Wu Sheng Lu Mingfei of the Dragon Clan

Chapter 280

When Lu Mingfei left, Watanabe was still drinking.

"I will charge the entrustment fee to your card."

"No need, no need."

Watanabe said.

"This painting is as a gift to you."

Lu Mingfei looked at the decadent Watanabe.

"I see, I know."

Changing shoes at the entrance, he heard a vague song coming from the studio, which seemed to be a song for Kawabata Yasunari's Snow Country, also called Snow Country.

The drunk man's voice is very special, it makes people sad, and I don't know what he is thinking.

Speaking of which, although the words of the psychic medium also have family inheritance, Watanabe's information says that he awakened on his own and has nothing to do with the family.

The possibility of awakening a psychic is only possible after a person has experienced a major spiritual blow.

Lu Mingfei remembered that Watanabe-kun became a psychic medium eight years ago.

"It's impossible for a mediocre guy like me to become Uesugi-san's friend."

So, didn't you even say a word?

You are probably sorry too.

The Lu family's main house, the young master's study.

Lu Mingfei wrote down the information of Uesugi Erika on the paper.

Name, school, age, date of death.

This information is sufficient to conduct an investigation.

If you break through...

Lu Mingfei circled the column of "Date of Death".

Start here.

A person lives in a modern society, where births and deaths are recorded. To investigate the cause of death, the quickest solution is of course to obtain the records of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The Spirit Eliminators Association is a semi-official, semi-civil organization. As fighters who protect humans and face monsters, they enjoy a lot of energy. When necessary, things like taking over the command of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Self-Defense Force can be done, let alone Said it was just a trivial matter of retrieving files.

Lu Mingfei made a phone call, and after expressing his needs, he was respectfully asked to wait a moment, and the result would be forthcoming soon.

After about 10 minutes.

"Have you found it..."

"Ok?"

"No! How is it possible!"

Lu Mingfei frowned.

After he gave Uesugi Erika's information, the Metropolitan Police Department actually said that no qualified death file was found.

"Is there something wrong, go check it again!"

"I'm really sorry, we've checked three times and the result is still the same."

Lu Mingfei pinched his eyebrows.

Really twists and turns.

"By the way, if there is no death record, check her birth record for me. Her name is Uesugi Erika, and her date of birth is..."

The people from the Metropolitan Police Department went to work, and Lu Mingfei sat at the desk, frowning and thinking.

If there is a birth record, she can also get her family information by the way. Obviously, the family members are far more likely to know the cause of the girl's death than her classmates.

But can it really be found?
Lu Mingfei had a bad feeling.

He closed his eyes and shook his head.

"I hope it's just me thinking too much."

However, as onmyojis are born with spiritual power, their intuition often has a certain predictive nature, and sometimes it cannot be prevaricated simply by thinking or coincidence.

Not to mention that Lu Mingfei still possesses such a powerful spiritual power.

Sure enough, the result from the Metropolitan Police Department was still the same.

"No?"

"I see."

Lu Mingfei hung up the phone, the clues from the Metropolitan Police Department were cut off, either there was something wrong with the girl’s information, she was not named Uesugi Erika at all, her birth and school were wrong, Watanabe was lying, or Someone deleted the data file of the girl in the coffin.

Lu Mingfei prefers the latter.

It's not that he trusts Watanabe so much. How can there be any trust when he meets someone who hasn't even been acquainted for a day? Lu Mingfei's judgment is based on ability. Complete transformation.

Of course, there is also the possibility that Watanabe has been concealing his ability all along, but compared to this, the possibility of someone deleting the data is obviously a little bit higher.

After all, deleting a person's file from the Metropolitan Police Department may seem exaggerated, but in the eyes of the people in the association, it is not that difficult.

"Sure enough, the entrustment of the mountain god cannot be completed so simply."

After Lu Mingfei said something, the corners of his mouth curled up.

"But it can't be said that there is no gain."

At least the fact that someone deleted the file shows that the cause of death of the girl in the coffin is not simple, and it is definitely not just a terminal illness. If you want to find out, you can probably find out along the line of the person who deleted the file.

After writing and drawing on paper for a long time, Lu Mingfei nodded and his brows stretched.

