From Hokage to Visionary

Hearing this, Pompey just thought it was ridiculous and laughed in anger: "So he is a lunatic, how ridiculous!"

"Haha, I guessed you wouldn't believe it."

Zaratul was not panicked at all. He smiled calmly and said, "But it doesn't matter. You have been chosen by the Lord. You will soon believe all this. This is the choice of fate."

After saying that, he took out an ancient, yellowed book from his tattered yellow robe and slowly placed it on the table.

"From the birth of humans and dragons to the present day, they have only been multiplying for tens of thousands of years."

Zaratul slowly stood up and walked past Pompeii, saying in an inexplicable way, "But only the last 20,000 years or so are meaningful. Then who ruled this planet in the remaining tens of thousands of years, or even in the millions of years before its birth?"

Pompey glanced at him coldly and said, "Are you planning to teach me about the ancient times?"

"No, of course not, Mr. Pompey." Zaratul smiled and said, "I just want to tell you that the truth is sometimes more terrible than you can imagine."

"What truth are you referring to?"

Pompey's face was cold and he was still very disdainful, even finding it ridiculous.

"If you want to find the truth, open the book."

Zaratul's figure gradually became transparent, and he said calmly: "Know your own insignificance, know your true greatness, and then you will understand everything, return to the embrace of the Lord of the Deep Space and Sea of ​​Stars, the Nameless One, the Old One, and embark on the ultimate path!"

After saying this, the old man disappeared, as if he had never been there.

In addition to the black leather book on the table in the room, the pages were turned by the wind, making a rustling sound.

Pompey was silent for a few seconds, then he slowly closed the door and walked to the table. He wanted to pick up the half-burned cigar again, but his peripheral vision caught sight of the open black leather book with the twisted words "The King in Yellow" written on it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 340 Xia Mi and Chu Zihang

Binjiang City First Hospital, intensive care unit.

A piece of news was playing on the LCD monitor hanging on the wall.

"Binjiang City Morning News, according to the reporter's information from the scene, at about 1:20 this morning, the viaduct from the airport highway to the city center collapsed. As of 8:30 this morning, the Road Safety Administration has closed the road section, and the specific cause is still under investigation."

Perhaps the sound from the TV was too loud, which was completely inconsistent with the conditions in the hospital where patients needed to rest quietly, and it woke up the unconscious person.

"Is this a hospital?" The man who woke up from a coma first saw the white ceiling, and then he saw himself wrapped in bandages like a dumpling, almost unable to move. After a brief moment of unconsciousness, he reluctantly turned his head and looked at the girl sitting on the chair next to him: "Who are you?"

The girl was sitting on a chair chewing an apple. When she heard the voice, she turned around, revealing a flawless face that looked like a 'monster'.

"Wow, Senior Brother Chu, you finally woke up!" The girl's voice was very crisp. Under her slightly curled eyelashes, her eyes were as warm and clear as autumn water. They looked like gems handmade by a master, emitting agility and enthusiasm from the inside out. Her slightly chubby face raised a smile: "My name is Xia Mi, and I'm the student who will cooperate with you in carrying out the mission this time."

Her appearance is so perfect, like a carefully crafted work of art.

The slightly curled eyelashes and eyes as warm and clear as autumn water made Chu Zihang, who was used to seeing beautiful women, couldn't help but reveal a dull expression. After the girl shook her hand vigorously for several times, he finally reacted, was silent for a while, and said: "Chu Zihang, Department of Mechanical Engineering."

"I know~" Xia Mi bared her teeth, stretched out her hand, and said with a smile: "Chu Zihang, who in the academy doesn't know him? The famous ace of the executive department, the president of the Lionheart Club!"

The word "ace" made Chu Zihang silent, and he lowered his eyelids and whispered, "Why am I in the hospital?"

His memory of what happened before he fell into a coma was very vague. He seemed to have vaguely seen a figure coming towards him and blocking Odin's fatal blow for him, but he had no recollection of what happened after that.

"Hey, Brother, you are really lucky!" Xia Mi took a bite of the apple and shook his head and said, "At that time, Norma received an urgent call for help, but I was the closest person. So I immediately jumped out of bed and rode my bike over there!"

"When I got there, I found that the entire viaduct had collapsed, so I could only look for it bit by bit."

"Then, I kept looking for you, and finally found you next to a pile of ruins. You were so badly injured, covered in blood. I was so scared that I quickly contacted Norma and arranged an operation for you. Only then was I able to save you!"

After saying that, Xia Mi puffed out her chest, looking very proud, with an expression that said, "Come on, praise me."

"Thank you." Chu Zihang expressed his gratitude to the person who saved his life very seriously, and then asked: "By the way, where is the logistics staff who was with me? Is he okay?"

"Logistics department?" Xia Mi blinked, looking puzzled: "There is no one from the logistics department, did you remember it wrongly, Senior Brother?"

"No?"

Chu Zihang was suddenly startled, and then asked hurriedly: "Are you sure, there really isn't any?"

"Wow, Senior Brother, you doubt me!" Xia Mi seemed unhappy. She even put the apple aside, propped up her hands on the bed, and leaned forward. She stared at the stunned Chu Zihang with her lively autumn eyes and said word by word: "Really, there is only you!"

