Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 208, Grand Commander! We love and respect you!

Do you remember Lu Mingfei's previous doubts?

Why is it that even though this era is built upon the history of the dragon race, there are so few hybrids that I can see?
History is hidden, and all the secrets lie in the distant reaches of space.

Ask questions.

[Yorinobu Arasaka is the pinnacle of playboys, but why is it that his scandals are reported 365 days a year?]

What, is this a strange question?
Please read the question carefully.

The contradiction in this question lies in the conflict between 'the pinnacle of Playboy' and 'being able to be reported'.

This is inherently contradictory.

Because there exists a building in this world called the Crystal Palace.

A spindle-shaped luxury space station, Constantinople in a silent world.

According to the development history of this world, the European Space Agency (ESA) once cooperated with the Soviet Union. The two sides combined their aviation technologies and built a giant mass drive on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in the early years.

The unconventional drive design utilizes electricity and a high-powered continuous magnetic field to propel the rocket, creating the Earth Valley colony on the moon near the beginning of the 21st century.

Then, not long after, construction of the Crystal Palace began.

Even the toilets inside the Crystal Palace are made of gold, and the murals are all precious art collections, and all of them are genuine.

Inside the Crystal Palace, drinks cost a hundred times more than on Earth, while in the brothel called Eden, all sorts of extravagant and obscene transactions are commonplace, even medieval priests and Epstein would say they are somewhat extreme.

These are just rumors that have leaked out, but they are already unimaginable.

So let's go back to the question we just discussed.

Such top-tier entertainment venues are obviously not reported by any media when normal people go there, because paparazzi can't get into such places.

Just like Lolita Island, it will remain unknown to the world until the person involved is completely abandoned.

So let me ask again.

Are the phrases "the pinnacle of Playboy" and "being able to be reported" contradictory?

Simply put, the fact that it was reported proves that Yoriyuki Arasaka spent most of his time on Earth and never went to the Crystal Palace, which contradicts the reality of being the 'pinnacle of Playboy'.

There must be a flaw in one of these two conditions.

Yes
What we're doing now is far from enough, far from enough.

unless
Even [Arakasaka] is nothing more than a pawn put out by the true rulers of this world to allow the people to vent their anger.

"Then let's light it."

Lu Mingfei stared into Lai Xuan's eyes and spoke quietly.

"Ignite this world now."

【Crackling sound】

Atop the burning Arasaka Tower and the collapsing giant, Lu Mingfei shattered the rain and arrived at the landing area for helicopters.

Here, only he can look down upon the city from his lofty position.

"Speaking of which, my mother once said that I would be the man who stands at the top of Arasaka Tower in the future."

Behind Lu Mingfei, David Martinez also arrived with his tattered prosthetic body.

His Adam Hammer was best suited for fighting in groups, and it held off the Arasaka soldiers for a long time.

"Are there any casualties?"

The wind from the high-rise building whipped up Lu Mingfei's clothes and hair, lifting his bangs to reveal his pale skin. The boy's golden eyes gazed silently into the distance, asking without emotion.

"This is war."

David did not answer the question directly.

They brought many mercenaries, some from the afterlife, some young men who wanted to have one last shot before they died, and many more who had simply admired mercenaries L and David since they were young and decided to come to Arasaka Tower.

Some of them are experienced, while others are newcomers.

But all lives are equal.

You will die if you are hit by a bullet.

"I know."

Lu Mingfei hates death, and he may be ridiculed by others, but he is truly a 'pacifist'.

so..
"I will take their share to build a new world."

Lu Mingfei took a step forward.

Take a deep breath.

He spread his arms.

[Magnetic field rotation. 150,000 horsepower]

The battle with the Silver Knight gave Lu Mingfei some insights, but he still needs further reflection to break through.

But for now, that's enough.

Because he simply needs his force field to cover the city.

Then, the next moment——

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! ——! ————————————

The advertising screens on all the skyscraper facades exploded into static, and blood spread across the ruins like a crimson carpet along the wires—while Lu Mingfei's holographic projection grew out of every shard of glass.

At that moment, amidst the gasps of the Night City residents, the figure they longed for and yearned for appeared on every screen.

