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In late August, it was time for Gu Ran to return to school.
This time, there wasn't much reluctance between him and Su Xiaoqiang, because he would soon be able to take up a position at the Japanese branch.
He had already prepared the application, and Angers had given his approval, which was also granted by Professor Schneider.
In the Japanese branch, he could also act as a decapitation striker and go to branches all over the world to carry out missions, so it didn't matter.
He occasionally needs to handle Lionheart Society affairs, so he may still have to spend a week at the academy each month.
Upon returning to school, he first distributed the small gifts he had bought during his trip to the members of the Lionheart Society, and also gave a gift to Guderian and Manstein.
These are all specialty snacks from Europe, such as Swiss chocolate, German beer, and French macarons. I put a little of each in a small bag and distributed them to everyone.
The gift was small but the sentiment was deep, and everyone was very happy. Guderian drank German beer, which he hadn't had in a long time, and was quite emotional, saying that he hadn't been back to Germany for a long time either.
"Do you miss the mental hospitals in Germany?" Manstein asked.
"..." Guderian was speechless.
The two were fellow patients at the same mental hospital.
Gu Ran smiled as he looked at the two old buddies, then suddenly remembered something and asked Manstein, "By the way, Professor, I would like to ask you about the progress of our investigation into the Solomon Temple Society, which we discovered conducting human experiments in Africa?"
"The Board of Trustees has taken over this matter; we have no authority to intervene at this time," Professor Manstein said.
"The Board of Directors got involved? Shouldn't that be the Executive Department's job?" Gu Ran asked, feigning confusion.
Chapter 585 Student Council President Lu Mingfei
If it were an ordinary student, Manstein would have easily fobbed off Gu Ran's question.
But now Gu Ran is the president of the Lionheart Club and a leader of the organization, so he patiently explained: "This is not the first time the Board of Directors has bypassed the Executive Department to do things. They have their own plans."
"Could it be that you have your own family interests to pursue?" Gu Ran mocked without any attempt to hide his sarcasm. "You can even postpone matters of principle. Your bottom line is really flexible."
The Temple of Solomon conducts human experiments and researches dragon genetic technology for criminal activities and the spread of infectious diseases for profit. All of these are crimes against humanity, and according to the principles of the Secret Society, these people should all go to hell.
But reality is not like that.
The hypocritical behavior of the Board of Trustees has been openly and brazenly revealed, without any attempt at concealment.
Manstein didn't respond. He was also dissatisfied with the way the board of directors acted, and he had previously offended those politicians by having the executive department send Caesar to the bottom of the sea under pressure from the board.
If it weren't for his father being the vice principal and night watchman, he would probably be expelled from the school by now.
"Let's not talk about that anymore," Manstein changed the subject. "I heard that your Lionheart Society and the Student Council are planning a unique free day activity. Have you made any plans yet?"
“It’s all planned out,” Gu Ran said with a smile, patting Manstein on the shoulder. “In short, it shouldn’t cost you much money this year.”
Every year on Freedom Day, the biggest headache for Manstein was the budget, because the two societies would fight and shoot out on campus, damaging the hilltop campus and requiring a lot of money to repair.
Most importantly, a group of students engaging in a gunfight, openly violating school rules, is a provocation against his disciplinary committee!
So he was very dissatisfied.
But this year, Gu Ran and the student council president seem to have come up with a new model, which means there will be no more gunfights, which is good news for him.
But given the student council president's track record, could this new format be e-sports?
Manstein muttered to himself.
Guderian then interjected, asking, "What happened to your plane crash a while ago? I thought you were really dead."
"It's nothing. I found a bomb and didn't go up, then I detonated the plane beforehand." Gu Ran explained the lie he had prepared to Guderian.
When Gu Ran's plane crashed, Norma received the news immediately and sent it to Principal Angers.
Angers was initially quite nervous, thinking that Gu Ran was really dead, but then he realized that the kid wasn't that weak, so he should be fine.
Later, he received a call from Zhang Qiong, who explained that Gu Ran had not boarded the plane. He had discovered the plane that was about to carry out a terrorist attack, and with the cooperation of the crew, the plane was detonated prematurely after takeoff, preventing a second 9/11.
Zhang Qiong also asked the school to commend Gu Ran on the phone because he had upheld world peace.
Angers knew that what Gu Ran had done was probably not so simple, but the kid didn't want to make a fuss, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just told the people in the executive department that Gu Ran was not dead and there was no need to search his body.
This matter did not alarm the board of directors, nor did it cause any sensation. Four hundred kilograms of explosives on a plane could not attract the attention of these madmen.
They were more interested in finding dragon lairs and uncovering the secrets of the dragon race.
……
The newly elected student council president, Lu Mingfei, has been very busy lately.
More than a month ago, Caesar recommended Lu Mingfei as the new student council president at the graduation party. At that time, Lu Mingfei was chewing on a sliced baguette and had a lot of mayonnaise in his hand.
Lu Mingfei was genuinely baffled at the time. "If I become the student council president, will anyone respect me?"
The student council president is elected by a vote of the department heads, so Caesar suggested that everyone vote. Everyone raised their hands and cast their sacred vote for Lu Mingfei…
Caesar nodded in satisfaction and then announced that the newest student council president was Lu Mingfei.
In fact, Caesar had long anticipated this outcome, because most of the senior ministers had already stepped down, and the new ministers who had taken office were either from the same year as Lu Mingfei or a year younger.
