Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

Putting everything else aside, he can't even stay focused for more than five minutes. Getting Gao Kui to accumulate enough credits for four years of university is truly a daunting task.

At the same time, we must also consider Gao Kui's fragile mental state, introduce him to girlfriends so that he can find emotional comfort and care, and prevent Gao Kui from having any more mental problems...

If possible, Professor Guderian would not want to take on a troublesome student like Gao Kui.

But the sunk costs of the past four years have piled up to this point. Guderian has also developed feelings for Gao Kui and now treats him like a son, wanting to raise him to be outstanding.

With both big shots involved, Jiu Deya and Ye Sheng, who had only recently been assigned here, felt embarrassed to take a break and could only assist the two big shots.

Their evaluation of this mission depends entirely on Guderian and Masafumi Tomiyama's assessment of them.

It wasn't until after 8 a.m., when it was just getting light, that Masashi Toyama finally finished his mission report.

"Finally finished writing the task report, Ye Sheng. You two have been busy all night, go back and rest. We won't need your help for the next steps."

Masashi Toyama stretched and loosened his limbs, then took out a bottle of red wine with only a small portion left from the wine cabinet, intending to have a drink to perk himself up before making a remote call to the principal to give a report.

It should just be nighttime in Chicago, and the principal is probably still awake, so now is the perfect time to give a report.

"Won't the principal find fault with the confirmation report if we submit it?"

Guderian, who had stayed up all night, had bloodshot eyes like an old rabbit: "You absolutely mustn't make any mistakes in your word choice or sentence structure, lest the principal misjudge Gao Kui's condition and reject his application to end the mission."

"Professor Guderian, I am Japanese."

Masashi Tomiyama said confidently, "Japan is a country within the Greater China cultural sphere. Whether it's spoken or written Chinese, my Chinese is better than yours."

That's why you asked me to write a written report, isn't it?

"Being careful is never a bad thing."

Since it concerned the important matter of tenure, Guderian had to treat it with great care.

The red-eyed old rabbit put down his half-finished "Northern Qi Prince Training Plan 1.0," picked up the task report from Masashi Tomiyama's desk, and said, "Let me check it again..."

Before I could even take a second look, the landline in the monitoring room started ringing.

The two big shots, along with Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya, who hadn't even left the monitoring room yet, all stopped what they were doing and focused their attention on the ringing phone.

There is a telephone in this mission command room, but only one person knows the number: Hilbert Jean Angers, the leader of the Secret Service, the principal of Kassel, the beacon of the half-bloods, and the legendary dragon slayer.

Guderian walked to the phone, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then pressed the speakerphone button after the call was connected.

Good evening, Principal Angers.

"Good morning, Guderian. It should just be dawn where you are, right? I'm glad you considered Chicago's time zone and said good morning to me."

The voice on the other end of the phone was deep and elegant, like that of a true English gentleman, yet he spoke fluent Mandarin.

"Yes, Principal Angers, it is indeed just dawn here."

"Can you see the sun?" Angers asked about the weather, seemingly out of the blue.

Ye Sheng quickly walked to the window and opened the blinds.

Professor Guderian glanced out the window and replied, "I'm afraid we won't see the sun, Principal Angers. The typhoon that suddenly arrived yesterday evening has been blowing ever since, and there are dark clouds and torrential rain outside the window."

This kind of weather will probably continue for several more days.

"It's typhoon season again~"

I just heard footsteps and the sound of blinds being opened. Guderian, you should be indoors now, and there shouldn't be anyone else in the room.

You're in the monitoring room of the Psychological Research Center right now, right? Are you busy writing task reports, without sleeping a wink all night?

The principal is incredibly insightful!

If Guderian hadn't already known that there was no surveillance in this monitoring room in Angers, he would have suspected that Angers was watching the surveillance footage right now.

Guderian unconsciously puffed out his chest and said into the phone, "Yes, Professor Tomiyama and I did work all night, but that's nothing. We're willing to give everything for the great cause of slaying the dragon in Kassel..."

Angers interrupted Guderian's attempt to claim credit: "Guderian, you must have some good news to tell me now."

“Yes, Principal!” Guderian exclaimed, beaming.

The principal is incredibly insightful.

"That's quite a coincidence, Guderian. I happen to have some bad news to tell you as well."

Angers' tone was indifferent, neither happy nor sad.

"Look at the surveillance footage, my German boy. Shilan High School, Gao Kui's house, and the streets along the way, from 5 pm yesterday until now, all the surveillance footage."

Perhaps you don't need to look at all that. Just a quick glance at the surveillance screen and a quick review of the footage from Shilan Middle School after school yesterday will tell you what bad news I have to tell you.

Ga! ?

Guderian's expression suddenly froze, and Tomiyama Masashi and the other two also noticed that Principal Angers' tone was not quite right.

The group turned their heads at the same time and looked at the surveillance screen that they had been ignoring. Their eyes quickly scanned the split screens, especially the surveillance footage from Gao Kui's home.

There was no one there. There should have been at least one monitor showing Gao Kui's figure in a split screen, but there was no one there.

Guderian felt as if his heart had fallen into an ice cave.

"You guys messed it up!"

Chapter 27 The Principal is Amazing!

The monitoring room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; no one dared to speak, and Angers, far away in Chicago, remained silent on the other end of the phone.

How could they have lost them?

How could such a huge mistake happen at the very moment when dawn is about to break?

For the past four years, since they arrived in this city, whether or not they were watching surveillance cameras, Gao Kui has never left their surveillance range.

