A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 222 The Storm Gathers in the Capital

The day after Kassel and his group arrived in the capital, everyone began to take action.

Apart from Principal Angers, the executive team began to investigate everywhere, while the students each chose their own investigation methods, all in order to find the King of the Earth and the Mountains.

While everyone else was busy, Lu Mingfei sat like an old man at the customs entrance of the capital airport, with a cup of soy milk, a fried dough stick, and a newspaper, looking around timidly.

He claimed to be reading the newspaper, but actually, this kid had shifty eyes and would occasionally look away from the paper, deliberately staring at the foreigners in long lines.

Yes, starting early in the morning, more and more temporary foreign tourists are flying in for 'tourism'.

Lu Mingfei used the Bluetooth earpiece clipped to his ear to keep reporting to Caesar: "Boss, I saw it! Zhao Xuzhen from the Solomon Temple Society is here, yes, the one who betrayed his teammate last time."

“I’ve already spotted him in the crowd. The group should be about seventeen people, led by two middle-aged men.”

"I understand," Caesar's voice came through the earpiece, accompanied by the clatter of keyboard keys.

"Hey boss, boss, there's another one. I saw Henkel, the old man in the cowboy hat with the badge. He brought a lot of people. Goodness, it looks like he chartered a plane. There are dozens of people, I can't even count them."

"Well done, thank you for your hard work."

"I'm not miserable, I'm not miserable." Lu Mingfei said this insincerely, keeping the words "miserable fate" to himself, not daring to say them out loud.

He was assigned to Caesar and Fingel's team and had nothing to do.

Caesar and Fingel tacitly collect data on earthquakes in the capital in recent years and begin to model them on a computer, hoping to find the source of the unusual earthquakes in this way.

Lu Mingfei knew nothing and couldn't help, so he thought he could just do some logistics and serve tea and water to his senior and boss.

Seeing his reaction, Caesar thought for a moment and finally assigned Lu Mingfei a job as a lookout. He was to come to the airport and keep an eye on how many forces were planning to come and join the fun.

Because of the revelation from Hunter.net, it's foreseeable that hybrid factions all over the world are thinking of getting a piece of the pie.

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle, and Caesar also valued this kind of intelligence.

After sitting there for two hours, almost wearing out the newspapers, Lu Mingfei only saw two familiar faces: Zhao Xuzhen and Han Gao.

Lu Mingfei didn't recognize any of the other foreign tourists. The place was bustling with people, speaking Chinese in various accents, and some even came to ask Lu Mingfei for directions.

It's not just Kassel who advocates for students to learn Chinese; the whole world knows that dragons left behind the most treasures on this ancient land.

If you want to explore and seek benefits, you must learn Chinese.

There wasn't much of a language barrier to communication, at most some accent issues. After asking a bunch of questions, Lu Mingfei felt that his current Chinese level was terrifyingly strong.

In the hotel room, Caesar temporarily turned off his microphone to avoid being overheard by Lu Mingfei: "Norma, give a report on how many forces have arrived."

Actually, Lu Mingfei didn't need to do this kind of thing at all; Norma did it much more and better than Lu Mingfei.

Caesar simply couldn't bear to see Lu Mingfei feeling guilty as he served tea and water, so he casually gave his junior brother something to do to prevent him from feeling bad.

At least this way, Lu Mingfei still feels somewhat involved.

The voice of the artificial intelligence Norma soon rang out in the room: "Apart from the Solomon Temple meeting reported by S-level student Lu Mingfei, and the alliance of thirteen hybrid families in North America."

"There are also the Laurent family, the Gauguin family, and the Gattuso family from the Academy's Board of Trustees, and the Beowulf family and the Sigurd family from the Secret Party's Elders' Council."

Caesar raised his right hand, then quickly lowered it again: "The Gattuso family? Never mind, you can continue."

Norma captured this action through the camera, and the report, which had paused appropriately, resumed: "There is also the Tamoan mixed-race family from South America, the oldest mixed-race family in South America."

"A united front of six mixed-race tribes from Africa, with the Ruben tribe at the head."

"There's also the Ivanov family from Russia, the Pharaoh's Society from Egypt, and a coalition of mixed-race families from Southeast Asia and West Asia."

