In the mountains outside Tokyo, the cold wind blew through the charred torii gates and the roof of the shrine.
White lanterns were hung around the small pavilion in the courtyard, and the candlelight emitted a dense light through the white paper, illuminating the small space.
There is a charcoal stove on the wooden table. On the charcoal fire sits a Kansai iron kettle, and the water is about to boil.
This kind of iron kettle produced in the Kansai region of Japan is dark and heavy. The upper part has countless blunt thorns like a durian, and the lower part is carved with a red-faced and long-nosed Crow Tengu, flying in the clouds and flames with open wings.
The charcoal fire burned the bottom of the pot red, and the Crow Tengu's face and the edges of its wings shone with glowing fire, making it lifelike.
When the water boiled, the old man picked up the iron kettle, poured the boiling water into the tea bowl, rotated the tea bowl, and poured out the water.
In this way the tea bowl is heated.
The old man put two teaspoons of tea powder into the tea bowl, used a long-handled wooden spoon to take a spoonful of hot water from the iron kettle, added it to the tea bowl, and used a cylindrical bamboo brush called "Cha Xian" to gently stir until the tea powder Dissolve completely in hot water.
He padded the tea bowl with golden ancient silk gauze, turned it gently in his hand, turned the side with the bamboo bird pattern toward the man opposite, and bent down to serve tea.
This is a very strict tea ceremony etiquette, and no mistakes can be made.
The distinguished guest bends down to take the tea bowl, and also uses the ancient silk gauze from his kimono belt to cushion it. He turns it clockwise twice and faces the bamboo bird pattern towards the tea brewer. This is a sign of respect for the tea brewer.
Then he drank the tea soup respectfully, then rotated the tea bowl counterclockwise twice, facing the bamboo bird pattern towards himself again, and lowered his head to admire the simple but unique tea bowl.
This is also etiquette, the etiquette of tea drinkers.
If Gu Bei had watched this ritual, he would have been suffocated to death. From the moment the water was boiled, the two of them had been sitting on their knees, admiring each other's faces and the white steam coming out of the iron kettle.
I waited for half an hour just for a sip of tea, not even a few melon seeds to relieve my boredom.
According to etiquette, after drinking, you have to turn the tea bowl up and down and say something like "What a beautiful tea bowl~".
Otherwise it would be disrespectful.
The man said sincerely: "Everyone's tea ceremony has improved again."
The man was handsome and upright, wearing old-fashioned tortoise-rimmed glasses, and his hair was neatly combed. He looked like a young teacher from a certain college.
Masamune Tachibana also put down his tea cup: "Shixiong, how is the geological exploration over at Hongjing?"
"We have changed the exploration method and have already delineated the location. The specific location needs further confirmation."
Miyamoto Shio, the head of the Miyamoto family of the eight Seraki families, is less than thirty years old. Although he is young, he is a recognized academic talent in the family. He studied at Kassel College, and later declined offers from several departments and returned to Japan. The branch is in charge of the Rock Flow Research Institute, and now he is the director of the Rock Flow Research Institute and the current top technical person in charge of the Eight Sheqi Families.
He is also the proposer of the "God-Killing Plan".
In fact, there is no "Red Well" in Tokyo as the two people call it. The real name of this place should be Water Storage Well No. 13. It is located in the mountains near the Tama River, and is located roughly halfway between Tokyo and Yokohama.
"Hongjing" is just a code name.
The God-Killing Plan of the Snake Qihachi Family is a crazy plan: use a boring machine to open the passage to the "Well of Burial Corpses", and introduce the White King hiding there, together with a large number of alienated creatures, into a reservoir called the Red Well. Five thousand tons of mercury and a large number of thermite incendiary bombs were put into the pool, and the high temperature and mercury vapor they produced were used to kill these monsters bleeding with dragon blood.
Although it sounds simple and crazy, it is very feasible.
First, the White King did not recover.
The White King in the Well of Corpses is itself an unbroken egg, so killing the White King's body on this basis will cause the White King's soul to lose its home. Even without the Philosopher's Stone, the killing can be completed. The great achievements of the Death Dragon King.
Second, there is nothing special about the flames produced by dragons using their spirit spirits, except for the extremely high temperature. In other words, thermite can indeed produce high temperatures that are harmful to dragons.
In theory, there is no problem with this plan, but in practice there are still many problems to be solved.
But at this stage, this is indeed the best way to kill the White King.
The struggle between the Snake Qiba family and the Menggui clan has always been a struggle around gods.
The meng ghosts want to resurrect the gods and replace the Sheqi Eight Family as the orthodoxy.
The Snake Qiba family wanted to kill the god while he was still awake, and then become independent from the secret party.
God is the center of all problems.
"Gu Bei." Tachibana Masamune spit out a name, "He is from the headquarters, maybe he has something to do with Angers."
Miyamoto Shio's body stiffened for a moment, and he couldn't help but recall the painful memories of being pressed to the ground a few nights ago.
