Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei's War Journey

The room fell silent, leaving only Nono and Masashi Tomiyama.

Masashi Tomiyama pulled up a chair and sat down beside the hospital bed, then asked, "It's safe here now, Chen Motong. You can try to tell me how you feel right now, or what you just saw in your spiritual vision."

"Don't feel pressured. My job is to listen and help you sort through this potentially confusing information." His voice seemed to have a magical power to put people at ease.

Nono leaned against the headboard, remained silent for a few seconds, and then said in a dazed and reminiscent tone, "It felt like... a very long, yet incredibly real dream. The dream was terrifying. In the dream... the plane I was on crashed and landed on a desolate, snow-covered mountain. It was so cold... the cold felt like it could freeze your soul."

Her voice trembled slightly, as if she had been struck by the chill once again.

"But there was one person who risked his life to pull me back from the brink of despair time and time again. In the end, he carried me step by step out of that hell."

She paused, raised her eyes, and looked at Masashi Tomiyama. His usually cunning and lively eyes were now filled with loss and emptiness.

"Then... I woke up from the dream, and he... disappeared. I felt like I had left something very important in that snow mountain, and I could never find it again."

"That feeling must be awful, to have someone so important just disappear like that," Masashi Tomiyama said with empathy.

He carefully observed Nono's emotional changes, judged that the time was right, and gently took out an antique-looking pocket watch from his pocket, placed it in front of Nono and began to shake it, then continued:

"Perhaps we can try to help you relax a bit, to temporarily distance yourself from these distressing emotions. Please look at this..."

He began trying to put Nono into a hypnotic state. Before long, Nono's eyes began to lose focus and become unfocused and blank. Her breathing also became more steady and long, as if she had fallen into a deep state of relaxation.

"Very good... Now, let's recall that long dream... But it was ultimately just a dream, a false image brought about by a psychic vision... It caused you pain, didn't it? Then don't be sad... Let's learn to let go, to forget it... It was all unreal..."

He planned to make Nono forget what she saw through her spiritual vision. What she saw clearly had a significant impact on Nono's mind; what she saw must have been truly terrifying.

Even if it's not scary, having a fake person linger in Nuonuo's mind will definitely affect her future. Anyway, what the spirit sees is all fake, so it's fine to just get rid of it.

"It's all fake... everything I saw before was fake..." Nono repeated listlessly as the pocket watch swayed.

"Yes, it's all fake, including that... person who rescued you from the snow mountain. He was just a phantom created by his spiritual vision; he doesn't exist." Seeing that the guidance was going smoothly, Masashi Tomiyama continued to delve deeper.

"The person who rescued me from the snow mountain was also a fake..." Nono continued to repeat, her eyes vacant.

Masashi Tomiyama nodded in satisfaction, and was preparing to proceed with the next step of deeper suggestion to completely erase this false memory when a sudden change occurred.

The power within Nono's body, which had just stabilized, seemed to have its Achilles' heel touched and suddenly became restless.

A scorching heat emanated from her uncontrollably, causing the temperature in the ward to rise suddenly.

Nono's eyes, which had been lifeless, had now turned completely golden, as if flames were burning within them, as she stared intently at Masashi Tomiyama.

"No...it's not fake! He's not fake!" Nono's voice was no longer an unconscious murmur, but a low roar of anger after her bottom line had been crossed.

She forcefully broke free from the deep hypnotic state!

"He's not a fake! Lu Mingfei is not a fake!!" Her voice trembled with excitement, but her words were resolute.

"Those experiences...the cold, the hunger, the pain, the despair...and every step he took carrying me...it was all real!!"

Masashi Tomiyama was so startled by this sudden turn of events and the almost palpable anger in Nono's eyes that he stood up abruptly from his chair, staggered back half a step, and his gentle smile froze instantly, replaced by astonishment and a hint of panic.

He had never encountered a situation where hypnosis was interrupted so violently, especially in order to preserve a memory from a vision.

This is completely illogical. What the spiritual sees is usually an illusion or historical fragment produced by the resonance of the dragon script. How could it make the person involved feel such a strong and real sense of belonging and desire to defend themselves?

