When she woke up, Lu Mingfei was in a classically decorated study. He was lying on a leather bench. There was a lotus-shaped crystal chandelier on top of his head and bookshelves all around him.
Lu Mingfei sat up and looked around. The professor was dozing off by the desk.
"You're awake? Lu Mingfei's voice woke Professor Guderian up. He lifted his messy head from the table. "Where is this place?"
Did we fail? I thought the train had crashed into a mountain.”Lu Mingfei still had lingering fear.
We've already reached Kassel College Road, and the journey has been smooth. How could we have crashed into a mountain? "It's just that you were too frightened during the admission tutoring, so you directly asked to go over, so you were carried off the train…" Professor Guderian said,"I'm not going to go over." In the past, the students who received the entrance guidance were also quite surprised. However, such a big reaction from you was really unprecedented.
I'm not overreacting, I'm just…Fine, I just ran out of money. I slept at the train station for three days straight and only ate three sandwiches during that time. Lu Mingfei suddenly raised his voice.'But you said' dragon 'on the train? Is the noble university I went to study abroad a training school for dragon slayers?' Please!"
" Are you that afraid of dragons?" Gordian shrugged.”
"I just think you're crazy, Professor. The way you talked to me just now…Have you seen 'Terminator'?”Lu Mingfei shook his head.
"I have. It's the work that made the governor of California famous.”Gordian didn't understand.
" It's like when John Connor's mother told the police at the police station that she saw a robot that came back from time travel. He came from an era when humans were almost extinct. The robot was shooting around with a laser rifle..." Lu Mingfei nodded." So... the police thought she was crazy..."
"Do you think I'm crazy?”
"Or I did it."
" Well, we have prepared some proof for the new students. Some of them have poor perception..." Professor Guderian clapped his hands.
The door to the study opened, and a middle-aged man with the words " I'm Japanese " written on his face walked in quickly. There was a black suitcase in each of his hands, and the silver metal edges looked quite sturdy and reliable. After he placed the two suitcases on the table, he bowed respectfully to Lu Mingfei and introduced himself in fluent Chinese." My name is Masashi Tomiyama, a psychological counselor at Kassel Academy. It's a pleasure to meet our'S 'grade freshmen. It's been more than 40 years since we've had an'S' grade freshman.”
" I'm very happy. Can I ask what kind of person that'S 'grade freshman from 40 years ago was? A peerless dragon-slaying expert?" Lu Mingfei had already gotten used to using these people's train of thought to speak.
"Maybe he had a chance, but he committed suicide by swallowing a gun in his second year of university, so there's no more news.”Masashi Toyama was very frank.
"Suicide by swallowing a spear?"
" Because his grades were too good and his mind was very sharp, he fell into some philosophical dilemma when he was studying the dragon code. He couldn't get out of it for a while and swallowed a gun. Later on, we added a psychology instructor.”Masashi Toyama said.
" That's great." Lu Mingfei felt a little relaxed." Professor Guderian just said that I'm slow.”
"But you have potential! My dear student!" Professor Salderian happily gave Lu Mingfei and Masashi Tomiyama a thumbs up, obviously implying that he was the best student. Lu Mingfei had no idea what he was so happy about.
"We brought two pieces of evidence that prove that dragons do exist in this world. These two pieces are very high-level cultural relics. We specially borrowed them from the academy's archives.”Masashi Tomiyama opened the first suitcase with his password and fingerprint. Inside the suitcase was black foam. After removing the layers of foam, Lu Mingfei saw a piece of black scale. It was about the size of half a palm and was in the shape of a perfect shield. The surface was so smooth that it looked like it had been newly oiled. The texture was clearly visible under the oil.
"Give it a squeeze." Masashi Toyama encouraged.
Lu Mingfei carefully picked up the scale. He felt that it was fake. It felt like steel, cold and tough, but very light. At this moment, Masashi Tomiyama grabbed his hand and stuffed something cold into his palm. Lu Mingfei was terrified. It was actually a pistol.
"Walter's PPK pistol, caliber 7.65mm, initial speed 280m/s, effective range 50m. The guys in the equipment department made some improvements to it. Now, you can try to use it to shoot at that scale.”Masashi Toyama took the scale and placed it on the windowsill.
"I know this gun…007 uses it too.”Lu Mingfei's face was pale.
"Yes, that classic 007 pistol.”Masashi Tomiyama covered his ears and said," It's fine. Just shoot. Aim at the scales, not us."”
Lu Mingfei raised his gun with a bitter expression. He aimed at the scale according to what he had learned during his high school military training. He took a deep breath and clenched his teeth as he pulled the trigger.
With a loud bang, Lu Mingfei felt as if he had been hit in the chest by a heavy hammer. He almost fainted. The recoil from the modified PKK made him feel as if he had just fired a cannonball. He flipped backward and crashed into the sofa behind him. His eyes were filled with stars.
"So he's not the kind of student with excellent physical strength!”Masashi Toyama's surprised voice rang in his ear." Maybe I should have brought an ordinary revolver.”
"Are you going to destroy the Dragon Eye with one shot?”
"It has to at least leave a mark on the fourth or fifth generation to be considered a good gun.”Masashi Toyama said.
Lu Mingfei woke up with difficulty. The first thing he saw was Professor Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama's worried faces. The second thing he saw was the black scale in Masashi Tomiyama's hand. It was a flawless black scale, and nothing had left a mark on its surface. Lu Mingfei was very confident that his shot had hit the center of the scale.
A gun that was comparable to an aerial cannon could pierce through that scale.
"This is the dragon scale. Sven Hedin discovered it in the ancient city of Loulan in Xinjiang in 1900. He didn't recognize it, but he found that neither fire nor hammering could damage it, so he brought it back to Europe from China. Someone in Europe recognized it, and that person was called Menech Cassel. Do you believe in the existence of dragons now?”Masashi Toyama said.
"Can't it be high-tech?" Lu Mingfei was still stubborn.
"Even titanium alloy made from nanotechnology can't block such a shot, right?”Masashi Tomiyama said," I have a PhD in materials science from Tokyo University. You have to believe me.”
Lu Mingfei thought that not only were there lunatics everywhere, but there were also highly educated lunatics everywhere.
"Alright, then, the second proof is that you need to use your eyes instead of your brain to think.”Masashi Toyama stood up and opened the second suitcase. A cylindrical glass bottle was placed in front of Lu Mingfei. It looked like the bottle that the biology teacher used to store specimens in.
Lu Mingfei's mouth was wide open as if he had been struck by lightning. If Masashi Tomiyama had stuffed an orange into his mouth, he probably wouldn't have noticed.
Soaked in the pale yellow formalin solution was an animal that looked very much like a lizard. It was yellow-white and had a curled up slender tail, like a fetus in the womb. The scales on its body and the long whiskers on its mouth were slowly fluttering in the solution. When its eyes were closed, it looked as peaceful as a baby. If it wasn't for the fact that it had two wings on its back, Lu Mingfei would have thought that it was some kind of ancient lizard.
" This is the cub of a red dragon. It's not dead yet. It's very difficult for dragons to die. Even if you kill it, it's only temporary. They will slowly recover in their sleep," Masashi Tomiyama said." This is a very rare specimen. Usually, it's difficult for humans to capture a complete dragon because the dragon's brain can feel the radiation of the human brain. They will either attack before humans approach or escape. This specimen was found in India in 1796. Fortunately, this red dragon cub was probably swallowed by a python when it just hatched. The local farmer killed the python and got the baby from its stomach.”
"Is it really not plastic?" Lu Mingfei sounded like he was about to cry.
"Take a closer look at the details and the patterns of the scales. What kind of artist can make such a perfect plastic product?”Masashi Tomiyama brought the glass bottle to Lu Mingfei's eyes.
Now, Lu Mingfei was facing the red dragon cub through a half-centimeter-thick layer of glass. Its membrane wings and long whiskers were fluttering in the solution, as if it was floating in the clouds. If it was still alive and could feel each other's breath, it might spit out a deadly flame and burn Lu Mingfei's face completely. Masashi Tomiyama was right. The details and lines were too realistic. Only nature or God could give birth to such things. They existed in the shadows of history, in the legends of different ethnic groups, in the limits of human imagination, and in this sealed glass bottle.
