Dragon Clan: I am Lu Mingfei, the Intelligence Strategist, the God of Concepts!

Chapter 147 Zero's Confession, Black Swan Port! The Reason Herzog Must Die (9.5k)

The air was quiet for a few seconds.

"Hahaha."

The potato chip girl chuckled dryly, wishing she could slap herself.

Damn it, whose side am I on?

Zero remained expressionless, yet she exuded a terrifying aura, like a queen eager to strangle a traitor.

"You two, please use it slowly."

So, Chip Girl threw away Lu Mingfei's phone.

They decisively ran away.

She worried that if she sat any longer, she might be squeezed into potato chip juice.

It was entirely his own fault.

Who told her to speak out of turn and not know the appropriate situation...

‘Bangdang——’

Chip Girl, the theoretical owner of the room, was ruthlessly kicked out.

Ling temporarily suppressed his murderous intent, took the phone and placed it next to Lu Mingfei so that he could type immediately after wiping his hands clean.

The nickname was 'Snake Spirit'. Zero knew perfectly well who sent the message, and she had no interest in peeking at its contents.
But then she suddenly became curious.

What would be the other person's note?
At this time,

Lu Mingfei hurriedly wiped his fingers clean, then wiped the cold sweat that had inexplicably appeared on his forehead with the back of his hand.

He quickly started tapping on the screen.

I still need to reply to the message.

If we don't get a reply soon, Nuwa might have to lead an army of 100,000 across the sea to the east.

He found himself having dinner with two girls.

Then it will be clear who the thieves are.

"Another wanted notice? Fifty billion yen? Ugh... Why did you make me look so bad in that picture? You really deserve to die, General!"

Lu Mingfei quickly glanced through the messages sent by Nuwa.
Having a general understanding of the current situation, he decisively rejected her offer of assistance.

It was as if the other person was right in front of the screen, typing out a series of question marks in less than a second.

Nuwa was worried that Lu Mingfei was concerned about some damn face or was trying to show off. She said that the orthodox sect actually had a lot of hidden agents in Japan, which could be used at any time. At that time, she could escort him away and blow up a toilet or something.

Lu Mingfei naturally said there was no rush; he was eating and drinking well and staying in a five-star hotel, and it was very safe.

But now is not the time to discuss this in detail.

...Zero is still right next to me.

If nothing unexpected happens, after we finish our business, we'll probably have a long phone call. And after calling Nuwa, we can't be biased; it's the weekend, so we also need to call Xiaotiannv.

All in all, an hour is considered short.

If only we could initiate group voice calls directly… Lu Mingfei sighed for no reason.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

After thinking for a moment, he added a message, "Still eating, we'll talk on the phone later."

Nuwa was ultimately understanding, so she didn't say anything more and just replied with an "Oh".

While Lu Mingfei was sleeping, his phone received many messages.

Even Chu Zihang and Lao Tang, who are far away in the United States, sent messages of condolence.

As the president of the Lionheart Society at Kassel College, the senior brother at least had some sources of information. His subordinates would pay attention to things like the 'Hunter Website', especially since Wang Jiang's massive publicity campaign with 50 billion yen had naturally reached his ears.

Chu Zihang's actions are always faster than his words. It was afternoon, and his senior brother put down his academic experiments, took a mission from the executive department with the target in Japan, and even had Norma book a plane ticket for that evening. It seemed he was planning to set off. Oh, and there might also be a red-haired girl who hasn't awakened her Word of Power yet. That girl is also a loyal and righteous person.

Lu Mingfei quickly replied that everything was normal and that the two of you should definitely not come.

Chu Zihang sent a smiling emoji, indicating that he had already accepted the task and couldn't give it up since he had nothing else to do.

Lu Mingfei sighed. What he really wanted to say was that there were many monsters in Japan, and he was afraid that his senior brother might not be able to handle them!
After exchanging opinions, he finally managed to persuade Chu Zihang. It wasn't that he wouldn't come, but rather that he would come slowly, in an orderly manner... At least he should finish the experiments at hand first, so as not to delay his GPA. He could come and have fun when the cherry blossoms in Tokyo were in full bloom in early April. He could easily handle the hunter's bounty, and he could also help his senior brother with the execution department's mission. After all, he was no longer Binhai Aru; he was quite formidable.

In the end, Chu Zihang agreed... to the former.

