Greece. Santorini

With autumn leaves churning in the air, the silver-grey sports car sails through the sea breeze and up the hill before leaving the market known as the 'Hermitage Town' and stopping next to a hidden castle.

It was a private castle, and there were already signs warning about dozens of kilometers in the direction, and within ten kilometers, there was a sentry post every five hundred meters, and the men inside wore sunglasses, shiny rifles and strong muscles seemed to warn that they were not playing here.

The castle is surrounded by cliffs on three sides and faces the sea on the other, and the designer's good intentions have to be commended, and in order to allow the sunlight to fully shine here, he even used the curved glass and the sentry box outside as reflection points, and every moment and angle were carefully calculated.

Today, the castle gates were open, and rows of maids and maids stood in the doorway, smiling, looking at the sports cars that had just stopped in the parking lot.

The driver came down first, and he bent to the rear, pulled the door, and blocked the top edge of the door with his hand, as if he was worried that the guest would accidentally hit it.

Shiny leather shoes poked out of the car door, and then a neat suit, a black briefcase, a bright red rose pinned to his chest, and finally the old man fell to the ground with sunglasses, and his silver hair shone in the light of the setting sun.

"Whew, these guys, they're so solemn."

Ange whistled, and the butler at the door immediately trotted in to pick up the briefcase in his hand for him.

"Are they all here?" The old man looked at the blond-haired man and asked.

"The six trustees have arrived, and Frost said that as soon as you arrive, you can start the meeting directly." Patsy leaned over and whispered.

"Tsk, Frost, this guy is exactly like a little lamb who is in a hurry to get milk." Ange brushed his hair from the long ride to the car window and nodded:

"Let's go, I'm hungry, I don't know if Frost can prepare me a better dinner."

"Please rest assured, Headmaster Angers, the acting head of the Frost family has brought the family's most famous chef here, just to make your guests satisfied."

Patsy still replied without leaking, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Tonight's main course will definitely satisfy you." ”

"That's good, I'm a little tired of the old one."

Ange smiled as well, took his briefcase, and walked straight into the castle gates.

......

"Headmaster Angers, long time no see."

As soon as he entered the door, Ange saw the girl who had been with a cold face standing up from the sofa and smiling at her.

"Hi Lisa, my child, it was indeed a long time ago when we last met." Ange didn't hesitate and opened his arms: "It seems that you are a little more mature, I remember the last time I saw you, it seemed that you were still wearing a school uniform." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the only time you've seen me wear a school uniform was when I spoke at the Badmington commencement ceremony." The girl came up to hug him and said to him: "That was seven years ago, but you were the same seven years ago and you are now, it seems that time has stopped in you." ”

"Maybe it's because of time zero. Besides, for an old man who is about to die, even the god of time will have mercy on him, but it is only mercy, and it has no effect. ”

The old man and the girl went upstairs arm-in-arm, like an aged English nobleman in the sixteenth century with his beautiful daughter to a dinner party.

Pushing open the intricately carved woodcut door at the end of the second floor, Ange saw a series of familiar faces, some of them looking at him with a slight salute, some smiling and nodding, and others looking at him with a curious look.

"Hannah. Nicklaus, you look like an Egyptian who saw a polar bear for the first time. Ange said to the girl with a smile.

A hint of panic flashed across the girl's face, and she obviously didn't know how to deal with the situation, so she turned her head to look at the white-gloved young butler behind her, who pondered for a moment and whispered something in the girl's ear.

So the girl turned her head, tried to keep a straight face, and said in a straight voice: "Principal Ange, it's a pleasure to meet you, please take care of you in the future." ”

"Absolutely." The old man pulled out a chair and sat down, took a cigar from his pocket and said, "But if you want to manage the family's affairs, I recommend you to learn from Frost, he is better at this." ”

"I said he's a very interesting person, Miss Hannah, and don't be afraid of him." The middle-aged man who was named smiled back, showed his demeanor, and then stood up and introduced to everyone at the long table:

"The new head of the German Niklaus family, Miss Hannah, seventeen years old, has just taken over the family affairs, and I believe everyone has already understood it, so I won't introduce it more."

