Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

"Senior Brother Ye Sheng, Senior Sister Ya Ji." Lu Mingfei waved to them and walked over, and the three of them met up.

“Junior Brother Lu, it’s been a long time,” Ye Sheng said with a smile. “I never expected that we would be teammates this time.”

"I'm a newbie, so I'll have to rely on you senior brothers and sisters," Lu Mingfei said with a shameless grin. "I'll just help you out a bit."

If it weren't for the fact that it was inconvenient to talk outside, Ye Sheng would definitely have complained, "If an S-rank is working as an assistant to a B-rank, Aki and I would probably be remembered in the school's history."

As soon as Lu Mingfei appeared, the girls who were originally looking at Ye Sheng, this handsome guy, all shifted their attention to Lu Mingfei.

"Looks really are determined by genes," Ye Sheng said jealously. "Since you came, junior brother, no girls have been looking at me..."

Because outside, Ye Sheng changed his term "bloodline" to "genes".

"What? Do you really want to be stared at by girls?" Shude Aki glanced at Ye Sheng and asked casually.

Ye Sheng's brow twitched, and he quickly said, "No, no, I was just saying that. What's so good about being stared at by girls? I get really uncomfortable when a lot of attention is on me. It's better if no girls are looking at me..."

“Hmph…” Shudeya snorted softly.

"Senior brother and sister, you two have a pretty good relationship," Lu Mingfei said casually, looking at Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya. "If it weren't for the academy's rule that underwater work groups are not allowed to have romantic relationships, I would have suspected that you two are actually a couple."

Ye Sheng and Jiu Deyaji stiffened slightly.

169. Chapter 168 Zero, Mai of Wine Virtue

The Yangtze River, near the Three Gorges.

As the sun sets, flocks of birds skim across the river, reflecting the fiery clouds, while the tugboat "Moniah" sails silently, as if floating on a wide, maple-colored brocade.

A small boat was moored next to the Moniach, and a metal basket was lowered from the ship's side. Lu Mingfei, Ye Sheng, and Jiu Deyaji rode up in the basket.

In fact, given their physical abilities, they could easily climb up by grabbing a rope, but that would be a bit too exaggerated—the Moniach is the largest ship in this area, but not the only one, and making too conspicuous would not conform to the secret society's code of conduct.

Stepping out of the suspended basket, Lu Mingfei saw a familiar face.

Professor Mans was reprimanding a girl who looked to be about twenty-three or twenty-four years old. She had black hair, a typical Latina beauty, and was wearing a sailor uniform.

"This is a ghost!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed, his eyes wide.

The girl was dressed in a typical Japanese anime "sailor uniform," with a short "crop top" that revealed not only her long legs but also a taut, toned abdomen.

Wearing this kind of clothing in autumn would cause stomach upset for most people, even if they don't catch a cold.

Lu Mingfei moved a little closer and heard Professor Mans reprimanding the girl.

"I told you to go to the equipment department and ask for sailor suits, and what did you get?!" Professor Mans roared.

"Captain, the equipment department said this is a sailor's uniform," the girl said, sounding aggrieved.

Lu Mingfei nodded in realization from behind—if it was the Equipment Department, then that makes sense.

"Still trying to deny it?" Professor Mans said with a dark face. "How can this thing be a sailor suit? What practical use is it on water? Is it supposed to be able to explode underwater?"

"When the equipment department introduced it, they said it had undergone special treatment. Although it cannot explode, it can be ignited in water and release extremely high temperatures. The principle is similar to that of waterproof matches..." the girl said.

"Who would light this thing in water? And what's the advantage of such high temperature in water? It will only heat up the nearby water. The first to get burned after lighting this thing will be our own people!" Professor Mans sighed.

"Um... Professor, calm down," the girl comforted him, "At least this outfit... looks really good!"

Professor Mans took a deep breath and told himself to stay calm.

This is why, despite being an academic expert in magical mechanics, he didn't join the Equipment Department—he simply couldn't stand the work atmosphere of those crazy people.

“Professor Mans?” Lu Mingfei said from behind.

Professor Mans turned his head, saw Lu Mingfei and the other two, and nodded: "Lu Mingfei, you've arrived."

"Professor, what should I do?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“Call me Captain. My current role is Captain of the Moniah, not a professor teaching at the academy. Missions and regular duties are separate,” Professor Mans said. “According to the weather model Norma has built, there will be a heavy rainstorm here in three days. All the other ships will go ashore, and we can take advantage of that time to conduct a diving exploration mission without worrying about being noticed.”

“Wait, if the other ships are going ashore because of the heavy rain, is it okay for us to stay here and work?” Lu Mingfei asked.

"The ship must have been modified by the equipment department; it should be able to withstand storms, right?" Ye Sheng guessed from the side.

“That’s what I’m worried about…” Lu Mingfei complained, “The ships built by the Equipment Department will probably explode.”

During the time I lived at school, I mostly hung out with the people in the equipment department, so I knew their anime/manga fandom style all too well.

“Don’t worry, the Moniach has only undergone minor modifications in the equipment department,” Professor Mans said. “It is actually a warship. Although the equipment department removed most of its weapons in order to enter the country smoothly, its stability is not affected. A level 12 storm is not a problem for it.”

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.

“You can get used to life on the ship and learn about the equipment you’ll be using for diving during these three days,” Professor Mans said.

“I understand, Professor.” Lu Mingfei nodded.

Call me Captain!

……

Meanwhile, at Kassel College.

The college is located deep in the mountains, and its only connection to the outside world is a railway line. Trains run on this line from a station in Chicago directly to the college.

Su Xiaoqiang and the other students got off the train, carrying small suitcases, and looked up to see Su Qian.

"Senior sister!" Su Xiaoqiang walked towards Su Qian.