"Perfect, isn't it?" Masashi Tomiyama praised.
"Perfect." Lu Mingfei mumbled.
He stared at the hard membrane that covered the Dragon's Eye and thought of the pair of golden eyes that slowly opened in the darkness. It was as if the gate to the world had opened before his eyes.
The Golden Eyes opened. Suddenly, the baby Red Dragon that was soaked in the formalin solution opened its eyes. Its entire body trembled as if it was spasming. It stretched its neck and roared at Lu Mingfei. As it roared, the scorching dragon flames ignited deep in its throat and spewed out! It spread its wings with all its might and was about to break through the shackles of the glass bottle. It woke up. Its body was as big as a cat, but it carried the majesty of a dragon.
Lu Mingfei lost the ability to scream and dodge. The three of them were dumbfounded as they watched the ancient specimen resurrect in front of them.
The tiny flame was immediately extinguished. The formalin solution poured into the baby dragon's throat, causing it to cough in pain like a drowning person. At the same time, it could not break through the glass bottle. It shook its membrane wings forcefully, but it did not even leave a mark on the glass wall. This time, the recovery that had accumulated for hundreds of years ended as quickly as it began. Soon, the dragon cub curled up again and returned to peace. It entered hibernation again.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Lu Mingfei was finally able to scream as he pointed at the glass bottle with a trembling finger.
"What is it called?" Professor Guderian muttered.
"Didn't you see? Didn't you see? It had come back to life just now! It came back to life! A living dragon!" Lu Mingfei shouted as he shook the dumbfounded old man.
" Yes," Professor Guderian turned to Masashi Toyama." You saw it too, right?”
Masashi Tomiyama's face was as pale as a sheet of A4 paper. He only nodded." Yes... but I really didn't want it to wake up. I didn't know it would wake up..." He suddenly raised his voice, almost screaming." What happened?" Did the people in the archives get the label wrong? It should be the year 2077! They'll kill us if they label us like this! It had just spat out dragon flames! Dragon flames!"
" Fortunately, we changed the nano material container from the year before last, or it wouldn't have been able to hold on just now," Professor Guderian said." Professor Manstein and I calculated its awakening date. It shouldn't be wrong unless it's a bloodline summoning."”
"Bloodline summoning?" Masashi Tomiyama turned to look at Lu Mingfei. His gaze was as if he was sizing up a monster.
"Other than bloodline summoning, what else can awaken dragons in advance?”Professor Guderian suddenly regained his spirit and patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder." It's your powerful bloodline that's summoning it. Lu Mingfei, do you know how amazing you are now?”
Lu Mingfei's shoulders were about to collapse from his pat." What? Don't push this kind of fatal accident onto me! I didn't do anything!"
"The Dragon Emperor can make humans submit to him with just his gaze. You don't have to do anything because you're a mixed-blood dragon with the ability of a second-generation seed!”Professor Guderian's eyes were filled with ecstasy.
"What mixed-blood? My father is a human, and my mother is also a human. Have you read too much Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio? Did they think that the people of the Celestial Empire had children?”Lu Mingfei couldn't stand the old man's gaze.
"No, no, they are indeed all humans, but they are all mixed-blood dragons, so your bloodline contains a large proportion of dragon blood.”Professor Zhengderian chuckled." In fact, almost everyone in this academy is a dragon hybrid. You know about the priority, right? In addition to results and potential, the most important thing to determine the priority was the bloodline class.”
Lu Mingfei shuddered. He felt like Professor Guderian was an old dragon that could spit deadly flames at his face at any moment. What was this place? A dragon hybrid from the First Academy. What was the difference between this place and the dragon nest? And he felt that he was in this lizard's nest... a little white rabbit. Fortunately, Professor Guderian said that he had a high proportion of dragon blood. Before coming here, his family, his life, and the girl he liked had nothing to do with dragons. Why was he suddenly regarded as a reptile when he was a good teenager who grew up under the red flag?
"But don't worry, if your dragon bloodline doesn't exceed 50%, then students who exceed 50% won't be accepted. Although their potential is far beyond ordinary people, the dragon bloodline will slowly assimilate them into dragon followers.”Professor Guderian said.
"Then do you have a grudge against dragons?"
" The whole human race has a grudge against the dragon race, not us." Professor Guderian pondered for a moment." But you have to explain this in detail in your introductory class on the dragon family lineage. Your teacher will be our best teacher in the theory of the dragon race, Professor Manstein." Now that you know about the existence of the dragon race and understand the purpose of our academy, can we start choosing our courses now?”
"Is it too late to drop out now?" Lu Mingfei shrugged.
"Then your parents will be very disappointed…and the agreement you just signed includes the term 'memory cleaning'. If you drop out of school, this memory will be erased. You've already seen the real world, do you really want to quit just like that?”
" There are dragons in the real world, but not in our world…" Lu Mingfei said.
"There are more than just dragons in the real world. The world is so vast that you can't imagine it. Compared to it, the world you know is just a grain of rice placed in the wilderness.”Masashi Toyama said.
"In short, if I choose to be a small grain of rice now, will I lose my memory?”Lu Mingfei sounded like he was about to cry. However, he was tempted. The real world was just a grain of rice. Those who lived in a grain of rice would never know the vastness of the wilderness. In the middle of that vast wilderness, the Dragon Emperor stood tall and upright. When you see the real, vast world, are you still willing to shrink back into the rice grains?
" It's not just amnesia." Professor Guderian stood behind Lu Mingfei and patted him on the shoulder." Think about it. Your parents are dragon descendants, and your uncle and aunt don't like you. You obviously have no other strengths. If you lose your memory and are sent back to China, you have to repeat a year of college. Can you imagine how miserable your life will be?”
This seemingly simple-minded old fellow accurately hit Lu Mingfei's weakness. His slight yearning for the grand world and his great fear of repeating the college entrance examination instantly crushed him. He didn't have any principles that he had to stick to. He was a person who didn't have a sense of existence.
He took a deep breath and raised his hand." Alright, I agree to choose the course.”
" My suggestion is for you to choose 'Introduction to Dragon Family Lineage',' Level 1 Magical Machinery Design 'and' Level 1 Alchemy Chemistry 'as your major courses. For foreign languages, I suggest you choose' Ancient Norse language'. For physical education, you can choose 'Tai Chi Fist' and 'Physical Fitness.' This way, you will get 13 credits. 13 classes per week is not too much. The dean said that your parents called and asked to raise the requirements for you. If you follow my schedule, you'll soon master the core knowledge of the dragon race. I'll make you the second well-deserved'S 'grade student in Kassel Academy in more than 40 years!”Professor Guderian was obviously prepared, and his eyes were shining with excitement.
"What kind of parents don't understand their children…Do they think I'm a genius? What was the Ancient Norse language? Can you tell me what that thing is?”Lu Mingfei took a deep breath." Alright, I want to ask directly. If I fail…what will happen?”
" Re-study, it's just re-study. Unless there are special circumstances, Kassel Academy will not expel students. Some students have failed their subjects for several years or even decades.”Professor Guderian said in a comforting tone," Do you remember Fingel? He has been in the fourth grade for four years, but he has never passed his thesis defense. Actually, I think that he chose the dragon nervous system as a topic that is a little too deep.”
Lu Mingfei didn't think that this was comfort. This was a blatant threat.
"Cheer up. At least as I promised, you can skip Chinese.”Professor Guderian saw Lu Mingfei's uneasiness. He clenched his fist and encouraged him," You have to believe that you are the best! You're an unprecedented'S 'class. The principal specially asked me to be your instructor.”
"Alright, I agree. I'll sign it. I'll sign everything. There's one last question left. Why do you have to study Chinese? Why are you all speaking Chinese?" Lu Mingfei said.
" That's why our school, which has never recruited students from Asia, specially reserved a spot for Chinese students this year." Professor Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama looked at each other." Because this round, Dragon King Norton's resting place is in China." Kassel Academy has made modern Chinese a compulsory course since the year before last, because each of you is shouldering the task of going deep into the hinterland of China to kill the Dragon King!”
