Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

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Gao Kui answered the phone, suppressing his agitation and palpitations, and tried his best to keep his voice calm.

The caller was Makoto Aso's grandmother, whom Takagi had met several times in the past few days. Each time she dropped the girl off at home, the grandmother would stand by the upstairs window, peeking down at the two young people whispering sweet nothings below with a doting smile.

"Is that Gao Kui-kun?"

"It's me, Grandma. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"I wanted to ask, is she really with you? She hasn't come home since school, and I can't get through to her on the phone. Tokyo's been really chaotic lately, and I'm worried she might be in some danger. Of course, if she's really with Gao Kui-kun, then there's no problem..."

Grandma kept rambling on, her words somewhat incoherent, but her tone was full of concern for the girl.

Gao Kui suddenly understood why he had suddenly fallen ill and become agitated after taking the medicine. It wasn't an illness, but rather a sudden whim.

The idiom "to act on a whim" originated after the Ming Dynasty, stemming from the Ming Dynasty novel *Investiture of the Gods* by Xu Zhonglin. In that novel, the immortals would often suddenly have a "whim," then calculate with their fingers to foresee a certain event that would soon happen to someone.

In science, this kind of "sudden inspiration" is called the sixth sense.

If even the gods in fantasy novels can do it, then as a holy son, there's no reason why I can't.

Gao Kui forced a smile and told his grandmother a clumsy lie on the other end of the phone: "Yes, Zhen came over after school, but we were having so much fun that we forgot to tell you."

Really? She bought milk tea from the milk tea shop next door…

When the grandmother on the other end of the phone heard that the girl was with Gao Kui, she immediately felt relieved. In her heart, there was no one more reliable than Gao Kui.

After chatting with Zhen's grandmother for a few minutes, Gao Kui hinted to her that Zhen might not be coming home that night. The grandmother immediately understood; these kinds of things are quite common among young people in Japan.

After hanging up the phone with his grandmother, Gao Kui's face instantly turned cold. He was no longer as agitated as before, and unexpectedly showed a calm and serene demeanor, like a dormant volcano that inspired awe.

Gao Kui sat on the edge of the bed, head down, and dialed the girl's number, but the phone was switched off. Gao Kui then dialed Yuan Zhisheng, but the phone was switched off.

"Oh!"

The dormitory door was suddenly kicked open, and Guderian and Caesar rushed over. They were slightly taken aback when they saw Gao Kui sitting silently on the edge of the bed. Why had he suddenly become quiet again?

This eerie silence made Guderian and Caesar very uncomfortable. Guderian had been taking care of Gao Kui for more than four years and was familiar with Gao Kui's various states.

The Northern Qi prince was not without his quiet moments; often he would stare blankly in some inconspicuous direction with a melancholy gaze. At those times, Gao Kui was quiet and captivating, radiating a melancholy and confusion that made anyone who saw him feel that he was a child with a tragic fate.

At this moment, Guderian felt that Gao Kui was very dangerous. He was very quiet, but not confused. His honey-gold eyes were burning fiercely, and the fire seemed to have burned up all the oxygen in the dormitory, making it difficult for Professor Guderian to even breathe.

Guderian and Caesar didn't dare to breathe, quietly moving to Chu Zihang's side, tilting their heads and asking in low voices, "What's going on?"

Chu Zihang didn't say a word and pulled his hand out from under the pillow.

Gao Kui then spoke into the phone, "Hello, Norma."

In Kassel, every student and faculty member has a subroutine of Norma installed on their mobile phone. Using this subroutine, people in Kassel can request assistance from Norma in their daily lives or while on missions.

As the only S-class messiah in Kassel in the past twenty years, and the Messiah on whom Angers placed high hopes, Gao Kui has very high privileges in Norma's system.

“Hello, Messiah,” Norma said in a calm voice.

Gao Kui methodically inputted instructions into Norma's voice: "Help me retrieve all the surveillance footage from the past two hours in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, and find a girl named Aso Makoto. She is sixteen years old, of Japanese descent, and transferred from Toryo High School to Komagome High School a few days ago."

"Please wait a moment, Messiah, I will send the clue to your email shortly."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Guderian and Caesar finally learned what had happened: Gao Kui's girlfriend had gone missing.

This is an unprecedented event.

