Dragon Raja: Reboot

Chapter 194 Meeting (Part Two)

"Inuyama-kun, Principal Angers has come from afar as a guest. How can you confront him with swords?"

A man in a black trench coat strode into the Japanese-style room. His eyebrows were straight and his handsome features had a touch of gentleness. His fair skin had a marble-like texture, giving the impression of a conservative young faculty member from a college who had accidentally wandered into this place.

But when he stepped into the room, his black trench coat drew all eyes, and he became the center of attention, calmly defusing the tense atmosphere.

His long black overcoat opened with each step, inadvertently revealing the magnificent ukiyo-e print on the lining—

The giant's skeleton lay on the earth, a clear spring flowed through its left eye, from which a naked goddess emerged, draped in her long golden hair and holding the sun in her hands.

A pretty girl was following behind him.

"Principal Angers, it's been a long time," Genji said softly.

Ryoma Genichiro and Miyamoto Shio stood up at the same time and bowed to Genjiro to express their respect for the patriarch.

This scene was witnessed by Angers.

Angers squinted slightly and asked, "How should I address you now?"

Inuyama He slowly sheathed his sword, stood up, and offered the main seat to Genji. Genji walked slowly to the main seat opposite Angers and sat down.

After he took his seat, the three family heads took their seats behind him in turn.

"Anything is fine. I received your principal's scholarship, and every student at Kassel College is proud to be your student." Genji placed his long sword to one side and sat down on the ground.

"But it seems the students at the Japanese branch can't wait to leave the academy."

Angers raised an eyebrow, casually took a pear from the fruit plate on the table, and pulled out a folding knife from his pocket to start peeling it.

The pear skin, in its beautiful arc, gently falls.

Genjiro's gaze fell on the pear peel, and he said softly, "Students will always grow up and go where they want to go. Must teachers keep their students by their side forever?"

As the last piece of pear skin fell, Angers used a folding knife to cut off a piece of pear flesh and put it in his mouth.

"But it seems my students have no idea what they are fighting against. It is far beyond your imagination; its awakening will cause catastrophe, and the whole of Japan may not survive it."

Angers shook his head.

Genjiro sat upright with his hands on his knees. "Principal, in terms of our understanding of the White King, the Snake Clan far surpasses the Secret Party. We know very well what kind of enemy we are fighting, and we are prepared to fight to the death."

"Is that so?" Angers retorted. "But you've already botched it, haven't you? You destroyed Takamagahara, but the gods buried within have long since departed. You haven't even mustered enough power to deal with the aftermath. If it weren't for certain unsung, helpful third-party forces, the dragons' secret would have been exposed, and hordes of corpse guardians would have surged onto the shore, indiscriminately slaughtering all living things. Is this your trump card?"

Yuan Zhisheng remained silent.

He can endure a lot, but not this...

"Principal, how did you learn of Erii's existence?" Genji asked, trying to keep his tone normal.

They weren't unprepared!

The Snake Clan had long been aware of the existence of the Corpse Guardian and decided to deploy their most powerful "weapon"!

But before the blade could even be drawn, it was snatched away by someone!

"Eri?" Angers frowned. "You mean your Uesugi family head? What do you mean?"

Genji frowned: "You sent your most prized student to kidnap my sister Erii, and now you're asking me what I mean?"

Seeing Angers' furrowed brows, Genji's heart skipped a beat. "Lu Mingfei's actions weren't on your orders?"

"Mingfei?" Angers asked, bewildered. "What does this have to do with Mingfei? Wait... are you saying Mingfei kidnapped your sister, Uesugi Erii?"

Yuan Zhisheng remained silent.

Angers has no need to act with him, so does that mean... Lu Mingfei's actions are purely a matter of personal will?

But how exactly did he obtain information about Erii and gain her trust?

Erii was indifferent to everyone, even Tachibana Masamune. Only in front of him would she show her sisterly innocence. But she was kidnapped by Lu Mingfei.

What Genjiro couldn't understand the most was not only who helped Erii escape from Genji Heavy Industries, but also what methods Lu Mingfei used to gain Erii's trust!

Yuan Zhisheng was deep in thought, and Angers was also pondering.

