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

Minamoto no Chisei and Tachibana Masamune went to the 22nd floor of the building together. They were going to transfer Kaguya-hime's highest authority there immediately. The head of the Miyamoto family hurried back to the underground dock of the Ganryu Research Institute in a panic. He was busy with the dragon-shaped Deadpool's skeleton, which was still stored on the laboratory table in the institute, waiting for his research. Sakurai Nanami and Ryoma Genichirō rushed to coordinate the reconstruction of the liaison department and the screen wall layer. These two places that were most severely damaged by Deadpool needed a head of the family to be in charge so that the work could proceed smoothly.

In the end, the only ones left on the terrace of Keishinji Temple were the two most experienced and white-haired old patriarchs of the eight Snake families... Fuma family patriarch Fuma Kotaro and Inuyama family patriarch Inuyama Kaoru.

Fuma Kotaro and Inuyama He were sitting on opposite sides of the long round table. The "King of Ninja" and the "Strongest Sword Saint" of the Snake Eight Clan were separated by the width of the table.

The two old men just sat there quietly, no one took the initiative to move, but the air seemed to freeze for no reason, carrying a sense of impending storm, as if a strong wind blew past, and the next moment there would be a scene of swords and blood splattering.

But this kind of scene that only appears in samurai roku movies did not happen at this moment. With a heavy sigh from Fuma Kotaro, the long-lasting silence was suddenly broken.

"I'm old. It seems I'm really too old. The 'Ninja King' of the Fuma family who was once feared on the battlefield has become an old man who is conservative and unwilling to adapt." Fuma Kotaro sighed deeply.

There was too much helplessness in the old man's voice, and the years had eroded wrinkles on his face. When Fuma Kotaro said this, the aura that he had used to confront Inuyama Ka suddenly dropped. At this moment, the "King of Ninja" no longer had the aura of sharp blades and killing people from afar. If a stranger saw Fuma Kotaro now on the street, they would at most think that he was a serious, rigid, and even a little conservative old man.

"My heart is still as brave as before, but time has suddenly passed." Inuyama He shook his head slowly.

"It's not you, it's us. We're all old, and it's hard for old people like us to leave anything for the family." Inuyama He looked into Fuuma Kotaro's eyes, "So I don't like you, Fuuma-kun. I've never liked you. It's not just because of the grudges left over from the previous generation, but because you're too radical."

"You've always wanted to leave something behind for the family. I know you're devoted to it, but you don't realize your mind is already corrupted. Only young blood like that of Patriarch Miyamoto and the patriarch can bring new life to the family," Inuyama He said seriously. "Our conservative thinking is no longer suitable for this new era. It's even harmful to the current family. The only use for us old folks left behind is to clear as many obstacles as possible for the young people who are growing up. Our bones after death will only become the foundation of the family, and the spines and arms of the young people will become its pillars."

"After all, you are a student that Principal Ange is proud of. Inuyama-kun, you really live a pure and thorough life. I am ashamed of myself." Fuma Kotaro shook his head slowly.

"Proud of them? You have so many students, and I'm far from being the one you're proud of." Inuyama He suddenly thought of Lu Mingfei. Through that young man, he recalled himself over sixty years ago. "I'm really ashamed to say this. I should have understood what you wanted to teach me sixty-two years ago, but I was so foolish that it took me sixty-two years to understand your intentions. I almost went to my grave with this regret... I didn't expect it would take me sixty-two years to grow up."

A self-deprecating smile appeared on Inuyama He's lips. These were the true feelings hidden in his heart, but he did not say them to Ange, his subordinates, or even anyone around him. But now, facing Fuma Kotaro, who had never been at odds with him, Inuyama He actually said these words frankly. Not only did he not feel embarrassed, but he felt a sense of relief as if he had taken off some shackles.

"I still envy you, Inuyama-kun." Fuma Kotaro said sincerely, "At least you understand now. You don't have to regret it."

"Some people say that human growth actually happens in a few moments, perhaps when we gain something, or when we lose something. For some people, these moments may come extremely quickly, and they grow up overnight, while others may never grow up in their entire lives." Fuma Kotaro suddenly turned his head. The old man squinted and looked at Tokyo Bay in the distance. "So, maybe living a long life is not entirely a bad thing. At least even at my age, I can still see such vivid pictures. Young people nowadays are more interesting than we were back then."

