Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

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"I am very grateful to Lu Mingfei, but unfortunately I don't have that opportunity anymore." The fate of Yuan Zhisheng's next task at Hongjing is unknown.

He couldn't take Erii to the battlefield; that would be unfair to her. Therefore, he could only send her away, away from Tokyo and away from Japan.

After wrapping Erii in a warm sweater, he pinched her cheek and said, "From tonight onwards, your name will no longer be Uesugi Erii, and you will no longer have any connection with the Snake-Headed Eight Family. Don't reveal your original name, understand?"

Erii nodded blankly. If her brother said so, she would do it. There was no need to ask too many questions.

"Eri is such a good girl." Genji stroked her face, wanting to kiss her cheek and say a final goodbye, but Erii turned her head slightly, as if she was a little uncomfortable.

Yuan Zhisheng burst out laughing: "Did Lu Mingfei teach you the difference between men and women? Very good. All the things I've done for you over the years don't even amount to what Lu Mingfei does for you in a single week."

Erii stared at Genjiro with her innocent, wide eyes.

"Alright, it's time to go." Genji bent down and picked up Erii, carrying her to a bulletproof Mercedes outside.

He wanted to send Erii to South Korea. Several years ago, he bought an apartment in Gangnam District, Seoul, and prepared a new identity for Erii with South Korean citizenship.

After hearing Angers' words tonight, he decided to carry out 'selfish justice' and not bring Erii to the battlefield.

That was his sister, not his weapon.

He waved for the driver to start the car. From the shrine, it would only take forty minutes to get Erii to the military airfield in Yamanashi Prefecture, keeping Erii away from the battlefield.

This was the last thing he could do for his sister.

Watching the Mercedes disappear quickly from sight, Genji turned to the priests and said, "Let's set off too, to our battlefield."

"Wait." A familiar voice sounded behind Genjiro. Genjiro was slightly startled and turned around to look.

What came into view was a tall, slender figure, wearing a familiar black bodysuit; he had seen that long, shapely figure countless times.

“You…it’s impossible.” Genji looked utterly astonished.

“It’s me,” Sakura replied simply and clearly.

“It’s her, no doubt.” Another familiar voice rang out, and his figure appeared from the other side of the shrine, leaning against a wooden pillar. “Back then at the bottom of Tokyo Tower, I was the one who saved her.”

His appearance startled everyone slightly, and the priests simultaneously drew their weapons.

Gu Ran wasn't nervous looking at those fierce-looking people. He smiled and asked, "I heard there's a lolicon among the priests who's completely infatuated with our Zero. I'm curious who it is?"

Suddenly, all the priests turned their gaze to one person in the middle. The person, feeling shy under the scrutiny of so many eyes, lowered his head.

These priests are all wicked people; their lolicon fetish is really just a minor issue.

The priest raised his gun and aimed it at Gu Ran, but Yuan Zhisheng raised his right hand and stopped the priest's action.

Yuan Zhisheng looked at Gu Ran with some confusion, then at Ying.

Just then, a girl in a white dress and white rain boots came over, carrying a transparent umbrella.

The priest and Genjiro were stunned when they saw the girl in the white dress.

It was Erii? Didn't she just get into the bulletproof Mercedes a few minutes ago?

“No wonder…” Genji suddenly realized why Erii was shy when she changed clothes and why she didn’t get intimate with him. It turned out that the person was not the real Erii.

That's true, Erii is too easy to pretend; all she has to do is remain still and have a blank stare.

Erii quietly walked to the roof of the shrine and slowly sat down. She was wearing headphones and holding an iPad. The iPad was playing a long video, which was full of the little moments of her life with Lu Mingfei. She was still watching it with great relish.

"What exactly happened?" Genji looked at Sakura.

“The driver of the Mercedes just now was suspicious; he was one of Wang Jiang’s men.” Sakura walked up to Genjiro, straightened his collar, and then said briefly, “Gu Jun used a counter-strategy, having someone else impersonate Miss Erii to lure them away.”

Smelling the familiar perfume on Sakura and hearing her voice, Genji finally believed that Sakura was truly alive.

