Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 442 It’s broken, I’m a substitute
"You little brat! Look me in the eye!"

The boy's angry shout rang in his ears, and Chen Tianmu's hand, which was reaching for the family genealogy, suddenly stopped. A strong sense of crisis welled up in his heart.

Before he could react, an invisible domain had already enveloped him.

Chen Tianmu stared wide-eyed, realizing that the world seemed to have completely stopped, with only his thoughts continuing at their original pace.

Everything outside, the wisps of steam rising from the teacup, the golden and red hair that had been lifted by the draft no longer fluttered, and even the look of disgust in Nono's eyes had only just begun to surface.

He couldn't move or turn around, but he could feel a great terror watching him from behind, and his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Chen Tianmu tried to get the dragon blood in his body boiling and regain control of his body. However, his proud dragon blood was like a middle-aged man with impotence. Even after taking drugs, he could not get an erection and remained listless.

Just as he was trying to calm himself down and search his memory for what kind of incantation it was, a hand silently pressed down on his head, stopping his thoughts from wandering.

"You think you can just stare straight at me without turning around? You think you have eyes in the back of your head?"

Lu Mingfei's five fingers tightened slightly, the terrifying force seemingly capable of crushing Chen Tianmu's skull at any moment. As the excruciating pain struck, the latter could hear his own skull groaning in agony from the unbearable strain.

He tried to speak, but while the instructions from his brain were transmitted without any problems and the neural transmission was fine, the response terminal, his mouth, was like a computer with a bunch of antivirus software installed, booting up at a speed that beats 0.01% of users nationwide!
"Good, you didn't even make a sound, that's a real man." Lu Mingfei praised, then grabbed his head and forcefully turned it to look him in the eye.

The gold in Chen Tianmu's eyes was gathering at a snail's pace, trying to ignite his golden pupils and dispel the shock and fear within them. But before he could succeed, a smiling young man entered his field of vision.

Then, the world before my eyes plunged into darkness, leaving only a pair of golden eyes that shone like two suns in the sky.

Staring into those eyes, Chen Tianmu felt as if his spirit had been struck by a giant dragon followed by a fierce tail swing, his consciousness almost shattered, leaving him dazed and disoriented.

I felt as if something had entered my brain, like a portal to a new world when I was young, rummaging through it and stirring things up inside.

Holding Chen Tianmu's skull closed, looking into his empty, lifeless eyes, Lu Mingfei's gaze turned cold.

Sure enough, this Mr. Chen was a fake.

The area of ​​substitute literature.

If this were a normal world, it would be easy to transform into another person through plastic surgery, but it would be completely impossible to look exactly like the other person.

However, this is a world where extraordinary beings exist, a grand stage for dragons, where you can come and do whatever you want.

Regardless of whether it's some kind of cutting-edge technology or incantations, a big pot of mixed ingredients can be mass-produced. It's not impossible that Chen Tianmu's stand-ins are as numerous as the Alice clones filling Umbrella Corporation's Hive Base.

However, the Stands Herzog chose, apart from one Tachibana Masamune Stand, all had white noble masks welded onto their faces, making them tough and durable. In a sense, they were also consumables for Genji to kill for fun.

The stand-in of the Chen family patriarch was clearly carefully trained, of excellent bloodline, and brainwashed. He had actually handled some major matters of the Chen family and completely identified himself as Chen Tianmu.

Unfortunately, the White King is an absolute authority in the realm of the mind. Although the White King's power has fallen into Lu Mingfei's hands and has always been used as a hypnotic artifact and a mental purgatory, he can see through things like hypnosis and mental imprisonment at a glance.

According to Lu Mingfei's tests, this body double has two consciousnesses in its brain.

One of the main personalities, knowing that he is a puppet, has long dominated this body. He is responsible for imitating Chen Tianmu's words and actions, and has integrated all his habits into his bones and blood.

The alternate personality, however, believes itself to be the head of the Chen family. After each personality switch, Chen Tianmu will remain behind the scenes, allowing the stand-in dominated by the alternate personality to step onto the stage and face unknown risks.

Does this sound familiar?
What if the way this stand-in switches personalities is through the sound of a clapper?

Lu Mingfei's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

When Lu Mingfei visited the research institute last night, he noticed that the facilities and research plans there were very similar to those of that old dog Herzog.

But when I came to the Chen family today, I found that there were even more similar ones.

Not only is the head of the family a stand-in, but there is also a Kazama Ruri personality converter that allows one-click switching between Kazama Ruri and Genji.

Very well, the Chen family has found a way to bring about their own demise.