Fuma Kotaro's gaze was fixed on the young men and women in swimsuits playing and chasing each other on the beach of Tokyo Bay in the distance. No one knew what the "vivid picture" that the old patriarch referred to... Maybe it was the wave chasers running in the distance in Fuma Kotaro's sight, or maybe it was Minamoto Chisei's passionate speech at the end of the meeting, which left all the patriarchs speechless.

"Yes, it's great to be alive... Being alive is a good thing." Inuyama Kaye followed Fuma Kotaro's gaze and murmured.

I wonder if the same picture is reflected in the pupils of the two old men.

"Who do you think is more capable of leading the family to prosperity, the current patriarch or Mr. Masamune?" Fuma Kotaro suddenly asked Inuyama He.

"The patriarch has just inherited the position. Who can predict what will happen next?" Inuyama He paused, hesitating for a moment, then spoke slowly, "But with all due respect, Mr. Masamune is also an old man, an old man like us... It's undeniable that Mr. Masamune's ideas do have some radical aspects, but his radicalism is an 'old-fashioned radicalism.'"

"'Old-fashioned radicalism'?" Fuma Kotaro frowned slightly, as if he was puzzled by the word.

"Yes, 'old-fashioned radicalism,'" Inuyama He sighed deeply. "It's a samurai-like radicalism. He's upright when necessary, resolute when necessary, and ruthless when action is needed, just like the samurai of the shogunate era... But samurai should have been eliminated long ago. When a family is in decline, it certainly needs that kind of samurai-like 'old-fashioned radicalism' to guide its rise, but this radical style cannot guarantee the family's long-term prosperity."

"Really?" Fuma Kotaro remained noncommittal. "You think more highly of Mr. Masamune than I thought. I thought you would have a strong prejudice against him."

"Why?" Inuyama He raised his snow-white eyebrows.

"I don't know, it's just a hunch. My hunch is rarely wrong." Fuma Kotaro shook his head. "Inuyama-kun, you know what? I'm the leader of the Outer Five Families. Among all the heads of the Outer Five Families, I'm the one closest to Mr. Masamune. Mr. Masamune even comes to me to talk about things that he's uncomfortable revealing to the head of the Minamoto family. We're both elders of the same generation and should have been close friends, but we weren't. Do you know why, Mr. Inuyama?"

"Because of your identity?"

According to family tradition, the leaders of the five outer families and the patriarchs of the eight Sheqi families should not get too close due to their status.

"No, it has nothing to do with identity." Fuma Kotaro slowly shook his head, "I always have a feeling that compared to a samurai, perhaps Mr. Masamune is more like a... Machiavellian."

Inuyama He was stunned. He looked at Fuuma Kotaro deeply and repeated calmly: "A Machiavellian?"

"Yes, a man of power," Fuma Kotaro said softly. "Whenever I'm alone with Mr. Masamune, I can clearly sense from his words that he possesses immense ambition. Having such a man as the leader of the Snake Eight Clan is naturally a good thing for the family, because only his radical approach can lead the precarious clan to prosperity."

"Before Mr. Masamune succeeded as the head of the Snake Eight Clan, I knew him during the Executive Bureau period. Back then, Mr. Masamune was extremely ambitious, as if the position of head was already in his pocket. I admired this man very much at the time. He would definitely become the head of the clan, and under his leadership, the clan would become stronger day by day... That was my thought at the time," said Fuma Kotaro. "Later, that man really did become the head of the Snake Eight Clan. My judgment was correct, and the clan did indeed rise rapidly under that man's leadership, but I became increasingly unable to see through him."

"What do you mean?" Inuyama He asked.

"Mr. Masamune, now the patriarch, has become more reserved. But after all, I've known that man for a long time, so I can sense that he's simply hiding his enormous ambition behind a steady exterior. In fact, his hidden ambition is even more inflated than when he was in the Executive Bureau," Fuma Kotaro said. "But by then, Mr. Masamune was already the supreme leader of the underworld, the most powerful man in the entire Japanese underworld. Where did his ever-expanding ambition come from? Was it a desire to lead the family to greater heights? Definitely not. Because if Mr. Masamune's ambition was for the family, he wouldn't have become reserved. Instead, he would have been more aggressive."

