Dragon Tribe: Still Thinking Until Now

Lu Mingfei weighed the weight of his lust in a place where no one could see. He exchanged glances with Ling, reached out and pushed open the half-open wooden door. The three of them crowded at the door in a majestic manner, looking down from a high position and feeling quite oppressive.

The three men who were sitting cross-legged on the ground playing cards in a messy and unkempt manner looked up blankly at the three uninvited guys who had a rather scary aura.

The satellite TV that was still using an old-fashioned dish to receive signals must have suffered a serious blow. There was a bright green line running across the middle of the screen and the picture was not clear, but it did add a bit of life to this strange office.

The three people who broke in all seemed to have extraordinary temperaments. Although the two girls only wore light makeup, they were still stunningly beautiful. The foreign little girl with platinum hair looked cold and petite, but she also made people feel a sense of aloofness as if she was a towering mountain that could not be looked up to. The red-haired girl had gentle eyes and eyebrows. She looked around curiously as soon as she came in, and her attention was not on the three men at all.

Instead, the man who seemed to be in charge, who was sandwiched in the middle, was well-dressed and handsome. Although he was not wearing any branded clothes, the watch faintly visible on his cuff still surprised the barely knowledgeable office director.

With just a quick glance, this guy was sure that the watch must not be a cheap one, so he immediately concluded that these three people were definitely not staff members of the government department's routine inspection. Of course, the fact that the city's civil servants were not open to foreigners for the time being was also a reason...

The three men who were sitting on the ground with notes on their faces were still looking at each other in bewilderment. Lu Mingfei led Ling and Eri to sit down on the sofa.

The middle-aged man with the most notes on his face cleared his throat, tore off all traces of defeat, calmly adjusted his lapels and collar, and walked over to sit in front of Lu Mingfei and the others.

"Which unit are you from? What are you going to do here?" asked the middle-aged man.

The remaining middle-aged people nearby were slowly packing up their things and standing up, while the young men were busy and blushing as they used disposable cups to pour water for Lu Mingfei and the others.

This guy looks to be in his early twenties, and indeed he is the age when he just graduated from college. Lu Mingfei sighed in his heart that people with the same background have different fates. I am still fleeing around the world to save the world, while this guy has saved himself for forty years and got a stable job directly. I don’t know why I feel a little envious.

All in all, even though Lu Mingfei has been glamorous and has fled around the world with beautiful girls, deep down in his heart he is still that guy with no ambition. His biggest dream is to open an Internet cafe and a newsstand, play games and read comics, which is a life he can't even dream of.

"We are an inspector from the Moscow Romanova Light Industry Group. We are planning to invest in an industrial park in China. We heard from an acquaintance that there are ready-made supporting facilities here, so we came to take a look." Ling took out a Su Enxi business card from his purse and pushed it to the director along the table. "This is the business card of our acquisition manager. Take a look."

Another middle-aged man stood aside with his hands on his hips, watching with a look of doubt on his face. He moved his hand to his mouth to clear his throat, then winked at Ling.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, Uncle, can you please just pretend? I know you were shocked when you saw the potato chip girl’s business card, but you don’t have to show the word “shock” on your face, right?

Zero didn't even look at him, just stared into the eyes of the man in front of him.

This girl’s word spirit is the extremely rare Mirror Pupil. Just like Lu Mingfei’s redemption, Mirror Pupil does not exist in the word spirit sequence list, or the academy has not yet decided where to place this word spirit in the sequence list.

As an extremely rare, non-aggressive, high-risk psychic word spirit, Mirror Eye can analyze objects and complex precision machinery, as well as read the knowledge and experience about a certain machine or field in the brain of a specific target. It can also copy most dragon word spirits and put them into practice.

In a database open only to black card holders with S-level authority, it was clearly recorded that the word spirit Mirror Eye had never appeared in history. This seemed to be an ability or talent unique to Zero.

Her Royal Highness, who possesses the most magical eyes in the world, can do things far beyond the academy's imagination. She has not studied human psychology, but she can tell whether a person is lying by looking directly into his eyes.

"International friends, do you have a general idea of ​​the situation in our industrial park?" The middle-aged man took the business card and carefully looked at the Russian girl in front of him who looked too young.

Ling's beauty and fighting skills make her a unique martial arts master even in the Kassel Academy, where there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The only one who can compete with this girl is Miss Xia Mi, who was stunned by the paparazzi from the news department when they first met her. Even Nono and Susie, who are old-time strong men and women, have to admit defeat.

Such a beauty appearing in such a deserted industrial park really gives people a sense of contrast with Marilyn Monroe's sexy buttocks sitting on the toilet circle in a public toilet...

