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But Lu Mingfei just sipped sake. The Russians next door seemed to have finally calmed down. The chorus faded away, and only one man was left singing.
Lu Mingfei happened to have heard that song, which was full of the unique sadness and heroism of the Russians. "Умри, еслименя нелюбишь", translated into Chinese, means "If you don't love me, go die."
For a long, long time, until Xia Mi slowly let go of her attitude and stared straight into Lu Mingfei's eyes on the screen. There had been many things in those eyes, majesty, confidence, anger, hatred, stubbornness, and even fatigue and weakness, but she had never seen such a strong...
helpless.
"I was with Eri during the day." Lu Mingfei said. The man probably finally made up his mind, and his eyes gradually became firm, but he suddenly saw that Xia Mi's expression seemed to turn cold immediately, even her eyes were cold. He had never seen that kind of expression on Xia Mi's face, that kind of calm and somewhat hideous expression.
The light from the TV flickered in Lu Mingfei's eyes, and all kinds of thoughts wandered in his mind, making him feel confused for a moment. But neither he nor Xia Mi looked away, as if this was a war where they would either advance or perish, and neither of them had a reason to retreat.
Lu Mingfei's expression was almost unable to hold back during the stalemate. Finally, Nuonuo on the other end of the line brought strawberry cake to Xia Mi. The girl seemed to have immediately forgotten what had just happened. There seemed to be pink hearts shining in her eyes. "Thank you, senior sister. I just wanted to have a midnight snack!" Xia Mi said.
Nuonuo touched Xia Mi's head and suddenly winked at Lu Mingfei.
"It's okay, senior brother. We already knew that you went to Tokyo just for Sister Eri." Xia Mi held the plate and buried her face in the cake. The corners of her mouth were covered with strawberry jam. Then she tilted her head and used a small fork to pick out a small piece of cake and raised it to Lu Mingfei, "Senior brother, open your mouth, I'll feed you."
"I'm with Eri now too." Lu Mingfei said suddenly. He looked away, not daring to look at Xia Mi.
At this time, the girl on the screen raised the corners of her mouth slightly and then fell immediately. She turned around and nodded to Nuo Nuo. The senior sister opened the door and left the room while applying some kind of skin care essence on her face.
It was not until the sound of a door closing came from the other side that Lu Mingfei looked at Xia Mi. He watched the girl's expression freeze, and then grow colder little by little, as if a cold winter had suddenly descended on Siberia, and a golden cold wind was blowing in those beautiful eyes.
"Hehe, senior brothers, you guys are making rapid progress." Xia Mi pouted, looking very cute, like an angry kitten.
Lu Mingfei chuckled.
"We didn't do anything, Junior Sister, you know who I am," he said.
Xia Mi narrowed her eyes. What Lu Mingfei said was indeed correct. She knew who he was. A man who could make Jörmungandr fall in love with him had enough self-control. Moreover, according to what the senior brother said, the head of the Shangshan family seemed to be mentally immature. If the senior brother did something wrong to him, then...
No, no, I can't think about it anymore. It's not suitable for children to think about it anymore. Xia Mi reminded herself quietly in her heart.
"So what do you want to say? Have you found true love? Do you think our relationship shouldn't have started so unclearly?" The girl snorted coldly.
"I don't think our beginning was unclear, and I don't think I have found true love, because from the moment I made up my mind to stand by your side, I knew that I loved you." Lu Mingfei's voice was inexplicably hoarse, and his voice was really soft, as if he was afraid to disturb his sleeping heart.
"So...what do you want to say?" Xia Mi said softly.
"I want to say that Uesugi Eri is someone I must protect, and I have never backed down on this matter." Lu Mingfei also said softly. He probably had his cards on the table, his soul had long been exhausted, and he didn't know how long he could hold on like this.
Xia Mi is still alive, and Fenrir has not been killed. It has been proven that fate can be changed. In this case, he must correct the mistake that was once as big as a mountain of iron.
Xia Mi looked at Lu Mingfei. She stopped eating the strawberry cake and just looked at the boy who was looking downcast as if he had made a mistake.
