Dragon Raja: Reboot

December 31, 2010, afternoon.

Chicago Airport.

Lu Mingfei took off the sunglasses that covered half of his face and waved to a man and a woman walking towards him in the distance.

"Here, over here! Hurry, they're checking tickets!"

Chu Zihang walked over with a tense face, carrying two suitcases and two bags on his back, his expressionless face.

Seeing his fully armed appearance, Lu Mingfei was taken aback and said, "Senior, are you moving house? You didn't even bring two suitcases back to school!"

"Mine! Mine!" Xia Mi jumped out from behind Chu Zihang, patting her chest confidently, "I've heard that the preparatory classes in England are located in the countryside, and the food is terrible, so I brought a pot with me!"

Lu Mingfei looked at her chest with sympathy and sighed, "Stop taking pictures, it's flat enough as it is."

Xia Mi didn't react at first, but after she did, she glared at him fiercely, her cheeks slightly red, and hid next to Chu Zihang, peeking out to make faces at him.

Lu Mingfei feigned surprise and asked, "Huh? How come you two suddenly became so close?"

Chu Zihang looked somewhat uncomfortable.

He also felt that the relationship between Xia Mi and him was too intimate, falling into the category of being more than friends but not quite lovers.

But this seems reasonable, because they were practically childhood sweethearts, and he harbored a hidden sense of guilt towards Xia Mi, often not knowing how to refuse her.

Chu Zihang coughed lightly, pulled his junior brother a couple of steps to the side, and said in a low voice, "She said you invited her to go to England with you, and I couldn't stop her."

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "Wow!"

He looked at Xia Mi, who had her hands behind her back and was looking down at her toes guiltily.

Lu Mingfei turned around and said seriously, "This trip to England is a long one. Without a capable and strong junior sister by my side, I'll be bored to death!"

Chu Zihang frowned and asked, "Can they fight and withstand attacks?"

"Yeah, just based on looks alone, I'd be fine to crown my junior as the school's new beauty queen, right? She's got a lot to offer!" Lu Mingfei solemnly explained the latest interpretation of "can withstand attacks and fight back".

"What can it withstand...?"

A notification sound suddenly came from the ticket gate.

"Hurry up, let's get on the plane first!" Lu Mingfei grabbed his suitcase and dashed toward the ticket gate, calling out to Xia Mi as he did so.

Seeing this, Chu Zihang could only helplessly follow behind.

After the three boarded the plane, they sat side by side in economy class, with Chu Zihang sandwiched in the middle.

"Where's your blindfold, Senior Brother?" Lu Mingfei urged as soon as he sat down.

Chu Zihang took out three sets of inflatable headrests, earplugs, and eye masks from his backpack.

"This flight is only five hours; you can take a nap and it'll be over."

Before they could finish speaking, their hands, one on each side, had already taken their respective portions, and the junior sister and brother began to fully arm themselves.

Chu Zihang stared blankly at the set that belonged to him in his hand.

He suddenly had a strange feeling that the two people sitting next to him had him completely under their thumb...

As the deafening roar of the plane's engines pierced through my earplugs, and I felt the acceleration and trembling in my seat, the flight departed from Chicago that afternoon, bound for the United Kingdom.

And it was also on this afternoon.

Frost Gattuso, the head of the Gattuso family in Italy, made almost the exact same decision as in his previous life.

……

"Has the source of the video been confirmed?"

Frost sat upright in the sunlight behind his desk.

As the de facto head of the Gattuso family, he sits here almost every day, managing the family's hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide without ever leaving the house.

On this desktop, which represents "power," a video is playing continuously, along with a photo of ruins—the ruins of the South Railway Station.

"Unfortunately, we haven't been able to track them down yet. They're acting very cautiously." Percy bowed slightly, his light golden hair falling down to cover half his face.

"Still haven't found out? It seems their strength is not to be underestimated. I'm curious why they released this video; what benefit do they get from it?" Frost frowned slightly.

"Perhaps they want the school or the secret society to become the target of public criticism."

"The target of everyone's ire?" Frost sneered. "Ever since the Secret Service acquired Constantine's Dragonbone Cross, the school has been the target of everyone's ire!"

"Keep investigating. We must find out who's behind this. Some people are finally about to make their move," Frost ordered.

