The man once said that if he died one day, there would only be one thing in this world that could prove his existence, and that would be Chu Zihang, who had half of his blood.
So his life was trapped in that day, and Chu Zihang never got out of that rainy night.
Why didn't he stay? Even if he could have said a few less hurtful words, or even if he could have smiled and called out "Dad" when the man drove to pick him up...
"Senior brother."
The train slid into the platform and the doors opened. Lu Mingfei saw Chu Zihang waiting for him from afar.
Chu Zihang looked at his junior brother who had matured a lot in the past six months. He wanted to force a smile, but he couldn't get out of his memories yet, so the movement of pulling the corners of his mouth on his already expressionless face looked a bit funny.
Lu Mingfei walked out from the heavy rain. He knew what Chu Zihang would be thinking about on rainy days, and he also had some questions to ask.
"Brother, there is something I want to ask you." Amid the sound of rain, Lu Mingfei came to Chu Zihang.
"Just ask."
"Do you know a boy named Lu Mang?"
Thunder roared, and branch-like arcs of lightning tore through the sky. In the lightning, Chu Zihang's shocked face was reflected in a pale light.
Chapter 108 God-killing Sword
"Where did you hear that?"
Outside the platform was a violent rain curtain, as if the whole world was covered by the rain curtain. Inside the platform were two boys standing opposite each other. Chu Zihang's golden eyes stared straight at Lu Mingfei. He was asking about the name that came out of the other's mouth, "Lu Mang".
He had never mentioned to anyone that he had used this name. It was a past event that was buried in his memory. Even to someone as close as Lu Mingfei, this name, like that man, seemed to only live in his memory. His "heartless" mother had also long forgotten this former name and that man. This was something that belonged only to Chu Zihang.
But the things you hid so well, which were clearly locked tightly in your mind every day, without a single leak, were taken out openly by someone else on a day like this. This made Chu Zihang feel... creepy!
It was as if someone had pried open his head and peered inside with a pair of big eyes into his unique memories. It was unbelievable.
"Brother, you know what? I have a friend named Lao Tang. He shows all his emotions, good or bad, on his face. You're the complete opposite of him. You have a blank expression, so you keep everything hidden inside... Aren't you tired?"
Lu Mingfei looked directly into Chu Zihang's captivating golden eyes. He was probably the only student in the entire academy who did not feel fear towards those king-like eyes. Even Caesar could not help but slightly turn his gaze away when talking to Chu Zihang.
"I'm asking, how do you know this name?"
Chu Zihang frowned. This was probably the most questioning emotion he could express, because the target was Lu Mingfei, one of the few people he trusted. If anyone else in Kassel Academy touched on his past in front of him, Murasame would be angry in an instant.
"It's easy to find out. Look through old newspapers. You've seen a lot of your deeds published there." Lu Mingfei took two steps towards Chu Zihang. "My mission this time is to southern China, not far from where we are, so I took a detour back to investigate something that really concerned me."
"About me?" Chu Zihang asked.
"It's about us." Lu Mingfei shook his head. "Brother, you know about the Hunter website, right? Even the academy can't figure out its origins, but I've found some clues."
Chu Zihang looked at Lu Mingfei quietly, waiting for what to say next, without saying a word.
"Remember my 'Skinner' mission in New York? That woman told me about the Hunter website's purge plan. Hunters who can't be used by the website will be wiped out from this world by executioners chosen by the website administrator. She is one of those chosen executioners."
"One of?" Chu Zihang caught the word sharply.
"Yes, for one thing, the system built by the Hunter website is too large and spread all over the world. Of course, it cannot be cleared by just one person. My friend Lao Tang is a bounty hunter, and he is gradually fading out of the Hunter website's field of vision. That's why he was targeted by the 'Skinner'. The Hunter website doesn't seem to allow others to take away its secrets, and would rather kill someone by mistake than show mercy!" Lu Mingfei explained in a deep voice.
"What does this have to do with the name 'Lu Mang'?" Chu Zihang asked in confusion.
