Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 242 is exactly as you know it.

The four of them quickly arrived at the hotel, checked in, and put their luggage away.

After doing all this, it was exactly noon.

After having dinner in the hotel's rooftop dining area, they decided to rest for a while before heading to the amusement park in the afternoon.

The room of Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang.

As Chu Zihang took out his tablet from his bag to prepare for his lessons, he asked:
"What's the deal with that new student named Xia Mi?"

Lu Mingfei lay back on the sofa chair, letting out a muffled response through his nose:

"Well"

He paused, seemingly thinking, before finally saying casually:

"It's just like you know it."

Chu Zihang remained silent.

Lu Mingfei smiled, shifted his body in the sofa chair, and adjusted to a more comfortable angle.

He said slowly:

"I feel like there's something strange about her... aura? demeanor?"

Chu Zihang nodded slightly.

This is the Lu Mingfei he knows.

"So," he looked into Lu Mingfei's eyes, "you've already investigated?"

"Ah."

Lu Mingfei said:

"I used my S-level access to request Norma to retrieve her entire file, and everything is normal. Based on my observations over the past few days, she's just an ordinary A-level hybrid."

Chu Zihang put down the tablet and looked calmly at Lu Mingfei:

“A ‘normal’ A-grade hybrid wouldn’t be someone you would describe as ‘strange’.”

His intuition was frighteningly accurate. Lu Mingfei's seemingly casual attitude precisely demonstrated that he was not entirely oblivious.

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and sighed, knowing he couldn't hide it from his senior brother with his amazing observation skills.

He stood up from the sofa and stretched.

"Okay, it's definitely not that 'ordinary'."

“Her pedigree record was flawless, her preparatory course records were impeccable, and Norma’s review couldn’t find any fault with it. But…”

He paused and continued:
"She was so 'natural.' Like a fish back in water. She knew who she was, where she should be, and she was perfectly at ease."

Everything she did was too perfect.

Chu Zihang remained silent for a moment, processing Lu Mingfei's words.

He trusted Lu Mingfei's perception, especially in this mysterious field, where this S-class seemed to always have some inexplicable intuition.

"Do we need to report this to the executive department?"

Chu Zihang asked, "Is this the most compliant with regulations and procedures?"

Lu Mingfei shook his head:

"Not for now. Firstly, we don't have any evidence, and secondly..."

He smiled, but there was something unreadable in his smile:
"Reporting directly is pointless. It's easier to see things clearly when they're right under your nose, isn't it? Anyway..."

Lu Mingfei paused, his tone relaxed, radiating absolute confidence:
"Anyway, she can't cause any trouble."

Chu Zihang looked at Lu Mingfei.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei was completely different from usual; that occasional sense of absolute control and calmness reappeared.

This wasn't arrogance, but a composure based on strength. "I understand." Chu Zihang didn't ask any more questions, picked up the tablet again, and said, "I'll keep an eye on it."

“Let’s not talk about that now,” Lu Mingfei shrugged. “Gossiping about female classmates behind their backs isn’t a good thing. I have something I’d like to show you.”

As he spoke, he reached into his backpack, but actually rummaged through his personal storage space, then took out some documents and handed them to Chu Zihang.

Chu Zihang was stunned for a moment, then reached out and took the photocopies, his eyes quickly scanning them.

These are clearly the documents that Lu Mingfei stole during the mission.

At first, Chu Zihang's expression was calm, but as his gaze quickly swept over the familiar dates, locations, and vehicle descriptions...

July 3, 2004, Typhoon Dandelion, an abandoned Maybach car...

His movements froze.

His fingers unconsciously tightened, pinching the edge of the paper into tiny wrinkles.

The room fell silent, with only the hum of the air conditioner fan remaining.

Chu Zihang's breath seemed to stop, and his golden eyes shone with a crimson-gold light, more dazzling than ever before.
He raised his head and looked at Lu Mingfei.

His voice was lower and hoarser than usual.
"Where did you get these...?"

Lu Mingfei dropped his lazy demeanor and became serious.

He saw the storm in Chu Zihang's eyes.

Lu Mingfei said:
“I’ve seen the target data for an SS-level mission. I think… you should know about it.”

"SS-class?"

Chu Zihang's brows furrowed tightly.

"Yes, 'SS' level. The mission's sealing level is extremely high. The Board of Directors has paid close attention to it and has been deliberately avoiding you. As for why it's at such a high level, it's not clear yet."

Looking at Chu Zihang's condition, Lu Mingfei added:
"The complete information I came across during the mission was certainly more than just these few pages. Most of the others were about things like Deadpool causing trouble and witnessing Word of Power. They were relatively clear but wide-ranging records of supernatural disasters."

But compared to these pages, the others seem quite ordinary and unrelated.

Chu Zihang fell silent, his fingertips repeatedly tracing the location of the name "Chu Tianjiao".

Those rainy night scenes, buried deep in his memory and almost sealed away by time, accompanied by the screeching sound of tires rubbing against the ground, shattered glass, and the force with which the man pushed him out in the end... suddenly assaulted his mind.

"Do you think the school board is investigating me?"

Chu Zihang asked in a low voice.

Lu Mingfei nodded and said:
“I considered many possibilities and reviewed some of the events mentioned, but none of them were enough to warrant that this document be classified as ‘SS’.”

They might be secretly monitoring something, not wanting anyone to know. They might also be investigating you, using the other information as a smokescreen. But either way, their attention will eventually fall on you.

He paused for a moment, looking at the surging emotions in Chu Zihang's eyes.

“These documents…” He pointed to the few sheets of paper, “I just ‘borrowed’ them without them reaching the board of directors.”

Chu Zihang took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He lowered his head again, memorizing every word on the paper.

After a long while, he handed the documents back to Lu Mingfei, his eyes now cold again.

"Thank you."

He said.

Lu Mingfei took the documents and casually put them away.

Chu Zihang slightly dimmed the intense light in his golden eyes, raised his head, and looked intently into Lu Mingfei's eyes. He knew that with Lu Mingfei's bloodline, he had no fear of those "golden eyes that would never go out."

"Do you want to know what exactly happened on the overpass back then?"

Lu Mingfei shrugged and grinned:
"Senior brother, there's no need to keep me in suspense."

(End of this chapter)