Ang Tropia nodded and the crowd burst into applause, and the girl stood up with a red face and bowed around.

Nicklaus's previous head of the family was killed in a plane crash, and Miss Hannah, as an only child, was forced to give up her Kassel Academy and return home to inherit the family business, but fortunately, her father's henchmen are still there, and now she can help her run the huge family, except for those with bad intentions.

"We've had a lot of new friends lately." Ange took a big puff of his cigar, white smoke coming out of his nostrils, and sighed.

"Indeed, that's the first thing we're going to do tonight." Frost nodded to Ange at the end of the long table with a deep look on his face, "Everyone is here, let's get started, Headmaster Ange." ”

"Absolutely." Ange nodded, picked up the brass bell that had been placed on the table and shook it, and at the same time, the lights in the house were instantly extinguished, the curtains were drawn, and the light source in the room changed from incandescent and the sun to a column of candlesticks on the long table.

The atmosphere in the room changed instantly, if it was a formal conference room before, now it is a silent room for monks to do penance, the room is surprisingly dark, only the flickering candlelight illuminates the faces of all the school directors, and the fragrance of lamp oil fills the room, which is mixed with mint, which makes people extremely sober.

Next to the long table, in addition to Ange at the end, there were six people, two old men, one holding a cane and one twisting Buddhist beads, two middle-aged men, except for Frost, the other looked quite ordinary, holding two walnuts, and his wrinkled eyebrows looked like a migrant worker who was in a hurry to go to work on the side of the road, and there were two other ladies.

"As ever, the Gattuso family is represented by Frost. Gattuso took the place of his brother, the head of the Gattuso family, the man in Pompeii. Ange stood up and presided over the meeting: "The one who never attends is still not present. ”

"So, let's get to the first item, the vote on the joining of new members." Frost shook the bell, the representative started the topic, and looked at the end of the long table: "Ange, this time you are the introducer, please briefly explain why you want to invite the new members in." ”

"Why? To be honest, I've never been good at answering this kind of question, so I only just passed the grade when I studied at Cambridge. Ange scratched his head:

"However, if you insist on letting me say it, it should be that we need to spread the power of the secret party more widely, only in this way can we grasp the first-hand information of the dragon king anytime and anywhere, and we can react faster."

Ange paused slightly at this, looked around at the school board, saw that they all nodded, and continued:

"Now our influence is spread over seven continents and four oceans, even in outer space, but in two places, our hands will be greatly limited, one is Japan, the other is Russia."

"Wait, why is Japan ......" Frost frowned, and just wanted to ask, but saw that everyone around him looked like they were taken for granted, and even the girl who was in the meeting for the first time nodded, swallowed her words secretly, and planned to go back to Pompey to ask.

To be honest, although he had been here for a long time, everyone, including himself, knew that this position belonged to another person, and that he Frost was just an outsider.

is already humble, if you are ridiculed because of this, it is not worth it.

"I know that your Gattuso family has a certain relationship with Russia, but the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and in Russia, isn't it another family that is most famous?" Noticing Frost's unusual look, Ange misunderstood what he was trying to say, explaining:

"The Romanov family, a family that has risen rapidly in the last 20 years, I remember that many of you have suffered a lot in the business war in Eastern Europe, and many of the industries in Japan also belong to this family."

Clapping his palms, Ange looked at the gate: "Come in, Ms. Su Enxi." ”

The door was open, and the woman in high heels walked in, her eyes swept around, and finally looked at Laurent, like a peacock on a screen: "Long time no see, Miss Laurent, and everyone." ”

"It's been a long time, Su Enxi." Laurent got up and smiled generously: "Welcome to join us." ”

"No, we haven't voted yet." Ange said in a low voice: "Let you meet her first, many well-known entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe and North America ask about the black swan, the secretary of the Romanov family, Su Enxi, gentlemen and ladies, please vote." ”

The other five people in the room, including the male butler who was standing, all looked over and looked the woman up and down as she entered.

Some of them have not been involved in the family business for many years, and some are still on the front line of the family, but in any case, they have heard of this world-famous black swan.

