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

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"Alright." Chu Zihang nodded.

……

When Gao Kui woke up again, it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

The familiar ceiling, Gao Kui murmured to himself.

In Japanese light novels, the protagonists, after being transported to another world or waking up in some unfamiliar place, often utter the phrase "an unfamiliar ceiling."

This phrase has become a meme.

But Gao Kui was all too familiar with the ceiling of the ward at the Kassel Psychological Research Center, so he could only silently mutter to himself, "The familiar ceiling."

Gao Kui lifted the blanket and looked at his clothes: his Shilan Middle School uniform, which had been soaked by the rain all night, had been changed into a blue and white striped hospital gown from the research center. He wondered which caregiver had changed him.

The sacred relic, Longinus, which Gao Kui obtained at the cost of his own sacrifice, sat quietly on the windowsill, while outside, torrential rain poured down and fierce winds raged.

"Want some water?"

A familiar voice came from the hospital bed beside me.

Wearing the same hospital gown as Gao Kui, Chu Zihang lay quietly on the bed next to him, put down the book "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in his hand, and pushed the water glass on the bedside table toward Gao Kui.

"Thank you."

Gao Kui, whose throat was somewhat dry, took the water glass and drank it all in one gulp, then casually asked, "How long have I been asleep?"

"About seven or eight hours."

"It wasn't too long. I thought I would sleep longer. The longest I ever slept was more than 30 hours when the director and his team gave me sedatives before."

Gao Kui looked at Chu Zihang's current hospital gown again: "Why are you wearing a hospital gown too, and sleeping next to my private bed? I remember the patient in the bed next to mine was supposed to be..."

"Oh, I almost forgot, my uncle said that nine out of ten patients in this mental hospital are actually people from the Kassel Executive Office in disguise. Are the director and his team going to confront me about this?"

Last night, Gao Kui and Chu Tianjiao not only talked about SpongeBob and Patrick, but also mixed in a few useful pieces of information amidst tons of nonsense.

Chu Zihang sighed: "While you were asleep, Dean Guderian and I talked about some other things."

My lineage, matters concerning my enrollment in Kassel, and what exactly happened last night.

"and then?"

“I have been accepted into Kassel early. Professor Guderian said that my Word of Power, Monarch Flame, is a high-risk Word of Power. Historically, among the hybrids who have awakened Monarch Flame, none of them have a bloodline lower than A grade.”

Guderian's original words were that the bloodline level of a hybrid is positively correlated to some extent with the sequence of Words of Power.

High-bloodline hybrids may awaken low-sequence Words of Power, and then forcibly enhance the performance of low-sequence Words of Power by virtue of their high bloodline. Gao Kui is such a case.

However, it is almost impossible for low-blooded hybrids to awaken high-sequence, high-risk Word of Power. Even if they can awaken it, they simply cannot use it safely. It's like trying to pull a heavy cart with a small horse.

"so what?"

Gao Kui pressed on, "Bro, you still haven't gotten to the point. I just want to know what's going on with that hospital gown you're wearing."

"Professor Guderian asked me what had happened last night, and I told them everything."

Chu Zihang spoke the truth, both to Gao Kui and to Professor Guderian.

Chu Tianjiao graduated from Kassel. Last night, after Gao Kui went to sleep, he chatted with Chu Zihang for a while and said he wanted Chu Zihang to go to Kassel.

Chu Tianjiao didn't say that he couldn't tell Kassel the truth about Odin and the Holy Son.

Since Dad didn't say we couldn't tell, that proves we can tell Professor Guderian everything that happened yesterday; they are trustworthy.

So Chu Zihang confessed everything: the Nibelungen, the Holy Son, Odin, Chu Tianjiao...

"Professor Guderian believes there is a 50% chance that Nibelungen is real, that the viaduct may have been built by a sub-species of Nibelungen, and that the father may be an S-class hybrid that they do not know."

As for the Second Coming of the Son and Longinus, they thought it might be delusions I had after a mental breakdown, and they even had me undergo a series of neurological examinations.

Chu Zihang sighed: "As you might have guessed, my mental state is indeed somewhat abnormal, so Dean Guderian and others believe that the Second Coming of the Holy Son is an illusion, and the authenticity of the Nibelungen cannot be completely determined."

Then, they let me stay here temporarily to receive psychological counseling and mental health treatment before I enrolled.

Chu Zihang had long known that his mental and psychological state could not possibly be normal.

A mixed-race person, harboring deep-seated obsessions, and having been depressed for four years—how could their mental state possibly be normal? They're bound to have some minor issues.

But after taking the medicine in the morning, Chu Zihang was convinced that he only had a minor psychological problem, and that the rebirth of the Holy Son and Longinus slaying Odin last night were real.

But Guderian and his men didn't believe it.

You keep talking about the Second Coming of the Holy Son and Longinus, why don't you mention the Archangel Michael descending to earth and killing Odin with a single sword strike?

Chu Zihang now understands Gao Kui's pain: mentally ill people don't need to lie; most of the time, no one will believe you if you tell the truth.

Chapter 32 You Are My Savior

"Didn't you show them Longinus? Let them see the effects of Longinus."

The new relic, Longinus, with its passive ability of absolute immortality, should at least add some realism to the rebirth of the Holy Son, right?

“I demonstrated it.”

Chu Zihang said, "However, Longinus's passive recovery ability was far less powerful in their tests than it was last night, weakened by at least ten times."

Professor Guderian said that Longinus might be an unknown alchemical weapon that my father gave us.

