Volume 3 Hello, Eri Chapter 292: The Last Madman (Part 4)
Ange only took a sip before frowning: "After all these years, your tea-making skills are still so poor, are you really a Japanese? Isn't the tea ceremony something you are proud of?"
"But I like American culture. Isn't this what the principal taught me?" Inuyama He was not as hostile as Fuma Kotaro. He could even joke with Ange. "It's been 62 years since we last met, but the principal doesn't seem to have changed. I'm already an old man, but time seems to have stopped for him. Time Zero is really an enviable power."
"Living too long is not a good thing for most people. It can easily make people lonely," said Ange. "If you live longer than others, you will have to watch your familiar relatives and friends leave you one by one. I can't count how many funerals I have attended in my life. I am numb to it. So I always wear a black suit so that I can attend the memorial service of an old friend at any time, or close my own grave conveniently."
"The principal doesn't look like a lonely person."
"Because I still have things to do. Being old in appearance is not really being old. Being old in mentality is what completely destroys a person. Some entrepreneurs are still as energetic as young people in their fifties and sixties, while some young people in their early twenties look old but seem to have died a long time ago. Which of these two types of people do you think is truly old?"
Although the tea didn't taste good, Angers drank it up slowly. Tea was once the most popular drink in the world. Hundreds of years ago, Europeans were proud of tasting tea. Now this trend has become a part of many people's lives. When Angers goes to a British cafe, he often doesn't drink coffee, but tea.
"The position of principal is not suitable, right? In fact, the principal is more suitable to be a general, a dragon-slaying general." Inuyama He understood the elegant meaning of the music.
"No, I quite like being a principal. In fact, I am a thorough educator. I like being with children. Seeing them having fun makes me feel more comfortable, rather than drinking scented tea with an old guy like you. It feels like two moldy fat cats huddling together for warmth, too lazy to even move." Angé smiled.
"I am indeed a bit like an old fat cat. I no longer have the ambition I had when I was young. I just want to enjoy my old age." Inuyama He shook his head and poured a cup of hot tea for Angers. "Is the principal here this time to discuss the collective resignation of the Japanese branch?"
"You are under the management of the executive department. If you resign collectively, the one who should be worried is Professor Schneider. I came here mainly to see old friends. Now is the season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, which is suitable for travel, but there are always some people who don't want me to enjoy the cherry blossoms." said Angé.
Inuyama He remained calm, he had already understood. It seemed that Ange had forced his way into Genji Heavy Industries and was full of hostility, but he did not really want to be an enemy of the Eight Snake Families. The collective resignation of the Japanese branch was not a big deal to him. He could just ask Professor Schneider to deal with it. He came here for bigger things.
"The matter of Takama-ga-hara has been brought to the surface and is known to everyone. For decades, the secret party has been coveting the secrets of the Eight Snake Families. That's why you high and mighty European nobles would condescend to cooperate with the underworld." Inuyama He's voice suddenly turned cold. Serving tea was just a tactic of courtesy before force. After stabilizing Ange, he would start to exert his strength.
"I'm not born a noble, and I don't despise you gangsters." Ange said lightly, "The so-called God has never been your business, Japanese. You regard it as your own treasure and control it tightly, just like a three-year-old child who will hold the candy tightly in his hand even if he is beaten. But the child doesn't know that the candy has deadly poison in it, which is meant to harm rats. If he eats it, he will be doomed. Adults understand this principle. If the child doesn't give it to you, you can only slap him and snatch it away first. Life is much more important than dignity. Have you heard of Han Xin?"
"In the principal's eyes, we are just children holding candies?" Inuyama He's gaze was as sharp as a sword. Since its establishment, the Snake Eight Families have only been so humiliated when facing the European secret party.
"It depends on whether you have grown up." Ange played with the ancient teacup. "The White Emperor is equal to the Black Emperor. How long did it take humans to find the weakness of the Black King and give him a fatal blow? How many mixed-bloods in Japan can withstand such a war? Do you think you can definitely control that thing? Have you considered that the price may be too heavy for you to bear?"
