Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 303 What does Nido mean when read backwards?
When the Maybach entered the elevated road, Chu Zihang exuded a murderous aura, and even without the air conditioning on, the car felt as if it were filled with cold air.

But nothing happened along the way; the sky and earth did not change color, and no Dead Men blocked the way.

The Maybach exited the elevated highway without any problems and then found the Lao Mo Sauerkraut Fish restaurant.

Unexpectedly, a ring of police cars surrounded the store, and there were many onlookers discussing the matter.

When Lu Mingfei saw this, he thought it was Fingel's unlicensed driving incident, but when he squeezed into the crowd, he found that things were not so simple.

At the entrance of Lao Mo's Sauerkraut Fish Restaurant, several uniformed men escorted three bruised and swollen men in chef's uniforms out, solemnly stuffing them into a police car.

Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised: What's going on? These days, you can get sent to jail just for cooking a dish?
Was it so bad it was practically a biological weapon, or were poppy shells added to the dishes to keep guests coming back?
Just as I was hesitating, I saw Fingel and a middle-aged policeman walking out, chatting and laughing. Their radiant appearance reminded me of a happy Shiba Inu.

"Oh, there's no need for thanks. The police and the people are like fish and water, it's just what we ordinary people should do."

If you disregard his non-Chinese appearance, anyone would think he's just an ordinary Chinese person.

But this guy turned out to be a pure German who spoke fluent Chinese, making the two Asian faces who followed him feel rather embarrassed.

Seeing this, Lu Mingfei turned around and raised his hand to signal the three people in the car not to get out, and then walked into the cordon.

Apart from the three mixed-race individuals inside, no one noticed his approach.

"What's going on?" Lu Mingfei asked Lao Tang.

Old Tang's expression was somewhat strange as he slowly recounted what had happened after dining at the restaurant.

It turned out that the culprit who forced them to stay here to eat was hiding in Lao Mo's sauerkraut fish restaurant, and he even disguised himself as the chef and the owner. But none of the three of them knew how to cook, and they waited for a long time without any food being served.

Because Fingel, upon entering, presumptuously declared that the three of them were foreigners, and even used a broken Mandarin, claiming that this would ensure they could eat the most authentic food, the three foolish thieves finally decided to throw the whole black carp into the pot and stew it with uncut sauerkraut, serving it as an innovative dish.

Whether Lao Tang was innovative or not, no one knew. Anyway, Fingel's expression at the time looked like he was about to drive a Mercedes-Benz W14 and send the three of them flying.

What happened next was simple. When the three bumbling thieves realized they had been exposed, they decided to tie them all up and even wanted to try their luck with Japanese girls. As a result, they were naturally double-teamed by Old Tang and Fingel.

After hearing the whole story, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but exclaim, "What a talent!"

On the other side, Finger, leveraging the reputation of the Huanya Group and his connections with city leaders, successfully postponed the time for giving his statement. After saying goodbye to the police officers, he mysteriously approached them:
"Junior brother, I've made a new discovery."

"what?"

"Get in the car and we'll talk." Fingel pushed him into the car, but the police were right there, and he wouldn't dare to cosplay as an unlicensed rider in front of everyone even if he had ten lives.

Fortunately, the designated driver arranged by Su Enxi arrived, carrying Lao Tang and Long Ma Xun, following behind the Maybach.

Fingel's physique was so large that even though the Maybach's cabin was spacious enough, Erii still had half of her body squeezed into Lu Mingfei's arms, her head resting against the car window as she quietly gazed at the gray-haired giant.

The former, sweating profusely from her crimson eyes, abruptly looked away and greeted Xia Mi, who was staring blankly into the rearview mirror:

"Hi junior, long time no see. I didn't expect to see you here."

He tried to avoid Erii's death stare, but met Natsumi's bewildered and confused gaze: "Hmm? You are..."

The way he looked at him like he was a stranger hurt him deeply: "It's me, Senior Finger. I was in charge of your entrance exam for the preparatory class."

Xia Mi's attention wasn't on him at all. Only after hearing him mention this did she finally remember that there was indeed such a person. She turned around and looked him up and down.

"Oh, it's Senior Brother Fingel. Why have you become so presentable... um, so refined?"

When Fingel came to Beijing last time, he didn't exactly look like a beggar, but he would definitely look like a professional homeless person if he were sent to America.

Now, he is dressed in a suit, his hair is neatly combed and his beard is clean-shaven, looking like a homeless man who has found a decent job after being transformed.

"Um, junior sister, were you trying to say something just now...?"

"Alright, Fingel, we can catch up later. Let's talk about your discovery." Lu Mingfei interrupted Fingel's rambling. It seemed that this guy's reliability had an expiration date.

