Dragon Tribe: Still Thinking Until Now

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment: "So we stay here tonight?" He looked at Ying suspiciously.

Sleeping with your ancestors?

"Yes, this is the safest place in Japan. Few people within the Snake Eight Families know the true location of this shrine, and the fierce ghosts cannot find it. The young master will drive directly here. Please rest assured, distinguished guests." Ying said.

Lu Mingfei nodded and thought to himself, if that’s the case, I hope your ancestors aren’t all weird old men, it would be best if there were also beautiful girls wearing kimonos.

The priest led them to the corner of the corridor and opened a rather hidden door. Behind it was a Japanese-style room with bedding and pillows, and two brand new laptops on the tatami.

Chu Zihang's group followed Ying inside. The young priest said, "Dear guests, you can stay here tonight. The bedding and pillows are clean and have not been used since they were bought. We will take them out to dry in the sun when the sun comes out."

He was a little shy when he spoke, not daring to look directly at those ferocious-looking guys with blood on their bodies.

Ying stood at the screen and pushed it open with a smile: "Actually, it's three connected Japanese-style rooms. You can choose your own. There are many stand-alone games installed on the computer. The priest will occasionally relax in this way. But there is no internet connection, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter. We are all very tired today and probably don't have the energy to play games anymore." Caesar said. He looked at Lu Mingfei, "Junior brother, you choose first?"

"I don't care." Lu Mingfei was staring out the window in a daze. The sound of the dripping rain made this Japanese-style room crowded with people seem a little quiet. Outside the window was a courtyard, in the courtyard was a garden, opposite the garden was a torii gate, behind the torii gate were several wooden houses, and a circular corridor connected the courtyard and the wooden houses.

Lu Mingfei was looking at the flowers in the garden. They were chrysanthemums in full bloom, bright yellow in color, and looked very festive.

There seemed to be a boy's laughter in the mountains, too distant, too light, like an illusion. Lu Mingfei scratched his ears, and the laughter disappeared again. He looked at Eri, who also looked a little puzzled.

Chapter 194 The Mountain Wind in This World is Lonely

There was a natural hot spring in the back room of the Japanese-style room, but the spring was very small, so the priests prepared three one-meter-high wooden barrels for Chu Zihang's team, threw spices and dried daisy flowers into the barrels, and introduced the hot spring water into the barrels to make a bath. When Lu Mingfei was soaking in it, he thought it was like soaking in a pot of chrysanthemum tea, and the taste was also similar.

The walls of the bathroom were covered with pine boards. Two solemn-looking priests helped them find clean linings and suits, and prepared a kimono for each person. Then they walked away with their heads down.

Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei and Caesar took turns chopping wood and adding fire to keep the wooden tub warm for the three people to bathe in. Steam filled the small bathroom. The small window faced the courtyard. Lu Mingfei chopped wood with his bare chest and threw a few pieces of firewood into the fire under Chu Zihang's barrel, and picked up a few more and threw them into the fire under Caesar's barrel. The figures of the brothers were looming in the steam. The two chatted about what happened tonight. Lu Mingfei felt like he was steaming the monster of the fat monk.

"Miss Ying said that in the attack on Genji Heavy Industries by the Demon Clan, a girl named Miyamoto Luoye from the Kanto branch was unfortunately killed." Chu Zihang said. After chopping wood, Lu Mingfei was climbing back to his wooden barrel. Hearing this, his body paused and his pupils shrank slightly.

On the way to the shrine, Sakura had already explained the current situation to Chu Zihang's team. The fierce demons launched an attack on Genji Heavy Industries, causing heavy losses to the main family. The Ganliu Research Institute was completely paralyzed, and one third of the medical department's facilities were destroyed. The number of casualties has not yet been fully counted, but it is conservatively estimated to be no less than fifteen.

Miyamoto Ryoha, the leader of the Kanto branch who was recuperating at the Genji Heavy Industries Medical Department after being injured, was also on the casualties list.

"Yeah." Lu Mingfei responded with his head down.