"No, you are wrong, Principal." Inuyama He said coldly, "We have no intention of taking the White King's legacy for ourselves, nor do we want to give it to anyone. We just want to destroy it. It is the ancestor of our Sheqi Eight Clan, and it is also an evil ghost that has been entangled for thousands of years. The family is tortured by it all the time. This matter must be decided by us. But we acted a step too late. Operation Longyuan only destroyed the wreckage of Takamagahara, and the god hiding in it has long disappeared."
"If you think so, you should have cooperated with us earlier." Angers sighed, "Isn't this still the thinking of a child? Stubbornly thinking that you can solve all problems by yourself."
"We were like this many years ago. Remember 1946?" said Inuyama He.
"That year I came to Japan on behalf of Kassel Academy, and you negotiated with me on behalf of the Snake Eight Clan. In a Japanese-style room, you found a group of beautiful women to accompany you for drinking, and halfway through the meal, you began to show an aggressive face, saying that the Japanese mixed-bloods would never submit to foreigners. The tone you use when talking to me now is as if you have returned to that time, except that we are both several dozen years older."
"Japan is such a country." Inuyama He put his hands on his knees, standing still like a Buddha statue, looking directly into Angers' eyes. "Looking back on history, we are just descendants of ancient fishermen. We are short and can't even get enough to eat. Rice is a luxury for most people. It was not until modern times that we had the opportunity to step on the wave of the times. But it is because of this that we can come together. The white world has its own society, and the black world has its own rules. We tried to plunder others and got the retribution we deserved. After that, we carefully cultivated our own territory and wanted to make it our own paradise."
"Of course we know what the White King's legacy will bring. The ancient martyrs paid a lot of price to seal that thing. Even today, there are still people coveting its power and trying to embark on the road to deification." Inuyama He said, "This is the curse and malice that the White King has given us. Even if precious things will bring disaster to the world, people will still surrender because of its beauty and power and want to take it for themselves. We are not sure what the result will be if such a thing falls into the hands of outsiders, so we have to do it ourselves. Whether it is you, the principal, or the enemy of the entire secret party, we can only do this. Those high and mighty people never represent the so-called justice, don't they? Principal, you should know better than me."
Ange did not reply immediately. The specific names of the directors of Kassel College have always been kept secret from the outside world, but many people in the mixed-blood world can make a reasonable guess because they have the same idea. Those big men who generously paid huge amounts of money to build Kassel College were not for the justice of a life-and-death battle between humans and dragons. The price paid must be rewarded. This is actually an investment. What they want is the legacy of the dragon race, the great secrets that can conquer the world. They chose Ange as their sword bearer only because he had enough hatred and reasons and was willing to take on the responsibility of being the leader of the great cause of slaying dragons.
Now that dragon kings have died one after another at the hands of Kassel Academy, this means that a new chapter has been opened in the new world. If they had not had the opportunity to obtain a dragon bone cross, they might have expelled Ange long ago. If the descendants of the sheepdog can do better than the evil wolves of their ancestors, then why do we still have to keep that wild wolf that is easily disobedient? Puppies who will be happy as long as they are patted on the head and given some bones are obviously a better choice.
"Who am I in your eyes?" Ange suddenly asked.
"My teacher, the principal of Kassel Academy, and the swordsman of the secret party."
"No, those are just false names and titles. They are other people's impression of my identity, not my own." Ange's golden eyes slowly lit up, and Inuyama He saw a dragon-like anger there, and his majesty was manifested, as if invisible swords were piercing out from his body in all directions. "I am an Avenger, just an Avenger, and that's why I'm here."
"I really can't... imagine... that the principal actually climbed thirty flights of stairs with his bare hands!" Lu Mingfei moved her legs holding the handrail of the emergency corridor, feeling that she was out of breath like a pug after a long run.
The ceilings between floors of Genji Heavy Industries are higher than those of ordinary office buildings, which makes its 30 floors even more majestic. Although she is no longer the girl who would feel tired after climbing to the fifth floor, she still has to jump around to avoid those who cannot move or scattered weapons along the way, which is like turning this narrow corridor into a cross-country race.