This is an extremely serious dereliction of duty.

If this happened in Masashi Toyama's hometown, he would have to commit seppuku to atone for his sins!

Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama turned pale, their minds completely blank, and they didn't know what to do.

Perhaps a few seconds later, perhaps a century later, a new voice finally emerged in the cluttered and cramped monitoring room: the voice did not come from any of the four people, but from the other end of the phone.

The piano music is soothing and melodious, the sound of the piano is like silver falling on velvet, both light and bright, and the notes have a kind of moonlight-like sanctity as they flow.

That holiness is not something lofty and unattainable; it is merely the gaze of moonlight upon the piano keys, the clarity of the soul after being cleansed in the flow of music.

"You are the king of Glory" translates to "You are the King of Glory" in Chinese.

Masashi Tomiyama listened intently. Besides being a psychological counselor and a kendo instructor, he was also an intern pastor, a part-time priest, and a Christian.

Although Masashi Tomiyama only changes into priest's attire on Sundays to celebrate Mass for the school's believers at the chapel, or occasionally serves as a wedding officiant.

But he was indeed a believer.

As a believer, Masafumi Toyama naturally recognized the piano music coming from the other end of the phone.

"You Are the King of Glory" is a hymn frequently played by churches and believers. The melody used in various countries around the world is basically the same, except that the lyrics are rewritten according to the language of their respective countries, while maintaining the original meaning.

After the prelude, the piano music transitions to the part where believers usually begin to sing hymns.

Masashi Tomiyama suddenly shuddered, only then remembering that they were being questioned by Principal Angers. He pulled Guderian to the surveillance camera and, together with Ye Sheng, hurriedly retrieved the surveillance footage.

Yesterday afternoon, surveillance footage from Shilan Middle School after school was retrieved.

The two bigwigs were even more disheartened. Judging from Gao Kui's reaction in the video, they had clearly misjudged his condition; he had not fully recovered.

He knelt on the ground, clutching his head and wailing in pain, breathing frantically into a deserted corner like an elderly man with a round head—clearly a relapse of his old illness. The condition might not be as severe as the previous three times, but it certainly couldn't be described as "not serious."

The scene on the big screen moved forward at 32 times the speed. Shortly after Gao Kui's classmate made a phone call, a severely overloaded, illegally modified semi-trailer truck drove into Shilan Middle School.

The four people in the monitoring room nearly popped their eyes out.

That semi-trailer was carrying at least a hundred tons of steel coils. How did it manage to get into the city with such illegal modifications and overloading? Are all truck drivers this reckless these days?

Gao Kui and Chu Zihang got into that man's 100-ton truck, and drove out of the surveillance area not long after leaving the school gate. After that, the prince of Northern Qi never appeared in the surveillance range again.

"How could he suddenly fall ill? How could he suddenly fall ill? Professor Masafumi Tomiyama and I have already checked on Takagi's condition, and he should have been getting better by now..."

Guderian racked his brains but still couldn't figure out the problem. He and Masashi Tomiyama went back and forth through the surveillance footage, and finally found the problem in the footage from the Gao family's house the day before yesterday.

Gao Kui did not take the medicine.

For the past four years, this boy, who had always been very obedient under normal circumstances, inexplicably disobeyed the doctor's orders for the first time.

In fact, it is common for patients not to follow their doctor's orders and not to take their medication on time or in the correct dosage. Many people stop taking their medication once they see that their condition is improving.

It was only because Gao Kui had been very obedient for the past four years that Guderian and others relaxed their supervision of him.

Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama exchanged a glance, both relieved that the situation hadn't escalated to its worst.

“Principal Angers, this was our oversight.”

Guderian leaned closer to the phone and apologized to Angers on the other end: "We may have misjudged Gao Kui's mental state. We were going to tell you some good news, but it seems we need to observe him for a while longer..."

"No further observation is needed."

Angers interrupted Guderian again, delivering a definitive verdict on Gao Kui's condition: "This time, Gao Kui's illness is not a relapse of his old one. It's just that he hasn't been taking his medication, which has caused his condition to fluctuate and his mental state to become somewhat unstable."

Your treatment is effective, and your assessment of Gao Kui's condition is largely accurate.

They made no major mistakes, only minor ones. Guderian and his companions were dejected and regretful. In the dragon-slaying operation, no mistakes in the details were allowed.

The Greenland incident many years ago was caused by a mistake in a detail, which led to the near annihilation of the entire team of specialists who carried out the mission.

"The most urgent task now is to bring Gao Kui back to the Psychological Research Center. I know where he is, and I will send you the address via email later."

It's strange that Angers, who is clearly far away in Chicago, USA, and has no surveillance here, knows the situation here perfectly well, and even knows where Gao Kui is.

As expected of the principal of Angers, he is incredibly resourceful.

The teachers and students in Kassel have a blind, unconditional worship and trust in Angers, this beacon of mixed heritage.

"And what happens after we bring them back to the Psychological Research Center?" Guderian asked, with a hint of anticipation in his voice.

“Tell him everything and extend an invitation to him. Make sure he agrees to join Kassel College no matter what; he will become our messiah.”

In this matter, I will give you the highest level of admissions authority; you are only allowed to succeed and failure is not an option.

After completing this task, you will stay at the Psychological Research Center to accompany Gao Kui until the start of the semester.

I plan to transform that psychology research center into a preparatory school in Kassel. You can take charge of this project there before returning to school, and also provide Gao Kui with some preparatory training.

"The situation was so sudden that I was caught off guard. These are the arrangements for now, and we'll make changes as needed."