"This question has troubled me for a long time. I've pondered it but still can't find the answer. Of course, I haven't expressed it to Mr. Masamune, nor have I ever told these words to anyone else. Inuyama-kun, you're the first one." Fuma Kotaro looked at Inuyama He, "It's not that I don't want to open my heart to Mr. Masamune, but I can't open my heart to a man like him because I can't see into what's hidden deep in this man's heart."

"It's really surprising that Feng Mojun would tell me the first secret that he has kept in his heart for so many years." Inuyama He smiled, but his heart was not at peace.

Even though the Inuyama family and the Fuma family have had an irreconcilable feud for generations, and Inuyama He himself has always been at odds with Fuma Kotaro, at this moment he cannot help but admire this man from the bottom of his heart.

Inuyama He has always believed that Fuma Kotaro and Tachibana Masamune were close in order to curry favor with the powerful, but now it seems that the leader of the Five Outer Families has actually felt that something is wrong with Tachibana Masamune in his heart. Although it has not reached the point of suspicion, the vigilance that has gradually arisen based on intuition has made him worthy of his reputation as the "King of Ninja".

"Inuyama-kun, during today's meeting, it seemed like one of the headmaster and you were targeting Masamune-san and the other was targeting me, but I could vaguely sense that you were acting very covertly, yet you were working together very well." Fuma Kotaro looked Inuyama He in the eye. "You and the headmaster, I think you two might know something...that we don't."

Inuyama He couldn't help but take a deep breath. He looked at Fuma Kotaro with eyes full of surprise. He finally reacted: "So that's why you kept contradicting the head of the family in today's meeting, pretending to defend Mr. Masamune?"

Fuma Kotaro did not answer Inuyama He's question. He just stared into Inuyama He's eyes and continued his question: "I will not presume to ask Inuyama-kun what you and the head of the family know. I just want to know... Is Mr. Masamune's ambition for the family or for himself?"

Inuyama He opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment.

"Then let me ask this in a different way." Fuma Kotaro paused, "Mr. Masamune, would you betray your family in order to achieve a certain goal?"

Inuyama He looked at the old man opposite him with eyes as straight as steel knives. After a long silence, he slowly nodded.

Fuma Kotaro slowly stood up, suddenly bowed deeply to Inuyama He, and then walked towards the entrance of the terrace of Keishinji Temple without saying a word.

The biting sea breeze blew in from the distant Tokyo Bay, and the old man's back in the wind looked like a famous sword that was unsheathed again after years of silence.

……

A black Toyota taxi was parked on the street in Chiyoda Ward.

The boy got down from one side of the back seat, trotted to the other side, and slowly opened the door.

Chapter 410 A Trip to Akihabara

Akihabara is located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is an electronics street that keeps pace with the cutting-edge industries of the times. It also has another name... "the dream paradise of otakus."

Akihabara, just outside the East Gate of old Tokyo, has well over a thousand shops. After World War II, a black market for rare high-end electronics developed here. Between the 1950s and 1980s, stores here began to sell a large number of civilian electronic devices such as televisions, refrigerators, VCRs and game consoles.

The most popular stores today are electronics stores, model toy stores, anime product stores and theme cafes. A wide variety of stores coexist side by side in Akihabara, and new office buildings, retail stores and other complex buildings are also gradually rising from the ground. During the peak tourist season, the commercial profits generated by this street in one day are probably equivalent to the annual expenses of an underdeveloped town.

The ability to support such huge commercial profits is of course due to the huge flow of people in Akihabara. It is said that even in the off-season when the influenza virus breaks out, the daily passenger flow on Akihabara streets has never been less than 500,000 people. This crazy number represents that two-dimensional fans from all over the world are flocking to this "two-dimensional paradise". As long as tourists come to Japan for tourism, they are basically willing to visit this long-renowned "holy land".

The black Toyota taxi cut through the crowd like a sharp knife and stopped silently on the street of Kanda 4-chome in Chiyoda Ward.