"Have it!"

After the action plan, he is going to divide it into two parts.

One is the person who investigates and deletes files. This requires dealing with the authorities and a huge network of contacts. The size of the Lu family is not lacking, but Lu Mingfei has always been good at removing spirits, and he doesn’t pay much attention to interpersonal relationships. .

It doesn't matter, he is not good at it, but some people are good at it.

"Mosimoxi."

"Ah, is that Abe-kun?"

"Hahaha long time no see..."

"Wait, don't hang up, I'm not borrowing money!"

"Of course I'm not looking for someone to fight!"

"No, no, no, I don't mean to run away from home!"

"Damn it, who do you think I am, Lu Mingfei!"

"Seriously, seriously, I have something to ask you."

"Just treat it as if I owe you a favor."

In a certain quaint mansion, a young man in a white kimono smiled softly. While stroking the fox in his arms, he said into the phone.

"Oh, it's Mr. Lu's favor, that's really incredible."

"In that case, please feel free to speak up, as long as it doesn't blow up the Inari Shrine, I can do it."

He squinted his eyes gently, and the smile on his face made people involuntarily put down their guard when they saw him.

"It doesn't matter even if you strip all your sisters and stuff them into Lu Jun's bed."

The fox in his arms rolled his eyelids and glanced at his master.

What a nasty guy.

Lu Mingfei hung up the phone and sighed.

It's more tiring than fighting.

If it wasn't forced, Lu Mingfei really didn't want to deal with this person.

Abe's family is all lunatics.

As the largest family of onmyojis in the local area, the Abe family and the outsider Lu family have always been divided, and occasionally cooperated. The family is the only big one, and it was in its heyday.

However, although Abe Xiu has a dark belly, he still does things very reliably. Since he has agreed, I believe that the identity of the person who deleted the girl's file should have a result soon.

This line is handed over to Abe. In addition, there are still directions for investigation with the information at hand.

Early in the morning, National No. [-] Middle School, archives room.

"Well, it's Inoue-sensei, why are you free to come here today?"

The man in the top hat nodded to the security guard.

"research."

"Oh, please."

When Mr. Inoue entered the file room, the security guard muttered.

"It's so cold, this guy."

An alley at the school gate.

Teacher Inoue walked in slowly with his briefcase under his arm.

"Have you got anything?"

Lu Mingfei, who had been waiting here for a long time, leaned against the wall.

"Ah."

Inoue-sensei nodded stiffly.

He took off his hat, a puff of smoke burst out with a bang, his clothes fell loose, and a fat civet cat ran out from inside, the original hat turned into a leaf and he put it on his head.

"It was successfully completed, my lord!"

The raccoon cat showed a humane flattering smile, stood up on its two hind legs, held the briefcase high above its head with its forelimbs like hands, and ran over to offer it to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei took out a stack of photos from the inside, all of which were student files over the years, flipped through them casually, and nodded when he saw something he wanted.

"Good job."

"hey-hey."

The civet cat rubbed its hands nervously, a little eager but didn't dare, so it could only smile embarrassingly.

"Spread your hands."

"Oh!"

The civet cat's fur was about to stand up, and it immediately spread its hands and raised its head respectfully.

Lu Mingfei knelt down and put a few pieces of Qingming fruit in his palm.

"Your reward."

The civet cat counted excitedly, blinked and raised its head.

"My lord, there is one more piece."

Lu Mingfei waved his hands and scowled.

"Don't leave yet, do you want to be beaten?"

Hearing this, the civet cat panicked and fled without a trace, hugging the Qingming fruit.

Lu Mingfei smiled.

He has no shikigami, nor is he proficient in yin and yang, but it doesn't matter, as long as he is good enough to fight, plus Qingming fruit, there are plenty of little monsters who are willing to help him.

Lu Mingfei patted the briefcase.

Information available.

As expected, there is no Erii in the school files.

That person not only deleted the girl's file in the Metropolitan Police Department, but even the school's file.

It's ok.

Lu Mingfei didn't come here for the girl's information.

Watanabe was in Class C back then, that is to say, Erika was also here. Let me see, for Class C, I found it.

