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

Chapter 180 Nono-chan Comes in Handy [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

"Oh right, right, it's the Frigga series of potions that we seized from the Chen family last time... Do you still have any left at home?"

"It's alright, right? Oh, the quantity is quite large, that's great!"

"Here's what we'll do. I'll give you an address. Have someone send you a set as quickly as possible... Yes, it'll be very useful!"

"Uh, sorry, there's been a new development, for now..."

"But don't worry, it'll be soon, I'll be back very soon..."

"Mmm, bye-bye, mua!"

Lu Mingfei hung up the phone.

next moment,
Immediately, a series of 'mua!' echoed throughout the room.

Lu Mingfei looked somewhat embarrassed.

"What are you doing? You're acting like it's something strange."

From the potato chip girl, from the wine-loving Mai, from Old Tang... all eyes were drawn to him with ambiguous intent.

Lu Mingfei made this call to Nuwa.

The purpose was to demand a set of the Frigg series of medicines, which was a byproduct of the Chen family's research on Nono. Later, when the assets were being liquidated, the Zhou family should have received a complete set of information.

This is a set of sedatives, unlike anesthetics in the medical field. The Frigg series of potions involves the field of alchemy and is mainly targeted at dragon-blooded creatures. According to various experimental data, this set of potions can suppress bloodlines and stabilize the mind.

The latter is the main one.

Based on their knowledge of alchemy and Taoist alchemy, the Zhou family's researchers analyzed the series of potions and concluded that they were essentially coating the spirit with a layer of film, binding the dominant characteristics and alienation of the bloodline from the inside out.

Raw materials…

It's related to Nuonuo, or rather, it's related to that 'first generation Chen Motong'.

Having heard Genjiro's description before,

Lu Mingfei felt that compared to 'Deadpool Fetal Serum', the Frigga series of drugs might be more effective for Erii, stabilizing her condition to a great extent and perhaps even alleviating it.

Of course, just like the extremely high cost of extracting 'Deadpool fetal serum'.

The Frigga series of drugs are also subject to a "use and you'll lose" mentality. Unless they continue to target Nono or find the 'Frigga Zero' test subject who disappeared along with the Chen family head, there is basically no possibility of replenishment.

However, it's not a big problem. The Chen family had previously used Frigga's potion extensively in the areas controlled by Deadpool, and their inventory was quite considerable.

In short, Lu Mingfei planned to have Nuwa send over a set of Frigga's potion to Erii first, and try it on her. If it worked well, then they would talk about it... Nono didn't mind sacrificing herself a little to help this girl who looked exactly like her and had been even more pitiful than her in the past.

"So he really got in touch with that Zhou family patriarch after all?"

A look of understanding flashed in Chu Zihang's eyes, but his face remained expressionless.

Like him, Zero's face was expressionless.
Clearly, she had heard the two of them whispering a lot when she stayed at the Park Hyatt Hotel, and now things are looking stable and she has her own rhythm.

Erii, on the other hand, was completely oblivious, focused only on diligently munching on the oden and barbecue she bought from the convenience store.

She would never have been able to come into contact with this kind of 'unhealthy' food when she was at Genji Heavy Industries. It was only because she was out having fun that Lu Mingfei was able to buy it for her. He simply packed up and cleared out the entire counter for her, and thus easily gained [Favorability +1].

Seeing this, the potato chip girl simply provided her with several more bags of potato chips in various flavors.

Princess Hebi-hachi enjoyed her meal very much.

"By the way, senior brother, Lao Tang, did you guys have any particular feelings when you heard the clapper just now?" Lu Mingfei chuckled and changed the subject.

"I don't feel anything, it just sounds awful," Chu Zihang said.

"Yes, it sounds awful, very primitive, not as good as when I play the leaf flute," Old Tang commented.

"I mean, did you hear the resonance of the dragon script in it?"

They both shook their heads.

"I see, alright then..." Lu Mingfei sighed.

Just now, when Zero played the clapper, he took Erii downstairs to buy something to eat.

But when he watched the video on his way back, Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

Under the influence of the three dragon runes 'Beryta', 'Vixlaou', and 'Eretere', hybrids who have undergone pontomedullary surgery will enter a state of 'mental convection', which is what he understands as personality transformation.

During the process of personality transformation, there is an immense pain, as if the soul is being torn apart and extracted.

That's absolutely right.

Both Kazama Ruri and Genjiro exhibited this characteristic when they heard the sound of the clapper.

