Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Chapter 368: Eri’s illness, Tachibana Masamune’s triple personality?
Iron Dome Temple.

The seven heads of the Sheqi Eight Families, except Eri, stood in a row in front of Lu Mingfei with their hands hanging down.

The one who seemed to be in the best condition was Yuan Zhisheng. Although Xia Mi's punch caused a critical hit on his weakness, it acted more on his nerves, causing him to have physiological convulsions for a short period of time. He did not suffer much actual damage, and with his bloodline, he would recover quickly from minor injuries.

The heads of the Sakurai and Miyamoto families looked almost unharmed except that they were soaked all over. Although the head of the Ryoma family, who almost electrocuted himself, is still a little paralyzed, he has been swept in the water and does not have the iconic afro of the electrocuted, so he looks to be in a similar situation as the heads of the Sakurai and Miyamoto families.

The two strongest among the five outer families, the Inuyama family head and the Fuma family head, looked much more miserable. They had some pretty scary wounds on their bodies from fighting with the Ice Knight. If it were an ordinary person or a lower-level half-blood, they would have called an ambulance long ago.

But the most miserable person at the scene was the head patriarch Masamune, who was grabbed by the collar and slapped countless times by Lu Mingfei, until he was almost bleeding from all seven orifices.

His eyes were still blank, and he seemed to have not recovered from the concussion.

"Dad..." Minamoto Chisei supported Tachibana Masamune beside him.

Tachibana Masamune's dilated pupils trembled twice before he came to his senses. There was a hint of fear in his eyes as he looked at Lu Mingfei.

Although he had never been slapped before, he was sure that what happened when Lu Mingfei hit him just now was definitely not normal. Every time he was hit, he could feel his spirit trembling. It was not a physical vibration transmitted to the brain or brain nerves through the skull, but some kind of shock wave that acted directly on the mental level, like the might of an extremely advanced dragon.

Therefore, he had no power to resist Lu Mingfei's slap, and his body was unable to react at all as his mind was shaken and disturbed.

"Mr. Lu..." Tachibana Masamune took a deep breath, looked at Lu Mingfei calmly, and bowed smoothly, "Regarding the matter of Deadpool in the basement, the Snake Qi Eight Families are willing to cooperate with the academy's investigation."

"It would have been great if you had cooperated with me earlier. No longer do I have to waste time beating you up." Lu Mingfei felt helpless.

Tachibana Masamune and the other family heads were silent, and the atmosphere fell into silence for a while.

They were very dissatisfied, but they couldn't refute anything.

What Lu Mingfei and his four companions had just accomplished even surpassed Angers’ record that year.

When Ange arrived, the Eight Snake Clans had already lost the war, and their population was decimated. Some families had lost not only their patriarchs, but even only two or three cats and kittens were left in the clan.

For example, Inuyama He, the head of the Inuyama family, who is the most powerful among the five outer families, was still a pimp who knew nothing when Ange came. The head of the Inuyama family and the high-level members of the Inuyama family at that time were all dead. They were buried underground and could not do anything when the eight Snake families stopped Ange.

At that time, the three inner families... the Minamoto family and the Tachibana family had already died out, and the Uesugi family was left with only an incompetent emperor.

It can be said that when Ange came, the Eight Clans of Sheqi were already half-crippled, with only an emperor supporting everything. After Ange defeated the emperor, he naturally broke the backbone of the Eight Clans of Sheqi.

Now, the Eight Clans of Sheqi not only have the emperor Yuan Zhisheng, but also all eight clan heads. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are close to their heyday in history. However, they were still defeated by Lu Mingfei and his four companions.

Even the weakest boy named Chu among the four has the strength to fight with Yuan Zhisheng, the strongest among them.

At this moment, even the head of the Fengmo family, who had the coldest mind among those present, couldn't help but waver - was the family's decision to leave the academy a little too hasty, or even a little overestimating their own capabilities?

"Lu Jun should be the principal's most proud student, right?" In the dead silence, Inuyama He suddenly spoke.

