"All right..." Lu Mingfei more or less accepted this explanation. He paced slowly around to face Tachibana Masamune, pressed both hands onto his shoulders, and stared into his eyes with his Golden Eyes. "One last question, Major Bondarev. Leaving aside how to kill a god, you're Dr. Herzog's old adversary. You both know how to resurrect a god and how to kill one. So what exactly are all the 'keys' to resurrecting the god?"
"K-keys?" Tachibana Masamune considered for a moment. "Mr. Lu, if one has the Sacred Corpus, then according to the Imperial Chronicle and recent research, all that is needed is an Emperor of the White King Bloodline to serve as a vessel. As for the details, we don't..."
"Who, exactly, can serve as a vessel? Give me names," Lu Mingfei said.
"Chisei... Gen Chisei, his younger brother Minamoto Chisei, the former high patriarch Uesugi Yue..." Tachibana Masamune slowly listed several names.
"What about Herzog?" Lu Mingfei asked. "He's someone contaminated by dragon blood. Can a so-called semi-evolved being host the Sacred Corpus? Twenty years of planning-I don't believe he only wants a little fetal blood when the god is resurrected. He describes himself as someone at the top of the food chain. People like that think in extremes. It wouldn't be strange if he wanted to evolve directly into a god."
"I've speculated about and assessed everything you've mentioned. But ever since he died once and became 'Kingpin,' he's grown exceptionally cautious and devious. I only have some of his old research materials. I truly cannot determine his goal. To be honest, a god's fetal blood may seem beneath your notice, but for ordinary members of the White King Bloodline, it is something they wouldn't dare dream of." Tachibana Masamune sighed. "I understand. What you really want