The girl was very ordinary; her looks and figure were only average for a mixed-race person. She came from an ordinary family and had no special talents. Her teeth were uneven, just like many Japanese girls…

They were so ordinary that you might encounter ten or eight of them on a single outing. To Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Kassel, these girls were like female passersby in a low-quality JRPG game. They had no facial features, no name, and not even a model, just a simple texture. Their only purpose was to fill in the street scene and make the game's environment less empty.

After getting involved with the prince of Northern Qi, the girl becomes no longer ordinary. She is upgraded from a background character to an important role that may affect the main storyline, and this importance will not change with the amount of screen time she has.

For example, Kyrie, Nero's girlfriend in Devil May Cry 5, is only heard but not seen, and is jokingly referred to by players as the "telephone booth." Or, in the Elden Ring, the church contains the corpse of a witch who left behind the words, "Even though the guidance has long been broken, please become the King of Elden."

Even if they have few scenes, they are still main characters.

If Kyrie suddenly falls seriously ill, will Nero still go with Dante to challenge the Demon Emperor Eurydence?

If the original guiding witch of the Faded Ones hadn't died, would the main storyline of Elden Ring have been different?

Now, this assumption has come true.

Gao Kui walked silently to the wardrobe, his gaze sweeping over the row of clothes inside, and finally choosing the Armani high-end suit that Chen Motong had picked out for him a few days ago.

The other clothes were bought while shopping with the girl in the last few days. Although they are not as expensive as that high-end suit, Gao Kui would be more heartbroken if they were damaged or soiled.

After changing into a suit, Gao Kui pulled Longinus out from under the bed and peeled off the old newspaper wrapped around the long sword.

The sharp blade was drawn three inches from the sharkskin scabbard, its mirror-like surface reflecting Gao Kui's radiant golden eyes as if washed with water.

"Ding dong."

The phone beeped again. Norma quickly collected and organized the information, summarized it, and sent it to Gao Kui's email.

The girl was indeed missing. She was kidnapped by several biker gang members on her way home after school. Those biker gang members were all members of the "Red Guard" gang under the Sheqi Yake family. This biker gang called Red Guard had long maintained close ties with a high-ranking member of the Sheqi Yake family named Sakurai Hiroshi.

Shortly before the incident, Hiroshi Sakurai had a communication with a high-ranking member of the Red Guard. The communication was encrypted, and even Norma was unable to access the content.

At the end of the email, Norma listed the current addresses of the biker gang members and Hiroshi Sakurai: the biker gang members were at a nightclub in Shinjuku, and Hiroshi Sakurai was at the Genji Heavy Industries building.

Where is Aso Makoto?

"Can't you find the real location?" Gao Kui frowned slightly.

"I apologize, but while searching for relevant information, I was attacked and intercepted by an unknown entity, which I suspect is the advanced artificial intelligence of the Snake Clan, Princess Kaguya."

Due to Kaguya-hime's obstruction, I can only deduce this much from the limited information available to me.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Gao Kui put away his phone, ignored everyone in the dormitory, and walked out the door with his long knife.

"and many more!"

Professor Guderian stood in front of Gao Kui.

“Professor, don’t make things difficult for me. You can’t stop me.” Gao Kui didn’t quite understand why Guderian wanted to stop him.

School rules and regulations are like toilet paper to Gao Kui; he can break them however he wants. And it's not just Gao Kui; Caesar was the same way.

Guderian held out a car key and handed it to Gao Kui: "There's a Porsche parked in the school parking lot; you might need it."

Guderian disregarded all school rules and regulations, as well as the Eight Families of the Serpent, and after weighing the options, he still sided with Gao Kui.

His girlfriend went missing, and it was the Sheqi Eight Families who did it. You can't just let the Northern Qi prince suffer in silence and protest, negotiate, and appeal to the Sheqi Eight Families in a cowardly manner, can you?

Those are the few ways for people without power or strength to seek justice, wash away shame, and take revenge, but Gao Kui had both.

Gao Kui was somewhat moved, but also speechless: "Dean, I don't need an old man's car anymore."

Gao Kui still remembers the Gem Ja Cayenne that Guderian purchased in Fuzhou, which was smashed to pieces in the Nibelungen.

He needs a real fast train now. Tokyo has a well-developed urban transportation system, and thanks to the turmoil at Genji Heavy Industries, the traffic situation in Tokyo has improved a lot in the past two days.

