Volume 2 Hello, Xia Mi Chapter 136 Bloodline Theory (I)
Kassel College.
This is a very elegant office, with a leather sofa, a large oak bookshelf, a huge world map on the wall, neatly ironed uniforms hanging on hangers, and lush potted plants.
Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and Xia Mi stood in a row with their hands behind their backs. Behind the desk in front of them was the shiny forehead of Professor Manstein, the discipline committee member.
Everyone lowered their heads, occasionally stealing a glance at the color document on the desk. It was this report that put the three of them in a delicate position.
"It's hard to imagine that your first collaboration ended up destroying an opera house with a history of nearly a hundred years." Manstein pushed the document to the three culprits. "Do you have anything to say?"
It was normal for the executive department to cause some noise when on a mission, and usually they would keep it to themselves and clean up the mess, but this time it happened in downtown Chicago, right under the noses of Norma and Cassel, and they had to give an explanation for destroying a municipal opera house, which was a building under the jurisdiction of the Chicago government.
"We can't be blamed for natural disasters or man-made disasters, right?" Lu Mingfei looked at Chu Zihang and then at Xia Mi, thinking that she was the coolest and should be the first to speak out and be the troublemaker, "It was obviously the earthquake that collapsed."
"Chicago is not located in an earthquake zone, so it is theoretically difficult for a large-scale earthquake to occur." Before Manstein spoke, Chu Zihang from his own side began to report geographical knowledge. Lu Mingfei smiled at the professor and kicked Chu Zihang hard on the back of his foot, thinking to herself, "Senior brother, which side are you from?"
"It's not possible that the entire Chicago was not affected by the earthquake, and only the opera house you were in collapsed." Manstein turned to the second page of the file and tapped the report. "The results of the survey show that your internal fighting caused the resonance phenomenon in the opera house. If I remember correctly, your mission is to lure the target out, not to call on the entire executive department to rush in and fight."
"The current situation is more complicated than we imagined, Professor. Didn't the report say that the target is an extremely dangerous SS-level? You can't expect her to be a mouse and she will show up as long as we put a piece of cheese outside the door." Xia Mi felt wronged for being called here.
"If the opera house had not collapsed, you might not be able to see us now, professor." Among the three, only Chu Zihang respected the elderly and loved the young, and still spoke respectfully to Manstein . However, most people in the academy were not afraid of Manstein and rarely spoke like that.
Manstein looked up at the handsome face that was famous at Kassel Academy. He was indeed a discipline committee member with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. There were almost no students who had ever been truly punished in his office. Even a top troublemaker like Caesar was just a frequent visitor here for business talks and would be let off if he just said something.
But the situation this time was very special... so special that Manstein was hesitating whether to make an exception and violate the school rules.
"Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, you go out first." Manstein said.
The two girls looked up in surprise as if they had heard of amnesty, but when they saw Chu Zihang, who still had an expressionless face beside them, they looked at each other and felt very uncomfortable. Manstein only let Chu Zihang stay, and it seemed that he thought that the only good man among the three might as well stand up and take the blame, so that at least the others could be saved.
According to the code of conduct, they should stay and shoulder the responsibility together, but it also makes sense that in times of crisis, they should care less about feelings and save as many people as possible. As a freshman, Xia Mi doesn't want to be punished just a few days after entering school, while Lu Mingfei's S scholarship of $36,000 will be gone in an instant if there is any problem with her credits... The girls are very conflicted at the moment.
"It's okay, you guys can go back, you don't have to accompany me." Chu Zihang rarely showed a faint smile, as if the central air conditioner started to broadcast its warm air again, trying to melt the ice in the girls' hearts.
"Senior Brother..." The girls said in unison, almost shedding tears.
Instead, Manstein stood up, pushed the girls' shoulders and walked out of the office, then returned to close the door, and even locked it.
"Do you know why you are the only one allowed to stay?" Manstein did not return to his seat, but stood by the window. The slightly opened blinds left a fine grid on his bald head.
"Because my past record is bad, it is appropriate for me to take the blame at this time." Chu Zihang is very clear about his situation.