The boy in the white shirt got out from the back seat and closed the door, then trotted to the other side of the taxi. He slowly opened the door and very gentlemanly extended his arm for the girl to hold, so that she could get out of the car safely without having to cover her skirt with her hands and worry about exposing herself.

When both of them were standing on the street, the black Toyota taxi left silently again. The flow of people on both sides of the car was briefly separated and then quickly gathered together, like a giant black fish swimming in a river formed by people.

Kanda 4-chome is the west entrance to Akihabara Street. It is the peak tourist season now, and people are walking on the crowded streets, almost shoulder to shoulder. However, strangely, the place where the black Toyota taxi had just stopped, the flow of people was separated but did not close again. The people around seemed to have seen something incredible and automatically avoided the small circular open space. From time to time, a few exclamations of admiration were heard from the crowd, as if they had seen a peacock spreading its tail in the zoo.

But this is not a zoo, this is Akihabara. Apart from a peacock with its tail spread out, the only thing that can cause quite a stir in a dense crowd is probably... a beautiful girl who is even more beautiful than a peacock with its tail spread out.

"Damn it, are these people crazy?" Lu Mingfei protected Eri as they weaved through the bustling crowd. He was wary of those lewd glances from those hiding in the crowd that were glancing at the edge of Eri's dress, while he complained in his heart, "Those eyes are so hungry, it's like they're surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves! Have they never seen a beautiful girl since they were little?"

……

"Damn it, is this guy crazy?" Jiude Mai fiercely bit the potato chips that Su Enxi handed to him. "Doesn't he know that he is wanted now? He actually dared to bring the head of the Uesugi family to a place with so many people in Akihabara! Is he afraid that he will be discovered by the people of the Sheqi Eight Clan?"

Mai Jude's eyes were fixed on the picture on the large electronic screen in front of her. The picture recorded the crowd on the entire screen, but the center part was always focused on a man and a woman... It was Lu Mingfei and Eiry.

The filming was carried out using a large drone hovering over Akihabara. Its ability to capture dynamic images and its pixel count were both top-notch in Japan. This drone and camera were of course also obtained by Su Enxi. Not only that, she also spent a lot of money to hire a professional operator to fly the drone "closely" following Lu Mingfei and Eiry.

Jude Mai said that Su Enxi's behavior was very perverted, and it was no different from those irregular hotels that secretly installed pinhole cameras to secretly film intimate videos of young couples. However, Su Enxi said in surprise, "Long legs, how did you know that I was not satisfied with using drones to film their actions outside, and I was also planning to install a pinhole camera in their bathroom in Takama-ga-hara. I will definitely be able to capture the beastly side of Lu Mingfei. If I'm lucky, I might even be able to capture the erotic scene of Caesar and Chu Zihang bathing naked."

However, Su Enxi immediately waved her hands and said that she was joking. She was not that perverted, and even if she filmed it, she did not need to make money from it, so she would not let the video leak out. She even called it using a drone to keep an eye on Lu Mingfei and Eiry to protect the date of the young couple.

"That's pretty good, isn't it?" Su Enxi said incoherently while chewing potato chips. "Look how popular the head of the Uesugi family is. She used to wear baggy clothes, so you couldn't tell she has such a great figure. Her legs are almost as long as yours!"

Su Enxi drooled as she looked at Eri, who was wearing a short skirt and stockings on the big screen. Her eyes were even hungrier than the perverts in the crowd, as if she had seen some delicious food.

"It's because the head of the Uesugi family is so conspicuous that he's easier to spot." Jude Mai frowned slightly. "Although the head of the Uesugi family's appearance is very different from the bounty notice issued by the Snake Eight Clan, he can still be identified after careful comparison. There are simply too many people in Akihabara. Even though the Snake Eight Clan look down on the electronics mall and anime business, there are definitely many underworld forces affiliated with the Snake Eight Clan on this street. If they were spotted by one of them, it would be difficult for them to use their abilities in such a crowded street, and it would be difficult for them to escape."

"Long Legs, have you seen the bounty on Lu Mingfei offered by the Sheqi Eight Clans?" Su Enxi asked. "It's 10 million, only 10 million yen. That guy Yuan Zhisheng clearly doesn't want to capture Lu Mingfei. Who would go to the trouble of searching the entire country for two people just for a mere 10 million yen?"

