Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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The Little Devil has a poor business reputation; the freebies are defective, and even legitimate transactions have problems... That's the real issue.

……

Fingal was sandwiched between Xia Mi and Chu Zihang, the three of them squatting on the grass. Fingal had a feeling that the two of them were watching him... He smiled awkwardly: "Where are you guys from?"

Xia Mi said, "I'm from the capital. Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei are from the same place. What country are you from? Your Chinese is quite authentic; I can't even hear your accent."

“I am German,” Fingel said. “What is your relationship with that Lu Mingfei? Our principal says he is a genius, and if anyone can become the greatest dragon slayer in history, it must be him.”

“He’s our boss,” Xia Mi said with a grin. “Of course, our boss is the best. What is your Word Magic?”

"The Bronze Throne ranks 87th on the Word Power Periodic Table."

Fingel proudly stated that, after all, it was a high-risk level Word of Power, placing him among the elite of the hybrid races. Then, he added dejectedly, "What about yours? I don't know if you've experienced any class discrimination while working for your Boss Lu, but Kassel College does. I only failed a few courses, and the college downgraded my rank. All the privileges I had as an A-rank hybrid disappeared..."

Xia Mi replied, "Oh, that? Chu Zihang's Word of Power is 'Junyan,' which is number 89 on the Word of Power periodic table. My Word of Power is called 'Discipline,' which is number 106, I think? I can't remember. I don't pay much attention to this stuff, so there's nothing to worry about."

Fingel: ...

"It's Chinese New Year now, and we get extra pay when we come to Japan for business trips. Do you get any subsidies when you come to Japan for business trips?" Xia Mi continued to ask questions to keep the atmosphere from getting awkward.

"There's a subsidy too?" Fingel perked up immediately at the question. "How much is it?"

“Our basic monthly salary was originally just over 10,000 RMB after tax. It doubled when we came to Japan for business trips, and it doubled again during the Chinese New Year period in China…”

Xia Mi counted on her fingers, her eyes gradually brightening with excitement: "Close to 3 after tax, that's over 1000 a day, almost 2. I even captured Herzog, Boss Lu should give me a bonus, right? Chu Zihang, it feels like we've been picking up money on the street this time! Wow! How did we get everything settled here so quickly!"

Towards the end, she became somewhat frustrated, lamenting how things in Japan could be resolved in just over half a month. She couldn't even earn four times her monthly salary; it was such a waste!

"Holy crap? So many?"

Upon hearing Xia Mi's words, Fingel calculated the exchange rate, his eyes widening as he asked, "Is Boss Lu still short of people? I feel that Kassel College is a real rip-off, and I also want to contribute to Boss Lu's dragon-slaying career!"

"There shouldn't be a shortage, and graduates from Kassel College can still find jobs at other companies, right?"

Xia Mi and Finger started chatting, inquiring about each other's companies and schools.

Chu Zihang remained silent throughout their conversation, paying no attention to Xia Mi's talk about making money.

When Mount Fuji erupted in Japan, his mother called and asked Lu Tianming to transfer one million yuan to him, telling him to spend whatever it took to get a plane ticket back to China as soon as possible... Faced with his parents' concern, Chu Zihang managed to brush it off.

Even with 100 billion, he wouldn't be happy if he didn't gain the power to challenge Odin by staying by Lu Mingfei's side.

Lu Mingfei did succeed, but why didn't he say so? How should I ask him?

Chu Zihang had been pondering this matter.

The small house behind him was opened, and Lu Mingfei's expression remained as cold as ever under the system's control.

"Chu Zihang, Xia Mi, come and carry him."

"Ok."

Chu Zihang immediately got up, strode into the house with great enthusiasm, and carried the two people on his back.

"Let's go back."

"it is good."

The system took Xia Mi, Chu Zihang, and the three others away.

“What about the small metal box?” Fingel remembered that Xia Mi was clearly holding a small metal box earlier.

“The things inside have been destroyed.” Angers looked in the direction Lu Mingfei and his men had left.

