Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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Chu Zihang didn't react when he heard this, because he wasn't familiar with Japanese and didn't know what the Japanese person in front of him was saying... His eyes remained calm and still.

Akira Sakurai became a little nervous and quickly explained, "We just came to the mountains for a walk. We thought this shrine was very beautiful, so we came closer to take a look. If we can't see it, we'll leave right away."

"Our shrine is not open to the public, you should leave now."

"Okay okay."

Sakurai Akira hurriedly nodded and bowed as he pulled Chu Zihang around.

Just as the two turned around, a clear clang rang out, followed by the sound of wind breaking through the air from behind them.

Draw your sword and chop!

But Chu Zihang remained motionless with his back to the sound of the wind. Judging from the sound, he could tell that the length of the Japanese swords the men carried at their waists was insufficient to cut them.

It was just a test.

He withstood the probing, but Sakurai Akira did not. With his back to the sound of wind breaking, he darted around and turned back in one swift motion.

His stress response made the man's face show an expression of "I knew it."

Sakurai Akira failed the test, and their first reconnaissance mission was successfully discovered by the other side... Chu Zihang had no choice but to run away with Sakurai Akira.

They had no weapons, and they didn't know how many mixed-race people were in the other shrine. They weren't there for revenge, so there was no need to fight and draw blood.

Lu Mingfei had also told them that if a conflict broke out or they were discovered, they should first try to escape...

Faced with their escape, the man who had come out to question them hesitated for a moment and did not immediately chase after them with his knife.

Japan is not entirely the domain of the Snake-Headed Eight Families. The Demon Clan is like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, ready to strike unexpectedly.

If the other party is a member of the Fierce Ghost Clan, and you rashly go after them alone, you might accidentally give away your life.

After a few more people emerged from the shrine, he attempted to lead a team to pursue them...

However, Chu Zihang and Sakurai Akira had already disappeared into the ravine and were nowhere to be found.

……

After the two men climbed out of the ravine, they split up and sneaked back to the hotel to meet up.

Somewhat dejected, Sakurai Akira and Chu Zihang stood in front of Lu Mingfei, who had returned to the hotel early.

Chu Zihang took out a blueprint and said to Lu Mingfei, "This is an architectural design blueprint that we recorded while observing the Sheqi Eight Shrine from the mountain."

However, it seems unlikely that we'll be able to easily sneak into the shrines of the Snake Clan anytime soon; our exposure might put them on their guard.

They weren't caught as soon as they arrived. On the mountain, they first recorded the architectural design and structure of the Sheqi Hachike Shrine before going down to observe it at their leisure.

"I'm sorry, Lord Lu, I was just too flustered." Sakurai Akira confessed, feeling extremely ashamed.

Chu Zihang's performance was flawless; the problem lay entirely with him. He was too nervous, which immediately exposed his true abilities.

The system shifted its gaze from the architectural plans of the Snake-Headed Eight Families Shrine to Sakurai Akira, causing Sakurai Akira to panic.

However, the system did not reprimand him. This matter could be considered a big deal or a small deal. Sakurai Akira was the first subordinate to come and surrender, so he should be treated well both morally and logically, in order to set an example for other dangerous hybrids to come and surrender.

The system understands the principles of keeping one's word and upholding integrity.

It said in a calm tone, "Then let's put this matter aside for now. It is indeed a bit abrupt for someone to suddenly appear around the Snake-Headed Eight Families Shrine, and since this is your first time on the job, it's inevitable that you will make mistakes. As long as you are all safe and sound, that's fine."

The shrine is located in a different place than Genji Heavy Industries. The area around the shrine is too desolate, and two grown men would feel conspicuous if they stayed nearby for too long.

As for Genji Heavy Industries, it was a busy urban area with people coming and going, and with the light rail passing through the Genji Heavy Industries building, it was normal for people to stop and watch. Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi stood on the other side of the road for quite a while, and then it was time for Uesugi Erii's scene... They stood there watching the show for so long, and no one noticed them because it was all too normal.

"Yes, sir!" Sakurai Akira breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the system's words.

Chu Zihang asked, "So what should we do next? What's the key point?"

Sakurai Akira glanced at Chu Zihang. It was his first time on a mission, but it was also Chu Zihang's first time... He was still too weak.

The system said, "The focus now is on the Snake-Headed Eight Families. We need to find out their attitude and what secrets they are guarding. But without enough luck, it may take a long time."

Let's stay here for a few more days and see if we can find any opportunities by splitting up. If the Sheqi Hachike family doesn't offer any opportunities, we'll go to the Aoyama Charity School.

If the Snake Clan doesn't give us a chance, we'll just grab a bunch of people from the Aoyama Charity School and run away, solidify our own foundation, and then slowly sit down and talk to them.

The few days spent in Tokyo were enough for the system to use the Netherworld to explore Genji Heavy Industries on its own.

"it is good."

"Yes! Your lord!"

With the plan finalized, they split up and began to use their individual skills.

Tokyo at night is brightly lit, creating the atmosphere of a city that never sleeps.

Looking at the office buildings with their lights on, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but shake his head.

No wonder Tokyo is known as the city that never sleeps; with so many office buildings brightly lit, how could it possibly be nighttime?

No wonder the Japanese language has a term like "corporate slave"—they really work themselves to the bone when it comes to overtime; even the donkeys in the production team wouldn't dare to do that.

These brightly lit buildings naturally include the extremely classic office building – Genji Heavy Industries.

Genji Heavy Industries, with its black glass exterior, appears much brighter under the lights of workers working overtime, rather than as dark as during the day.

