Chapter 34: New Faces Meet

The itinerary of the Kassel trio was packed tight.

After resting one night at the hotel arranged for the Japan portion, they were woken by room service early in the morning and sent off to the restaurant for breakfast.

Lu Mingfei, who hadn't slept well to begin with, had gone through a real-life version of Fast and Furious last night, and this morning he had wanted to stay in bed.

"The Japan branch's car is already waiting downstairs at the hotel," Chu Zihang reminded him.

From the faxed documents received at breakfast, today's schedule—including meals—had been arranged down to the last detail.

This was the reason Lu Mingfei wasn't too fond of Japan's working style.

Like clockwork, every single moment was calculated to the brim.

Inside the car

After tidying his bird's-nest hair, Lu Mingfei gazed at the scenery outside the window.

Honestly, he still hadn't figured out what to do next—go ahead and take out Juzheng Sect early?

God knew which one was his true body; he wouldn't show himself until the very moment of plucking the fruit.

Besides, it was pretty hard for him to do it alone.

Hui Liyi...

That girl's ending in the story had broken his heart; if he could, he hoped to protect her this time.

But what kind of feelings did he hold toward this girl?

Lu Mingfei hadn't figured it out either—somewhat anxious, somewhat nervous.

He slapped his own face.

Wake up, Lu Mingfei—you haven't even walked through the door, haven't met her, and you're already thinking about someone else's little sister.

You haven't even seen her photo.

There's too much to do—what should I do.

"Hm?" Lu Mingfei caught the reflection in the car window and noticed his companions looking at him: "Why are you staring at me?"

"I just feel like you're a bit worked up today." Caesar raised an eyebrow, lounging lazily on the leather seat: "Like a kid excited the night before a school trip."

"Unless something unexpected happens, you won't be able to go to Akihabara today."

Lu Mingfei was silent for two seconds, then said: "That's really a shame."

Beneath the Genji Weight building, wrapped in iron-black glass curtain walls, Yuan Zhisheng's assistant Yabuki Sakura had long been waiting at the entrance to greet them.

She began telling the group about the history of the Genji Weight skyscraper.

Lu Mingfei, utterly bored, trailed behind the group, pulling out his chat group on his phone to check the messages.

What was better than a phone was that he didn't have to worry about not seeing the road ahead because he was looking down.

Hm, a gathering?

Transmigration—something like that, he had to experience it.

"Excuse me, Miss Yabuki, where's the restroom?"

"Right turn up ahead." Yabuki Sakura pointed at a corner where several potted plants were placed.

"President, senior brother, sorry—gotta pee."

He'd come back once he'd figured out what to do in the future.

Speaking of which, should he drop by the Dragon Race author's house to urge updates and ask what happens later in the plot?

What on earth is he, Lu Mingfei?

Emiya Shirou stepped out of the convenience store and scratched his head, intending to head back and prepare dinner first, unaware that the Young Lady of the Tohsaka family had arrived at his doorstep carrying a suitcase.

Passing by the park, he saw a purple figure swinging alone on a swing.

So he privately messaged Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan.

Emiya Shirou: "Brother Xiao, I'd like to ask Teacher Yao to take a look at my sister's health issue—would that be alright?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "No problem, Teacher agreed."

Emiya Shirou: "Brother Su, is it okay to bring a family member?"

Su Lin: "It's fine, last time Luffy brought his companion along to hang out too."

Emiya Shirou: "Got it, thanks."

After saying that, he went offline—no one knew what he went off to do.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "You're the first one to bring a girlfriend, you kid."

Ye Fan: "Isn't that snake of yours the same thing."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "..."

Su Lin: "..."

Luffy: "Mm... I'll pass next time then. I really want to come to the banquet, but something happened on this island."

Zhongli: "Very well, then I'll be troubling Mr. Su Lin."

Su Lin: "No need for formalities, just call me Su Lin."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan and Teacher Yao were currently refining pills amid a mountain range of green hills and clear waters.