"Oh right, look at my brain." Fingel pulled a USB drive out of his pocket when he heard this. "When I went to the kitchen to urge the food to be served earlier, I found someone hiding something, and I just took it."

“Brother Finger, that’s called stealing evidence,” Xia Mi corrected.

"What is this?" Lu Mingfei looked at the unassuming USB drive, puzzled.

“We’ll have to take a look first,” Fingel said, pulling a mini laptop out of his pocket to everyone’s astonishment.

Nobody knows why this guy carries this thing with him, but he does.

He plugged the USB drive into the computer, and then quickly identified what was inside by rapidly moving his fingers with one hand.

“Good news, guys,” Fingel said, beaming. “These three aren’t ordinary people.”

"They're fugitives who commit crimes on the run, how could they be ordinary people?"

"Shut up, junior! If you keep undermining me like this, I'll write a smear campaign against you when I get back!" Fingel tried to threaten Xia Mi as the uncrowned king, but the latter completely ignored him, turned her head to look out the window, and could vaguely see the black Mercedes following closely in the rearview mirror.

You're kidding me, how could it be such a coincidence?

Three kings, two evolved species, and two unlucky ones branded—just how many more cunning old turtles are hidden in this city?
Looking at the clear sky outside the window, the girl thought to herself that the city's leaders probably needed to find a feng shui master to take a look.

Oh, no, the one in charge of feng shui has been scared away.

No wonder they dared not show themselves; this lineup alone would scare them to death.

Chu Zihang drove, this time avoiding the elevated highway, heading towards the Regent Hotel. Out of the corner of his eye, he occasionally glanced at the girl in the passenger seat next to him, feeling that she seemed less lively than before.

“The three of them are bounty hunters in the Hunter Market, and they’re in the same line of work as Old Tang.” Fingel turned the computer screen toward Lu Mingfei. The USB drive contained their encrypted accounts, but it was no challenge for the computer genius Fingel, who cracked it in no time.

"Old Tang is a high-level hunter, while these three are low-level hunters. They aren't even hybrids. They probably came into this line of work by chance and make a living by taking on small jobs of burning, killing, and robbing. They ended up here because they took on a specific job."

"Them?" Lu Mingfei frowned.

Designated commissions are generally only made for high-level hunters who are famous and capable, such as Old Tang.

But these three are just a roadside stall, okay?

“The most basic pawn in chess can be promoted to rook, knight, bishop, and finally the most powerful queen once it reaches the back rank,” Fingel said. “Regardless of how lowly their status is, they certainly played a role this time.”

"So who were the people who gave them the assignments?"

“I don’t know.” Fingel spread his hands, looking like a book reader who only reads the title page: “The Hunter website has always maintained a confidentiality policy, and the client who contacted them was using a newly registered account.” “It’s not a complete loss, though. At least we know that the guy behind the scenes isn’t some old-fashioned person clinging to swords, hammers, and honor, but a cunning old fox who keeps up with the times and knows how to use modern technology.”

Lu Mingfei's words stirred up Fingal's memories. A barely perceptible ruthlessness flashed in his iron-gray eyes, and then he sighed:
"Who can argue with that? To be honest, with technology so advanced now and the household registration system becoming more and more complete, I can't even imagine how those dragons would infiltrate human society."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei's lips curled up, and he glanced at Xia Mi, who was admiring the scenery, before taking the initiative to call her out:
"Hey Xia Mi, if you're bored during summer vacation, how about you become a bounty hunter with us? We can take on a big job and easily make more money than most people can earn in a lifetime."

I can do this myself easily. The king doesn't need partners, only followers and supporters.

Moreover, I registered a hunter account a long time ago, and the capital I've accumulated is far beyond your imagination!

Xia Mi grumbled inwardly, but still said aloud, "I'm going to the preparatory class in August."

"It's alright, I guarantee you'll make it to the front lines alive."

"Then forget it, I don't want to finish my studies with missing limbs." Xia Mi rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry, I will do everything I can to ensure your safety."

"for example?"

"Have your senior brother Chu protect you closely?"

Xia Mi looked up at Chu Zihang, who was focused on driving ahead, and wondered, "What if his way of protecting me is to leave me there alone and rush in to kill all the enemies?"

She had watched Chu Zihang play countless matches back then. Although his performance on both offense and defense was impeccable, everyone could see that he believed that offense was the best defense.

"Don't worry, he's very chivalrous," Lu Mingfei said, swearing as she still didn't believe him.
"If he fails to protect you, then from now on, I, Lu Mingfei, will write my name backwards, okay?"

