Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

Chu Zihang's face looked a little ugly. He hit the rows of floor keys so hard that he almost broke them, but there was no response.

Chapter 282: Enemies meet on a narrow road, Lu Mingfei’s murderous intention!

"The algorithm of this elevator is very strange. The person calling the elevator upstairs may have a higher authority card than us. The elevator will act according to his instructions first." Chu Zihang explained quickly, "In other words, before we reach that floor, there is no way for us to get out of this elevator!"

"Damn it!" Caesar cursed, "Then a run-in with that guy upstairs is inevitable! A fight might even break out right there!"

The elevator suddenly stopped when it reached the 22nd floor.

The three of them swallowed at the same time, holding their breath. Caesar subconsciously tightened the handle of the Desert Eagle, while Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang placed their hands on the handles of Guanze Masamune and Murasame's swords respectively.

No one knows what's waiting for them at the elevator. It could be an elder from the strategic department who works overtime late into the night. His old eyesight is blurry and he can't see their faces clearly. They just say hello and pass by each other... But it could also be a group of elites from the executive bureau. As soon as the door opens, they will see a dozen men in black with a dozen pitch-black gun muzzles locked on their heads.

The elevator door opened a crack in the middle. Caesar and the other two lowered their heads, trying their best to hide their faces in the shadows, and stared at the elevator entrance with their peripheral vision... A pair of black patent leather high heels stepped into the elevator, revealing a beautiful leg tightly wrapped in flesh-colored stockings.

Caesar and Chu Zihang were subconsciously stunned... It's a woman?

No! It doesn't necessarily have to be a woman. Someone wearing high heels and stockings could be a transvestite, especially in Japan. Caesar and Chu Zihang both knew this well... In just a few days, they'd already encountered two. Not to mention the enchanting Fujiwara Kansuke, Lu Mingfei's cross-dressing had left a deep psychological scar on them.

But they were wrong, because the owner of the beautiful legs that stepped into the elevator door was indeed a woman, and a very beautiful woman, no doubt about it.

At just one encounter, Caesar smelled the other person's fragrance. It was not the smell of overly strong perfume or shampoo with too much fragrance, but the unique fragrance of a mature woman, which was refreshing.

Caesar fell into a brief trance, and the woman was obviously stunned as well. She obviously couldn't believe that there was someone else in the elevator so late at night. The woman took a step forward and had no time to retract it, and she bumped straight into Caesar's chest.

Just as the beautiful woman was about to crash into Caesar's majestic arms, a hand pulled her from outside the elevator behind her. The woman steadied herself, turned back and bowed slightly: "I lost my composure for a moment. Thank you for the help of Master Inuyama."

"It's just a small matter, Master Sakurai doesn't have to worry about it." The old man outside the door waved his hand casually.

The woman turned around and looked at Caesar, who was a head taller than her. Their eyes met, and the air was filled with tension and solemnity, as if sparks were flying.

Caesar heard clearly the conversation between the woman and the old man. At this time, he finally saw the woman's appearance. She was cold and dignified, with a hot and seductive body. Her slightly made-up face was very impressive. She was actually an unexpected acquaintance... the head of the Sakurai family, Sakurai Nanami!

The first time they met this woman was in a more formal occasion. Back then, she was wearing an elegant kimono and had heavier makeup on, a charming voice, and frequent smiles. She looked like the kind and charming young woman next door in a TV drama, with a face and figure that was unforgettable at first sight... So even though Sakurai Nanami now had a cold and murderous look on her face, Caesar and the others could still recognize her at a glance.

Sakurai Nanami glanced at Caesar with sharp eyes. The charm in her peach-like eyes was gone. Her gaze was as sharp as a knife and scorching as fire, like a hot laser knife cutting Caesar's skin inch by inch... Chu Zihang saw Caesar's tightness and predicament. His hand unconsciously pressed tightly on Murasame's knife handle. As long as Sakurai Nanami made the slightest move, he would draw his sword without hesitation and take the head of this beautiful young woman.