"Oh, off to another world again? Last time I left in a hurry and didn't get to properly exchange the art of medicine with my friends from other worlds. This time I can stay a few more days."

Thanks to the chat group's help, Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's current strength had already reached the rank of Two-Star Dou Ling.

The Three-Year Agreement? A few days ago he had suppressed his strength to roughly the same level as Nalan Yanran, and steadily won the bet.

However, the Grand Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect seemed a bit unconvinced and looked ready to cause trouble.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan had sneered at that at the time, and shortly after returned to Wutan City, waiting for them to come make trouble.

If they didn't come, he wouldn't take out his anger on them for things that hadn't happened just because of the novel.

If they did come—heh.

However, Cloud Mountain is probably already colluding with the Soul Hall by now, so the Xiao family will most likely run into some trouble.

The aged medicinal herbs I'd wholesaled from Han Li were just about used up too — time to go gather some more from the nearby area.

Only... Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan turned his head and glanced at Medusa Queen, who was lying on a rock in the distance sunbathing.

Emmm.

Why hasn't he swapped Xiao Cai out yet?

Xiao Cai, if you don't come out, don't blame me for not bringing you along for the good food this time.

Su Lin took a look at the current state of his home (Water Mirror Peak).

Computer, chips, instant noodles, all sorts of snacks and drinks were strewn about everywhere — the Historical Projection helped clean up anyway.

Better to gather outside first.

On a stone table by Water Mirror Lake, Su Lin had laid out some spirit tea he'd acquired not long ago.

With Han Li's little green bottle's help, the spirit tea trees were growing fast.

The tea trees were naturally a friendly contribution from Ye Fan — speaking of which, would there be a chance in the future to plant a Dao Comprehension Tree here?

It wasn't long before a teleportation gate opened at the edge of Water Mirror Peak's lake.

The group arrived one after another.

This time there were three new faces.

A man in a loosely draped dark robe, his braid tied casually behind his head, backlit by the morning sun's gold, bringing out a faint brown; his eyes were gilded, gentle and commanding at once.

A youth in a T-shirt and jeans, glancing around somewhat timidly, curiosity showing in his eyes.

Su Lin thought, I don't even need to guess who that is.

Another slightly chubby, pleasant-looking man stepped onto Water Mirror Peak in a suit — Su Lin was briefly stunned, then recalled this was Zhou Mingrui's appearance.

"This one is Zhong Li."

"I'm Lu Mingfei."

"Miss Kelaien. Of course, you may also call me Zhou Mingrui."

After everyone had introduced themselves, seeing that the righteous companion still hadn't arrived, at Su Lin's invitation they sat down first to chat.

After some thought, Su Lin set out a pile of junk food on the table, along with some takeout the projection had been sent to fetch earlier.

After all, Miss Kelaien had only just become a Sequence 4 demigod, unable to use Historical Projection to conjure foods he'd eaten before.

It's been so long, he must be missing the taste of home by now.

Although a certain Emperor Luo had 'invented' quite a few things, more or less some were incomplete.

"So this is the Parallel World's Earth?" Miss Kelaien curiously surveyed his surroundings, but found things didn't quite seem like the Earth in his memory.

"This is Old Su's sect, floating ten thousand meters above the city." Ye Fan explained to Miss Kelaien: "The city below is Ledu."

"There are three teleportation gates over there." Su Lin pointed toward a direction in the distance: "They lead to, respectively, Rong City, Anqing, and Ledu."

"If you want to go into the city to look around later, just head that way."

"I'd also like to experience this world's city and culture." Zhong Li took a sip of tea and said: "Brother Zhou, shall we go together later?"

"No problem."

Experiencing modern life after so long was Miss Kelaien's goal — if possible, he wanted to buy some things to bring back and try mass-producing them.

Just like bicycles, it would probably make a decent industry, and earn quite a few gold pounds.