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For the main course, Caesar chose charcoal grilling. The sizzling sound of the heated oil soon rang out. On the small table in front of each person were dishes such as teriyaki puffer fish, lobster sashimi, teriyaki octopus and iron plate pork bone, and the wine jug contained chilled Black Dragon sake.
Obviously, the person who can be appointed by the Eight Families of Sheqi to provide services to the specialists dispatched by the headquarters must be the family's special executive chef, with excellent knife skills and control of heat. However, Lu Mingfei could not taste much difference. Chu Zihang was not too concerned about eating, but Caesar nodded frequently.
The young master of the Gattuso family requires the best of everything, but even Caesar, who has enjoyed top-notch service for twenty years, is satisfied with tonight's dinner.
During that period of time, none of the three had been to Japan, and Yuan Zhisheng probably knew this, so he did not arrange any itinerary for them on the first day. He just provided them with a secondary bank card with almost unlimited balance, and a very thoughtful service to help them carry their belongings.
Lu Mingfei originally intended to go to Akihabara for a stroll, but thinking about it, he hadn't watched anime for many years, and now he really didn't have much interest in those virtual things, so he just watched from a distance, took a photo with the cosplayer Asahina Mikuru who was passing by on the street, and then bought Sony's first interchangeable lens mirrorless camera NEX-5C released in May for his junior sister in the electronics store, and bought a thin silver bracelet for Nono in the jewelry store. It was a very delicate chain made of pure silver, with a swaying silver four-leaf clover hanging at the connection. Lu Mingfei saw it at a glance and thought it matched the four-leaf clover earrings of his senior sister, so he bought it.
Chu Zihang bought a Kansai iron teapot just like last time, and went to a jewelry store with Lu Mingfei to help Susie pick out a gift. Unfortunately, neither Lu Mingfei nor Caesar got to see what the thing was, and Chu Zihang always carried it with him to prevent the two from taking a peek.
As for Caesar...Master Gattuso has always been known for his lavish spending. He bought porcelain for everyone in the student union, almost a whole van full of it, and planned to send it back directly by air. As for himself, he bought a new game console, probably just as a collection to represent that he had been here.
"According to the itinerary given to us by the Japanese branch, we have to visit their headquarters, Genji Heavy Industries, in Tokyo tomorrow morning. In the afternoon, we need to meet with the branch and the powerful leaders of the Herazaki Eight Families. We will probably exchange pleasantries and then everyone will go their separate ways. Later in the day, we will also visit the family shrine and the Ganliu Research Institute. Finally, we will have dinner with the heads of the Herazaki Eight Families." The three of them put the small table together and whispered.
As the team leader, Chu Zihang had naturally received the itinerary schedule sent by Kaguya. If he had received it, it would have meant that Caesar and Lu Mingfei had received it.
"It looks like the schedule is very full. Doesn't the Japanese branch want us to spare time to do other things?" Caesar judged others by himself and immediately made a bad association.
"Maybe you are judging others by your own standards." Chu Zihang did not forget to talk back to Caesar.
"Even if I guessed wrong, I was just judging others with a gentleman's heart." Caesar refused to be outdone.
Chu Zihang was speechless and could only continue to scroll down silently.
In short, the next week will be very busy. Even Snake Hachika has arranged learning tasks for this study group, mainly focusing on the research and development and application of ancient Japanese alchemical gear technology, as well as special tutoring from research specialists sent by the Ganliu Research Institute.
"Tomorrow when we go to Genji Heavy Industries, we have to divide the work and work together to find out whether there are some dangerous secrets hidden in that building that cannot be told to the academy." Lu Mingfei said.
He knew that Chu Zihang and Caesar were also thinking about this matter. He thought that the principal must have met with them alone before coming to Japan to talk about the cruelty and ambition of the Snakezaki Eight Families. The tasks assigned to them might also include exploring important strongholds such as Genji Heavy Industries.
Although the boar Neo did not provide much useful information after being captured, Kassel Academy is definitely the most rigorous spy organization in the world. Through clues and the restoration of destroyed evidence, they have gradually found out a lot of things, which may even include the approximate area where the American hybrids who were trafficked to Japan went.
Caesar and Chu Zihang looked at each other, then looked at Lu Mingfei together and nodded.
"It's a bit difficult. Someone will accompany us the whole time tomorrow. We can try to find out if there are some hidden doors that are not easy to detect in the building. We can then investigate when the Japanese branch relaxes their vigilance against us." Chu Zihang said.
"What he said makes sense. After all, the Snakezaki Eight Families are an organization that has governed the world in the shadows for hundreds and thousands of years on this land. They are huge in size and control a large number of gangs and half-bloods. If you act recklessly, you might be caught and deported or something." Caesar said.
