Dragon Clan: Thought So Far.

Looking out from the outlet of Hakodate Port in winter, you can see the huge cruise ship at the end of the sea like a mountain stretching across the sea, with bright and dazzling lights scattered out from every window.

That was the luxury cruise ship Atlantic Helios of Royal Caribbean International. It was launched in 1988, years ago. It was the world's first cruise ship to exceed tons and ushered in a new era in the cruise tourism market.

Few people know that Royal Caribbean International is actually the property of Henkel and his children. For decades, these North American hybrids have used tourism, high seas gambling and maritime contraband trade as a cover to explore the vast ocean, just like the Caribbean pirates three centuries ago, searching for treasures left behind in isolated islands or in the deep sea by legends of ancient times.

Metal containers were piled up at the dock, cargo ships and fishing boats were cutting through the waves outside the port, the sky was so gloomy that it seemed like it was going to snow, and fine hail had begun to fall sporadically on Lu Mingfei's head, like a tree in the early morning with countless sparkling dewdrops hanging on the treetops.

Low trees sway in the wind. Not far away, Hachimanzaka connects to Mount Hakodate and goes straight to the sea. On both sides, you can see Byzantine-style spires and gray-black titanium steel buildings, with occasional Japanese courtyards painted with mahogany.

This city is one of the earliest international trade ports opened in Japan. Its culture, religion and lifestyle are so intricately intertwined that they seem to be twisted together with red-hot iron chains and can never be separated. There are seaside, green trees, trams and scattered buildings... When passing Hachimanzaka in the morning, Eri whispered in Lu Mingfei's ear, "I like it here very much."

Lu Mingfei asked her why, and Eri said that it was because it was very quiet, and she seemed to be able to see the silhouettes of cities outside of Japan that Sakura had told her about.

New York, Paris, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Moscow...

At the highest point of the street stands the majestic St. John's Cathedral, and facing it in the distance is the Hakodate Branch of the Higashi Honganji Temple, which is the oldest reinforced concrete temple in Japan. The main building in the temple is an important cultural heritage of Japan, and the mottled religious instruments are engraved with the vicissitudes of time.

Lu Mingfei was holding a hot dog with toppings that he bought on the roadside, with his coat casually draped over his shoulders. His hair, which had not been taken care of for a long time and was already a little messy, was blown by the oncoming sea breeze, and he actually looked like a melancholy prodigal.

"Brother, listen to me. If you can't hold on any longer, just call my name. My name is Jörmungandr." Xia Mi tiptoed to kiss Lu Mingfei's cheek. The reason she didn't kiss his lips was because Brother Langzi's lips were covered with soybean paste. Although the little sister didn't consider herself a person with mysophobia, she really couldn't bring herself to kiss him.

Nuonuo folded his hands and leaned against the iron chain that was placed along the shore to prevent people from falling into the water. He turned his head to look at the sea where seagulls were flying and landing in the distance.

"Whoever calls my name, the kingdom of God will be opened to him, and the angels under the throne of God will clear all obstacles for the devout..." Xia Mi's voice suddenly became ethereal and distant, as if she was whispering an ancient aria.

"What do you mean..." Lu Mingfei blinked.

"I have reinforced the beacon left on you. Even if you are enveloped by another Nibelung, you can always summon Fenrir to fight for you." The girl stretched out her slender hand and gently patted Lu Mingfei's face. "Don't be stubborn. Control your temper."

Nuonuo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed silently.

Since when did Lu Mingfei start to be advised to control his temper...

Junior brother was a snotty, crybaby kid before, but he could register a secondary account in a wicked way and play around with his cousin Lu Mingze who bullied him, and secretly laughed at the fat boy for three years.

Now this guy jumps out with a thirty-meter-long sword to fight with a giant dragon. Everyone thinks that President Lu is an invincible hero, but his essentially cunning nature remains unchanged. If he cannot win, he will never fight back. If he really fights to the death, it only means that there are some reasons behind this guy that prevent him from retreating.

But today, Lu Mingfei had already sent them and Constantine away from Japan in a sinister way. It seemed that guy was not prepared to fight the resurrected God at all.

If Nuonuo really couldn't win, he would probably be the first to turn around and run away.

But I'm still very worried.

Your man went out to risk his life, and even though you knew he was born in the Year of the Cat and had nine lives and a first-rate ability to escape, you were still terrified and prayed to God in your small cabin for him to return safely...