"The first time I heard this name was from the woman involved in the 'Skinner' incident in New York. She said she was the executioner chosen by God. God has many executioners, but his favorite is a black-haired Chinese boy named 'Lu Mang'." Lu Mingfei stared into Chu Zihang's eyes as he spoke.
"God?" Sure enough, when he heard this word, several even brighter golden rays burst out from Chu Zihang's already bright golden eyes, as if to pierce through the dark and solemn rainy night.
"The administrator of the Hunter website is called 'Nido'. What does that remind you of?" Lu Mingfei coaxed.
"Odin...Odin!" The name was almost uttered from between Chu Zihang's teeth.
For so many years, the figure of that "god" has been lingering in his mind. He rides an eight-legged horse and holds a spiked spear in his hand. He is majestic and solemn, with countless dead servants under his command and supreme power, as majestic as a real god-king.
Chu Zihang clenched his fists in his pockets. That figure seemed to be a nightmare that kept him awake all night. He swung his sword thousands of times day and night, and every blow was to cut off the so-called "god".
Lu Mingfei supported Chu Zihang's trembling shoulders and said softly, "During this mission, I did some research on the legends and deeds of Odin. Unfortunately, it seems that such a thing only exists in mythology. No one has ever seen Odin's true face."
Lu Mingfei scratched his head and then said something shocking.
"However, on a small island off Zengmu Shoal, the southernmost tip of China, I encountered a group of natives. Their technology wasn't advanced, but their fighting power was high. Although the tribe of a hundred people only had a few half-bloods barely reaching 'C' rank... their ancestors seemed to be well-versed in both Eastern and Western mythology, and they believed firmly in the existence of gods and ghosts. I learned a set of sword techniques from them there."
"A set of... God-killing sword techniques."
Lightning flashed across the sky, and the sound of thunder drowned out Lu Mingfei's voice.
He passed Chu Zihang and pulled out Murasame from behind him, then revealed his own Kanze Masamune. He stood with the knife in both hands, his eyes defiant, staring blankly at the dark rainy night...
It seemed that in Lu Mingfei's sight, there was a tall and majestic "god" standing there!
After the visualization was completed, a brilliant golden light exploded in Lu Mingfei's eyes. He moved and ran wildly towards the rainy night ahead.
His left and right hands, Murasame and Kanze Masamune, overlapped to form a huge "X". The blade flashed and silver light bloomed. Lu Mingfei's swordsmanship had become quite skillful and awe-inspiring.
A silver thread unfolded, and Lu Mingfei cut through the chaotic and violent rain curtain in the deep and dark night.
Two dazzling intersecting arcs of light suddenly appeared in the inky night. No sound could be heard in the ears. The speed of this knife had already exceeded the speed of sound!
Before the eyes could catch the trajectories of the two pale blades, the tip of the knife stopped abruptly in front of the eyes. The rain curtain was strung into two oblique cross shadows by the knife light, splashing forward and falling into the hazy night.
However, in Lu Mingfei's imagination, the knife brought up not cool rain but splashes of scarlet blood. The imaginary "God" standing in the darkness was also split into four by the two crossed knife lights and fell to the ground with a bang.
Then he drew his blood, put away his sword, and displayed a complete set of concise and skillful sword techniques in front of Chu Zihang.
"It's said to be a set of swordsmanship, but in fact it's just this one move." Lu Mingfei returned and handed Murasame back to Chu Zihang, saying with a smile.
Chu Zihang took Murasame. He looked at Lu Mingfei and opened his mouth to say something but didn't say anything. He understood Lu Mingfei's good intentions, but the other party's words sounded like a fabrication to make him regain hope.
Chu Zihang admitted that the move Lu Mingfei had just demonstrated was very powerful. Even if he had used all his strength, he would have been suppressed in an instant. However, that also depended on the swordsman himself. Lu Mingfei's strength had improved by leaps and bounds in the past six months, so this sword technique looked powerful, but it was not enough to kill a god...
