Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

But upon closer inspection, one can discover something else at the very bottom of the mural—a broken object resembling an eggshell or cocoon. The eggshell or cocoon is outlined with gold like a royal figure, surrounded by white bones, and the tip of a white dragon's tail hangs directly above the crack in the eggshell.

What does this mean? Is there a dragon in Japan that can be reborn from a cocoon? Lu Mingfei was somewhat puzzled.

The white dragon looks exactly like the white dragon holding the scepter in the original mural. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the white king who rebelled against the black king and was completely killed by him—at least that's what the history of dragons discovered by the Secret Society records.

But looking at this mural, it seems to mean that the White King was not completely killed, and that one day it will be reborn from its cocoon.

Well, if this is true, then the Secret Society will have one more enemy, and one more enemy even more terrifying than the four monarchs.

Lu Mingfei shook his head, his gaze falling on the gold trim outlined on the eggshell—what was the meaning of this gold trim, which was almost identical to that of the Emperor?

It can't be meant to imply that the eggshell is the emperor...

A bold idea popped into Lu Mingfei's mind.

Could this eggshell really be the Emperor? Then does this mural mean that the Emperor, for some reason, became... the White King?!

Lu Mingfei was startled by his own thoughts. He subconsciously felt that it was somewhat absurd. Although finding a way to evolve into a pure-blooded dragon had always been the ultimate goal of many forces in the hybrid race world, most people only thought about evolving into an ordinary hybrid dragon so that they could live forever and be reborn from their cocoons. Who would dream of becoming one of the four monarchs or even a higher level of existence in one step?

Wait! Immortality!

Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered that if this mural was created two thousand years ago, then that would be around the time when Xu Fu came to find the elixir of immortality for Qin Shi Huang...

Is there any elixir of immortality in the world more potent than transforming into a dragon king?

Lu Mingfei felt that he had guessed the truth—Japan had the possibility of allowing hybrids to transform into pure-blooded dragons, and even the White King, who held a prestigious position second only to the Black King.

For reasons unknown, the First Emperor learned of this secret and sent Xu Fu to Japan to search for it.

In the end, Xu Fu must have failed, and even two thousand years later, the White King has not reappeared; otherwise, the world would have been in chaos long ago.

The biggest secret of the Snake Clan... is perhaps that they want the Emperor to evolve into the White King, and then the entire clan to become pure-blooded dragons!

Damn, we've dug up a nuclear bomb!

Lu Mingfei twitched the corner of his mouth.

He was indeed very curious and concerned about the secrets of the Snake Clan, but he never expected to uncover such an explosive thing. If he had known, he would have preferred not to have come.

Fortunately, he was a spirit, so no one will know that he discovered this secret.

Sheathing his silver oak sword, Lu Mingfei rushed out to find the head of the Uesugi family.

Now he understood why the head of the Uesugi family could see him. It was not hard to deduce from the content of the mural that a considerable portion of the mixed-race people in Japan were descendants of the White King, and "Emperor," as a super mixed-race person with the opportunity to become the White King, must also have the White King's genes in his body.

The White King is the Dragon King who controls the element of "spirit," so it makes perfect sense that the Uesugi family head, as the "Emperor," could see him.

……

When Lu Mingfei entered the house of the Uesugi family head, he heard the sound of rushing water.

It was obvious that she was taking a shower. Unlike yesterday when the Uesugi family head didn't turn on the shower because he was applying shower gel, this time the Uesugi family head was clearly taking a quick shower, so Lu Mingfei could hear the obvious sound of water as soon as he came in.

As I said before, it's normal for men to be attracted to the beautiful bodies of the opposite sex, but it's really too perverted to use a spirit to peep at someone taking a bath. So Lu Mingfei didn't go in and obediently floated in the outer room, waiting for the head of the Uesugi family to come out.

wrong.

Lu Mingfei suddenly realized—the head of the Uesugi family can see me! This can't be called peeping, this is blatant staring... it's still pretty lewd!

A dozen minutes later, the head of the Uesugi family walked out of the bathroom while drying his hair, completely naked.