"It's L!! Oh my god, am I dreaming?! Quick, pinch my face!"

"L!!!"

"His presence here means L won! He defeated Arakawa?!"

"Again!"

Again.

People have to emphasize this point.

Lu Mingfei has defeated Arakawa twice!
He accomplished an unprecedented feat twice.

And in such a flamboyant, domineering, and arrogant way—well, it's just as exciting as Johnny Silverhand bombarding Arasaka back then! But it's even more convincing! Even more damn powerful!

Everyone watched with excitement.

And so the speech began.

【.】

In the scene, Lu Mingfei is no longer the frivolous man he used to be; his face is etched with a chilling indifference.

He said nothing, did nothing, but just standing there, the fact that he had 'defeated Arakawa' was enough to engulf people and suffocate them. And the moment he raised his arms, as if receiving some signal, people began to shout his name frantically!

"L!"

"L!"

"L!!!"

"Commander!!"

It's unclear who started it.

When Lu Mingfei and David were both around, the mercenaries had given Lu Mingfei the nickname "Commander" to distinguish his identity. Now, it was quite fitting that the nickname was being whispered and sung by people.

The shouts began to change.

"Commander!"

"Commander!" "Commander!" "Commander!!!!"

Millions of people in Night City screamed wildly. Even though Lu Mingfei didn't use any extra power, he didn't use the puppet or the power of words to control them. The wind and clouds were also affected by the millions of lives lost.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei seemed like a god standing on the earth.

People can't control their emotions just by seeing him.

Their throats were hoarse from shouting, and some extreme fanatics even stabbed themselves with knives in order to hear every word that followed, using self-harm to wake themselves from the 'ice' they had just experienced.

Perhaps only those eminent monks who advocated and rejected prosthetic bodies for self-cultivation could suppress that impulse, but in general, people's fervor has ignited the city.

Contrary to his usual behavior, Lu Mingfei no longer flaunted his fame by spreading his arms wide to absorb the fervent flames into his embrace.

At this moment, he is the ruler, he is God.

【stop】

When God raises his hand in signaling, mortals should, and must, remain silent. Ah!

A gesture.

A consciousness.

Lu Mingfei then stripped the city of all sound throughout the night.

It wasn't any kind of magical power or magnetic field; people even held their breath just to hear Lu Mingfei's speech.

But Lu Mingfei still didn't speak immediately. With the silence, the atmosphere grew heavier and heavier. This is a very common tactic: to use silence to instill fear and oppression in the person one is to lead, so that the soldiers and the people cannot help but fear the person who speaks.

Lu Mingfei only took one minute.

enough.

In that one minute, the people of Night City were sweating with tension, their legs trembling with fear, and they were compelled to listen attentively and think deeply about what was to come.

Did you see that?

see?

What does the commander mean by "seeing"?

Puzzled?

No, that's not necessary at all.

What the commander was referring to was naturally what had happened at this very moment, something that Night City would never forget in the short few hours that had just passed.

Their great leader killed the emperor of Arakasaka.

Their great leader, a one-man army, stormed the Arasaka Tower.

Their great leader captured Arakawa Hanako alive.

Their great leader, from the front, and then by his own strength, strengthened the power of his mother's company!
Lu Mingfei did not boast about himself at all, but simply raised his head slightly, the shadow covering half of his face, and said in a deep voice.

You witnessed my battle with Arakawa.

Can you see my power?

Yes, there is!!! Absolutely!!!

"The Commander insulted Arasaka! The Commander is invincible!!!"

"Invincible!"

"Invincible!" "Invincible!" "Invincible!" "Invincible!"

Meaningless repetition, but it comes from the heart, from the different hearts of all the residents of Night City.

The city seemed to be entering the prelude to a climax, with the G chord being repeatedly plucked, and Lu Mingfei, in accordance with the will of the people, raised his arm high, his face also taking on a ferocious look.

[You fucking bastards! I've known all along that I possess an invincible divine body, but you bunch of stupid pigs dare not believe it! Instead, you question it!]