Lu Mingfei finally understood why the Chen family, a noble family of mixed Eastern and Western descent, would have such close ties with foreign mixed-race social groups.

It is known that the Qing government, in its collaboration with the Dragon King, nearly wiped out the Secret Party Elders' Council and the first generation of the Lionheart Society's elite group, targeting Lu Shanyan and other revolutionaries.

During that period, due to ideological differences, a large number of members of the Chen family left for overseas in search of ways to save the country and ensure its survival.

So here's the question: with the Chen family right under the Qing government's nose, would the mastermind behind the scenes let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn the Chen family, a prestigious and powerful mixed-race family, into a usable pawn?
Therefore, it's not that the Chen family's thinking is flawed, but rather that they gradually transformed into the shape of the Dragon King as early as the beginning of the last century.

Perhaps some clever people initially sensed the impending conspiracy and tried to avert disaster, but in that unspeakable era, they either met untimely deaths or fled overseas.

The remaining people, though perhaps still harboring the desire to save the Chen family from the dragon's clutches, are unlikely to cause any significant trouble.

After all, after several reshuffles, those who remain are all ambitious individuals who are used to being superior and yearn to become the new dragon race.

However, the Chen family is located too close to the center of power, and being too radical would make them easy to be suppressed, so the conservatives still hold the power of discourse.

As times changed, Chen Tianmu rose to prominence, eliminating all opponents and dissidents with ruthless methods, and becoming the absolute leader of the Chen family.

The Chen family became his personal fiefdom. He would point east and the clansmen wouldn't dare to fight west. He would say the radicals weren't radical enough and they would all become lone swimmers, swimming butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle in the tide of the times. He would say the conservatives were too conservative and not one of them would dare to leave the Chen family's big ship.

Otherwise, if you accidentally get hit and killed, you can't blame anyone else.

Lu Mingfei gleaned clues from the information extracted from the mind of the stand-in Chen Tianmu, deducing that the Chen family had long been completely infiltrated, and that countless filthy and inhumane acts were still hidden behind it.

Without a doubt, the Dragon King behind the Chen family is Odin's grandson. That guy is a real schemer, full of tricks and scheming.

If he orchestrated this from behind the scenes and threw out this bait, it's probably not just about whether he has other methods up his sleeve.

Instead, he wanted to know whether the power of the White King had been absorbed by him.

Since the hybrid didn't become the Dragon King, many of the speculations about the Elemental Monarch are just wishful thinking. But the Chen family truly has a dragon behind them. They know that if Lu Mingfei were to seize the power of the White King and use it for his own purposes, he would definitely be able to see the strangeness of this substitute.

At that time, regardless of whether the stand-in is alive or dead, the traces that Lu Mingfei left on the stand-in will allow the mastermind to deduce the correct answer.

"Heh, still trying to struggle..."

Lu Mingfei withdrew his hand and adjusted his non-existent glasses with his middle finger.

"Aze!" He snapped his fingers. "Here!" A young man in a black tuxedo emerged from the void, carrying a tray with a Colt Python revolver on it.

"Brother, everything is ready for you. Do you want to be executed on the spot or have the execution last for half an hour?"

Lu Mingfei waved his hand: "No rush, let's play around with him."

Lu Mingze tossed the gun aside and disappeared instantly, looking obedient and ready to do whatever his brother wanted.

“Since he wants to be Huang Silang, then I’ll reluctantly become Zhang Mazi.” Lu Mingfei patted the face of the stand-in Chen, bringing him back to his senses.

Looking into his terrified eyes, Lu Mingfei lightly touched his brow with his finger, merging the two personalities within his brain into one, and incidentally erasing the hypnotic effect of the clapper sound:
"From today onwards, you are the head of the Chen family."

"Then what about Chen Motong's biological father?" Lu Mingze asked curiously, but he didn't seem to have any doubts about who Huang Silang and Zhang Mazi were.

"Watch your words, that's a double." Lu Mingfei ignored Chen Tianmu, who was suffering mental torment and looking pained after the personality fusion, and instead looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside:

"Those who make this city weep are unforgivable."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingze nodded slightly: "Leave it to me."

After saying that, he took half a step back and disappeared into the void.

The next second, Lu Mingfei sat back down in his seat, and time, which had almost stopped, began to flow again.

"Clang!"

Chen Tianmu slammed his upper body against the table, knocking over the teacup and spilling tea onto his expensive suit and family genealogy book.

If Nuonuo hadn't been so averse to close contact with him, keeping a safe distance from him while holding Ricardo, she probably would have been splashed with the tea that was suddenly spilled.

