I'm in the Dragon Clan, bound to the Naruto Counterattack System

"Cheers!"

Inside a restaurant with Arabic architectural style, Cheng Sui, Ye Sheng, and Jiu Deyaji raised their beer glasses and clinked them together in celebration.

Cheng Sui looked up at the restaurant's environment. The arched doorway cleverly divided the space into semi-private booths. Warm sand and gold tones formed the main color scheme of the space, complemented by dark black walnut wood flooring, creating an elegant yet intimate atmosphere.

Cheng Sui took a bite of Um Ali, a local sweet made with milk and nuts, and it tasted pretty good.

"Where did you find this restaurant, senior? The decor and the food are both top-notch!"

Ye Sheng smiled smugly: "Don't you know who your senior brother is? Finding a good restaurant is a piece of cake for him."

"Actually, he just randomly picked a place from a travel app, but it turned out to be pretty good. To use a Chinese proverb, it's like..." Aki said hesitantly, with a spoon in her mouth, tilting her head back to think for a moment. "It was just a lucky break. Your senior brother used to pick restaurants that were worse than the last. He even found a cockroach in his soup once."

Aki smiled and said, "Luckily I didn't drink it, but Professor Mans drank several bowls."

Cheng Sui paused in her eating, hesitatingly checking the dessert in her hand.

"Cockroaches and dead rats, can we not talk about such disgusting things while eating?" Ye Sheng changed the subject.

"So, what are you two planning to do? You can't keep pretending to be colleagues in front of outsiders," Cheng Sui said. "It sounds like a high school couple who are afraid of being caught by the head teacher, so they can only pretend not to know each other during group activities. But the head teacher has a sharp eye and can tell who is a couple at a glance."

Ye Sheng shook his head, putting his hands behind his head: "Let's take it one step at a time. At least we can't announce the Kuimen plan before then."

"The Kuimen Project Execution Department has been preparing for a long time. This is the first time Kassel College has captured a trace of what appears to be the Dragon King since the Greenland Ice Sea incident. If we withdraw halfway, the Execution Department will not be able to find a replacement," Aki added.

Cheng Sui nodded, somewhat surprised that Ye Sheng and Aki had revealed the information about the Kuimen Project and Norton to him so readily.

After all, the Kuimen Project is related to Norton, and its secrecy level at the academy should be SSS. If the secret is discovered by the secret party, Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya will be severely punished.

This can be seen as a manifestation of mutual trust. Cheng Sui was willing to expose his abilities to save them, and they would naturally share their secrets with Cheng Sui in return. The exchange of secrets was unspoken.

"Speaking of which, junior brother, you used that ball that carries the wind..." Ye Sheng gestured, trying to describe the spiral shuriken in words.

"You can call it the Spiral Shuriken."

"Oh, you blasted the Abu Simbel temple to pieces with your spiral shuriken. How are you going to explain that to the local residents?"

"That's something the Executive Department will have to consider. They might put up fences on the ruins to block the view, ostensibly to repair the temple, but actually to rebuild it on the spot one-to-one," Cheng Sui said nonchalantly. The Executive Department couldn't possibly let him lose money, could it?

"That's probably it. What happened to Ahmed afterward?" Ye Sheng tore two legs off the stuffed roasted pigeon and placed them on Aki and Cheng Sui's plates, wiping his hands as he spoke.

"As expected of an A-class hybrid with a bronze throne, he survived being beaten like that by me. However, after hearing that his son became a Deadpool, he turned ashen-faced and looked like he had aged twenty years."

Ye Sheng sighed, "According to the Abrahamic bloodline contract, harboring a dangerous hybrid is a serious crime. He'll probably spend the rest of his life in prison."

Aki thought of the little boy she used to play chess with, her eyes filled with melancholy as she lowered them: "In the Japanese branch, dangerous hybrids are sent to church schools deep in the mountains from the time they can remember, and they may spend the rest of their lives there, but most don't even make it to adulthood..."

"And I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like Oce... Deadpool was crying when I stabbed him."

When the topic of bloodlines came up, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Dragon blood is the spark that humans stole from dragons, and it is also a curse that accompanies hybrids throughout their lives.

"How could that be? He's become like Deadpool and he's unconscious. You must be overthinking it. Besides, it's not your fault that all of this happened. Don't overthink it." Ye Sheng patted Aki's shoulder gently to comfort her.

Seeing a living, breathing person degenerate into a Deadpool right before your eyes is an immense psychological shock, especially since that person was playing chess with you face-to-face just a moment before.

Cheng Sui picked up the stuffed roasted pigeon, tore off a large piece of meat, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Mmm, the outer skin is golden and crispy, the meat is firm and tender, and it's juicy. It also has a flavor that combines pine nuts and raisins, making it a delicious dish.

After savoring the grilled meat in his mouth, Cheng Sui asked Aki, "Aki-senpai, you came here from the Japanese branch on exchange. Could you tell me about the general situation there?"

Shude Aki nodded: "The system of the Japanese branch is completely different from that of the academy. It is mainly a family system there, with eight families controlling the entire branch, which is further divided into the upper three families and the lower five families."

"So, Senior Sister Aki, which family are you from?"

Aki smiled and said, "I don't count as either, because I'm a half-blood who was discovered by the main family by accident. I came to Kassel College in my freshman year and graduated from Kassel College, so I don't have much of a connection with the main family."

"It's quite a coincidence, though. Both of your missions, Junior Brother, are related to this Japanese reagent. I wonder what Japan is planning this time," Ye Sheng said.

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. Just like Principal Angers said, we'll crush them with overwhelming force. All conspiracies will be powerless against absolute strength."

Suddenly remembering something, Shudeya said with a serious expression, "Then, junior brother, you must be very careful of a person named Yuan Zhisheng. He is the young master of the main family, the director of the Executive Bureau, and more importantly, he is the only emperor in the main family in recent years."

"Emperor?" Cheng Sui asked in confusion. The Executive Bureau could be understood as something like an executive department, but what was this "Emperor"?

"Actually, I don't quite understand either, but you can think of him as S-class. In short, he's very strong, far stronger than Caesar and Chu Zihang."

Far surpasses Caesar and Chu Zihang...

Cheng Sui felt a strange sense of anticipation.

"Understood. I'll be careful of him when I go to Japan."

Aki nodded with relief. "After this meal, Ye Sheng and I are going to the Three Gorges. Yesterday, Professor Mans informed us to continue training ahead of schedule in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances. What do you plan to do, junior brother?"

"I'll go back to the academy first. Things shouldn't be that urgent in Japan yet. I'll go back to the academy to rest and recuperate."

Ye Sheng raised his glass and said loudly, "Then I wish us all the best on our journey ahead!"

Aki stood up with him.

Cheng Sui smiled, raised his glass, and clinked it with theirs.

No one said goodbye; their eyes shone, their smiles were radiant, and all the laughter was frozen in that moment.

Ding--

The crisp clinking of glasses echoed, as if setting the stage for the story to come.