"I know." Lu Mingfei nodded, "Did you take the core away?"

Xia Mi placed her core in Lu Mingfei's spirit, which was the key to the Dragon King's ability to hatch again and again and return from death again and again.

But this action was too dangerous. Even if there was only a one percent chance, Lu Mingfei was unwilling to let Xia Mi take the risk, so he forced this charming little female dragon to take the thing out of his body.

The little junior sister said she was unwilling to do anything at first, but at Gudan Hot Spring, Lu Mingfei summoned the complete form of the Seven Deadly Sins of Bronze Purgatory. Lust, and used a Gentleman Sword Technique to beat the little girl who was like an evil spirit and gasped for air and could not speak. In a trance, Lu Mingfei said to the junior sister, "Please take the core back." Xia Mi murmured and said no, no, Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth and drew his sword to stab her. Xia Mi said, "Ahhh, senior brother, I was wrong, senior brother, I was wrong, I will take it back, I will take it back..."

Lu Mingfei knew that his junior sister had taken the core that was placed on him away, but he still decided to confirm it before leaving.

Xia Mi stuck out her tongue, held her cheek and looked at Lu Mingfei with her nose wrinkled, "Take it away, take it away, why, am I really the Lich King? Is the core placed on you really the Lich King's life box? Are you so disgusted?" She stretched out her slender and tight calves in thermal stockings under her tweed coat to hook Lu Mingfei's calves, but failed to do so, and twisted this guy's soft waist fiercely.

The small speedboat moored at the pier not far away blew its horn to urge the tourists to hurry up. An old man wearing a raincoat and a life jacket poked his head out from behind the front windshield. Lu Mingfei could only put his hands together and apologize to the old man.

The Port of Hakodate is the busiest water trade center in the entire Hokkaido. The Atlantic Helios is too large to squeeze into the port which is already full of cargo ships. It can only drop anchor and temporarily moor in the rough sea in the distance.

In order to board the cruise ship, Lu Mingfei had to hire a local speedboat to take Eri and the others there.

The ship was actually retired from Caribbean International Cruise Lines in 2005. According to Henkel, after its retirement, the Atlantic Sun God was pulled back to the Newport News Shipyard for renovation and upgrading. The deck armor was thickened and the passenger cabins were reduced by more than half. Weapon defense systems that cruise ships should not have been equipped with were added, such as the rapid-fire close-in defense guns hidden under the deck and the locked torpedo launch ports.

Generally speaking, this is a large civilian warship. If he wants, Henkel can drive it around Somalia and drive away all the pirates who are accustomed to hijacking merchant ships.

Xia Mi finally reached out and hugged Lu Mingfei, rubbing her cheek against the man's cheek.

The girl's body fragrance was cold and faint, and Lu Mingfei's heart moved, but for some reason he felt as if they were going to be separated for a long time...

"Come on, senior brother! We are waiting for the news of your triumphant return in America!" The little junior sister grinned, revealing two small fangs. The high ponytail behind her head swayed slightly. She winked at Lu Mingfei, put her hands behind her back and ran away.

Lu Mingfei watched her bouncing back as she ran towards the boat, her ponytail rising and falling. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have seen this scene somewhere before, but it was too long ago, so long that time had lost its meaning and his memory was blurred.

The last time I saw that high ponytail rising and falling in front of my eyes was probably many years ago, right?

“Hey, hey, stop looking.” Nuo Nuo clasped her arms and walked away from the chain and stood in front of Lu Mingfei. She had a piece of maltose in her mouth and tilted her head. The four-leaf clover earrings on her ears sparkled in the dim light.

"Sister, do you have anything to tell me?" Lu Mingfei was a little embarrassed to go to see Nuonuo. Last night, which was the eve of their separation, Senior Sister was really a little too crazy. I didn't expect that the legendary dragon slayer would also surrender one day. He was defeated more than five times in one night. It would be a joke to tell others.

What was even more terrifying was that the senior sister insisted on not using any safety measures in that duel. Lu Mingfei, in line with the characteristic of men who lose all their rationality in certain situations, agreed to a request that made him shudder when he thought about it now.

Even though Nuo Nuo said she took medicine in the morning, President Lu was still very nervous.