"You scared me. I thought I was going to undergo chemical castration." Lu Mingfei patted his chest.
"But we can indeed postpone this matter for a few days. This suggestion is very constructive."
The reason why Lu Mingfei said he wanted to investigate Genji Heavy Industries was that he knew there was a Deadpool breeding pool right below this building. If nothing unexpected happened, there should still be a large number of snake-shaped Deadpools raised there. Eri's bloodline was not stable and there was often a risk of her getting out of control. Tachibana Masamune used the serum of the Deadpool fetus to suppress her loss of control.
If he could get solid evidence of the existence of this Deadpool breeding pool, Lu Mingfei would be confident that he could gain the full support of the academy after completely breaking up with Tachibana Masamune.
He is certainly a very strong individual, but he is still a little weak in front of a huge organization like the Snake Eight Families. Even if Principal Ange, who once forced the entire Japanese branch to surrender, came in person, it would be difficult for him to make them surrender again by relying on his past power.
At this time, the roasted beef was divided into plates and carefully delivered to the small table of the guests by girls wearing high-slit cheongsams. The three of them immediately sat up straight, as if they had never whispered together before.
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Genji Heavy Industries does hide many secrets of the Snake Hachika and Herzog, such as Kaguya-sama's host computer, the underground Deadpool breeding pool that does not exist on the architectural drawings, and a certain floor that is not numbered.
On the detailed map of Genji Heavy Industries that only a few people have, this floor is numbered "ξ".
It's a Greek letter pronounced "kesi" and is often used the same way as XYZ, standing for unknown.
To a girl like Eri who has never seen the world and never really attended school, a place where she can sleep and eat is probably home.
There were many precautions on the first floor, including a 20-meter-long controlled air pressure corridor. At the end of the corridor was Eri's room. It was not a room for a young girl. The walls were plain white. Originally, there were portraits of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo, but one night Eri tore them down by hanging them on a table and replaced them with a photo of cherry blossoms in full bloom outside Sensoji Temple. It was very clear, and Eri was standing in the splashing cherry rain in her deerskin boots. There was no furniture, only a stove in the middle of the room, and no flower arrangement. Instead, there were many identical shrine maiden costumes neatly hung in the closet.
In the room further inside, there is a bed on the floor. It doesn't look very comfortable, but rather has a sense of abstinence. However, there is a huge LCD TV hanging on the wall, connected to a PS3, which is surprisingly a rare TV in this era that can be used to play games online.
There are no windows in the room, but it is rich in oxygen, and the air is filled with a faint scent of sandalwood and a subtle girl's fragrance.
The girl was sitting on the inside of the bed wearing velvet pajamas with a picture of Rilakkuma, her arms folded, her soft hair hanging on her shoulders, staring motionlessly at the wall, her deep red eyes obscured by the shadows cast by her long eyelashes, her face so indifferent that she didn't look like a flesh-and-blood girl, but more like a porcelain doll made by a famous Russian craftsman.
"Ms. Eri has been in this position for the whole day. Although she still eats on time, she hasn't played any games or anything." Sakura said to Gen Chisheng in a low voice beside the stove outside. They were both kneeling. Gen Chisheng supported his elbows on the table and his forehead with his palms. He looked at the motionless back on the bed with some helplessness. The back looked like a stubborn child. The child wanted a toy that he liked very much, and he would cry if you didn't buy it for her. Eri would not cry or even have a temper, but Gen Chisheng knew that she was as stubborn as a child.
"Have you bought her a cell phone?" Yuan Zhisheng also asked in a low voice.
"Yes, I bought it. It's the iPhone 4 which was just released in June. I haven't given it to the lady yet," Ying said.
Gen Chisei and Sakura had been paying attention to Eri, and at this moment they clearly saw the girl's shoulders tremble, as if she was not controlling her emotions.
"Give it to her later. Tell Eri not to stay up late playing with her phone and be more restrained in doing things." Gen Chisheng sighed and thought that girls should learn to play with new things when they grow up. If Eri was an ordinary girl, she would be very fashionable and popular among boys now.
"Yes." Ying agreed, but her expression changed immediately and she lowered her voice.
"Um, young master, do you want to connect this phone to the internet?"
Gen Chisei was stunned for a moment, "Or..." "I think Miss Eri wanted this phone originally to make it more convenient to contact Lu Jun. If it can't connect to the Internet, wouldn't it lose its original meaning?" Sakura blinked. She was a girl with a very sharp mind and she saw through Eri, who was also a girl. After all, the head of the Uesugi family was a person who found it difficult to keep secrets.