He knew that Caesar and Chu Zihang were currently out of contact, but he didn't know that Lu Mingfei had actually arrived in Japan and abducted the head of the Uesugi family.

Damn it, this guy came to Japan and instead of meeting up with Caesar and the others, he prioritized spending time with girls?

He truly deserves to be his student.

Angers sighed inwardly.

An eerie silence fell over the room.

"You were one of the people I wanted to see when I came to Japan this time, but I didn't expect to see you so soon," Angers suddenly said.

"I'm happy to see the principal, but I didn't expect it to be in this kind of setting," Genji said calmly.

"Should I call you patriarch now?"

"I haven't truly accepted this title yet; I can only be considered the patriarch in name only."

"Oh? I'm curious who your ex was. Could you introduce us?"

"...I'm sorry, my father is unable to see you for the time being, so I will do it in his place. Principal Angers, what exactly do you want?"

"I've made myself perfectly clear tonight," Angers sighed. "Don't keep making the teacher repeat himself; it makes me feel like my teaching ability has declined."

"I'm sorry, but the Snake Clan will not back down this time." Genji said calmly.

"Then there's nothing more to talk about. I'm leaving." Angers shrugged, wiped the pear juice off his folding knife, and got up to leave.

"headmaster."

Yuan Zhisheng suddenly exclaimed, "I reviewed your file before coming here."

"Oh? With the intelligence network of the Snake Clan, you must have thoroughly investigated my past, right?" Angers smiled.

Yuan Zhisheng nodded and said, "From Harrogate, a small town in Yorkshire, England, to your current position as Dean of Kassel College, I can recite your resume by heart."

"So what kind of person do you think I should be?" Angers asked with interest. "Receiving positive feedback from my students is one of the joys of being a teacher."

Genjiro gave only a brief three-word evaluation.

"Avenger. You are an avenger through and through," Genji said softly. "Hilbert Jean Angers was already dead on that early summer night. The one who survived was the most steadfast avenger in the world."

Angers scratched his head. "That's a very pleasing compliment. Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

"Yes." Genji's gaze was as sharp as a knife as he stared directly at Angers. "There's really no room for negotiation between us. You're an avenger, and you won't back down on the matter of the dragons. So you'll definitely uncover our secrets and kill the god with your own hands. You won't negotiate this with anyone. Am I right?"

Angers smiled and said, "What could be more delightful than seeing students understand their teacher so well?"

"If that's the case, why did you come?" Genji asked softly.

Angers raised an eyebrow, glanced at the three people sitting behind Genji, and chuckled, "Since you know there's no possibility of negotiation between us, why did you come to see me in the first place? Shouldn't you have delayed our meeting as much as possible to do your own thing?"

Yuan Zhisheng lowered his head and remained silent.

That was the family's original plan.

With Inuyama and the other two holding Angers back to prevent the strongest member of the Secret Party from entering, the family then launched an attack at top speed, striving to eliminate the Oni Clan in the shortest possible time. Every minute was a race against time.

But he still came.

Angers, who had seen through the family's plan, also came here.

"I'm an insecure person, even though I'm about to become the head of the family." Genji raised his head. "So I thought, maybe I can get some courage from you."

"Is it really appropriate to say that in front of family members?"

"It's alright." Genji paused for a moment. "No one will spread the news about tonight."

He didn't turn around to warn the three behind him, but the three, led by Inuyama He, all bowed their heads to show their attitude.

"It's truly gratifying to see my students so impressive," Angers said with a smile. "Chisel, you seem to have changed a bit over the years."

"Principal, in what aspect has this change occurred?"

"Your eyes," Angers said softly, "back then your eyes were clear but lost. You walked forward, but didn't know why you were walking forward. You were being chased by the past. Those who are chased by the past often live in the past."

Genjiro paused for a moment, then whispered, "So, what about now?"

"Now?" Angers gave him a meaningful look, stood up and said, "I can see some awareness in your eyes, but it's still too little. Just as you said, you lack confidence, which makes your awareness not thorough enough. With that, how can you convince me that you have made all the preparations?"

"I'm leaving, no need to see me off." Angers waved and walked towards the door.

"By the way, He, have you met the team I sent to Japan?" He suddenly stopped and turned around to ask Inuyama He.