The latter did not agree because Lu Mingfei was not part of the Kassel sequence and it was inconvenient for him to interfere with the Executive Department's mission. There were certain confidentiality regulations in place. The mission could be abandoned, but there was no need to falsify anything. Comrade Lao Chu was a person who was quite particular about principles.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.
Early April... By then, things should be mostly resolved, and my senior can just come for a simple trip.

As it happens, he has the right to know about Odin's affairs.

Old Tang's approach was simpler and more direct.

This Dragon King decisively abandoned a foreign woman he was supposedly having a passionate affair with recently, and then quickly replied with 'check' to the King's post, probably preparing to act as a mole... a mole for the bounty hunters.

Old Tang is highly ranked on the Hunter website. Although his skills are mainly focused on Deadpools and weak dragons, his imposing presence is enough to intimidate people. If there is a battle between various warlords leading their armies, he can easily lead an army to their doom.

"You have no idea how much I've sacrificed for you!"

"That girl is a once-in-a-lifetime find! I broke up with her right away!"

"But it's nothing really, hehe... just one girl. I'll bring you a few different ones next time."

Upon receiving Lu Mingfei's message, Lao Tang also replied immediately and then began bombarding him with messages.

"Dude, are you really picking up girls?"

"whispering sound!"

Seeing that Lu Mingfei didn't quite believe it, Lao Tang sent a group photo the next second.

In the photo, Lao Tang is hugging a beautiful woman while eating ice cream, with a Ferris wheel in the background. Lao Tang is smiling like a fool.

Lu Mingfei was astonished. Judging from her face, the girl was of mixed nationality, with both Eastern and Western aesthetics blended into her exquisitely beautiful face. Her figure was even more stunning, with every curve graceful and alluring. She seemed to be even taller than Lao Tang.

Those delicate, dark eyebrows, combined with Old Tang's thick, bushy brows, were like the difference between a Paris Fashion Week supermodel and a caveman... Of course, saying that might be a bit of an insult to my good buddy.

But Lu Mingfei sensed something was wrong.

My gut feeling was that something was wrong, so I quickly asked the girl what her background was and what her name was.

Old Tang, on the other hand, arrogantly declared that they had already broken up, so what was the point of talking about it? He had long forgotten her name; it was just a fling!

Lu Mingfei was speechless for a moment and could only send a message saying that they would talk when they met, without stopping him.

My senior brother is just an ordinary mortal, so it's really not suitable for him to arrive in Japan now. But Old Tang is different. When it comes to monsters, who can outdo whom?

Moreover, Lu Mingfei remembered something else.

According to the little devil, the "age" on the panel represents Old Tang's death time in the 'last scenario', which means that something big will definitely happen to him within a year, which will directly lead to his death.

Lu Mingfei felt that, given Lao Tang's personality, he was unlikely to want to offend anyone.

It's probably related to the 'Norton' personality.

However, he couldn't be sure when the "big event" would happen, nor could he predict in what form it would take. Therefore, the best way to prepare was to directly address the issue of the "Norton" personality.

Lu Mingze has already explained the method before.

You could try to merge his 'Dragon Heart' and 'Human Heart'.

It sounds like it would be quite difficult.

However, there is a ready-made guinea pig right now—

'Kazama Ruri' and 'Genjiro'.

His two personalities seem to be fighting quite fiercely; perhaps we could start by using him as a model? It's just unclear what the principle of so-called personality fusion actually is. After all, Lu Mingfei feels he's probably quite special, and his experience might not be applicable to others…

Well, actually he had absolutely no experience; he just melted it without really knowing what was going on.

After sending the message with great gusto, I also cleaned up the food on the table.

Lu Mingfei's hand speed, honed through interstellar travel, was on full display at this moment.

He talked to Nuwa, Chu Zihang, and Lao Tang at the same time, and thankfully nothing went wrong.

Of course... we're all very close, so if something really goes wrong, it's really not a big deal.

Fortunately, Su Xiaoqiang didn't know anything about the Hunter website... He could manage on three fronts, but he might not be able to survive on four fronts.

"Are you full?" Zero asked. "If you're not full, we'll order more from the restaurant."

"I'm full, I'm full."

Lu Mingfei quickly spoke.

"Come with me for a moment, I have something to tell you."

She stood up, her face still expressionless.

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat, and he obediently followed behind her.

He had no reason to refuse.

This cold, porcelain-doll-like little girl is only 1.5 meters tall, yet exudes an aura of someone 5.1 meters tall.

