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094 Apostles
Lu Mingfei touched his neck, where there used to be something. He had spent a long time in that world accepting the existence of this thing.
It took the world a long time to adjust to its disappearance.
DSS (Deification Shutdown System) is a system that deifies and stops absurd situations.
Although Lu Mingfei's initial focus on this thing was when it would explode, it wasn't just an explosive collar; on the contrary, it was genuine cutting-edge technology. Its primary function was to suppress the body's apostle transformation process.
Unit-03 was parasitized by the Thirteenth Angel, the Seraphim, and subsequently dismembered by Unit-01 under the control of the Puppet System. He has been in a coma in the hospital ward ever since.
Gendo Ikari originally intended to execute him, but everyone worked together to plead with that bastard to extend the observation period. As for the suppression collar, it was developed by Ms. Ritsuko Akagi and her research department working day and night.
Moreover, the collar developed by Ms. Ritsuko does not have an explosive function.
Gendo Ikari, you're utterly incompetent!
The horrific memories contorted Lu Mingfei's face, and he cursed inwardly: "Damn it, Gendo Ikari, I'll go back and kill you sooner or later!"
"Brother..." Lu Mingze looked at him worriedly, "Are you alright?"
Lu Mingfei suppressed his anger, took a deep breath, and said, "It's nothing, I just remembered that old scoundrel."
Constantine peeked out from behind his own corpse, cautiously observing Lu Mingfei's expression. Only after confirming that his terrifying older brother wouldn't go insane for the time being did he slowly move out.
Lu Mingfei's gaze fell on Constantine, and he suddenly remembered something.
"Speaking of which, I was just thinking... I killed him, so why is he appearing in my spiritual vision now?" Lu Mingfei calmed down and asked the question that had puzzled him from the beginning.
"The first generation is very difficult to kill, you know. They can revive through cocooning." Lu Mingze ignored Constantine's aggrieved look and tapped his head. "Nice to hear, nice head."
Constantine covered his head and glared at Lu Mingze.
Lu Mingze pointed to the blood on Constantine's body and said, "Look, when you touched his head, he instinctively parasitized you, and the blood on his head was the medium."
"So he's now... living inside my body?"
"More or less," Lu Mingze shrugged. "Just think of it as having a pet."
"I'm not a pet!" Constantine angrily spread his arms and flapped them up and down. "I'm the Dragon King!"
"Pah, this is the real Dragon King," Lu Mingze pointed at Constantine's dragon body, "you're just a little beggar."
Constantine's mouth opened and closed repeatedly, finally grumbling, "I need to find my brother. Let me out."
"How can I get him out? I can't keep him on my mind all the time, can I?" Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief. "Old Tang is going to hate me to death."
"Who is Old Tang?" Lu Mingze asked curiously. They were just talking about the Dragon King, so why did a name suddenly appear?
"That's Norton, Constantine's brother," Lu Mingfei said, pointing to Constantine.
Constantine mustered his courage, glared at Lu Mingfei, and said, "Bad guy!"
"Hahaha," Lu Mingze laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight, "Brother, your ability to attract attention is too strong! You can easily provoke two dragon kings."
"Hey, you're the one who brought this Dragon King here, don't pretend you don't know!" Lu Mingfei said irritably, "Zero told me everything."
"Wow, my little darling is letting in the wind!" Lu Mingze dramatically rolled around on the ground, "Why does she tell everyone everything?"
"Because she abandoned darkness and embraced the light, she saw through your scheming nature long ago."
"Hmph, even if Constantine was part of my plans, Norton was a real surprise. He wasn't in my plans. You brought this on yourself, so you'll have to take responsibility."
"Hey, he's a guy!"
"Speaking of which," Lu Mingze looked at him meaningfully, "the first generation of dragons also had a mother dragon. Brother, think carefully, is there anyone around you who might be a mother dragon?"
"How is that possible..."
Lu Mingfei shuddered; it would be terrifying if there was a mother dragon by his side.
His AT field is strong, but what if a delicate girl holds his hand, sweetly calls him "senior brother," and then suddenly transforms into a ferocious monster when he's not paying attention, and swallows him whole...?
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Mingfei looked at Lu Mingze with displeasure and said, "Now tell me how to get Constantine out of here, the sooner the better."
After saying that, Lu Mingfei added, "And you too, you come out with me. The thought of you spying on me makes me uncomfortable."
"How heartless. Back when you were in the insertion thimble, you clearly wanted to see me so badly. Now that you're back, a prestigious S-class, with girls fawning over you, you want to kick me aside."
Constantine took Lu Mingze's hand and said, "My brother is a good person. If you help me find my brother, I can let you two be friends."
"Go away, who cares?" Lu Mingze cried hypocritically, "You use me and then throw me away, that's still the brother I love the most."
"Stop acting," Lu Mingfei said helplessly.
"Okay," Lu Mingze said, regaining his composure, "it'll be fine when your blood turns orange-red."
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"LCL, you are now the only apostle in this world. No, to be precise, you are becoming an apostle," Lu Mingze said. "In terms of rank, you are equivalent to the first apostle, the progenitor of mankind. You should be Adam, or Lilith."
"What does this have to do with my resurrection of Constantine? I can't just cut off my flesh to clone EVA and then have him sit inside, can I?" Lu Mingfei complained. "That's ridiculous."
"It's definitely feasible..." Lu Mingze fell into deep thought, realizing that the idea was indeed sound. The body could be replicated, and the soul was readily available; all that was needed was to solve the problem of neural connections...
"Hey, do you really want to do this?" Lu Mingfei saw Lu Mingze suddenly fall into deep thought and quickly interrupted him to prevent him from doing something outrageous.
Lu Mingze shook his head, putting the absurd idea out of his mind, and said, "In the past, if the Dragon King wanted to obtain a physical body as soon as possible, the simplest way was to find a dragon and order it to offer its body. But times have changed, and dragons are hard to find now."
"There's another way, which is to prepare a human body. It's too late to clone people now, but human transmutation is quick. With your blood, brother, transmuting someone will be a piece of cake!"
"Human transmutation? That sounds so evil..." Lu Mingfei remembered watching the 03 version of "Fullmetal Alchemist" when he was in junior high school. The episode about the crying chimeras left him with a lot of psychological trauma.
So much so that he skipped the fourth episode of the 09 anime that aired this year.
"...Brother...Brother..." Lu Mingze called out softly.
Lu Mingfei shuddered. "Speak properly!"
"Brother, have you ever thought that," Lu Mingze's tone changed, no longer his usual playful smile, "that your journey to that world might not be a coincidence?"