Lu Mingfei didn't want to kill the White King or the Yamata-no-Orochi just after he killed them, and in the process killed the people standing behind Tachibana Masamune and the King General. When he returned to Kassel Academy, he immediately saw the headline pinned by Finkel on the Night Watch forum.

"The little red-haired witch frequently visits the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Medical Department and is suspected to be pregnant."

Damn, damn, that's too much!
“Could it be that, Senior Sister, you have some talent that you haven’t shown yet? Something like the Pokemon that Xiami gave me?” Lu Mingfei rubbed his hands, with a sly expression on his face.

"What Pokémon?" Nuo Nuo slapped Lu Mingfei twice through the air, "We are about to say goodbye, don't you want to hug me?"

The girl had raised long and thin eyebrows, her face was pale, but her lips were as red as cinnabar.

Lu Mingfei looked around and touched Nuo Nuo's lips lightly.

"What are you doing? Am I some kind of girlfriend who is not presentable?" Nuo Nuo glared at Lu Mingfei.

"No, I think I saw Han Gao." Lu Mingfei winked at Nuo Nuo.

"So what if I see Han Gao." Nuonuo folded his arms and snorted angrily, his dark red eyes shining like two pools of clear water.

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth to explain, but the girl had already turned and left.

"Are you really not going to say goodbye to Eri?" Nono asked without turning her head.

"No need. I would be worried if I saw her because I haven't seen her since we said goodbye at Meizuji Town last time." Lu Mingfei said lightly.

His heart moved slightly, and he suddenly thought of those people who left without saying goodbye in a relationship.

Maybe they are not extremely disappointed, but because as long as they don't say goodbye, it will never end.

Eiry, who was waving at Lu Mingfei on the boat in the distance, had not yet realized that Lu Mingfei might have lied to her when he told her to go to the United States first and then wait for her at the dock by plane.

All her luggage was in a small suitcase, which Constantine held tightly in his arms.

The girl was holding a huge Rilakkuma bear in her hands. It was a gift that Lu Mingfei brought back for her in Sapporo. It was exactly the same as the Rilakkuma bear they bought on the way to Umezuji-cho a long time ago.

Ling was sitting next to Eri. Her eyelids were drooping, her eyelashes trembling slightly in the wind, and she was silently watching Lu Mingfei, who was taking out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, lighting one, and holding it in his mouth.

The girl probably noticed that Lu Mingfei was looking at her, so she mouthed "Come back alive."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, flicked off the ash, and gave her a thumbs up.

The small speedboat hummed through the waves and rushed towards the Atlantic Sun God cruise ship in the distance. The snow and hail in the huge splashes stirred up by the propeller suddenly became wild, and within a minute it became a snow curtain that covered the sky and the sun.

In the distance, Nuonuo was standing on tiptoe on the speedboat and waving to Lu Mingfei, which was becoming increasingly unclear.

She shouted, "Sakura, don't break your promise, you must wait for me at the port!" "We are going to Las Vegas together to win lots of money!"

The girl's voice gradually faded amid the sound of waves and snow echoing between heaven and earth. Lu Mingfei smoked deeply, and snow soon piled up on his shoulders and head.

A few minutes later, a black umbrella appeared above Lu Mingfei's head. Without looking back, he casually took out a cigarette box from his arms and put a cigarette in front of Han Gao.

"I have quit smoking for a long time. As a 130-year-old man, my lungs have already aged severely. Smoking will make me die faster." Han Gao whispered.

"The principal still smokes cigars and it's harmful to his lungs." Lu Mingfei said, but still took back the cigarette box.

"He's different. That guy is an avenger who swings his knife at the world. That fire is enough to support his body to squander like a young man," said Henkel.

They walked along the coastal dock into the distance, and looking out they could see the water deep in the snow curtain, a chilling azure blue that made their hearts flutter. Sometimes they could even see through the blizzard the large oil tankers weighing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tons anchored in the port, their sides so high they looked like walls reaching the sky.

"What's next?"

"You and your children have repaid the favors you owe me, Mr. Henkel. I am very grateful to you for this matter." Lu Mingfei said, frowning fiercely, "Leave the rest to me... But if you are interested, you can use the Holy Judgment to help me shoot through a person's heart."

"Who?"

"The principal should have told you about that traitor from the Lionheart Society..."

"Friedrich...?"

"Yeah." (End of chapter)