Dragon Tribe: Still Thinking Until Now

He finally realized that the gentle look Xia Mi had cast in this direction just now was not at Chu Zihang, but at him!

No, junior sister.

Lu Mingfei suddenly loosened his right hand that was holding the dagger tightly, and the dragon bone state was also released at this moment. He was about to admit defeat.

Chu Zihang's roar rang out behind him: "Be careful!"

But it's too late.

Thunderous gunshots rang out behind the young men who walked out of the church, shoulder to shoulder with Atkan swords in hand.

Isaac Volsung's breathing was originally heavy, but the deafening gunshots coming from behind him drowned out his breathing and Chu Zihang's roar.

The bullets coming from behind carried a huge momentum, pushing them forward, and the red color that spread on everyone's back seeped out like flowers.

"Since you are on my side, then of course I will stand on your side, brother."

Xia Mi's hair was blown by the wind. She released the cannon in her hand that eliminated five A-level elites with five shots. She stood in the distance, tilted her head, and looked at Lu Mingfei.

The gold in those eyes was originally so majestic and terrifying, but at this moment, it was like a stone thrown into an icy lake. Suddenly, ripples spread out, the ice melted, and the water rippled softly and hazily.

Chapter 29: The mulberry leaves are still green before they fall

Suddenly, powerful marches came from all directions, and the music played by the campus broadcasting system directly controlled by Norma coincided exactly with the music playing in the church.

This is a triumphal song.

The night watchman's bell finally rang at this moment, and the annual Freedom Day came to an end.

Doctors in white coats, carrying briefcases with the Kassel school emblem, spread out to take care of each body. Everyone's expression was extremely serious, and everyone looked as professional as if they were industry leaders who had won the Nightingale Award or the Gairdner International Medical Award.

As they swarmed past the only person still standing on the main road, they all reached out to pat him on the shoulder. Lu Mingfei was horrified. He felt that these doctors were like the Emperor of Thailand who was meeting him, a poor guy who had been kneeling in the sun for several hours. The pat on the shoulder was a way of expressing their appreciation for him.

Amid the triumphal march, the originally grim and lonely battlefield became full of vitality. Corpses that had been injected with medicine by doctors with syringes crawled up one by one. The young people who had taken off their masks looked around with confusion on their faces.

Soon their respective leaders were spotted.

The sleeping postures of Caesar and Chu Zihang were not very pretty. The two heroes were almost hugging each other, as if they were performing some kind of tragic drama before being knocked down. There were huge red explosions on their chests, almost covering their upper bodies. One could not help but wonder if someone had hit them with Frigga bullets, or if they were actually hit by RPGs filled with Frigga bullets.

The fact was that Xia Mi didn't feel it was satisfying enough, and Caesar and Chu Zihang didn't react in time and admitted defeat directly. They just shot and killed the leaders of the two major gangs in Cassel.

"Which side won? The Lionheart Club or the Student Union?" Someone shouted at the top of his lungs. Obviously, no one thought that the winner would be Lu Mingfei, the so-called S-level. Caesar and Chu Zihang were definitely the best among the A-level hybrids. It might be a bit too much to say that they were S-level, but if there was an A+ level, these two were definitely worthy of it.

Lu Mingfei might become a prominent figure in Kassel at some point in the future, or even the leader of a secret party, but right now he is nothing.

"Brother, did I do well?" Xia Mi came to Lu Mingfei with a skipping sound. The red combat uniform looked surprisingly good on her. The hem of her leather skirt revealed her slender calves and ankles. She stood very close to Lu Mingfei. She was so close that if there was a breeze, Lu Mingfei could smell the faint fragrance of the girl.

There was a faint light flowing on Xia Mi's fangs and a faint light flickering in her pupils. Her body leaned forward slightly, and her round eyes stared at Lu Mingfei without blinking, like a kitten seeking credit.

Lu Mingfei's eyes flickered and his face turned slightly to the side to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings.

But Xia Mi stretched out her hands to hold Lu Mingfei's face. She forced him to look directly at her. In those beautiful eyes, certain fragments and bits and pieces that should have died in memories suddenly flooded into Lu Mingfei's mind.

On a night of thunder and lightning, the girl who wrapped herself tightly in quilt and hid in a corner to gain some humble sense of security suddenly smiled happily when she saw the boy who rode for two hours against the heavy rain to accompany her.

In the lonely and sultry evening, when the girl pushed the door open and saw the boy standing at her door with ice cream and dishes to be cooked in the evening, her pupils flickered with a glow like moonlight.

A man put candles on soft bread and sang Happy Birthday to himself. The girl was suddenly amused by the silly look of a boy who knocked on her door with a crooked hat and a cake and gifts, and a faint dimple appeared on the corners of her mouth.

When she returned exhausted to the little house that made her feel lonely yet at ease, her eyes were sore from the smoke of fireworks and she was at a loss for words. At that time, someone promised to stand with her forever.

