Chapter 2566 / Chapter 2567

That's because the person holding the Master qualification on the Astral Express is Dan Heng.

As a descendant of dragons, Dan Heng should summon the Immortal Aeon, Dragon, based on their Bond.

Moreover, the Astral Express never intended to participate in this Holy Grail War in the first place.

The original plan of the Astral Express was even to resurrect A Kivili before the Holy Grail War began.

As a result, A Kivili started spouting things like "I want to be Crowned Rider," and ended up joining forces with Aha to participate in the Holy Grail War.

Damn it, Aha!

However, Himeko didn't find it strange that Murata Ryusuke was curious about A Kivili's affairs.

After all, the other person had always liked to tell him stories about the starry sky and Trailblaze since he was a child.

This is one of the reasons why Himeko became interested in the Astral Express and eventually became its navigator.

If the person in front of him is fake, then he has done detailed research on even the opportunity for Himeko to become the navigator.

Himeko had originally come with the intention of observing Murata Ryusuke, but seeing his awkward yet trying-to-get-close manner, which was almost exactly the same as her father in her Remembrance, everything matched her Remembrance.

Whether it's speaking habits or gestures...

Perhaps... the other person wasn't affected by the concept of "Guiji"?

However, World-Painting has already been summoned by someone else, so Murata Ryusuke is unable to summon World-Painting.

Or perhaps, before the other party even had a chance to truly summon World-Painting, he was Guiji summoned by the Bond between the Murata Family, himself, and Guiji? And then Guiji altered his Remembrance when he seized the Command Spell?

Just as Himeko was lost in thought, a violent roar suddenly erupted without warning. The entire ground of the Huishi Academy trembled, and the glass in the principal's office rattled.

The roar landed within the Huishi Academy... or rather, not far from the principal's office.

Himeko and Murata Ryusuke looked out the window almost simultaneously, only to see countless specks of smoke and dust covering the entire pane of glass, like a thick gray curtain that lingered for a long time.

What exactly fell outside? A shooting star?

"Bang!"

Just as Murata Ryusuke was wondering what was going on, the principal's office door was kicked open from the outside. The door slammed against the wall and bounced, making a jarring thud.

Murata Ryusuke turned his head and saw a boy standing in front of his office door, one foot still in the position of kicking the door.

Murata Ryusuke frowned subconsciously, sizing up the other person... Judging by their age, they were likely a student at the Huishi Academy, but the other person wasn't wearing a school uniform. Of course, that didn't matter, since not many people wore school uniforms anyway.

Besides, why come during the day when you can't do this? Why do you have to come at the crack of dawn and kick down your own office door?

Before Murata Ryusuke could even tell the other person to leave, Himeko had already walked past him and headed straight for the boy.

"Chen Li, you've arrived." Himeko greeted Chen Li with a smile.

"Huh? Himeko, who is this?" Murata Ryusuke was taken aback by Himeko's attitude.

Murata Ryusuke, or rather Guiji, did not know Chen Li.

To be precise, he didn't recognize Chen Li when he wasn't wearing the Golden Honkai-Moe King Outfit.

When Chen Li first broke into the Destruction Path Interstice, he was wearing his iconic Golden Honkai-Moe King Outfit, but now he is appearing in his true form.

"Hey, Old Deng. I parked the car downstairs, is it safe?" Chen Li took two steps forward, raised a hand and put it on Himeko's shoulder, then turned his head to look at Murata Ryusuke and said casually.

Faced with Chen Li's slightly intimate gesture, Himeko merely glanced at Chen Li and said nothing more, nor did she slap his hand off her shoulder.

In Himeko's view, Chen Li must have had a deeper meaning in doing so.

"Wait, wait... This... Could it be... your... husband?" Murata Ryusuke's eyes widened, his fingers trembling as he fumbled between Chen Li and Himeko, his voice slightly trembling with disbelief.

"What are you thinking about, Old Deng?" Chen Li glanced casually at Murata Ryusuke.

"That's good, that's good..." Murata Ryusuke breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing Chen Li's words, patting his chest with one hand.

Although the other person wasn't blond, you could tell from what they just said that they were using a ghost fire.

Besides, Murata Ryusuke tell at a glance that the other party was not old.

Himeko were to actually harm a child that big... she'd probably be captured by the Anomaly Defense Department!

"So your relationship is... mother and son?" Murata Ryusuke looked up and asked tentatively.

"Hey, Old Deng. If you say another word, I'll smash your head in." Chen Li clenched his fist.