"Miss, this is a full 10 million yen, not just the price for a bowl of ramen... Forget it, for a rich woman like you who is willing to spend millions of yen to eat ramen at a roadside stall, just ignore what I said." Jude Mai sighed, "10 million yen is a huge sum of money for most small and medium-sized gangs in Japan, you know? And we are the only ones who know that Yuan Zhisheng doesn't really want to capture Lu Mingfei. How do those gangs know? They only know that the man and woman on the wanted poster are the people the Sheqi Eight Clan are looking for. For some medium-sized gangs, this reward represents an opportunity. Whoever can help the Sheqi Eight Clan find the person they are looking for will leave a good impression on the underworld family, which will help improve the gang's rating and prestige in the region in the future."

"Alright, alright, we're just babysitters, not the children's mothers. We can only clean up after their mistakes, but we have no right to restrict their freedom." Su Enxi waved her hand. "And long legs, aren't you curious about what will happen to this young couple on their date today? This is in Akihabara! It's a holy place in the hearts of every anime fan, and I haven't even had time to make the pilgrimage. The head of the Uesugi family really has good taste, choosing such a place as a date venue. It seems that the head of the Uesugi family is also an old anime fan at heart!"

"You're a fujoshi, a nerd, and a gossipmonger. Potato Chips, you're hopeless, you know that." Jiude Mai sighed and shook her head, but stared intently at the live broadcast on the big screen. "But it's a relief that a fujoshi like you could come up with such a constructive idea as using a drone to broadcast the video."

"Oh, the idea of ​​using a drone to broadcast the video wasn't my idea. It was those guys outside the door. I was just responsible for paying them." Su Enxi pointed in the direction of the door. "At the time, I asked, who can follow them with a camera and broadcast their movements in real time? I will fulfill his three wishes that can be fulfilled with money."

"Are you Aladdin's Lamp?" Jude Mai complained, "Aladdin's Lamp - Money Power Version?"

"Don't we have a director named Shuu Wu Zhenguai on our team? He told me that when they need to choose different angles for filming exterior scenes, they use a state-of-the-art drone for aerial shots. This is because the director needs to have real-time control over the camera's footage and angles, so using this drone is not only highly controllable but can also broadcast the footage in real time with a time difference of less than 0.5 seconds, and the pixel and focusing capabilities are off the charts." Su Enxi said, "But since this type of drone is very expensive for filming and hasn't been put into mass production yet, it's hard to get one. But he happens to have some acquaintances in the film industry who are directors who recently used this machine to test shoot a movie, so he can ask if he can rent it for me."

"So you asked Shuugo Makoto to help you rent it?" asked Shude Mai.

"Rent? Do you really need to rent something like this? It doesn't cost that much." Su Enxi rolled her eyes. "Of course I asked Shuu Wuzhen to buy it for me. I'll take as many good things as I can."

"Those are the tools people use when making movies. They're like the director's lifeblood, aren't they?" Jude Mai frowned slightly. "This isn't something that can be solved with money. If you want to buy them, will they be willing to sell them to you?"

"They were indeed reluctant at first, but then Shuugo told them I was rich and could help with additional investment in their films, and those directors were a little shaken." Su Enxi curled her lips. "But I thought the investment and dividend model was also very troublesome, so I looked up the size of those directors' companies online. After all, it wasn't expensive, so in the end I just acquired their companies."

Jiude Mai was silent for a moment, and could only say: "That's indeed your style."

"Of course, since I've accepted this responsibility and promised to escort this young couple's date, of course I have to arrange all the details and make sure everything is taken care of!" Su Enxi tore open another bag of potato chips, slapped her thigh and said her wise words, "Is something that can be solved with money really a problem? Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem!"

"Well, my little rich lady, with your style, you certainly bought more than just two drones to monitor them, right? What other arrangements did you make to protect this young couple's date?" Jude Mai asked curiously. "Did they stumble upon a fortune-telling monk who handed them a pair of auspicious fortune sticks, with words like 'Made in Heaven' or 'A Hundred Years of Happiness' written on them, something the head of the Uesugi family would understand instantly? Or did they just walk into a store and stumble upon a seasonal sale or become the one millionth lucky customer, and then be generously given away a commemorative prize like a couple's coat or necklace? Or did they inexplicably get spotted by a street artist walking down the street, who insisted on painting a life-size portrait of the two of them hugging each other, free of charge, and mailing it to their address. In the painting, Lu Mingfei and Eri look like they've just emerged from St. Paul's Cathedral, receiving the blessings of thousands of their subjects, like the aristocratic figures of 'Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and His Royal Highness Empress Sissi'?"

