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

Chapter 192 Epilogue: The White King
Three days passed in a flash, and then night fell.

The tide has long since receded in Tokyo. In a back alley of Bunkyo Ward, in front of a ramen cart.

The ramen chef, wearing a white headscarf, had an incredibly solemn expression, as if what lay before him was not a pot of hot soup, but a panoramic view of the landscape from the top of the Edo castle tower hundreds of years ago.

The pot was bubbling away.

The diners waited quietly for the noodles to be cooked, and several of the ladies were naturally quiet.

The only man didn't say anything either.
He appeared to be lost in thought, but in reality, he was observing his own interface.

[Name: Lu Mingfei]

[Level: LV66]

[Experience value: 24400/58000]

【Combat strength: 780】

Wealth Index: N/A

[Bloodline: S (Activated)]

[Words of Power: Anyone can do it, Weapon Master, Black Sheep Wall, Don't Die, Bloodline Jiro, Shut Up, Black Sun]

[Special Status: Something for Nothing fusion 34%.]

[Comment: Have you also started to believe in power and force?]

[Current deep intelligence extraction privileges: 22 times.]

……

Three full days have passed since Herzog's true form was found.

Over three days, Lu Mingfei traveled across the Japanese archipelago, and with the help of intelligence provided by the Yuan brothers, he broke through a total of thirteen Deadpool training bases. Some were located deep in the mountains of Osaka, some in Hokkaido, some on Shikoku Island, and several training bases were even in Tokyo.

For example, Chiyoda Ward, Sumida Ward, the interior of the Genji Heavy Industries building in Shinjuku Ward, and the complex Iron Dome Temple area.

Lu Mingfei's current experience gap for upgrading has reached a terrifying level.

Based on an average of 100 experience points per Deadpool, Lu Mingfei had personally killed over a thousand Deadpools in the past three days, providing him with a full five levels of experience.

But looking back to when he first came to Japan, he had 42 "deep intelligence extraction permissions," and now he has almost half of those permissions.

Indeed, it is a case of taking every last penny and using it like dirt.

Bitter!

Fortunately, after a long and tiring journey back to Tokyo, I was still able to have a bowl of hot soup.

"A strong soy sauce ramen should only have pork cartilage or char siu added. Soy sauce ramen with sesame seeds is heresy!" Uesugi Kotsushi brought over the ramen and righteously stopped Lu Mingfei's actions.

"This bowl belongs to Erii."

"Haha, adding sesame seeds to ramen is a sign of good civilization."

Lu Mingfei also laughed.

He was fooling Uesugi Koshi; the bowl of noodles was actually his own.

Once everything was ready, the guests sat quietly on the benches and ate.

Uesugi wiped his hands with a towel. He didn't eat any noodles. The curtain on the eaves partially covered his back, and the night wind made him feel a little sentimental.

"Speaking of which, why doesn't Master Yue stay at Genji Heavy Industries and lord it over others, but instead comes out to sell ramen?"

"Is it because you can't let go of your friends from those izakayas?"

“I really only know how to make ramen…” Uesugi sighed. “See this street? I’ve been selling ramen here for half a century. I’m someone who can’t keep up with the times. There’s no need for me to stay in modern high-rise buildings and get in the way of the kids.”

"Of course... there's also the reason you mentioned, of making friends."

"Heh, you're just kidding." Lu Mingfei mumbled as he slurped his ramen.

At that moment, a Hummer stopped at the end of the long street.

The new head of the Snake-Headed Eight Families—Genjiro—stepped out of the car, his black trench coat fluttering in the wind. He had something resembling a schoolbag slung over his waist. Seeing Erii happily eating noodles, the man, who seemed to have suddenly grown from a boy into a man, had a slight glint in his eye.
Following him out of the car was his brother, Genji. With the 'disappearance' of the King, the Demon Clan was leaderless. He and Sakurai Kogure were wiping out the King's loyalists while trying to push for the Demon Clan and the Snake-Headed Eight Families to reunite.

The two are bound by blood, and the endless struggle stems from Herzog's instigation behind the scenes. In recent years, the Snake Clan has launched a series of high-pressure policies targeting the "demons" in their families, using a new bloodline testing mechanism with low transparency to forcibly classify a large number of Snake Clan members with normal bloodlines as "demons." The root cause of all this is Herzog's personal ambition.

However, the hatred between the Oni Clan and the Snake-Headed Eight Families runs too deep, making this process difficult to advance. This is another level of atonement for Minamoto no Chizuru, or Kazama Ruri.

But now, the two brothers, who should have endless work to do, are both at the ramen stall.
They even had backpacks slung around their waists, like middle school students getting ready to go to school.

"Lu Jun... Master Yue, I've brought all the information you requested."

Yuan Zhisheng walked over and took out several old booklets from his bag. Most of them were handwritten ancient books, not cultural relics, but their value lay in the content they contained.