“I installed a tracker under that Mercedes. We can see where it ends up.” Gu Ran handed a receiver for the tracking signal to Yuan Zhisheng. “Now, I want to do something, and I hope to get your permission.”

Genjiro took the receiver and asked, "What is it?"

Gu Ran walked into the shrine, and Genji immediately understood, telling the priests to wait outside while he and Sakura went in together.

"I need a few items from your Snake Clan. These items can help me slay a god," Gu Ran simply stated his needs.

When Yuan Zhisheng heard what Gu Ran wanted, he was slightly taken aback: "What do you want have to do with slaying gods?"

"Just tell me whether you'll give it to me or not," Gu Ran said. "As long as I get what I need, I can resolve tonight's matter and allow you three siblings to escape the Japanese underworld and live the lives you want."

Genji immediately pressed, "How do I do it?"

He stared at Genjiro and asked, "The plan is too complicated. I'll tell you more about it in the helicopter later. Now you need to decide immediately whether you can give me the thing."

“Okay.” Yuan Zhisheng nodded. “I’m the head of the family, so I can make this decision. But… I really don’t understand what you want to do?”

"Don't worry about that. I was just asking you out of politeness. If you hadn't agreed, I was going to get it myself. Now that you've agreed, let's head to the Red Well now."

After saying that, Gu Ran started walking out.

Genji suddenly laughed in anger. He looked at Sakura and said, "So you cooperated with him and stole the things a long time ago?"

“Yes, I think you will definitely agree,” Sakura said. “Besides, it’s better to take it secretly, as it can avoid unnecessary trouble within the family.”

Yuan Zhisheng looked around: "The thing is so big, where did he put it?"

“It’s in another helicopter,” Sakura explained. “We’ll take another helicopter in a little while to witness the final scene of this story.”

"The final scene?"

“Yes, this is also our ending.” Sakura whispered a few words in Genji’s ear, and finally said, “I hope you can cooperate with Mr. Gu.”

Yuan Zhisheng was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Why do you listen to Gu Ran so much?"

“Because Gu Jun promised me that this story will have a happy ending, I can go with you to a nudist beach in France to sell sunscreen.” Sakura said, her eyes slightly lowered.

It was a rare sight for Genjiro to see Sakura looking so shy, so he couldn't help but step forward and hug her.

He whispered in Sakura's ear, "Okaeri (Welcome back)."

“His auntie. (I’m back.)” Sakura smiled.

Having faced life and death together, the two embraced tightly, and the joy of finding what they had lost deeply moved Genji.

"Can we do the whispering later? You can even sleep together after this is over!" Gu Ran leaned against the shrine door, watching the two inside with a motherly smile.

"Gu Ran, thank you." Yuan Zhisheng released Ying, looked at Gu Ran earnestly, and bowed ninety degrees to express his gratitude.

"It's too early to thank me now. Let's express our gratitude after everything is settled." Gu Ran tossed a white cloak to Genjiro. "Time is limited. You should contact the principal now. Also, give me Spider Cutter and Dojigiri Yasutsuna."

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions."

……

At the Tokyo Meteorological Bureau, the lunatics in the Equipment Department are quietly cursing Principal Angers as a bastard.

They came here on vacation and incidentally to help with disaster relief, but now they're going to slaughter gods, and Tokyo might be doomed. Being tricked into coming here by the principal is truly the worst luck imaginable!

But he later realized that talking tough was useless, because Angers was the most ruthless general on the battlefield. Revenge against the dragons was his lifelong justice. He didn't care if others cursed his ancestors for eighteen generations, as long as you could slay the dragon for him.

Therefore, the lunatic in the equipment department realized he couldn't escape, so he could only try every means to kill God. As long as he killed that bastard God, wouldn't that solve everything?

So, in order to save their own lives, the neurotic geniuses in the equipment department unleashed their full potential.

Deputy Minister Carl has fully mastered the use of Divine Retribution and has input some corrective parameters into EVA to ensure that the big stick will be inserted into God with 200% certainty.

Angers was very satisfied with this abnormal efficiency. Indeed, people are brought out of their potential when they are forced to.