The softness when he woke up, and the tenderness of wiping his mouth, seemed like just a dream to him.

Zero is, after all, a 'princess'.

Click——

The door opened.

The girl with the potato chips was squatting on the curb, leaning against the wall, making crunching noises.

For her, breakfast is secondary; as long as she has potato chips, she's fine.

It's just that its two ears keep twitching.

"You two went off to play?"

Seeing the two of them come out,
The potato chip girl tied the bag tightly, stood up with a smile, completely oblivious to the fact that she was an eavesdropper.

Zero gave her a cold look, her eyes still burning with icy intensity.

"No, no, we're just talking about something," Lu Mingfei quickly said with a forced smile.

He was a little confused as to why, even though the two of them were on the same side, he had to act as the mediator.

"Chatting is good, it helps build relationships." The potato chip girl seemed completely oblivious to anything amiss.
The older woman continued to smile, looking just like a gossipy village auntie.
“Our Ling is great. Boys tend to be more proactive, and girls might just be more proactive in the opposite way.”

What was he babbling about...? Lu Mingfei was completely dumbfounded.

No, Zero and I have only known each other for less than a quarter of a day! Are you trying to matchmake us up?
He glanced at Zero 'subtly', and the girl stopped staring at him this time.

His gaze was fixed firmly on the potato chip girl.

It feels like the knife is about to fall and the potato chips will hit the ground at any moment...

Lu Mingfei quickly tried to smooth things over again: "Don't talk nonsense, Ling isn't an adult yet, look, she hasn't even reached puberty yet..."

Ling suddenly raised her head and looked at Lu Mingfei.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, looking uneasy.

"I am an adult now, and as for my development, my medical report shows that everything is normal."

Zero said calmly, "Want to see?"

Lu Mingfei: "..."

My forehead started sweating again.

What a lousy hotel!

It's a five-star hotel, why isn't the air conditioning on?

……

humming—

The door is closed.

Lu Mingfei and Ling returned to their sleeping room.

This is a presidential suite, and the room is as spacious as a Roman palace.

The surroundings quieted down, and the potato chip girl probably squatted back on the curb. This girl insisted on eating melons even when there were none, and Lu Mingfei couldn't stop her... If he stopped her any longer, he would be beaten up by the princess.

"sit."

Zero stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair.

Her five fingers were snow-white and slender, and faint vein patterns could be seen on the back of her hand, like a finely carved jade artwork.

Lu Mingfei felt uneasy once again.

Sit down properly.

However, he was not given any chance to react.

"What did you call me when you woke up?" Zero stared straight into his eyes, launching into a deadly attack right from the start.

hum-

Lu Mingfei's buttocks trembled as soon as he landed, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

really!

Words can be dangerous, and we'll have to settle the score later!
"Is...is it possible to reconcile?"

Lu Mingfei's voice was dry and he couldn't muster any energy, after all, he was in the wrong first, and Zero seemed to care a lot about it.

If it were anyone else, they would just joke around and move on.

Ling seemed to be a very serious girl, and she also seemed to be a little nice to him... People have different experiences. The same sentence might be a casual joke to one person, but a huge offense to another. He didn't want to hurt her because of this.

Apologize, apologizing will make things better...

Zero shook his head: "There was no reconciliation."

Lu Mingfei: "!"

"Where did you learn this name from?" Zero asked again.

"Which name?" Lu Mingfei tried to play dumb.

"Renata".

Zero's voice was cold, giving him no chance whatsoever.

“…Ahahaha.” Lu Mingfei chuckled dryly, then stopped abruptly.

There was a few seconds of silence in the room.

Lu Mingfei scratched his head.
He scratched his head again.

After pondering for a long time, he ultimately did not say, "I heard it in my dream."
Such an outrageous and somewhat flirtatious excuse.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and apologized sincerely: "I'm sorry, Zero, I called you by the wrong name. I apologize to you."

“I don’t mean to offend you, but seeing you suddenly reminded me of a very good friend from the past… her name is Renata.”

Hearing this sentence,
Zero's expression suddenly became extremely 'complex'.
She also remained silent for a while.

Finally, under Lu Mingfei's sincere gaze,
Her gaze seemed to soften a little.

This was exactly the same scene Lu Mingfei witnessed when he woke up that morning and saw the snow lotus on the iceberg thawing.

"No need to apologize, you've misunderstood. I'm not angry."