The image of the man swinging his sword at the god flashed through Chu Zihang's mind again. The dense sword light and shadows like rain could only barely slow down the god. Chu Zihang believed that he could not swing a sword as sharp as the man did back then, so he felt that relying on this one sword to kill the god... sounded a bit too much of a stretch.
"Brother, to be honest, I find it difficult to kill a god with just this one move. But the indigenous elder at Zengmu Shoal was demonstrating it very seriously, so I don't think he was lying. Perhaps it's just that we lack strength. This move has a lot of momentum. When we're stronger, it will definitely be different. Just practice it when you have time. After all, having many skills is always helpful..."
However, what Chu Zihang didn't notice was that, apart from his Murasame's alchemical ability to cleanse the blade of his sword, the blade of Lu Mingfei's Guanshi Zhengzong was still stained with a thin layer of water vapor, which condensed and did not dissipate, as if time had been trapped on the tip of the sword.
Lu Mingfei put his arm around Chu Zihang's shoulders and whispered in his ear. The two brothers had met only a few times in the past six months.
Chu Zihang himself was considered a very busy man in the Executive Department, and he was even more outrageous. He hadn't even attended a few classes in his first year, but his schedule was arranged by the Executive Department in a very tight and airtight manner. He had to run around day and night all over the world to catch high-risk hybrids, explore ancient tombs and ruins, etc.
However, Lu Mingfei can learn to slay dragons without any teacher, but he is not professionally qualified for tasks such as tomb-diving and exploration.
Fortunately, Lu Mingfei had a period of time when he was deeply in love with fantasy novels such as "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light", which were tomb-raiding themes. He still remembered the contents of the novels vividly after reading them all night long. In the process of completing the task, he couldn't help but sigh that the author of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" was really amazing, and there were indeed many scenes in reality that matched those in the book.
He even suspected that this guy had been digging up other people's graves before he wrote the book.
It seems that since completing the "Kuimen Plan" and "Skinner" missions, he has become a brick in the executive department, ready to be moved wherever needed.
The executive department had almost designated him as one of the future candidates for minister. In any case, in the eyes of Professor Schneider, Professor Manns and other old guys, the positions of minister and deputy minister were basically between Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang.
Lu Mingfei has no ambition to be the head of the executive department, but he is also happy to hone himself through various tasks, improving his strength while also seeing the vastness and diversity of the world.
In the past, he huddled on a rooftop in a corner of that coastal town, gazing at the bustling CBD area from afar. The boy at that time thought that the whole world was there... But to Lu Mingfei now, that was just the beginning.
In the past six months, he had seen ruined cities that had been ravaged by artillery shells and gunfire after the war, where countless people were displaced and even having food to eat became a luxury; he had walked through the richest cities in the world, where beggars wore gold and silver jewelry and had high-quality porcelain teeth, and the rich could buy all the skyscrapers in the CBD area of his hometown with a wave of their hands; he had also lived in dangerous jungles late at night and walked through the scorching desert at noon.
Returning along the winding mountain road with Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei saw from a distance a bright red and eye-catching banner hanging on the door when they were near Kassel College.
[Warmly welcome S-class warrior Lu Mingfei to return to Kassel! ]
Lu Mingfei stopped in his tracks, his eyes twitching as he exclaimed, "Wow!" His original eagerness to return to school was instantly washed away by this long banner with a red background and yellow characters that had a very rustic feel.
It's truly speechless. Those who know know I've returned to that aristocratic school where gentlemen and elites gather, while those who don't think I'm still on the small island of Zengmu Shoal. Why does it feel so strongly like a Native American warrior returning from hunting, the entire tribe celebrating with a bonfire party? There aren't any elk or bison stuck on my Guanshi Zhengzong.
There was a huge crowd standing under the red earthy banner, headed by an old acquaintance, Qi Lan, the president of the Freshman Association. At this moment, he was leading the members of the Freshman Association to guard the gate of the college, looking at Lu Mingfei from afar with a fiery face, like a fanatical fan eagerly waiting for the success of chasing his idol.