But the question is, after the switch is complete, will the power of the dragon blood necessarily bind to the tyrannical personality, that is, the theoretical 'dragon-like personality'?

Lu Mingfei initially thought so, but Yuan Zhisheng's performance today contradicted that.

While showing signs of rage, Genjiro also seemed to have lost his power.

Upon closer reflection, Erii doesn't seem to fit this intuitive guess. She clearly just passively released 'Word of Power: Judgment', disrupting the Sheki-Hachi family's Execution Bureau's encirclement... unless her current happy appearance while eating barbecue is her dragon personality.

But this clearly contradicts the phrase "dragon-like personality".

The traditional image of dragons represents bloodthirstiness, coldness, and violence, which is contrary to the fine virtues of humankind.

Lu Mingfei felt a little confused.

Although I saw the answer directly through the [Deep Intelligence Extraction Permission], it seems that my understanding of the 'pontine interruption surgery' is not deep enough.

Was it a problem during the surgery? Or was it a problem with those three dragon patterns?
"Junior brother, do you think that the dragon patterns in the rhythm of the clapperboard collectively released a word of power?"

Chu Zihang suddenly said.

“Uh…no.” Lu Mingfei was taken aback.

“Actually, what Yuan Zhisheng and Kazama Ruri did just now is somewhat similar to the symptoms of ‘split-brain disease’ in medicine, that is, the corpus callosum is severed… Of course, it’s not the same as the pontine rupture you mentioned. I have done some research on this, and there are quite a few related materials in the academy library,” Chu Zihang said.

Lu Mingfei was immediately invigorated. Sure enough, his senior brother was still the top student as always.

The difference between the corpus callosum and the pons had been explained to him by Potato Chip Girl before... and he really wanted to hear his senior's insights.

"Please speak, senior brother." Lu Mingfei immediately sat up straight.

Kazama Ruri's expression also turned serious. "Please speak, senior brother."

"Generally speaking, in medicine, epilepsy patients who are unresponsive to drug treatment are treated by cutting the corpus callosum... Of course, as you all know, in the Secret Society, this is a method used to cleanse unstable hybrids. The corpus callosum is that specialized structure in the 'white matter of the brain'."

Chu Zihang said slowly.

"But the thinking of split-brain people is very strange. Their left and right hemispheres work independently and cannot communicate with each other. Psychologists and philosophers at the time raised a question: When a person's brain is split in two, does his self-awareness become two, or does it remain one?"

"Two?" Old Tang answered instinctively.

“No,” Chu Zihang said. “Actually, it is one. We generally think that self-awareness is the privilege of the left brain and has nothing to do with the right hemisphere. But someone did an experiment where split-brain people looked at funny pictures and presented them to their left and right brains respectively. When the pictures were presented to their left brain, the split-brain people laughed out loud. When the pictures were presented to their right brain, they still laughed out loud, but when asked why they laughed, they couldn’t say.”

Generally speaking? What do we think?

Ruri Kazama subconsciously held her breath, feeling suppressed by her academic background.

"...Senior brother, just give me your conclusion."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but cover his face.

Damn it, he suddenly remembered that he also dropped out of high school. "Ahem."

Old Tang fell completely silent; he only had a junior high school education.

Chu Zihang nodded: "Generally speaking, even if the left and right hemispheres of the brain are separated, this person is still a unified consciousness, and the core self is still a person."

Kazama Ruri nodded; he understood what she meant.

And that is indeed the case. Whether it is Kazama Ruri or Genji, they are essentially the same person.

"You and your brother are behaving much like split-brain individuals, but the core issue is that if surgery is performed on this area, you will normally lose most of your abilities as hybrids, including the resonance with dragon runes and the resonance with your bloodline. Your sister will be the same."

The room fell silent for a moment, broken only by the crunching sound of Erii biting into a potato chip.

A glint flashed in Chu Zihang's eyes: "Another point I would like to make is that if a hybrid can still retain their bloodline abilities and have a high bloodline, then even if their brain is damaged, it may not be unable to heal."

Lu Mingfei was suddenly startled; he seemed to understand what Chu Zihang meant.

Ruri Kazama's eyes sparkled.

really,

"I suspect there's something going on in the heads of the three of you."

Chu Zihang said earnestly.

"That's the key to the so-called 'pontine rupture surgery'."

……

Nono successfully moved into the ξ floor of Genji Heavy Industries.

Sakura waited nearby.