"No kidding... Wait a moment, I'll make you some noodles!"

Uesugi Kotsugu muttered something to himself, greeted his sons with a big smile, and then quickly slipped behind the curtain to start making ramen. In addition to braised eggs and char siu, he even made garlic sauce and crucian carp sauce.

"A biased fellow."

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes. Erii didn't like to eat fish, so he didn't get any either. But to be honest, Master Yue's cooking skills were really good.

"Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susano no Ming", "Oryu", "Emperor's Chronicle"...

Lu Mingfei ate while flipping through the documents.

"The noodles are here!"

A moment later, Uesugi Kotsu returned beaming with two bowls of noodles. The smooth noodles were piled up like small mountains, and the mountains of noodles were surrounded by char siu. There was also a whole plate of char siu placed in front of Erii.

"Thank you," the Yuan brothers said politely.

"Thank you." Erii also held up her notebook.

"Why are you being so polite... Hehe, hey, where are your girlfriends? Aren't you going to bring them over to eat noodles with us?"

Uesugi Koshi rubbed his hands together, looking ingratiating.

"That's enough. Look at you, attacking your right brain with your left brain all day long," Lu Mingfei said with dissatisfaction.

This old man is getting more and more incredible.

"Ha ha!"

Uesugi Koshi chuckled dryly. Judging from his experience, his second son might be able to give him a grandson someday; it was just that his eldest son was a bit lacking...

If you can't handle your sons and daughters, then you can only pin your hopes on your grandchildren, right?

"Have you heard of Takamagahara?" Uesugi Kotetsu's expression suddenly turned serious.

“Yes, the place where the gods of the Japanese mythological era gathered.” Lu Mingfei nodded. “Please put down the book you’re holding and open the ‘Imperial Records’ and ‘The Shrine of the Gods’ to find the corresponding locations.”

Uesugi Koshi abandoned his ramen chef persona and became a professor at the University of Lyon.

"It's not wrong to think of Takamagahara as a place where gods gather. In the past, Takamagahara was a city of dragons. This is the dragon heritage that the Hebi-Hachi family has always protected. It is a sacred place in the hearts of the Hebi-Hachi family. We will never allow this secret to be leaked... Although it seems that this secret is already known to everyone now."

Uesugi Yue shrugged.

"This means that this mythical city, or rather, the dragon city, is real."

"That's right, it may also be the last dragon city that has survived to this day."

"Where is the specific location?"

"Deep in the Japan Trench."

"Hai Li?"

"About 10,000 meters away," Uesugi Kotetsu answered Lu Mingfei's question with complete composure.

Yuan Zhisheng, who was eating noodles nearby, did not express any objection.

All of this is perfectly reasonable.

"The Divine Burial Hall... Gao Tianyuan?"

Lu Mingfei read the ancient document he had translated, his expression quite strange.

The book says that Takamagahara is a city built with alchemy. It was given the destiny of 'eternity' by dragons, and a vast alchemical field surrounds it, within which time passes more slowly.

"Uh……"

"There's a picture next to it, taken by the Tokyo Meteorological Bureau three days ago," Genji suddenly said.

Lu Mingfei flipped through the pages, and a developed photograph fell out from the folded pages.

His pupils dilated slightly.

Sure enough, I saw the scene that almost sent the entire Tokyo Meteorological Bureau staff to a mental hospital.

Under the cover of night, the dark blue sea was divided by an invisible dividing line. To the left were towering waves, and to the right was deathly silence... The time displayed in the upper right corner was the moment he released 'Word of Power: Return to Nothingness'.

The space seemed to have been cut open.

"You see, the power of the gods, even though she is still asleep."

Uesugi Koshi whispered, "The Snake Clan has always known the location of the White King's remains..."

“Since ancient times, we have been the guardians of that city and that thing. The White King cannot be resurrected. If you are familiar with the history of dragons, you should know that that thing is one of the two emperors who can truly rule the world.”

"She is a white queen, a white emperor, and a white demon. In Japanese mythology, she is the goddess Izanami, who hates everything in the human world."

Uesugi sighed, “The Snake-Headed Eight Families inherited the White King’s bloodline, but the White King in our eyes is not our ancestor, but a demon-like being, because humans are not qualified to be regarded as her descendants. All the descendants of the Snake-Headed Eight Families are food she prepared for herself.”

"In the past, in order to break free from the Black King's restrictions, the White King entrusted his bones and blood to humankind, namely Izanagi. Izanagi was corrupted by her blood, thus gaining genes close to those of the ancient dragons. Her bones were revered as sacred remains. When the sacred remains are revived, they will devour the dragonized Izanagi, reclaim their power, and then she will be resurrected in the world once again."