So much so that the middle-aged man in front of him, who had probably lost his virility a long time ago and had even begun to develop hobbies such as fishing and collecting cards, became a little restrained, as if the oncoming Siberian honeysuckle wind had suddenly blown him back to his youth.

Since Ling had already prepared his speech, Lu Mingfei was happy to be idle and joined Eiry in looking around. The young man who seemed a little shy in front of strangers also came over with a cup of water, but Lu Mingfei waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary.

"We did a special investigation before coming here. Around 93, the government designated this industrial park as a high-tech and heavy industrial zone, but it was not developed very well and the companies that moved in basically stopped operating. Around 06, the boss of Media Asia Group absconded with the money and has not been caught since then." Ling did conduct a detailed investigation of the Nanshan Industrial Park. There are many strange places in this city, and this industrial park built in the suburbs accounts for quite a few of them.

"Our staff has learned from the notary office that the municipal government has auctioned the land, workshops and facilities of this industrial park, as well as the nearby restaurant street, in the business circle for three consecutive years, but no one is willing to take it over," Ling said.

"When Media Asia Group was still the dominant force in this city, the equipment in these electronics factories was still considered high-tech, but after so many years, the equipment has become obsolete and there is no point in buying them back."

"You came here knowing this?" The middle-aged man finally showed a flattering smile. "My last name is Liu. They all call me Lao Liu. I don't know how to address you."

"My Chinese name is Jiang Ling, this is our district manager Zhang Facai, and the one over there is Manager Zhang's sister." Ling said.

"Oh, I've heard a lot about you, Manager Zhang is truly a hero at a young age!" The middle-aged man stood in awe, but in his heart he was thinking that this kid was young and promising with an extraordinary appearance, so why did he have such a rustic name.

Lu Mingfei smiled but his heart was not. He said no, no, but in his heart he was thinking, "You obviously want to complain about my name Zhang Facai! Hey, you can call me Zhang Wei, what kind of a name is Zhang Facai?"

He glanced at the cold girl beside him out of the corner of his eye, but her pale face was tense and she looked as if she couldn't smile.

The sharp-eyed Lu Mingfei immediately noticed the faint redness on the tip of the girl's ear, which was clearly the look when she couldn't hold back her laughter.

He sighed in his heart and looked at Lao Liu opposite him.

"In fact, our company's development policy is to expand to the south. This place is not the best choice. The most suitable place should be the Dongguan area in Guangdong." Lu Mingfei said

"When I was studying at St. Petersburg State University, I met a classmate from this city. He often mentioned this industrial park to me and said that although it has been deserted in recent years, it will one day make a comeback and become the backbone of the city."

"I didn't expect that the reputation of our Nanshan Industrial Park has spread to Moscow!" Old Liu's eyes lit up.

"Manager Zhang, what's your classmate's name? Maybe we know each other."

"His surname is Chu, and his name is Chu Zihang. He did tell me that his father used to work here, driving for the president of Media Asia Group." Lu Mingfei patted his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. The dark yellow package had the name "Da Chongjiu" written on it.

"It's a pity that my classmate didn't come back with me this time. There's nothing I can do. The business in Moscow also needs to be taken care of. We are an emerging industry and the boss is rich, so we have to expand our presence." Lu Mingfei handed cigarettes to Lao Liu and another middle-aged man who winked at Ling, and called the young man next to him to come over and hand him a cigarette.

"Chu Zihang..." Old Liu lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth. For a moment, the office was filled with smoke. The men all had a look of loss on their faces, but the girls remained calm. It was obvious that Ling and Eiry knew that this was the most critical part of what Lu Ming was going to do.

If Eri hadn't felt that sense of being spied on just now, Lu Mingfei wouldn't mind going straight to the point and asking about Chu Tianjiao, but it's better to just do the superficial work now.

They didn't know what was hiding in the dark. If it was Odin or anyone on Odin's side, then everything Lu Mingfei did now would become a joke.

Because there is no way they didn't know him. As long as his whereabouts were exposed, it wouldn't be long before the academy's hunting team would airdrop to every corner of the city.

But what if it was just a guy monitoring Chu Tianjiao or an unknown dragon hiding in this city? Then it would be best not to alert the snake.

"Have you heard of Chu Zihang?" Ling said at the right time, "I happen to be an alumnus of St. Peter's University, and Chu Zihang is also my friend."

"I do remember that. I was the office director at that time, and Chu Zihang's father, Chu Tianjiao, was the boss's driver. I still remember that he drove a Maybach, which was said to have cost 800 million yuan." Lao Liu said, "Old Chu also left more than yuan with me, saying that he would wait for his wife and children to come and pick it up, but he has never come over in all these years."