Chu Zihang said, "What did she say to you?" Caesar yawned and looked over.

Lu Mingfei looked out the window. It was late at night and the rain was still falling.

This shrine was probably built a long time ago, and the sound insulation is very poor. The sound of raindrops falling on the tiles can be clearly heard.

"Nothing, I just asked Akechi Asuya why he came to trouble me." Lu Mingfei said, Chu Zihang nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.

In fact, Lu Mingfei had doubts in his heart. The medical department of Genji Heavy Industries was neither adjacent to the Ganliu Research Institute nor close to the mainframe floor of Kaguya, and was even farther away from the α floor where Eri was. If the purpose of the Oni attacking Genji Heavy Industries was to destroy strategic targets or to abduct Eri, who was regarded as a tactical nuclear weapon by the Snake Eight Clan, then they must have conducted a detailed investigation in advance. Even if they were not sure which floor Kaguya's mainframe was placed on and could not break through the defense line formed by the cadres of the Snake Eight Clan who were guarding Eri's safety, they should not have targeted the medical department, which was not so important to the Snake Eight Clan.

Moreover, Miyamoto Luoye obviously knew something that even Lu Mingfei didn't know, and the timing of her death was too strange.

It was as if someone deliberately didn't want Miyamoto Ryoha to tell others the truth about certain things.

Although he was not the owner of a profile like Nono, Lu Mingfei had an inexplicable feeling that this time the attack by the demons on Genji Heavy Industries was certainly due to Ruri Kazama's intention to destroy the Ganliu Research Institute, but there were also some other unknown conspiracies involved.

And at the center of this conspiracy is the seemingly insignificant Miyamoto Ryoha.

Lu Mingfei was lost in thought when Caesar came out of the tub wrapped in a towel. "I'm a little hungry, why don't we go get some grilled chicken wings?" he said, looking at Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei who were still in the water.

Chu Zihang nodded: "High-intensity combat will accelerate the consumption of physical strength. I am indeed a little hungry now."

They then walked to the door wrapped in bath towels and each put on a clean kimono. The clothes were very simple without any extra decorations. Lu Mingfei lifted his crotch and wondered if the crotch of Japanese clothes were all so tight?

When they parted, Ying told them that if they were hungry they could go to the kitchen in the backyard to grill chicken wings, where there was unlimited beer. The three of them huddled together and talked in low voices as they walked into the yard where the drizzle was falling.

It was actually quite late at this time, it was 2:30 in the morning, the wind in the mountains was cold and strong, it was a bit chilly on Lu Mingfei's body. The priests were probably asleep, there was no one in the courtyard, there was an oil lamp in the stone lantern on the side of the road, there was a warm light every few steps.

"Caesar, when you first came here, did you hear a child laughing in the mountains? He should be a teenager." Lu Mingfei wrapped his clothes tightly. His healing ability far exceeded that of any S-level hybrid. He could be called a human-shaped dragon king. The wounds that were densely packed all over his body just now had now completely healed and scabbed. In probably a day or two at most, not even a scar would be left.

Caesar's word spirit was originally a kamaitachi, and his hearing was top-notch even among mixed-race species. Lu Mingfei was very confused at this time whether it was his own hallucination or there was really a child laughing in the mountains.

Caesar looked at Lu Mingfei in surprise, with doubt in his eyes. He raised his hand and touched Lu Mingfei's forehead with the back of his hand.

"Did you hurt your brain?" Caesar frowned. Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched. "I'm not kidding," he said.

"No." Caesar said. Master Gattuso seemed a little hesitant and seemed to be hesitant to speak. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Lu Mingfei, have you heard of Master Ba Chi?"

Lu Mingfei’s face was filled with horror, “Master Gattuso also likes this kind of tune?” His pupils trembled, and he felt as if his worldview had been struck.

Caesar was puzzled: "What tune? I mean there are many similar mountain legends circulating among the Japanese people. Ghost legends are not uncommon in this country."