He couldn't guarantee whether Sakurai Nanami recognized Caesar. When they first met, Caesar was still an elegant nobleman, wearing a custom-made suit without a single wrinkle, his long hair shining like gold in the sun, and his skin as white as if it was carved from mutton-fat jade.

But in order to play the role of Apollo, Caesar has been applying tanning agent frequently these days and taking baths with sulfur soap to make his skin rough. The women who come to the male escort club don't like well-dressed young men. They have seen too many of them. What is popular now is men with wildness in their bones. Caesar has a high professional quality and has made great sacrifices for this. It can be said that he is a completely different person from before.

But Chu Zihang was not sure whether Sakurai Nanami recognized Caesar. He couldn't bet with the lives of three people. Outside the elevator, there were groups of men in black windbreakers, and they all had guns in their arms.

No one knows Sakurai Nanami's bloodline and combat capability. This woman has never taken action, but she can become the head of a family, and she is one of the few women among the eight families. Her combat capability is definitely not low. Chu Zihang is not sure that he can control her in an instant and take her hostage, so killing her as soon as she recognizes Caesar and shocking everyone is the most advantageous choice.

But a hand pressed down on Chu Zihang's knife handle, it was Lu Mingfei.

What he held down was not only the Murasame that Chu Zihang was about to pull out, but also the sharp murderous intent in Chu Zihang's eyes that was locked on Sakurai Nanami.

Unlike Caesar and Chu Zihang, his attention was not on Sakurai Nanami who had already stepped into the elevator, but was staring at the old man outside the elevator... Inuyama He!

Chu Zihang didn't know Inuyama He, but Lu Mingfei knew very well how powerful Inuyama He was. This old swordsman was too sensitive to killing intent. As long as Chu Zihang's Murasame was unsheathed, no matter how smooth his movements were, he would definitely not be faster than Onimaru Kunigahara who was blessed with the "Moment".

Inuyama He's gaze swept across the people in the elevator and finally stopped at Lu Mingfei. The old man, whom he had just met not long ago, obviously recognized Lu Mingfei. A flash of shock and confusion flashed across his eyes. It seemed that he could not imagine how Lu Mingfei could appear here, and he was wearing the uniform of a researcher at the Ganliu Research Institute.

Caesar had to fight hard to stop his calves from shaking. The makeup he had worn for the night's performance had been washed away by the running water from the Iron Dome Temple. His blond hair was wet. He no longer had the aura of a nobleman, nor did he look as wild and domineering as when he signed autographs for his customers. Instead, he looked like a miserable, soaked rat.

Sakurai Nanami suddenly took a step closer to Caesar with a murderous look in her eyes. Just when she was about to attack, Inuyama He suddenly walked past her and came in front of the three people in the elevator.

"You were sent by the head of the Miyamoto family, right? He just spoke to me on the phone." Inuyama He smiled very kindly.

Caesar and Chu Zihang hadn't reacted yet, but Lu Mingfei knew very well that Inuyama He was covering for him, so he quickly bowed and said, "Hai! Director Miyamoto said we need manpower here and asked us to follow the orders of the Inuyama and Sakurai families."

"Isn't there equipment on this floor that needs professional guidance for a trial run? Those that are intact will be moved away, and those that are damaged will be sent to the Ganliu Research Institute for repair." Inuyama He looked at Sakurai Nanami. "After all, the people in the Executive Bureau are not as professional as those at the Ganliu Research Institute, so I will contact the head of the Miyamoto family for you."

"To think we actually had three researchers instead of operators." Sakurai Nanami glanced at Caesar and the other two, wearing the white coats reserved for researchers at the Ganliu Research Institute, and was somewhat surprised. "Aren't the people at the Ganliu Research Institute supposed to stay in that cave down there until they die? How dare you three come upstairs?"

"We didn't want to come either. After all, there's still a lot of research waiting for us to do." Lu Mingfei reacted quickly, quickly putting himself in his shoes, looking annoyed. "But we couldn't disobey Director Miyamoto's instructions. No one in the institute wanted to come. In the end, we drew lots, and the three of us brothers were unlucky. We can only admit our bad luck... Sigh!"