"No wonder you were assigned jobs after graduation…If you were to teach something like this elsewhere, people would think that you're crazy.”He sighed to Ming Fei.
"Yeah, according to the documents you signed, we even helped you pay for your medical insurance!”Professor Guderian said.
"Baishou, you guys are in the dragon-slaying industry. How can you live without medical insurance? How much is the highest amount of insurance? 50 million USD?"
"It's to fly your body back to China for free…"
“What？”Lu Mingfei's eyes were wide open like copper bells, and his head was buzzing. He thought of a corpse covered in a white sheet being found off the plane with a familiar name on the label on his head-" Lu Mingfei."
2. The Burning Chess Piece
When they walked out of the office, they saw the people from the maintenance department looking for a toolbox to repair the big hole in the window that had been shot by the machine gun. They were the strongest carpenters Lu Mingfei had ever seen. Everyone had a face like a special forces soldier. Their strong muscles seemed to be able to tear through tight t-shirts, and their gazes were as cold as daggers.
"They are also responsible for the daily security of the school. They are all people who have made outstanding contributions to the Navy SEALs.”Masashi Tomiyama saw through Lu Mingfei's confusion." But they're nothing. When you meet the executive officers, you'll realize that they're all ordinary people.”
Lu Mingfei tried hard to imagine the Executive Department's officers who were even more extraordinary than the maintenance department's combat machines. He thought of the indomitable Gundam. However, he didn't care anymore. The huge mental impact turned him into a wilted chicken. Professor Guderian patted him on the shoulder and sent him out of the medieval building. Outside, there were green lawns, crimson cobblestone roads, and classical buildings. In the distance, pigeons were flying on top of buildings that looked like churches.
At least the sunlight helped Lu Mingfei regain some of his energy. He thought that he still had to ask clearly what kind of role his parents played in this case. When he was young, he didn't think that his seemingly ordinary parents would be so evil as to kill their only son. Could he have been picked up?
" My mother…" Lu Mingfei had just said this when he suddenly heard a shrill air-raid siren. The siren echoed in the campus like a roaring ghost, giving people goosebumps. Professor Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama's expressions instantly turned serious, indicating that the situation was terrible.
"Ah? Is it an air raid?" Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded." The dragons are attacking? Would the dragons use air strikes? Yes, they can fly!"
After he shouted, he realized that he had obviously accepted Kassel Academy's philosophy of " there are indeed dragons in this world." But at the same time, he found something strange. The campus was so big, but it was empty. Other than the maintenance department staff, only he, Professor Guderian, and Masashi Tomiyama were standing on the lawn. Even if the leave hadn't ended, this was too unreasonable.
"Find something to hide! Find something to hide! Damn it, they're about to start!" Professor Guderian shouted.
"Let's go back to the office and hide for a while!”Masashi Toyama's expression was solemn.
Lu Mingfei was still thinking about how the dragons would attack the last fortress of the Dragon Slayer when a group of people in black combat suits and M4s appeared on the stairs of the small building behind them. The group of maintenance department officers dutifully rushed out of the office as if to stop them, but the other party quickly raised his gun and fired. The men who looked like special forces soldiers fell the moment they rushed out of the office door and waved their arms.
Lu Mingfei's mind went blank. He thought that he could use the medical insurance to send the body back to China immediately.
Before those people pointed their guns at Lu Mingfei, Masashi Toyama dragged him and Professor Guderian into the narrow passage between the buildings. The soldiers in black combat uniforms completely ignored these three targets and flashed past the narrow road at high speed. Meanwhile, people in dark red combat uniforms rushed out of the peaceful and beautiful church. This extremely quiet campus suddenly became a battlefield. People rushed out of every building. They were divided into groups by the color of their uniforms. Everyone was armed and shot mercilessly when they saw each other. Many people were knocked down the moment they appeared.
"What does the leader of the society want to do? What was his name again? He doesn't want his credits to be deducted, right?" Professor Guderian covered his ears and roared at Masashi Toyama.
"Have they passed the exam?" Masashi Tomiyama said as he squatted down with the agility of a Warrior. Lu Mingfei could almost hear the whistling sound of the bullet passing by in front of him. He couldn't see it clearly, but he knew that it was definitely a real bullet. If he had been a second slower, Masashi Toyama would have collapsed like the maintenance department's officers. He was completely dumbfounded. Was the student union of this school taking martial arts as their duty?
"His name is Caesar Gattuso!" Masashi Toyama straightened up and said angrily," That rich kid who drove his Bugatti Veyron across the campus!”
He took out the ground cannon version of the PPK from his pocket and reloaded the magazine. His face was filled with the determination of the commando team to charge into the battlefield.
"I'll remember this time. If he chooses my class, I'll let him know his principles!”Professor Guderian shouted.
As he finished his sentence, a high-speed bullet entered his body with great kinetic energy, leaving a smoking hole in his suit that hadn't been ironed for a long time. Blood splashed out. Professor Guderian looked down at the bullet hole in his body and pulled Lu Mingfei to say," Your course list..."
Then, he collapsed to the ground. Masashi Toyama, who had tried to pounce on him and drag him away, was shot in the back. He seemed to have been pushed from behind and suddenly took a few steps forward, never to get up again.
"This can't be a joke, right?”Lu Mingfei shouted in his heart. Right in front of him, someone had really died.
He hid behind a protruding outer pillar and felt the rain of bullets. The bullet grazed the tip of his nose. The campus had become a slaughterhouse. He had not even been assigned a dormitory. He did not even know which side was the dragon race and which side was the human race. And that damn Caesar Gattuso, the head of the student council, who was he? Lu Mingfei felt that his not-so-smart brain was now filled with paste. If he were to be shot through, it wouldn't be his brain that would spurt out.
"Damn it, what am I thinking?" He couldn't help but admire himself a little. Obviously, he could still let his imagination run wild at this critical moment of life and death. It could only be attributed to his lack of respect for his own life.
"Location! Location! The enemy still has forty-three people left!"
"The enemy has twenty-seven people left! There was a sniper who could not be located! He has already killed thirteen of us! Get rid of him!"
Both sides roared into the walkie-talkie while shooting continuously. The sound was so loud that it cut across the campus. Lu Mingfei thought that they did not actually need walkie-talkies. According to Northeastern Chinese, communication was basically based on shouting. However, the strange thing was that no one rushed into the narrow path where Lu Mingfei was. There were only cold bullets coming at him. Lu Mingfei stood like a log beside Professor Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama's bodies. He didn't know if he could use the word 'surging' to describe his feelings at this moment.
It was unknown how long this slaughter lasted. The peaceful campus was filled with smoke. From the church's exit to the direction of the Sunshine Restaurant, the lawn and the path were filled with corpses. Lu Mingfei guessed that his heart was already beating at the limit of 180 beats per minute. The adrenaline was secreted like sweat…He could have died at any moment, but he was fine…those soldiers who had been strictly trained seemed to have eyes on the back of their heads. They often turned around and shot the enemies who were raising their guns in the shadows. However, no one noticed that Lu Mingfei was a living person who had been waiting for death.
Lu Mingfei squatted on the ground and looked outside with his chin in his hand. He gradually saw something. The two groups of people in black combat uniforms and dark red combat uniforms were clearly opposing each other. They were both trying to charge at the other party's fortress. The Black Team's fortress was the small building they were in just now, while the Crimson Team's fortress was the church across the lawn. In addition, they had people lying in ambush in different buildings, but the parking lot in the middle of both sides 'positions was a meat grinder. When the stormtroopers from both sides tried to break through the other party's barrage, they had to force their way through the small parking lot. There wasn't enough cover there, and at least forty people had died there.
"If it was the Zerg, it would make sense for them to charge like this, but you can't continue to send troops…as a human, shouldn't you set up a tank to cover the battlefield first? It's good to create some smoke…or you can consider sending a shadow to drop a nuclear bomb.”Lu Mingfei let his imagination run wild in the rain of bullets.
