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In the original plot, after Constantine was transported back to Kassel Academy, Old Tang accepted Lu Mingze's commission to sneak in, met him and witnessed his death in front of him, and then awakened to become "Dragon King Norton".

Although now, Constantine was intercepted by Uchiha Hikaru in advance.

But with Lu Mingze's means, there must be other ways to help Old Tang awaken successfully.

Uchiha Hikaru didn't ask Lu Mingze what he was going to do, but just mentioned the reason for his trip: "I heard that Norton once created an alchemical weapon called 'Seven Deadly Sins', intending to use it to kill his seven brothers and sisters, and that thing was sealed in this 'Bronze City'... Is that right?"

“…Is this what you are talking about?”

Lu Mingze was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and waved.

Accompanied by a wave of air.

A rectangular box with an ancient shape appeared on the bronze ground.

Then, as Lu Mingze lightly touched the groove on it, there was a "click" sound, and the groove opened. The parts inside spread out in a fan shape, revealing seven swords of different shapes - from a heavy sword in the shape of a saber, to a curved-blade Atkan long sword, an elegant straight-blade sword, to a wakizashi that was only the length of a forearm... Each sword had intricate and profound patterns on it, and a dark golden light flowed on the blade.

"Oh~"

Uchiha Hikaru narrowed his eyes slightly.

It’s time to say it or not.

The appearance of "Seven Deadly Sins" is really cool.

These seven knives correspond to famous knives from all over the world, and each one corresponds to a crime. Because they were made by Norton himself, the lines of the blades are more condensed and exquisite than any weapon made by human power, just like a set of works of art.

——I just don't know whether the appearance of these swords is original to Norton or plagiarized from the human world. If it is the former, then the aesthetics of this "King of Bronze and Fire" is still quite online.

the other side.

Lu Mingze raised his chin: "How about it, do you want to try it?"

"May I?"

Hikaru Uchiha asked.

After getting Lu Mingze's approval, she walked up and tried to pull out the knife.

Hmm...I can't pull it out.

This is also normal.

According to the setting, the "Seven Deadly Sins" has its own blood detection system. Only hybrids with blood purity above grade A and pure-blooded dragons can pull it out. Uchiha Hikaru does not meet this condition.

However, any restriction has a limit.

If she was strong enough, she could break it with brute force and remove the Seven Deadly Sins as a non-dragon descendant. But Uchiha Hikari was a delicate and weak woman, so her strength was obviously not that strong.

"……Pity."

"This is 100 million US dollars..."

Uchiha Hikaru sighed, dismissing the idea of ​​"selling the Seven Deadly Sins to Kassel Academy for a large sum of money" in his mind, and then said lazily: "If there is nothing else to discuss, then let's say goodbye here first. You go and deal with Norton's matter, and don't forget to leave me some of his blood sample."

"it is good."

Lu Mingze's figure twisted and then gradually disappeared into the air.

——This guy is the same as Minato Namikaze, both are in spirit form, and his real body is sealed in the old site of Black Swan Port. Therefore, he does not need to go through the gate guarded by living spirits to enter and exit the "Bronze City".

But Uchiha Hikaru could only walk back by himself.

on the way back.

She searched the remaining rooms and courtyards in the "Bronze City" and found several ancient books written in Han Li script. She guessed that they were left by Norton, who was still "Li Xiong" back then.

There are also some cup ornaments with ancient styles.

Since these items were already ownerless, she simply took them all in and planned to take them back to study and see if there were any records about "alchemy". If there were, she could study them with Kikyo and Minato Namikaze. If not, she could just treat them as a collection.

……

That night.

Uchiha Hikaru brought Eri and others to a nearby city to experience the local Sichuan-style hot pot.

For Esdeath and Eri, this is a unique way of eating.

Among them, Eri, a Japanese girl with a light taste, was choked by the spicy sauce in the soup. She couldn't help but stick out her tongue and fan herself with her little hands.

Esdeath, on the other hand, looked relatively calm, with no change in expression from beginning to end.

of course……

Just "looks like".

If you observe carefully, you will find that Esdeath drinks water very quickly, and from time to time she uses the ability of "Devil's Essence" to manually add ice cubes to herself.

"what happened?"

Esdeath chewed a few ice cubes silently, swallowed them, then turned her head to look at Uchiha Hikaru beside her.

"...No, it's nothing."

Uchiha Guang smiled and handed over the juice in his hand: "Give me some too."