All they knew was that Lu Mingfei was the only 'S' grade in recent years, that he had killed two club leaders on Freedom Day right after entering university, and that he had also killed Constantine and participated in Operation Bronze, the Wedding Building Incident, Operation Dragon Abyss, and the Night Tokyo Sinks...
These actions were major events throughout the entire academy, and Lu Mingfei, an 'S' level student, was involved in them.
Therefore, these younger students can be said to have grown up listening to his legend.
Therefore, Lu Mingfei is very popular among his classmates and younger students, even more so than Gu Ran.
Because Gu Ran's work is mostly done behind the scenes; he doesn't actually participate in many things in front of the camera.
Moreover, in the world of dragons, bloodline is actually more important than ability.
The theory of bloodline has a profound influence on all mixed-race individuals.
"Wouldn't it be better to let Nono take the spotlight?" Lu Mingfei asked Caesar at the time. "She must really want to be in the limelight, right?"
“She felt that having the student council president as her subordinate would make her seem more like the big sister,” Caesar said.
Lu Mingfei understood. Nuonuo wanted to be a lawless emperor emeritus, or a witch, and wanted to rule from behind the curtain.
And so, Lu Mingfei became the president of the student council in a daze.
Right now, he's in a meeting in the conference room.
The newly appointed head of the student union's logistics department kept asking Lu Mingfei all sorts of budget questions, and other departments were also arguing about the budget, which gave Lu Mingfei a headache.
Fortunately, he was an officer in the literary society in high school, so he knew how to collect and distribute money. However, back then at Shilan High School, the most he received was only a few thousand dollars.
There are wealthy women like Xiaotiannv in the literary society; several thousand yuan is actually a lot.
But now the student council's budget is even more outrageous, starting at a million dollars.
The student union at Kassel College is a fraternity; it operates on donations from its members and does not require funding from the college's finance department.
Among the members are many scions of wealthy families who are quite generous.
Unspent donations from the previous year would roll over into the next, accumulating more and more until the student council simply used the remaining balance for financial management.
Even today, it remains a shareholder in several listed companies and has opened accounts in major banks.
Lu Mingfei remained unfazed by the numbers, displaying an air of worldly experience.
Thinking about it carefully, he has wrecked several luxury cars worth millions of dollars in the past two years. His record includes two Lamborghinis belonging to women with long legs and a Bugatti Veyron, which must be worth tens of millions of dollars in total.
Moreover, he remained unfazed by bids of one hundred million US dollars at the auction.
What's the big deal with such a small budget?
So Lu Mingfei casually approved the logistics minister's budget plan, told him to oversee the allocation, and then moved on to the next issue.
"The next item is about the one-day free competition between the Lionheart Society and the day after tomorrow." The newly appointed head of the logistics department is temporarily serving as Lu Mingfei's secretary.
According to the tradition passed down by Caesar, the internal secretary of the student council president should be the head of the dance troupe. However, the previous head of the dance troupe had already graduated, and a new one was not elected immediately due to the change of leadership. Moreover, with Nono looking at him with disdain, he was too embarrassed to use someone from the dance troupe as his secretary, so he let the logistics minister do it temporarily.
The post-production manager said, "The personnel were actually selected a long time ago and training has already begun, but senior student Chen Motong had to join at the last minute..."
Chen Motong is a senior in college this year and has not yet graduated.
A month ago, she was in seclusion writing her thesis proposal and literature review, so she was unaware of the changes to the "Free Day" event this year.
She only rushed over to ask to join when she heard Gu Ran mention it this morning.
Lu Mingfei looked around but didn't see Nuonuo: "Where is she?"
Nono is the head of the Student Union's Organization Department, so she should be attending today's meeting.
"They've already gone to participate in training..."
Well, this means there's absolutely no room for negotiation.
Since that's the case, Lu Mingfei couldn't say anything and just let her play along.
"President, aren't you going to participate?" the head of the logistics department asked.
"I had to attend a training session that day, so I really didn't have time," Lu Mingfei said.
The ministers all expressed their understanding, as they were aware that Lu Mingfei had been participating in various special training courses since the summer vacation.
During the summer vacation, the principal and vice-principal carried out the 'Nibelungen Project' on Lu Mingfei, injecting the serum of the Dragon King Constantine and a precious alchemical reagent into Lu Mingfei's body.
This process is extremely painful. The domineering nature of the dragon's blood will constantly erode his fragile little body, and there is also the mental shock brought to him when the dragon's blood boils.
Several times, Lu Mingfei felt that he was going to give up and die on this experiment, and the thought of giving up arose again.
But in the end, he didn't give up; he truly persevered.
He had already experienced the feeling of loss when he lost something, hated that helpless version of himself, and didn't want to need someone to rescue him every time.
The reason, I suppose, is that if I had possessed some abilities earlier, I wouldn't have cried so helplessly deep in the Red Well. I really hate that version of myself, helpless and only able to turn to the little devil for help, empty-handed and unable to do anything.
In short, he persevered.
However, the final result of this experiment did not seem to be very good.
His physical fitness and reaction ability are at most at the A-level, far inferior to a 'Emperor' like Genjiro.
He hadn't awakened any magical powers, and even the "Don't die" magical power was only sometimes effective and sometimes not.
But for Lu Mingfei, he was already very satisfied with such a significant improvement.
Next, the principal, vice-principal, and a group of experts involved in the program designed a customized enhancement plan for him.
This program is hellish, combining drug-induced bloodline manipulation, physical training that feels like tearing apart and rebuilding all the muscles and bones in the body, and cramming combat experience into the body...
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