Their investment advisors also know each other, not only have they heard of it, but they also have some ...... Hate it to the core, because this woman has ruined the reputation they have built up over the course of a lifetime in a matter of years.

Wall Street even did it for a while, and once it was rumored that this woman had entered which stock and which aspect, it would be sold immediately, no matter how good the future prospects were and how much she lost now.

lost and earned, the principal is still there, and he knows how he earned it and how he matched it, but in the hands of that woman, countless well-known capital predators don't know how they went bankrupt.

With her help, the Romanovs have now become the veritable number one family on the Asian continent, limited to assets, even the Laurent and Nicklaus combined.

Since the establishment of the secret party, very few new members have been developed, but the Romanov family is an accident, hundreds of years before the feudal imperial power was still prevalent, the Romanov family was one of the members of the secret party, and there are many royal children who have become the leaders of the secret party, and the relationship between the two has been stable and solid.

Until that revolution swept through Russia.

Now the few remaining members of the Romanov family have been revived again, and given their influence and deep historical roots, the secret party decided to extend another invitation to the family, which was not promised until the turning point this year, when Her Royal Highness the 'Princess' of the Romanov family entered the academy.

The Romanovs also returned to the embrace of the secret party, with just a small ceremony.

The school trustees voted to allow the Romanov family to join them, although this was only a superficial work, in fact, they invited others to join, but for the sake of the face of this group of old guys in the secret party, they had to go through the formality.

"Unanimously approved the Romanov family as trustees of the Kassel Academy." Ange swept his eyes and shook the bell: "Will Miss Su Enxi become the speaker of the Romanov family in the future?" ”

"I guess so, maybe you'll see someone else once in a while." Su Enxi grinned and found a place to sit down.

"The details of the academy will be sent to the address you left soon, and there is also a white card from Norma, this is already the most sincere gift of our secret party, Miss Su Enxi, please take care of it in the future." Frost said with a smile in his voice, wanting to make a good impression on this powerful family.

"You know what Norma is, right?" Ange added: "I don't believe a well-known family of half-breeds doesn't know about Norma and the Kassel Academy. ”

"Of course I do." Su Enxi raised her eyebrows: "But that thing seems to be only available in the school, and I can't use it too much outside." ”

"But you can treat her as a secretary, she will wake you up at the specified time every morning, and she can sing you birthday songs on your birthday, which is quite nice." Ange made a joke.

There was a little smile on the corner of everyone's mouth.

"Alright, let's move on to the second topic." Frost's face was solemn, he picked up the bell and shook it: "Regarding the cave that the Academy sent people to explore a few days ago, Ange, I want to know if it is true, whether it is the foundry left by the King of Bronze and Fire. ”

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn, and under Frost's murderous gaze staring at Ange, even Su Enxi restrained the smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Huh?" Ange flicked the ashes.

"I said, what the hell is that?" Frost continued in a deep voice.

"Don't you know the foundry of the Lord of Bronze and Fire? You called me that night. Ange laughed.

"But I thought you were just joking, Ange, I can tolerate other things, you can't hide anything in the matter of the Dragon King." Frost got up and leaned forward, giving an invisible pressure:

"What exactly did you find in the Bronze and Fire King's foundry?"

"Nothing, do you believe it?" Ange still smiled: "If there is, won't the people you hide in the executive department be like hyenas to pass the news to you as soon as possible?" ”

Frost gritted his teeth: "Okay, then let me put it another way, your good student Lu Mingfei used a pair of small knives to smash the whole body of Deadpool above the A level in Los Angeles, but I didn't find a similar small knife in the borrowing records of the ice cellar."

In other words, the weapon in Lu Mingfei's hand was found in the casting of the King of Bronze and Fire, right? ”

This is a big crime, and the weapon left by the dragon king is so easily handed over to someone else, and no one can agree to it.

They were members of the school board, and all the property of the college should be distributed among them, not Angers.

All of them looked solemn at the same time, and they all turned their eyes to Ange, waiting for the answer from his mouth.

A burst of singing suddenly sounded, Ange looked down, and smiled embarrassedly: "Wait for me to answer the phone." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the rest of the people to agree, swiped the screen, and picked up:

"Lu Mingfei, is there anything wrong?"