Lu Mingfei is transforming into the final boss.

If we were to pinpoint the most shocking thing about Zero, it would be the complete overhaul of the boss's plan. In the original plan, she was to join Kassel College during the admissions process four years later, as one of the hidden agents, to gain an advantage for her side in the eventual Dragon King incident.

"Was the original plan abandoned?" Zero sat on a recliner in the study, with a cup of hot cocoa and several mythological books beside him.

"According to the boss, here's the thing: you and I are both on standby until new instructions are given." The female voice on the other end of the communicator sounded somewhat helpless, accompanied by the sound of Mediterranean wind. She continued, "In short, it's an indefinite paid leave."

"Where are the potato chips?" The pure, pale-gold-haired girl asked another question in a detached voice.

They are a team of three, but the other party only mentioned two people, so it's worth asking what the remaining people are supposed to do.

"She's continuing to work overtime," Mai Shude replied. "Continuing to earn enough funds to cover the team's expenses... Hmm? Okay. Sanwu, new orders have come in; you need to go to the boss's location."

"Now?"

"The boss didn't give us a timeframe, saying it depends on your decision, but I have a feeling she knows exactly when you'll be there." Mai Shude's calm voice came through. On her end, the boss's voice seemed different than before; to put it bluntly, it had a touch more human warmth. "But that's just how the boss is. It feels like she knows everything, but she just doesn't say anything."

"I understand, I'll book my flight for tomorrow."

"Lu Mingfei? Isn't Lu Mingfei here?" The teacher standing on the podium flipped through the attendance list. "Class monitor, did she ask for leave?"

"No."

This was the response I received.

She only knows people, not friends, and certainly not the kind of friends she can pass on leave requests to on behalf of others.

"Okay, let's continue the lesson." The teacher silently made a mark on the attendance sheet. It was just an absence, nothing serious. He wasn't the homeroom teacher, so he didn't need to worry about such things.

"Isn't it class time now? Aren't you going to class?" Chu Tianjiao looked at the girl who was a head shorter than him but had a very strong aura. He knew that asking this question was pointless. He wasn't exactly a good student back then, let alone this girl in front of him.

"Class? Oh, is that so?" Lu Mingfei seemed to wake from a dream, focusing her gaze on the pedestrians not far away. "I'll go," she gave this vague answer.

"You don't need to tell me if you're going or not. Isn't this your own decision?" Chu Tianjiao lit a cigar. "By the way, what did you come to see me about?"

"It's nothing, I just need you to introduce me to Kassel College," she said with a smile.

"With your abilities, why would you need to go to a place like that? According to the plot of the novel, wouldn't you just create your own power and prepare to crush Kassel College?"

"I like to teach others."

She gave Chu Tianjiao an answer he couldn't refute.

Chu Tianjiao spent the entire night investigating all the information he possessed, only to find that he was searching for a needle in a haystack. There were too many people involved, so many that it was impossible to determine who they were. With just that little bit of information, he couldn't guess anything at all. This kind of brute-force investigation was a good fit for Norma's expertise, but he had no intention of doing so.

From his own perspective, he didn't want the people in the executive department to know what happened last night. Zihang, who inherited his dragon blood, would definitely be dragged into the mess. But he had kept it hidden for so many years because he didn't want his mother and son to get involved in these things. Even if things had developed like this, he wanted Chu Zihang to make his own choice, rather than being passively and forcibly dragged into the mess.

Based on experience, exposing such a suspected monarch or even higher-level being directly to the Execution Department is not a good strategy at all, because it would be completely out of control. From the perspective of those lunatics, their first thought would be to start a full-scale war, and he would definitely be the first executor. He doesn't want to fight his savior. Even if she may not have come specifically to save him, the fact remains that she saved him and his son. He is not the kind of person who repays kindness with enmity.

Furthermore, he believed that Lu Mingfei was completely communicable, and that it would be foolish for someone to hastily label her as an enemy.

"I don't have that authority. I'm just a tool to carry out the mission. The only person qualified to interfere in this kind of thing is Principal Angers," Chu Tianjiao said.

"I see, I understand." Lu Mingfei nodded with a smile.

Chu Tianjiao hoped that she really knew, rather than trying to cause some other trouble. People who like to tell riddles are the most unpredictable, and ordinary people simply cannot understand what she is thinking.

"Would you like a cup of tea? We still have half an hour," Lu Mingfei suddenly said, pointing to a coffee shop in front of them.

"With me?" Chu Tianjiao pointed to himself. "I'm an old man, don't let it affect your reputation... Well, I guess you're not the kind of person who cares about these things."

"I just want to discuss a few things with you. Like... working for me?"

Boom boom boom, in the distance are planes that have just taken off.

"So working for you means being your driver?" Chu Tianjiao asked, leaning against his Maybach and looking at the bustling airport terminal.

Although he said that, he actually breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't some kind of extreme or dangerous task; it was just driving for free. It was nothing serious. In any case, his mission was over in a sense, and he was now on a wonderful paid vacation.

"Yes." Lu Mingfei nodded.

"Did you time it right?" Chu Tianjiao asked, judging from this person's demeanor, he didn't seem like someone who would wait for someone outside the airport.

"One minute left," she replied.

"If you calculate it so accurately, what if it's late?"

"It won't be late. I'll have it whenever I want it to arrive. It's that simple," Lu Mingfei said calmly, as if stating something that was taken for granted.

"You're acting like you can have your wishes come true... You can't really do that, can you?" Chu Tianjiao suddenly turned to look at her, his gaze not like he was looking at a person.

"It's not possible to do that. It's just a result derived from integrating and analyzing existing information, as simple and straightforward as a math problem, just like how existing mathematical foundations make 1+1=2. Of course, there will definitely be errors."

"Your level of rambling is on par with the British."

"Thank you for the compliment."