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Chapter 36 China Branch
Lu Mingfei walked in from outside, his face carrying a coldness that Old Tang had never seen before.
"Looks like you've been waiting a long time?" Lu Mingfei glanced at Old Tang, his gaze lingering on his eyes for a moment before shifting to the middle-aged man.
"You came too quickly." The man stood up, took a document out of his pocket, and said, "My name is Cheng Shuangfan. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"But I'm not happy." Lu Mingfei didn't look at the document, staring into the man's dark eyes. "My friend doesn't know what a special animal is, so please don't cause trouble."
Lu Mingfei didn't give the man a friendly look, only saying that Lao Tang was one of his few friends, and he would naturally side with Lao Tang.
Moreover, this was also for the safety of the man in front of him. He had already realized that Old Tang's body was not simple, and if he were to be stimulated, who knows what serious things might happen.
"There's nothing I can do, it's my duty." Cheng Shuangfan didn't take Lu Mingfei's rudeness too seriously.
After all, this situation was child's play for an experienced specialist like him, but the boy's reaction in front of him piqued his interest.
An interesting combination: a half-blooded boy and an ordinary person who frequents Hunter x Hunter websites but knows nothing about them.
"Since you know about our existence, you should also know what this incident represents. We need a detailed account of what happened." Cheng Shuangfan took out a pen and paper from her inner pocket, and her tone changed again, becoming somewhat conciliatory.
"You don't have to go, but you must answer the questions now."
Principles are principles, and rules are rules.
But when it comes to certain things, even principles can be compromised.
As a seasoned veteran, Cheng Shuangfan had the right to make his own judgment—especially when facing the young man before him, a powerful hybrid who seemed to possess terrifying strength.
Cheng Shuangfan's senses are exceptionally sharp, thanks to his mixed-race heritage and years of training. He can even hear extremely subtle sounds—for example, right now, even through the heavy office door, he can still distinguish the friction sound of steel cables running in the elevator shaft in the distance.
Of course, one reason for this was that Su Daqiang deliberately chose an office location close to the elevator for convenience.
However, just now, during the entire process from the boy's arrival to his breaking down the door... Cheng Shuangfan didn't hear a single unusual sound!
There was no hum of an elevator, no footsteps, not even the moment a door was kicked open; the outside world was as quiet as a vacuum.
"You didn't know?" Lu Mingfei's eyes showed surprise. He originally thought that since Kassel had appeared, they had been exposed, but now they didn't know?
Could it be that the people there aren't from Kassel?
But what about Chu Zihang...?
"Wait, are you from Kassel?" Lu Mingfei pressed.
"Of course." Cheng Shuangfan took out a card. "As a special agent of the Kassel China branch, this is my identification."
Lu Mingfei glanced at it; it was indeed the Kassel school emblem. The person in front of him didn't seem to be lying either. But why... wait, he suddenly realized, the China branch!
If the headquarters and branches don't communicate with each other, that explains it!
"You said... is it possible that this wasn't resolved by us?" Lu Mingfei's face was tense, suppressing the almost upturned corners of his mouth. "Why don't you ask your boss?"
"What do you mean?" Cheng Shuangfan didn't expect this reply and subconsciously asked back.
"You'll see once you try," Lu Mingfei shrugged.
The man walked to the window with some skepticism, took out his phone, and started dialing the number pinned to the top of the screen.
After a short wait, the call was connected.
Inside a palace reminiscent of the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty, a stunningly beautiful young woman, seemingly an immortal, answered the phone with a cool, detached voice:
"If you're going to call, couldn't you at least send a message first? My last game was a promotion match, you'd better have something important to say!"
Cheng Shuangfan's throat tightened slightly; he knew this would happen. But since the call had already been made, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak.
"Your Majesty, I am currently on a mission. I have encountered a hybrid with unfathomable strength, and he has told me the details of this mission, which we now know."
"Oh? Is this the work of headquarters?" The girl, dressed in a Tang-style ruqun, lightly swiped her fingertips across her phone screen, glanced at the mission status, and discovered that the mission had been overridden by the authority of the Kassel headquarters.
Even she couldn't see the detailed mission report...
Meanwhile, seeing Cheng Shuangfan walk away, Old Tang asked Lu Mingfei, who had just sat down.
"Mingming, what's going on?"
What exactly is that special animal, and what is this Kassel College?
Old Tang felt like a headless fly. He was supposed to be the hunter, but now he was the only one at the scene who knew nothing.
Seeing this, Lu Mingfei raised his arm and, under Lao Tang's tense gaze, gently poked Lao Tang's forehead with his finger, saying earnestly.
"Old Tang, please forgive me."
"Get lost!" Old Tang snapped. "Are you trying to fool me like Sasuke? And you're forgiving me?"
"Hey, isn't this just to lighten the mood?" Lu Mingfei chuckled, then put his hand on the other person's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll explain later, but now's not the right time."
It wasn't that Lu Mingfei wanted to be a riddle teller; rather, he was forced to become one.
Old Tang's body was clearly not right; if he were to say anything more about dragons, who knows what might happen?
It's best to postpone it for now.
Moreover, compared to explanations, the real problem that needs to be solved now is Cheng Shuangfan.
His hearing wasn't particularly outstanding, but with the help of magic, even though Cheng Shuangfan had lowered her voice and tried to control the sound waves, Lu Mingfei could still hear the conversation on the phone.
He was very interested in that Nuwa.
"Understood." Cheng Shuangfan nodded, took the phone and walked towards the boy, turning on speakerphone.
"Hello, Nuwa?" Lu Mingfei spoke first.
"Have you seen me before?"
You'd never see that before!
Lu Mingfei thought to himself, but a smile appeared on his face: "Of course, who hasn't seen Nuwa?"
He only knew the myth of Nuwa mending the sky, but that didn't stop him from pretending to know what she was talking about.
But to his surprise, a girl chuckled on the other end of the phone, her voice trembling with laughter, "How interesting, so you were just pretending."
"What do you mean?" Lu Mingfei was startled, but his face remained calm. "Testing me like this is pointless."
"But you've already given yourself away." As if sensing the boy's nervousness, the girl's voice became even more cheerful. "Xiao Shuang."
The man opened his phone, and a face that looked like a fairy descended from heaven appeared in front of Lu Mingfei.
The girl smiled brightly as she looked at Lu Mingfei, "They can only hear about my name, very few people have actually met me, but you say you have."
Lu Mingfei didn't answer, he just stared blankly at the girl on his phone screen.
It wasn't because of that angelic face.
Instead, what he saw beneath the girl was not long, slender legs, but a long tail covered in blue scales.