Lu Mingfei understood and confirmed that he was the colleague that Su Xiaoyan mentioned who had a good relationship with Chu Tianjiao.

"Do you still remember Uncle Chu?" Lu Mingfei handed over another cigarette.

Speaking of Chu Tianjiao, another guy who was obviously Lu Mingze's spy also became interested. He took a cigarette from the cigarette box and smoked it.

"My last name is Li, you can just call me Lao Li," he said. "I know Lao Chu. He and I shared a dormitory when he first came here for a month or two."

"So Uncle Chu didn't work at Media Asia Group from the beginning." Lu Mingfei said.

"He used to drive for the leader of the tax bureau, which was considered a stable job for civil servants. But later he got married and had a child. He had to save some money to buy a house in the city and leave some savings for his child, so he quit his job in the bureau and came to drive for our boss. At that time, his salary was high but his consumption was also high. Over the years, he really didn't save much money." said Lao Li.

"Later, didn't Old Chu have an accident? He and the Maybach were on the elevated road during the typhoon." Old Li frowned. "I heard that before that, his wife remarried with his son and married a big shot in the local business circle. Later, his son came here several times and asked us not to tell his mother about Old Chu."

"Chu Tianjiao gave birth to a good son, who is promising and sensible. I think he can still thrive in the outside world even without that rich stepfather." Another middle-aged man said,

"That kid came here once before he went to college. I gave him the money, but he confiscated it and said he wanted to keep it with me temporarily. When he wants to retire, he can come to me... But I'm already 40 and 50. How can I live to see him retire?"

Lu Mingfei's heart moved slightly. He remembered that Chu Zihang was not actually a high-quality hybrid discovered by the academy, but the only student in history who found Kassel Academy on his own and asked for admission.

I think he had already imagined his future before leaving this city. The hardships along the way were enough to destroy the strongest person in the world.

At that time, he was still an eighteen-year-old boy, carrying a huge suitcase containing his Murasame and spare clothes. On a hazy rainy day, the boy with bangs long enough to cover his eyes knocked silently on the door of this office. He also sat in this position and listened to the two middle-aged men in front of him telling stories about their fathers.

What would he do after listening to the man's story? Maybe he would stand at the end of the path and stare at the sunset in the distance in silence. What would Chu Zihang think about when he was in a daze?

What kind of path will he embark on? What kind of future will he face? What kind of enemy will he avenge?

The boy knew nothing about all this.

But the boy chose to punch fate.

"After he moved in here, we used to drink together. Old Chu is a good guy in every way, but he likes to eat sizzling braised large intestines with garlic, and grilled chicken wings that are double spicy... Most people can't stand the smell..." said Old Li.

"You said he moved in here?" Lu Mingfei suddenly interrupted. He and Ling exchanged glances and saw a hint of excitement in each other's eyes.

"Uncle Chu has lived here before?"

"Yes, he can't afford to buy a house with that salary, so the factory prepared a single dormitory for him, in this building. The boy named Chu Zihang has seen it." The middle-aged man named Lao Liu echoed.

Lu Mingfei stood up.

"Please take me to see this Miss Jiang Ling. She will stay here to learn about the factory." He said, smiling, "Maybe she can bring back some valuable souvenirs for my classmate."

Chapter 457: The Ghost at the Door of the Secret Chamber

Bunches of keys jingled in the middle-aged man's hands. Lu Mingfei followed him through the long corridor. On one side of the corridor were severely oxidized iron window frames and window glass covered with layers of rotten newspapers. Looking out through the gaps in the peeling newspapers, one could only see endless weeds.

Passing through the gray-white three-story building, you can reach the employee dormitory of the Huana Group. No one has lived here for many years. Even wild cats don’t come here to hang around, making it look extremely desolate.

"Speaking of which, when Lao Chu first came to work at Media Asia Group, I was the one who drove to the station to pick him up." The middle-aged man surnamed Liu said, "It was a weekend, and it was drizzling in the evening. When Lao Chu came, he was carrying a large silver suitcase and wearing a high-end suit he bought when he worked at the tax bureau. He was also wearing a bow tie. He was as sexy as he could be. With such good looks, it's no wonder he was able to marry such a beautiful dancer."

The corridor was barely clean, without any clutter. Only occasionally could one or two dusty shoes be seen sunk in the dried-up water and mud, with only half of them sticking out. They looked so dusty that it looked like a centipede would crawl out of them at any moment.

"Do you still know Aunt Su?" Lu Mingfei chatted idly.