"!!" Faced with Chen Li's threat, Murata Ryusuke Great Extinguisher, felt a chill for no reason and couldn't help but shrink back.

"Xing, come here for a second." Chen Li withdrew his gaze and casually snapped his fingers.

"Buzz."

As Chen Li finished speaking, a white light flashed in front of Chen Li.

Hoshi, who was about to charge forward with her Flame Spear in hand, suddenly appeared in the center of the office. The momentum of her charge caused her to slide forward two steps, and the tip of the Flame Spear almost pierced Murata Ryusuke's desk, leaving a shallow scratch on the surface.

"What's wrong? Is there something you need? I'm fighting a boss right now." Xing looked at Chen Li, still holding the Flame Spear in her hand, and even had a few petals that had splashed off from Manyuan still on her body.

At the same time, Xing noticed that Chen Li had one hand on Himeko's shoulder, and couldn't help but tilt her head, her expression shifting from blank to a subtle scrutiny.

Huh? Chen Li, what's wrong with you? I treated you like a man, and you actually wanted to make a move on my Himeko, Himeko?

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"That's Murata Ryusuke, Himeko's father." Chen Li ignored Hoshi's question and simply pointed behind Hoshi.

Xing turned her head following Chen Li's finger and saw a middle-aged man with a dejected look on his face, who was looking at her with the same complicated gaze.

"What are you standing there for? Call someone." Chen Li put one hand on Himeko's shoulder and the other on Hoshi's shoulder, gesturing to Hoshi with his chin towards Murata Ryusuke.

"Grandpa?" Xing asked tentatively, unsure.

"Hahaha... Fifteen years have passed, and I've become a grandfather! Sigh, wait... Who is this child's father?" Murata Ryusuke was taken aback at first, then burst into hearty laughter, his face full of joy. But halfway through his laughter, Murata Ryusuke's laughter suddenly stopped.

Upon hearing Murata Ryusuke's words, Hoshi instinctively looked at Chen Li.

Murata Ryusuke accurately captured Hoshi's movement, and his gaze then fell on Chen Li.

His expression transitioned completely in a single second, from confusion to disbelief to near-horror.

Himeko, standing to the side, fell into an eerie silence, neither denying nor explaining, but simply shifting her gaze slightly away.

"Wait! Didn't you just say you two weren't a couple?" Murata Ryusuke stammered, pointing at Chen Li and Himeko.

"Aren't you an art student? How can you be so conservative? Who says you can't have children if you're not married?" Chen Li said, pursing his lips.

"W-What?! What are you talking about?" Murata Ryusuke's voice cracked again.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?" Chen Li tilted his head, seemingly puzzled as to why the other person was so surprised.

"This is a huge problem, okay?"

Looking at the innocent-looking boy in front of him, Murata Ryusuke felt like killing him.

The cabbage I've raised for nearly twenty years has been eaten by someone else's pig.

Guiji is a person with high professional ethics.

He will wholeheartedly embody whatever he becomes, and he will also invest genuine emotions. Just like how he would post photos of his daughter in the work group of the Great Extinguisher.

If I had to describe it, raising a daughter would be like playing dominoes.

Raising a daughter is like building a domino set. You pour all your patience and love into it, stacking each domino one by one. Once your daughter is well-raised, the domino set is complete, and all that's left is to knock it down.

The initial purpose of building dominoes is to destroy it. The sheer joy of that moment, even if you've been building for a very long time, even if every domino you drop is imbued with your love, there will be no hesitation when it comes to the final step of Destruction it.

But now...

Himeko returned to the Duality Paradise. Although the Phantasmoon Games had turned into Counterfeit Holy Grail War, it was still incredibly exciting. The dominoes had almost reached their final stage.

Then suddenly someone appears, steps on your finger as you're stacking the last domino, and kicks over all your dominoes at the same time.

Holy crap, how can you be so selfish!

"Himeko, look! This guy is obviously not a good person, don't be fooled!" Murata Ryusuke pointed a trembling finger at Chen Li, who was looking at him smugly, and asked Himeko for help.

Upon hearing Murata Ryusuke's words, Himeko looked at Chen Li beside her. Chen Li's expression instantly changed, his smugness vanished, replaced by pure innocence and bewilderment.

"I'm telling you, it's one thing if you can't provide Himeko with companionship, but can you at least stop stopping her from going to someone better?" Chen Li looked at Murata Ryusuke, his tone extremely aggrieved.

"Alright, Mr. Ryusuke. Don't be so hostile towards Chen Li. He's really a very good person." Himeko glanced at Chen Li again, then turned to Murata Ryusuke, saying with a hint of helplessness.