……

The girl's face gradually overlapped with Xia Mi's, but the boy's appearance was not Chu Zihang, as Lu Mingfei had originally thought.

But him.

It's him.

Lu Mingfei finally understood a fact, a fact that Lu Mingfei had been confirming over and over again and that made him feel uneasy.

The feelings that Junior Sister has for him might not be some bullshit friendship.

It's that damn love.

But why, Lu Mingfei, what did you do wrong?

Oh, so it's the same story again.

Last time it was Eri, this time it was Xia Mi. Your mercy is such a precious thing, Lu Mingfei.

You really should use your pig brain and think carefully. The love between the junior sister and the senior brother was just sympathy for each other. But what about you? Why do you want to be the light that shines into her life?

You are such a bastard, Lu Mingfei, you really deserve to die...

"Junior sister is awesome..." Lu Mingfei laughed dryly and held Xia Mi's hands that were supporting his face, then put down the soft, white hands and took half a step back as if to escape.

There was such panic and helplessness in his eyes, and the accelerated dopamine secretion caused by the victory of gaining freedom for a day was not shown at all.

He looked around like a frightened dog, no longer daring to look into Xia Mi's eyes.

But the junior sister, who was as soft as a kitten that could fall down with a simple push, took a step forward, so that the distance between them was closer than before, so close that Xia Mi could almost see the hint of evasion in Lu Mingfei's eyes that could not be hidden, and so close that Lu Mingfei could even clearly see every one of Xia Mi's long and curved eyelashes.

At this time, the weather in Chicago became strange. Big dark clouds floated over from the other direction, and the golden sunlight that printed everything faded so abruptly in Xia Mi's eyes. A misty drizzle fell. There shouldn't be such a soft rain in this season. In the thin layer of rain, Xia Mi's eyes were so beautiful and bright.

Everything is so familiar, everything seems to have been rewritten.

The students got up from the ground and ran to avoid the summer rain that seemed to last for a long time. The caregivers shouted and twisted their sturdy bodies like polar bears to repair or clean the walls stained by bullets. The world around them was so lively and bustling, but Xia Mi only had him in his eyes.

The leaders of the Student Union and the Lionheart Society were finally rescued. The mixed-race elites who were still wearing combat uniforms gathered around to ask who the final winner was. At this time, Lu Mingfei's name finally sounded in the crowd.

"Where is Lu Mingfei?" someone shouted.

"I knew I could achieve S-level!" It seemed that this guy from the student union was ready to change jobs.

"His Majesty the great Lu Mingfei has been crowned as the new king of Kassel without any surprise. The loyal news department has already prepared the manuscript!" This was Finkel who ran out for a stroll after seeing that everything was peaceful outside.

Someone noticed Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi gazing at each other in the drizzle. The girls screamed and the boys cheered. What a magical combination! Xia Mi, the most beautiful freshman in Kassel, and Lu Mingfei, the uncrowned king of the young mixed-race generation!

"Senior Brother..." Xia Mi's voice was very low. She seemed to have mustered up the greatest courage in her life and slowly approached Lu Mingfei.

The originally overlapping destinies had a huge fork in the road at this moment. Lu Mingfei knew that he had messed up everything. He felt the cold rain covering his whole body and imagined that he was falling into the bottomless ice-blue abyss of the Arctic. His breathing was as heavy as that of some kind of stag.

Xia Mi stood on tiptoes and hugged Lu Mingfei tightly, but it was the boy in her arms who was trembling slightly.

A huge amount of sadness and fear overflowed from somewhere in my chest.

Lu Mingfei rested his chin on Xia Mi's shoulder. The scent of sandalwood on the girl's body awakened the memories that were relived day and night.

The last time, there was also a girl with the scent of sandalwood hugged him like this. It was a small town in the southwest of Shikoku, more than 400 kilometers away from Tokyo. Even a Porsche sports car would take four hours to get there.

The huge world tree sculpture near the dormitory area of ​​Kassel College was reduced to a giant black shadow in the rain. Xia Mi's hair was wet. She hugged Lu Mingfei so tightly, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly disappear.

In the eyes of Lu Mingfei who raised his head, the huge black shadow changed because of the hazy drizzle, and it coincided with something in his memory.

That thing was the Ferris wheel in the small town of Umezuji, and it was still spinning slowly in the evening, even without any passengers. It was magnified in the sunset, and its huge shadow was cast on the undulating sea of ​​trees, so distant.

With strength coming from nowhere, Lu Mingfei broke free from Xia Mi's embrace. He didn't dare to look into the girl's eyes. His hair was messy because it was wet by the rain. At this moment, he seemed to have taken off all his disguises. Some force had deprived him of his courage and perseverance. The loser who had died in the Takama-ga-hara sake cellar had attached himself to him like a ghost after many years and across time and space.