“Principal, something seems off about Lu Mingfei. Why is his injury healing so slowly? He’s the mixed-race person with the worst recovery ability I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Fingel lowered his voice and whispered in Angers' ear, "Is there really nothing wrong with this Lu Mingfei? I just found out some information. Lu Mingfei owns a company in China. I feel that if the academy needs me, I can infiltrate it as an undercover agent and help the academy monitor Lu Mingfei at any time."

Angers glanced at the student.

The notorious good-for-nothing at this school isn't actually that bad, but he felt that the other person was like this now... well... hard to say.

"There's no need to supervise Lu Mingfei or anything like that; we don't need to handle that," Angers said. "What do you think of the two people around Lu Mingfei?"

"They seem pretty impressive, not your average people," Fingel said. "Headmaster, what were you talking about inside just now?"

“Why do you know so much?” Angers clapped his hands and said, “Let’s go clean up this mess.”

Chapter 164 Getting rich

The towering flames of Mount Fuji have ceased, and without the Yamata no Orochi's (or perhaps Yamata no Orochi) frenzy, the Japanese landmass has stabilized once again.

An earthquake originating from the Japan Trench triggered a massive tsunami that surged into Tokyo Bay, breached the Tokyo coastline, and even swept massive cargo ships ashore in Tokyo's port area...

The scene was one of utter chaos.

Genji wiped the blood from his face and breathed a sigh of relief. Had they finally weathered the storm? He wondered about the casualties...

Tokyo was flooded by seawater, hit by a tsunami, and plagued by Deadpool and Corpse Guardians. How many people died and what the final economic losses will be? No one can estimate it. All that can be predicted is that Japan will enter a long period of reconstruction.

When Uesugi Kotsushi woke up, he went to Angers and learned that Lu Mingfei had taken Genjiro and Erii away, but he didn't know where they were. He hurriedly called Genjiro and asked, "Genjiro, where did Lu Mingfei go? He took Genjiro and Erii away!"

"I don't know, is it because you can't get through to him on the phone?"

"I can't get through."

"..."

Lu Mingfei's cell phone had already been destroyed during the battle at Hongjing, so of course they couldn't contact him.

“Someone wants to buy your life,” the system said, looking at Herzog lying on the ground.

Herzog, whose jaw was broken, couldn't speak, but he could understand what the other person meant... His identity had been exposed, and there were probably quite a few people who wanted to kill him. His eyes rolled up and down, as if begging for mercy.

"Restore his upper body mobility," the system said to Xia Mi.

"Okay." Xia Mi came over and applied a few more punctures to Herzog's body.

Herzog immediately felt that he had regained control of his upper body, except for the area below his waist.

But his first reaction was to subconsciously touch his chin. This ambitious and brilliant biological scientist was still a human being, and he could not avoid human pain.

A wooden clapper was handed to him from the side and placed in front of him. The system said, "Release the control your clapper sound has over Yuan Zhinv and the others."

Herzog immediately complied, picking up the clapper and rhythmically striking it.

The group looked at Genjiro, and Genjiro's gaze did indeed soften... as if she had returned to normal?

Upon hearing the sound of the clapper, Lu Mingfei's head began to buzz again.

The system wasn't sure if Genji and the others had truly returned to normal, and even if it were, it wouldn't bother. They weren't going to die anytime soon, so it just left them idle for now. Otherwise, if it released Genji's control, the enemy would probably target Herzog first.

The clapper sound stopped, and the system asked, "Is it completely solved?"

Herzog nodded.

"Chu Zihang, give him a pen and paper, and write down the method of this control technique."

Herzog nodded again; if his jaw hadn't been broken, he might have been able to communicate much faster.

The first thing Herzog wrote when he got paper and pen was: "You actually gave up that supreme throne!"

Although he was almost completely dislocated, he could still hear Lu Mingfei and Angers discussing things in the small house, as well as them grinding the White King's remains to ashes... That was the supreme throne, and the two of them gave it up so easily!