"Unlike in mythology, Izanagi was not actually her spouse, but rather food she prepared for herself. Izanagi protected the sacred remains for a long time. He was very clever and thought that the White King would become his pawn after his resurrection. But in the end, he discovered that what was resurrected from the sacred remains was just a demon, so he prevented the resurrection of the sacred remains."

"That sounds familiar," Lu Mingfei said in a low voice.

“Right, don’t be fooled by Herzog’s ambition. The plan is only theoretically possible. Who knows if the ‘thing’ that is ultimately revived is actually him?” Uesugi Kotsu said quietly.

"Of course, we can't verify it."

"Izanagi knew he could not destroy the sacred remains of the White King, so he gave birth to three descendants, which are the inner three families of the Snake-Headed Eight Families: the Minamoto, Tachibana, and Uesugi families, corresponding to Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo in mythology, respectively."

Lu Mingfei had heard Nuonuo recount the secret she discovered at Genji Heavy Industries, and he opened another ancient book.

"The Imperial Flow..."

It's more accurate to call this a family tree than a book.

Seeing his actions, Uesugi Koshi explained, "This book is the true pantheon of Japan, passed down from the Dragon Age to the present day, recording all those who carried imperial blood throughout history. This Kojiki is a rewrite based on the Imperial Lineage. The first half is written in the language of the Age of Gods on a drum, a unique dragon script that is no longer decipherable. The second half is written in Tang Dynasty Chinese..."

"I destroyed the original back then; what you see now is a replica."

From Izanagi and Izanami at the very beginning, to Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo...

The prestige of the three inner families of the Snake-Headed Eight Families is vividly displayed in this book, "The Imperial Flow".

This is why those with royal blood flowing through their veins are born to become the leaders of this great family.

"Izanagi's three offspring later multiplied into their own families, but he himself transformed into a dragon. The dragon blood surging within him devoured his human consciousness. The bones and blood of the White King were preserved within him, which was the White King's sacred power. He no longer possessed a human form and became the Yamata no Orochi, the most terrifying demon in Japanese mythology."

"In Japanese mythology, Susanoo's most famous feat is slaying the Yamata no Orochi," Lu Mingfei said solemnly. "It seems things are going well?"

"No, this is also the ending that the White King guided."

Uesugi explained in a complicated manner: "The reason why the hybrids of the White King lineage are prone to losing control is that the spirit of the White King is calling out from the shadows. The four core elements in alchemy are earth, water, wind, and fire. Combined with the most mysterious and elusive spiritual element, they constitute the dragon race's understanding of the entire world. The White King is the master of the spiritual element."

"She influences every mixed-race person whose blood flows in their veins. If she truly awakens, we will all be dragged into an abyss of chaos and become her food, regardless of whether our bloodlines are stable."

"hiss……"

Lu Mingfei gasped, "But why was Susanoo's slaying of the dragon-transformed Yamata no Orochi the ending guided by the White King?"

"Because if the White Queen wanted to, she could still use the spirit that flowed through her bloodline to control any single bloodline through illusions, even if she was left with only bones... In short, from the very beginning, the descendants created by Izanagi were all on the White Queen's side, and before slaying the Yamata no Orochi, Susanoo dug out the White Queen's sacred remains from Takamagahara."

"...It sounds like it's going to be very difficult to win."

"Yes, she succeeded. The White King returned once in history, which directly led to the sinking of Takamagahara. In order to keep Susanoo, who evolved into the White King, in Takamagahara, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi decided to sink Takamagahara into the deep sea."

"Takamagahara was originally located by the sea, facing a bay... Yes, it is now Tokyo Bay. When Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi used their own lives as a price to lock up Susanoo, two great words of power were activated at the same time. Their names are Guixu and Shiva's Dance of Karma. These are not words of power that a single human can release, but rather they were simulated by a large number of White King bloodlines who sacrificed everything they had."

"The Ruins of Guixu stirred up a huge whirlpool on the sea surface, which stirred up a monstrous tsunami that swept across Takamagahara. Shiva's Dance of Karma destroyed the seabed. That year, the seawater almost submerged the entire Japan. The foundation of Takamagahara cracked, and it slid along the seabed into the depths of the trench under the push of the water flow. This process lasted for many, many years."

"Based on the calculations of the documents I burned back then, it has now slid to the crack between the continental and oceanic plates, and it won't be long before it is swallowed up by the crack in the earth."

"This is the story of the Snake-Headed Eight Families."

Uesugi Kou said quietly, "In the distant past, every descendant of the White King was an emperor, but after this calamity, our bloodline degenerated, and super hybrids only appeared by chance."

"Well, it's quite... touching."

Lu Mingfei found it hard to imagine an era when all people of Japanese mixed race were emperors...

"So, after much agonizing thought, you decided to sell ramen to commemorate your ancestors?"

"That's not the case."

Uesugi Koshi smiled. "It's because of the Night Eater Plains."

(End of this chapter)