When this thought came to an end, Lu Mingfei saw with his own eyes a Crimson Team combatant who was trying to rush through the parking lot with a black suitcase being knocked to the ground by a sniper rifle bullet from above. The overturned suitcase had a clear yellow nuclear symbol on it…
Lu Mingfei's face twitched as he smiled." That doesn't sound too bad…Being blown up by a nuclear bomb at such a close distance probably won't hurt at all…"
Thinking of this, he really wanted to lie down and sleep.
The smoke dispersed slightly, and a deep and powerful voice came from all directions. It was broadcasted through a certain loudspeaker system." Caesar, how many of you are still alive? Do you still want to continue?"
" Chu Zihang, well done." The other party's voice seemed to come from the same loudspeaker system, with a cold smile." I'm left with only me and a girl. Do you want to use a girl to charge?"”
"Chu Zihang?" Lu Mingfei was stunned. He wanted to poke his head out of the narrow path to take a look. He found the name familiar.
"I only have one girl left, but unfortunately, she's the sniper who gave you a headache. As long as she locked onto the parking lot, you wouldn't be able to get in. Unfortunately, she wasn't the material to infiltrate.”
"It can't be a dead end, right? Wouldn't that be a pity?"
"Caesar, are you chatting with me? When I said that, why did I hear the sound of bullets being loaded?”
"No, I'm unloading the bullets in my magazine. I only have a Desert Eagle and seven 0.5-inch AK bullets.”Caesar probably deliberately placed the magazine close to the microphone. The sound of bullets leaving the magazine was crisp and pleasant, and it carried the killing intent of a sharp blade leaving its sheath.
After a moment of silence, it was as if thousands of iron soldiers had landed on the table." These are all the 32 9mm bullets in my Uzi. I threw them all on the table. Are your magazines empty?"”
"Empty. I only have a hunting knife left. What about you?”
"Of course it's that 'Murasame' sword. This is my commanding sword.”
"See you in the parking lot."
"Very good."
The hissing sound of the electric current in the loudspeaker suddenly stopped. Obviously, both sides had cut off communication. The campus with hundreds of corpses suddenly became as quiet as a dead city. The smoke of weapons filled the battlefield like a layer of morning fog. Lu Mingfei hid in the narrow path and looked up. The sun shone through the smoke and shone on him, giving him a hazy aura. Lu Mingfei felt that something terrible was about to happen, so he pretended to be dead next to Masashi Tomiyama and Professor Guderian's bodies…
He was only half a foot away from Professor Guderian's face. He looked at the old man's lifelike face and thought that he was really good to him. Although he didn't know him well, he was full of expectations. He was killed for no reason. He felt a little sad.
He squinted his eyes into a line and looked outside. This was also one of his unique skills. His uncle and aunt had always thought that Lu Mingfei was especially lazy and would sleep until four or five o'clock in the afternoon. In fact, he just liked to lie in bed and read. When his uncle and aunt or Lu Mingze's footsteps came from outside the house, he immediately hugged his book to his chest and pretended to be asleep. He practiced his skills repeatedly and could narrow his eyes into extremely thin slits, through which he could observe the movements with his dead fish-like eyes, as if he was sleeping soundly.
The doors of the church and the small building opened at the same time, and the heavy combat boots took the first step almost at the same time.
The man in dark red held a military hunting knife that was about half a meter long. The black blade was branded with golden patterns, while the man in black held a Japanese sword. The blade reflected the sunlight and was dazzling.
"What the hell? Physical combat?" Lu Mingfei thought," They're already charging with miniature nuclear bombs, yet they're still engaging in melee combat?”He felt that these people were completely out of their minds, but since these people's actions had always been illogical, he gradually got used to it.
The man in the dark red occupation uniform stood at the side of the parking lot. He took off the mask on his head. His long, golden hair was scattered down, and his face was as clear as a Greek sculpture. He was so handsome that it was impossible to look at him. His eyes were a rare ice-blue, and there was no warmth in his gaze. He tossed the hunting knife in the air, expressionless. The person in black robes opposite him also took off his mask, revealing his black hair. Lu Mingfei could only see his back. He saw that his hard hair was not obedient at all. It pointed in different directions, as sharp as a sword.
"To be able to walk in front of me, you are stronger than I thought.”The blond man said as he looked at the edge of the hunting knife.
"I don't feel honored to be praised by Caesar.”The black-haired young man replied coldly.
"But it ends here." Lu Mingfei said in his heart.
He was trying to guess Caesar's lines. The conversation between the two was as silly as the hero meeting the devil in a game.
"But it ends here! Chu Zihang!" Caesar actually said that.
However, Lu Mingfei was not in the mood to laugh. The moment Caesar said this, he had already shot out like a sharp arrow, like an eagle swooping down from the sky! He roared like a thunderclap. The hunting knife and the arm could no longer be identified. That was because his faster speed made his knife almost invisible!
This was a swing that was meant to kill a person. It was sharp, tough, and murderous, carrying the majesty of an emperor. With a slash like this, even a piece of metal in front of him would be cut open.
However, Chu Zihang was not made of iron. The long knife in his hand was made of iron. He stood still and did not move. The long knife slowly swept across an arc and froze in mid-air. The moment Caesar's almost sure-kill attack came, Chu Zihang's knife suddenly disappeared. With just a shake of his wrist, Chu Zihang's long knife made a big flash and hit Caesar's knife tip with a small force. This was a skill that surpassed speed and strength. The knife was a lever, and the force on the tip of the knife would transmit the greatest force to the wrist of the person holding the knife. The time Chu Zihang chose was the moment before Caesar really exerted force. The moment before Caesar's power erupted, he struck the weakest point of Caesar's power. With Lu Mingfei's eyes, he could not see these details clearly. He only felt that Caesar had rushed in front of Chu Zihang. Chu Zihang did not move and only dodged with half his body. Caesar seemed to have hit a stone wall. He staggered slightly, leaned back, and then took a few steps back.
Caesar's emperor-like aura was completely blocked by Chu Zihang. Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that his breathing was smooth.
The air was filled with the sound of metal buzzing. It was Chu Zihang's long knife vibrating rapidly. He looked at his sword and nodded." Compared to Dictrudo, Murasame is still inferior.”
Before he could finish his words, Caesar once again brandished the hunting knife called " Dictator ". Although Lu Mingfei's history was not very good, he knew that it meant " dictator " in ancient Rome. This hunting knife in Caesar's hands did indeed have a strong aura like a dictator, while the " Murasame " in Chu Zihang's hands was like a ghost that blended into the air, always flashing and making fatal slashes.
Lu Mingfei had heard of " Village Rain "'s sword. He played all kinds of pirated games and was proficient in game weaponry. " Murasame " was an evolved version of " Muramasa ". The famous Japanese sword " Muramasa " would automatically turn into the demon sword " Murasame " after killing a thousand people. After killing, the sword would naturally drip with rainwater to wash away the blood. However, Lu Mingfei had also done some research and knew that this sword did not exist in Japanese history. It was just a fictional story written by a playwrights during the Edo period, Quting Maqin, in the Legend of Hachi Inu in Minamisori. And there was actually someone who pulled out such a knife here. This made Lu Mingfei finally understand how correct the Adidas maxim " I can't possibly be nothing " was. Now, even if Caesar pulled out Frostmourne from his back, Lu Mingfei wouldn't find it strange.
The life-and-death battle between the two sides evolved into a dance performance. Caesar pushed forward with strength and speed, but he always had to retreat under Chu Zihang's flash attacks. The speed of both sides was so fast that Lu Mingfei could not see clearly. One was a blurry black figure, and the other was a blurry dark red figure. The strong sunlight reflected by the village rain mixed together and could not be separated.
The vibration of Chu Zihang's knife in the air became more and more intense. Mixed with Caesar's angry roar, the murderous aura was thick and viscous.
Faint footsteps came from behind the narrow path. Lu Mingfei was stunned and his ears perked up slightly. His auricle muscles had not completely degenerated, and his ears could still move. He seemed to be able to hear sounds very clearly.
