"Jingle Bell...... Jingle Bell ......" The piercing chime rang out in the firelit underground space.

The air here smells of burning, and the smoke filled the entire underground space. The fires from the depths grew stronger, and the underground space, which had always been in darkness, had never been so bright.

"Jingle Bell...... Jingle bell ......" The bell like a life talisman continued to ring, and it looked like no one would stop answering.

Lu Mingfei looked at the phone that didn't even connect the wire, and silently picked up the microphone.

"Finally someone picked it up, and I thought everyone was gone." As soon as the phone was connected, the man on the other side couldn't wait to say.

Lu Mingfei asked, "Boss?"

"If you want to call it that, of course you can." The man on the other side replied, his voice so calm that he couldn't tell that he was going to kill them just now.

"Not a bad move, you've solved the problem that has plagued the half-bloods for thousands of years. It's a bit of a humiliation for someone like you to be unknown so far." Lu Mingfei said softly as if complimenting.

"I'm so scared to be complimented by such an honored guest as yours, but I'm still far from you." The man modestly said, "In the presence of your masterpiece, my despicable work is not worth mentioning. Even my mighty partner can only hide like a mouse under your majesty."

"Rats...... It's a good fit." Lu Mingfei nodded, "So what? Did you come to me just to say that?"

"What shall I say......" the man organized his words, "My partner, you must have seen it, I am far inferior to him when it comes to playing tricks in the dark."

Lu Mingfei didn't speak, and quietly listened to the man opposite.

"To be honest, one of the principles of doing business is to be honest and open, but my partner is doing all kinds of things that seem to be hidden in the shadows, and this bothers me a little." The man said with a headache, as if he didn't remember who was hiding and showing his face.

He continued, "Although this may seem a bit inappropriate for me to say, it would be very disturbing for such an unstable factor to remain around."

"So, you're looking for a new partner." Lu Mingfei quietly looked at the bright fire around him and said.

"It's so convenient to talk to smart people." There was a round of applause from the other side, "Honestly, I don't want to make a bad relationship with you, and it's not a good thing for anyone to create a new enemy or something. So if I could, I would like to maintain a good, or not so hostile, relationship with Your Excellency, or the presence behind Your Excellency."

「…… The presence behind me?" Lu Mingfei repeated the word inexplicably.

"The prestige of the Romanovs is not limited to the superficial world, this ancient royal family once cast a shadow over Europe and the whole world. And in the world of the dark side, he once brought back all the half-blood families and even dragons who coveted Russian territory." Although through the microphone, Lu Mingfei seemed to see the expression of the man opposite who was dancing with his eyebrows and giving an affectionate speech. ….

Then he sighed, "It's a pity that there is nothing immortal in this world, the end of empires is always so embarrassing, but this is also the beginning of another new era to be celebrated, isn't it?"

Lu Mingfei still didn't speak, and this silence may be a tacit acquiescence in the eyes of the other party.

"To be honest, I'm quite interested in the resurgence of the Romanov family, which has obviously declined, even reduced to being executed by ordinary people. The sudden return of the Romanovs, who had disappeared, to Russia with astonishing momentum still frightened many people." The man continued, "The name of the mysterious black golden swan, even I would be afraid, Miss Jiude's music has intoxicated many people, and the beauty of Her Royal Highness has amazed everyone...... No one wants to be at odds with such a force, for behind these powerful and beautiful young ladies there is undoubtedly a man worthy of their beauty."

"You also said that they were strong and beautiful, so why wasn't it their own efforts?" Lu Ming

It's not a silent question.

The man on the other side replied, "Because they are all proud, and proud people can't get along with other proud people, only people with strong leadership skills can bring them together." And the true leader of the Romanov family is such a charismatic being."

「…… Otherwise, you wouldn't be here, would you?" He asked suddenly.

Without answering, Lu Mingfei waited for the man opposite's explanation. What he had just said seemed like unfounded speculation, but in a way, he was right, except that the one behind them was not human......