"Okay, okay, give her an internet connection." Yuan Zhisheng waved his hand tiredly, "But let's make it clear that I will never let Eri go out casually in the short term. This matter is non-negotiable. If she wants to go out, she must at least wait until after the next surgery."
Where they couldn't see, Eri's eyes flashed, and then a thin smile appeared on her face, cold and fragile, adding some blush-like warmth to the cold and indifferent face like a porcelain doll.
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After dinner in the restaurant, the three of them got together to play cards. Lu Mingfei originally thought that he had some luck in gambling, but he ended up losing miserably to Chu Zihang. His face was covered with white paper strips, like a mummy. Caesar was not much better. He chose to drink a small glass of champagne after losing the game. He was now reeking of alcohol, but this was nothing for an A+ grade hybrid.
The cadres of the Executive Bureau had earlier delivered the family's treasured wines. Champagne was naturally supplied in unlimited quantities, and all of them were Moët produced in 1998. These golden liquids in glass bottles stopped up by oak corks were also rare treasures for champagne collectors. In addition, there were also Lafite from the Bordeaux wine region of France, also produced in 1998, vodka produced in Moscow in 1991, and China's Feitian Moutai.
Obviously, the Eight Snake Qi Families really put in the effort, knowing that everyone in this group is an expert in wine tasting, so they didn't use some second-rate stuff to get by.
They drank, played cards and chatted at the same time. When talking about the Nibelungen Project, Lu Mingfei asked the two brothers whether their skills had been fully developed. Caesar said with a gloomy face that the effect was not as good as expected and it was definitely not as good as yours. Chu Zihang did not say anything, probably because he also felt that the effect was average, but as long as it could solve the hidden danger of bloodline, it was enough for him.
As they were talking, the topic turned to Nuonuo again. Caesar was a little drunk, so he patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder and said, "Junior brother, Chen Motong is really hard to deal with. I have given up on you, just keep going." Lu Mingfei's eyes brightened slightly, thinking that Master Gattuso might be disappointed in love and want to become a monk. As a result, Caesar took out his mobile phone and said, "Brother, look at my new girlfriend. She is no worse than Chen Motong, right?"
Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang looked at each other, the former tore off the paper covering his eyes while the latter took a gulp of vodka and moved closer. It turned out that the person on the phone was a Russian girl.
She is quite pretty. To be honest, she might be prettier than Nuo Nuo. Only someone like Xia Mi can surpass her.
Lu Mingfei recognized her. It was the Russian beauty Kristina who later joined the student union and sat next to him during the 3E exam.
Chu Zihang asked in a muffled voice about the girl named Isabella. Caesar said that we broke up peacefully. Lu Mingfei asked why. Caesar said it was not suitable. I could understand her. To her, I was not the gentleman she imagined.
Then Caesar asked Chu Zihang how he and Susie were doing. Chu Zihang's face turned slightly red and he picked up a glass of vodka and drank it all, saying, "Let's drink." It was unclear whether the redness on his face was due to the alcohol or shyness.
Then they talked about Xia Mi again. Caesar patted Lu Mingfei's chest and said, "You are really good." Chu Zihang filled a glass of wine for Lu Mingfei and said, "Lu Mingfei, if you dare to let down your junior sister, humph, you are quite arrogant." Lu Mingfei picked up the glass of wine and poured it all into his mouth and said, "How can that be, senior brother, don't you know me?" Chu Zihang said in a muffled voice, "I am worried because I know you..."
Later, everyone was a little drunk, and the waitresses with high buns, high-slit tight cheongsams and swaying waists came in and made hot tea for them and prepared towels soaked in hot water to wipe their bodies. They also took away the clothes they needed to change and sent them for washing and ironing, and then slowly left with their waists twisted.
Chu Zihang and Caesar each drank a glass of Moutai, and finally couldn't help but support each other and go back to their respective rooms. Lu Mingfei also went into his bedroom which had a very homely style, took a quick shower in the bathroom, and jumped onto the bed.
He picked up his phone and found that someone had sent him a message on QQ more than an hour ago. In addition to Xia Mi and Nuonuo, and Su Xiaoqiang's unshakable daily greetings, there was actually a friend request.
It's Eriyi.
Lu Mingfei was able to recognize her because she used "Eri" as her ID, and her avatar was a somewhat silly and cute front-facing portrait. In the photo, Eri was wearing Rilakkuma's velvet pajamas, her little face was white, and her eyebrows were curved, showing that she was smiling.
He had an idea and accepted the friend request.