That was indeed what those lunatics at the Ganliu Research Institute would say. Others were proud to be summoned and given orders by the head of the family, but those lunatics in the cave only felt that it was delaying their research and wasting their time. Coupled with Lu Mingfei's final, quite genuine sigh, Sakurai Nanami immediately dispelled her doubts about their identities.

"You've arrived just in time. The paper documents and files on this floor have been moved. Only the mechanical equipment at the back needs to be inspected," Sakurai Nanami instructed. "All those on site are under your command. The inspection and transportation work must be completed before six in the morning. Do you understand?"

"Huh!" Caesar and Chu Zihang also reacted at this time, and the three of them bowed at the same time.

Sakurai Nanami waved her hand, signaling Caesar and the other two to leave the elevator. The three of them lowered their heads and passed by Sakurai Nanami and Inuyama He. When Lu Mingfei passed by Inuyama He, he was suddenly grabbed by the old man's arm.

"Two people are enough to command the scene. Too many people will only cause chaos." Inuyama He pulled Lu Mingfei into the elevator. "Since the head of the Miyamoto family sent you here, don't be idle. I have other work for you."

Sakurai Nanami just leaned against the wall without saying anything. The elevator door slowly closed. Lu Mingfei, Caesar and Chu Zihang looked at each other through the crack in the door, and they all read the "good luck" in each other's eyes.

The elevator door was completely closed. Lu Mingfei really wanted to ask Inuyama He what he wanted, but now was obviously not a good time. Sakurai Nanami pressed the button for the first floor. A hint of fatigue could be seen in the corner of the woman's eyes. She should be preparing to leave the Genji Heavy Industries Building.

But once again, to Lu Mingfei's surprise, the elevator did not go down to the bottom floor, but climbed up again... This meant that someone on the upper floors had called the elevator up, and the authority they had was higher than that of Sakurai Nanami!

Higher authority than a family head... then only...

The elevator finally stopped at the 49th floor, the door opened, and standing at the door were a young man and an old man.

Although he had guessed it, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but be stunned when he really saw the two people. He slowly lowered his head and told himself not to meet their eyes.

"Head of the family, Mr. Masamune." Inuyama He and Sakurai Nanami bowed to the two people outside the elevator at the same time. Lu Mingfei also bowed, but was a little slow.

"Master Inuyama, Master Sakurai." Tachibana Masamune nodded to the two of them, and then his gaze stopped on Lu Mingfei in the corner.

The moment he was stared at by Tachibana Masamune, Lu Mingfei felt that his heart almost skipped a beat. He was not nervous or scared... but he was afraid that he would not be able to control the murderous intent surging in his heart.

If he didn't control himself, he would have wanted to pin the old dog against the wall, pronounce his death sentence in his ear, then use Guanshi Zhengzong to peel off his skin inch by inch, cut his flesh and bones, and then peel out his internal organs bit by bit, listen to his howls due to blood loss and pain, and finally crush his larynx.

But he can't do that

Tachibana Masamune may not have been to many battlefields and may not be so sensitive to murderous intent, but there is a Minamoto no Chisei standing next to him.

The current patriarch and director of the executive bureau is a man who has experienced countless battlefields. His senses are comparable to those of some wild beasts in the jungle. He is the recognized number one in the Japanese branch and the destiny of the Eight Snake Clans. Even in a one-on-one fight, Lu Mingfei has no confidence that he can defeat him.

What's more, there are Sakurai Nanami and Inuyama He, the number one kendo master among the eight snake families... Inuyama He's willingness to help him conceal his identity does not mean that he is willing to betray his family. On certain issues of principle, this old swordsman will definitely stick to his bottom line.

"Thank you all for your hard work." Tachibana Masamune suddenly smiled. "For some reason, the Metropolitan Police Department suddenly issued a search warrant for Genji Heavy Industries. The entire Enforcement Bureau and the heads of each family have been busy all night, and now we have to trouble our colleagues at Ganliu Research Institute."