"So you want to break up with me?" Xia Mi said coldly.
Lu Mingfei finally showed a surprised expression, but then he seemed to be relieved and his tense body suddenly relaxed.
"I……"
"Lu Mingfei!" Xia Mi interrupted what he wanted to say. Her expression was more serious than ever. She leaned forward again, the shoulder straps hanging on her crystal-clear jade shoulders, her eyes narrowed into the shape of willow leaves.
"Don't put on that relieved expression. It's as if you really made up your mind and made a great sacrifice. Why don't you ask me what I think before you do or say anything?"
Lu Mingfei didn't say anything, he just didn't know what to say.
"If you really dare to talk about breaking up, you're dead!" Xia Mi bared her teeth and snorted.
"But……"
"There's nothing to be sad about. I told you a long time ago that I don't care how many people you like or how many people you have liked. I am Jörmungandr. After a thousand years, only we can sleep in each other's arms." Xia Mi said condescendingly, with golden flames burning in her eyes, like a sword that pierced through space. She said,
"You have been deceiving yourself, haven't you? I have known for a long time, Lu Mingfei, that the soul you possess is far greater than you think. Such a soul should be able to accommodate more people. It is not excessive for you to love anyone. In the end, you will only love me anyway, so I don't care."
She was clearly still a cute junior sister at this moment, yet she was so majestic, as majestic as an emperor's daughter sitting high in the clouds, wearing a gorgeous skirt and a golden crown, overlooking her servants.
"Now!" Xia Mi's voice sounded like she was conveying an order, but it was also clearly a bit naive. The girl extinguished the golden color that was flowing like lava in her eyes. She just stared at the corner of Lu Mingfei's eyes through a thin layer of glass, serious and solemn. Even the most determined demon would fall in such a gaze.
Lu Mingfei slowly sat up straight. For a moment, he was somewhat suppressed by his junior sister’s inexplicably high aura and felt that he should be more serious at a time like this.
"Please kiss me, senior brother..." It seemed as if the Siberian winter had passed, and the ice that had frozen Lake Baikal was shattered in the warm current. Suddenly, the girl's dignity disappeared in front of him. Her voice became aggrieved, her eyes were red, and she bit her lower lip lightly with her teeth.
"Girls need to be coaxed. If you kiss me, I will forgive you. How can you be a boyfriend like this..." Xia Mi's voice was soft, which made Lu Mingfei's heart tremble slightly. The barrier he built in his heart with loneliness as a barrier disappeared at this moment.
Chapter 174: The Fierce Ghosts
Xia Mi: "Good night, brother."
"Good night."
"Um, Senior Brother..."
"Ok?"
"I love you."
Lu Mingfei was deflated, and his hard, tired heart seemed to crack open, with emotions as thick as blood pouring out from it.
"I love you, too," he whispered.
Xia Mi finally smiled, her eyebrows were curved, her fangs were shining with a white light, her delicate nose wrinkled, and then she turned her face to the side to get closer to the camera.
"Hey, senior brother, you want me to forgive you before we even kissed each other." The girl's voice was cunning, and her tone was somewhere between being coquettish and acting cute.
Lu Mingfei's face turned red, he stammered and pouted at the camera.
"I'm so shamefully embarrassed." He covered his face, and his depressed mood actually calmed down a little.
"Shy, sister. I'm your girlfriend, okay?" Xia Mi put her hands on her hips, puffed up her cheeks, stared at Lu Mingfei with her round eyes, looking very righteous.
Suddenly she became serious again, her pupils flickering, like a very alert kitten, or like a lioness silent before hunting.
"Hey, Lu Mingfei." Xia Mi narrowed her eyes slightly, sending a dangerous signal to Lu Mingfei.
"If you dare to touch the Shan family, be careful or I will report you to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for child molestation." Xia Mi warned Lu Mingfei with a grin across the phone screen.
"How is that possible!" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. "Am I that kind of person in the eyes of Junior Sister?"
"Hehe." Xia Mi snorted.