While Kassel cannot currently create alchemical weapons with healing effects, similar ones have existed throughout history.

what happened?

Has Longinus's absolute immortality been weakened?

Gao Kui walked to the windowsill, picked up Longinus, wiped the blade, and examined it repeatedly. It hadn't disappeared, but rather its effect had weakened...

The effect of [Longinus] was not fully realized because Dean Guderian and his team did not receive his permission during the testing.

Is it that my condition or that of [Longinus] is different from last night, so the effect of [Longinus] has been weakened?

Gao Kui didn't feel that Longinus was any different from the night before, yet he didn't entirely trust his own judgment and feelings, just as he didn't entirely trust everything he saw, heard, and touched...

Gao Kui harbored a certain degree of skepticism about the authenticity of everything.

What should I do? Should I try out the effects of [Longinus] myself?

"squeak……"

The ward door was pushed open.

When Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama rushed over after seeing Gao Kui wake up on the surveillance footage, their faces turned deathly pale when they saw Gao Kui holding Longinus and standing by the window, eager to try.

"calm!"

"Gao Kui, please don't do anything rash..."

Masashi Toyama, now middle-aged, and Guderian, with his gray hair, leaped out, displaying agility even greater than that of Ti Lung and Chow Yun-fat in John Woo's films.

One snatched Longinus away, while the other pinned Gao Kui to the hospital bed, earnestly advising him not to despair. "You're still young. Don't give up on yourself just because you have a mental illness. With this face, you have a bright future. In a few days, I'll have my student introduce you to a beautiful female college student..."

The great being, suspected to be the Holy Son, was easily subdued by two civilian staff members in Kassel. Gao Kui, whose bloodline had just awakened, was not even as strong as many C-level hybrids.

Gao Kui, on the verge of tears, explained, "I didn't intend to commit suicide. I just wanted to test if this knife still had any effect..."

No matter how Gao Kui explained, Guderian and Masashi Tomiyama refused to let go. Can you believe the words of a mentally ill person?

Moreover, Gao Kui has a criminal record; the scar on the inside of his left wrist will probably never fade.

After patiently persuading Gao Kui for several minutes, the two finally believed that Gao Kui truly had no intention of committing suicide, and reluctantly relinquished their only hope of Guderian being granted a tenured professorship.

The old man, Guderian, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Gao Kui, don't blame us for not trusting you. After all, you just had a problem last night."

"Understood, understood."

Gao Kui made an OJBK gesture: "Can you give me back my Longinus?"

Masashi Tomiyama, holding Longinus with wary eyes, thought long and hard before returning the knife to Gao Kui.

This alchemical weapon was most likely given to Gao Kui or Chu Zihang by Chu Tianjiao last night. Since Chu Zihang is not claiming it, it is assumed to belong to Gao Kui.

The students' personal belongings are not the property of the teachers in Kassel.

Gao Kui casually grabbed an old newspaper, wrapped the sacred relic [Longinus] in it, and threw it into a corner under the bed before lying back down on the hospital bed: "Dean, you have at least three things to say to me now. Let's get straight to the point."

"It's not just three sentences! I have a thousand words to say to you now!"

Guderian sat down on the edge of the bed, warmly took Gao Kui's hand, and rambled on with burning eyes: "About Kassel, Chu Zihang's father probably told you some things yesterday. Damn, I never imagined that truck driver was actually a suspected S-class hybrid. China is truly a country full of hidden talents..."

Sorry I went a bit off-topic. Since you already know something about Kassel, I won't go into details. As you know, Kassel is a company that specializes in breeding hybrids...

A school that cultivates outstanding mixed-race individuals!

Dean Guderian's face flushed red, his eyes filled with fanaticism as he looked at Gao Kui, gesturing wildly and speaking incoherently.

"A powerful bloodline that surpasses A-level, although not as good as the principal's S-level, is still a rare existence in the world. I think I used this idiom quite appropriately."

With a stable and noble lineage, their bloodline can be traced back to the Northern Qi royal family 1,500 years ago... For over a thousand years, the Gao family has had mental illnesses in every generation, but very few have had their bloodline break through the critical point and completely lose control.

"A prodigy like you, a rare talent, a dragon among men, you were born for Kassel, for me, Guderian! You are the one who can become my messiah..."

Guderian was overcome with grief and his behavior became erratic.

Principal Angers said that Gao Kui could become the messiah of Kassel. Whether Gao Kui truly possesses this talent and potential, Guderian is unsure.

But Guderian firmly believed that Gao Kui could become his messiah and deliver him from hell.

Do you think I, Guderian, must be filled with sorrow?

Do you think I have unspeakable regrets?

No, what I, Guderian, find unbearable is the husky hell called "Fingal".

And Gao Kui, you are my savior!

Gao Kui and Chu Zihang looked at each other in bewilderment. Was Dean Guderian really alright? He looked more like a mental patient than the two of them in their hospital gowns.

Masashi Tomiyama stood beside Guderian, sighing softly, now filled with deep regret.

I regret not bringing the sedative I gave Gao Kui this morning; otherwise, I could have given Guderian an injection right now.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I might have been a little out of line..."

The elderly man with gray hair clapped his hands to calm himself down and said, "In short, Gao Kui, I am now extending an invitation to you to enroll as the head of admissions for the Greater China region at Kassel College."

You were born for Kassel. In Kassel, you can find everything you've ever longed for: glory, love, and legend. Kassel will be your promised land.