The girl was so close that Chu Zihang could smell the fragrance emanating from her body. He immediately turned his head away in embarrassment and coughed dryly, "Ahem. I get it. Don't get so close."

"Hehe, don't be so nervous, brother."

Xia Mi sat back down, holding the half-eaten apple and continued to look at the embarrassed Chu Zihang, her eyes curved like the moon, with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't like boys like you."

"That's not what I meant." Chu Zihang sighed, feeling as if he had met a male version of 'Fingal'.

"Ah~ I almost forgot about it because you interrupted me!"

Xia Mi suddenly stopped chewing the apple, quickly took out a notebook from the side, and handed it to Chu Zihang: "Minister Schneider said that when you wake up, you should contact him as soon as possible."

Chu Zihang stared at the notebook on his stomach, then looked at Xia Mi, and then looked at his hands that were bound with bandages. His face, as if it were an unmelting iceberg, had a few cracks. Finally, after a moment of silence, he looked at the quirky girl as if asking for help: "Um. Can you help me?"

Xia Mi crossed her legs, folded her arms across her chest, and grinned, "Brother Chu, before asking someone for help, do you have to correct the address?"

"I'm sorry, Xia Mi-san."

Chu Zihang pulled the corner of his mouth and said with difficulty: "Can you please help me contact Professor Schneider?"

"OK~"

Xia Mi smiled with contentment, her curved eyes were like the moon hanging in the sky, bright and charming.

After a series of crackling operations, Schneider's voice appeared on the display screen. It sounded quite harsh, like a sharp iron object scratching on a smooth mirror: "Chu Zihang, I heard that you were injured. What happened yesterday?"

"yesterday."

Chu Zihang stopped and looked at Xia Mi who was sitting next to him.

"Okay, okay, I know. Keep it a secret, right?" Xia Mi muttered, pouted, and walked to the door of the ward. Suddenly she turned around, glared at him, stuck out her tongue, and made a face, "Stingy Chu Zihang, I won't listen if you don't want to. I'm not curious!"

boom!

After saying that, he closed the door forcefully.

Chu Zihang, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly felt a headache. He couldn't help but sigh and returned to the topic: "Yesterday, after I got off the plane, I met a man named Chen Er who claimed to be sent by the logistics department. On the way to send me home, he broke into Nibelungen and met Odin."

"Odin again?"

Schneider obviously also knew the story between Odin and Chu Zihang. After a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "What happened next? What happened? How did you escape?"

"I didn't know that I was already unconscious at that time." Chu Zihang sighed and said, "Before I fell into a coma, I vaguely saw a person who blocked Odin's attack for me, but I don't know what happened after that. After I woke up, I was already in the hospital."

"I just used Norma's authority to check Chen Er in the logistics department. Guess what the result is?" Schneider said.

"It doesn't exist?" Chu Zihang said.

"No, there is indeed a person named 'Chen Er' in the Logistics Department." Schneider paused, his tone a little solemn: "But a year ago, he disappeared while investigating a case. In other words, picking you up at the airport yesterday, including the encounter with 'Odin', was probably arranged in advance."

Chu Zihang's pupils moved slightly, and a blazing molten gold color jumped in them: "Odin's target is me!"

"That's right. Although it's not clear yet what Odin's intentions are towards you, you'd better be careful." Schneider said in a deep voice, "Also, judging from what happened last night, there should be another group of people who want to stop Odin. I will let Norma continue to investigate this matter."

"I see."

Chu Zihang lowered his eyes, showing no emotion at all.

"There is one more thing I need you to do."

At this time, Schneider hesitated again and again, but finally said: "The traces of the "King of Bronze and Fire" were found in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. After you recover from your injuries, go to the Yangtze River Basin with Xia Mi immediately. I will let Chen Motong and Caesar assist you in carrying out the mission."

Hearing this, Chu Zihang was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Xia Mi? She should be a freshman, why is she allowed to join?"

Schneider, who was in contact with the other party, sat in the dark computer room, looking at Chu Zihang on the other side of the screen, his face gloomy and uncertain: "I don't know, this is the decision of Angers and the school board."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 341: The King of the Earth and Mountains

Kassel Academy, Rector's Office.

Professor Manstein rushed in, came to the desk angrily, and pressed down hard with both palms.

"Ange, I need an explanation!" The old man wearing a monocle, like an angry lion, spitting saliva almost out, shouted angrily: "Why didn't you inform me and let Xia Mi, a freshman, go to participate in the mission of the Bronze Ancient City?"

The silver-haired old man sitting opposite slowly brewed tea and said calmly, "Any questions? Professor Manstein."

"This is a big problem! Ange, are you crazy?" Manstein said angrily, "Xia Mi is a freshman, she has no combat experience, and even her grades and bloodline are not outstanding. Why do you insist on letting her participate in this mission?"

Although Cassel trains the half-bloods who enroll in school with the ultimate goal of slaying dragons, this does not mean that a freshman should be sent to the most brutal battlefield to die!