Lu Mingfei just nodded slowly without saying anything, not only to behave more in line with the character of a researcher, but also because he was afraid that speaking would reveal his identity.

Fortunately, Tachibana Masamune understood the researchers' unsociable nature, so he didn't pay too much attention to etiquette. He and Minamoto Chisei walked into the elevator together. Their bodies blocked the elevator buttons, and Lu Mingfei didn't see which floor Tachibana Masamune pressed.

"Yamamoto Maruichiro." In the silent elevator, Gen Chisheng suddenly called out this name.

Everyone looked at him blankly, including Lu Mingfei. Everyone present was very unfamiliar with the name "Yamamoto Maruichiro".

"Your name is Yamamoto Maruichiro, right?" Yuan Zhisheng looked at Lu Mingfei and pointed vaguely, "It's written on your name tag."

"Yes." Lu Mingfei quickly lowered his head so that Yuan Zhisheng could not see his face clearly, and nodded slowly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Inuyama He hurriedly changed the subject and asked Yuan Zhisheng, "Headmaster, I heard that you drove to the mountains deep in Osaka last night and destroyed the headquarters of the Menggui Clan, the casino called 'Goddess of Joy'?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the elevator became interested and looked at Yuan Zhisheng, waiting for what would happen next.

"Yes, the Paradise Hall was burned down by a fire." Yuan Zhisheng nodded, his tone dark, "But we only captured 23 members of the Ghost Clan. There were no security guards or gamblers there. Everyone else had evacuated. They were just abandoned pawns."

Chapter 283 The real traitor, Lu Mingfei!

"No, it should be said that they all volunteered to stay and live and die with Paradise. It can be seen that those people are tired of being 'ghosts'." There was a hint of fatigue in Yuan Zhisheng's voice.

"Among the twenty-three people, there was only one high-ranking member of the Ghost Clan, a middle-aged man. He was sitting at the mahjong table on the first floor waiting for me. When he saw me, he suddenly showed a sarcastic smile, and then committed suicide by shooting himself in front of me." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"It sounds as if they knew in advance that you, the head patriarch, would attack Gokurakukan that night." Inuyama He said in disbelief.

"Yes, this whole thing was strange from beginning to end. We decided to act that very day. It should have been a lightning-fast surprise attack. Even if the enemy got wind of our attack midway, they shouldn't have retreated so quickly. But it was as if they had already made sufficient preparations, and we were left empty-handed," Yuan Zhisheng whispered. "I can only think of one reasonable explanation..."

"There's a traitor in the family." Tachibana Masamune picked up where Minamoto Chisei had left off, "Or rather... a traitor!"

There was a brief silence in the elevator. Inuyama He and Sakurai Nanami looked at each other and saw the deep shock and confusion in each other's eyes.

No one knew that the real traitor Lu Mingfei was standing right next to them, watching their every move and letting them make wild guesses. No one would suspect him anyway, so he just kept out of it.

"Although I don't want to believe it, objectively speaking, there's a high possibility that there's a traitor within the family," Yuan Zhisheng said. "The useful information we gained from this attack on Gokurakukan was very limited. We still know nothing about the King General and the Dragon King, and we can't even confirm whether these two characters actually exist. The only thing we can be sure of is that the character 'Ryoma' does exist."

"Ryoma?" Sakurai Nanami frowned slightly.

"Yes, Ryoma." Genjisheng nodded. "She is the third most important person in the Oni Clan. She was the one who ran the Paradise Pavilion. She is a very capable and beautiful woman. As for her name..."

"Sakurai Kogure." Gen Chisei looked at Sakurai Nanami and said word by word, "Ryoma of the Oni Clan, her name is Sakurai Kogure."

"Sakurai... Kogure..." Sakurai Nanami read the name dully with a complicated expression.