"Yes." Manstein nodded slightly. "I have all your mission records backed up here. Professor Schneider has been helping me keep them secret and not report them to Norma. Otherwise, according to the school rules of Kassel Academy, you should have been classified as a high-risk hybrid and isolated for bloodline observation and trial. I called you here today not for anything else, but because this matter can no longer be concealed. Norma's database now has all your mission records, and any student above grade A has the opportunity to read them."
Chu Zihang did not answer because he could not guess what had happened. Professor Schneider had always been very good to him. In Finkel's words, it was almost the same as treating an illegitimate child. If everything could not be kept secret, the most likely possibility was that something had happened to Professor Schneider. But before coming to the office, Chu Zihang received a call from Professor Schneider, telling him to be careful recently, probably because he had heard some news over there.
"The president attended the Kassel board meeting not long ago and performed poorly. The board members were very dissatisfied with this radical and independent president. One of the grounds for impeachment was that you, a student with a high-risk bloodline, were allowed to live on campus without their knowledge." Manstein said, "The board members suspended the president's position and requested a bloodline review. During this period, you cannot leave Kassel College."
It turned out that the problem was with the school directors. This reminded Chu Zihang of the SS-level information he had taken back during the summer vacation. The SS level meant orders issued directly by the school directors. Those materials included the part about Maybach on a rainy night. It seemed that the school directors knew something about this matter.
But he didn't say it. The fact that members of the mission secretly read the content of the information during the mission would only add more ugliness to his already disgraceful resume. Since its establishment, Cassel has conducted very few bloodline checks. Once it is determined to conduct such an examination on a student, it means that it is suspected that his bloodline is so dangerous that he may become Deadpool at any time.
I think the news has probably spread like wildfire by now. The Night Watch forum should be full of suspicion about Chu Zihang, right? It seems that the dispute between the two major clubs in Cassel, the Student Union and the Lionheart Club, is finally coming to an end. A guy with unstable bloodline is certainly not qualified to be compared with Caesar, a glorious and orthodox A-level.
"I will cooperate." Chu Zihang nodded. Despite such dangerous news, he remained calm and showed no sadness or surprise, as if he had known that this day would come sooner or later.
"I will blame you for the Chicago Opera incident. Although this may make your resume worse, at least no one else will be held responsible for it." Manstein said, "I'm sorry, but this is all I can do. The board of directors has taken control of the academy, and Norma is on their side. Everything that happens in the academy is under the eyes of the board of directors."
"It's okay. This is a good way to deal with it. I believe there is no problem with my bloodline. Once I am proven innocent, all the suspicions in the past will be wiped out. It is always the best way to deal with it by making those who are already suspected of being guilty bear more guilt."
Manstein walked over and patted Chu Zihang on the shoulder. Although the Lionheart President didn't talk much, there was a reason why he was so popular among the students. Just relying on his looks was not enough to get into a place like Kassel Academy. The average appearance of mixed-bloods was outstanding, and to stand out here, one had to be admired in all aspects, especially personal charm.
Chu Zihang left the office, and Manstein returned to his seat and turned to the last page of the document, which had not been shown to the three students just now.
According to the final report issued by the academy, it was not the resonance phenomenon that caused the collapse of the Chicago Opera House, but the ghostly stress. When Manstein saw this description, he couldn't help but wonder if Norma's printing work was wrong, but there was a note behind it saying that this was the conclusion of those old experts in the Kassel Academy. Some of them had become famous as early as the First and Second World Wars, and some even participated in the production of the world's first nuclear bomb. If their conclusions were wrong, then no other experts in the world would be more credible.
This incident is very similar to the recent collapse of the South Railway Station in China, for which the investigation results showed similar stress shocks as in the opera house incident.
This kind of power is incredible. The damage it causes is so amazing that it can be equivalent to a precise earthquake in a small area, but the force only needs to be applied at a point as small as a point. This is like the old boxers in ancient China called that point the eye of all things. Rocks, mountains, rivers, and buildings all have such a fatal eye. As long as you attack this place accurately, you can make the building collapse and the cliff disintegrate in an instant with the power of a punch.