"?"

Although she was a little confused, Esdeath still followed her instructions and snapped her fingers, freezing several pieces of ice out of thin air in the juice. This scene made Xia Mi, who was standing by, envious: "By the way, what exactly is Sister Ace's Word Spirit? This ability to create ice instantly without even chanting the Dragon Word is really too convenient."

"Well, you can assume that she is a hybrid of the Water King. As for her specific identity... I will tell you when necessary."

Uchiha Hikaru explained a little vaguely.

"……All right."

Xia Mi pursed her lips and didn't ask any further questions.

the following few days.

Uchiha Hikaru stayed in the Sichuan-Shu area and took Eri and Esdeath to visit nearby attractions.

The Three Gorges, Dujiangyan, Qingcheng Mountain, Panda Base...

These places, not to mention Esdeath and the others, even Uchiha Hikaru was coming here for the first time.

On the contrary, Xia Mi seemed to be very familiar with the place. She planned a tourist route very skillfully and then took them around to visit.

"Well, I worked in a travel agency for a while during the summer vacation two years ago, so I'm familiar with these procedures. And I've been to the Three Gorges area once when I was scouting the area a few months ago, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to be your tour guide."

Xia Mi said with pride.

Also.

This "next generation" Dragon King is quite dedicated when it comes to imitating humans, and since he is a dragon himself, he has mobility far beyond that of ordinary people, so it is understandable that he did sufficient preparation.

When visiting the panda base.

Eri tugged at the corner of Uchiha Hikaru's clothes, then held up a small notebook under her gaze and asked her seriously if she could adopt a giant panda cub and take it back to Japan to raise.

"?"

Raise a panda?

Uchiha Hikaru turned his head and glanced at the silly black and white bears in the protection base, hesitating for a moment: "Well... it's not impossible."

In theory, pandas cannot be kept as pets.

However, this problem can essentially be solved with money.

The Snake Family can even raise a "Snake Deadpool" in large quantities, so a few iron-eating beasts are no problem. Although this thing belongs to the "bear" family, and its bite and scratching ability is relatively advanced among bears, if it really fights hand to hand, it may not be able to beat the seemingly weak Eri.

but……

It should be no problem to beat Caesar Gattuso, after all, the latter has a glorious record of being defeated by a polar bear...

During this time.

Uchiha Hikaru didn't pay much attention to Kassel's movements, so she didn't know how Lu Mingze's plan was going. Since the other party hadn't contacted her, she estimated that the action against Norton should not have been completed yet.

However, the Snake Eight Clan received two phone calls from Eri, one from Uesugi Yue and the other from Minamoto Chisei, asking about her recent situation.

Of course……

Eri couldn't speak, so when she answered the phone, Uchiha Hikaru was there to help her relay the two phone calls written in a small notebook.

In this process.

Yuan Zhisheng mentioned something about Tokyo:

"Recently, the principal... Hilbert Jean-Anger of Kassel College has called several times, saying that he wants to come to Japan in person to meet with the Snake Eight Clan. Do you think... should you agree, or reject him?"

"Oh? Ange is coming?"

Uchiha Hikari raised an eyebrow.

This was probably the purpose of the calls from Gen Chisei and Uesugi Yue. They wanted her to make the final decision on matters related to Angers.

In the original work, Ange did go to the Snake Eight Clan, but that was Long San - in 2011. And the main reason why the latter started that trip was that the Japanese branch betrayed the Kassel headquarters, and Lu Mingfei's group of three had lost contact, so as one of the secret party leaders and an old gangster, he had to go to Japan in person to calm the situation.

And now...

"It seems that Cassel has also found some clues."

Uchiha Hikaru thought so in his heart, but his face did not show it: "This is a matter between you and Cassel, you can handle it by yourselves. It doesn't matter if you meet or not. Once it is confirmed, just tell me the result."

Speaking of which...

Uchiha Hikaru had once wanted to meet Ange and see the latter's word spirit "Time Zero".

but now.

With a better trading partner like Lu Mingze, "Time Zero" is not that important. If I remember correctly, Lu Mingze also has a similar ability - the ability he used to freeze the roller coaster at Liupanshan Amusement Park during the Long Er period - from what I saw from him, it should be the same.

present.

Uchiha Hikaru stretched and looked at the mahjong table in front of her - this was the game she had just started playing with Eri and the others in the past two days:

"Relax for two more days, then go back to Tokyo."