Su Xiaoqiang kept looking at Lu Mingfei even as class started later, although the Homeroom Teacher was also confused when he called out Lu Mingfei's name to see a handsome young man on par with Chu Zhihang stand up.
Looking at the dazed and confused classmates, especially Zhao Menghua who was called the Second Chu Zhihang and Chen Wenwen, Mingfei felt immensely refreshed inside.
Meanwhile, he suddenly turned around and caught a paper slip thrown over by Su Xiaoqiang who looked dazed from shock, no, I'm sitting next to you yes, but how'd you even see that?!
'How does it feel acting cool? Showing off feel awesome yet?' was written on the paper, as expected of Su Xiaoqiang, Mingfei slightly smiled, she realised that I was showing off.
'Awesome of course, what? Jealous?' he wrote and tossed back, perfectly hitting the paper piece onto her forehead, making her glare at him.
The teacher standing on the podium twitched his eyes and decided to ignore them, mainly because the other person talking to Mingfei was Su Xiaoqiang, her family had donated much to the school, so, he had to give her some freedom at this point.
Meanwhile, Chen Wenwen, a young girl with black hair and eyes with a fair face, although beautiful, compared to Su Xiaoqiang, she was slightly inferior, she was the classic literary girl that many boys usually fantasized about, including past Lu Mingfei.
Although, for some reason, when he saw her now, he'd expected his crush was still there but somehow, it wasn't, he felt nothing much when he saw Chen Wenwen now, as expected, life is weird....or maybe it's because of Master Gen beating him up too much.
She was sneakily looking at Lu Mingfei, what had happened to him? Although she usually ignored Mingfei, she felt a bit confused because usually Mingfei would have always been looking at her.
Now, he'd become more handsome and even started to not pay attention to her, although she didn't know why, she felt a bit put off or annoyed....
Another similarly annoyed existence was Zhao Menghua, because, what do you mean that Loser Lu Mingfei suddenly became and tall and handsome guy on par with Chu Zhihang?! That's Lu Mingfei! The well known loser of Shilan, the absolute tail ender.
You're now telling me that he became a handsome hunk?!
Ignoring Zhao Menghua's glaring gaze, Lu Mingfei was having the time of his life!
Finally! His long held delusions of showing off at school came true!
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Looking at Lu Mingfei who was called by the Teacher to solve a question, Su Xiaoqiang felt an urge to laugh, that's what you get for showing off! Now we'll see how badly you suffer, after all, Mingfei is a well known academic slacker.
Her expression of suppressing laughter turned into one of a profound worldview collapse as she saw Lu Mingfei write out the correct answer, making even the Teacher do a double take.
After all, everyone expected that Mingfei would always be the tail ender, the last place..
".... That's great! Good job Lu Mingfei!" The Teacher said sincerely as he seemed to tear up a bit, finally! Finally! Even if only once, Lu Mingfei had studied!
Ignoring the teacher's gaze as if he had decided to do some glorious deed, he smiled like a spring breeze at Su Xiaoqiang, although this smile that could charm many young girls was directed at her and she even blushed slightly....she could feel the mockery in the smile!
Damn Lu Mingfei! Just because you got more handsome doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
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Looking at the beautiful and tall mature looking woman who came to pick Mingfei up, her long legs and those red eyeshadows and her hourglass figure, Su Xiaoqiang wanted to ask Mingfei, did you sell yourself?!
Because what the hell?!
Not just her, all the classmates who'd learnt that the handsome stranger was actually Lu Mingfei had a subtle expression.... although most of the boys were actually jealous and envious.
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"....Master Gen...Why are you smiling like that?" Mingfei asked trembling, his earlier bravado from school nowhere to be found, not because of anything else but that his instincts were screaming run! Run!
"...Oh, I thought it's about time for your training to step up a bit." Otori Gen said with a smile as his body shifted to that crowned Lion-like Ultraman of Courage, Leo...
"...Come! Today we're doing actual combat!"
"...Ah?!" Mingfei was shocked, Leo Charged, Mingfei tried to dodge, Leo punched, Mingfei was sent flying.
Looking at the bloody(not really) situation of his Elder Brother, Lu Mingze sadly shook his head, "Poor brother " and continued to eat the high end steak he was having.
"Damn you Lu Mingze!" - Lu Mingfei
"Love you too Elder Brother!" - Lu Mingze
"....Say, why don't you also join us for training?" - Leo
"...He agrees!" - Lu Mingfei
"NOOOO!" - Scream of despair, Lu Mingze
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"So... You're actually trapped somewhere, right?" Gen asked Mingze who nodded pitifully, "So, you're telling me you plan to let Mingfei rescue you and that you can't actually train because you lack a physical body." He continued and Mingze kept nodding.
"Easily solved." Gen said smiling slightly as he looked at Lu Mingfei whose senses kept shouting at him to run but he nodded, "Go ahead Master, tell me what you plan."
"Good! That's how you should be! Ready to save your brother no matter what!" Otori Gen nodded seriously as he smiled slightly.
"And well, I suppose your body is currently very suitable too." He said as Mingfei stepped back slightly while Otori Gen smiled even brightly, "Come on Mingfei!"
"Stay away from me!"
"Ahhhh!"
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30 seconds later, in Antartica, Haven Nibelungen,
A Beam of light crashed through the Nibelungen, breaking the isolated space, shocking Lu Lincheng, who was sitting and managing affairs, preparing his plan and Lu Mingfei would soon join Cassell.
He looked on in shock as a Giant of Light with a red body and a crown like head broke through the top, gently grabbing Lu Mingze suspended by chains as everything obstructing Lu Mingze was turned to ashes.
"....You all... You'll soon pay the price." A voice younger than Otori Gen rang out as Mingze's true body was carried out and the entire Nibelungen was shattered.
"Ultraman?!" Lu Lincheng exclaimed confused and shocked as the figure disappeared, "How?! A Dragon King?!" He asked shocked, not suspecting that it was actually Ultraman Leo himself.
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(Note: I'm using lore from Gate of Cassell game and Dragon Raja novel both, since I find the brother/part of soul bond more likely rather than the Parasite type creature.... Because Lu Mingze was actually there, no matter what he did, to the Original Mingfei who truly had no one, only Lu Mingze truly stood by him from the beginning....)