He had personally experienced that kind of power. Although he was not injured, he just couldn't resist, as if his hands and feet were locked by something and he couldn't move.
Presumably, he should have something in common with Caesar, who was once stepped on the chest and pinned to the ground by Gu Bei.
"I will speed up the progress, please rest assured." Miyamoto Shizuo looked serious and had some determination.
Tachibana Masamune smiled, picked up the iron kettle, rinsed the tea bowl, and then made another cup of tea and pushed it to Miyamoto Shio: "I have recently been thinking about letting a child take over as the head of the family."
Miyamoto Shio's hand holding the tea cup suddenly paused, and he didn't notice the hot water splashing out: "Master, are you going to abdicate!? Why so suddenly?"
"I'm old, and the revival of the Sheqi Eighth Clan will ultimately fall on you young people," Tachibana Masamune smiled, "Besides, it will take some time for naive people to adapt."
"But……"
"Needless to say, Zhisheng will take over this position sooner or later. When the time comes, you should help him more with family matters."
Tachibana Masamune held the tea bowl in his hand, took a slow sip, and exhaled a breath of hot breath: "Find the well where the corpses are hidden as soon as possible. I will officially abdicate after the God-killing plan is over. While my old bones can still move, I will do it for the most part." Young people, let’s do something.”
Miyamoto Shio pursed his lips and knelt down deeply: "I will start the layout of the God-killing plan as soon as possible."
"Um."
Where Miyamoto Shio couldn't see him, Tachibana Masamune's eyes were obscure and unreadable.
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"Ha~ cool!"
Gu Bei and Lu Mingfei both placed bowls as big as their faces on the table at the same time, and then the animals rubbed their bellies in unison. Their synchronization rate was comparable to that of the energetic young man waving flowers in front of the Snow Temple.
Of course, for Gu Bei, who owned the Immortal Thief of Liuku, rubbing his belly was just a habitual action, while Lu Mingfei was really full.
After disposing of all the corpses of Deadpool this morning, the people from the Snake Qiba family sent back some of the people they had taken away before.
In fact, the Sheqihachi family planned to relocate everyone in the town to Tokyo and then abandon the town. However, some people were determined to return, so the Sheqihachi family had no choice but to send people back.
As for the damage caused by Deadpool, it could not be restored in a short time, so it was pushed to last night's local earthquake, although last night's earthquake was not a natural disaster at all but a man-made disaster.
Eriki sipped the ramen in small sips: "Does Xiaobei like ramen very much?"
Gu Bei patted his belly: "Fortunately, I have no resistance to all delicious food."
Lu Mingfei agreed: "Food is the meaning of life... and games."
Eriki nodded: "There is a very delicious Yatai ramen in Tokyo. I will take you to eat it when I get back."
"Okay." Gu Bei gritted his teeth and smiled.
Eriyi also laughed.
Lu Mingfei felt that he had made a wrong decision not to come with Su Xiaoqiang. Now he was not only a little frustrated, but also a little bored.
Liu Miaomiao sat aside and looked at these two legendary figures from Shilan Middle School with curiosity.
Fortunately, Lu Mingfei was a loser from the beginning. Even though he later became a god-like figure, Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang had a good relationship, and she was also a well-versed person, so she naturally knew that Lu Mingfei was actually It's still the same as before.
As for Gu Bei...even though they are in the same class, and
We were roommates once, but we were really unfamiliar with her.
Whether in Shilan Middle School or anywhere, Gu Bei's existence is like a mystery. Many people may have seen what he looks like, but most people have never even said a word to him, let alone Talk about any in-depth exchanges.
This resulted in the fact that even though there were many of his fans in Shilan Middle School, none of them had ever had contact with Gu Bei.
Even a big iceberg like Chu Zihang would inevitably interact with his classmates, but Gu Bei really didn't.
Except asking him to play games might get a response.
Just outrageous.
So Liu Miaomiao was still very curious about Gu Bei's existence.
Moreover, after joining NaduTong, Liu Miaomiao also learned from Su Xiaoqiang that Gu Bei was the founder of NaduTong.
This is even more incredible, and my curiosity is doubled.
So now the way he looked at Gu Bei didn't look like he was looking at a person, but rather like he was looking at some kind of exhibit.
Just...similar to the skeletons and specimens in the Museum of Extinct Animals.
Fortunately, as an S-class student in Kassel, Gu Bei was baptized by such looks every day when he walked on campus. He had long been used to it. He turned to look at Lu Mingfei and said, "How about you help me with this?" , I will give Su Xiaoqiang a half-year holiday, so she won’t be able to work overtime even if she wants to.”
Lu Mingfei complained: "You are using your power for personal gain, aren't you afraid that Sister Hua will hit you?"
Gu Bei waved his hand: "I know everything, I am the boss."
Lu Mingfei nodded helplessly: "You are the boss and you have the final say."
A few people were eating and drinking when they suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the store, and then the store door was opened with a "clatter".