Many students in the college would privately joke that the freshman fraternity had long been defunct in name only. This student organization, which originally had the potential to secure the third largest position in the college, had completely turned from the inside out into a "Ming Cult" - a sect that blindly worshipped Lu Mingfei.
When Qi Lan, the president of the freshman fraternity, heard these remarks, instead of getting furious, he had a look of joy as if saying, "You are right, this is the fact." This makes people wonder if the originator of this rumor is the president of the freshman fraternity himself?
A black shadow like a bear jumped out from the crowd as dark as a tide. The "bear" opened its arms from a distance as if it was going to pounce and give a big bear hug to Lu Mingfei, whom it hadn't seen for a long time.
"Thank you, senior brother. No need for the hug." Lu Mingfei put his palm against the big face of "Bear", rejecting this warm hug mixed with deep love.
"Junior brother, you have been away for more than half a month. Do you know how I have been through this period? I have been in tears almost every day!" Finkel's expression was like that of a resentful woman in the Qing Dynasty who was locked up in a secluded boudoir and banished to the cold palace.
"It's a stray dog on the loose, right?" Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes. "It's been almost twenty days already. God knows what a mess you've made of the dormitory. The last time I wasn't home for half a month, there were already several rat nests in the corners."
"Even if the mice want to build a nest, I can't stop them. I'm not a cat." With just one sentence, Finkel blamed the mice for the dormitory's dirtiness and mess. Then he put his big head close to Lu Mingfei's ear and whispered.
"Inside the news department, there's another girl coming to the academy!"
Chapter 109 Xia Mi
"Another girl has come to the academy? What's so strange about that? Aren't there enough girls in the school? There are basically girls of all skin colors here, almost enough to form a small United Nations." Lu Mingfei
"The girl this time is different, it's this one!" Finkel raised his thumb high, his eyebrows beaming with joy.
"You said the same thing when you introduced Zero last time," Lu Mingfei said.
"But Zero is really good, isn't he?" Finkel said secretly, the ambiguity hidden in his words almost overflowing.
Everyone in Kassel Academy knew that the beauty with the aura of the Frost Queen was not shy with anyone except Lu Mingfei. From the first day of school, rumors about the two of them were all over Kassel. Not only did they circulate among the students, but even many professors secretly praised them, saying, "They're a perfect match, a perfect match!"
No one would object to this, just like everyone thinks Caesar and Nono are a match made in heaven, Susie and Chu Zihang are a perfect match, and Ling and Lu Mingfei are a beautiful woman matched with a hero. They don't care whether the couple is matched randomly or not. After all, the randomly matched couple is still mandarin ducks, which are much more compatible than wild ducks and pheasants.
"Zero..." Lu Mingfei's mind flashed with the image of the petite but imposing Russian girl. "She's really good."
It was rare that Lu Mingfei and his senior brother Finkel could stand on the same side in some aspects, because he didn't want to say anything against his will. No one could find anything wrong with a girl like Ling, right?
Thinking about it, it seems like I haven't seen Zero for a long time. Zero is an absolute elite among the freshmen, second only to the "S" level. He must be very busy with schoolwork and experiments.
"But but but, Junior Brother, before I saw the photo of that girl, I found it hard to believe that there were a few girls in this world who could surpass Zero in terms of appearance. Nono can't even say that Wen is a sure winner, but this new girl is actually prettier than Zero!" Finkel rubbed his hands vigorously, his drool almost dripping from his chin.
“Perfect!”
"Prettier than Zero? Perfect?" Lu Mingfei slowed down, a little dazed.
Lu Mingfei has always had his own ranking of beauties in his mind, and the top spot has always been vacant because he has already reserved a candidate in his heart.
Apart from the top of the list, among the beauties he had seen, the second place would undoubtedly be Sakutoku Mai, who had an extremely proud figure and appearance.
The third place would probably be tied with Nuonuo and Su Xiaoqiang. Over the past six months, he had asked Nuonuo a lot of questions about "profiling" techniques. Their relationship had become much more familiar than when they first met. Without any prejudice, the little witch could definitely be ranked in this position.
