In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

"...I'm sorry, brother, I lost my composure."

Lu Mingze wiped away a tear, forced himself to stand, and gave Lu Mingfei a broken smile. "Since you don't want to exchange lives with me now, then please allow me to take my leave."

"Oh, and also, you should control your subordinates. Her fighting power is far too strong; my men could easily be killed."

"Also, why don't you put her under your command for now? If you want to stay on Earth and develop your career, you can't just keep having two or three people under you forever. You need to recruit some 'locals'."

"Don't underestimate her. Although she can't compare to your next generation of dragon servant, she is still a very powerful 'ninja'. She specializes in infiltration operations and is the kind of elite ninja who can take someone's head without them even noticing."

"In the Sengoku period of ancient Japan, he would be a high-ranking talent whom even a general like Ashikaga Yoshiteru would treat with great respect..."

Lu Mingfei calmly waited for him to finish speaking before asking a question:

"How can I contact you?"

"Oh? Brother, are you going to patronize my business?" Lu Mingze seemed to instantly regain his energy, a devilish smile returning to his face. "One coin buys one liter of wheat, one coin buys three liters of barley. Oil and wine must not be wasted..."

"Sorry, I don't buy barley." Lu Mingfei looked doubtful. "Besides, what does what we're talking about have to do with barley?"

"Oh, this is the Bible." Lu Mingze waved his hand. "Since you want to talk to me... here, take it."

A wheat ear appeared in Lu Mingze's hand. Lu Mingfei could see it clearly; this thing appeared out of thin air—not by him using the storage function of the integrated network, but truly by taking it out of an empty space.

He passed the ear of grain to Lu Mingfei, and then it disappeared.

……

"That's about it." Lu Mingfei shrugged, indicating that he wasn't lying.

Before him, the female ninja—now Lu Mingfei knew her name was Mai Shude—was curiously studying the ears of wheat. Jing Shu sat upright to the side, her gaze fixed on Mai Shude.

It seemed they hadn't let their guard down around her yet.

"Oh dear, boss, look—the flood has washed away the Dragon King's temple, and we're all family now, we don't even recognize each other anymore." Jiu De Mai placed the wheat ears on the bedside table, and affectionately put her arm around Lu Mingfei's shoulder, her prominent feature pressing unreservedly against Lu Mingfei's arm:

"But look at that woman, she's still not letting her guard down, she's still trying to cause me trouble. Is she trying to warn me? Isn't she clearly looking down on your judgment?"

"you!"

Jing Shu spread her dragon wings behind her, and scales instantly covered her from her ribs to her neck. But when she saw Lu Mingfei's ambiguous smile, she obediently sat back down, and even her wings transformed back into cloud patterns on her clothes.

"Alright, I don't care about what happened before, but fighting is not allowed under my supervision—" Lu Mingfei lightly tapped Jiu De Mai's forehead with his finger, his tone slightly harsher:

"Did you hear me!"

Mai didn't answer immediately, but Lu Mingfei's arm was already close to her body, so he clearly noticed that her muscles instantly stiffened under his statement, which wasn't even a reprimand.

This is quite unusual.

If it were an ordinary person, they would only experience physical stiffness, which is nothing serious. It just means that he was indeed frightened by Lu Mingfei's tone.

But this person is a high-ranking talent whom even the Great General had to treat with respect, as personally acknowledged by that devil—Lu Mingze.

Would such a person be so easily frightened by a single harsh word that they lose control of their body?

Lu Mingfei definitely didn't believe it.

So, when Mai Shude pretended nothing was wrong and moved away from Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingfei wasn't as indifferent as before. Instead, he curiously grabbed her shoulder and asked:

"So, you were scared?"

……

I was more than just scared!

Su Enxi struggled to crawl out from under the desk, and then heard Lu Mingfei's question.

Frankly, if it weren't for the fact that they were several blocks apart, she would have definitely bitten Lu Mingfei. Su Enxi was willing to bet that Lu Mingfei was aware of his special abilities and still went out of his way to scare them...

This must be his twisted sense of humor!

Is her next boss the kind of person who likes to manipulate others—or is he a dragon? Su Enxi is no longer sure—she suddenly feels that her future is bleak.

"It seems this boss not only has a naive resume, but also inherited some rabbit-like traits, don't you think?"

Even now, Su Enxi still can't be sure what that threatening sound meant. In that instant, Su Enxi felt as if she were thousands of meters in the air, or as if she were being watched by some apex predator. Only one thought subconsciously occupied her mind:

Play dead!

She inexplicably recalled a miscellaneous academic article she had read a few days ago, which said that humans have two systems when facing danger: one comes from the reptilian brain, instructing you to play dead and remain completely still to deceive predators—

After all, predators wouldn't choose poisonous prey that died for unknown reasons. What if it had a disease? What if eating it would cause them to get sick too?

Another type comes from a more advanced brain. At this point, simply "playing dead" is no longer enough to fool predators, because they often also have some scavenging habits, and even when eating fresh food, they will only eat things like internal organs.

Therefore, this more advanced brain will no longer stand there dumbfounded and pretend to be dead, but will urge the body to act quickly and escape danger as soon as possible.

However, under that threat—which wasn't even a scolding, but rather a slightly harsh one—this "more advanced brain" completely shut down. Only the reptilian brain could still barely function, controlling the body to play dead.

Even though she had consciously realized it, her limbs were still unresponsive.

So now she only has her mouth to move—but even at this moment, she still retains some of the pride of a financial genius, a confidence that urges her to retaliate against Lu Mingfei's threats—

Even if it's just simple banter, even if only his partner, Mai Shutoku, can hear it.

"The boss didn't specify the extent of the care, but judging from this little rabbit's attitude, it seems like we'll really have to take care of her in bed."

"In that case, Mai Shude, we all jumped ship from under the old boss, so we can't afford to lose face. You need to work harder and whisper sweet nothings in his ear. We can't let the new boss's old employees ride roughshod over us."