The Lehnsherr Family

An endless sea of forest stretched out before the eye, vast and magnificent, dense beyond measure.

Lush green canopies pressed against one another.

The branches of towering trees cut the sky into strips of blue silk. Speckled shafts of light scattered down, blinking mysterious eyes as the leaves swayed.

As ancient as time, as young as spring.

Yet now, they seemed to have been affected by some strange power.

The leaves slowly lost their vibrant green life, turning dry and yellow before drifting down from the branches.

Within the forest, countless wisps of crimson mist formed ribbons that converged toward the center.

With nothing left to block it, the sunlight poured down entirely upon the man standing on the earth.

It gilded him with a layer of radiance, yet brought not the slightest warmth. Combined with the withered yellow leaves falling all around him, it instead carried the bleak chill of an autumn wind!

Viewed from above, one could see that within a hundred-meter radius centered on Gu Qing, every animal and plant had lost its life!

Gu Qing opened his eyes in satisfaction and clenched his fist, feeling the strength within it.

"Finally, my injuries have fully recovered!"

This was one of the abilities he could master after Magnetic Field Rotation entered ninety thousand matches.

He could absorb the life force of plants to heal himself. At the same time, he could draw blood from animals and transform it into a blood type suitable for himself, replenishing his blood.

Magnetic Field Martial Way was an exceptionally comprehensive ability. Once one reached ten thousand matches of power, one could gain the abilities of Cellular Recombination and material hardening.

This gave its practitioners extraordinary sustained combat capability. So long as the brain and heart were not damaged, even the gravest injuries could be restored.

After reaching ninety thousand matches of power, this ability became even stronger!

Even when gravely wounded and near death, so long as one was not captured and imprisoned, one could rapidly heal by absorbing the life force of animals and plants, accelerating Cellular Recombination.

Beyond that, one could also manipulate particles on a molecular level and view the thoughts and consciousness of anyone below one hundred thousand matches of power.

Three months had passed since Gu Qing awakened.

During the first month, Gu Qing traced his way from Poland to Germany.

He had finally confirmed one thing.

For someone like him, who knew nothing about this era, relying solely on his own strength to catch a person skilled at hiding among a sea of people—

Was by no means an easy task.

Especially when that person was an exceptionally powerful Mutant!

Especially when the turmoil in Europe had yet to completely subside!

For an entire month, Gu Qing found nothing.

So, over the next two months, Gu Qing did something else.

He gathered a group of subordinates.

If one person could not find Schmidt, then a group of people would search for him.

As for what sort of force would be easiest to take over—

Gu Qing had a sudden thought and remembered Italy, not far from Germany.

In this era, aside from its absurd antics during World War II, Italy was best known for the Mafia of Sicily.

Nothing was more suitable to take over, nor less likely to leave behind consequences, than a group of gangsters.

Naturally, the prerequisite was possessing enough strength.

Sicily was the birthplace of the Mafia. Their original purpose had been to protect their families, but they gradually evolved into criminal organizations.

An organization could not prosper without money, and Sicily happened to lie at the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, with vast and fertile land.

This gave the local Mafia excellent opportunities for development.

On the other hand, the area was not only vast but also difficult terrain. Due to its unique location, it was not easy for the government to govern.

The Mafia had spent a long time in the countryside here. The local government initially paid them no mind, but the Mafia gradually spread into the cities and eventually grew ever stronger.

During World War II, due to the intervention of the *** government, some of them fled to the United States.

Palermo.

Within a manor filled with Norman and Byzantine styles.

Gu Qing descended from the sky.

This place had originally belonged to a Mafia family.

Whatever its surname had been before, it now had a new name.

Lehnsherr!

A woman dressed like an aristocratic young lady approached with graceful steps.

Her eyes shone brightly, her brows were finely shaped, her nose delicate, and faint dimples appeared beside her cheeks. Her beauty was unparalleled.

Her red lips parted lightly. "Master..."

"Vanessa, whatever it is, tell me later. Draw my bath and help me change first."

After enjoying the beauty's service.

Gu Qing lay on the soft bed.

"What did you want to say earlier?"

Vanessa lay against his firm, muscular chest.

"Lehnsherr, recently, most of the family's forces have been sent out to search for the target you instructed us to find. Our planned businesses have all been affected...

Many of our partners have voiced complaints, and McConnell has taken the opportunity to aggressively swallow up businesses that originally belonged to us. I feel they harbor even greater ambitions."

Vanessa was the daughter of the Mafia family's original head.

Having achieved fame and success as a gang leader, he had wanted to move closer to the aristocracy.

But the previous family head had risen from the bottom himself, and it was impossible for him to change his coarse habits.

So, he could only raise his daughter Vanessa under aristocratic discipline from a young age.

After growing up, Vanessa had become involved in the family business and displayed remarkably impressive methods.

After Gu Qing arrived, the original family head had stubbornly refused to yield and was easily killed by Gu Qing.

But controlling a Mafia family was not something that could be accomplished merely through strength and killing the previous head.

At that time, Vanessa had not only abandoned any intention of avenging her father, but had instead taken the initiative to pledge herself to Gu Qing.

With her assistance, Gu Qing had been able to completely take control of the family in such a short time.

He had even renamed it the Lehnsherr Family.

Yet Gu Qing had never intended to truly remain in Sicily and manage this so-called Lehnsherr Family.

He knew that Vanessa had taken the initiative to change the family name and even offered herself to him in order to stabilize him.

Perhaps she had other objectives as well. Gu Qing did not care in the slightest, and could not even be bothered to use Magnetic Field Power to probe her thoughts.

He had only one goal: to use the Mafia family's connections, influence, and wealth to have them help him find Klaus Schmidt!

"This is a trivial matter. Decide it yourself, so long as it does not affect my affairs."

"But as McConnell becomes increasingly excessive, they will severely damage the family's interests and delay the progress of your plans."

"Vanessa, I know you are very clever, but I hope you do not use that cleverness on me.

I am your master now, not your thug. Do not entertain any crooked thoughts about using me.

So long as you can handle the matters I assign to you, I will not make things difficult for you.

But if you cannot handle them, I believe you understand the consequences."

Gu Qing placed his hand on Vanessa's head. At that moment, she could only nod repeatedly, utterly unable to argue with him.