Lu Mingfei curled his lips and said nothing. These mixed-bloods received authentic materialistic education at Kassel College and firmly believed that all supernatural events in the world were related to dragons, so they naturally did not believe in ghosts and gods.

Passing through the corridor and around the courtyard, the kitchen of the shrine is not far from the room where Eri is staying. Although it is late at night, the lights in the shrine will not be extinguished, which is to guide the way for the ghosts who have gone out and have not yet returned.

Lu Mingfei shook his shoulders to get rid of the water droplets on his body, and groped for the oil lamp on the wall with the dim light from the incense oil cup in front of the Buddha. After lighting it, he went into the kitchen with Chu Zihang and Caesar.

There was actually a fire burning in the stove. A handsome boy in a priest's uniform was leaning against the wall, snoring quietly in the flickering firelight. He was probably an apprentice priest from the Shiraha Dog Shrine, who was assigned to keep watch in the kitchen.

Lu Mingfei and his friends woke him up when they came in. Seeing that they were distinguished guests from the headquarters, he yawned and rubbed his eyes and left. Caesar found boxes of frozen chicken wings in the freezer, marinated them with ready-made seasonings, wrapped them in tin foil and threw them into the stove, roasting them until they were fragrant and oily, with crackling sounds in the fire. Chu Zihang found cumin powder and chili powder on the shelf on the side, and Lu Mingfei went to get beer. The three of them sat down together, and the firelight felt warm on their faces.

They pushed open the window, and outside was the back hill of the shrine, with mountains like crawling giants. At first glance, there seemed to be no fire, which was completely different from the night view of Tokyo. After the chicken wings were grilled, Chu Zihang picked them up with an iron fork, tore open the tin foil, sprinkled cumin and chili, and then gave them to Lu Mingfei and Caesar. The three of them drank beer with Caesar eating grilled chicken wings.

"Christina said she applied for a place in the next group to study in Japan. I asked my uncle to say hello to Professor Schneider. There shouldn't be any problem." Caesar said. Drinking alone was a bit boring. Master Gattuso had participated in such civilian activities as eating grilled chicken wings and drinking beer. Seeing that Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang had no intention of speaking, he brought up the topic.

Lu Mingfei's heart moved, thinking that he didn't know who the next batch of exchange students would be. According to the nature of the old bitch principal, he would definitely want to drop a nuclear bomb to blow up the Sheqi Eight Clan and the Menggui Clan. Now the only one who can be called a strategic weapon in the academy is Xia Mi. So, does that mean that the junior sister will also come with the next batch of study groups?

"After the Deadpool attack last night, the academy should increase the number of personnel sent to the next study group." Chu Zihang said that if Tachibana Masamune and Inuyama Kazuto had already rushed to Chicago and resolved the school's concerns through diplomatic means, the executive department might not be able to obtain permission to declare war from the board of directors, so sending more specialists would become an option for the academy.

"The situation in Japan is a bit confusing. Chen Motong has strong profiling skills and may be assigned." Caesar said, frowning, "In addition, Qilan may also be assigned." Qilan's words are prophetic, and like Nono's profile, it is very suitable for their current situation in Japan.

Lu Mingfei looked at the flames rising in the stove, and the oil on the chicken wings in the tin foil dripped into the fire, crackling. "I'll go call Eri to eat grilled chicken wings with us." He stood up with a half-eaten chicken bone in his mouth, a half-can of beer in his hand, his eyes drooping, looking very listless. Caesar and Chu Zihang looked at each other, and Chu Zihang nodded and said, "By the way, let's see if Miss Ying is back. If she is, we can call her to come along."

After Sakura sent them to the shrine and settled Eri, she drove away. She planned to go down the mountain to the intersection to wait for Minamoto Chisei.

On such a cold and rainy night, Caesar was a little worried about letting Ying leave alone, but Chu Zihang saw through his audacious scheme and was unable to get on Ying's Hummer.

Lu Mingfei nodded without saying anything.

