Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

“Isn’t there another bounty hunter named Ronald Tang?” Sakura said. “According to our investigation, he’s also quite high-ranking on the hunter website.”

“He’s just a bounty hunter, at most a B-grade bloodline. What kind of combat power could he have?” Yuan Zhisheng shook his head. “The main force in the battle will definitely be Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang. That hunter was probably just lucky to survive.”

"Then... Young Master, what should we do? Should we adjust our strategy towards Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang?" Ying asked.

“Although we don’t know their true purpose, the mission Chu Zihang mentioned should be related to their purpose. Perhaps he just wants to do something under the guise of an investigation mission,” Genji thought for a moment and said, “Sakura, help me contact the head of the Fuma family and temporarily mobilize the Fuma family’s ninjas to investigate the members of the Fierce Demon Clan who are related to Chu Zihang’s mission throughout Japan. Then I will personally take action to capture or eliminate them.”

"Temporarily mobilize the ninjas of the Fuma clan?" Sakura hesitated. "Young Master, is it really necessary to do this? Most of the ninjas of the Fuma clan have their own jobs. Mobilizing enough ninjas to investigate all of Japan is almost equivalent to mobilizing the entire Fuma clan. During this period, all activities will come to a complete standstill, and the losses will be huge."

“I believe these losses are worthwhile,” Genji said firmly. “Since they’re using the mission as an excuse to make trouble, I’ll help them complete the mission as quickly as possible and see what excuse they have left! Sakura, call the head of the Fuuma family for me. I need the clues before midnight tomorrow, no matter the cost.”

"Yes! Young Master."

……

In Lu Mingfei's bedroom.

He carefully checked the room but found no cameras. He then lay flat on the bed, clasped his hands in front of his lower abdomen, closed his eyes, breathed evenly, emptied his mind, and his consciousness gradually became lighter...

From a perspective unseen in the material world, Lu Mingfei's spirit rose from his body.

Looking down at his translucent palm, Lu Mingfei nodded in satisfaction: "As expected, the ability to astral projection can also be used in my world."

He planned to use his spirit form to infiltrate Genji Heavy Industries and take a look.

Although Chu Zihang kept reassuring him that the Snake Clan wouldn't do anything to them openly, and what he said made a lot of sense, Lu Mingfei was still not entirely at ease.

But no matter how he thought about it, he felt that the attitude of the Snake Clan towards them was somewhat strange.

He couldn't quite put his finger on what the problem was, but intuitively he felt something was off—especially with the patriarch, Tachibana Masamune.

Although the other party always acted kindly and friendly, and there was nothing unpleasant about his every move, Lu Mingfei inexplicably couldn't feel any goodwill towards him.

Of course, intuition cannot be used as evidence, which is why he planned to use his spirit form to infiltrate the Snake Clan and investigate.

He learned some basic alchemy from the academy, and he also specifically consulted Professor Mans, who was in charge of magical mechanical design, and several researchers in the equipment department who were skilled in alchemy to confirm that there was no such thing as a "soul body" or "soul leaving the body" in this world.

Although the concepts of "spirit" and "spirit" do exist, they are not souls in the traditional sense. In his own world, a "soul body" cannot exist independently; it must be attached to some "living thing." Even pure-blooded dragons cannot break this rule. Once they are killed without eggs, their spirits will be forever imprisoned in their dragon bones after death, and they will never be able to break free.

Therefore, in theory, Lu Mingfei's spirit would not be able to be guarded against, because in this world, the skill of "astral projection" does not exist at all, so naturally no one would study protective measures in this regard.

However, based on his research on the Alchemy Matrix, the alchemy domain formed by the Alchemy Matrix can affect the concept of "spirit". For example, the Alchemy Matrix in the Academy's Ice Cellar, the principal said, can suppress the "living spirits" in the alchemy items inside, so the things placed inside are all more obedient than the last.

His spirit will likely also be affected by the alchemical matrix, but it's unknown how resistant his spirit will be to it.

As he was thinking, Lu Mingfei's spirit had already passed through the wall, flown out of the hotel, and plunged headfirst into the wall of Genji Heavy Industries.

He didn't go to the lower floors. As Genji had explained to him before, Genji Heavy Industries was divided into three parts. The first twenty-odd floors were open to the public and were occupied by ordinary company employees who knew nothing about the Snake-Headed Eight Families and the hybrids. The last few floors were where the Snake-Headed Eight Families worked, and that's where the valuable information was.

So Lu Mingfei randomly picked a floor from the top few floors and plunged in.

But he froze after passing through the wall.

Isn't this an office building? Why are there such strange rooms inside?

He entered a clean and tidy room, but it had nothing to do with the "office building atmosphere". The floor was covered with tatami mats, and there was a kotatsu table in the middle of the room. The plain white walls were not decorated much, except for three statues hanging on them: Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo.

