Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei, Starting as a Seeker of the Law

Chapter 37 Friends should protect friends

"You..." Lu Mingfei wasn't the only one stunned; Old Tang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Holy crap, you snake spirit! What are you...?"

With a "thump".

Before the shock on Old Tang's face had faded, his body went limp and he was helped to the sofa by Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei, who was behind him, knocked him unconscious.

"Oh, so you really don't want your friends to know?" Nuwa took in the scene before her. "I'm not going to eat people."

"This has nothing to do with whether you eat people or not."

This was the first time Lu Mingfei had ever seen a being with a human head and a snake's body like Nuwa. According to the information provided by Chu Zihang, a snake's body was a symbol of the return of dragon blood to its ancestral form. This form was almost exclusive to Deadpool, but the one he was facing was not a snake-shaped Deadpool, but also possessed human consciousness.

This isn't some kind of cultivation novel, so what is it?

He wasn't good at history, but he read quite a few novels. After all, those heavy Western classics in the literature department were really hard to read, and when he was bored during club activities, he would often curl up in a corner, holding some fantasy novels to pass the time. The name "Nuwa" naturally made him think of myths and legends, about Nuwa, a descendant of the goddess with a human head and a snake body, who saved the world.

But this is the real world.

The bloodline concentration of a snake must be much higher, so why can it still maintain normal human consciousness?

Does she look like a girl addicted to the internet?

In the instant that thought flashed through my mind, an extremely untimely question unexpectedly surfaced:

"Is your tail... convenient for going to the toilet?"

Terrible!

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "This is it, I'm doomed."

This was truly the most inappropriate and uttered remark he had ever made, in such a tense and confrontational situation. The other party was most likely a powerful figure in the Kassel China Department, and what he feared most was about to unfold was a scene he didn't want to see.

A fight or...

"Hmph~"

To Lu Mingfei's surprise, the stunningly beautiful girl didn't get angry; instead, her smile became even more radiant. Her gaze was fixed on the boy's face as her voice came through the microphone:

"It seems you're not even from Angers. How interesting. Pretending to know me, why? Just to keep your friends out of the mixed-race world?"

"That's none of your business," Lu Mingfei replied.

"No, it has nothing to do with me." The little girl with a small, round face spoke like a female leader, saying, "Do you know that there is a goddess named Nuwa in the world? A princess of the emperor was born in Leize, and all things were born from the extreme of Yin."

"If you don't understand, can you please stop speaking in classical Chinese?" Lu Mingfei was not being polite. It wasn't that he had a problem with the girl in front of him, but he really didn't like classical Chinese.

The little girl didn't react much, her voice still calm, "Then let me introduce myself. I am Nuwa, the head of the Zhou family, a mixed-race family in China, and also the minister of the Chinese branch in Kassel, responsible for mixed-race people throughout the Chinese region."

Just like Lu Mingfei thought, the little girl in front of him was indeed the person in power among the mixed-race Chinese.

"And you and your friends fall under my jurisdiction."

"But he's not mixed race," Lu Mingfei said.

"Bounty hunters are also within our jurisdiction," she added.

As an ancient family among Chinese mixed-race families, the Zhou family doesn't concern themselves much with matters outside of mixed-race individuals. However, this doesn't mean they don't care about bounty hunters. After all, there are intricate connections between hunter websites and mixed-race individuals, and it can be said that most high-level missions are related to mixed-race individuals.

"Come on." Lu Mingfei could tell that this Nuwa wasn't planning to let them off so easily. If it were just targeting him, that would be one thing, but Old Tang was like a ticking time bomb; who knew...

Lu Mingfei didn't want to see that happen.

Lu Mingfei was at his wit's end. He sighed deeply. "What do you want?"

"Don't worry, it's just a small favor, nothing serious will happen."

The little girl smiled, her bright eyes gleaming with cunning. "Anyway, you and your friends are bounty hunters, so this commission is just a normal bounty mission for you."

"Will you be responsible for issuing regular tasks?"

Lu Mingfei simply couldn't believe that the person in front of him would personally issue such an ordinary task. What a joke.

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, you don't have a choice anyway."

The goddess Nuwa opposite her gave a soft snort, and her face, which looked like that of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, actually resembled that of a young girl at this moment.

"Would you accept?"

"Okay." After a moment of silence, the boy nodded.

Lu Mingfei had no choice, just as the other party had said.

If we give up on Lao Tang, then it doesn't matter, since the other side can't catch him, let alone cause any trouble.

He never thought of becoming a hero, but Old Tang was his friend.

Friends should protect each other.

..................

A few days later, Kunshan, a place rich in aquatic products.

In a coffee shop on the street.

After asking Long-Legs to settle Old Tang in, Lu Mingfei flew here alone to make the rendezvous.

He sat by the window, utterly bored. His face was tense as he sipped his latte.

He doesn't like this stuff.

My palate, accustomed to carbonated drinks, couldn't appreciate its goodness. But this is a coffee shop, and not ordering coffee would feel out of place.

Suppressing the slight financial pain in his heart, he ordered the signature latte.

Having been used to being broke, he wasn't used to a case of Coke turning into a latte, and he never expected it to taste so bitter.

His knuckles turned white as he gripped the cup, and he cursed inwardly. He should have just squatted by the roadside and drunk his Coke; why pretend to be so refined?

But the money had already been spent, and they couldn't just throw it away, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and swallow it down.

Then, the door opened.

A man walked in. He was well-dressed, but that wasn't why Lu Mingfei noticed him.

What attracted him was the heavy-looking black box behind the man; he certainly didn't think it was a gift from the man.

Lu Mingfei had seen similar things on Jiang Mingzi and Chu Zihang; one stored various magical treasures, and the other stored the Murasame alchemical weapon from that place.

Without exception, they were all weapons.

The man walked straight to Lu Mingfei after entering the room and sat down opposite him.

"Nice to meet you."

"You're celebrating too soon." Lu Mingfei's lips curled into a smile, then fell back, as he looked at the man before him. "Lu Mingfei. What's your name?"

"Zhou Minhao comes from the Zhou family in Xiangyang."

The man... Zhou Minhao didn't care about Lu Mingfei's attitude. Instead, he formally introduced himself, saying, "The Goddess of Nuwa told me to get along well with you so that it will be easier for you to complete your mission."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei lifted his eyelids and glanced at him.

That's what they say, but the person opposite him doesn't seem like his mission partner; he seems more like a supervisor.

He didn't have any objections, but the problem was that he didn't even know the details of the mission, and Cheng Shuangfan just told him to wait there.

"So what's the mission?"

"Didn't the Goddess Nuwa tell you?" Zhou Minhao's eyes flickered.

"What do you think?" Lu Mingfei scoffed. "You think you don't know what your parents are like?"

Lu Mingfei gets angry just thinking about it. That Nuwa looks like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, but she is actually the leader of the mixed-race Chinese race.

Since you're the boss, you should act like one, right?

But when Lu Mingfei asked about the details of the mission, his calls were always blocked. The reason? He was playing games and it wasn't convenient.

Anyway, someone will eventually come and take over from him.

Cheng Shuangfan was happy to talk. But as a subordinate, how could he know about the task personally assigned by his boss?

Nothing.

Who made him nod?