"She's Sakurai Kozaburo's daughter, right?" Gen Chisheng pulled a cigar from his pocket and held it between his lips. "I called him, and Sakurai Kozaburo said he was ashamed that the Sakurai family had given birth to such a daughter. He wanted to personally execute Sakurai Kogure, but he regretted that he didn't have the ability. He also told me not to show mercy to this woman for his sake. If I could kill her, there would be no need to collect her body, and there's no need to even leave it intact."

"Is that what Kozaburo said?" Sakurai Nanami murmured.

Yuan Zhisheng nodded slowly.

"Kogure defected from the family at the age of fourteen. The Sakurai family searched for her for five years, but when they got any news about her, she had already joined the Oni Clan. Another five years have passed since then, a full ten years in total. That child should be twenty-four now." Sakurai Nanami shook her head and sighed, "Actually, I'm that child's elder. When she was little, she would call me aunt. I remember that child loved vermilion kimonos and blue hairpins the most. During the New Year, she would dress up as a geisha and wait for me to praise her. Before she was judged to be a 'ghost'..."

At this point, Sakurai Nanami suddenly realized that it was inappropriate for her to show her nostalgia for her niece who had become a "ghost" in front of the head of the family, so she bowed and apologized to Minamoto Chisei: "I'm sorry, head of the family, I'm also very sorry that a younger generation of the family has become a high-ranking figure in the fierce ghost group. If you can kill the evil ghost, please don't show mercy!"

"Well, don't worry, I will show no mercy... to all 'ghosts'... no matter who they were before."

Gen Chisheng spoke in a gloomy tone, and the shadow of Miyamoto Noyuki flashed through his mind, as well as another more confusing and more distant figure.

I could even kill that person without mercy, so how could there be someone else in this world that I couldn't kill... Yuan Zhisheng thought.

Thinking of this, Gen Chisheng unconsciously took out a lighter from his pocket with his other hand and wanted to light the cigar, but was photographed by Tachibana Masamune.

"We're still in the elevator. Let's smoke it when we get out!"

His tone was not harsh, just like a father casually reminding his promising son to work less and take more care of his health. Yuan Zhisheng shook his head slightly, sighed softly, and put the lighter back into his pocket.

Hearing what Yuan Zhisheng said, Lu Mingfei in the corner breathed a sigh of relief... It seems that Sakurai Kogure is not dead. This means that the woman is not completely stubborn and stupid. In the end, she listened to his advice and ran away?

It would be better to escape. You have to live. Only by living can you reunite with the one you love... They obviously love each other, but no one tells their feelings. Who is more sad? The one who died... or the one who survived?

Just as Lu Mingfei was distracted by this question, the elevator had already stopped. He looked up and was stunned again when he saw the floor number clearly.

Twenty-second floor!

It seemed like fate was playing a big joke on him. He had just left the 22nd floor, and now he was back to the 22nd floor!

The key point is that it's Minamoto no Chisei and Tachibana Masamune who are coming to the 22nd floor this time! Caesar and Chu Zihang are probably still stuck on this floor, too late to leave, foolishly doing hard labor for them. If these two groups collide, the situation will probably get out of control!

The elevator door opened, but no one got out first. Minamoto no Chisei and Tachibana Masamune had no intention of leaving, Inuyama Kaoru and Sakurai Nanami would not overstep their bounds, and Lu Mingfei didn't dare to act rashly.

"I will start with the clue of Ryoma and make every effort to search for the whereabouts of Sakurai Kogure, and dig out information about the King General and the Dragon King from her." Minamoto no Chisei said to Tachibana Masamune.

"Don't forget, our ultimate goal is 'God,'" Tachibana Masamune said solemnly. "But don't be too nervous, Chisheng. You've already destroyed the Demonic Clan's headquarters, and the remaining wandering ghosts won't be around for long... By the way, still no news on the Caesar Group?"

Lu Mingfei became alert again, his ears perked up.

"Yes, there's absolutely no trace of the Caesar Group. They seem to have completely vanished after the commotion at the underground auction in Tokyo Bay, like three ghosts that never existed." Yuan Zhisheng shook his head. "This is incredible. Only Principal Ange came to Kassel Academy, and he couldn't offer them shelter. The three of them are new to Japan and have no influence here. It's impossible for someone to risk offending a major underworld family by hiding three wanted criminals."