Lu Mingfei ran, stumbling and knocking through the crowd.

The students stared with curiosity at the dispirited fellow who had just triumphed in a free day and had the attention of the hottest chick of the session.

But his back looks so pitiful.

Like a dog, a dog that got lost in a rainstorm and typhoon.

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It's not like this, it shouldn't be like this!

Lu Mingfei howled in his heart like a wild beast. He saw Chu Zihang’s expression, wooden and indifferent, as if the girl he had just hugged was not the only girl he had ever loved, not the stubborn Xia Mi who refused to admit that she or Jörmungandr had ever loved him even at the last moment.

The fine raindrops fell on his face, which was as painful as a knife cutting.

People were pointing at him, and the news that S-class Lu Mingfei had won the Freedom Day victory had spread to the entire school through the Night Watchman forum.

The triumphal march did not stop, and there were carnivals everywhere on campus. They didn't care who won the Freedom Day crown, but Freedom Day always gave the students a reason to revel.

Lu Mingfei ran to an empty corner, where he stopped and leaned against the wall in the rain, bending his waist deeply, resting his hands on his thighs, breathing heavily. In fact, he was not that tired, but he just felt that he had done something wrong and people misunderstood him.

Lu Mingfei remembered that his senior brother once said that he would go with him to smash the axle of the wedding car when Caesar and his senior sister got married.

But now, he had ruined everything. He had ruined the good things that his senior brother should have had, even though that good things were nothing but an illusion.

Lu Mingfei looked really depressed, as depressed as a child who had lost something very important.

At this moment, the rain suddenly stopped, and a figure appeared in front of him. It was not that the rain had stopped, but that the person was holding an umbrella to shield him from the rain.

What caught the eye was a pair of straight and slender calves and a few sparkling toes exposed because of the slippers.

A pair of hands grabbed Lu Mingfei by the back of his collar and pulled him up. Nuo Nuo had actually changed out of the red combat uniform that she had originally used to disguise herself as a member of the student union. Her burgundy hair was loose, and her white shirt seemed to hang on her shoulders, revealing her clear and delicate collarbone.

Nuonuo's eyes suddenly felt a little sore. She thought that the person she was going to fish out was a cold and powerful S-class that even she herself didn't recognize, but what appeared before her was a person with slightly drooping eyes, a head with drooping shoulders, and messy hair because of being wet by the rain.

Yes, yes, the most important thing is to always avoid my own eyes.

That familiar loser seems to be back again.

The silly monkey returned to the Flower-Fruit Mountain after many years, and foolishly waited for someone to pull him out.

"Senior Sister..." Lu Mingfei drooped his eyes, he didn't know how to start, but Nuonuo just held up an umbrella and stood close to Lu Mingfei as if she was meeting the core members of the freshman fraternity at the sailing port on Lake Michigan that day. She reached out to help Lu Mingfei straighten his messy hair, and helped him fold his collar, and wiped the rain off the boy's face with her soft palms.

"You must have a lot of things to do, junior brother?" Nuo Nuo looked at Lu Mingfei, and no emotion could be seen in the depths of her red pupils.

"You're S-rank." Nuonuo reached out and patted Lu Mingfei's face. They were so close that their chests almost touched each other, and their heavy breaths spit on each other's faces. Nuonuo took a half step back, but the umbrella still covered the two of them. She said, "Cheer up, Lu Mingfei!"

Chapter 30 The mountains have trees and the trees have branches

Nuonuo sent Lu Mingfei back to the dormitory without saying anything or asking anything. She just watched him leave with her captivating eyes, watching the poor boy with his head hanging like a child who had done something wrong. The powerful aura of Lu Mingfei disappeared, and the one who replaced S-level was clearly the Lu Mingfei she was familiar with.

The bed that originally belonged to Lu Mingfei in the dormitory was dismantled by Qi Lan in the morning, saying that it was going to be used to create an obstacle to delay the Student Union and the Lionheart Society from entering the dormitory building. The new bed ordered by the school worker has not been delivered yet.

The carnival outside lasted for about the entire day, but unfortunately no one could find where today's protagonist was hiding.

The fact was that Lu Mingfei drank a box of eight bottles of low-quality wine that Finkel bought for thirty dollars in the dormitory and then slept on the table for a whole day.

He has always been a carefree person. When some extremely negative emotions fill his mind, he will trigger certain protection mechanisms and then forget these negative emotions in various ways.

Alcohol and sleep are both apparently good avenues.

Lu Mingfei didn't know how long he had slept, but it was very quiet around him. He could only hear two people breathing gently, one of which was his own, and the other's breathing was even and close. His head was a little dizzy, probably because he had slept too long.

"Brother, brother, please pour me a glass of water." Lu Mingfei yelled while lying on the table with his eyes closed. He thought that Finkel was probably the only one left in the dormitory at this time.