"Uh... I'm not sure. The principal didn't say." Lu Mingfei shook his head.

Although the principal had always intended for him to inherit the principalship, he had never said that he was his most proud student.

"I was once the principal's student," Inuyama said. "At that time, I was still a child who knew nothing and had not even attended a normal school."

The other family heads looked at Inuyama He, wondering why he started chatting with Lu Mingfei. Could it be that he found that he couldn't beat him and wanted to get close to him? This was strange. The head of the Inuyama family was not such a spineless person, right?
"When the principal came, I was the only male left in the Inuyama family, and the situation of other families was not much better," Inuyama He stared at Lu Mingfei, "Mr. Lu, do you know how many people there are in the Eight Snake Families now?"

Lu Mingfei spread his hands and motioned for Inuyama He to continue.

"When I was in office, the Executive Bureau alone had nearly a thousand specialists, including those on the front lines and in the logistics department," Inuyama He stared into Lu Mingfei's eyes. "After I retired and the head of the Yuan family took over as the director of the Executive Bureau, the Executive Bureau became even stronger... From the ruins a few decades ago to the current control of the entire Japanese underworld, the Snake Eight Families have never been an organization that would decline just because they were defeated."

The other family heads had different expressions.

I don't know if it's an illusion, although this sentence is obviously showing Lu Mingfei the tenacity of the Eight Clans of Sheqi, but when I listen carefully, there is always a feeling that it is reminding Lu Mingfei, "You see, the Eight Clans of Sheqi are like real snakes. As long as they are not killed, they can recuperate and start all over again. So this time you must not make the same mistake that Angers made back then. You must just catch the weak spot of the Eight Clans of Sheqi to prevent us from lying dormant and growing like last time."

“Thousands of people…” Lu Mingfei stroked his chin, his expression seemed solemn.

The eyes of the other family heads lit up.

Yes, what the head of the Inuyama family said is right. Although they were defeated, the Eight Snake Families have accumulated an extremely powerful force over the years. Even if the academy can take down the family, the commotion will probably be so big that it will disturb the world of ordinary people. Will the academy really risk exposing the mixed-blood society for a group of mixed-bloods on the other side of the ocean?
Only Yuan Zhisheng's expression suddenly froze.

His excellent bloodline endowed him with spiritual power far superior to that of other family heads, and thus enabled him to possess macroscopic insights that were impossible for hybrids to possess, just like some dragons.

He raised his head suddenly and looked towards the artificial river where the two ice knights had walked out before.

The snow-white waves hit the shore layer by layer, impacting the entire Iron Dome Temple, causing strong vibrations here at all times.

But at some point, the rhythm of this vibration changed.

It is neat, majestic, and even grand, like thousands of horses paced. It is not as grand as thousands of horses galloping, but its momentum is more breathtaking than thousands of horses galloping.

At this moment, it seemed as if the source of the vibration was not the waves hitting the shore, but an invisible ancient heavily armored cavalry passing by with flags displayed.

"No..." A sense of electric fear rose from his spine, and Yuan Zhisheng almost subconsciously drew out his two swords and slashed at the waves in the distance.

Even if he subconsciously entered the dragon bone state, the air waves generated by the blade pressing the air would only fly a certain distance towards the waves before dissipating into nothingness, far from reaching the location of the waves.

But the waves did change. Like a curtain being pulled back, the white waves receded, and out of them walked a line of heavily-armored ice knights.

As the other family heads were still watching and were still unable to react, the Ice Knights took a few steps forward, and their next wave came, covering the place where they had originally stood.

When the wave receded again, a new row of Ice Knights remained.

The new Ice Knight and the previous Ice Knight took a few steps forward again. A wave came and brought another row of new Ice Knights.

It was as if the river held countless armies of ice knights, marching into the world with every wave.

"One thousand people..." Lu Mingfei stroked his chin, "Isn't that too many?"

