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

Chapter 164 Tachibana Masamune: From Deep Deliberation to Death on the Spot.

The corridor outside the computer room.

"They're out!"

Genjiro and Sakura had a brief exchange about what had just happened on both sides.

They also noticed the unusual changes that occurred inside the server room after Lu Mingfei entered... and of course, they were developing in a positive direction.

Now a man and a woman dressed in black combat uniforms emerged, their steps steady and light, showing no outward signs of anything amiss.

"Hey……"

Genji took a deep breath and forced a smile.

I was just about to ask about the specifics inside the server room... Of course, if conditions permit, we can also discuss matters concerning the young girl.

however,
The other person ignored his greeting and rushed hurriedly toward the stairwell on the left.

It was as if he didn't exist in their sight at all, and even the entire elite team of the Execution Bureau was ignored. It was as if the corridor had been empty from the very beginning, with not a single person in sight!
Two figures flashed by and disappeared into the stairwell.

Yuan Zhisheng's raised arm froze in mid-air.

He looked embarrassed and didn't know what to do.

"Young Master...?"

The crow spoke in a low voice, its eyes solemn and questioning.

Clearly, as long as Genjiro gives the order, this group of subordinates who feel deeply guilty will regain their sense of duty as retainers and chase after the two invaders to fight to the death!
The others thought the same way.

"Forget it, let's ignore them." Genji sighed.

Just then, a noise came from the direction of the elevator.

The Executive Bureau's support forces finally arrived late, due to interference from someone.

Before long, more than five teams of family members appeared from various stairwells.

The people temporarily selected by Tachibana Masamune were the most elite group of people recently transferred from various branches, including experts like Ryoma Kaoru who had just returned from the battlefield. Their combat skills and teamwork were quite remarkable.

"Young Master! Are you alright?"

Several squad leaders rushed over immediately, and couldn't help but glance at the dilapidated Kaguya-hime server room and the disheveled Genjiro squad, before quickly withdrawing their potentially 'offensive' gazes.

"I'm okay."

Yuan Zhisheng shook his head, looked at his colleagues, and clearly noticed that one of the teams had come from the direction Lu Mingfei had just left, but the two groups passed each other without engaging in a battle.

After thinking for a moment, Genji asked, "Can you contact the patriarch? I have something to report to him privately."

"This……"

Faced with Genjiro's request, the team leaders looked somewhat troubled.

They were ordered by their patriarch to temporarily return from the lower floors and climb more than forty flights of stairs.

However, the two sides lost contact midway. Princess Kaguya, who covered the entire Genji Heavy Industries building, suddenly went offline. Given their status and position, it was naturally impossible for them to have a separate channel of communication with the patriarch.

“Never mind,” Yuan Zhisheng said. “You guys go and handle the aftermath in the computer room. I’ll go find him.”

He actually has a private communication channel, but we still couldn't get in touch with him.

"Yes, my lord."

The group of executive officers immediately responded.

Unable to contact the patriarch, Yuan Zhisheng, as the executive director and young master, naturally possesses the highest authority.

Although their previous orders were to clear out the intruders, it now seemed that the battle on the 52nd floor was over. Without asking any further questions, they immediately called their team members and rushed into the server room, which was still filled with the white smoke from the fire extinguishing fire.

The computer room was completely quiet.

Faced with this group of "own people", Princess Kaguya, who should have been offline, naturally chose to go into hiding.

“You guys go help too,” Yuan Zhisheng said to some of the team members.

"Yes, young master." The seven men immediately obeyed and entered the server room.

Only Genjiro and his three followers remained in the corridor, or, in ancient terms, his retainers.

Cherry blossoms, Yaksha, crows.

After a moment of silence, Genjiro scanned the three faces, lingering especially on the crow for a moment.

"There's something I didn't mention earlier: the enemy is Lu Mingfei."

"hiss--"

The crow had guessed the answer, but now that the news was confirmed, he gasped again, and even the stomach where he had been kicked on the human smuggling ship began to ache faintly.

"So that woman..." Yaksha grinned.

Just now in the computer room, he received the same treatment as his good friend, taking a solid kick.

That kick was no light one; he still hasn't fully recovered.

Eh?etc!

It seems like someone is not fitting in.

The two realized what was happening and instinctively looked at Sakura at the same time.

"Hmph." Sakura said expressionlessly.

Yuan Zhisheng shook his head, his voice grave: "I am no match for Lu Mingfei, and his companions are no ordinary people either... But I have a feeling that something is wrong with what happened today."

The young master of the Snake Clan readily admitted his defeat.

Failure is no longer important to him; he has other things to care about.

Dad...

Countless doubts involuntarily arose in Yuan Zhisheng's mind.

He should have unconditionally trusted that man, but both the news brought by Lu Mingfei and the changes that occurred in Princess Kaguya's computer room were too unexpected for him.

It's not that I can't understand it at all, it's just that these things feel very jarring when connected together.

"Anyway, the three of you come with me to find Mr. Masamune first."

Yuan Zhisheng gave the order in a soft voice.

……

"This is truly disturbing."

After hesitating for a moment, Tachibana Masamune ultimately decided to leave the office.
Touching the pair of wooden clappers in the pocket of his haori, he hurriedly approached the ξ floor hidden deep inside the building.

Erii Uesugi. This is his last trump card.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have needed to be so anxiously cautious.

The other party is most likely after Princess Kaguya. There are many people in this world who covet Princess Kaguya, including the European Secret Society, which has always been very interested in her.