Lu Mingfei was taken aback.

however,
The next sentence, however, completely froze Lu Mingfei's expression.

"Renata was my former name."

Lu Mingfei: "!!!"

……

Next room.

Contrary to Lu Mingfei's expectations, Chip Girl did not continue to squat in the corner and eavesdrop.

I nestled comfortably into the sofa, continuing to munch on potato chips while working on my tablet.

What a joke!
We're not shameless people!

The girl with no connections might not admit it, but she could see it clearly in her eyes.

She, Long Legs, and the three-no's have known each other for many years. Whenever they get together, Chip Girl and Long Legs Girl are basically pinching each other's faces, poking each other's waists, and touching each other's legs, but the three-no's Girl always deliberately avoids any physical contact with them.
Not just them, but everyone, she was like a vacuum insulator.

It's nothing.
Everyone has their own habits, and each of the three of them has something abnormal about them.

Aside from being a bit aloof, the girl with no connections is pretty good in other aspects.

As a result, we circled back to Osaka early this morning. When we parked the car in front of the hotel, Zero actually took the little white rabbit on his back and carried it step by step back to the room...

She saw it with her own eyes; their arms were pressed together!

If they still aren't having an affair, Chip Girl is willing to go a month without eating potato chips!

Not to mention, during breakfast, Zero was handing water to the little white rabbit and wiping its mouth. She had never done such things to anyone before!

And Chip Girl always felt that
Zero's obsession with cleanliness is a very deep level of 'severe obsession with cleanliness,' which is a mental obsession with cleanliness.

In everyday life, this manifests as an overwhelming 'possessiveness' towards one's possessions.

Chip Girl has to admit that there was an element of risk involved in her secretly giving Zero's blanket to Lu Mingfei.

Looking back now, it seems like we made the right bet.

After all, we've known each other for so many years. Whether it's her or the long-legged girl, both of them are clean and pretty women. If you touch anything, this girl will hiss like a kitten.

Not to mention the opposite sex.

Normally, if a man were to sleep wrapped in a blanket with his head covered, she would probably first set the blanket on fire, and then set the man on fire as well.

She's a killer at heart!

Surprisingly, she started to see Lu Mingfei in a different light...

Don't even mention the duties of a nanny!

The boss never asked them to be both work nannies and household nannies!
"He's not dirty, that's all?"

Chip Girl remembered Zero's explanation in the elevator. Suddenly, she burst out laughing.

"You're such a high-class girl, keep putting on airs. She already has two people waiting for her at home."

Chip Girl stuffed a few more potato chips into her mouth.

My thoughts wandered aimlessly, following the densely packed numbers on the tablet.

"But it seems...they know each other before? But Sanwu remembers Xiaobaitu, and Xiaobaitu doesn't remember Sanwu?"

Chip Girl fell into deep thought.

I remember romance novels always wrote it this way, and comparing and contrasting them, it also fits the behavior patterns of the two people.

Of course, she was on her sisters' side.

"So the most urgent task now is to make the little white rabbit remember the three no's..."

Is there any good way?

Oh, and there's also a slightly worn-out teddy bear. Speaking of which, that bear must be quite old. She's had it with her since the first time we met, and to this day she still sleeps with it every night, as if it gives her an inexplicable sense of security.

That bear was her Achilles' heel; she wouldn't tolerate anyone even glancing at it, like a mother hen fiercely protecting her chicks.

……

“Its name is Zorro,” Zero said softly.

Lu Mingfei looked cautiously at the worn-out teddy bear the girl handed him.

Most of the bear's fur is bald, and the strips of cloth sewn into its body are a bit grayish. Normally, a doll should be soft all over, but this bear looks rough to the touch, with the style of a hard-edged industrial product from the last century.

It's hard to imagine that a girl with a cool and noble temperament would carry around such a 'not very high-end' toy.

“Give it a hug,” Zero said again.

"it is good."

Lu Mingfei wiped his hands haphazardly on his clothes and caught the little bear.

really.

Just as expected, this little bear was stiff all over and didn't feel comfortable to touch. It had probably been frozen in cold water many times. The yarn inside was even clumped together in many places, like pebbles... Anyway, the feel was much worse than the pile of dolls on Su Xiaoqiang's bed.

But that's what I think.

Lu Mingfei still had a very enjoyable expression on his face, meaning that your bear is very soft and your bear is great.