Lu Mingfei took out a photo with a list of students on it.

26 people in total.

find them.

"Erika Uesugi?"

"Oh, you mean Uesugi-san."

A man dressed as an insurance salesman said with emotion.

"I remember her, she is more beautiful than the stars on TV."

"What a pity." "As for the cause of death, I think it was a terminal illness."

"Oh, are you leaving? Um, do you plan to buy insurance recently?"

…………

"Uesugi-san..."

A white-collar worker in elite attire thought for a while.

"Who, I don't know."

"I said you, suddenly came over to ask such a strange thing, more or less enough is enough for me, please go out, don't disturb my work!"

…………

"Uesugi's words, I know."

Said a man wearing a suit with the words XX stevedoring company written on his chest.

He greeted his companions, walked to the shade of the tree, took Lu Mingfei's mineral water, and his eyes lit up.

"Ha, it's still chilled, it's really a big help!"

"Thank you so much bro!"

He drank all the mineral water in one breath, then let out a big breath, and said, "I really came back to life."

He knelt down and lit a cigarette.

"Uesugi-san is a very good person."

"I remember it was a rainy day. It was fine in the morning, but it started to rain heavily in the afternoon. I thought it was the end of the day. If I didn't bring an umbrella, I would be drowned."

"Maybe she realized my embarrassment. Uesugi-san actually wanted to lend me her umbrella. What a strange guy. You said, if she lent me her umbrella, how would she go home by herself?"

"As a man, of course I refused, but later, Uesugi-san ran out of the school in the rain. Fortunately, there was a car waiting for her, otherwise, Uesugi-san would have to ask for leave again."

The man laughed hahaha.

"I don't know who she lent her umbrella to, but, sure enough, Uesugi-san is a very good person."

"You said, what happened later?"

The man scratched his head and smoked dully until his hands were about to burn before throwing it away.

Take a long breath.

"I think that guy Saito must have done it!"

"Saito?"

Lu Mingfei was very surprised, he didn't expect to hear this person.

"Well! It's him!"

The man showed a terrible expression.

"Everyone was deceived by that guy Saito!"

"He."

"Just a bad guy!"

"Do you have any basis for saying that?"

"Basis! What kind of basis do you want!"

The man yelled rudely.

"It must be intuition! A man's intuition or something!"

"Try to think about it."

"A person who laughs and laughs all day long, treats everyone very well, never loses his temper, and has such a perfect personality that it is ridiculous."

"It will be strange if there is no problem!"

Lu Mingfei felt helpless.

Listen, what kind of reason is this, it is simply untenable.

"Besides, Uesugi-san just passed away, and within a few days, that fellow Saito also died."

"Is there really such a coincidence?"

"I don't believe it."

The man pouted.

"If you want me to say, maybe that guy Saito committed suicide in fear of crime."

"Or, he didn't die at all."

"I heard that guy Saito has a great background."

"It should be easy to forge a death certificate or something."

"Then create a new set of identities. Also, isn't technology very advanced? With the technology of plastic surgery, Saito wants to live with a brand new identity. It's also very simple."

"I see it through."

The man said bitterly.

"In this society, as long as you have money, there is nothing you can't do!"

Lu Ming didn't stay still, he didn't strike up a conversation, he was just in a daze.

Forged death certificates?
Saito, Saito, Saito.

No wonder this surname sounds familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere.

He remembered that there was a samurai family in the association whose surname was Saito.

Samurai?
Although the average person mentions the Exorcist, the first thing that comes to mind is the Onmyoji, the Monk and the Miko.

But in fact, there are many classifications of spirit removers.

Such as psychics, such as swordsmen, such as samurai.

In fact, warriors and swordsmen belong to the same category of people. Swordsmen can be classified as warriors, but not all warriors are swordsmen. In short, it can be understood that swordsmen are warriors who specialize in a certain field.

…………

There was the last person on the list, and he made an appointment with Lu Mingfei to meet at the lovers coffee shop.

The layout of the coffee house is very special, each cubicle is very private.

Yoshida arrived 5 minutes before the appointed time.

Lu Mingfei recognized it at a glance. Although Yoshida has changed a lot after eight years, his height is still the same, a small one, like some kind of small animal.