"Okay, I'm tired, Xiaoluzi, you can leave." She waved her hand, looking tired.
"Good night, Junior Sister." Lu Mingfei said after a few seconds of silence.
"Good night, senior brother." Xia Mi said.
The room fell into silence again, with only the sound of rain to be heard. Even the drunk Russians stopped making noise. Lu Mingfei stretched very slowly, and felt that he seemed to be more relaxed.
He didn't know why this happened, because the feeling of oppression from carrying the mountain on his back had already penetrated into his bones, and at this moment he actually had the illusion of being as light as a swallow.
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Big drops of rain splashed on the awning of the ramen shop and shattered it. From the shop, the street was flooded. Everything was hazy like a mirage, and pedestrians and vehicles disappeared. Even in the city of Tokyo, such heavy rain was rare.
The Tokyo Meteorological Bureau is busy changing weather warnings for the next few days, but many companies in the city have a rare break.
In front of Yuan Zhisheng was the store's specialty chicken cutlet ramen, and a bottle of Yamazaki whiskey taken from the trunk of Sakura's Hummer. He sipped the wine with the chicken cutlet while staring blankly at the rainy scene outside.
"Young Master, are you worried about Miss Eri?" Sakura stood up and filled Gen Chisei's wine glass as she spoke.
In front of her was also a large bowl of chicken cutlet ramen, which was the specialty of this store and was very famous in the neighborhood. It was said that only one hundred servings were sold every day, and some people had been waiting at the door of the store at four in the morning to buy one.
However, the ramen master used to be a member of the nearby Yamagami Group and was still receiving subsidies from the main family. When he learned that the head of the Minamoto family was visiting, he broke his own rules without hesitation.
"To be honest, I'm more worried about the safety of this city than Eri..." Gen Chisei picked up the wine glass and drank it. His eyes couldn't help but drift towards the low building across the street.
This is the hotel where Lu Mingfei and Eri are staying today.
It is natural that the Sheqi Eight Families would not allow a monster like the head of the Kamishima family who could cause as much damage as an atomic bomb exploding in a city to roam outside without any supervision. So from the moment Lu Mingfei took her away from Tengenji Heavy Industries, the eyes of the organization that was like the core of the empire in the Japanese underworld began to operate at full capacity.
The people responsible for remote monitoring and protection of Eri are divided into three groups and take turns. They are all elite members of the family and can ensure Eri's safety even when facing an equal number of Self-Defense Forces.
But after finishing his official business, Yuan Zhisheng still asked Ying to drive here, saying that he was a little hungry and wanted to have a midnight snack, but in fact he was just worried.
"Although I don't object to giving Eri more freedom, I cannot agree with Mr. Masamune's philosophy." Gen Chisheng said lightly. There were no other customers in the store except them. The boss also knew that he should avoid talking when important people were chatting, so he went to the back room.
At this time, the rain under the eaves was almost hanging into a dense curtain, and the red maple leaves were fluttering in the wind and rain, like sad and beautiful snow.
Several black high-powered off-road vehicles slid out silently from the depths of the rain curtain. These cars passed in front of Yuan Zhisheng. With the wipers turned on, he could see men in black sitting upright inside.
The men opened their shirts, revealing Ukiyo-e linings and hideous tattoos on their chests, with short swords in white sheaths hanging from their waists. Even in the car, no one spoke, but just nodded slightly when their eyes met Minamoto Chisei's.
This is the security team that came to change shifts. Just looking at their aura you can tell that they are definitely elite soldiers, they obey orders and are very powerful.
But I think these people would be so fragile that they would break at the slightest touch in front of the two people staying in that hotel.
Yuan Zhisheng still remembers the scene when Lu Mingfei defeated the Kanto branch. It was really shocking. You know, Akechi Asuya was also considered one of the strongest among the Snake Eight Families, but he didn't even have the power to resist.
Sakura ate her ramen in small bites, chopped up the large chicken cutlet with chopsticks, and poured some soy sauce on it.
"Did the people in charge of the other two headquarters staff report any unusual situations?" Yuan Zhisheng suddenly asked. He thought that the two psychopaths were probably blowing sake bottles in a nightclub at this moment.