Amaterasu stands amidst countless rays of sunlight, holding the Yasakani no Magatama; Tsukuyomi stands beneath a dark, full moon, holding the Yata no Kagami; Susanoo, a male god, appears as a youth, wielding the ultimate divine sword of Japanese mythology, "Ama-no-Kurakumo," standing atop the corpse of an eight-headed dragon. Lu Mingfei wasn't very knowledgeable about Shintoism, but he recognized these three famous figures who had made numerous cameo appearances in anime.

Aside from these three statues, there were no other decorations in the living room. There wasn't even a flower arrangement, a common feature in Japanese homes. The furniture consisted of only a few basic pieces, all handcrafted from pure wood, clearly made by a master craftsman. Theoretically, the person living here must have been a devout Shinto believer or priest, and probably quite old, with a gaunt appearance, kneeling before the statues, praying to the gods daily like a withered cherry tree.

But on one wall, there was a huge LCD TV connected to a PS3, and the indicator light was still flashing.

An image subconsciously flashed into Lu Mingfei's mind: an old man dressed in priest's robes, with a wrinkled face and sunken eyes, sitting in front of an LCD TV, playing Bayonetta with great enthusiasm.

Shaking his head to clear his mind of the strange guess, Lu Mingfei decided to check out the other rooms.

He walked through a wall to the side, and the new room that came into view was a clean, pure white, with a light mist of steam permeating it—it was a spacious, modern bathroom.

A slender, pale body stood shrouded in steam, lathering itself with bath foam, its red hair sticking wetly to its back.

Lu Mingfei was silent.

Just seconds before, he was marveling at how the ability to project his spirit into his body, which he had learned from the Ancient One, was proving quite useful in his own world.

But... this isn't how it should be used!

Lu Mingfei didn't consider himself to be the kind of person with particularly strong willpower. He was somewhat lecherous, but using his spirit to spy on girls taking a bath went beyond the realm of lechery; it was downright perverted. So, after realizing what had happened, he prepared to leave the room.

However, before he could move, the girl who was applying foam to her body suddenly turned her head and stared at him with her deep rose-colored eyes.

Lu Mingfei tried to drift to the right, and the girl turned her head in the direction he was moving.

Lu Mingfei tried to fly a little higher.

The girl tilted her head back.

Lu Mingfei flew a little lower, and the girl lowered her head accordingly.

Lu Mingfei silently stepped back, and the girl took two steps closer to him.

Lu Mingfei: ? ? ?

P.S.: Something came up, so the next chapter will be a little late, probably before midnight, sob sob~

Chapter 138: The Soul of the Uesugi Clan Head Was Abducted?!

In the bathroom of a room at Genji Heavy Industries.

Lu Mingfei and the red-haired girl looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

She can see me? How can she see me?!

Lu Mingfei felt that he didn't have enough brain cells... No, in this state he didn't even have a body, so where would he get brain cells?

For the first time in his life, Lu Mingfei used his astral projection skill to infiltrate, only to be caught red-handed on the spot. He felt his luck was incredibly bad.

What's worse, he recognized the person who captured him—wasn't this the head of the Uesugi family, whom he had just met not long ago?!

Although the head of the Uesugi family had her face covered with a black veil, preventing Lu Mingfei from seeing her full appearance, her deep rose-colored eyes and soft, smooth, dark red hair were so distinctive that they were almost as iconic as the blue-glowing reactor on Tony's chest.

Not only was he captured, but he was also captured in person by one of the highest-ranking members of the Snake Clan. Lu Mingfei felt that things were going to get worse—although this girl didn't seem very bright, who knew if she was actually a wise fool?

The crucial point is that his spirit form has the same face as his original body, and this Uesugi family head even recognizes him. Especially since she holds a high position, if this matter is mentioned to the other members of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, even if the story itself sounds outrageous, it will likely be treated with caution…

Lu Mingfei felt he probably had to call the principal immediately and ask him to come and bail him out.

The head of the Uesugi family stared at Lu Mingfei for only a few seconds before suddenly turning around and running to the dirty laundry basket on the table. He bent down and rummaged through the red and white shrine maiden's robe that had been taken off.

She didn't have much foam on her body, and as she bent over, it accentuated the girl's beautiful curves even more. Lu Mingfei subconsciously looked away, but he was also a little worried that she might take this opportunity to attack him—although most attacks are ineffective against spirits, she was someone who could see spirits, so it was hard to say.

Fortunately, the head of the Uesugi family did not intend to attack. Instead, she took out a small notebook and pen that she always carried with her from her clothes, and then walked up to Lu Mingfei in a generous manner, and began to write something in the notebook.