"That's the strongest hybrid. To put it in your favorite way, he's like Whitebeard from One Piece. Don't think he's old, because when he appears he will be accompanied by blood and a knife." Caesar still had some strength to spare. He and Gen Chisei walked in the front and turned back to pull Lu Mingfei and Eri.
"Boss, do you watch anime?" Lu Mingfei was surprised. "It sounds like you know the principal very well, but I have never seen any legend about him on the Night Watch forum in the academy. Everyone just says he is very strong."
"Because all his old friends are dead, along with his past, they are all buried in graves. If you want to hear his story, you may have to dig up some old graves and use necromancy to interrogate them, or you can try asking your team leader." Caesar pointed at himself and looked up at the staircase that seemed to have no end. "Just treat it as a casual chat to ease the tiring atmosphere."
"Contrary to what many people imagine, Gilbert Jean Angers is an orphan. His last name Angers comes from French, but he was actually born in Yorkshire, England. Not only is he not a noble, he also lived a very difficult childhood. His parents who adopted him made a living by training their children to beg and defraud. Angers was the most special one among these children. At the age of twelve, he showed amazing talent and taught himself Latin. This made him appreciated by the local bishop, who provided him with an annuity for him to study in London, so that he would have the opportunity to enter Cambridge University." Caesar said slowly.
“Oh my god, this sounds like the protagonist’s script, just like Zhang Wuji!” Lu Mingfei became energetic when she heard the principal’s secret for the first time. The stories of great men are always more fantastic and exciting than fictional things. Novels don’t dare to describe such things, but they really did it.
"At Cambridge University, Angers met the person who truly changed his life, Menek Cassel, the eldest son of the Cassel family, the founder of the secret party Lionheart Society, and one of the most outstanding dragon slayers in history. Our college was born based on his name."
Caesar went on to say, "Also possessing dragon blood, Menech immediately took a liking to Ange in the crowd, and the two quickly became close friends. Menech treated Ange like a brother and enthusiastically introduced him to everyone in the Lionheart Society. This was perhaps the happiest time in Ange's life. In class, he could enrich himself eagerly. Outside of class, boys favored him and were proud to know him. Girls flirted with him and secretly asked him out at night. Today, he still has the image of a playboy, but in fact, these are all habits and accumulations accumulated at that time."
"Today's Lionheart Club is just a student club at Kassel College."
It's just that Caesar deliberately said these three words very seriously. Targeting Chu Zihang is a compulsory part of his life. Even if everyone seems to have reconciled, they are still rivals, and ridicule is inevitable.
"But at that time it was the youth league of the Secret Party. Only the most elite half-bloods could join to create an elite among the elites, a special forces to slay dragons. The Lionheart Society gave Ange not only friendship, but also dreams and glory. According to Ange's popularity at that time, he was likely to become Menek's successor and the next Lionheart President. But a huge change came at this time. In the event known as the Summer Mourning, the Cassel Manor, the headquarters of the Secret Party, was attacked by dragons at night. An enemy at the level of the Dragon King sneaked into the manor, and the Deadpools surrounded them from the outside. The Lionheart Society was in dire straits without any preparation."
"No, this is very strange." Chu Zihang interrupted Caesar, "In your description, this dragon king showed similar behavior patterns to humans, adopted strategies, and launched a night attack similar to a military strike. This does not conform to the behavior patterns of the dragon race. The dragon race is born proud and despises humans. They should use unparalleled violence to directly destroy any enemy and disdain to use conspiracy."
Lu Mingfei thought to herself, "Senior Brother, you talk as if you are a little white rabbit and have never seen Jörmungandr!"
But think about it, Xia Mina's move was more like a last resort to hide herself and achieve her goal than a strategy. She had successfully stayed in Kassel College for so long without launching a similar attack. Even when they finally fought in the subway station, it was a frontal attack without any delay. This was different from the dragon clan that Caesar described as using strategies.