The man who didn't get the expected inquiry began to explain to himself: "Your Excellency's rise seems to me very special, and it bears a striking resemblance to the three young ladies, and I didn't even know they existed until the Romanovs returned. With a strong bloodline, it was as if they had suddenly jumped out. No matter how you think about this, you shouldn't think about it, and your past experience is ...... Lu Mingfei."

At this point he paused, then continued, "It's a little ordinary, but it's also strikingly similar to them. Until the new S-Class comes along, I don't think anyone will know about your existence. Or even if they knew, they wouldn't think it would be an S-class with the best bloodline in everyone, they would probably only think that the old headmaster's brain was broken."

"Good reasoning." Lu Mingfei praised him, and told him that he was actually very powerful, and he wouldn't believe it.

"Thank you for the compliment." The man on the other side humbly thanked him, "And I found that after you entered the Kassel Academy, the mysterious school director who had not appeared for many years finally appeared on the stage...... I would like to say so, but it is actually the beautiful black gold swan of the Normanov family that appears."

"Looks like you know a lot about what's going on there." Lu Ming asked as he didn't mean otherwise.

The man on the other side chuckled and replied, "It's not as deep as yours, but we have our own intelligence channels."

"Uh-huh......" Lu Mingfei nodded to show that he understood, and then he suddenly asked, "Since you know all this, do you know who you are talking to now?" ….

"With whom? Commissioner of Kassel?" The man on the other side chuckled again, "To be honest, I don't think that the Romanov family, who take away a lot of money in Russia every year like me, will do what only a warm-hearted person like the world police does. And what the secret party does, is it really for the sake of the future of mankind, as they say? I don't think it's possible to hide the changes in the Gattuso family from Your Excellency, so how many secrets are there in the entire secret party like that?"

The laughter stopped, and the man on the other side said very formally, "Your Excellency, a new era is coming, and sooner or later, such an old existence as the secret party will be left behind by the torrent of the times. You have the same powerful technology as I do, and our combination will be an incredibly powerful force."

Lu Mingfei said, "I kind of want to hear what you call the 'New Era,'" he said.

The man smiled, "That's the issue after our relationship deepens, and the benefits that can be brought by adding a friend are naturally far greater than setting up an enemy, isn't it? Times have changed now, and dragons who cannot cooperate with each other can only stay in the shadows, and now the position of the master of the world belongs to the humans who can cooperate with each other."

Lu Mingfei's face was a little inexplicable and said, "...... It's a strange thing to say something like that."

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse in time, I have proven my worth to you, and you have shown me your strength." The person on the other side didn't care about Lu Mingfei's mocking words, he said like a real businessman, "Letting Vatukin bring His Royal Highness to you is a slight sincerity I show to you, and I also ask Your Excellency to inform the person behind the Romanov family, I look forward to our next exchange."

"Then, allow me to retire first." As soon as the voice on the other side fell, the telephone microphone was no longer sound, just like an ordinary telephone model.

And after this voice, just like when he came into contact with the black dragon before, the distorted lines appeared in front of Lu Mingfei again: messy

The lines form a huge tree that seems to be invisible. At the intricate roots of the tree, an incomparably huge black dragon is entrenched here; On the top of the dome-like tree, a huge and heroic eagle stood on the thick branches, its deep eyes looking at the boundless world; On top of the large trunk of the tree, a cunning-looking squirrel was running back and forth between the bottom of the tree.

The picture in front of him disappeared, and Lu Mingfei gently pressed his eyebrows to dispel the remaining picture in his eyes: "What do you think?"

"What do you think? How else can you look at it, lying down and watching while eating potato chips......" In the magic link, Su Enxi said silently.

Then she suddenly seemed to react, and exclaimed, "No, that guy just praised me! What did he say about me? Mysterious, beautiful and powerful black gold swan...... Emma, I'm finally waiting for someone with vision, and I'm a little tempted to change jobs."