Yoshida was wearing a mask and a brown knit hat. After entering the coffee shop, she seemed to be a little troubled looking for it. She probably found Lu Mingfei. She walked over and stood two meters away from Lu Mingfei and bowed.

"Hello, is this Lu Sang who made an appointment on the phone?"

"Yes, I am."

"Well, I'm sorry, but I still want to make sure."

Saying that, Kira bowed again.

"What you said on the phone is true."

"Really?"

"You saw the ghost of Uesugi-san."

…………

The cappuccino is placed on the table in front of Kira. The latte art is very beautiful. It is two hearts strung together, which is quite in line with the theme of this coffee house.

"Speaking of which, it's really surprising."

Lu Mingfei was the first to break the silence and provoke the topic.

"You actually asked directly on the phone if you saw a ghost."

"Do you know us well?"

Miss Kira shook her head.

"Sorry, I don't know if I should call you guys with superpowers or something else."

"However, in the past so many years, someone suddenly called to investigate the matter of Uesugi-san. This is the only thing I can think of."

"If you want to talk about why, because Uesugi-san has done similar things before."

"Something like that?"

"You mean, seeing a ghost?"

"Ah."

Miss Kira nodded slightly.

She began to tell her own story.

Kira's family background is not good. Except for the nutritious lunch provided by the school, she can't get enough to eat when she gets home. Due to malnutrition, her hair is yellow and she is also very short. She is already a junior high school student, and her body shape looks like a Like a primary school student, people often give her nicknames such as "little one" and "little cucumber".

Also because of her poor family background, she couldn’t get enough funds for club activities, and she didn’t have a common topic with her classmates. The girls in the class got together to chat about popular stars or anime, and she could only huddle in a corner and read a book silently.

Such a day is very lonely, especially when I go home alone, watching several people of the same age chatting and laughing together, many nights Ji Liang would bury herself in the quilt and cry secretly, but she told herself that she must work hard, little Ji Liang, to work hard If you study, you will definitely become a powerful adult in the future.

Other people's youth, other people's 15, 16 and 17 years old, colorful, full of sunshine, and maybe beautiful love.

But Kira's youth was black and white. Apart from working and studying, he was starving and poor.

Without Uesugi-san, without her, Kira doesn't even know what he would become.

It was raining heavily that day, and some people in the class were complaining loudly because they forgot to bring their umbrellas. Kira silently held her small broken umbrella. It was really broken, unthreaded, and rusty. When it was opened, it made a terrible sound, as if it would soon Like dying.

There was a rain curtain in front of her. She was holding a small broken umbrella. The students around quickly looked over. A little girl was holding a broken umbrella. She looked very funny. Someone laughed out loud. The laughter seemed to be contagious. More and more people laughed.

Kira lowered his head.

She heard the whispers of her classmates, but she didn't lower her volume, as if she was talking to her on purpose.

"Look at that umbrella, it's ridiculous."

"It's strange, why do people still use this kind of umbrella."

"I know, that guy should be the little girl Yoshida, I heard that she secretly left her nutritious lunch and took it home to eat."

"Your news is outdated. I heard that that guy will secretly collect other people's leftover nutritious lunches."

"Hey! Isn't that a beggar!"

"It's dirty!"

"Really, why do we go to school with this guy."

"Maybe she will steal money, maybe."

"No way!"

"Who knows, some people won't be surprised if they do anything."

Yoshida wanted to get out of here quickly.

She walked into the rain screen.

In an instant, the umbrella broke with a crash.

Yoshida stood there dumbfounded.

Suddenly someone pulled her hard, and Yoshida staggered back to the eaves.

No one was laughing or whispering.

What is this?

Looking down, Yoshida saw a beautiful hand.

And red sleeves.Not school uniforms.

Is it a teacher?
No, no, this dress.

It's Uesugi's classmate.

[It's dangerous, Yoshida-san almost got wet. 】

She saw the words written by Uesugi-san.

The handwriting is as beautiful as her smile.

[If you don't mind, please use my umbrella. 】

She forcefully stuffed the umbrella into Yoshida's hand. .