"Gattuso and Chu stayed in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture until almost noon, probably to monitor Lu Mingfei. Although we don't know what their purpose is, the surveillance did not last long. The two then drove to Ginza and are now taking shelter from the rain in Kabukicho." The whereabouts of Chu Zihang and Caesar were no secret in the eyes of the Sheqi family, but the people who were responsible for monitoring the two were probably not die-hard members of the family, and did not pass on the real information to Sakura. At least Genchisho was not aware of the existence of Kazama Ruri and Sakurai Kogure at this moment.
"They actually went to that kind of place..." Yuan Zhisheng suddenly became confused.
Although the transportation for Chu Zihang and his two companions was provided by their own family, the heads of the eight Sheqi families were not stupid. The students of Kassel Academy have excellent anti-surveillance capabilities, not to mention they are the best in the academy, so there was no signal transmitter installed on the Lexus.
"According to the information, neither Gattuso-kun nor Chu-kun seem like people who would appreciate Kabuki." Ying said. She has always been the smartest person around Gen Chisheng and can handle almost everything by herself.
"But... it is said that Gattuso always likes the best enjoyment. Crow even said that he was going to invite us to the best host bar in Tokyo to enjoy it."
"A gigolo club?" Yuan Zhisheng was surprised and a little terrified. He thought to himself that no wonder Caesar Gattuso was not only nervous but also quite flirty. It turned out that he liked men.
"Yes, what Gattuso meant was probably that he was a man accustomed to enjoying the top customs of various cities. After all, gigolo is considered a special industry in Japan, so it's not surprising that he would invite us to that kind of place." Sakura said.
Yuan Zhisheng breathed a sigh of relief, "In that case, Kabuki is also a very famous Japanese tradition. It is not surprising that they appear in Kabukicho." He almost understood Caesar's thoughts. It was nothing more than the typical thinking of the rich second generation.
Sure enough, they were the type of people he hated the most.
"We can put the matter of our department's commissioner aside for now. There is another tricky matter." Yuan Zhisheng frowned. He slammed the solemn ancient sword along with the black sheath on the table. In a trance, there seemed to be a surge of bloody smell.
The Spider-Slasher is indeed a good sword for killing many evil spirits, and the blood that has soaked it over the years makes its scent linger.
Ying stopped eating noodles, she knew that Gen Chisheng meant that he had something serious to say. It was not hard to understand why Gen Chisheng preferred to take Ying with him when doing things instead of Crow and Yasha. Although Crow was a bit smart and could barely be called a military strategist, these two were street thugs, they were good at fighting and killing, but they were far inferior to Ying in reading people's expressions. If those two idiots were here, they would probably finish their noodles first and then talk about other things.
"Tokyo is the base of the main family, and the influence of the fierce demons is usually in the Shikoku Island area. But in recent years they have begun to infiltrate this city, and the family members often clash with them. This year, the Executive Bureau has executed many irrational demons." Gen Chisei said this in a serious tone. He is Amaterasu of the Snake Eight Clan, a natural demon slayer, and killing the evil in the darkness is his mission.
Similarly, although the Executive Bureau is nominally affiliated with Kassel College, it is actually a violent organization that obeys the orders of the Eight Snake Families. As the director of the Executive Bureau, Yuan Zhisheng is more sensitive to the infiltration of the Mengyao Clan.
The number of ghosts in Tokyo city is undoubtedly increasing. This is not a good sign. It means that a new war is about to start.
"We have learned some information about the inner circle of the Oni Clan through the insider of the Fuma family. Today, I was supposed to lead the elite of the Executive Bureau to eliminate the leader of this evil organization that has long been in opposition to the family." Yuan Zhisheng hesitated.
"But the operation failed. When we broke into the shrine in the mountains, we found nothing but a blood-stained wide-sleeved kimono. At the same time, the floor where the Kaguya-sama console was placed by Genji Heavy Industries was hit and destroyed by a drone. Although the console was moved in time, I think there may be some connection between these two events."