It was indeed the sound of footsteps slowly approaching. Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that the other party might have a gun. He wished he could immediately cover his disobedient ears so as not to expose that he was the last living person here.
However, the other party had already switched from Stealth to Running and was heading straight for Lu Mingfei. His speed was extremely fast, unbelievably fast. Lu Mingfei's heart sank. He had finally been discovered. It was all because of that pair of damned rabbit ears that he supposedly inherited from his father.
He did not even have the time to jump up and raise his hands to say, I surrender! I'm an innocent passerby! The approaching person stepped on his back and leaped lightly over his " dead body " and flashed out of the narrow path.
The other party leaped up very lightly, but Lu Mingfei was directly stepped on, and it happened to step on his lungs. He squeezed out a breath and couldn't help but let out an " ouch."
The man in the dark red divination suit was shocked. He pulled out the Colt pistol at his waist, turned around, and squatted down at the same time. He sat cross-legged and pointed behind him.
Lu Mingfei raised his head and met the man's eyes. He saw her eyes. It was a pair of charming eyes, but they were as sharp as knives. It was so familiar that it surprised him. There was also her dark red hair that was combed into a ponytail, and the shiny four-leaf clover earrings on her ears that swayed.
"Come, little white rabbit, give me a hug!”The voice jumped in his mind. It was the same pair of eyes that were looking at him when it said this. It was so beautiful that it made people tremble in fear.
"Nuonuo, it's me, it's me!”Lu Mingfei was elated. Other than the two lunatics who were still fighting, the last living person here was Chen Motong, whom he knew.
Then, he realized that Nono was from the Crimson Team. Other than Caesar, Nono was the girl from the Crimson Team. At this moment, Nono was only one step away from the Black Team's stronghold. Nono was also in that battle, so whether she would show mercy to him was completely unknown. There were no normal people here. Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that he didn't know what kind of girl Chen Motong or Nuo Nuo was. On the way from China to America and here, she was the one who made him feel at ease.
Why did he trust Nono? It was probably because she had helped him out before that he felt that he was not alone in this world. But why did Nono do that?
"You?" Nono was also a little surprised to see Lu Mingfei's face.
"Senior Sister, don't shoot. I don't know anything. I don't know why I'm here!”When Lu Mingfei realized that he and Nuo Nuo were still enemies, he hurriedly raised his hands." I surrender! I'm just a passerby!"
"Get down!" Nono was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, she shouted at Lu Mingfei and fired at the same time.
Lu Mingfei didn't even think twice before he fell flat on the ground. The bullet whistled past Lu Mingfei's head. It was just a hair's breadth away from blowing his head off. The target of the bullet was the person behind Lu Mingfei. The girl in the black combat uniform was lying flat on the ground with her sniper rifle. Her figure was blocked by Lu Mingfei, who had straightened his body. Lu Mingfei did not see how she appeared behind him, but Nono knew that she had jumped out of the side window with a gun and landed in the narrow path.
Nono's bullet left the barrel a moment later. A flash of light shot out from the sniper rifle's barrel. A 0.5-inch bullet brushed past Nono's pistol bullet and hit Nono's chest.
Lu Mingfei stared blankly at the large amount of blood that spread across Nono's chest, dyeing his dark red combat uniform black. Nono was almost knocked to the ground by the bullet, but she used the last of her strength to sit still. She looked down at the wound on her chest and shook her head at Lu Mingfei. She was a moment too late and the bullet bounced off the wall.
Lu Mingfei turned around and saw the black muzzle of the gun emitting smoke. There was no way to treat a person who was hit by a sniper rifle with such a large caliber at this distance. The bullet would completely shatter the person's internal organs into blood.
He turned back to look at Nono, unable to believe his eyes, but the dripping blood reminded him that everything was real.
Was it all true?
It was all true.
His head suddenly throbbed with pain, as if something was trying to come out from deep inside. His vision turned black, and there seemed to be purple snakes swimming silently on the black screen. Behind those snakes, brilliant golden eyes opened, and a voice that sounded like a bell rang in his ear." Are you willing to trade?”
Exchange? Exchange for what?
However, there was a vague desire that made him want to agree. It was as if it would be different if he agreed. The moment he agreed, something would change.
What did he want to change? What else could he change? Nuo Nuo was dead, right in front of him. He really wanted to save her, but he didn't have the ability.
"We won! Caesar! You have failed!" A girl with short black hair shouted at the two people in the parking lot who were still slashing at them.
Indeed, they had won. At this moment, neither Caesar nor Chu Zihang could leave the battlefield. Only this girl with dark hair and transparent white skin was left. She could easily walk to Caesar's stronghold and win the game that killed many people. Caesar could only watch helplessly. Originally, Caesar's tactic was to use himself to delay Chu Zihang so that Nuo Nuo would be caught off guard. However, Lu Mingfei appeared in a terrible position and ruined everything.
It was as if before the black and white sides reached the official position, an indescribable red chess piece suddenly appeared on the "calamity" of both sides.
The girl's cheers did not last long. The deafening gunshot from behind her drowned out her cheers. The bullets behind her carried a huge momentum and pushed her forward. She didn't believe it either. She struggled to turn around and saw Lu Mingfei holding the PKK left behind by Masashi Toyama, the pistol that had been modified to look like an aerial cannon.
The red chess piece suddenly burst into flames!
Caesar and Chu Zihang were obviously shocked by the loud gunshot and retreated at the same time. The situation on the battlefield changed continuously because of this strange red chess piece, and the two of them could not understand it. However, what they couldn't understand was what happened next. To be more precise, they were shocked. Lu Mingfei threw away the PKK and turned around to pick up the 0.5 caliber sniper rifle left behind by the female sniper.
"How did you sneak in?" Caesar raised his hand and was about to roar," Those who have nothing to do with it are eliminated!”
A large caliber bullet hit his chest. He staggered back two steps and fell to the ground.
Chu Zihang slowly turned around and stared at Lu Mingfei's pitch-black gun. Chu Zihang's golden pupils reflected the glint of the blade. He threw her away and slowly raised his hand." Who are you?”
The light from the golden pupils suddenly woke Lu Mingfei up. He realized what he had just done and was so shocked that he wanted to throw the sniper rifle in his hand away. He also recognized Chu Zihang. He was indeed the legendary Chu Zihang of his high school. When Lu Mingfei was in his first year of high school, Chu Zihang was the head of the student council. He would always patrol the classes during morning exercises. Lu Mingfei had seen this legendary figure up close a few times.
At that time, he disliked Chu Zihang the most. Every time it rained, they had to insist on doing morning exercises, but Chu Zihang could walk slowly through the corridor of the teaching building in a spotless white robe. He looked down at them from above and graded the square formations.
However, the Chu Zihang of today was completely different from the Chu Zihang in Lu Mingfei's memory. He was no longer a rich boy who studied well and lived a good life, wearing a Burberry scarf. Chu Zihang was like a lone wolf now. His golden eyes hid many things, just like what Lu Mingfei always saw in his dreams. He did not wash dishes in the United States as Lu Mingfei had guessed. Instead, he joined Kassel Academy. This was not Chu Zihang's original goal of going abroad. Lu Mingfei did not know what had happened.
Everything was wrong. Everything was in chaos.
Lu Mingfei couldn't remember clearly. At that moment, he felt a raging rage burning from the bottom of his heart. The moment the blood splashed Nono's face, he felt a pain as if his spine was burning red. Everything before his eyes went dark. He still had a sniper rifle in his hand and had the advantage, but his senior brother was holding the deadly " Village Rain " in his hand. If he threw the gun away, Chu Zihang might have killed him, but why did he shoot at Chu Zihang? He had just killed two people. He didn't want to kill Caesar and that girl. It was all a damn instinctive reaction.
Lu Mingfei wondered if Chu Zihang would let him go if he threw down his gun and told him that it was an accident. There should be police in America, right? The gunfight was so loud that the police should be here soon. He suddenly looked forward to hearing the police sirens.
"Kill him." The emotionless voice echoed in his mind like a king giving an order to a warrior.
" I…" Lu Mingfei wanted to say something, but his voice was stuck in his throat.