[Then, goodbye. 】

When Yoshida reacted and chased after him, Uesugi had already rushed into the rain.

Yoshida didn't care about getting wet, and didn't have time to open the umbrella, chasing the back of the red maiden costume, running and running in the heavy rain.

But when she left the school gate, all she saw was the figure of Uesugi sitting in the car.

The car started quickly.

Yoshida stood where he was, and the passers-by cast their gazes one after another. Probably they were wondering what was going on with this girl. She obviously had an umbrella in her hand, so why didn't she open it, but got caught in the rain here.

Looking at the direction the car was leaving, Ji Liang opened his mouth, the raindrops poured into his mouth crazily, it was cold and a little salty.

I haven't had time yet to say thank you.

For Kira's black and white youth, the existence of Uesugi is the only light.

After the rainy day, their exchanges became more frequent.

But as a friend, Kira never felt that she and Uesugi were friends. She knew that she was not good enough.

At first it was because of returning the umbrella, but Uesugi-san said [next time, next time] and agreed to wait for the rainy day.

But finally there was a rainy day, and Uesugi asked for leave again.

So the matter of returning the umbrella was over.

Occasionally, Uesugi would bring an extra bento and exchange it with Kira.

Probably she has also heard about Kira, so she is using this method to protect the precious self-esteem of poor girls.

Also with the help of Uesugi, Kira joined the literature club and read a lot of valuable books. Otherwise, she would not be able to successfully enter the university with the knowledge in the classroom.

However, few people know about their relationship.

Because Uesugi-san always said.

【If you get too close to me, you will become unlucky. 】

Of course Kira didn't care, but Uesugi-san was surprisingly serious, she intentionally controlled the distance with others, even with Kira.

Will luck really be affected?

Kira thought.

Until one day, a strange thing happened.

Kira wakes up early in the morning, listless, and is startled by his haggard look in the mirror while brushing his teeth.

But she only thought that she just didn't sleep well at night, that's why she was like this.

But when she saw Uesugi-san, she asked Kira very seriously if she had been to any bad places these days.

"Bad place?"

[For example, cemetery, funeral, or death scene or something. 】

Kira thought for a while, then shook his head.

She doesn't remember being in any of these places.

[So, did you get any special items? 】

[Or if you get something new, everything, tell me. 】

Because Uesugi-san looked very serious, Kira was also quite concerned. She tried hard to remember, and suddenly let out a oh.

"Teaching aids."

It turned out that Ji Liang was on his way home the day before yesterday and found an old woman selling second-hand books at very cheap prices. There were also some tutorial books that could be used for homework, so Ji Liang bought them.

【This is it! 】

Uesugi-san said seriously.

[I'll go to your house after school, those things must be resolved as soon as possible. 】

Kira was dumbfounded, as if he had just realized it, and was a little scared.

"The thing you said, could it be..."

Uesugi-san didn't explain, just said.

"You'll know then."

This day, Kira was absent-minded, and finally made it to school, and met with Uesugi on the way. The two went home together. She asked Kira to point out where she bought the old books the day before yesterday. Kira pointed out that it was under a big locust tree , Uesugi-student walked over, looked back and forth, left and right, with a dignified expression.

Kira asked her worriedly.

"Did you find anything?"

Uesugi-san nodded, but didn't say much.

After arriving home, Kira carefully fetched the supplementary books and handed them to Uesugi.

She could never have imagined what happened next.

This scene will forever be imprinted in her mind, and she will never forget it until she dies.

They were obviously just ordinary textbooks, and she was still taking notes on them these days, but once they were handed over to Uesugi-san and fell into her hands, those books actually made a sound like a baby crying, which made Kira unable to restrain himself Covering his ears, he was upset, and his eyes turned black.

She vaguely saw a puff of black smoke rising from the teaching aids, and the smoke formed a distorted face. It was a venomous girl who opened her mouth wide and rushed towards Uesugi-san.

Just when Kira was about to remind Uesugi-san to be careful, she just stared in front of her eyes and fell unconscious.

Kira only remembered seeing Uesugi-san's eyes turn pure white before finally losing consciousness.

Then nothing is known.