Lu Mingfei quickly turned around, thinking to himself, "Girl, what's wrong with you? I've only met you three times, and you've already given me two 'fan service' moments. Are you one of those female characters in Japanese anime who's specifically responsible for giving fan service to the protagonist?"

The head of the Uesugi family spotted Lu Mingfei at a glance. His eyes lit up slightly, and he ran to the table, picked up a notebook and pen, and then ran to Lu Mingfei, wanting to write something.

"Get dressed! Get dressed first!" Lu Mingfei covered his eyes.

At this point, the negative aspects of the spirit become apparent. Even with eyes closed or covered, vision remains unaffected. Lu Mingfei isn't entirely clear on the underlying principle, but it might be because the spirit's eyelids and hands are transparent.

The head of the Uesugi family tilted his head and obediently walked to the wardrobe, putting on his underwear and red and white shrine maiden outfit in turn.

Then she held up her notebook to Lu Mingfei and asked, "Where are we going to go tonight?"

“We can’t go too far. Hmm… let me see. The furthest we can go is near Tokyo Skytree,” Lu Mingfei said, pointing to the landmark building in the distance.

“Then let’s go to Tokyo Skytree.” Erii held up her notebook.

“Uh…we probably won’t be able to get to Tokyo Skytree,” Lu Mingfei scratched his head. “We can only get to the edge, and at most take a close look, but we can’t go in.”

……

Two spirits floated in the night sky.

Lu Mingfei gazed at the Tokyo Skytree a few hundred meters away and shrugged at the head of the Uesugi family: "You see, we can't go there. If we go any further, the connection between our soul and body will be interrupted, and then we won't be able to go back."

The head of the Uesugi family nodded blankly: "Then I won't go."

She's so obedient. Although she has a little girl's personality, at least she's a well-behaved little girl.

As he was secretly marveling at this, Lu Mingfei saw her staring longingly at the Tokyo Skytree. The towering building, filled with countless light bulbs, stood brightly lit in the night sky, reminiscent of the Tower of Babel in the Bible, where people fired bricks on the ground to build a tower that reached the heavens.

The Uesugi family patriarch's deep rose-colored eyes reflected the lamplight, unblinking.

It's so pitiful that they can't even get into a landmark tourist building. The emperor of the Snake Clan is like a little girl who has never seen the world.

That makes sense... If the Snake Clan is truly pursuing the so-called transformation of the Emperor into the White King, then after becoming the White King, will the Emperor still be himself? Or will the White King himself reappear in the world through the Emperor's body?

If that's the case, then all we need to do is keep the Queen under house arrest. While there's no opportunity for her to become the White King, we can use her as a weapon. When the time is right, we can sacrifice her to the gods; she's the perfect offering.

Suddenly, looking at the girl gazing at the Tokyo Skytree, Lu Mingfei had a sudden thought and said, "You can go."

Erii looked at him with hope.

Lu Mingfei wanted to slap himself—"Serves you right for being so foul-mouthed! Why did you go? If the spirit loses contact with the body due to the distance, you might end up becoming a modern-day Tieguai Li!"

"Ahem, although we can't go now, we can go later," Lu Mingfei said, trying to make up for it. "But I'll have a way to make the soul leave the body further away in the future, and then I can take you there."

"Shouldn't Master Gu Yi have a solution?" Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

The head of the Uesugi family was completely unaware of Lu Mingfei's empty promises, and simply nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "I will wait for Mr. Ghost."

Immediately, she held out her hand to Lu Mingfei: "Shall we pinky swear?"

Lu Mingfei's thoughts were a bit scattered. He had heard that the Japanese pinky promise originated from the underworld and was called "finger cut". When the underworld made a promise, they would hook their little fingers together to swear an oath. Whoever broke the oath would have their little finger cut off. In addition, some gangs required members who retired from the underworld to also cut off their little fingers.

Thinking about the pinky promise game that children play, and then thinking about the origin of this thing, Lu Mingfei had a strange feeling.

However, he still reached out and made a pinky promise with the head of the Uesugi family—after all, he was a spirit and immune to physical damage.

Chapter 143 Returning Home and Time Travel Again

As night fell, Lu Mingfei once again slipped into the Uesugi family head's room.