The sudden and bizarre behavior of the Chen family head left everyone puzzled. He was fine one second, but as soon as he reached for something, he turned into a sledgehammer and banged on the table.
Are we putting on a skit here?

But everyone knew perfectly well that this was because Chen Tianmu's earlier suggestion to include Erii in the Chen family genealogy had angered Lu Mingfei, who had then quietly taught him a lesson.

Judging from his bulging temples, furrowed brows, and twitching facial muscles, it seems Lu Mingfei was a bit too rough with his hands.

The head of the Chen family was known for his pride, always appearing radiant and dignified. Yet now, in front of his juniors and servants, he was in such a sorry state, unable to straighten up and regain his composure immediately. One can only imagine how terrifying the pain he was enduring was.

"Father!"

"master!"

Chen Wei'en and the butler Chen Fu were about to step forward to help, but they were stopped by Chen Tianmu as soon as they lifted their feet.

He coughed softly twice, his once rosy face turning pale, and his rock-solid expression seemed to have been injected with an excessive amount of hyaluronic acid, making him appear to be on the verge of collapse.

"It's nothing, I just strained my back."

Upon hearing this, everyone was speechless.

That reason is far too far-fetched.

But there's nothing I can do; you're the head of the family, after all.

Chen Wei'en and his sister looked at each other with concern, wanting to step forward but not daring to disobey their father's wishes, nor daring to transfer their anger to the culprit who was drinking tea and smiling amusedly. They could only secretly glare at Nuonuo, who was holding the child, with dagger-like eyes.

It's all her fault. She had been hiding outside all this time, afraid to come back, acting as if she wanted to sever all ties with the Chen family.

But now that he's found a backer, he can't wait to come over and provoke his father; he's utterly despicable.

However, no matter how angry they were, they couldn't show it, since not only Lu Mingfei was there, but also the young master of the Gattuso family.

Despite the dizziness and excruciating pain that seemed to penetrate his very soul, Chen Tianmu waved his hand, signaling the butler Chen Fu to clean up the spilled teacup and pour Nuonuo a new one. Only then did he turn to look at Lu Mingfei:
"I've been sitting for too long lately and have developed some back problems. Please excuse me."

“It’s alright. It’s understandable that people get a bit old and have some health issues.” Lu Mingfei was very magnanimous, glancing out of the corner of his eye at Percy standing behind Caesar.
"Life is short, only a few decades. You should treat yourself well. Don't be stingy with things like tiger bone medicinal wine."

This guy hasn't changed his posture since he entered the room. Even when Chen Fu offered him tea, he didn't drink it. He only responded when Chen Tianmu spoke to him; otherwise, he was like a wooden doll.

Even when Chen Tianmu was in excruciating pain from the dislocated bones caused by the personality fusion and his head being turned back by Lu Mingfei, and even when he had regained control of his body but still bumped into the table due to inertia, Percy did not show any obvious emotional fluctuations.

But after Lu Mingfei said, "Life is short, you have to be good to yourself," his eyes darkened and his face turned colder.

Taking in his emotional changes, Lu Mingfei's lips curled slightly. It seemed that the Gattuso family had quite a few problem children, but only one of them was qualified to rebel.

Well, that's not a very accurate statement; the Gattuso family really does have some kind of mental problem.

But it doesn't matter, he will take action.

After this little incident, the Chen family patriarch did not mention Erii's inclusion in the Chen family genealogy again. Instead, he talked about the opening of the Chen family's entertainment company today and asked Lu Mingfei if he was interested in showing up for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Just then, Lu Mingfei gained fame both at home and abroad by riding the wave of popularity from Japan's strongest beautiful female singer concert and the Great East Japan Earthquake, so the newly established company also wanted to capitalize on his popularity.

At that time, reporters from all the media in Beijing will come to support the event, and the exposure will definitely be high.

Lu Mingfei naturally didn't bother with this: "You can have this stage. I'm a professional gamer, and my debut should be on the competition field."

As he said this, he didn't forget to glance at Nuonuo.

The first time the two met online, it was because Nono tried to beat him by cheating, but he almost broke down and was also trash-talked by him, which made Nono so angry that he wanted to meet him in person.

Nono clearly remembered that incident as well, but what lingered more in her mind was what he had said when they first met—

You must be really good at games because you can focus on the game without having to worry about your family.

According to Fingel, when Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang played games, they would often curse things like "If you use cheats, your whole family will die" and "If you use cheats in the game, your parents will be sent to heaven."

All she wants to know now is when there will be more than one star shining in the sky.

(End of this chapter)