Lu Mingfei's bones operated with mechanical precision. He lifted the black barrel of the sniper rifle and pulled the spring. He listened to the crisp sound of a bullet sliding into the magazine. His fingers tightened the trigger. He felt that the mechanical part of the gun seemed to have become one with his bones. He became the gun frame of the gun. The bones were locked in the right position, and the muzzle was pointed at Chu Zihang. He stopped thinking about anything else and only wanted to obey that order.
"The game is over, I can admit my loss!”Chu Zihang felt the murderous intent coming from the wind. He realized that this was not the time to hold on, so he threw away the Murasame in his hand.
However, it was too late. The bullet whistled out of the barrel and pierced through Chu Zihang's chest. When the huge blood splattered, Lu Mingfei's face revealed a relieved expression.
3. Unique "S" class
A sonorous and powerful march suddenly came from all directions. The school broadcast system that had been silent for a long time seemed to have just woken up from a nap. Lu Mingfei also woke up. He looked at the corpses around him and raised the sniper rifle in his hand as if he was surrendering to someone.
The door of the building on the west side of the campus with the " Execution Department " sign suddenly opened. Doctors and nurses dressed neatly swarmed out. They did not carry stretchers, but suitcases with the World Tree emblem. They spread out to take care of each corpse. Before Lu Mingfei could react, a bald old man in a black suit and red-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses sighed loudly as he walked toward Lu Mingfei among the doctors. Every time he passed by the walls filled with bullet marks, his sigh became louder and louder. It felt like he wasn't lamenting about how many people had died in this battle, but was pained for the losses.
He walked up to Lu Mingfei, grabbed the sniper rifle, and threw it aside." Looking at your outfit, are you a freshman? Or are you here to tour the campus?"
" I-I-I-I…" Lu Mingfei was still speechless.
"I am Professor Manfreton from the Literature Department. If you were a new student, you would have attended my class. I'm in charge of this place now. You go and rest at the side.”Professor Manstein was very disdainful of Lu Mingfei's stuttering. He pouted at the side and said," Students nowadays don't put their studies first when they enter school, but they participate in such boring games! Was it fun? Is it fun?" As he spoke, he became angry and pointed at the granite craters outside the buildings." This is all money, all money!”
Lu Mingfei was right. Professor Manstein really cared about money.
As soon as he sat down, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind." Don't mind him. That's Professor Manstein from the Literature Department. He's a very knowledgeable scholar. I'll ask him to take care of your homework later."”
Lu Mingfei didn't expect to be treated so gently here. He hurriedly nodded." Yes, yes…but what exactly is this…"
He was stunned. The person standing behind him and patting him on the shoulder was none other than Professor Guderian, who had clearly been shot. The old man's chest was still covered in blood, but he was clearly in high spirits.
"Ah! A ghost!" That was Lu Mingfei's first reaction.
"A living person! I'm a living person!" Professor Guderian hurriedly waved his hand." Feel my body. It's hot!”
"Did you successfully resurrect your soul?" Lu Mingfei shivered.
"I'm not dead at all. Don't be scared by these troublemakers. They're actually just playing a live game of CS. Today is the academy's 'Freedom Day'. It's a day where students can do whatever they want without being punished by the academy's rules.”Professor Guderian sat down beside Lu Mingfei.
"But I saw…I saw you covered in blood!”Lu Mingfei said loudly.
"Oh, this is a very small alchemical equipment called the Friga Bullet. They use it as a toy.”Professor Guderian took out a bullet from his pocket and handed it to Lu Mingfei. The bullet's head was a strange dark red, as if it was made of some kind of plasticine. Lu Mingfei pinched the bullet. It was as hard as metal.
"Friga is the wife of the main god of Norse mythology, Odin. In order to protect her son, Light God Bard, she made all living things in the world swear not to harm the Light God. That was how they named the bullet. It was a bullet with the activity of alchemical creatures. When it hit the target, it would quickly shatter and then vaporize. It would not hurt anyone and would only leave a blood-like mark. It was just that there was a small amount of anesthetic mixed in it, so it would make people faint immediately. After the students developed this thing, it became a must-do activity for their annual 'One Day of Freedom.' If you don't believe me, watch me demonstrate." Professor Guderian said as he stabbed the bullet into the back of his hand. The hard bullet suddenly exploded under the impact and turned into a cloud of blood-red dust, like a bloody mist.
"This…this advanced?" Lu Mingfei exclaimed.
Gordian's face twitched, and he fell at Lu Mingfei's feet.
" Did I fail to resurrect my soul…?" Lu Mingfei's face twitched.
"Brainless Guderian, the anesthetic in Friga's bullet is acting up.”Professor Manstein looked at her with disdain." Nurse! Give him another shot!"
The battlefield that had been filled with gunfire was now a lively scene before the sports meet. Doctors and nurses lined up to inject the people who had been shot. The dead people on the ground got up one by one. After taking off the masks on their heads, they were all young people around 18 or 19 years old. The first thing these people did when they woke up was to look around the battlefield, wanting to know the outcome of the battle. However, they were all at a loss. The leaders of the two teams, Caesar and Chu Zihang, were lying in the parking lot. They were lying on each other's arms and thighs. There was a huge blood spot on each of their chests. Beside them, Murasame and Dictator had fallen. It was obvious that someone had fired a black gun while these two old enemies were fighting and killed the two heroes in one fell swoop.
"Who did it?" Someone shouted at the top of his voice.
Lu Mingfei shrunk his head and sat on the steps with a straight face. His face was filled with an expression that said," I'm just an innocent passerby."
Professor Guderian woke up again and went to the parking lot to pick up the suitcase with the nuclear symbol. He held it tightly in his chest and frowned." Don't the students know that there is a limit to playing around?”
"Damn it! He had to report it to the principal! Get the guys from the Equipment Department to hide these things well! We have to manage the students and alchemy equipment well! Those are dangerous goods!" Professor Manstein said loudly, his face turning blue when he saw the suitcase.
" It's not that exaggerated. It's nothing. Aren't all the things that can destroy the world sealed in the 'ice cellar'?”Professor Guderian comforted him.
Lu Mingfei's face turned pale. He thought to himself,'You're holding a nuclear suitcase and saying it's nothing. There's something even more powerful hidden in some' icehouse?'
Professor Guderian noticed Lu Mingfei's expression and immediately put on a gentle smile." Destroying the world is just…an exaggeration…"
"No need to explain! This year has gone too far!" Professor Manstein shouted at the students who had woken up." You have violated the special school rules of 'One Day of Freedom'. I will report this to the principal and terminate this activity! You'll see! I'll also record this ridiculous thing of yours in my file!”
"The three special rules are that you are not allowed to use the alchemical equipment in the ice cellar, not to cause any casualties, and not to bring strangers outside the school to visit, right?”A cold voice sounded from the side.
"Very good! He remembered it very clearly! Count and see how many people are injured!" Professor Manstein pointed around like a director of discipline and finally pointed at the granite that had been shattered by bullets.
Lu Mingfei thought that he was actually still worried about money.
"He's the Institute's financial supervisor and head of the Discipline Committee.”Professor Guderian explained to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei glanced at the nuclear suitcase in his arms and moved his butt away from him.
"The injury has nothing to do with the game. They accidentally fell down, right?”Another low voice sounded.
"Ridiculous! It doesn't make sense at all!" Professor Manstein was so angry that his bald head was shining.
Lu Mingfei looked around and realized that the two students who were talking were Caesar and Chu Zihang. They had already woken up. This pair of arch-enemies were as calm as the two captains who had just returned from playing football. One of them was leaning on the side of the narrow road with his hands crossed in front of his chest in almost the same movement. His gaze was lazy and fearless.
"Who accidentally fell down?”Caesar shrugged.
After a moment of silence, all the " dead " who had woken up raised their hands. Professor Manstein looked around. The raised hands surrounded him like a forest of guns, teasing and threatening. The students made faces at each other. No matter which team they were from, they all stood on the same side in front of the head of the Discipline Committee.