After playing with toys together, we completely made up, even though it might have been a bit childish... but it was just right.

Renata Yevgenia Chicherina.

This was Ling's full name when she used to be called 'Renata,' a standard Russian-style name... But unfortunately, in the few times he dreamed of her, Lu Mingfei couldn't remember many of the details at all.

My only impression of it is a solemn, ancient castle-like building, with cold bricks and a biting wind everywhere.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei did not remember when he had been to such a place.

Although the image of Renata in the dream seems to overlap with the image of Zero in front of me.

Especially when she sat quietly in the sunlight, her proud platinum blonde hair flowing down, her white dress and skin like the transparent reflection of a glacier illuminated by the sun.

“I can’t give it to you,” Zero suddenly said.

"Ah... oh."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

He stopped 'torture' Zorro and sheepishly handed it back.

Zero took Zorro and put him back.

The moment I lowered my head,
She seemed to smile.

Lu Mingfei blinked, and Ling looked up at him again. Everything returned to normal.

"Ahem...Could you explain that again?"

Lu Mingfei tentatively said, "I feel like I should remember soon."

Under Zero's repeated questioning, he had to admit that his impression of 'Renata' had actually faded. He only remembered the general details and temperament, but had no recollection of the specific events that had occurred between them.

As for so-called 'good friends,' it can only be attributed to 'instinct' and 'intuition.'

“My intuition tells me that I used to have a very good relationship with ‘Renata’.”

That's what Lu Mingfei said.

Zero fell into deep thought once again.

But now,

Lu Mingfei really couldn't be sure.

Is 'Renata' really 'zero'?
Regarding this issue,

He even tried driving it a little bit.

But Zero's story is different from Chip Girl's; it doesn't involve endless plans.

Having already learned about the [Contract of Fate] and [Bloodline Imprint], the girl's past was rather thin, with very little information that could be extracted in depth.

It was as if she had done nothing in the past years, but simply sat quietly in an ancient, unmelting iceberg, waiting.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei is in a somewhat awkward position right now.

Because his description of 'Renata's' appearance just now sounded like he was reciting Zero's appearance from last night, it's hard to imagine whether his brain automatically projected Zero's image onto 'Renata'.

After all, dreams are, in essence, a reflection of reality.

As a member of the nanny group, Zero may have appeared in Binhai before.

Perhaps it was just a fleeting glimpse, but that head of platinum blonde hair and the image of it braided into a single plait left ripples in his heart. The lake returned to calm, the memory sank to the bottom of the sea, and eventually became his dream many years later.

This also explains why the girl in front of me, in terms of both figure and face, doesn't match the image in my dream. Only her platinum blonde hair and her deep, calm eyes are like a bighead carp under ice, every tiny scale clearly visible.

But if 'Renata' is 'zero', then was our meeting really just a chance encounter?

Or was there actually some kind of relationship?
Why did she immediately have a [Favorability Rating: 9]? If she really exists, have I forgotten about her?

Let's talk about something else.

Ling shook her head and did not agree to Lu Mingfei's request.

The expression on his face was neither joy nor disappointment, but rather seemed hesitant.

"Uh……"

Lu Mingfei composed herself; she needed time to prepare, and so did she.

So he turned to ask another, more important question.

What's that clapper sound?

He took out the pair of old-fashioned wooden clappers from his pocket. Their surfaces were covered with tiny cracks, and they looked as if they had been smoked and burned.

These are spoils of war seized from the king; Zero gave them to him.

"Back at Gokurakukan, how did you come up with the idea of ​​using the sound of a clapper to deal with Kazama Ruri... And why did you remind me to cover my ears?"

Lu Mingfei's expression was filled with expectation.

The second half of the question, in a sense, is also a test to uncover some of his secrets.

After all, he guessed that he might have had a 'brain severance surgery' based on the intelligence panel and the facts.

Zero seems to have known this in advance.

However, Zero gave an unexpected yet very reasonable answer.

“I arrived very early and saw the changes that occurred in you when the king struck the gong, so I told you to cover your ears.”

Zero's voice was calm, without the slightest fluctuation of emotion.

They showed absolutely no shock or fear at Lu Mingfei's 'inhuman state' or the changes that occurred within that state.

"As for using the clappers to deal with Kazama Ruri, that was an experiment of mine. He's not quite right in the head, and since the King has a pair of clappers on him, I decided to try it on him."

