Dragon Raja: Oh no! Lu Mingfei has been diagnosed with depression!

"Chairman, your father is quite the character. Does he really want you to inherit his fortune?"

Fingel scratched his head. "It sounds more like he's afraid you'll steal his family fortune, so he wants to send you on such a dangerous mission so you'll disappear from the world and he won't have to worry about having a rebellious son who's always thinking about how to take everything from him."

"That's not true. He's a womanizer, probably not as smart as you think. All he can think about are pretty girls' slender waists, long legs, and delicate skin. He probably can't find any extra space to put those things in his head."

Caesar thought for a moment and answered Fingel seriously, "I feel that he is more like the kind of person who makes this decision on a whim."

"Now that you mention it, it looks even more like it..."

Fingel quipped, "What kind of family drama is this? A father and son locked in a love-hate relationship?"

"There's only killing, no love, thank you."

Caesar shrugged.

"Will only Caesar and I go into the water?"

Chu Zihang frowned slightly. "Fingal is also a specialist this time. What task has he been assigned?"

"Hey, hey, hey! President, don't drag me into this now, okay? I haven't done anything to offend you, have I? Do you really want to see me go and die?"

Fingel was taken aback and angrily rebuked Chu Zihang for his cold-heartedness:

"I should have guessed it; you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are the worst one in the team!"

Chu Zihang ignored the guy who was yelling that he would rather die than be stuffed into the deep-sea submersible with them, and looked directly into Tachibana Masamune's eyes.

"Principal Fingel didn't explicitly say anything on the phone; he only mentioned you and Caesar."

Tachibana Masamune hesitated, glancing up at Fingel with a troubled expression.

"We were also in a difficult position about this, so we retrieved Finger's file... To be honest, I think it would be better for him to stay on the shore."

"What do you mean?!"

Fingel stared wide-eyed at Tachibana Masamune. "What do you mean I'd be better off staying on the shore? Back in the day, I was an A-rank hybrid, a star at Kassel College, the elite of the elite!"

"But you're currently at Rank F."

Genji coldly interrupted Fingel, "In a sense, you are indeed a star. Even the branch has heard of your name. You are someone who refreshes the bloodline rating to a new low every year."

Fingel opened his mouth but found himself unable to refute it. His expression changed repeatedly, and in the end, he could only glare at Genjiro with his nose to express his dissatisfaction.

"What about Lu Mingfei? If he can go into the water with us, it will maximize the chances of a successful demolition mission."

Chu Zihang said that this was what he was really concerned about; Fingel was just asking casually. What he was really concerned about was Lu Mingfei's arrangements.

However, what he said was also true. If a teammate who could hear the enemy's heartbeat from eight kilometers away could go underwater with them, the mission could be celebrated the moment they stepped into the submersible.

"Theoretically speaking, Lu Jun has not yet joined Kassel College. He is a distinguished guest of the Snake Clan, but not a guest of the Japanese branch. Neither the headquarters nor the branch has the right to restrict him."

This time, Tachibana Masamune answered very quickly.

"So, junior brother can't go into the water either? Then Chairman and President, don't worry, just go for it! Junior brother and I will be on shore to protect you!"

Fingel laughed, patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder hard, and said confidently, "Junior brother, don't worry, I will protect you."

"I probably don't need anyone's protection for now; you just need to take care of yourself."

Lu Mingfei shook his head and expressionlessly slapped away Fingel's large hand. "Then I'll go down with you and take a look. I'm very interested in the Dragon King hiding in the Japan Trench."

"Junior brother, are you mistaken? You don't need to go into the water, do you? You're not even a student of Kassel College."

Fingel was dumbfounded.

"Yes, precisely because he is not a student of Kassel College, we cannot force him to stay on shore; he can go wherever he wants."

Caesar said, "Even if he wanted to get into the deep-sea submersible, none of us could stop him."

"So you had this plan all along?"

Fingel stared dumbfounded at the group of people who had kept him in the dark, then suddenly remembered something and pointed at Zero, shouting:

"Zero is also a freshman at Kassel College, why isn't she assigned a mission?"

"She hasn't officially enrolled yet, so this mission has nothing to do with her."

Chu Zihang said, "Don't involve irrelevant people in such a dangerous mission."

"President, you know this mission is dangerous! So, are you going to assign me a task?"

Fingel paused for a moment, then put on a fawning smile. "Look, I've already repeated four years. I finally have a chance to graduate. Can you bear to let me repeat another year because of a failed mission?"

"That's why you need this opportunity even more to prove you're not a loser."

Chu Zihang stared intently into Fingel's eyes and said in a resolute tone:

"It won't be dangerous for you to just stay on the shore and assist us. Besides, we have Lu Mingfei, so the mission won't fail. Your graduation remarks will include the sentence, 'You once assisted a dragon-slaying team in Japan to end a disaster caused by the resurrection of the Dragon King.'"

"It sounds like you're just playing a minor role, and don't you think you're setting a flag for yourself, President?"

Fingel looked dejected.

Chu Zihang was a little embarrassed. He knew the meaning of setting a flag, but for a moment he didn't know how to explain that he didn't mean to say such a thing.

"May I ask when the diving mission will be carried out?"

Zero suddenly raised a hand.

"It is expected to be in 3 days."

"That's what Tachibana Masamune said."

"I would get my period during that time, so I couldn't do any physical activity."

Ling said calmly, her expression as serene as if she were discussing the weather.

Fingel was dumbfounded, his hand trembling as he pointed at Zero.

"Fingal, do you have anything else to say?"

Caesar crossed his arms.

I have nothing to say.

Fingel resigned himself to his fate, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"That concludes tonight's meeting. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask now. The Japan branch will do its utmost to assist you with your positions."

Ignoring Fingel, Tachibana Masamune bowed deeply to Lu Mingfei and the other two.

Caesar and Chu Zihang exchanged a glance, shook their heads, and turned to look at Lu Mingfei in tacit agreement.

"I have a request."

Lu Mingfei looked up at Tachibana Masamune, his fingers tapping lightly on the tea table.

"Please speak, Mr. Lu."

"We are not familiar with the situation in Japanese waters, so we hope to have a reliable companion who is very familiar with Japanese geography to accompany us into the water."

"That's a very reasonable request. I wonder if Mr. Lu has a suitable candidate?"

Tachibana Masamune nodded.

"I think no one in all of Japan knows Japan better than you, Mr. Tachibana Masamune."

Lu Mingfei smiled. "That's why I hope you can come swimming with us."