"Yes."

Has the school reached any conclusions regarding the train station ruins?

"King Solomon, one of the two leading experts in mechanics and the other a mathematician, agreed that the train station ruins were either a purely coincidental incident or some kind of incantation, and a high-level incantation that only the four monarchs could wield," Percy said. "The monarch who wields pure power is the King of Earth and Mountains."

"The Dragon King?" Frost sneered. "Is he the King of Earth and Mountains after the King of Bronze and Fire? Assuming he really is the Dragon King, given his noble status, why would he resort to assassination? And why target an S-rank student from the school?"

"Perhaps... he wants to eliminate the school's best bloodlines first?" Percy pondered.

Frost shook his head: "Before this video, Lu Mingfei didn't deserve any S-rank status. I even suspect that Angers deliberately pushed him out to compete with us. And a Dragon King who needs to use assassination means his power is far from fully recovered. He's only recently awakened, yet he's already targeting the school? Where did he get his information?"

You mean...

"It seems that besides the Secret Society, which wants to completely end the era of the dragons, there are other vassals of the dragons hidden in this world," Frost said coldly.

Percy was silent for a moment, then slowly uttered four words: "Hunter website."

"We've always been interested in the Hunter website, and we still haven't found out anything about its background. The technology it uses is very special; it doesn't even have a fixed server. You could say it's constantly moving across the internet worldwide, spreading throughout the entire internet system, like a ghost."

Frost looked up at his secretary. "What have you figured out, haven't you?"

"Yes, this technology is very similar to the technology used by the academy's intelligent hub, 'Norma,' and it is our secret technology."

"Yes, Norma can access the backend of almost any network, except for the Hunter Network, because the Hunter Network could be her sister, her clone, or even... herself."

"Is there a traitor within the Secret Service?"

"I don't know, but it's very likely." Frost rubbed his temples. "To be honest, I'm a little tired. I think... the Secret Service's power structure needs a change."

Percy exclaimed in surprise, "You mean...?"

"Angers is too willful. He is indeed very good as a consul, but the Kassel College should not be his private garden. He holds the Dragon Bone Cross of Constantine, but has not yet shared it with the Board of Trustees! It is time to make the college an institution managed by the Board of Trustees."

Frost emphasized,

"Most importantly, the 'Nibelungen Plan' must be implemented on Caesar! This is the most important plan for the entire Secret Society, and the family cannot allow it to be given to someone else! And because of Caesar's disobedience, the family must now personally step in to remove all obstacles for him, such as... Lu Mingfei!"

"There's something I forgot to tell you," Pasi paused and said, "The data we brought from China has been compiled and analyzed. There are a total of 3176 items, and after filtering, only 13 items are worth your attention. Among the 13 items, the one that is most important is Chu Zihang."

Frost said calmly, "After watching this video, Lu Mingfei is now our primary target. The courage he displayed is astonishing. However, Chu Zihang also harbors many secrets, and he has many stains on his record that have been concealed by certain people. We are not unaware of these stains, but we haven't been able to use them for the time being. Now, however, these stains will come in handy."

"What do you mean?"

"Chu Zihang's stain will be the best evidence for our impeachment of Angers. Super A-level? Heh, Chu Zihang's lineage is very unstable. Just by Angers allowing such a student to be in the school, we can win the support of the other school board members."

"Understood."

"Go. Only by impeaching Angers can the family completely control the academy, and only then will Lu Mingfei not become a threat to Caesar."

"Yes, ma'am." Percy turned and left.

"Wait a minute, you haven't looked up at me at all today... why?"

Percy hesitated for a moment, then slowly turned around, lifting her long, smooth, golden hair from her forehead with one hand.

His pupils were exposed, one ice blue and the other dark gold. No matter how beautiful each color might be individually, when placed together in the two pupils of one face, they were undeniably shocking, as if one were seeing a demon.

Frost adjusted his posture slightly, avoiding the other's gaze, and asked, "Did you take your medicine?"

"Taking medicine doesn't help; it just makes me feel a little better."

"You should still take some medicine. People who don't have long to live should take better care of themselves." Frost's voice was much gentler, with the concern of an elder.

"Thank you." Percy turned and left.