mean that."

Sakurai Nanami said calmly: "What do you mean?"

"Okay, let's stop wasting our time on these meaningless things."

Tachibana Masamune crossed his arms expressionlessly in front of Xiao Li: "I haven't even officially abdicated yet, and you guys are already ignoring me and quarreling in front of the hall?"

Sakurai Nanami and Minamoto Chisei both looked apologetic and leaned forward on the tatami mat, "Sorry, sir..."

"Get up. Remember that we only have one enemy now, and that is Kassel Academy. Patriarchs, please don't fight among yourselves and let the enemy reap the benefits."

Tachibana Masamune said: "The people from Kassel Academy will arrive at 12 o'clock tonight. Next, as the head of the Snake Eight Families, I will issue my last order."

Everyone straightened their backs and answered in unison, with expressions of readiness on their faces.

Tachibana Masamune looked at Minamoto Chisei and said, "Chisei, you continue to be responsible for finding Eri, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

Yuan Zhisheng lowered his head: "Yes!"

After Tachibana Masamune finished speaking, he looked at Miyamoto Shio and said, "Tell your people to put down everything they are doing and repair Kaguya's system as soon as possible. Today is the fourth day since Eri left home, and her body can only last for three more days at most. Trying to find Eri in the vast sea of ​​people in Tokyo is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Only Kaguya has the ability to help us find that needle."

"Got it!" said Miyamoto Shio.

"There's nothing else to do."

Tachibana Masamune said, "The three heads of the Inuyama, Ryoma, and Sakurai families will come with me tonight to receive the negotiators from the academy, right? The heads of the Inuyama and Ryoma families were once students of the academy. Isn't it proper etiquette for alumni to receive alumni? Let the people of the academy understand one thing: at the negotiation table, our status has always been equal, and it has never been a matter of superiors and subordinates."

The heads of the families had all left one after another, and Tachibana Masamune was the only one left in the small Japanese-style room again.

Tachibana Masamune stood up from his cushion, picked up a small hammer and gently tapped the bronze chime on the shrine. It is said that its sound can reach the underworld, and knocking it when you are upset can help exorcise evil spirits and calm your mind.

"You are a natural orator, patriarch."

The voice came from the shadows behind the shrine. A man in white clothes walked out of the shadows and clapped his hands lightly in front of him. An expression of admiration appeared on his featureless face.

"'My only wish now is to see you and Eri grow up.' Even I couldn't help but believe that you are really a trustworthy father. I believe that you want to give up the position of head of the family out of consideration for the eight families of Snake."

Tachibana Masamune said coldly: "Doctor Chen, you came to see me specially, just to say something to stab me when I'm down."

Doctor Chen shook his head: "No, I really admire your courage like a gecko cutting off its tail."

Just like what Dr. Chen said, the reason why Tachibana Masamune chose to resign from the position of the head of the family after tonight was simply to get out of the spotlight this time. Standing in the center of a whirlpool is often the easiest to be swept in by the sea. Although Tachibana Masamune is obsessed with power, he also understands the principle of a gecko cutting off its tail.

Moreover, passing the position of the head of the family to Yuan Zhisheng is actually not much different from not giving up the position. Yuan Zhisheng will only be a puppet emperor as the head of the family, and everything in the family will still have to pass through his eyes.

"Let's put aside the compliments." Tachibana Masamune looked at Dr. Chen: "What time are you leaving Japan tonight?"

"Eleven o'clock at night."

"Isn't it a little too late?"

"No way." Doctor Chen shrugged. "Private jet routes must be applied for in advance. The situation is too urgent. The fastest private jet route I can apply for is this one."

"Okay." Tachibana Masamune said, "Remember to wipe your butt clean before you leave." "Of course, the head of the family should know that we are always very professional in doing this kind of thing."

Doctor Chen smiled faintly: "Everything that needs to be moved has been moved, and everything that needs to be destroyed has been destroyed. The rest of the mice have been sent to a boarding school deep in the mountains of Kobe. The hospital will collapse on time at 1:30 pm, and all clues will be buried in the ruins. For such a large accident, the government will surely ask the construction team of Genji Heavy Industries to help, and we will need your help to clean up the mess by then."

"Why is it 1:30 in the afternoon?"

"1:30 p.m. is the hospital's rest time, when there are the fewest patients, and casualties can be minimized. Only a few doctors and nurses will die, as well as some hospitalized patients."

Tachibana Masamune was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that he could hear the words "reduce casualties" from Dr. Chen.

A few seconds later, Tachibana Masamune laughed sarcastically: "Then Doctor Chen, you are quite kind."

"Nothing can be done." Doctor Chen sighed with a smile: "Doctors are kind-hearted."

……

The headlights briefly illuminated the road sign for "Kanotori Town". Mai Jude drove the Honda along an inconspicuous auxiliary road, leaving the highway and turning onto a winding mountain road.

