Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

"Where did this guy go?"

Mai looked at her phone screen, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion.

The fact that Chip Girl called me so many times means it must be urgent. But strangely, when I called back, no one answered.

Just as Mai was about to call back, she saw a blinding light shining from the intersection ahead, outlining several figures in the light.

Are they traffic police checking vehicles?

Mai shrugged, turned off her phone screen, tossed it onto the passenger seat, and then took out her passport and Chinese driver's license from the glove compartment.

……

Chapter 131, Second Opening

Chen Wenwen sat in the passenger seat, while Xia Mi and Lu Mingfei sat in the back.

"Are these two your classmates?" Chen's father, sitting in the driver's seat, asked Chen Wenwen while handing towels to the group.

Chen Wenwen's father wasn't as strikingly handsome as Chen Wenwen, but he possessed a gentle and refined demeanor, much like the stereotypical image of a scholar. Lu Mingfei had actually met Chen Wenwen's father a few times in his previous life and knew that both of Chen Wenwen's parents were teachers at a local second-tier university, teaching literature-related courses. Chen Wenwen's artistic interests were inherited from her parents.

“No…” Chen Wenwen introduced, “This is our class monitor, Lu Mingfei, and this is my junior, Xia Mi.”

As Xia Mi dried her hair with a towel, she greeted him sweetly, "Hello, Uncle! Thank you for taking us all the way here."

Lu Mingfei also followed closely behind Xia Mi, greeting her.

Few middle-aged men can resist the charm of a cute little girl who looks just like their own daughter. Mr. Chen chuckled, "It's alright, it's alright, they're all Wenwen's classmates. Wenwen often mentions Lu at home, saying she's their class monitor..."

"Dad!" Chen Wenwen interrupted hurriedly.

The Passat started in the rain. Along the way, Chen Wenwen's father was constantly being coaxed by Xia Mi, making him giggle. This scene reminded Lu Mingfei of when Xia Mi coaxed Angers in his previous life; she was also like a well-behaved granddaughter coaxing her old man, making Angers smile for days.

"Truly a friend to middle-aged and elderly men..." Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

"Which student should we send home first?" Mr. Chen asked.

Lu Mingfei's home was closest to the school, and he was about to speak when Xia Mi, sitting next to him, suddenly raised her hand:

"Uncle, please take me home first. My home is the closest to the school."

"Okay, then point in the direction..."

Xia Mi named a place.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, watching helplessly as the car turned around and drove onto the road completely opposite to his home.

"My house is the closest to here, okay?" Lu Mingfei asked Xia Mi in a low voice, "What exactly are you up to? Tell your senior brother the truth."

"Senior brother, please let junior sister have her way." Xia Mi stuck out her tongue. "My parents are waiting for me to come home for dinner."

"Pah, pah, pah, you know better than I do whether you have parents or not," Lu Mingfei said. "Besides, it's not a matter of whether you let me or not. What if Chen Wenwen's dad drives you home, and then I make him drive the car back? Wouldn't that be awkward?"

Xia Mi shrugged: "Then why don't you get off the bus with me, senior brother? That way it won't be awkward."

"You make it sound so easy." Lu Mingfei had heard the place name Xia Mi mentioned earlier. "Do you know how far your house is from mine? Or do you have food for me and a bed for me to sleep in?"

Xia Mi suddenly changed to a deep voice and said in a clever and mischievous tone, "Senior brother is such a womanizer. He already has Senior Sister Liu Miaomiao, and now he has Senior Sister Chen Wenwen. Yet he still wants to sleep at my house, even though he knows that my house only has one room and one bed."

Lu Mingfei chuckled coldly twice without saying a word, only glancing at a certain part of Xia Mi's body with a sympathetic look in response.

Xia Mi immediately stepped back with a fierce expression, crossed her arms, and kicked Lu Mingfei's shin. Of course, Lu Mingfei reacted immediately and easily dodged.

"Humph."

Xia Mi gave a soft snort, sat back down next to Lu Mingfei, crossed her legs slightly, blinked, and her fierce expression vanished in an instant, her youthful and lively eyes transforming into a bewitching allure.

This sudden change caught Lu Mingfei off guard.

"Seriously, senior brother."

Xia Mi stared at Lu Mingfei and said, her gaze shifting, her pure gold pupils flowing over her original lively brown like water, "Let's get off the bus together later."

Lu Mingfei noticed Xia Mi's sudden change in demeanor and realized that her words were not in the same joking tone as before, but rather she was speaking to him very seriously.

"Reason?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Put your hand out."

Lu Mingfei readily extended his hand.

Xia Mi reached out her small hand, took Lu Mingfei's finger, and pulled his hand closer. The part where their fingertips touched was just as cool as last time, instantly warming her away.

She held Lu Mingfei's fingers in one hand, and with the index finger of her other hand, she gently drew circles in Lu Mingfei's palm.

"Did you feel it, Senior Brother?" Xia Mi asked.

"..."

Yes, he felt it.

At first, Lu Mingfei didn't know what Xia Mi wanted him to do by reaching out his hand.

As she drew circles in her palm with her index finger, the cool touch reminded him of what had happened not long ago at Xia Mi's secret base. She had been drawing circles in her palm in the same way then.