"So now only one question remains: when the Sword of Damocles falls, how can we ensure that God will always be in the Red Well?"

Chapter 494 Yamata no Orochi and Ama no Kusanagi

The communication headset on the Angry Mountain asked, "Hydralisk, how far are we from the Red Well?"

As early as when he obtained the coordinates of the Red Well, Angers used the power of the Governor of Tokyo to mobilize the Self-Defense Forces and sent helicopters from the Self-Defense Forces base to conduct reconnaissance.

The helicopter scout transmitted the footage back to the operations room in real time, and at the same time reported a surprising situation: "Report, snow has accumulated near the Tama River!"

Japan has very few high-altitude mountains, and the only place with snow accumulation is Mount Fuji. However, due to the eruption of Mount Fuji, the snow on its 'snow-capped peak' has long since melted away. Yet, at an altitude of several hundred meters along the Tama River, there is still a blanket of snow. Keep in mind that it is already April, and there should be no snow accumulation near Tokyo.

"No, that's not snow, it looks more like spider silk? Or maybe cotton candy?" The pilot didn't know how to describe it.

“That’s God absorbing nourishment from his surroundings during his awakening,” Angers said, frowning.

God truly lives up to his reputation as a being even higher than the Four Sovereigns, as the scope of his influence is so vast.

Just as the helicopter was preparing to conduct further reconnaissance, the pilot suddenly shouted in alarm, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the pilot screamed and fell silent. The helicopter then crashed, and the operations room lost its reconnaissance eye.

Angers took a deep breath, and before he knew it, a fine sweat had appeared on his forehead. The situation today was far too complicated. There was too little information about the Red Well, and he had no way of guaranteeing that 'God' would always be there, waiting to be struck by divine retribution.

With fifty minutes remaining before the divine punishment reaches Tokyo, is there any way to keep the 'god' in the Red Well for fifty minutes?

"Principal, the head of the family is calling. Please make sure you answer." Sakurai Shuichi ran up to the principal and respectfully handed him the phone.

Angers didn't really want to talk to him; he had already said everything he needed to say. But the educator had always been very patient with his students, so he picked up the phone and put it to his ear.

What Genjiro wanted to say was very simple: he had discovered the weakness of the Divine Punishment long ago, so he planned to lead a suicide squad to the Red Well to nail the gods and the demons to the Red Well.

"Are you already on your way?" Angers asked.

“Yes, I’ll be at Hongjing in fifteen minutes,” Yuan Zhisheng said. “Gu Ran is with me too; he’s coming with me.”

Angers remained silent for a while. If he went to the Red Well at this moment and kept the god there, he might be struck by divine retribution at the last moment and perish together with the god.

If there's anything in this world that has always saddened Angers, it's that countless students have died while he, their teacher, is still alive.

Angers remained silent for a moment before calmly speaking, "I understand. Good luck to you. Also, tell Gu Ran to remember to leave a will. If his mother comes looking for him, I need something to give her."

"Principal, please rest assured, my mother is a reasonable person." Gu Ran's voice came through the communication at this time. "If I can come back, I hope I can get all A's in my courses this semester, and also be exempted from the courses in my junior and senior years, because I have already earned enough credits to graduate."

“Okay, I’ll use my principal’s authority to grant your request.” Angers finished speaking and the phone was hung up.

……

Tama River, Red Well.

Genji stood on the high beam in the well, the same spot where Zero had previously stood to stop the rebellious Kanto branch.

Below was still a large well filled with mercury, and mercury vapor still permeated the air. There were countless dead bodies of dragon subspecies in the well, with a large number of them, such as the Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper, which was like a fishpond where all the fish had died. In addition to the smell of mercury vapor, there was also a nauseating fishy stench.

Genji looked at the well below, expressionless.

Before the Snake Clan had even had a chance to explore the depths of the well, they concluded that there were no living creatures in it. In reality, the truly powerful beings are also cunning.

Deep in the soil at the bottom of the well, a large number of bubbles began to rise, like an octopus lying on the sand at the beach preparing to emerge.