Inuyama He glanced at Lu Mingfei in the corner. Lu Mingfei gave the old man an embarrassed smile, indicating that he must not betray himself.

"Logically speaking, Ange shouldn't have met them yet, right?" Tachibana Masamune pondered.

"I have asked the head of the Miyamoto family and the head of the Ryoma family to investigate the whereabouts of Principal Ange, but the two heads have not informed me of any news yet. I guess they haven't found any clues about the principal yet." Yuan Zhisheng shook his head.

"Ange's whereabouts have always been elusive. His words are 'Time Zero,' which makes it incredibly easy for him to hide. He's also very familiar with Japan. Sixty-two years ago, this was his backyard, and even today he has acquaintances in Japan," said Masamune Tachibana. "But the Caesar team doesn't know Ange has come to Japan, and Ange doesn't know the whereabouts of those three people. After all, Tokyo is more than just the size of a palm. We have spies planted along the city's major thoroughfares, and Kaguya is constantly monitoring all satellite phones and websites. Finding three people in such a large city is difficult even for us. Ange, acting alone, shouldn't have found them before us."

Gennochi nodded, agreeing with Tachibana Masamune's statement.

"Tonight's work will be very busy. This raid is likely due to our sudden and violent attack on the Demonic Clan," Tachibana Masamune said solemnly. "I think it's because our actions were so sudden and large-scale, affecting one city, one road, two prefectures, and forty-three counties. We've eradicated over fifty gangs, big and small, overnight. This has caused the Congress to be wary. They feel we are no longer controllable. This raid is probably a warning and a test."

"Let me take care of those old guys from the Metropolitan Police Department tomorrow. Invite them to tea in the VIP room and prepare a few boxes of cash." Tachibana Masamune looked at Minamoto no Chisei. "I'll be troubling you for the next while. The war with the Oni Clan has just begun, and we have to be wary of the Ange and Caesar groups hiding in the shadows. As for the mole hidden within the family, it's also a considerable threat."

"Now that the burden of the family falls on my shoulders, all I can do is give it my all." Yuan Zhisheng walked out of the elevator with an expressionless face. His long windbreaker was blown open by the wind brought by his quick steps, revealing the lining that belonged to his Amaterasu, which was painted with a brilliant and grand pattern.

Lu Mingfei glanced out of the elevator anxiously, but he couldn't see Caesar and Chu Zihang. It seemed that there was no way to inform them that Yuan Zhisheng had come to this floor... He just hoped that those two guys would not be recognized by Yuan Zhisheng.

"Master Inuyama, the success of this operation is inseparable from the support of the Inuyama family and the Sakurai family." Tachibana Masamune bowed slowly to Inuyama He and Sakurai Nanami. "The head of the family still has things to do on this floor, so let's leave first."

Inuyama He and Sakurai Nanami returned the greeting, and the elevator door slowly closed in front of them.

"Mr. Masamune...will you leave with us too?" Inuyama He's expression changed.

"Hmm? Is there anything confusing the head of the Inuyama family?" Tachibana Masamune looked at Inuyama He.

Inuyama He slowly shook his head, not even daring to turn around and exchange glances with Lu Mingfei.

Tachibana Masamune pressed a button for a certain floor, and the elevator took four people with their own thoughts away from the 22nd floor of Genji Heavy Industries.

……

"Hey, Chu Zihang, come here!" In the corner of the 22nd floor, Caesar waved at Chu Zihang from afar.

"Don't call me by my name, it will reveal my identity!" Chu Zihang quickly walked to Caesar's side and lowered his voice, "Can't you come up with a code name or something?"

"None of you mentioned code names beforehand. If I call you Beta, do you know I'm calling you?" Caesar complained. "So from now on, I'm Alpha, you're Beta, and Lu Mingfei will be Ipsilon... But how are we going to tell Ipsilon his new name?"