He pushed the door open and left the kitchen, then closed it behind him. Caesar and Chu Zihang were talking about the next batch of specialists, and Lu Mingfei was a little confused. He guessed that the next study group coming to Japan would most likely include Xia Mi and Nuonuo, and he didn't know how to face everything that was going to happen next.

He didn't know how to meet Xia Mi, nor did he know how to explain this matter to Eri, although his junior sister didn't seem to care.

But he cares.

The garden was very quiet. In front of the stone keg in the corner, an old glass lamp was lit with a dim candlelight. Lu Mingfei drank the remaining half can of beer, then crushed the empty can in his hand and threw it accurately into the trash can in another corner.

After passing through the white courtyard garden and the torii gate, you will enter the back garden of the shrine. Here, several rows of wooden houses that look older than Lu Mingfei's mother are hidden in the shade of the trees.

There was still a faint candlelight flickering in Eri's room, and the rain falling on the glazed tiles made a crisp sound.

Lu Mingfei stopped under the torii, standing in the rain, and lit a cigarette for himself.

"Hello, Lu Mingze." Lu Mingfei called the little devil softly. He had many doubts and felt a little confused. Those things seemed unable to be shared with Caesar, Chu Zihang and others. At this time, the only person he thought of was Lu Mingze.

But no one responded to him amid the sound of the drizzling rain. Caressed by the mountain breeze, the drizzling rain fell obliquely, hitting the petals of the daisy, like elves swaying in the rain.

Lu Mingfei let out a deep sigh. He took a deep puff of his cigarette, then exhaled the smoke and threw the half-burned Soft Seven Stars into the rain.

He lowered the sound of his footsteps and slowly approached Eri's room. This was at the back of the room, so he couldn't knock on the door. Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment and gently knocked on the window.

In fact, Eri's sleep was very light. Ying said that she would wake up from her dream if there was any noise outside. But Lu Mingfei didn't feel that way. When he and Eri slept in the same room, he always felt that the girl seemed to sleep very deeply. Sometimes they would sleep until the middle of the morning. Even though the old street outside was bustling with people, Eri was not woken up.

A few seconds later, the window was pushed open from the inside. Eri was wearing white cotton pajamas and holding the Rilakkuma doll she bought when she went out with Lu Mingfei last time. She was still a little sleepy, and her long eyelashes drooped, leaving a faint shadow in her deep red eyes. Her cheeks were white, but the left side of her face was a little red, and it was obvious that she had been sleeping on her side.

She yawned, rubbed her eyes, and looked clearly at the person standing outside the window. Her eyes suddenly brightened.

"Have you drunk hot milk?" Lu Mingfei rubbed Eri's hair and asked with a smile.

Eri found her little notebook on the small table behind her, squatted down and quickly wrote "I've drunk it. Miss Sakura brought it to me."

Lu Mingfei smiled and said, "We are grilling chicken wings. There is also sake in the cabinet. Do you want to have a midnight snack?"

"Yeah!" Eri nodded vigorously. Lu Mingfei smiled and said, "Then change your clothes. My two senior brothers are here too, so don't go there in your pajamas."

Eiry stuck out her tongue, hesitated for a moment, reached out and rubbed Lu Mingfei's wet hair, then trotted behind the screen to change her clothes.

Lu Mingfei touched his head and smiled. While Eri was changing clothes, he looked into the Japanese-style room. It was indeed a girl's room. The decoration was simple, not luxurious, but very clean. The furniture was made of aged cherry wood. There was only a set of tables and chairs, a bed, a clothes hanger, a dressing table and a screen. In the middle of the room was a table for some small things. On it sat dolls of Master Yoda and Ultraman, surrounded by candlesticks covered with aqua red gauze. The vertical clothes hanger was next to the bed. The shrine maiden costume from the day had been taken away by the priest to be cleaned. At this time, a new one was hung there, still red and white, with a white long gown and a scarlet hakama.

As long as Lu Mingfei closed his eyes, he could imagine Eri wearing it, and he couldn't help laughing when he thought of this.

