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

Chapter 296 Above the Sky
Was put together.

Even those who hold high positions for many years can make mistakes? No, perhaps it is precisely because of their high positions that they unconsciously develop arrogance. If you think about it carefully, ever since they acted out their act with Lu Mingfei and pretended to submit to him, the members of the board of directors have inevitably developed feelings of pride and complacency.

Therefore, when they realize that they are immortal, they subconsciously ignore any other possible threats.

[Immortality] does not mean invincibility.

On the contrary, immortality could be a curse.

It's not about the loneliness that immortality might cause. Although fantasy works often discuss the loneliness of immortal beings, if you think about it carefully, how can that compare to the fear of death?

The curse of "immortality" is more realistic and simple.

【envy】

Humans are social creatures and cannot live apart from each other. However, when an outlier appears, they will be ostracized.

Even when bound by morality and law, people cannot help but feel resentful towards those who are above them, especially the immortal. Just thinking about the gap between themselves and such people is enough to make them feel fear and anger.

Once the technology of immortality is revealed, regardless of wealth or personal character, the whole world will go crazy for it.

Relic is such a devilish treasure.

The Board of Trustees and the Dark Lords controlled by Odin do indeed possess wealth and power that influence the world, but it is only 'influence' rather than absolute control.

In particular, directly confronting the North American mixed-race community would definitely allow other forces to take advantage of the situation and anger the rulers of the surface world, which is not something the Board of Trustees would like to see.

The simpler problem is that the board of directors controls the world through connections, but when Relic is exposed, those who were once friends will become enemies.

They cannot afford this cost.

So, if war breaks out directly, can the school board win?

Judging from the abilities demonstrated by [Divine Punishment], perhaps it's possible.

If you designate specific targets for assassination, you can simply order all leaders to die instantly, throwing the world into chaos, and then kidnap them to divide the power.

But that's impossible.

"[Divine Retribution] cannot be Odin's power, nor can it be the strength of the Camarilla, otherwise the balance would have been broken long ago."

"Caesar said."

"Leaving aside the use of space weapons, the superposition of the five kinds of incantations is an impossible divine skill. With such technology, Odin would not need to hide himself at all and could just destroy the world directly."

"There is no historical precedent for its use in assisting weapons, let alone its direct application in weaponry."

"Therefore, there is only one possibility to achieve the effect of five words of power."

"—It's not that [it's not an individual who used five different words at once], but rather that [different individuals used five different words at the same time]."

Upon hearing this, most of the school board members fell silent.

"Humans have explored the power of words more than once, and have made it clear that only humans can use the power of words. I believe that is a specialization of [rationality]."

"Since you possess equipment capable of replicating human souls and consciousness, then this [replication] can be expanded arbitrarily before it expires."

“If I’m not mistaken,” but only Caesar continued with a look of disgust, “we will use the technology obtained by Herzog to mass-produce [S-class] hybrids, copy their personalities into Relic, and directly delete, edit, and brainwash electronic signals. Using this as consumables, we will embed Relic into special materials and release the power of words at the same time as the weapon is launched, thus achieving the weapon’s self-acceleration and self-locking.”

"If this technology continues to develop, perhaps in the future we will even be able to use machines to use words of power."

"However, as things stand now—the amount of money required to build such a weapon is undoubtedly enormous."

“You can’t use it forever, or rather, what you fear more than the cost is that others will imitate you. After all, Herzog’s data has been leaked, and the North American Community can easily replicate similar weapons.”

"At that time, the absolute advantage will disappear."

"You can't be a winner if you don't hide until the very end."

A deathly silence fell over the meeting room, except for—

"Hoohoo."

Pompeii's shoulders trembled slightly.

Then--

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha!! ————————"

They burst into unparalleled laughter.

"Hahaha! Hahahaha!! Caesar! You truly are my child!"

Pompeii burst into laughter, completely ruining the tense atmosphere of the confrontation.

"Stop laughing, you're ruining the mood."

Caesar coldly retorted.

"Furthermore, I know that the life of the first generation is composed of elements, so it is impossible for me to be born. Not only me, but all the other sons and daughters you had after forging names and identities are problematic, right?"

"Among them was Nono."

"Oh~~~!" Pompeii's eyes widened in surprise, but a smile still lingered on his lips.

"You even found out about something like this? How did you do that?"

“The Gattuso family is too reliant on Norma, and giving me the position of temporary school board member means that I can mobilize intelligence at will. Although you seem to have used the power of words to cover it up to some extent, even if a piece of the puzzle is missing, we can still use the process of elimination to find out the shape of the missing piece.”

"Caesar said."

"And now, my second goal has been achieved."

Caesar pointed to the screen in front of him.

In the sky, the Heavenly Punishment, which had not received any orders, had been sealed away for a long time, and Lu Mingfei and the others had also disappeared from the surveillance.

"It seems we have indeed lost."

Pompeii looked at the screen with a smile on his lips, but the more he did so, the more irritated Caesar became.

Because we can't see through it.

In this whole affair, the only thing Caesar couldn't understand was what Pompeii was really after—was it to oppress and rule over humanity?
Indeed, if that is the purpose, even if Lu Mingfei takes back Lu Mingze, it will be useless unless he is determined to make all the technology public as Caesar said, but that would actually push the world toward war and destruction—essentially a deterrence theory.

So far, no one dares to make any rash moves.

"Then, how about we make a contract?"

contract.

In the mysticism of the dragon race, any act performed in the name of a contract is considered sacred and inviolable.

Since a contract is written words, and the power of words can be described as the great power of language, a contract is a kind of power of words, and can be said to be a definite fact.

Even Odin cannot revoke the "contract".

This is why the Board of Trustees chose to cooperate with him.

However, is the purpose of proactively proposing a contract now to buy time? No, that would be too costly.

He did it for—

“If this continues, neither of us will be able to achieve our interests, right?”

“So let’s make a deal. Let’s not get into the realities of our competition. Let’s try a simpler way to settle things,” Pompeii said with a smug smile. “How about a simple father-son fight? The winner gets to decide. Of course, you can call in reinforcements. That little girl named Erii, and that boy from the North American Community who bet on her, can come along too.”

"Perfect timing, isn't the school board also planning to cut ties with me?"

Pompeii looked at the people behind him, but none of them spoke.

"Dragons are truly weak creatures, Caesar," the man remarked.

But Pompeii, no—

The King of the Sky and the Wind walked step by step toward Caesar.

"I am the king of the sky and the wind."

"Should we do it right here?"

Caesar slightly bowed his body, his expression stern.

"Ah, this is the moment that will decide the outcome."

Pompeii slowly raised his hand.

The next moment, Caesar was certain he hadn't blinked.

But that hand was already pressed against his face.

Then, the world spun around.

When Caesar opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the secret room where the board of directors was meeting, but in the outside world.

cold.

pain.

I also felt nauseous.

The air currents tore at his body. His clothes fluttered violently in the gale, making a rustling sound. His silhouette appeared small yet clear in the thin air, with the vast expanse of clouds and earth below.

The wind pressure squeezed my chest, making my breathing short and shallow.

This is the residence of the Gattuso family.

Calabria, Italy.

— directly above.

【11000 metres】

(End of this chapter)