Lu Mingfei's stern questioning was not sharp, but it was so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

[During the time I was killing Saburo Arasaka, so many people tried to bet that I would be killed by Saburo's remnants! Your hesitation and disbelief, you scum, made me sense it! You forced me to take this meaningless challenge!]

Unruly, audacious, arrogant.

[Before, I didn't want to manage it, nor did I need to. I could have let you wallow in this cesspool, eating cheap cockroach skewers and using cheap Fiji cups for self-defense! But now I've decided to manage, to control! To trample! To drive! To enslave you scum!]

Madness, ferocity, dictatorship!

This land, this city, from this moment on, is my city, my land! And on this land, no matter how foolish or useless you are, I will protect you!

Therefore, from this moment forward, anyone who harbors any resentment towards me, get out of this city! For from now on, I will reign supreme over this city as its ruler! I will make you work like slaves, and you will have a thousand times, ten thousand times more fulfilling time than you have since birth! Your entire lives will be dedicated to me, to my needs!

"I want your money, so hand it over with both hands!"

"I want your lives, so cut me open with your knives!"

We want your wives and husbands! You must give them to me along with your daughters and sons!

[Your lives were meaningless to begin with; you were nothing but exploited and oppressed, dying on the operating table with catheters in your mouths, without family when you died, without even a tombstone, your ashes swept down the drain by your coworkers.]

【but! 】

If you offer everything to abandon your pig-like, ignorant minds, I will help you to see, to destroy, to conquer, to turn this rotten world upside down!

Lu Mingfei stepped on the railing at the top of the Aragaka rooftop, a mere act of venting his emotions, but the entire railing was kicked and deformed, causing it to collapse!

And with a loud bang, the man made a declaration—

From now on.

The era of this company has come to an end.

Well.

What a violent statement!

But these words were met with a brief silence, followed by ecstasy and screams.

"Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!" "Commander!!!!!"

The man's words were incredibly crude, yet they resonated deeply with people.

With the giant tower burning at this moment, what kind of person could resist reaching such a climax?

To change the world?
Let alone changing the world, ants have never even seen this world.

But now, some people want to take away their ignorant minds, their pedantic, foul, and vile souls, and drag them forward with chains around their necks.

That man definitely possesses that kind of charm, charisma, and strength!
At this moment, what he said was even more intoxicating and insane than the 'ice' they had just inhaled, making them scream as if they were addicted to the star, drooling uncontrollably.

Some excited individuals, unable to control themselves, would tear open their flesh and break their bones.

All the excitement and all the expectations were focused on one person.

A man-made hero

A man-made god

If something is genuine without a transaction, then let's cover it up with something fake.

If the lie continues, the falsehood will become the truth.

With power and strength concentrated in one person, Lu Mingfei at this moment surpasses all those fallen dragon kings, whether it be Norton, Jormungandr, Constantine, or Herzog!
In this crazy city, only the man who had just been sent away by Lu Mingfei, Arakasaka Yoriyuki, was able to escape during the chaos.

He looked at the arrogant man on the big screen in front of him, and how could he not see that this was 'acting'?

Those lines were nothing more than forced words, a stopgap measure used to ignite people's emotions.

But acting skills may one day become a real thing.

"I hope that day will never come."

"otherwise."

The man turned and left.

If the hero you created turns into a dragon.

Then we can only do it again—

Slaughter that evil dragon.

"right."

Lai Xuan touched the side of his head, as if he were talking to someone who didn't exist, or as if he were talking to himself.

"Principal Ange."

Time seemed to stand still.

Even V, when she fought against Yoriyuki in the Arasaka Tower, did not have a sense of intuition that she could tell from Yoriyuki's actions that he was a combat expert.

If V didn't actually misread it.

In fact, from the very beginning—

Isn't Lai Xuan the one who's fighting?
The buzzing sound she heard in the Azure Building, that long, contracting sound, was the signal of the resonance between the Word of Power and the Prosthetic Body.

Please spare me.

From a perspective visible only to Lai Xuan, a figure in a black suit appeared beside him, and the old man sighed.

I don't want to be enemies with my former students.

【after all.】

I owe him.

(End of this chapter)