Her nonchalant demeanor made it seem as if she saw herself as a man, or Lu Mingfei as a woman.

The head of the Uesugi family wrote very quickly, her pen flashing through a series of afterimages. Almost immediately after, she showed the notebook to Lu Mingfei: "Are you Mr. Ghost?"

Perhaps because she was too eager, she no longer had her previous delicate features, but rather some chaotic lines.

Lu Mingfei was about to slip away, but upon seeing this sentence, he suddenly had a bold idea—this girl doesn't seem very smart, and she might not be able to see my spirit clearly. Maybe I'm just a semi-transparent humanoid outline in her eyes. Perhaps I can fool her a little?

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei tried speaking in his spirit form: "Yes, I am a ghost."

He wasn't sure if the head of the Uesugi family could hear him. If she couldn't hear the spirit speaking, then Lu Mingfei would have to use his hands to gesture in the air.

Fortunately, the head of the Uesugi family nodded immediately after "hearing" Lu Mingfei speak, responding in kind.

She then lowered her head and wrote something, before raising it again: "So Mr. Lu Mingfei is actually a ghost?"

Lu Mingfei was silent.

Well, it seems the head of the Uesugi family can see his face clearly and remember him clearly as well.

This doesn't make sense. Does it mean that hybrids and dragons in our world, although unable to separate their spirits from their bodies, can still see pure spiritual beings?

Lu Mingfei looked at the head of the Uesugi family with a pained expression—

And why do you look so calm? Have you seen any so-called "ghosts" before? Or are you just naturally oblivious?

He was unaware that the head of the Uesugi family was unable to go out or contact the outside world for some reason. Her biggest contact with the outside world was various anime and tokusatsu shows suitable for all ages. Therefore, in her mind, even Gundam, Ultraman, and Super Saiyan were real beings in this world, so accommodating a mere ghost was naturally no problem.

Lu Mingfei sighed inwardly. Now he was no longer in a hurry to run away. In any case, the head of the Uesugi family had already remembered his face and identity. Even if he ran away, the head of the Uesugi family would not forget this memory.

Why not try talking to her? Given her apparent level of intelligence, you might be able to fool her.

As for killing him to cover it up... let's not even talk about how Lu Mingfei isn't that ruthless. Even if he could bring himself to do it, he wouldn't actually have any combat power in his spirit form. At most, his influence on the material world would be just a gentle breeze, not even enough to move an ant.

If he were to have a conversation with the head of the Uesugi family, Lu Mingfei felt that the first thing he needed to do was...

“Um… could you put your clothes on first?” he suggested to the head of the Uesugi family.

The head of the Uesugi family nodded, placed the notebook and pen on the table, walked to the shower and turned on the water. The water washed away the foam on his body, and his body, which was originally half-covered, was gradually revealed to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei quickly squeezed through the wall and went to the room where he had been before, where there was a statue of a god.

The next second, hurried footsteps sounded from the bathroom. The head of the Uesugi family pushed open the bathroom door and walked in, looking around anxiously until his gaze landed on Lu Mingfei before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Mingfei thus got a full view of her naked body after all the foam had been washed away.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a little fortunate that he was in a spirit form; if he had a physical body, he would probably be bleeding from his nose by now.

The head of the Uesugi family held up the notebook: "Are you leaving?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment before realizing that the Uesugi family head had mistaken his leaving the bathroom for leaving, which was why she had hurriedly chased after him.

"Don't worry, I won't leave," Lu Mingfei said patiently, not daring to look at the head of the Uesugi family. "Go and dry yourself off and put your clothes on."

The head of the Uesugi family nodded and turned to walk into the bathroom.

A moment later, the head of the Uesugi family came out wearing what looked like comfortable underwear.

Although it's a bit inappropriate, it's better than wearing nothing at all, Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Then he saw the head of the Uesugi family walk to the wardrobe, pull it open, and reveal countless sets of red and white shrine maiden outfits neatly arranged inside. Every single outfit was exactly the same, filling the entire wardrobe.

Lu Mingfei felt that the scene looked familiar. He seemed to have seen a similar scene in SpongeBob SquarePants, where SpongeBob opened a wardrobe and found that it was full of the same clothes. He never expected that the plot of the cartoon would actually appear in reality.

The head of the Uesugi family casually took out a shrine maiden outfit, put it on, knelt down in front of Lu Mingfei, and after writing, held up the notebook: "Why is Mr. Ghost here?"

After hesitating for a moment, and with the intention of coaxing a child, Lu Mingfei tentatively asked, "I came to play with you. Can we be friends?"

The head of the Uesugi family's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded.

Then she scribbled in her notebook, then held it up again: "Can Mr. Ghost turn me into a ghost too?"