“…Radiant, yet not shining…” Long Wen chanted, his whispered words enveloping Lu Mingfei’s body in his Netherworld Illumination Domain, until his figure completely disappeared into the dim alley.

[...The "illumination" field is expected to last for 20-30 minutes...]

Releasing incantations is very physically demanding, but fortunately, after two months of analysis by the system, the effect of the Netherworld Illumination can now be performed almost perfectly, leaving no faint wisp of black smoke like that of a beginner within the area covered by the domain.

This allows the system to enter the building without restraint, without having to worry about the sharp eyes of those who are watching.

Upon entering the emergency staircase of Genji Heavy Industries, the system immediately deactivated the Dark Illumination and allowed him to recover his stamina.

The safety staircase is a pedestrian staircase. Due to the building design of Genji Heavy Industries, almost no one uses it, so it can be used as a resting place.

Genji Heavy Industries' architectural design is quite user-friendly. The bottom four floors have a large staircase, so you don't have to go around to the emergency staircase to go up. The upper floors have multiple elevators that can carry people, so you don't have to use the stairs unless there is a power outage.

[...The 35th floor of Genji Heavy Industries, excluding the workplaces of ordinary employees, would require approximately three nights to roughly explore...]

When exploring Genji Heavy Industries, the first place the system will definitely go is their archives or similar places.

However, after spending ten minutes three times going around each of the marked document rooms, I still couldn't find what the system was looking for.

The documents in the archives mainly record the business of the Snake Clan, that is, their yakuza operations.

The Snake-Headed Eight Families have established themselves in the underworld, which relies on violence the most, and have long been the underground emperors of the four main islands of Japan.

Local yakuza gangs profit from the local area, and these gangs profit from the yakuza, even scaling up, industrializing, and formalizing the Japanese yakuza industry... They even registered an insurance fund to serve the yakuza, allowing members of the yakuza to purchase insurance...

Japanese organized crime groups can openly register companies, although from a systemic analysis perspective, this is a strange tactic by the Japanese government to force them into the open... It cannot be ruled out that the Snake-Headed Eight Families have infiltrated Japanese politics to solidify their underground dominance...

But these are not the messages the system wants.

After its sixth attempt, the system took a breathless rest in the safety stairwell.

Lu Mingfei's physical foundation was still too weak. After nearly three hours in Genji Heavy Industries and intermittently activating his Netherworld Illumination for an hour, he was exhausted.

Fortunately, we successfully achieved our goal for the first night.

It's a pity we still don't know where Uesugi Erii is, or when she'll run away next... Otherwise, we could try to see if we could just kidnap her.

If all else fails, we can at least get her words of magic out of her...

……

The system's beloved Uesugi Erii was playing a game in the hospital room, but she wasn't focused on it and seemed somewhat distracted.

Her sudden departure from home today did not ignite her furious anger, nor did Tachibana Masamune or Genji Chisei fly into a rage at her.

Yuan Zhisheng spent more time playing games with her today. He originally wanted to spend more time with her tonight, but a work-related phone call made him leave.

As he left Erii's hospital room, he casually closed the alloy door that resembled a bank vault door. His assistant, Crow, then spoke to him, "Young Master, the family shrine encountered what appears to be spying from the Oni Clan today. There are two hybrids circling around the shrine."

The demons… Genji frowned and asked, “Have you caught them?”

"No, the people guarding the shrine are probably part of the Oni Clan's scheme. They didn't dare to attack rashly and instead stayed at the shrine. The head of the clan has assigned this matter to you, young master."

After the crow finished speaking, it cautiously glanced at Genjiro's face.

It is common knowledge within the family that the young master of Genjiro and Miss Erii have a very good relationship. Today, Miss Erii's sudden departure from home, and her successful escape from Genji Heavy Industries, startled everyone.

She was in the hospital room with her sister, and I suddenly interrupted her...

However, he really couldn't delay any longer. The incident that happened at noon was reported to the head of the family, and in the afternoon the head of the family passed it on to the young master. When he received the information, the young master was still in Miss Erii's ward. This matter had been dragging on in his hands for a long time, and now it was already past midnight.

Fortunately, Genjiro's face did not show any other expression; he was simply lost in thought.

"Is there any other intelligence or information?"

"We are currently tracking the direction they fled, but they disguised themselves and separated, making it difficult to investigate."

"So you mean we have to start the investigation from the beginning and start slowly?"

"Yes, but the good news is that, in terms of direction, they eventually converged on Tokyo."

"Then you can start investigating first."

"Okay young master."

After dismissing the crows, Genji stood at the door of Erii's intensive care unit, but did not immediately open the door and go in.

I'm really quite upset.

Erii and the Demon Clan reminded him of someone... or rather, a certain demon...

"Sigh!" He sighed deeply, composed himself, opened the heavy metal door, and went inside.

Chapter 94 Why don't you, as the older brother, take her out to see the world?

During their separate operations, Xia Mi did not go to the Genji Heavy Industries, but instead took advantage of the nightfall to briefly start her Tokyo travel plans.

If I don't take a few more turns and have some fun, I'd really be letting myself down.

The Tokyo Skytree is actually the Tokyo TV Tower. Because it looks beautiful when it is lit up at night, it has been a landmark of Tokyo ever since its construction.

Xia Mi happily took a photo and sent it to Panpan in China, then put away her phone and wandered around the streets.

It has to be said that her looks have attracted countless eyes. With a slight upturn of the corners of her mouth, both men and women are captivated by her sweet smile and become smitten.

But the sensation she created was quickly stolen by someone else...

"It's Kazama Ruri!"