"He's a good person? How did you get that idea?" Murata Ryusuke looked at Himeko in disbelief.

At the same time, Murata Ryusuke saw Chen Li giving Himeko back.

Upon witnessing this scene, Murata Ryusuke almost laughed out of anger.

"That Himeko! You must have hired this guy just to annoy me, right? I know, there's always this kind of Murata Ryusuke looked at Himeko, his tone full of anticipation.

"What are you babbling about? You haven't answered the question I asked you yet. Is it safe for my car to be parked downstairs, old man?" Chen Li interrupted Murata Ryusuke's self-consolation.

"What car? What building downstairs?" Murata Ryusuke blinked, somewhat taken aback.

"It's the car parked outside your window," Chen Li pointed to the window behind Ryusuke.

Murata Ryusuke turned to look at the window behind him, only to see that the smoke and dust stirred up by the huge commotion were still lingering outside, a hazy layer obscuring everything, making it impossible to see what was outside.

"You can see it as soon as you open the window," Chen Li reminded him.

Murata Ryusuke hesitated for a moment, then walked to the window, placed his hands on the window frame, and pushed the window open.

The night wind, carrying smoke and dust, rushed into the room, making the letters and drawings on the table rustle.

When Murata Ryusuke looked out the window, even though he had prepared himself mentally, his pupils dilated instantly when he saw the "car" parked outside and the scene before him.

At the same time, Hoshino and Himeko, who were next to Chen Li, also saw the scene outside the window and subconsciously wanted to rush to the window, but Chen Li pressed their shoulders down and kept them in place.

As the moonlight shone down without obstruction, Chen Li's "car" parked downstairs came into everyone's view.

It was more like a tower than a car.

A colossal silver tower stands straight in the center of the Huishi Academy campus, reaching into the sky.

Or rather... it's a train whose front end is stuck straight into the ground, with its rear end standing upright in the sky.

The train that had traversed the galaxy was now fixed like a giant nail in the very center of the Huishi Academy. Its lights were still flashing, as if announcing in its own way... Hey hey! Surprised? Unexpected? Happy?

"That, that's... the Astral Express?!" Murata Ryusuke said, his voice trembling as he gripped the window frame tightly with both hands.

Murata Ryusuke slowly turned his head, looking at Chen Li with an expression as if he had seen the end of the world. The tremor in his voice was even more intense than when he had accused Chen Li of being a liar earlier.

"Yeah. I originally wanted to pick up Himeko in this Astral Express, but the rules of this New Penacony seem to be a bit different from the outside ones. We can't lay silver tracks, and something unexpected happened while we were driving. But it's not a big deal," Chen Li said casually.

"You call this a minor problem?!" Murata Ryusuke suddenly turned his head and glared at Chen Li, pointing his finger out the window at the Astral Express that was almost vertically planted in the middle of the courtyard.

Murata Ryusuke is now truly determined to kill Chen Li.

Holy crap, what did you do to the Astral Express?! You bastard!

How could you treat the only remaining Astral Express in the universe so roughly?!

What about Pom-Pom? Won't Pom-Pom stop you from ordering?

Why didn't he smash your head in?

"Himeko, you saw that! The guy you found has turned the Astral Express upside down like this. Aren't you angry? Even the worst eyesight should be able to see through him by now!" Murata Ryusuke turned to Himeko, his voice full of eager anticipation.

"Mr. Ryusuke, what are you saying?" Himeko tilted her head, looking at Murata Ryusuke with some confusion.

"Astral Express!"

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"Didn't you see that huge Astral Express crashed to the ground? It was all the work of this guy next to you. Aren't you angry?" Murata Ryusuke was taken aback by Himeko's calm reaction, then pointed out the window again.

"I think... if it's Chen Li, his actions must have a deeper meaning." Himeko stroked her chin lightly, paused for a moment, then looked up at Murata Ryusuke and said earnestly.

Himeko said it, and that's exactly what she thought.

Since it was Chen Li who did it, there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

Perhaps the Murata Ryusuke before him was truly bewitched by the concept of Guiji, and Chen Li was doing this to help him?

Perhaps anger will bring him to his senses.

Having figured this out, Himeko moved closer to Chen Li, her body pressed tightly against Chen Li.

Murata Ryusuke noticed Himeko's action, covered his head with his hand, and felt a wave of dizziness.

I was furious.

Put yourself in Murata Ryusuke's shoes: he had finally trained a super-talented navigator who could lead the crashed Astral Express back to the galaxy.