"Is Eri still awake?" He typed these words into the chat box, hesitated for a moment, and deleted them. It was twelve o'clock in the evening, and she had probably been asleep for a long time. Sending a message at this time would disturb her sleep. So he exited the chat box with Eri and prepared to open the chat with Xia Mi.
But that silly and cute avatar started flashing.
Lu Mingfei clicked it again.
“I learned to send messages.”
It was indeed Eri's tone. Lu Mingfei turned over and said, "Eri is amazing. Who taught you? Why aren't you sleeping so late?"
He then quietly waited for the girl's reply. Only the light from the mobile phone screen illuminated the man's face in the dark quilt.
He waited for a long time, two minutes, or maybe five.
Finally, the message alert sounded. Lu Mingfei rubbed his eyes, wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and looked over. Then he was stunned.
--"I miss you."
The man kept staring at the three short words following the girl's silly and cute avatar on the screen until the phone automatically turned off.
After a long time, Lu Mingfei slowly covered his phone and placed it on his chest. Then he sat up and pulled up the soft and comfortable velvet quilt until it covered his waist.
He looked up and stared at the dark ceiling with an expressionless face, not knowing what he was thinking.
It was raining outside the window at this moment, and the rain seemed to have no beginning and no end.
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"Brother, I already know." Xia Mi's profile picture flashed, and Lu Mingfei could even imagine the girl's grinning face when she sent this message.
“What did you know?” This guy pretended to be stupid. Caesar pushed him from behind and pushed Lu Mingfei out of the elevator.
"Hmph! What happened between you and that head of the Uesugi family!" Xia Mi hummed angrily in front of the phone screen.
"Who! Who told you! There are bad guys among the crowd! They actually betrayed me!" Lu Mingfei typed faster, while looking up at Caesar and then at Chu Zihang.
The two of them walked side by side beside Lu Mingfei, with their eyes on the nose and their nose on the heart, and they had the demeanor of sages who were indifferent to worldly affairs.
Well, there's no point pretending, it must be one of you, or both of you, Lu Mingfei thought.
Chu Zihang and Caesar were originally whispering something, but suddenly they sensed murderous intent, and when they looked up, they immediately saw Lu Mingfei's green eyes staring straight at them. Caesar chuckled, looked around, and suddenly looked forward as if he had found a savior.
"Isn't that the car that's here to pick us up? Walk faster and don't keep people waiting for too long!" Then he quickened his pace and walked out of the Peninsula Hotel Tokyo.
Seeing that Lu Mingfei had shifted his attention to him again, Chu Zihang's mouth twitched. "Japanese people usually have a strong sense of time. We'd better adapt to the local customs. We have to walk faster." After saying that, he quickly chased in the direction Caesar left, looking like he was fleeing in a panic.
Lu Mingfei also looked in the direction they left. The black Lexus was parked steadily on the side of the street. A tall girl with a high ponytail was leaning against the car body and waving at him. It was Miss Sakura, Yuan Zhisheng's assistant.
"Hey, hey, were you two the ones who told Xia Mi about the affair between Eiry and me?" Lu Mingfei had no idea that he was being caught cheating, and instead took the initiative to attack.
"Are we the kind of people who would sell out our brothers for enormous wealth?" Caesar said righteously.
"Junior brother, since when did you start calling the head of the Uesugi family Eriya?" Chu Zihang grasped the key point of Lu Mingfei's words.
Lu Mingfei's eyes twitched, "It's really not you?"
"I swear on the honor of the Gattuso family." Caesar vowed.
"Then I will also swear on the honor of our Lu family."
"Isn't your fucking last name Chu?"
"My stepfather's surname is Lu." Chu Zihang said as a matter of course, and Lu Mingfei covered his face.
"The Japanese branch welcomes three distinguished guests. I'm Sakura Yabuki. We met yesterday. Today I will take you to the Japanese branch's Tokyo office for a tour, not a lecture!" Sakura was wearing a black suit and bowed slightly with her hands on her trouser line.
"Then I'll trouble you, Miss Sakura." Caesar strode forward and shook hands with Sakura, showing the demeanor of a Gattuso man.
Lu Mingfei cautiously peeked into the Lexus sedan and saw that the passenger seat and the back seat were empty. He felt relieved but also a little regretful.
"The health condition of the head of the Uesugi family is not optimistic. He will probably not be allowed to go out in the next few days." Ying obviously saw Lu Mingfei's intention to peek into the car. There was an indescribable strangeness in her eyes and her lips were slightly pursed. Lu Mingfei was a little embarrassed. He didn't look at the two sword-like gazes around him. He smiled and nodded at Ying, "Can I go visit Eri?" he asked.