"Chen Motong, calm down!" Masashi Tomiyama tried to soothe her.

"That's spiritual vision, a resonance caused by blood ties..."

"I know what that is!" Nono interrupted him, her chest heaving violently. The power of the Word of Power: Blaze surged within her, making her radiate a dangerous heat that seemed ready to ignite at any moment.

"I know what's real and what's fake! You can call me crazy, but you can't say it's fake! You can't say it doesn't exist!"

The dazzling gold in her eyes slowly faded, and the alchemical matrix beneath Kassel College and the Night Watch's commandments once again took effect, forcibly suppressing her almost out-of-control incantation.

But that resolute attitude, as if guarding one's most precious treasure, remained unchanged.

She stared intently at Masashi Tomiyama, who had just tried to erase what was the most inviolable thing in her life.

Looking at the girl in front of him, who was like a mother lioness protecting her cubs, Masashi Tomiyama realized that he had made a huge mistake. He had underestimated the significance of that vision and the person named Lu Mingfei in it to Nono.

That was no ordinary illusion, but something deeper that had become inextricably intertwined with Nono's newly awakened power of words, becoming a core part of her power.

Trying to erase that memory would be tantamount to destroying the foundation of her newly acquired power, and might even trigger a more serious backlash from her bloodline.

He took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his strategy, and put on a gentle, apologetic expression again: "I'm sorry, Chen Motong, I was presumptuous. It seems that experience has extraordinary significance for you. I respect your feelings, and we won't discuss its authenticity anymore, okay?"

Nono continued to look at him coldly without answering, but the burning heat around her had completely subsided. She leaned back against the headboard and closed her eyes, clearly not wanting to continue this psychological counseling session.

Masashi Tomiyama knew that this was the end of the day, and he silently packed his things.

"Get some rest. If you need anything, feel free to contact me anytime." He left these words behind and hurriedly left the ward.

After closing the ward door, Masashi Tomiyama leaned against the cold wall and let out a long sigh of relief, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

He immediately took out his phone, quickly typed a message, and sent it to Professor Mans.

"Professor Mans, Chen Motong's situation is more complicated than expected. She has an extraordinary obsession with and a sense of realism regarding the content of her spiritual visions, and these memories are deeply bound to her newly awakened Word of Power. Conventional psychological intervention methods are ineffective and may even trigger strong rejection. I suggest focusing on observation and refraining from forcibly guiding her for the time being."

After sending the message, he glanced back at the closed hospital room door, his mind filled with doubt.

Lu Mingfei… who exactly is the person who rescued her from the snow mountain in Nuonuo's spiritual vision? Why did he have such a profound impact on her?

Inside the ward, Nono opened her eyes again after Masashi Tomiyama left, but her gaze was even more determined. After this experience, she was completely certain of her true intentions.

She must find Lu Mingfei.

Moreover, she herself became like this after returning from the Andes Mountains. Lu Mingfei was just an ordinary person who killed so many people there. I wonder how he is doing now.

She hadn't forgotten that Lu Mingfei had been somewhat mentally unstable before he came back; could he have already broken down?

She needs clues! If that experience was real, then it must have left traces in reality!

She then took out her phone and began searching in her browser to see if the plane crash in the Andes Mountains had actually happened.

Nono soon found some information on the Internet: in 1972, a Uruguayan plane carrying a team of rugby players was traveling to Chile to participate in a competition, and the plane eventually crashed in the Andes Mountains.

Nono immediately perked up; this was the same plane they had been on before.

However, further searches encountered obstacles. Subsequent reports about the air disaster were vague, and key information such as whether wreckage had been found and the condition of survivors was shrouded in mystery, with almost no more detailed public records available.

This method of deliberately downplaying and concealing information seemed familiar to her. She quickly realized that this was the Enforcement Bureau's tactic; the Enforcement Bureau would cover up everything about hybrids.

In that plane crash, there was not only her, a half-blood from Kassel College, but also the half-blood assassin disguised as Cancesa.

All the clues came together at that moment. Without hesitation, Nono pulled out the IV needle from the back of her hand, threw off the blanket, stood barefoot on the cold floor, and started running out of the ward.

She knew where she could find the most detailed and authentic record of this matter.