It was spring, and the mountain path was paved with cherry blossom petals. Eri rested her chin on the windowsill and stretched out her hand with bright eyes to catch the cherry blossom rain outside.

To be honest, in the past few days since he abducted Eri, Lu Mingfei has not accompanied Eri to go anywhere to have fun. Although Lu Mingfei has been running back and forth during this period of time, it is essentially to help Eri escape from the low point. However, Lu Mingfei still feels a little guilty for not accompanying Eri all the time.

But Eri was very happy. She had rarely been out of the room in the basement of Genji Heavy Industries, and it was rare for her to come out, so everything she saw was new and strange.

She caught a few dewy cherry blossoms from the window, placed them on the writing pad, and turned it over: "Look, sakura."

There is an arrow next to the word "sakura", pointing to the shape of a cherry blossom made up of six cherry blossom petals.

"By the way, I've been wanting to ask this for a few days."

Xia Mi asked Lu Mingfei in a low voice: "Brother, why did you choose a Japanese name like 'Sakura'? It sounds like a gigolo's stage name."

Miss Xia Mi, what we mean is, is it possible that this is really the gigolo's stage name?
Lu Mingfei avoided the topic: "Then why did you name yourself Xia Mi, Junior Sister?"

"Well, it's okay to change your name to Lu Mi now." Xia Mi thought for a while and said seriously.

"Forehead……"

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "Junior sister, are you so casual when choosing names?"

Eri held up the notebook: "Xia Mi's name is also very nice, just like Sakura's name, very beautiful."

Lu Mingfei looked at the words on the notebook and was stunned. He suddenly remembered that the princess of the Eight Snake Clan had an extraordinary hearing sense. Her sixth sense without the use of the Word Spirit could catch up with Caesar with the use of the Word Spirit. The whispered plot between him and his junior sister just now probably sounded like normal conversation to Eri.

Wait a minute!
Lu Mingfei suddenly realized something. When he was "injecting medicine" to Chen Wenwen, the little goddess and his junior sister in the ward, Hui Liyi was just outside the door.

Although it was later confirmed that the soundproofing of the ward door was quite good, even if he lay on the door, it would be difficult to hear the sound inside the door without pricking up his ears...but this soundproofing may not be effective for Eri, right?
Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei immediately turned around and said, "By the way, Eri. Um, when we were in the hospital a few days ago, you were outside the door. Did you hear any strange noises?"

Although Eri is one year older than Lu Mingfei, her mind is as clean as a blank sheet of paper. If Lu Mingfei really did something accidentally that polluted the blank sheet of paper... then when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he probably won't be able to help but say to himself, "You deserve to die."

Eri tilted her head, blinking her beautiful eyes, and wrote in the notebook: "Strange noise? No."

Eiry's words made Lu Mingfei sigh, and he was thankful that the soundproofing in the hospital ward was good enough.

But at this time, he saw Eri writing on the notebook, and then raised it up: "I only heard the sound of Sakura playing games in the ward."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment: "Play games?"

Erie wrote: "I played Dragon Knight 4, and when you were capturing a female character in the CG scene, it made the same sound as the game Sakura played that day."

Of course Lu Mingfei knew what Dragon Knight 4 was. It was a classic role-playing game with a rich storyline and well-designed characters. The gameplay was also quite groundbreaking at the time... But the problem was that the developer of this game was ELF.

Many people may not have an impression of the name ELF, but they must have heard of or played its games. In addition to the "Dragon Knight" series, "Classmates", "Underclassmen", "Scent of Charm"... are all works of ELF.

Yes, ELF is an erotic company. And the CG images of the female characters in Dragon Knight 4 that Eri mentioned are also...

Lu Mingfei’s head buzzed. Did Eiry hear everything he did in the ward that day clearly from outside?
In the conversation without much nutrition, the Honda car waded through the mountain stream and stopped in front of a mountain valley. In front of it was a torii gate that had begun to change color, and trees and weeds grew wantonly on the dilapidated mountain road. The collapsed buildings around it looked like the corpse of a giant lying flat on the battlefield, and the rotten beams and rafters were the giant's spine and ribs.

It was so desolate that it didn't look like anyone was there.

"Are you sure we are not taking the wrong road?" Lu Mingfei asked Jiude Mai.

"I guess we're in the right place. That's what's marked on the map."

Jude Mai shrugged and threw the map to Lu Mingfei: "And the Kadori Shrine is quite famous. I remember that I came here when I was a child. This shrine has a history of more than 800 years, which is one of the oldest shrines near Tokyo. The whole town is revitalized by the tourism brought by this shrine. But then there was an earthquake, and the town in the mountains collapsed after years of disrepair. Many people died at the time, and it occupied the headlines of the news for several days. The survivors probably left here."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and turned his head to take a look. Sure enough, he saw the words "Luqu Town" on the roadside sign that had long been eroded by wind. He had also seen this sign when he was going up the mountain.

Such a desolate place...

No idea why Genji would ask them to meet here.

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(End of this chapter)