At this moment, she was in the Japanese-style house where Erii had always lived. After arriving at Genji Heavy Industries, a group of pure-blooded yakuza members dressed in black uniforms with large tattoos on their wrists and cuffs surrounded the three of them.

When Yuan Zhisheng went to Xingshen Temple for a meeting, those men in black didn't dare to raise their heads and brought her there. Their attitude was respectful yet fearful, as if they were facing a plague god, avoiding her at all costs.

Nono didn't care about these people and continued to wholeheartedly play the role of Erii, while also quietly sketching Erii's character in this room to further refine her persona.

see,

The people in the monitoring room were also relieved. Erii had always been like this, liking to sit alone on the tatami mat with her toys, lost in thought. If it weren't for the young master and Miss Sakura specifically emphasizing not to disturb 'Eri', they might have even considered coming to do a check-up.

Of course... Mr. Masamune is busy with business trips, and there's no one to supervise them for the time being. These medical staff are happy to have some free time, mainly because they don't need to risk getting close to Erii.

—Under Genjiro's orders, news of Tachibana Masamune's death was kept strictly confidential.

Nono is still carefully sketching.

His dark red eyes swept indifferently over the 20-centimeter-thick alloy door in the corridor, the walls reinforced with steel plates inside the Japanese-style wooden planks, and the ventilation pipes in every corner.

Such strict... vigilance.

Nono has never hesitated to speculate about her own experiences with the utmost malice: poison gas, inhaled anesthetics, cages, physical examinations, and unknown drugs.

In addition, she had a terrible experience when she accidentally spoke as a child, and after that, no staff member dared to get close to her, even though she communicated only through a small notebook ever since.

In everyone's eyes, she was just a monster.

The most terrifying monster in the world.

"It's...a suffocating loneliness." Nono thought to herself, feeling even more pity for the girl.

But she simply cannot stand on moral high ground to criticize others, because that is the truth.

Nono sensed Erii's thoughts.

She is very sensible and knows that she might unintentionally cause trouble for others, so she never asks for anything...

Nono walked towards the closet, preparing to change into a shrine maiden outfit.

Just then, a commotion of footsteps suddenly broke out in the corridor outside the door.

Uesugi Kotsu, who had just suffered a major setback with Genjiro, actually found his way here.

The old man's steps were quite hurried...

Uesugi was in a hurry.

Really urgent.

His heart had been dulled for decades. Uesugi had attended countless masses, and each time the pastor would preach love to him. But the phone call that Inuyama received was like a heavy hammer hitting his long-dormant, wooden heart.

Until that moment, he suddenly had an epiphany.

It was as if the bloodline of this world had been reconnected with him. He could feel the joys and sorrows of the world again. The existence of his two sons and one daughter made him feel as if he was no longer a lonely ghost in this world. He felt an indescribable warmth that filled his heart.

Son! My son! Daughter! My daughter!
Uesugi Kotsugu finally figured it out, but Genjiro didn't.

I can't figure it out.

I just found out that my father, who raised me and taught me so many great principles, had actually been secretly treating me as food all along.

Now you're telling me I wasn't born from a rock, and that I have a biological father?
Again?

Genjiro couldn't trust Tachibana Masamune, and consequently, he couldn't trust Uesugi Koshi.

In other words,
He's developed a bit of PTSD from the word 'father' now.

Therefore, Uesugi Koshi suffered a great setback just now at the Shinshin-ji Temple.

Genjiro's attitude towards him could almost be described as icy!

But...it doesn't matter.

Uesugi Kotsushi has now decided that he must fulfill his responsibilities as a father.

If a son sees his father like he's an enemy, surely a daughter wouldn't do the same?
Ah He, that old bastard, said it on the way.

My daughter has been in poor health since childhood due to her bloodline and has lacked companionship, so she must crave her father's love.
There's no rush with the son; we can take it slow! Winning over the daughter first is just as good!

dong dong dong-

Uesugi Kotsugu moved with incredible speed, and with the pass given to him by Inuyama He, he scurried past the staff who tried to stop him and rushed to the end of the long cherry blossom corridor.

Standing in front of the door of the Japanese-style room.

Uesugi took a deep breath, knocked on the door with the gentlest of movements, and then gently pushed it open.

inside the house,

Nono looked over in confusion.

Who is this?
"My dearest daughter."

Uesugi Kotsugu's face broke into a kind and reliable smile. "I am your father."

"..."

Nono's face instantly turned cold.

(End of this chapter)