When I woke up, I was at home, and my mother said that the good-looking female classmate had left, leaving a letter for Kira.

Uesugi briefly explained the situation in the letter.

There are ghosts and monsters. Kira didn't discover this real world hidden in daily life until today.

That's why she asked Lu Mingfei if he had seen Uesugi's ghost the first time he came to him.

"I see."

Lu Mingfei said.

"I probably know about you and Uesugi-san."

"Then, about her death."

"Do you have any special information?"

Miss Kira sighed.

"Actually, I have persuaded her many times."

"Don't trust others too easily."

"But Uesugi, she has never taken it to heart."

She said a few words to herself, and then asked Lu Mingfei.

"Uesugi, is she okay now?"

Lu Mingfei thought of the sleeping girl in the coffin.

"Not very good."

"Because of certain things, she couldn't die."

"That's it, there is no way to die."

Lu Mingfei noticed that Ji Liang was pinching her thigh hard, as if he was making a struggling decision.

In an instant, she relaxed.

"Actually, I saw it."

Kira raised his head, his eyes filled with fear.

"It's Fujiwara."

"That day, he was looking for Uesugi-san in the club activity room."

"I still remember that day, Uesugi-san said that she was not feeling well, as if something bad was about to happen, and reminded me to be careful."

"Probably, she thought I was the one who was in danger."

Kira shook his head silently.

"No, it's not."

"The real dangerous person is herself."

What happened later was the same as what Lu Mingfei knew.

The club classroom caught fire, the news of the girl's death, and later the death of Saito.

It was only from Ji Liang that Lu Mingfei got a new clue, and by now, the truth has almost come to light.

After walking out of the coffee shop, Lu Mingfei said goodbye to Ms. Jiliang, and she bowed deeply to Lu Mingfei.

"Uesugi-san, I'll leave her affairs to you."

Kira turned and left alone.

Although he didn't explain it, Lu Mingfei could tell that Ji Liang was under a lot of pressure to tell him this information.

Perhaps after discovering that Uesugi-san died, this little girl also worked hard, trying to use her power to investigate the truth.

It was during this process that she encountered some painful things.

Lu Mingfei discovered a curse on Ji Liang.

It will make people have nightmares all the time, and it has some other effects, and he won't be able to see it for a while. However, I also know that Kira probably hides because of this curse, and when he finally tells the truth, he has to bear a huge burden. inner torment.

Lu Mingfei's yin and yang skills were very rough, and he couldn't break the spell.

But it doesn't matter, he won't, some monsters will.

The shadow of the street lamp stretched and merged into his shadow.

Lu Mingfei heard someone whispering in his ear.

"Young master, please give me your instructions."

A trace of breath lingered between Lu Mingfei's fingers.

"Find this person and lift the curse on her."

"Yes."

The shadow disappeared in the direction of Kira.

Lu Mingfei's phone rang, and it was Abe Xiu.

"Mr. Lu, live up to your mission."

"Have you found out?"

"Well, it's from the Saito family."

"Saito, I see."

"Hehe, it sounds like Mr. Lu has expected it."

"I have something else to do, hang up first."

Listening to the repeated busy tone, Abe Xiu's narrowed eyes flashed a thoughtful look, and soon disappeared.

The fox in his arms trembled.

It was suddenly cold just now.

Abe Xiu gently stroked the fur of the fox.

"Looks like someone's going to die."

"Interesting."

…………

Since it was the Saito family who deleted the Erikai file, that is to say, the death of the girl was not solely caused by Saito-sensei.

well.

Then, one person picks a group.

Lu Mingfei submitted a submission to the Spirit Eliminators Association.

Suddenly, a stone stirred up a thousand waves.

As long as they were in the circle of spirit removers, when they received the news, they were all shocked and speechless.

How long?
One person chooses a group. In today's peaceful era, it has been a long time since such an exaggerated thing happened.

This is the largest deathmatch in the association. One person initiates, and the number of challengers is unlimited, but they cannot refuse. In the deathmatch under the fairness of the association, the winner can propose conditions, and the other party must implement them.

The young master of the Lu family challenges the entire Saito family.

The ancient battlefield three days later.

Never die.

(End of this chapter)