「…… Can you put your exclamation on point." Also in the magic link, Jiude Mai covered her face, she really wanted to let the EVA activation ability around her give Su Enxi on the other side of the distant world, "If you change jobs, then you will no longer be a black gold swan, but a black gold roast duck that can be eaten however you want." ….

"The other side has more power in Russia than we think." Zero said silently, "Although it was, Vatutin was a general, and he was the last Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. But even so, he was placed under house arrest in the woods outside Moscow, where he hunted for more than ten years."

Su Enxi, who has returned to normal, added: "And it is very hidden, I am in the Russian financial market. Although he is aware of such a being, there is no way to know more deeply, and he knows us far more than we know about him."

"He said so much about us, like he was showing off how much he knew us." She shuddered, "It feels so bad, it's like meeting a stalker."

"I keep saying that I am honest and public, but I hide it deeper than anyone else." Mai sarcastically said, "Who knows who the next Bunin is?"

"I'm sorry, ster." EVA said with a little guilt, "The other party has a high alchemy attainment, and the alchemy matrix of this alchemy prop is a type that has never been recorded, and it is extremely complicated. You can try to crack it, but it will take a while."

"Well, I see......

Lu Mingfei, who blocked the magic link and no longer cared about the discussion in it, looked up at the front. The fire had burned, and the old office deep above the ground had been completely burned except for the desk and chair where he was sitting, including the dragon's blood leeches that were hiding in this room.

He stood up in the complete darkness of his office, picked up the phone that was probably left by the other party for future communication, and was about to turn around, and then the phone in his hand rang again.

"Jingle Bell...... Jingle Bell ......" The same bell was still as rapid as before, echoing in the destroyed office and the same dark corridor, there was an inexplicable sense of weirdness.

Picking up the phone again, Lu Ming's earpiece was placed next to his ear. There was no speech on the other side, but there was a somewhat rapid breathing, and the person on the other side seemed to be a little nervous.

"Ming ...... Ming Fei ......" As if confirming something, there was a quiet, but very familiar woman's voice from the other side.

Lu Mingfei's breathing paused unconsciously, he took a deep breath, and only replied softly after a long time: "...... It's me."

[In view of the general environment, the other side exhaled a long breath as if relieved, and then said in a somewhat nervous voice, "I...... I...... I'm sorry, I wanted to say hello, but I couldn't think of anything to say to you."

The woman's voice didn't change much, but her attitude was a little soft, and she didn't have the tough look that Lu Mingfei remembered.

「…… Me too." Lu Mingfei said silently, he didn't ask the woman how she could get through this phone and how she knew that he was here, because it was likely to be unsolvable.

Exhaled deeply, and the woman who calmed down said a little quickly

"I know you have a lot to ask me, and I have a lot to tell you, but time is running out, and I have to pick and choose."

Lu Mingfei didn't interrupt the woman and listened to her silently.

"Listen, get out of there immediately, out of Siberia, out of Russia. I don't want you to go back to the beach if I could." The woman didn't explain why he had Lu Mingfei do that.

She continued, "You can't be blind to the Kassel Academy, there are good people and bad people in it, and Ange is a bastard among bastards, he is good to his students, but you have to be careful about what he wants you to do."

"If you can hide on the battlefield, you can hide, and if you can't beat it, don't be a hero......

"You can't go to the equipment department to apply for an internship, the people there are more bastards than Angers......

"It's time to choose a course...... That's a good mix......

"The personal room should be well organized, and it will no longer look like a pig's nest......

The woman's voice gradually choked up, and her only key points gradually became homely.

"Ming Fei! Mom ......" She forced her tone to be the same as usual, but the microphone that had no sound in response to her was gone.

A hand stretched out next to her, pressed the hang-up button on the old-fashioned phone, interrupting her later words.

The man with the glasses silently looked at the woman who was glaring at him, closed his eyes and opened them again, silently saying, "The first sentence is enough......".

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