"Good! Caesar, you did well! Wait for me to report to the principal. You'll learn more from me during your graduation oral defense!”Professor Manstein was so angry that his hands were trembling. He took out his phone and dialed a number.
"Headmaster, I'm sorry to disturb you, but today's 'Day of Freedom' was too chaotic. The members of the Lionheart and the Student Union used Friga bullets and played war games in the academy, injuring many people…and destroying many buildings. The situation is very bad!”Professor Manstein spoke righteously.
He was stunned." No! He couldn't tolerate it! They obviously don't care about the Discipline Committee at all. Xenon is still inciting the students to oppose me!”
He fell silent again, and his expression turned ugly." You're really inciting. You have to protect my status and dignity as the head of the Discipline Committee!”
His face finally sank to the lowest point, and his soaring arrogance also fell." Then you should at least consider the problem of losses... The Finance Committee is working hard to save money for the academy... such a large loss..."
Lu Mingfei pricked up his sensitive ears and heard the faint voice of an old man on the other end." How much is it?”
" The preliminary calculation of the maintenance cost is about 240,000 dollars... This does not include the re-paving of the lawn. They trampled your favorite grassland like a farmland waiting to be plowed." Professor Manstein suddenly looked around and lowered his voice like a cunning businessman." Aren't you going to let the head of the student union bear the maintenance cost?" That way we can save some money, he doesn't care anyway.”
"Forget it, forget it. Let's just pay the money from the board of directors 'fund. After all, the students won the' One Day of Freedom 'from us through their hard work every year.”The principal's hearty laughter came from the microphone.
"The board of directors is really rich." Professor Manstein sighed." Principal, are you still on vacation in Greece?”
"Yeah, I played a few rounds of cards with a few old friends last night and only woke up now. In a while, I went out to swim in the blue sea of zither. I'm going to hang up now. By the way, can you turn on the speaker button?”
Professor Manstein turned on the hands-free mode.
Lu Mingfei was momentarily stunned." I did."”
"I look forward to meeting you in class. Do a better job than your previous S-grade student!”The principal laughed heartily.
The call ended. Lu Mingfei scratched his head. He didn't understand what he meant by doing a better job. Air-Swallowing Cannon suicide?
As his imagination ran wild, he suddenly felt that the temperature had dropped. He looked around, and everyone's eyes were focused on him. It was like a group of Eskimo who had seen a…giant panda on the ice sheet.
The sunlight shone in through the bay window. The person sitting in the shadows hung up the phone and leaned back in his chair as he exhaled silently. Looking out of the small bay window, it was an endless desert. The strong wind left snake-like patterns on the sand.
"Transfer the maintenance fees from the school board foundation to the maintenance department.”the person in the shadows said in a low voice. The low voice and the hearty laughter he had when he held the microphone did not seem to come from the same person.
"Understood. Norma will be done in five minutes.”The expressionless middle-aged man behind the door said," But this year's 'One Day of Freedom' is the year with the highest maintenance fees. Shouldn't we try to persuade them? The genius students were used to a carefree lifestyle, and they were supposed to be soldiers who strictly followed the rules.”
"You think I'm letting them be, right?”the principal said.
"The students of these two batches have indeed enjoyed ten times more freedom than before. When I enrolled, Kassel Academy was a mysterious military fortress.”
"I did it on purpose. You remember our defeat ten years ago, which forced me to reconsider my teaching policy. Perhaps we don't need a well-trained army to fight against the dragon race. We just need a certain genius.”The principal switched to English." Somebody."
“Somebody？”the middle-aged man asked.
“TheOne! A one-of-a-kind genius, a leader, a dragon slayer that even the dragon kings feared. One was enough! Just like my friend Menech!" The principal's voice was as cold as steel.
"Are we going to let the students produce geniuses? Caesar and Chu Zihang were indeed unprecedented geniuses, but was Lu Mingfei really worthy of an'S 'class?”The middle-aged man shook his head." I deliberately delayed the time when CC1000 went to pick him up to extend the observation period, but I didn't find anything unusual about him.”
" Actually, the reason why I gave him an'S 'grade is…" The principal's voice suddenly became lighter, and it sounded like a prank." I had no idea what his specialty was, so I didn't know how to classify him, so I gave him an'S' grade!”
"What?" The middle-aged man seemed to have been struck by lightning.
"Isn't this good? Our geniuses Caesar and Chu Zihang will immediately notice Lu Mingfei and be on guard. They should know that they weren't the princes of Kassel Academy. There would always be someone more capable than them to replace them. I gave them a small warning not to use their 'A' class privileges.”
"If a piece of trash is sandwiched between two huge forces, he will be crushed!”
" Although he looks a little useless…" The principal scratched his white hair." But it's too early to say that he's useless…"
In the dead of night, Lu Mingfei sat on the bunk bed in the dormitory, staring blankly at the huge moon outside the window. He was arranged to stay in Student Dormitory Area 1, Room 303. This was a double room, and his roommate was Fingal. When Lu Mingfei walked into the dormitory with his head drooped, the cynic Fingel was sleeping soundly on the upper bunk. It seemed that the loud gunshots outside had no effect on him. Lu Mingfei was ecstatic when he saw Fingel because he was followed by dozens of students with cold eyes. They followed him into the dormitory and finally leaned against the wall at the end of the corridor, watching him walk into District 1, Room 303.
Lu Mingfei couldn't tell what those gazes were. Shock? Confusion? Questioning? However, it was clearly not friendly. It was clearly hostile.
On the first day of school, after he killed Caesar, the leader of the student council, he also killed Chu Zihang, the leader of the Lionheart Society, successfully gaining the attention of both factions. What kind of damned luck was this…He grabbed his head and wished he could pull his hair off. He did not know what had gotten into him. Why was Nono so impulsive the moment she was shot? Moreover, Nono didn't thank him. Lu Mingfei still couldn't understand why Nono, who was mixed in the crowd, only glanced at him from afar and left with Caesar after Professor Manstein shouted at the students not to watch Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei had been expecting Nono to tell him about the rules of the school.
"You look so sad." Fingel poked his head down from the upper bunk.
"It's not as simple as being depressed.”Lu Mingfei sighed." You don't know what happened today.”
"I know that your heroic deeds have been sung throughout the entire campus. You were on the school news network today, and the headline was quite sensational.”Fingel took the notebook from his stomach and showed it to Lu Mingfei. The title was quite sensational, and it was actually in Chinese. It seemed that Kassel Academy was determined to use Chinese as a common language.
"To whom does the crown of One Day of Freedom belong? Who blew up Caesar and then Chu Zihang?”
Below was a large photo of Lu Mingfei, along with his student number, dormitory number, age, hometown, and all other information. The last message was kindly written: "Single!"
"It looks like a marriage notice." Lu Mingfei said.
" No, it's a wanted order..." Fingal said." It seems that you don't know what you have done.”
"I didn't do anything. I was just defending myself. Who knew that those two guys would throw away their guns and fight me head-on? Otherwise, wouldn't they have shot me from afar?”Lu Mingfei argued.
" No, no. You don't know the consequences of this. First of all, the winner of 'One Day of Freedom' will get the right to use the Norton Mansion for a year. Second, he will directly get the right to participate in the finals of this year's 'Star of the Academe'. Finally," Fingal sighed." The first girl you pursue in this academy cannot reject you and must maintain a relationship with you for at least three months.”
"Sounds like I hit the jackpot... but why are you sighing?”Lu Mingfei wasn't happy at all." I have a bad feeling.”
" So now you're the public enemy of all the boys in the House..." Fengel said." Mouse over your picture.”
Lu Mingfei did as he was told. Suddenly, a red arrow popped up with the words: "Look carefully, it's this son of a b * tch! Who's going to kill him?"
Lu Mingfei was petrified.
S 'grade freshman Lu Mingfei? Did you choose my Introduction to Dragon Family Pedigree?”the principal asked loudly.
After five minutes of silence, Lu Mingfei stood up." I'm going out to take a piss to calm down."”
"What a man." Fingal praised." But I have a small gift for you.”