"Welcome!"
The ramen chef uses a strange accent that he learned from nowhere. It is said that he was taught by a coffee seller, which can be very effective in attracting customers.
Gu Bei and others expressed deep doubts about this.
A quiet girl holding a book walked in from the door. Seeing the scene in the store, the girl exclaimed: "Lu Mingfei? Liu Miaomiao? Why are you here!? And... Gu Bei!?"
Gu Bei said hello: "What a coincidence, Chen Wenwen."
It's really a coincidence...it's weird.
There were originally few people and few shops in the town, and it became even less after the Sheqiba family moved some people away.
There are not many places to eat in the whole town now. Apart from the hot spring hotel, this ramen shop is still open.
Not by chance, but by necessity.
Chen Wenwen got up a little late today. She always felt that there was something wrong with the food in the hot spring hotel, so she did not eat in the hotel, but ran out to find food by herself.
Then he happened to bump into Gu Bei and his group.
But what makes Gu Bei want to complain is, why is Chen Wenwen bound to the book every time she appears? Is this little girl some kind of job-changing monster? Will you definitely drop a job transfer scroll if you kill him?
Chen Wenwen didn't know Gu Bei's evil thoughts, so she ordered a bowl of miso ramen and sat next to a few people: "I didn't expect you to be in Japan, Gu Bei. I thought it was Zhao Menghua who was talking nonsense."
Zhao Menghua? What does this have to do with Zhao Menghua?
Gu Bei looked at Lu Mingfei, who was also a little confused.
Liu Miaomiao knew the reason, and told him about Zhao Menghua's use of Gu Bei's name to steal the limelight.
After hearing this, Gu Bei sneered: "It doesn't matter, it's just a bit of vanity. Let him go. Isn't that what you said?"
Lu Mingfei nodded. He was not a scheming person in the first place. If his younger cousin Lu Mingze hadn't praised him to the sky in school and Su Xiaoqiang's bonus came into play, then probably not many people would be able to do it by now. Discover the changes in Lu Mingfei.
"Okay," Gu Beidao, "It wasn't a big deal in the first place. It's all over."
Gu Bei had already said this, and Chen Wenwen didn't know what to say. Only then did she notice the girl next to Gu Bei: "This is..."
"Oh, let me introduce you." Gu Bei took Eriki's hand, "This is my girlfriend, Eriki Uesugi. I came to Japan this time to celebrate her birthday with her."
Eriki nodded quietly to Chen Wenwen, like a gentle Yamato Nadeshiko.
Chen Wenwen also responded, but she was surprised in her heart.
A former classmate would be surprised if he brings a foreign companion when we meet again.
After greeting each other, several people started chatting, chatting about interesting things about Shilan Middle School this year. After a while, Chen Wenwen's miso ramen was also served.
At this time, the door opened again, and the person who walked in had the same reaction as Chen Wenwen: "Lu Mingfei? Liu Miaomiao? And... Gu Bei?!"
It was Zhao Menghua who came, really saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao had arrived.
However, Gu Bei was not interested in Zhao Menghua.
In Gu Bei's opinion, if Chen Wenwen is a scheming bettor, then Zhao Menghua is a playboy who has a sudden change of heart.
He had not been at Shilan Middle School for a long time, but in such a short period of time, he had heard about at least five of Zhao Menghua's dating experiences, which were very telling.
And these feelings all have people involved, which shows that they are not groundless.
And during these relationships, Zhao Menghua never stopped pursuing Chen Wenwen.
Gu Bei didn't hate scumbags. The kind of scumbag who broke up with the previous one and replaced him with the next one was at best a little sentimental, so it didn't matter.
But Gu Bei didn't like to see someone who had several boats on his feet.
He makes pure love.
So he stood up holding Erika's hand: "We still have some things to do, so we'll leave first."
Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao also stood up.
Chen Wenwen sat there, a little at a loss.
Zhao Menghua's eyes lit up when he saw Hui Liyi next to Gu Bei. He came to Gu Bei's side and tried to stop Gu Bei's shoulders: "You're leaving now? Don't you want to catch up with your old classmates?"
Gu Bei held Hui Liyi with one hand and pinched Zhao Menghua's wrist with the other hand: "People can reminisce about the past, but what's the point of reminiscing about people and dogs?"
Zhao Menghua was stunned when he heard this, and then became furious. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a pain in his wrist, and then a fist enlarged in his field of vision.
With the sound of "Peng", Zhao Menghua's whole body softened.
The shop owner had also seen strong winds and waves. When he saw this situation, he immediately said: "If you kill me, don't leave me here. It's bad luck."
"Sure." Gu Bei smiled, then turned to look at Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao, "You two stay here with Chen Wenwen, I'll go take care of him."
After saying that, without waiting for anyone to react, he dragged Zhao Menghua out.
Chen Wenwen sat there in shock for a long time, then finally came to her senses and asked tremblingly: "Gu Bei...could he have joined some illegal organization?"