Susie stepped forward, her face full of emotion: "I never expected that Xiaoqiang would also awaken and become a hybrid. When Lu Mingfei told me and the president about this, we were all shocked."

Su Xiaoqiang smiled and didn't say anything more about it, lest she accidentally reveal Lu Mingfei's secret. Instead, she said, "Thank you for coming to pick me up, Senior Sister."

“You’ve already called me senior sister, I can’t just let you carry your luggage to the dormitory by yourself,” Susie said with a smile. “Kassel College doesn’t have the tradition of senior students helping freshmen carry their luggage.”

With the power of a hybrid, unless they bring a storage locker, they won't need anyone else to help them move things.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to the dormitory building,” Susie said. “Norma should have already assigned you a dormitory room; you can see it in your email.”

“I just checked, it’s room 311,” Su Xiaoqiang said.

"Let's go then." Susie picked up her suitcase and led Su Xiaoqiang toward the dormitory building.

……

In front of the dormitory building.

"Senior, Kassel College...doesn't have separate dormitories for men and women?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, her eyes twitching as she stood in front of the dormitory building, watching the men and women coming and going.

The dormitory building is very grand. Although the exterior decoration is simple, it is decorated with many plants, which makes the building itself beautiful.

But why is there only this one building?

What a lousy school! They only built one dormitory building. I wonder if I've stumbled into a den of thieves... Su Xiaoqiang thought to herself.

“No, the dorms are co-ed,” Susie explained. “But don’t worry, the dorms are fully equipped with all the necessary facilities and are spacious enough that you can treat them like apartments. The school’s dorms are actually like luxury apartment buildings, so co-ed dorms are quite normal.”

Su Xiaoqiang suddenly realized.

"There's only one inconvenience, though, which is that the beds in the dorms are all bunk beds," Susie said as she walked into the building. "If you and your roommate both want the lower bunk or the upper bunk, you might have to fight to decide which one you get. That's a tradition of the college."

"Senior, have you ever fought with your roommate over something?" Su Xiaoqiang asked curiously as she followed Su Qian into the dormitory building.

"We snatched it, so you could say we became friends through a fight," Susie said with a smile.

"So who won?" Su Xiaoqiang asked curiously.

Susie revealed a proud smile.

……

When Su Xiaoqiang pushed open the door to her dormitory, she suddenly wondered if she had come to the wrong place.

"Senior sister, does our academy still have a junior high school section?" Su Xiaoqiang asked Su Qian beside her blankly.

"I don't think so," Susie said, a little stunned.

There's already a girl in the dorm, no, perhaps calling her a little girl would be more accurate.

She stood by the table organizing textbooks. Although her features were undeniably exquisite, she looked only about thirteen or fourteen years old. She wore only a black dress that reached her calves, her skin was so white it was almost cold, and her pale blonde hair was braided and tied into a bun on top of her head. She looked as plain as an ice sculpture.

The girl standing there had long legs and a long neck, but that was in terms of her body proportions. In terms of height alone, she didn't look like she was fully developed yet.

The girl, who seemed not to be fully developed, turned her head to look at Su Xiaoqiang and Su Qian at the door. Her gaze seemed to fall on clean air blowing across the Arctic snowfield.

“I’m an adult now,” the little girl said in an almost indifferent tone.

Su Xiaoqiang and Su Qian looked at each other in bewilderment.

……

It's drizzling on the Yangtze River tonight, but the rain isn't enough to make other ships return to shore, so we still can't dive. We'll have to wait for the storm three days from now before we can go underwater.

On the ship Moniach, in Lu Mingfei's bedroom.

The Moniach was a tugboat converted from a warship. In addition to being resistant to wind and waves, it also had the feature of having many rooms, so all the people involved in the operation lived on the ship without feeling crowded at all, and each person even had their own independent dormitory.

The sound of wind and rain outside the window reached Lu Mingfei's ears. He sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the maintenance manual of the Moniach. Although he didn't know if he would need it, it wouldn't hurt to take a look.

"Knock knock knock..." A knocking sound rang out.

No... that doesn't sound like knocking!

Lu Mingfei instantly became alert and looked in the direction from which the sound came—it was from the porthole.

His dormitory was above the river, and the portholes were not submerged. If you could knock on the portholes, the person outside would either be hanging from something or have the "gecko wall-climbing skill" from martial arts novels.

In the dim light of the night, Lu Mingfei could barely make out a figure in the gloomy wind and rain outside the porthole.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Mingfei raised his hand, and an ice shield larger than the porthole condensed in his palm. He then walked to the porthole with the shield in his hand.

"Knock knock knock..." The figure outside the porthole kept knocking on the door, like the ghosts that knock on doors at night to harm people in folk tales. It is said that some ghosts cannot enter other people's houses because they cannot touch the door with door gods pasted on it. So they knock on the door with stones, sticks or the like. Once the homeowner opens the door, the ghost is considered to have been "invited" in.

But even if there are ghosts outside the porthole, they are beautiful female ghosts like Nie Xiaoqian.

The face outside the door was very close to the glass. As he got closer, Lu Mingfei could see a bright and beautiful face with the light coming through the room. The sharp corners of her eyes were lightly covered with eyeshadow that looked like a crimson blade.

Walking up to that face, Lu Mingfei pondered for a moment, then without warning raised his hand and slapped the eyes of the face outside the window.

Lu Mingfei slapped his palm against the porthole, making a loud sound.

Anyone who has seen fish kept in a tank has probably tried this: when a fish swims near the glass, you slam the glass hard, and the fish will be startled and run away. Even in aquariums, this trick works on small fish.

But the person outside the window wasn't startled, and didn't even blink unconsciously. They just stared at Lu Mingfei, their big eyes revealing clear confusion.