In order to better control the Snake Clan, the Secret Party has made several secret attempts to invade in recent years... Tachibana Masamune was aware of all these things.

Of course, this was the worst-case scenario. Taking advantage of Susan's visit and the attack on the building, the enemy secretly infiltrated the core area of Genji Heavy Industries, broke through Genji's squad's defenses, entered the server room, and finally succeeded in physical intrusion...

Tachibana Masamune's brows furrowed even more.

It sounds like it's just a matter of a single sentence, and seems very simple.

But in reality, each condition is unique, and when combined, they are even more difficult than reaching the heavens.

There is only one Susan in the world, Genji Heavy Industries is not some garden plaza, and there are very few hybrids who can deal with Genjiro...

To be honest, even now, Tachibana Masamune is not sure what the other side wants to do with Kaguya-hime after going to such great lengths.

Based on intuition, and with the absolute certainty of success.

He then chose the safest approach: to sacrifice Princess Kaguya immediately.

"With the first emergency self-destruct procedure and the arc bomb, there shouldn't be any problem. It's just a bit of a pity..."

A look of worry flashed across Tachibana Masamune's brow.

It may seem like a do-or-die situation, but the cost isn't as high as one might imagine. After all, the time isn't ripe yet, and there's still some time before the 'day of becoming a god.' Preparations are needed in all aspects. The only thing to note is that one must be even more cautious in the next few years.

"Since the other party is so powerful as to break through layers of barriers to enter the server room, is it possible to neutralize these two trump cards..." Tachibana Masamune continued to ponder as he walked.

Theoretically impossible. Even if the arc bomb is defused, the servers will enter self-destruct mode under his command, and will be burned even if they don't explode.

Princess Kaguya's underlying logic is loyalty to the Snake Clan and service to their patriarch.

Even if the enemy were to seize control of this computer, without hardware support and the ability to infiltrate the underlying database, it would be difficult to cause any significant disruption in the short term. Moreover, besides the cloud computing system, the key to this super artificial intelligence lies in the more than one thousand top-tier servers in the data center.

Norma at Kassel College is powerful because it is backed by the European Secret Party, which built an "ice cellar" that occupies most of the mountainside to provide it with computing power.

"So, what exactly do the intruders want? Could it be... that I'm their target?"

Tachibana Masamune's brows furrowed even deeper.

It feels really perverted...

He was just an ordinary patriarch. Among the successive patriarchs of the Snake Clan, he was not outstanding in any aspect, and his strength was absolutely at the bottom. Logically speaking, apart from the Demon Clan who might hate him to the bone, other forces would definitely not go to such lengths to deal with him.

But the problem is, those Fierce Ghosts are my men!

Until now, we have exhausted all possibilities.

The worst-case scenario that Tachibana Masamune could think of was also the most reasonable one.

The intruders this time are backed by Lu Mingfei!
The other party wants to use Princess Kaguya to find either the 'King General' or 'Herzog'!
After all, it makes some sense to connect the king's clapper to Black Swan Harbor and then to Herzog.

“If that’s the case, then I’m not afraid.” Tachibana Masamune’s brows relaxed slightly.

In the past twenty years, he has never used the identity of 'Herzog' to conduct any activities in Japan, leaving absolutely no loopholes, so he must be very secure.

The King General is a collection of countless shadow warriors; you can pick any one you want, they're all rats in a stinking ditch anyway.

The deeper secret is that he and the King are the same person... Heh, this is something that no one can discover. He has never done anything openly, but has simply used the intelligence gap to accumulate their respective positions in the Snake Clan and the Demon Clan over the years.

The few key instances of resource sharing were also accomplished through the acquisition of spoils by one side after defeat, which was entirely reasonable.

As for the relaxed surveillance in certain 'special areas'... it might expose some problems, but they're not fatal, and he already deleted the records using his patriarchal privileges.

Princess Kaguya, the only one who had a chance to discover something from the slightest clue, remained loyal to him and was decisively destroyed by him, and could not be repaired for several years.

Even assuming we take a step back, is it possible that someone foresaw everything in advance and made corresponding arrangements...?

"Phew, there's no need to deduce the result from the answer."

Tachibana Masamune reviewed the entire sequence of events once more and then completely relaxed.

In reality, most of his guesses were wild speculations, based on extremely negative assumptions. There was no need to be so pessimistic.

He once taught Genjiro that there was no need to worry about bad things that hadn't happened yet.

This principle applies to everyone.

"No major problems, everything's fine. Now all we need to do is survive. After all, the identity of 'Tachibana Masamune' is still very important. We can't let him die in front of outsiders..."

Tachibana Masamune wiped the sweat from his brow and quickened his pace toward the ξ floor.

As long as Erii is under control, no one in the world can pose a threat to him. In fact, if the other party is so powerful that he dares to chase after him, the roles of prey and hunter may have to be reversed.

There could not possibly be another person in the world as cautious as him.

Is it possible to predict in advance that I'm going to the ξ floor?

If something still goes wrong after all this, it would be absolutely outrageous!

A few dozen seconds later, the ξ layer was right in front of us.

A familiar smell of disinfectant wafted over, and Tachibana Masamune smiled slightly.

"Hello."

Just then, he suddenly heard a voice from above.

"Ok?"

Tachibana Masamune's heart skipped a beat.

However, before he could react and look up, he had no time to say anything.

A sharp, piercing whistle rang out from above.

A heavy iron spear fell from the sky.