"Give it to me after I calm down.”Lu Mingfei opened the door. It was pitch black outside. Lu Mingfei took a step out and looked around. Suddenly, he broke out in a cold sweat. He pulled back and slammed the door shut. He leaned against the door and panted.
"What's wrong?" said Fingal.
"There seems to be a wolf looking at me outside!" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened." And not just one!”
" It's just the juniors who watched the news and came to watch you. Don't be nervous," Fingal said casually." Look, you need my gift.”
"What is this?" Lu Mingfei looked at the strange thing in Fingel's hand.
"This is a military urinal…After knowing about your feat today, I already guessed that you would be like a wolf in a den. It's a good idea not to go out to pee. Who knows, someone might be wearing boxing gloves in the bathroom and preparing to challenge you, the only'S 'grade student…Although the school rules prohibit fighting, there will always be people who violate it.”
" Thank you for your kindness, Fingal. I want to say that you're a good person," Lu Mingfei said with a sad face." But I'm so scared of you that I don't want to pee…"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Lu Mingfei jumped up like a rabbit in shock." You're even bringing me in to seek revenge?”
"No, no, it's not that bad. You have to give me, a senior student, some face.”Fingal said," Please come in."
The door opened, and Professor Guderian walked in with a beaming face. The first thing he did was pat Lu Mingfei's shoulder." Hi! Child, I'm proud of you! Look at how many people have come to see you!”
"Aren't they here to risk their lives with me?”
"How could that be?" The old man said very seriously," The Discipline Committee has always prohibited fighting. We are a formal school recognized by the Ministry of Education! Don't treat us like bandits."
"Does the US Department of Education know that you are teaching dragon-slaying?”
" They know very well that we study ancient reptiles..."
"Professor, why are you here so late at night?" Fingal asked lazily.
"I'm here to remind Ming Fei that tomorrow is the day of the entrance assessment. Are you ready?”
"Entrance assessment?" Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded." What entrance assessment?”
"It's an exam to prove your extraordinary ability. It's okay. You have to believe in yourself. You're the best. You've already proved yourself once today, and you can prove yourself again!”Professor Guderian said encouragingly.
"May I ask what the exam is about? I really didn't revise."
"It's just Dragon Literature."
"Dragon text?"
" It's the language of dragons…"
"What is it? You said that foreign languages can be exempted!"
"But Dragon Language isn't a foreign language…Dragon Language is one of the mother tongues of everyone with dragon blood.”Professor Guderian patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder affectionately." This language is passed down through the bloodline. I believe that for an S-grade student like you, the purity of your dragon bloodline will be very amazing. As long as you see the dragon language, you will naturally understand it. This won't be a problem for you."
Professor Guderian took out a dictionary-sized book from his pocket and stuffed it into Lu Mingfei's hand." Read it aloud."”
Lu Mingfei tried to look at the words, but his expression suddenly changed. It was extremely strange, and his hand that was holding the book trembled slightly.
He suddenly said loudly," Don't think that I don't know anything! This is Korean!"
"It's indeed Draconic…Unfortunately, we didn't manage to decipher the way it's spelled. We only know how to pronounce it, so we used the Korean pronunciation.”Professor Guderian was puzzled by Lu Mingfei's reaction." You can understand it if you try to read it.”
"But I really haven't learned Korean Dragon Script!”
"No, it's just the ancient dragon language of Guscan.”
"Anyway, I don't understand anything…Is this a standardized test…Are they all multiple-choice questions?”
"Are you trying to get an answer? Or…throw paper balls to test?" Fingel saw through Lu Mingfei's trick.
"It's okay, it's okay. Korean is a kind of pronunciation language. Ming Fei might not understand the Korean pronunciation. If he couldn't read it, he wouldn't be able to resonate with the dragon language. One night is enough for us to teach him how to use Korean pronunciation. We have to believe in Ming Fei's potential. His dragon bloodline is unquestionable. He is our one and only'S 'grade student!”The old man stared into Lu Mingfei's eyes." Listen, I'll read it to you.”
Professor Guderian rolled his tongue in a voice he had never heard before. This was an unimaginable way of pronunciation. In Professor Guderian's turbid and hoarse voice, the ancient sentence had the majesty of a king, like the bell of a church.
Lu Mingfei stared blankly at the ceiling with a sorrowful expression.
"Praise the awakening of my king. Destruction is rebirth.”Professor Guderian explained in Chinese," Mingfei, did you hear the Primordial Dragon Emperor's voice?”
"I think you must be mistaken…I don't understand at all!”"What'S 'grade student?" Lu Mingfei said with a bitter face. What dragon bloodline? Are you sure you didn't hire the wrong person? Perhaps I'm not the only one in China who's called Lu Mingfei…You guys are colluding to play with me, right? But it's not fun at all…"
"You, you…you don't understand?" Gordian was struck by lightning.
"Not at all. I just thought you were singing…"
Professor Guderian was stunned for a while. He shook Lu Mingfei's shoulder hard." You really don't feel like…you're being summoned by the almighty master?”
" I know this will disappoint you. I can already see that you're filled with anticipation…" Lu Mingfei sighed." But I've disappointed you…"
"This is the first case!" After Professor Guderian went crazy for a while, he suddenly regained his composure as a scholar and said firmly," The first case!”
"What first case?" Lu Mingfei didn't understand.
"The first case of a descendant of the dragon blood who didn't react to the arcane incantation!”Professor Guderian stared at Lu Mingfei as if he was looking at a magical specimen." I can only explain it as…mutation!”
"Mutated?"
"Normally, the arcane incantation is passed down along with the genes of the dragon race. People with dragon blood will have a reaction to this arcane incantation. The only possibility is that some kind of mutation happened to erase the part of the arcane incantation in your genes! You are unique!" " No wonder you're an'S 'class!"”
" Wait a minute." Lu Mingfei waved his hand." Isn't there another possibility? It's just that I don't have any dragon bloodline at all. I'm just an ordinary person!”
"Impossible! The bloodline rating will not be wrong. Moreover, the way the principal greeted you shows how important you are.”Professor Guderian was excited to have figured out this problem." I believe you must be extraordinary.”But then he grimaced." But what about your assessment tomorrow? Other than me, who else here would believe that it's not because your potential is lacking, but because the secret incantation in your genes has been erased?”
Lu Mingfei wanted to say that there was no evidence to support his deduction, but he was so depressed that he couldn't be bothered to say anything.
"I believe you!" Fingal raised his hand." He looks like a talent. To be able to defeat Caesar and Chu Zihang, isn't he a talent with great potential?”
"Then what about my professorship?”Professor Guderian suddenly said.
"Professor position? What does this have to do with your position as a professor?”
" Actually, I've never been able to be a tenured professor here. Okay," the old man scratched his messy head." I'm still an assistant professor. The principal said that you're an unprecedented S-grade student with unparalleled potential. Cultivating you into an outstanding student is as easy as the New York Yanks winning next year's major league championship. To use an old Chinese saying, it's effortless.”
"What is it? Assistant professor? Aren't you a professor at Harvard University?”Lu Mingfei shook his head.
"Yeah, but if a tenured professor at Harvard wants to transfer to a tenured professor at Kassel College, he must have successfully nurtured an outstanding student.”
Lu Mingfei felt his vision go dark." Are you saying that the tutor of an S-grade student like me is an assistant professor who has never taught outstanding students?"”
" Although one of my students at Harvard is already a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physics, I've only taught one student since I transferred here. His name is Finger…" The old man was a little embarrassed.
"Me! Yes! Heavens! Here!" Lu Mingfei began to imagine himself becoming a cynic.
"I know you're feeling despair for the trash in our group, but face reality!”Fingel patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder." You're indeed in an assistant professor's group. There's a senior who hasn't graduated for eight years and is being hunted down by all the boys in the school. Let me tell you the saddest news.”
"What?" Lu Mingfei said," Is there any worse news?”
" The girl you've been talking about on the road, Chen Motong," Fingal said." Be careful if you have a crush on her. She's Caesar's girlfriend!”
Lu Mingfei felt a small part of his heart twitch slightly. He was no longer depressed, but extremely tired. He was so tired that he wanted to sleep.
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