"Oh, I've thought of everything you mentioned." Su Enxi pointed outside the room at the "expert group" discussing enthusiastically around the table and added, "Oh, they all thought of it."

"They've thought it through very carefully. As for any other arrangements... I'll keep you in suspense for now." Su Enxi pointed to the large screen in front of them. "Isn't this live broadcast going on? We not only have drones, but also on-site director trucks and walkie-talkies. Everything is broadcasting live. There are over a hundred people surrounding our two protagonists, and they're all professionals. It would be boring to spoil it in advance. You'll find out as you continue watching."

"Professional..." Jude Mai muttered. She looked at Eri on the screen, slowly shook her head, and said in a voice only she could hear, "Will things really go according to the script? I hope these professionals don't cause any trouble."

……

It is the peak tourist season now, and the streets of Akihabara are crowded today.

Akihabara has always been very popular, but today there are more tourists than any other day this year. Perhaps it is because the weather in Tokyo was very bad in the past few days. There have been storms for several consecutive days, so those tourists who came to this city can only lie on the big beds in the hotel and complain to the female host who reports the weather on the TV screen. The resentment and desire to parade that have accumulated for a long time suddenly broke out today, and the streets were crowded with people.

Lu Mingfei fiercely defended Eiry. They had barely entered Akihabara's main thoroughfare when he'd already rejected four attempts at flirting on her behalf, swatted away twelve attempts, and used his body to block countless malicious glances...

This made Lu Mingfei sigh. It was no wonder that Noda Hisashi always kept yelling at Aso Makoto about "how men are" and the yakuza culture. In Japan, a country full of perverts and alternatives, if a man didn't have some skills, it might be difficult for him to even protect his own girl.

Chapter 411 "Lucky" Customer

Just when Lu Mingfei was lost in thought, a man suddenly rushed in front of him and Eiry from a distance, like a hound that had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time and suddenly jumped out to pounce on its prey.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the hound man who appeared out of nowhere with a vigilant look. He was a middle-aged man with a slightly plump figure. He wore a pair of black sunglasses on his face, which were designed by Armani. But the strange thing was that there was no sun at the moment, so the man's sunglasses were definitely not used for sun protection. They were probably used to cover up his facial features and show off at the same time. He didn't look like a serious guy... Lu Mingfei secretly gathered strength in his palm, preparing to slap away this lecher who coveted Eiry's beauty.

This man was either trying to flirt with Eiry or getting close enough to try and make a move... Lu Mingfei thought. They'd only walked less than two hundred meters down the street, yet they'd already encountered no fewer than twenty men like him. But none had dared to be as brazen as this one. Lu Mingfei prepared to subtly increase the pressure on his hands, to teach this ungrateful man a lesson.

But the man's next move made Lu Mingfei stunned... The man just glanced at Eiry, then turned his gaze to Lu Mingfei's face, then took off his sunglasses and leaned in to look at Lu Mingfei carefully.

The look in his eyes was no longer just a simple scrutiny, it was blazing and piercing, just like a starving hound that had finally received the raw meat and bones from its master, and it seemed as if it wanted to tear Lu Mingfei clean and eat him in one bite... Lu Mingfei subconsciously tightened his collar, which was already not low, and slowly took half a step back. The man's hungry look made him feel a little insecure.

Unexpectedly, the man rushed forward and grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand. While shaking it tightly, he excitedly said to Lu Mingfei: "So lucky, so lucky!"

Lu Mingfei was completely bewildered. For a moment he even thought that some gangster had seen the wanted order issued by the Sheqi family and came looking for him, wanting to capture him and hand him over to the Sheqi family for credit... But after hearing the man's excited and joyful tone, as if his dead mother had been resurrected, and smelling the sweet fragrance in the air, Lu Mingfei immediately dismissed the idea.