Do you know what a wooden clapper is used for?

Lu Mingfei stared intently at her. "Have you ever seen anyone use a clapper before?"

After a moment of silence, Ling finally nodded.

"Yes."

"Who is it?" Lu Mingfei continued to press.

Ling gazed quietly into Lu Mingfei's eyes and slowly uttered a name.

“A man named… Herzog.”

……

‘Dong dong dong——’

There was a knock on the door.

Chip Girl ran to open the door.

I saw Lu Mingfei and Ling standing at the door.

"Are you done?" Chip Girl gave a smile like an old auntie.

“No, it’s only just begun,” Zero said calmly.

"...?"

Lu Mingfei instinctively shrank his neck.
He always felt there was something ambiguous in their words, but he had no proof.

"Ahem, you're quick-witted. We've run into a problem and would like your advice."

Lu Mingfei coughed lightly, trying to correct the style of the conversation.

"What advice can I give? There's a chance of getting pregnant outside the body. If you don't want to have a child, you have to take proper precautions."

The potato chip girl was a little surprised.

"??!"

It took Lu Mingfei half a second to finally understand what the potato chip girl was talking about. He almost fainted. Maybe he should just turn this girl into a wet product!
"It's about the king."

Ling didn't react as strongly as Lu Mingfei; her expression remained unchanged.

"General... Oh, okay."

Chip Girl nodded regretfully and put down her tablet.

Clearly, the matter of the little white rabbit is currently a higher priority for her.

"Tell me what's going on, and I'll give you some advice."

The potato chip girl crossed her legs, propped her chin up, and looked like she was listening attentively.

“I once met a man named Herzog who could control mixed-race people with a clapper, provided that he had performed a pontomedullary surgery on them.”

Zero briefly described what happened.

Sure enough, the shorter the sentence, the bigger the matter; Chip Girl was completely dumbfounded.

"Controlling hybrids with the sound of a wooden clapper? How could such a thing be possible?"

"The principle is to surgically sever both sides of the pons of the hybrid. People who have undergone this surgery will think using two hemispheres separately. You can think of it as each hemisphere containing a personality. For the hybrid, this means a human personality and a dragon personality. The clapper sound can control the switching between the two personalities, thereby achieving control over the hybrid," Zero calmly explained the details.

"Wang Jiang also possessed this technology; they may be the same person."

Lu Mingfei nodded in agreement.
Looking at the perfectly in sync couple, Potato Chip Girl remained silent for a moment before shaking her head again. "The only thing I can think of regarding the pontine transection surgery and the control of hybrids that you mentioned is 'lobar resection.' Medically, it was originally used to treat epilepsy, but in the world of hybrids, after the lobectomy, the most important 'mental resonance' of the dragon bloodline will be severed."

"During the reign of the Egyptian pharaohs, this procedure was used to control mixed-race individuals, and now the Secret Society also uses it to purge those with dangerous bloodlines."

"And...the pons, do either of you know what the pons is?"

The potato chip girl's eyes revealed a look of pity for someone who is illiterate: "From the perspective of modern science, the pons is part of the brainstem and is involved in core life functions such as breathing and heartbeat. Even a slight injury can cause respiratory arrest, unconsciousness, or even death. As for interrupting the control of the pons over mixed-race individuals... if death is a form of control, then I admit that it can indeed be controlled."

"It's just a fact," Zero said expressionlessly.

"Heh." The potato chip girl rolled her eyes. "I don't believe you unless you give me a time and place so I can verify it?"

“Eighteen years ago, at Black Swan Port,” Zero said coldly.

Lu Mingfei continued to nod, his expression serious.

Just now in the room, Zero had already told him about Black Swan Harbor and Dr. Herzog.

It was an unnamed port in a snowy wilderness, a secret experimental base of the former Soviet Union. The person in charge of the experiments was Herzog. He performed brain pontomy on many children and controlled them through the sound of a clapper. Zero used to live there too, and she was the only one who escaped.

So Lu Mingfei asked somewhat nervously if he had also been in Black Swan Harbor back then.

Therefore, after Herzog performed a pontomy, he became responsive to the sound of a wooden clapper.

however,
Zero, however, gave him an absolute negative answer.

Lu Mingfei has never lived in Black Swan Harbor, and the most direct evidence is that the timeline doesn't match up.

Back then, Black Swan Harbor was inhabited by teenagers, and Lu Mingfei wasn't even born until Black Swan Harbor was destroyed.