Each of the Ice Knights that emerged from the waves were identical to the ones that had fought the Inuyama and Fuma family heads, and each wave brought hundreds of Ice Knights lined up in a single line.

The originally huge Iron Dome Temple seemed to have turned into a small wooden house with holes in the cold wind in this solemn and chilly atmosphere, making people want to curl up.

"Lu...Mr. Lu, please stop speaking. The Eight Snake Families will cooperate with everything!" The head of the Fengmo family was the first to react!
"Yes, as long as the academy, no, as long as you give the order, the family will obey everything!" Sakurai Nanami also reacted.

"That's right, the family has always been the most loyal partner of the academy... no, the most valued subordinates!" The head of the Miyamoto family also followed suit.

Lu Mingfei said nothing as the ice knights walked out from the waves one row after another.

Until one moment, the Ice Knights who occupied most of the Iron Dome Temple took off the longbows behind them and drew their bows and put arrows on them in a mirror-like movement.

At this moment, the family heads felt as if they were already dead and were falling into hell with their bodies cold all over.

Thousands of sonic booms merged into one and exploded at the same time. Cracks spread from the base of the walls of the Iron Dome Temple. A storm-like shock wave spread out, sweeping away all ordinary people except Yuan Zhisheng.

Even Chu Zihang felt out of control in the storm, but fortunately Xia Mi grabbed him in time. The family heads rolled on the ground for a few rounds and got up in despair, only to realize that the arrows had not been aimed at them from the beginning.

All the arrows were aimed at the exit of the Iron Dome Temple - to be precise, the estuary of the underground artificial river. Thousands of arrows flew out of the exit of the Iron Dome Temple, expanding the exit, which was originally supported by alloy brackets and large enough to accommodate a small ferry, by an irregular circle, and then disappeared.

And those ice knights who shot arrows have completely disappeared. Except for the dilapidated exit of the Iron Dome Temple, everything that just happened seemed like some kind of illusion.

"Eh? Why do you all look like that?" Lu Mingfei looked at the family heads in confusion, "You didn't think those arrows were meant to shoot you, did you?"

The other family heads looked at each other.

"Aiming at you with this level of attack... How could I possibly do such an irrational thing?" Lu Mingfei smiled sincerely, "What a waste."

The family heads: ...

……

Deep inside Genji Heavy Industries, inside the interrogation room.

This was originally the place used by the family to interrogate captured members of the Demon Clan, but the one locked to the table at this moment was Yuan Zhisheng, the young master of the Snake Eight Clans.

Of course, he had nothing to be dissatisfied about, because the other family heads, including the patriarch Tachibana Masamune, would be brought in for interrogation later.

“Brother Yuan, we are friends now,” Lu Mingfei patted Yuan Zhisheng on the shoulder, “As long as you cooperate, I will never do anything that violates the Abrahamic bloodline covenant.”

"The Abraham Bloodline Contract stipulates that those who adopt a snake-level Deadpool can be sentenced to death and torture," Yuan Zhisheng sighed, "If that rule is followed, the entire Snake Family will be exterminated."

"That's the upper limit. Depending on your cooperation, the punishment can be reduced." Lu Mingfei said, "If you confess, you will be given leniency. If you resist, your family will be exterminated."

"Those Deadpools...are not used for any evil experiments," Yuan Zhisheng shook his head, "and the family has no intention of using such a despicable method to gain power. The reason why they raise and study those Deadpools is to save a person's life."

"Uesugi Eriya?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"How do you know?" Yuan Zhisheng was stunned.

"Her bloodline is abnormally high," Lu Mingfei said, "If we were to ask whose bloodline among the eight Sheqi families is most likely to have problems, it would definitely be hers."

How dare you say that someone else's bloodline is abnormally high? Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"Her bloodline is extremely unstable, and she needs to be injected with stabilizers every once in a while. However, ordinary stabilizers are useless to her. Only the pure serum extracted from the fetuses in the bodies of those deadpools can help her stabilize her bloodline without side effects," Yuan Zhisheng said. "The blood of dragons and deadpools is highly poisonous, but the blood of newly born dragons is almost non-toxic. In alchemy..."