Even Caesar felt a headache coming on when he heard this; how much power was involved?
Have all the major hybrid factions in the world come? Are they all vying for the Dragonbone Cross, the King of the Earth and Mountains? It's truly the focus of the world, a gathering of powerful forces!
Damn it, which bastard put the information about the King of Earth and Mountains on the Hunter Network and attracted the attention of so many forces?
It makes me furious just thinking about it. This was supposed to be top-secret intelligence that belonged only to Kassel!

"Wait a minute." Pulling his wandering thoughts back, Caesar noticed that Norma had stopped reporting and sensed that something was wrong.

Norma's report omitted a faction and person he was very concerned about: "Where is the Snake-Headed Eight Families? Where is Genjiro of the Snake-Headed Eight Families? How could he not be here?"

Since their last parting in Cassel, Caesar has missed Genjiro terribly. Now, having learned the Bloodlust technique through money, he is eager to have another match with his senior.

Norma responded very quickly: "No relevant information was detected in the airport's surveillance footage."

"?" The Snake Clan is actually absent from this grand event?
Caesar was inexplicably surprised. The Genjiro he had met last time did not seem like a cowardly person who would back down. Why didn't he come this time?

Sitting behind Caesar, Fingel, who was also building an earthquake model on his computer, glanced back but said nothing.

Why isn't Genjiro coming? He's tied up with Ms. Men.

Late last night, Fingel and his group received a message from Ms. Men's messenger, saying that her brother was unwilling to bring her to the capital, and no amount of persuasion could change his mind.

Ms. Men even tried to run away from home and go to the airport to take a plane, but because she didn't have a passport, she was discovered by Kaguya, the artificial intelligence of the Snake Clan, and was caught and brought back by Genjiro himself.

After this incident, Yuan Zhisheng dared not make any rash moves and could only stay at home with Ms. Men, playing games, and couldn't go out at all.

Speaking of which, Ms. Men's messenger was quite interesting; it was actually a dolphin with star-like spots on its back.

Bringing his thoughts back to the present, Fingel got busy again, because Lu Mingfei's voice came through the receiver again: "Boss? Boss? Did you go to the bathroom?"

Caesar spoke again: "I was just recording the information you mentioned. Who did you see this time? Was it Genjiro from the Snake-Headed Eight Clans?"

"Uh, no." Lu Mingfei scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "I was just curious why I didn't see anyone from the Zhou family in Xiangyang."

Lu Mingfei still had a deep impression of Zhou Minhao, whom he had met before. After all, being betrayed by his teammate Zhao Xuzhen was a scene that shocked everyone and was unforgettable.

Now that Zhao Xuzhen has arrived, why is Zhou Minhao nowhere to be seen?
"..." Caesar opened his mouth, suddenly questioning his existence. After a few seconds of silence, he closed his eyes speechlessly, raised his hand and rubbed the bridge of his nose: "Tell me, is there any possibility?"

"The Zhou family from Xiangyang, even if they come to the capital by plane, don't need to go through customs?"

"Huh?" Lu Mingfei realized he had asked a stupid question. His face, hidden behind the newspaper, turned red with embarrassment, and his toes unconsciously dug at the soles of his shoes. "I, I... haha... I was just trying to liven things up."

Caesar was horrified to discover that, for the moment, he really couldn't tell whether Lu Mingfei was genuinely stupid or just making things up to liven up the atmosphere.

Oh no, could spending too much time with idiots really affect one's brain? Caesar had a slight worry.

"Hey, it seems like there's a conflict." As Lu Mingfei looked around awkwardly, he happened to see two groups of people facing off not far away.

With his keen eyesight, Lu Mingfei could even see that the group of people closer to the customs entrance was a mix of Chinese and Westerners, including both foreigners and Chinese.

One of the Chinese citizens was holding a large sign that read, "Gattuso's family?"

"Gattuso? Isn't this your boss...?"

"Go take a look." Caesar was no longer in the mood to build the seismic model; he was focused on the screen and gave Lu Mingfei the task.

Then, he temporarily muted his microphone and gave Norma a new instruction: "Quickly switch to the airport surveillance footage reported by Lu Mingfei. I need to know what exactly happened."

Norma had been monitoring the airport, reporting not only to Caesar but also to Angers.

Therefore, Angers and Caesar were able to hack into airport surveillance from their respective hotel rooms, see the local Bai and Zhou families, and cause trouble for the Chen and Gattuso families.

The surveillance footage also showed that a large group of people from various mixed-race factions had gathered outside to watch the spectacle.

(End of this chapter)