In Herzog's opinion, it was utterly foolish! Wouldn't it be better to inherit the White King's power and do whatever one wanted?

The system frowned: "Answer whatever I ask. If you don't want to live, I'll send you on your way right now and use your head to collect the money. If you want to live, show your value, otherwise I'll have to use your life to exchange for my final value."

The Imp is a trap, and Herzog is a trap, but at least Herzog is in my hands, so I can keep the initiative firmly in my grasp.

Trading with the Little Devil is a sure way to make money, but keeping Herzog alive might be the key to a huge financial windfall?

Herzog, upon hearing the system's warning, stopped beating around the bush and honestly wrote down the reason why he had controlled others with his clapper sound... The White King's remains had been reduced to ashes, his plan had completely failed, and he was now in someone else's hands, with no freedom whatsoever.

But as long as he can live, he doesn't want to die, especially if his death would be of value. So he can only obediently listen to the other party for now.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the paper Herzog was writing on, but Xia Mi still occasionally stole a glance at Lu Mingfei next to her.

She wondered to herself, "Is it a flaw in using living people as alchemy offerings? Or is there some other reason?"

Lu Mingfei's previously severely injured body made her look strange, because Norton didn't seem to have implanted any bloodline into Lu Mingfei's body.

Lu Mingfei's strength seems to rely entirely on the power of words. Once these words are removed, Lu Mingfei will likely be severely injured immediately.

But now, from her perspective, Lu Mingfei's body has fully recovered to its peak, as if it had been reset.

Something's not right. Why would Norton design it this way? Wouldn't it have been simpler to give Lu Mingfei a stronger bloodline?

Xia Mi carefully pondered Norton's thoughts, trying to glean the technical logic of this king of alchemy.

"Brain pontine transection surgery...?" Lu Mingfei was somewhat bewildered.

Because Herzog wrote that if he wanted to control someone using the sound of a clapper, there was a prerequisite: the other person had undergone that infamous pontomeus surgery.

Then, his control isn't actually complete control; it's just switching the controlled person's mental personality. After the left and right hemispheres of the brain are separated during surgery, independent personalities will develop, and his clapper sound is the forced switching of personalities to control the body.

Genjiro is not the Demon King, nor does his bloodline degenerate or go out of control; he simply possesses the violent "demon" personality of Kazama Ruri.

This Kazama Ruri is not only violent, but also extremely rebellious, arrogant, and intelligent. Although she mocks the weakness of the Genji woman's personality, she will compromise and cooperate with the Genji woman's personality when they are on the same side.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't escape the control of the clapper sound that forcibly switched personalities, Kazama Ruri would have broken free from Herzog's control long ago.

Erii, lacking common sense and insight, has an alternate personality that listens more to Herzog…

"Is it only people who have undergone pontine transection surgery who can be affected and controlled by the sound of the clapper?" the system asked again to confirm.

Herzog wrote definitively and affirmatively: "Yes, it only works for people who have had the surgery."

"What if someone is affected by the sound of this clapper, but doesn't forcibly switch to a second personality?" the system asked, probing deeper.

Herzog gave the other person a strange look, because the other person's question did indeed involve academic and professional areas.

However, this should have nothing to do with Lu Mingfei. Despite the sound of the clapper, he remained highly independent and was not affected in any way.

He wrote: "The postoperative condition after this surgery varies in severity. Not everyone who has undergone this surgery will develop a second personality. To ensure the development of a secondary personality, a certain degree of external guidance is required..."

The violent Kazama Ruri and the obedient Erii's second personality are both products of his manipulation.

Based on this, it seems that Lu Mingfei must have undergone this surgery.

However, Lu Mingfei really didn't remember when he had ever undergone such surgery. In his memory, he had never been to a hospital for brain surgery from childhood to adulthood.

Both Minamoto no Chizuru and Erii grew up under Herzog's control, and may have undergone this surgery when they were very young.

"At what age can a normal human being undergo this surgery?"