Without waiting for the girl to realize the trap in his words, he turned to look at Fingel:

"This shady website probably has a lot of missions involving hybrids, so why didn't Kassel College investigate it?"

"Of course there are, but even with the Secret Service's resources, they still can't figure out who created the Hunter website." Fingel went crazy trying to find that guy called "Prince" back then, but he only showed up once and then disappeared without a trace, and no one could find him.

He had also tried to attack the Hunter Market back then, but failed. His proud methods were like an ordinary candle in front of that website, which was like a dilapidated tomb. It would be extinguished the moment it entered the tomb due to lack of oxygen.

What basic information do you have?

Fingel thought for a moment, then shared some of the rules and unspoken rules of the Hunter website, adding:

"If you violate the forum rules, you will receive a warning email from the administrator, and that's it."

"There are no moderators, but there are administrators?"

“Yes, a guy named Nido.” As soon as Fingel finished speaking, he saw Lu Mingfei’s eyes change.

He looked at Fingel: "What did you say that administrator's name was?"

"Uh, Nido, what's wrong?" Fingel asked, somewhat puzzled.

"What does it mean if you read it backwards?" Lu Mingfei picked up the computer, scrolled to the bottom of the page to check the website information, but found it empty.

“Nido reversed... O-din? Odin?!”

Fingel was stunned as soon as he uttered those words.

Chu Zihang's knuckles turned white as he gripped the steering wheel, and it was unclear how much force he used to suppress the urge to slam on the gas pedal.

Xia Mi, who was playing with a strand of hair, suddenly froze. The black hair was wrapped around her snow-white fingers like a tiny black snake.

As the only student of the Executive Minister, Chu Zihang naturally knew how much Kassel College cared about this website. In fact, if he hadn't already joined the Executive Minister and started working as a killer, he might have already been taking on missions and gaining experience on the Hunter website.

As for Xia Mi, needless to say, she has made a lot of money through the Hunter website over the years. Although she mostly sells her former burial items as a client, she has always kept it well hidden.

But she knew her brother's character all too well, and he might have been secretly watching her, plotting a conspiracy against her.

"I searched high and low without finding it, but it came to me without any effort." Lu Mingfei directly announced the answer: "It was all that son of a bitch Odin's doing behind the scenes."

The thought that his previous affair with Lao Tang had been seen by that damned mastermind, and that his trip to Japan had been exposed early on, made Lu Mingfei feel inexplicably angry.

Thinking back carefully, after arriving in Japan, were there any unreasonable people or things? After considering all the possibilities, there was only one: Fujiwara Shinnosuke, but he had a legitimate reason.

By the way, the evolution drug that the leader of the Brotherhood of Assassins in France took seemed to have originated from Japan, and was even produced by Wang Jiang, one of Herzog's aliases.

So, we're back to square one?
If we connect Odin and Bondarev, it explains why the latter knew that the White King was buried in Japan, had the courage to use the Dragon King's embryo as a sacrifice to awaken Takamagahara and the sacred remains, and helped Herzog set up the stage for awakening the White King and stealing his power, allowing him to act freely within a safe framework.

Alright, alright, so you're waiting for me here, huh?

Lu Mingfei narrowed his eyes, connecting everything he had encountered since going abroad, and discovered that the suspicious points behind each event were all the work of that bastard Odin.

Old Tang makes a living through a hunter website, so he must have been under Odin's surveillance long ago. However, he is unaware of his own identity and Odin's plans, living like an ordinary hoodlum.

So here's the question: Was Tang's journey to the United States an accident or something deliberately orchestrated?
It is unknown, but it is most likely man-made.

Odin of the grotesque, so it turns out you were the one pulling all the strings behind the scenes, weren't you?

And what about the Gattuso family? Are they connected to Odin?

And then there's the Chen family, who betray their own family...

Taking a deep breath, Lu Mingfei temporarily wrote them all down in his notebook.

He wasn't blinded by anger. Things had to be done one step at a time. The most urgent thing was to go into Nibelungen and see if they could find any clues about Chu Tianjiao.

However, judging from the sky outside the window, Odin, that coward, probably wouldn't dare to show his face easily and would only dare to pick on the weak.

Of course, it's also possible that the time isn't right yet; perhaps he will only open Nibelungen to foreign tourists when night falls.

In any case, he's determined to enter the Nibelungen tonight, and even Jesus can't stop him!
"Um, senior brother..."

Just as the atmosphere in the carriage fell silent, Xia Mi weakly raised her hand, her voice filled with suppressed unease:

"Who is this Odin you're talking about?"

(End of this chapter)