This was his seventh night visiting the head of the Uesugi family, and also his last night in Japan.

Kneeling before Lu Mingfei, the head of the Uesugi family raised his notebook: "Is Mr. Ghost leaving?"

Lu Mingfei nodded: "I've finished my business in Japan, and I'm leaving tomorrow."

The head of the Uesugi family seemed to purse his lips almost imperceptibly, nodded, and then wrote: "Will Mr. Ghost return?"

"Of course I will! I'll even take you to see the Tokyo Skytree!" Lu Mingfei said confidently. "We made a pinky promise."

The head of the Uesugi family nodded vigorously.

Although he said he would come again, Lu Mingfei was actually a little unsure, since the Snake Clan didn't seem to like them very much.

He came with Su Jiannan to negotiate a contract, which was originally a large-scale collaboration and was expected to take more than half a month to negotiate. However, Genji Heavy Industries was unusually agreeable in this negotiation, readily agreeing to many clauses that would obviously put them at a disadvantage.

Logically speaking, these treaties are meant to be used to "ask for an exorbitant price." No one expected Genji Heavy Industries to agree and was waiting for them to "bargain." However, Genji Heavy Industries agreed without even haggling, as if they were middle-aged men who had come out of the market to buy groceries for their wives but didn't know how to bargain.

Genji Heavy Industries' actions greatly saved negotiation time; it seemed that Genji was willing to lose money to get rid of them as soon as possible.

On the surface, Genji said that "Lu-kun is a distinguished guest of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, and the Snake-Headed Eight Families are happy to give Lu-kun face in business cooperation," but Lu Mingfei felt that they simply wanted to get rid of him.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems quite reasonable—he came using the principal's name, and the Snake Clan... probably doesn't particularly like the principal.

So it seems quite normal that these people want him to leave as soon as possible.

Because Yuan Zhisheng had already helped Senior Brother Chu complete the task, Senior Brother Chu flew back to school yesterday to submit the task.

Although the leaders of the Demon Clan who suddenly self-destructed were scattered all over the ground and could not be brought back to the academy, fortunately, Genji's men had destroyed the Demon Clan's stronghold related to the evolution drug and collected a lot of information. Therefore, Senior Brother Chu could still complete the mission by taking that information back with him.

Today, the business cooperation between Yuanshi Heavy Industry and Sushi Group has been finalized and the contracts have been signed. The efficiency is as fast as lightning.

So Su Jiannan and the others are going back tomorrow. Today is the last day that Lu Mingfei can spend with the head of the Uesugi family.

"Eri, where do you want to go today?" Lu Mingfei asked.

After spending a few days together, he and the head of the Uesugi family became much more familiar with each other. At least now he addresses the head of the Uesugi family by his given name.

However, the head of the Uesugi family still habitually calls him "Mr. Ghost".

"I want to play with Mr. Ghost." Erii held up her notebook.

"I mean, where should we go for fun?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I want to play with Mr. Ghost, anywhere is fine with me," Erii wrote in her notebook.

"Anywhere is fine? Don't you know I have trouble making decisions? Don't throw the question back at me!" Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

“I don’t know where to go either,” Lu Mingfei scratched his head. “Eri, don’t you really think of any places you particularly want to go?”

Erii wrote in her notebook, "I want to watch the stars with Mr. Ghost."

"Look at the stars?" Lu Mingfei was a little surprised. He thought Erii would try to go somewhere far away on the last day.

"Because only good friends can watch the stars together." Erii held up her notebook.

"From which anime did you see this?" Lu Mingfei wondered.

“Okay, then lie down, and I’ll bring your soul out,” Lu Mingfei said.

Unexpectedly, Erii gently shook her head and wrote in her notebook, "This time I want to try it myself."

Try it yourself? Try what? Holy crap! You're not going to...

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened, and a bold guess emerged.

He then saw the head of the Uesugi family lying on the tatami mat. A moment later, a semi-transparent spirit struggled to float out of her body, but it seemed as if there was a thread connecting them. Each time the spirit flew out of her body, it would fall back into her body.

Lu Mingfei rubbed his eyes.

Yes, you read that right, Erii... seems to really be learning how to astral projection.