Lu Mingfei's intuition told him that this man was probably not a gangster.

Because this guy exudes an aura of extreme idiocy, almost catching up with the Humpback Whale store manager... Such an idiot gangster can't survive in Akihabara, and it is even more impossible for him to be discovered at a glance in the vast crowd.

Moreover, the air is filled with the scent of gardenias. Looking at the Armani suit this man is wearing, the perfume he is spraying should be the Antigua Gardenia that comes with the Armani set... How can a gangster wear such a high-profile Armani suit from head to toe, and use such a sissy perfume with the scent of gardenia!

"Hey, young man, you are simply possessed by the god of luck! Do you know that today is the tenth anniversary of our Armani store in Akihabara? We are going to designate the one hundred and five thousand two hundred and seventy tourists who pass by our store today as today's lucky customers, and we have prepared surprise prizes." It turned out that this strange man was the manager of the Armani luxury store.

The store manager looked at Eri, then at Lu Mingfei: "Yes, it's you! Our Armani Akihabara store's two lucky customers today have finally been chosen!"

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, but no words came out, because there were so many things to complain about in the man's short speech.

Tenth anniversary store celebration... What era is this? Still using such a clichéd excuse? Any day can be a store anniversary. Isn't this the same as how clearance sales in China always last on the last day?

And is Armani’s business so bad now that it needs to use such fraudulent gimmicks to attract customers?

And the most infuriating part is, those 105,269th and 105,270th tourists… What the hell are those two ridiculous numbers? They're completely nonsensical! Couldn't they just come up with something more reasonable? Could the store manager be so bored that he'd been standing by the door counting every passing tourist since the shop opened? Only after seeing Eri and me did he just lie and claim those two numbers were lucky numbers decided from the start?

What a determined man... What a stubborn guy! He's completely insane! Who would believe this? Only those showy Italians and stupid Germans would fall for this kind of low-level scam! Using this kind of cheap marketing scam on a Chinese person isn't like the grandson deceiving the ancestors? If you're not very experienced, why not go to China and sign up for a senior citizen tour group and spend some money to learn from the tour guides at the scenic spots before trying to scam them?

"Seeing your expression, I guess you must be in disbelief, right?" The man smiled at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself that you are quite self-aware. No normal person would believe it. If you want to sell something, please use more sophisticated tricks next time... Just as Lu Mingfei was about to take Eiry to bypass this suspected psychopath, the man suddenly clapped his hands.

A group of people rushed out of the Armani store not far away. Lu Mingfei and Eiry were gathered in the middle. A bright red banner was unrolled. Printed on the banner were the greetings to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Akihabara branch of the Armani store. The greetings were also specially translated into Chinese, Japanese and English.

A girl dressed as a hostess walked up to Lu Mingfei and Eri in high heels and pinned badges with the Armani logo on their chests, as if it were a formal awarding ceremony. The numbers on the badges were "105269" and "105270" respectively.

"No way... Which store would really consider these two weird numbers as lucky numbers?" Lu Mingfei was stunned when he saw the two strange numbers on the badge.

Lu Mingfei and Eiry, surrounded by a group of store employees, came to the Armani branch on the street in Akihabara.

The store is in a great location. Not long after entering Akihabara's main road from Kanda 4-chome, you can see the huge and eye-catching hollow horizontal striped eagle logo. The store is also very large, occupying a full three stories on this street where every inch of land is valuable. The location and scale of the store fully demonstrate the unique dominance of the Armani brand as an internationally renowned luxury brand.

After the Armani staff escorted Lu Mingfei and Eiry to the store entrance, they lined up in two rows in front of the store, lining up to greet them. They all bowed neatly to the man and woman they welcomed, and some staff even sprayed golden fireworks on Lu Mingfei and Eiry's heads.

Passersby on the street cast strange looks at them, as if they didn't know what was going on. Under the gaze of passersby, Lu Mingfei and Eiry were a little at a loss. The reception of this store could not be described as enthusiastic... but rather "attentive and thoughtful like serving one's own father and mother."

Lu Mingfei and Eiry were welcomed into the store. The huge luxury brand store was surprisingly empty. Not only was there no one except the store clerks, but even the ordinary clothes and accessories had been removed from the display racks and tables.