Yes, in Manstein's opinion, letting Xia Mi participate in the task of killing the Dragon King is tantamount to asking her to die!

Even Chu Zihang in the past had grown up step by step from being weak. How could it be possible to let a novice fight the BOSS right at the beginning?

"My dear friend, Professor Manstein, don't be so nervous."

Angers remained calm as he poured the brewed tea into the covered bowl, shook it a little, skimmed off the tea foam, and poured it into the bowl in front of him again: "Would you like to try it? This is the black tea that was just picked and flown in. It's said to be very expensive."

Manstein said coldly: "I know it's expensive. I approved the money."

As the chairman of the college discipline committee and treasurer, he certainly knew where every penny went. After all, he had to give a list to the board of directors every year. But he didn't care about that now. As for how much this damn black tea cost, he let the people on the board of directors worry about it.

"Don't change the subject, Ange!" Manstein stared at the silver-haired old man and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, why?"

"What do you want to know?"

Ange picked up the tea bowl, smelled the aroma, smiled with satisfaction, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Why do you want Xia Mi to participate in this mission?" Manstein said in a bad tone: "No matter from which aspect, she should not be the right person!"

"I can't tell you the reason for now."

Angers shook his head, put down the tea bowl, and said, "Anyway, this is the result of a joint discussion between the school board and me. You only need to know this."

"The school board, the school board again!" Manstein was very angry and stared at him with gritted teeth: "What on earth are you planning? Since the end of the mission in Japan, you have blocked the relevant information. Now you are sending a freshman to participate in the dragon-slaying mission. Ange. I am getting more and more confused about you."

"Times are always changing, Professor Manstein, and so am I."

Angers lowered his eyelids slightly, hiding his sharp eyes, and said slowly: "Regarding this mission, I hope you can not ask too many questions, you will understand soon."

Looking at the silver-haired old man in front of him, Manstein suddenly felt that he seemed to have become much stranger. He sighed, "Ange, I can feel that you have changed. Not only you, but the entire college and the board of directors seem to have changed. I don't know whether this change is good or bad, and I don't know whether it will lead us to hell."

"Trust me, Manstein."

Ange said calmly: "My ideal has never changed from the beginning to the end, to create a world without dragons."

In the end, Manstein still didn't get an answer, and he couldn't force Angers to speak.

Looking at Manstein's lonely back, Ange said softly: "Now, as you wish, can you tell me what that child named 'Xia Mi' is?"

The blond young man suddenly appeared in the room, sat on the chair opposite, picked up the cup of brewed tea, put it to his lips and took a sip, and said with a smile: "Of course, her name is 'Xia Mi', but according to your human cognition, she should be called 'the king of the earth and mountains'."

"???"

After being stunned for half a second, Angé stood up suddenly, not even caring about the hot tea spilled on him, staring at him with wide eyes: "What did you say? Xia Mi is the King of Earth and Mountains, one of the four dragon kings? Are you sure you are not kidding me!"

"Of course, I never joke."

Adam put down the tea bowl, smiled slightly, and said: "Well, thank you for your hospitality. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

At the same time, in Binhai City, an ancient oriental country, far away, in the intensive care unit of the First Hospital.

After finishing the communication with his mentor Schneider, Chu Zihang called the girl outside the door in and told her the content of the task.

"What? Say it again!"

The mischievous girl widened her eyes, with an expression that said 'are you kidding me', and stared at Chu Zihang fiercely.

"According to the order of Minister Schneider of the Executive Department, you will assist me in carrying out the mission in the Yangtze River Three Gorges Basin." Chu Zihang tried to avoid the girl's 'fierce' eyes. He was inexplicably flustered and pretended to be calm and said, "Don't worry, I will protect you. OK."

"It's over. It's all over now."

Xia Mi had a sad face, with crystal tears hanging on her long eyelashes and her charming eyes filled with moisture, revealing a pitiful look.

Looking at the tearful 'junior sister', Chu Zihang felt a bit of a headache, and couldn't help but have great doubts about the 'arrangement' of this mission.

To be honest, he really didn't understand why Principal Ange and the school board insisted on letting a freshman who had just enrolled take part in a brutal "dragon slaying" operation, and the first person he would face was one of the four dragon kings who were about to awaken - the King of Bronze and Fire!

This is equivalent to telling a novice who has just passed the teaching level that you are already a mature adventurer, and then telling him that the enemy is a full-level demon king!

The word "outrageous" alone is not enough to describe how exaggerated this matter is!

"Don't worry, we won't let you go into the water." Chu Zihang was quite helpless and could only comfort her: "Besides, we still have Caesar and Chen Motong, so they won't let you do anything dangerous."

This is true. With Caesar and Chen Motong here, there are three of them, so there is no need to let a freshman take risks.

"Stop it, big brother, that's the Dragon King!" Xia Mi was dejected, like a salted fish that had lost its ideals. She spread her slender and well-proportioned legs apart, sat on the ground like a duck with no image at all, hung her head, and sighed, "I thought I could go to Kassel and study for a few years, and after graduation I could just eat and wait for death, but in the end I couldn't escape the fate of being a 'cannon fodder'."