Su Xiaoqiang's nickname "Little Goddess" is not undeserved. She is a mixed-race girl whose mother is Portuguese. She has the distinct facial features of a European and the gentleness of an oriental girl. She is a rare girl who can compete with mixed-race people in appearance and is not inferior to them.
The fourth one is Zero, the iceberg-like princess, who has the cold and aloof temperament of a queen and the cute and lovely appearance of a lolita in one person, and her beauty is between a girl and a little girl. Just like Fingel said, blonde hair, white skin, lolita, which straight man can resist a girl with these key words?
Next on the list would probably be Susie, Liu Miaomiao, etc. Those who made it to the list were definitely rare beauties, but except for Eiry, who was at the top of the list and whom Lu Mingfei had not seen yet, the other girls could not be described as "perfect" based on their looks alone. This word was too extreme and felt too unreal.
But although Finkel has a lot of flaws, as the Minister of Information, his taste in girls is really impeccable. If the girl is not a Cuban girl with a high-heeled glass on her legs, this girl will definitely have reasons for him to call her "perfect".
Lu Mingfei had a vague guess in his mind, but he was a little hesitant to be sure.
"How perfect?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"As beautiful as a monster!" Finkel slapped his thigh.
Lu Mingfei was silent... What was this familiar description?
He looked down at the calendar on his mechanical waterproof watch. It was still May, far from the start of the summer school season... The time he met the girl in the dream should have been July of his second year in Kassel, right?
So it will be about a month later?
But apart from that girl, Lu Mingfei really couldn't think of anyone else whose appearance could be described as such a top-level description as "monster".
"The girl you mentioned, has she enrolled in school?" Lu Mingfei glanced at Finkel and asked tentatively without revealing his suspicion.
"No, no, but soon. She has already successfully graduated from the preparatory class jointly run by Kassel College and Peking University, so she can be considered our future junior sister."
Finkel bent his bear-like body slightly and glanced around furtively, as if he only wanted to share this inside information with his roommate Lu Mingfei.
Kassel College selects high school freshmen from all over the world who have shown extraordinary talent in certain areas to enter the preparatory classes specially set up by them.
This is an important method used by the secret party to screen mixed-bloods. Because of their bloodline, mixed-bloods often show unique talents, and mixed-blood children have a greater chance of being selected into preparatory classes.
For these students in the preparatory classes, Kassel Academy will arrange the "3E" exam for them in advance. Once they are confirmed to be half-bloods, they will be arranged to take a special version of the "Dragon" course, which is much more obscure than the main course. After graduation, they will directly receive an offer from the main school. Normal children will be arranged to take ordinary high school courses and sent to normal universities.
"Our news department got the list of graduates from the preparatory classes set up by Cassel around the world from Norma. Our news department will mobilize the entire company to work hard to select those talented embryos for the college." Finkel explained.
"For the academy? It's for Senior Caesar, right?" Lu Mingfei sneered and exposed the inside story.
Finkel's News Department is a special department under the Student Union led by Caesar. Although the members of the News Department follow the leadership of Finkel and do not take orders from Caesar directly, the opportunity to select potential talents in advance is naturally good for them.
The main reason was that every time Finkel provided a list, he would receive a very generous reward from Caesar. Anyway, the student union president was not short of money. Neither the previous student union president nor the Lionheart Club president had such connections and pale in comparison with Caesar.
This is also a skill of judging people. Unfortunately, Caesar will be called a recognized natural leader. The student union is also thriving under the leadership of this president. Before Chu Zihang entered the school, it was even able to surpass the college's first club since ancient times - the Lionheart Club.
"Hehe, it's all for livelihood, for livelihood."
No wonder Finkel has been doing so badly in the academy but has never starved to death, and has been occupying the position of Minister of Information for many years and refuses to move, because with his unique and keen sense of smell, he has long smelled that there is a lot of money to be made here!
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