"Of course I know her. How could I not know her? The Silk Road Flower Rain back then really caused a sensation in the city. I heard that several heirs of large groups wanted to get close to and marry that little girl named Su Xiaoyan. I didn't expect that she was deceived by Old Chu." said the middle-aged man.

At the end of the corridor were stairs going up and down, and Lu Mingfei subconsciously raised his foot.

"Downstairs." The middle-aged man called him.

“Down there?” Lu Mingfei looked at the stairs going down in confusion. “In an industrial park of that era, even the first or second floor underground of a dormitory building should be a place like a warehouse for raw materials, right?”

"Yes, it's the air-conditioning room. The air-conditioning rooms in this workshop are all placed down here. There is also a part of the area used as a temporary warehouse. The lubricating oil and copper materials bought from outside are sometimes placed down there when there is no space, so the smell is not very good." The middle-aged man said, "Because it is underground, there are only a few small windows to see the outside, just like being in prison. When the factory is running, the noise of the air conditioner running at full power is terrifying, and there is a smell of kerosene. We are all reluctant to go down, but Lao Chu looks like a guy with a new mind, but he is very hardworking and has lived in this place for several years."

“Have you ever thought about moving to the dormitory upstairs?” Lu Mingfei didn’t care whether it was dirty or not. He lit the light with his mobile phone and walked downstairs.

"We talked to him several times, and the boss said he would rent a house for him and he wouldn't have to pay for it, the money would be paid from the company account. But Lao Chu said he wanted to save some money for his son's marriage, so he always asked the boss to give him a raise and put the rent money into his salary card."

Lu Mingfei frowned and went down to the second underground floor. It was so quiet as if this place was isolated from the whole world. The air was filled with the smell of dry dust. Even the kerosene had naturally evaporated over the years. The air-conditioning compressor had not been run for a long time due to shutdown. In the corner were large bearing shafts and mold pressure heads that had been dismantled for repair.

It’s hard to imagine that the man lived in obscurity in a place like this for so many years.

Chu Tianjiao's bloodline is S-level, the same level as Ange, but when he enrolled, he was hidden by the academy like most of the high-risk word spirit owners. His bloodline was announced to the outside world, but his treatment and authority were not reduced.

Even ordinary C-level hybrids can thrive in human society. If they enter Wall Street, they can become the emerging Wall Street Wolf and use capital as a weapon to stir up whirlpools in the financial field. If they set foot in Silicon Valley, they can become super masters in the chip industry or IT industry and easily get offers with annual salaries of one million. S-level hybrids like Chu Tianjiao should be heroes who enjoy life all over the world and only take up their swords to fight demons when evil dragons leave their nests. How could they be willing to bury their youth in such a place?

What kind of mission had to hide his identity? What kind of mission even made the powerful man who was equivalent to the youthful Hilbert Jean Ange unable to take care of his wife and children? With Chu Tianjiao's ability, he could easily build a huge business empire in this city even if he started from scratch, right? He could have disguised himself as a businessman, a politician, or a successful person who returned from studying abroad, but he just confirmed his identity as a driver and worked his way up from the tax bureau to Media Asia Group.

“I remember you said Uncle Chu used to work in the tax bureau?” Lu Mingfei’s heart moved.

"Yes, I also drive for the leader. It's a leisurely and clean job. The salary is a bit low, but the benefits are good." The middle-aged man sighed.

Lu Mingfei walked with his head down. The building was so quiet that it seemed that only their footsteps could be heard.

"About when did he come to work at Media Asia Group?" he asked after a few seconds.

"I came here in 03 or 04. It's been so many years. I really can't remember."

The city's tax bureau uncovered a major case in 03, which resulted in many leaders stepping down and implicated a number of clerks and section chiefs. My uncle Lu Gucheng left the tax bureau around 04 to work outside. In the first two years after he was released, he also spent time in the south of the city, doing fruit wholesale and specializing in the Nanshan Industrial Park business.

Later in 06, my uncle decided that he couldn't make much money from fruit wholesale, so he opened a foot bath business. Unexpectedly, the business became unstoppable, and in just three years he created such a big business for himself.

"We're here. This is the room." The middle-aged man's voice interrupted Lu Mingfei's thoughts. They stopped in front of a door covered with iron sheets. He inserted the key into the keyhole and tried for a long time before finally opening the door. It seemed that the lock core was rusted.

"You said Chu Zihang has been here before?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Yes, I cleaned up the room a bit. Otherwise, it would be a mess and you couldn't even put your feet in it." The middle-aged man nodded. "Old Chu didn't leave anything meaningful. The kid just took the scabbard of the craft."

So this is how Murasame's scabbard came from...