A few seconds later, the icy touch vanished from my palm, replaced by the sound of rain breathing, the furious roar of the wind, and the earth trembling uneasily... all sorts of elements mingled and moved restlessly around me.

"Is it elemental turbulence?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“Yes.” Xia Mi nodded with a smile.

The world is composed of five core elements: wind, water, fire, earth, and spirit. Under normal circumstances, these elements are distributed in a fairly balanced manner. However, when subjected to strong external disturbances, their distribution is disrupted, creating elemental turbulence invisible to the human eye, which in turn triggers some common atmospheric phenomena.

Typhoons, torrential rains, and lightning are all manifestations of elemental turbulence.

These are basic topics taught at Kassel College in the first year. Of course, if you want to study more in-depth, such as how to distinguish between elemental turbulence and natural atmospheric phenomena, you will need to take specialized courses.

The most memorable elemental turbulence that Lu Mingfei personally experienced was in his previous life in Tokyo, where the birth of the White King triggered a natural disaster that almost caused the entire city of Tokyo to sink.

"But why can I sense the elemental turbulence?"

"This is the elemental turbulence caused when the Nibelungen entrance was opened."

Xia Mi said, “You have entered His Nibelungen once, and His mark is left on you. Therefore, when His Nibelungen opens again, you will have a more acute perception than others. Just like a rheumatist is more sensitive to changes in the weather.”

"Junior sister, your metaphor is excellent, thank you so much."

While Lu Mingfei was spouting nonsensical complaints, his heart was already pounding.

It goes without saying that the "He" Xia Mi refers to is Odin.

In his past life, Odin was just a simple symbol in his life, the culprit who caused the death of his senior brother's father who had facial paralysis, and perhaps an existence comparable to the Dragon King, nothing more.

However, after he was reborn in this life, he had real contact with Odin and personally experienced that rainy night in 2006 that only existed in his senior brother's memories in his previous life.

But... why did Odin activate the Nibelungen a second time?

In his memory, Chu Zihang in his previous life never mentioned entering Nibelungen a second time.

Therefore, the guy with facial paralysis must have only entered Odin's Nibelungen once in his previous life, and this time Nibelungen has nothing to do with him.

When Odin last opened Nibelungen, it seemed he was trying to obtain the mysterious box with the image of the lush World Tree from his stoic senior brother's father.

So why did He open the Nibelungen this time?

Is it the same as last time, that you want to get something, or is there another purpose...?

Lu Mingfei was deep in thought with his head down when someone gently nudged his arm.

Coming to his senses, he found himself in a strange place, stopped at an intersection, next to the winding city expressway. Xia Mi was staring at him with wide eyes, her lively gaze returning to its deep brown hue.

"Stop daydreaming, senior brother." Xia Mi shook Lu Mingfei's arm. "We should get off the bus."

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Chapter 132 His Goal?

Suddenly, the Queen music playing from the Harman Kardon speakers crackled and crackled, like electricity coursing through the air. Mai Shude didn't notice these details. The light source drew closer, the figure becoming clearer; she lightly tapped the brakes, preparing to pull over and slow down.

The next moment, however, her expression suddenly changed, and she stepped on the gas pedal with her bare feet.

As a well-trained ninja, she was taught from a young age to remain calm and composed in any situation. Only by possessing the ability to remain calm even in dire circumstances can one be considered a true "sword."

Mai Shutoku considered herself the best ninja, capable of remaining unfazed even if Mount Fuji collapsed before her. However, just now, in the instant her eyes met those figures, a look of panic and astonishment flashed across her delicate face.

But the surprise only flashed across her face for a moment, and in just a breath, she calmed herself down and returned to the radiant yet cold and aloof Mai.

Mai Shude locked the front wheels of the Volvo S80, the rear wheels gripped the ground in the rain, and the rear of the car slid in a half-moon arc, drifting past the light source in a perfect drift and entering the oncoming lane.

Instead of continuing forward, they chose to turn around and go back.

The speedometer on the dashboard instantly spiked.

No wonder she felt something was off from the start; even though they were on the city's expressway, there were far too few vehicles around.

She had been preoccupied with the fact that Chip Girl had called her, so she hadn't given these unusual circumstances much thought.

"Now I know why Chip Girl called me."

I suppose I got some information from the boss and wanted to remind me to stay in a safe place.

Mai Shude folded down the rearview mirror on the driver's side, and in the mirror, a pretty girl with long sideburns and a high ponytail was smiling at her.

"You're so heartless."

Mai shrugged at her reflection in the mirror, then turned off the stereo to avoid disturbing her senses. She then adjusted the angle of the rearview mirror she had broken off and placed it under the windshield of the driver's side to monitor what was directly behind her.

The back seats were empty, and there was no one in the trunk either.

Those things haven't caught up yet.

With this thought in mind, Mai Shude felt a little more at ease.

As a knife stained with countless drops of blood, Mai Shude is not some novice in the world of hybrids who doesn't even know what Nibelungen is. She also knows clearly that there is a Nibelungen somewhere in this city.

But why did I become His target...?

Mai Shude's eyes suddenly turned to the passenger seat, her gaze landing on the brown paper bag next to the high-heeled boots.

Could it be that He came for this...?

I just don't want this information to get out...?

"Hey, if you don't want anyone else to get their hands on this information, you should take action against Raymond!"