If there were a fast train, it could take the elevated highway and then the C1 loop line, allowing him to quickly reach Shinjuku Ward.

"This time it's a real Porsche."

Guderian handed the keys to Gao Kui: "The latest Porsche 911 GT3, 415 horsepower, top speed exceeding 300 kilometers per hour, was just delivered by the Snake-Gi-Hachi family today, they said it was a gift for you."

Gao Kui suddenly realized that Yabuki Sakura did indeed say yesterday that the Snake Clan would express their apologies and gratitude to him.

"Thank you, I'll drive this car and blow up Genjiro's chrysanthemum."

Chapter 155 Breaking Limits and Speeding Forward

“I’ve looked at the information Norma gathered. Those biker gangs have a deep connection with the Snake-Headed Eight Families, but we still can’t say for sure that the Snake-Headed Eight Families or Genjiro are the real masterminds.”

This could also be a scheme used by the Snake-Headed Eight Families' enemies to cause trouble for them, a plan to kill them with a borrowed knife.

Caesar sat down on the edge of the bed and read the emails on his phone. He had asked Norma for a copy of the message Norma had sent to Gao Kui.

To be honest, Caesar really couldn't understand why the Snake Clan or Genjiro had any reason to take action against Aso Makoto. It was hard for them to gain anything from this.

Caesar had a very bad impression of Genjiro, considering him a morally corrupt beast. At the same time, Caesar also knew that there were some bad people in this world who were happy to do things that harmed others without benefiting themselves, or even harming others and themselves.

Caesar didn't believe Genji was that evil. At this point, provoking Gao Kui wasn't just evil, it was foolish.

"But right now there is no evidence to prove that the Snake-Headed Eight Families and Genjiro are completely innocent. Most importantly, we don't have enough clues, and Gao Kui has enough martial virtue."

Having spent so much time with Gao Kui, Chu Zihang could more or less understand Gao Kui's thoughts at this moment: "Unraveling the mystery bit by bit like Sherlock Holmes or the protagonist in a suspenseful crime drama is both a waste of time and brainpower, and Gao Kui obviously doesn't have that kind of brainpower."

Nono might have some skills, but solving cases and deciphering mysteries is always a series of interconnected steps, which is quite tedious and time-consuming. You can't expect him to do nothing and just wait for us to solve all the mysteries.

Going straight to their door with a knife, like he did, would actually be a simpler and more efficient approach—concise and direct.

What should you do if you've been ambushed but don't know who did it?

If there is sufficient power, the simplest solution is to retaliate against all suspected individuals or forces, investigating as you go. That's what Gao Kui is doing now, starting with the Snake Clan, who are the most obvious suspects.

"Jesus bless."

Guderian raised his hand to make the sign of the cross on his forehead and chest, his eyes closed as he muttered, "I hope Gao Kui is still rational and doesn't do anything that can't be controlled..."

Releasing the enraged Gao Kui is tantamount to releasing a ferocious tiger from its cage; he is bound to do something outrageous, the only difference being the magnitude of the subsequent impact.

Guderian had no regrets. He decided to let Gao Kui go, even at the cost of his own life. If he hadn't let him go, he and his students in Kassel would have suffered.

Moreover, Gao Kui is no longer the weak student he was years ago; he is now an S-class mixed-blood, a prince of the Northern Qi with a prestigious bloodline. Even if they don't want to let him go, it's unlikely they can easily stop him.

After finishing his prayers, Guderian quickly pulled out his phone and called Angers, the person in charge in Kassel, across the ocean. Gao Kui was out of control and about to attack the Snake Clan; the situation was now beyond his control.

The phone rang twice before being quickly connected.

Professor Guderian cut to the chase: "I apologize to Principal Angers for disturbing you at this hour, but I have something very important to tell you. Gao Kui, he..."

"Gao Kui went out fully armed, right? He took Longinus and those alchemical weapons with him, and it's very likely he's going to attack the Serpent Clan, who are currently mired in trouble?"

Angers interrupted Guderian and calmly described the current situation in Japan.

"You know?" Professor Guderian was slightly taken aback.

Angers replied casually, "Norma has already informed me."

Guderian thought about it and agreed. Given the huge situation that had occurred on Gao Kui's side, it was indeed unlikely that Norma would not have informed Angers. Perhaps Norma had already informed Angers when Gao Kui asked her to investigate the intelligence.