Such precise stress control could never be created by humans, it could only be some kind of word spirit, or even a high-level word spirit that could be driven by the four great monarch-level dragons. The only monarch who possessed pure power was the King of the Earth and Mountains. It was said that his strike could easily move mountains and seas, and even completely change the appearance of the terrain.
However, the words used by the targets in the opera house were all related to water. Chu Zihang's report even showed that Xiyue could even directly control the elements themselves. The power of this bloodline was unprecedented.
Taking into account that Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, was also able to use water-based words during the Kuimen battle, the experts and the school board made a bold hypothesis about this incident - Xiyue is most likely the awakened King of Earth and Mountain, and that she is constantly hurting hybrids in the same way as Norton to devour the power of her bloodline, and that she is deliberately using water-based words to hide her identity.
Unfortunately, Xiyue disappeared from the surveillance of Kassel College after the opera house incident, and no body suspected to be her was found in the ruins. Norma's global surveillance focused on Chicago and its surrounding areas that day, and the overwhelming Sky Eye network invaded every camera, but still could not find Xiyue's trace.
However, Cassel's search is not over yet. Considering Xiyue's previous behavior, her awakening should be incomplete. Her violent bloodthirsty desire will make her strike again. All recent murders around the world will be included in the search scope.
Today's era is no longer the past when people could only rely on manpower to fish in troubled waters. The large-scale use of the Internet and technology has allowed Cassel to reach any place in the world with an Internet connection. The dragons have not had time to adapt to this method. The new era dragon slayers can just sit at home and recuperate until they find the trace of a dragon. Then, the world's overwhelming aircraft will immediately transport the elite dragon slayers to the scene for encirclement and suppression.
When Chu Zihang left the academic building, he saw his junior sisters still waiting for him at the door.
"Brother! Are you okay?" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up when she saw Chu Zihang. She examined his hands, feet and head carefully, as if she was afraid that the person walking out of there was Chu Zihang, who had just been tortured and had no good flesh on his body.
It wasn't that she had a wild imagination, but she had just learned about the history of Kassel. This place was originally a military institution rather than an educational institution. In those days, corporal punishment and mental education were very popular. It could be called a modern concentration camp. They could do anything cruel except killing people. It was hard to associate it with Kassel today. It was said that even today, in the basements of some classrooms that had not been opened for many years, you could still find the torture instruments used in those days. They were covered with human and dragon blood, brewing the anger of revenge.
Xia Mi held Chu Zihang's shoulders and motioned him to stand still. Her eyes were as meticulous as a girl going to the vegetable market to select a piece of top-quality tenderloin. After looking around several times, she nodded with satisfaction: "Yes! He is our genuine senior brother for sure!"
"Don't think too badly of Professor Manstein." Chu Zihang had to speak up for himself. The junior sisters acted as if he had just returned alive from hell. "In the academy, I'm afraid no professor cares about students more than Professor Manstein."
"But I just saw that his expression was so serious that it looked like he wanted to eat someone," Xia Mi said.
"If you want to talk about serious matters, you have to be serious. Do you want him to talk to you in a frivolous way?"
"If he is really like Finkel, I would like him more!" Lu Mingfei laughed.
Chu Zihang was speechless, his serious thinking did not allow him to jump around like a happy little rabbit. People should have different styles, and the discipline committee members should be serious and solemn, otherwise the world would be in chaos.
For example, in Kassel Academy, when people mention Chu Zihang, they will definitely think of the aloof man with a blank face. He will never stand on a high place like Caesar and shout that we are all elites in a great and second-year poetic tone. The image represented by the name Caesar is a rich second-generation man who is elegant and spends money lavishly, especially with rich expressions, and is good at pretending to be cool, arrogant and conceited.
If you really have to find an exception, maybe it's right in front of you?
Chu Zihang looked at Lu Mingfei and then at Xia Mi. He always felt that the two of them were like species carved from the same mold. Their thinking was extremely synchronized. Perhaps they were twin sisters who had been separated for many years.