At this time, a little head popped out from behind the screen. Eiry held up the small notebook with a look of vigilance, and on it was written "Ming Fei, you are not allowed to peek."

Lu Mingfei was speechless. He waved his hands quickly: "I didn't peek. Please change your clothes."

Eri is indeed growing up, but the speed of growth is a little slow, but at least now she has begun to realize the difference between men and women. Sakura said that love is indeed the most magical feeling in the world, which can change many things that seem to be unchangeable forever.

A slender arm stretched out from behind the screen and quickly took off the shrine maiden costume. Lu Mingfei turned around and looked up at the sky. Thousands and tens of thousands of raindrops fell in that direction. For some reason, he recalled the first night he and Eri spent together in that love hotel many years ago. He was very scared that day, thinking that he was not accompanying a beautiful girl but a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

At that time, he didn't know that love had already begun to sprout in the girl's heart a long time ago... Or maybe it wasn't sprouting gradually, but facing the sun and rain, the tender buds broke through the outer wall of the seed and grew vigorously. It was really an incredible miracle, this miracle was so insignificant in the torrent of fate, but it followed him through two whole destinies.

There was a rustling sound behind him. Lu Mingfei did not turn around, but just stared at the rainy night sky in a daze. He was wondering, can he really change his fate? Can he really fight against something like fate in a macro sense?

Yes, of course he can. Didn’t he change Xia Mi’s ending? Didn’t he change Fenrir’s ending?

But did you really go against your fate, Lu Mingfei, did you really do it?

A voice said in his ear, did you really do it?

That voice was very familiar. After he recalled many people's voices, he finally realized that it was his own voice. It was as if a timid and lonely ghost had crossed the long time and space to hug him again.

Lu Mingfei shuddered for no reason. He turned back suddenly, wanting to see if there really was a ghost exactly like him hiding behind him, but all he saw was a pair of deep red eyes as mellow as wine, and the delicate and soft touch of lips.

Eiry's face was so close that her clear and bright eyes were almost overflowing with spring tears. She quietly came behind Lu Mingfei, probably intending to give him a surprise, but the man suddenly turned his head and kissed her on the lips by chance. Both of them were stunned. Then Lu Mingfei immediately tried to escape like a frightened rabbit, but Eiry reached out and held his head.

At this moment, their eyes met, and the wind made the candlelight in the shrine in the corner sway, as if all the worldly vanity was contained in the pupils of the man and the girl as they gazed into each other's eyes.

There's no escape for you, Sakura.

I got you this time.

Her eyes were very beautiful, and they stared at the man who was so close to her without blinking. Lu Mingfei avoided her gaze, but didn't know how to push the girl away.

Eri's lips were soft but slightly cool. The girl's scent filled my face, as if we were really walking together on the streets of Seoul at the end of spring, eating the same vanilla ice cream under the crabapple tree that didn't actually exist.

When the kiss ended, the sound of the mountain wind was so far away, and this lonely world seemed no longer so cold and lonely. Eri knelt on the tatami by the window. Lu Mingfei still did not turn his head back, but she buried her head deeply, and pressed her smooth forehead against the man's broad and hard back for a long, long time.

Chapter 195 The Boy in the Mountains

It was a cool rainy night in the mountains. The chicken wings and minced beef wrapped in tinfoil were simmering in oil on the stove. The firelight illuminated Eriyi's face with a rosy color. Lu Mingfei turned a sweet potato over with iron tongs. The girl leaned on his shoulder, both arms entangled with the man's arms.

Caesar is chatting with the Russian girl named Kristina. It seems that he likes her very much and is even considering proposing to Kristina after graduation.

Chu Zihang pulled out a small piece of Cun Yu. In the firelight, it was like a piece of clear water splashed out of the scabbard. The arc of the blade was cold and chilling, like the cold moonlight falling on the world. He kept pulling the knife out and pushing it back in again and again, as if he didn't know what to do. The sword's light was bright, almost reflecting something destined to be destined.