"Brother Yuan, you don't need to teach me about alchemy," Lu Mingfei interrupted, "How much serum do you have left?"

"It's only enough for Eri to use for two months. The extraction of serum is extremely complicated and the output is also very limited. The reserves have not been increased." Yuan Zhisheng stared at Lu Mingfei.

After Lu Mingfei killed those Deadpools, the source of the serum was cut off. If he wanted to replenish it, he had to collect enough Deadpool fetuses within two months...but the value of a Deadpool fetus in the alchemist market was dozens of times that of an equal weight of gold.

And with Lu Mingfei around, the family might not be able to collect the Deadpool fetus.

Lu Mingfei definitely doesn't care about Eri's life or death. In fact, for him, it is in the best interest of the academy for someone with a strong bloodline like Eri to disappear... How can they bypass Lu Mingfei to accumulate more serum? Or should they compromise with him? In theory, as long as they sell out the independence of the family, he should allow the family to continue to purchase Deadpool fetuses to make serum...

"The matter of Deadpool ends here. The specific outcome will be discussed with the principal," Lu Mingfei said. "As for Eri's matter, two months is enough. After two months, I will give you a bloodline locking agent that can permanently stabilize her bloodline. So if I find out that you are doing something related to Deadpool again... the Eight Snake Families will be prepared to become history on the murals just like your ancestors."

Yuan Zhisheng widened his eyes.

What did he say? He has a way to stabilize Eri's bloodline! But what reason does Lu Mingfei have to help Eri and the Snake Eight Clan?
and many more!

Yuan Zhisheng suddenly realized that there was another factor in Lu Mingfei's words besides the bloodline locking agent.

Ancestors... murals... history...

The golden eyes lit up unconsciously, unable to conceal the trembling of the pupils. Yuan Zhisheng raised his head abruptly and looked at Lu Mingfei in horror.

……

Somewhere on the seafloor.

Dense swarms of ice arrows completely covered the area.

It seemed that there were only a few hundred ice arrows shot by the Ice Knights, but they split and grew in the process, split again and grew again, and when they fell onto the bottom of the sea, they were as dense as rain.

The two huge monsters shattered an ice shell almost as large as an island reef.

"A spirit of words I've never seen before." said a female voice.

"He found us." said the man.

"How serious are the injuries?" the female voice asked.

"It's okay, but slightly worse than Jiuying." said the male voice.

"Nonsense, Jiuying is a Word Spirit close to the ancient authority," the female voice said, "This Word Spirit consumes a lot of his power. Even if it is the Dragon King, it will be overdrawn if it uses a human body to activate this level of Word Spirit. This is our chance."

"Maybe it's a trap." said the man.

"Even if it's a trap, we have to give it a try after our bodies are fully conceived," the female voice said.

"Ah."

The seabed fell silent again, and two beings larger than whales moved and left silently.

Although I think it is impossible for Lu Mingfei to launch an attack of this level, it is still better to be cautious.

……

In the interrogation room.

Tachibana Masamune sat opposite Lu Mingfei with a bruised face and lowered his head: "Mr. Lu, what do you want to ask?"

Lu Mingfei drew the silver oak sword from his waist.

When Tachibana Masamune came in, he saw that Lu Mingfei had a sword on his waist, but he thought it was just a decoration and didn't expect Lu Mingfei to actually pull it out.

He wants to kill me? But he could have killed me long ago, why wait until now? Besides, with such a spirit, he doesn't even need a sword to kill me...

Panic flashed through Masamune's heart, but he forced it down.

Lu Mingfei stared at Tachibana Masamune, and the Silver Oak Sword glowed with a faint yellow halo.

He had discovered something was wrong when he fought this old guy before. There seemed to be three different spiritual wills hidden in his spiritual world, one light and two dark.

(End of this chapter)