So his pontine transection surgery was probably performed somewhere else.

It could be Herzog, or it could be someone else.

After the destruction of Black Swan Harbor, Herzog vanished without a trace, and this was the first time she had found any trace of him in Japan.

Lu Mingfei fell into silence.

The rare clue had gone cold again, and he subconsciously didn't think deeply about the question of how old Zero was.

The news from Black Swan Harbor basically confirms his previous speculation.

The leader of the Fierce Ghosts, Wang Jiang, is equivalent to Dr. Herzog, the head of Black Swan Harbor.

This man is still secretly researching evolutionary drugs.

“It’s alchemy,” Lu Mingfei suddenly said.

"It's not just pure science; the pontine transection surgery and the sound of the clapper both contain alchemical elements."

"Tsk...you should have said so earlier."

The potato chip girl suddenly deflated, just as she was about to unleash her grand ambitions and fiercely mock the scientific literacy of the clueless girl.

But if it's alchemy...

That's fine.

This thing is the most unscientific thing in the world.

"That feeling is pretty perverted."

Chip Girl tugged at her hair, her voice vehement: "So someone's developed an alchemical technique to separate human and dragon personalities... just to control hybrids? What the hell would be so bored as to research this kind of surgery?"

"Although I don't know much about alchemy, I feel that the effort and reward involved are definitely not proportional... Either there is something else going on, or this is just a byproduct of another, more ambitious goal."

"Odin."

Lu Mingfei gave a name.

"...You mean that Norse god-king riding a winged horse and wielding a spear?" Chip Girl paused, taken aback.

"hold head high."

Chip Girl sat up, scrutinized Lu Mingfei's face, and said with a dejected expression, "How come it feels like you know far more information than I do? Is this reasonable?"

“I have my own intelligence network,” Lu Mingfei insisted.

"……Fine."

Chip Girl sighed and reorganized her thoughts.

"So Dr. Herzog from Black Swan Harbor is currently controlling the Oni Clan, playing the role of a king general and continuing his ambitions. He has Kazama Ruri, a super hybrid he controls through a brain pons transection surgery, and you will be affected by the sound of the clapper. So our ultimate goal now is to find Herzog, is that what you mean?"

"The ultimate goal is Odin, Herzog is a step-by-step goal."

Lu Mingfei corrected, "Whether it's Deadpool technology or Bangzi technology, the source is Odin."

"If we can't find the god riding the winged horse, we can only dig step by step from under the tangled spider web... In any case, Herzog must die. Oh, and we also need to investigate Neo the boar from Rio de Janeiro; he's one of Odin's men."

Ling looked up and glanced at Lu Mingfei.

She was also present when Neo the boar was interrogated. The short man was already on the verge of death due to the effects of the evolution drug. If Lu Mingfei hadn't beaten him until he bled from all seven orifices, releasing the dragon blood in his body that was somewhere between medicine and poison, he probably wouldn't have lasted until the moment the adrenaline was injected.

Even so, Neo the Boar's will still surprise them.

This short man was nothing like a typical gang leader or a hedonistic mixed-race individual who was afraid of death. Faced with Kazama Ruri's ruthless methods, he didn't reveal a single crucial piece of information.

In the end, he left only one sentence: "I have dedicated my soul to that great man."

Does Lu Mingfei mean that 'that person' is Odin?
However, she naturally wouldn't say anything more.

"Alright, alright... Herzog, Neo the Boar..."

Chip Girl rubbed her forehead, took out a small notebook, and scribbled a few notes.

This feels like something completely out of the ordinary.

She was making money just fine, and suddenly she was asked to research how to kill the leader of a powerful mixed-race force...

Moreover, he is clearly the kind of person who is very good at plotting and scheming.

The Snake Clan has been unable to defeat the King General for so many years.

The pressure is really immense.

Okay, although it sounds more interesting than making money by death.

"Then, let's begin your plan. How should we find Herzog?"

Lu Mingfei looked at the potato chip girl seriously.

He looked as if he was destined for greatness.

"I've heard you're the world's top strategist, so you must have a solution, right?"

"Can you stop praising me so much... cough cough, although I do have a brilliant idea." The potato chip girl grinned, trying not to laugh.

"Tell me about it?" Lu Mingfei said.

The potato chip girl read out a name.

"The Eight Families of Snake-Headed Trees".

(End of this chapter)