"...I've met them. They all have excellent bloodlines. They're quite interesting. Are they all your favorite students?" Inuyama He said in a low voice.

"It's good that I've seen it." Angers didn't offer any further explanation, turning and walking towards the door, leaving only a faint remark, "It's a pity I didn't witness your moment today, so I can't confirm whether you've improved or regressed over the years. But there's always next time, Ahe, just don't die before me."

"Don't worry, although I don't have many years left to live, I'd rather not die in front of an old man like you, Principal," Inuyama He said expressionlessly.

Angers didn't turn around, but waved his hand and smiled, "That's good. By the way, Ah He, remember to eat the pears, don't waste your teacher's kindness."

He walked out of the room calmly.

The vice-principal bid a reluctant farewell to his newly adopted goddaughter and followed behind Angers with the priest.

Genjiro and the other three watched them leave.

The room remained silent for a long time.

"Inuyama-kun, Principal Angers must have come specifically to see you today," Genji suddenly said.

He gripped his longsword, stood up abruptly, and with a flick of his coat, said, "I'm leaving. I have a mission to complete. I'll leave this place to you."

After Genjiro left the Japanese-style room, Ryoma Genichiro and Miyamoto Shio also took their leave.

Inuyama He silently waved his hand to shoo away the daughters inside the house, and sat alone at the table, in front of him a pear with a missing piece.

He raised his hand, grabbed a pear, and put it in his mouth, chewing it heartily as the sweet pear juice flowed down his throat.

……

……

"Hey, Angers, where do we go now?" The vice-principal patted his round, reliable belly and sighed.

"I'm looking for someone," Angers said. "The first thing I did when I came to Japan was to talk to him, but unfortunately I don't know where that guy is hiding."

"Who? Uesugi Kotsugi?" the vice-principal asked, scratching his head. "Come to think of it, don't you think that young man from earlier looks a bit like Uesugi Kotsugi?"

Angers was taken aback: "Really?"

"Of course!"

"But I remember you've never seen Uesugi Kotsugi when he was young." Angers looked at him suspiciously.

"Who said that! I've seen the photos!" the vice principal argued.

"Stop messing around." Angers was getting a headache. He was increasingly convinced that taking this old man out was a mistake. "That guy has no offspring."

The vice-principal sneered, saying disdainfully, "I also thought I didn't have a son back then, but look what happened! My son just popped up on his own! You haven't been by his side all these years, you don't even know where he's hiding, how do you know if he's had several sons behind your back?"

What the hell are you talking about?! Do you think Professor Manstein is some kind of monkey from Journey to the West?!

Angers, exasperated, said irritably, "When you find Uesugi Koshi, just tell him that!"

"Tch, who's afraid of who?" The vice principal looked down at his phone, which vibrated. "Oh, my newly adopted goddaughter sent me an email!"

Angers' eye twitched. Had this old man even exchanged email addresses?

The vice principal suddenly fell silent, looked up with a twitch of his brow, and handed the phone to Angers.

"Old man, this is the information you needed."

Angers perked up and snatched the vice principal's phone in an instant.

It has a rough address written on it.

Angers stared at the address on his phone and remained silent for a moment.

This was certainly not thanks to the vice principal's newly adopted granddaughter, but rather the intention of a student who, in his eyes, was still not grown up.

The old man named Ahe had discerned the person his teacher truly wanted to see. Tonight, he wasn't really there to negotiate with him, but rather, like him, he wanted to see his teacher.

What could be more gratifying than seeing students understand their teachers so well?

Angers suddenly recalled what Inuyama He had said that night. Every word reminded him that the Snake-Headed Eight Family was no longer the same as before. He should not look at the Snake-Headed Eight Family with the same eyes as before. Danger was approaching. Please... Teacher, be careful.

That's really thoughtful of you, Ahe.

Angers tossed the phone back to the vice principal with a blank expression. The students were so dedicated; as a teacher, besides being happy, he also felt a little sad.

You've grown up.

"Hey, be careful, this is my old relic!" The vice principal said tenderly as he took the phone.

Angers turned to look at the priest.

"Your Excellency, do you have any plans in Japan?"

"No, I don't have any friends in Japan."

"That's a real shame. How about I make the arrangements for you?"

"Absolutely delighted!"

(End of this chapter)