Chapter 15 Some birds can't be caged after all
"Uncle, can you finish all this?"

At Limin Restaurant, Lu Mingfei looked at the table in front of him which contained four dishes and a soup.

"You know, I ran away from home and I don't have that much money."

At first, he was planning to order some fried rice to get by with it, but he didn't expect Uncle Liu to just wave his hand and order five dishes.

"Eat your meal in peace. Just think of it as me taking care of the boss's business today."

Uncle Liu, who had just come back after paying the bill, smiled as he saw Lu Mingfei sitting properly in his seat, waiting for him.

A person who has courage, etiquette, and solid knowledge will have no trouble finding success anywhere.

"You go ahead and eat. I just ate at Boss Lu's house. The employee meal there is really good. I'll take you there after you start working."

Some people, after being caught in the rain, will always think of holding an umbrella for others.

"Thank you, uncle."

Lu Mingfei nodded in thanks and ate his meal in peace.

The food in this restaurant is not that delicious, with a lot of oil and salt, but the advantage is that the portions are large, and the rice is deliberately cooked a bit dry, which is very filling. It seems to be a place for people who do heavy physical labor.

Of course, Lu Mingfei wasn’t someone who cared about the taste, so he drank three big bowls on the spot.

It was rare for him to use his body in high-intensity combat, and he was really hungry.

"I'm done, uncle."

After swallowing the last bite of food with the idea of ​​finishing the meal, Lu Mingfei put down the bowl.

The scene before my eyes changed again without me noticing.

".Again?"

This time they were in a magnificent hall. In front of them was a long mahogany carved table filled with unfamiliar dishes that Lu Mingfei could not name. Lu Mingfei looked to his side and saw the boy who had claimed to be his younger brother standing beside him dressed as a waiter.

"Long time no see, brother."

The boy waved.

"We just met a few hours ago."

"It feels like a long time since we last met. It's been half a year since we last met, after all."

The boy took a sip of the milk, his posture as if he was tasting some high-end red wine.

"I'm not hungry."

Lu Mingfei crossed his arms and sighed, "If you had come 20 minutes earlier, I might have been able to fill my stomach without owing you a favor."

"A penny can make a hero fall."

The boy waved his hand with a smile, and the mouth-watering food turned into smoke and disappeared.

"I knew it."

Lu Mingfei muttered to himself and looked around.

It was almost the same as when they first met. Everything in front of me, including this boy, seemed to be an illusion. Moreover, the flow of time in this space was different from that in the outside world.

Very magical power.

"Can I learn?"

Lu Mingfei asked tentatively.

"It's a pity, brother, you have not yet taken back the authority you gave to those traitors."

The boy's words were always full of middle school feeling, as if Lu Mingfei in front of him was really an emperor in the feudal period.

"That's not possible."

Lu Mingfei looked disappointed.

"It's amazing."

The boy sat next to Lu Mingfei and looked at him.

"From my impression, you don't seem to be someone who is keen on pursuing power."

"As a student, you were too lazy to move even during your final exams, knowing that you were going to end up in a mess."

Even if the teacher scolded him for being a weight and dragging down the class average, he would just keep his head down and wait for death, not refutate, not study, and do nothing.

When someone steps on your head, no one cares.

I didn't care and was too lazy to even stand up. I just wanted to squat there without moving.

"You spy on me?"

Lu Mingfei discovered the blind spot.

"Surveillance sounds bad. This is called caring."

Lu Mingze retorted, and then spread his hands helplessly: "Besides, there's nothing I can do except watch you."

"how to say."

Lu Mingfei supported his chin with one hand, and his eyes gradually became deeper.

“I don’t want my future self to regret not working hard enough when facing difficulties beyond my ability one day.”

He felt that he was no longer at the age where he had to work hard to impress others, at least mentally. Now he had clear life goals and his own way of living, and in order to achieve his goals, he would choose to move forward.

His knowledge broadened a lot with the fantastic experience, and he dared to bet that he was the only one in the world who had transformed into Ultraman.

"What if it doesn't work even if I try hard?"

The boy's eyes were unusually deep.

"At least I tried."

Lu Mingfei shook his head and said with a smile: "Lament the injustice of fate, and then see how you accept failure at that time. It is impossible for a human to do everything, not even Ultraman can do it."

"Even if the ending is already determined?"

"Even if the ending is already predetermined, it doesn't matter. There are too many things that people cannot do."

Lu Mingfei said frankly, whether you can do it or not is another matter, you have to take action first. If you are not willing to move, how do you know if you can do it.

"Ah, I suddenly realized that I am still a middle school kid in front of you now."

The boy lamented that he was really uncomfortable with this inexplicable feeling of closeness.

"So who are you anyway?"

"You can call me Lu Mingze. I am your younger brother."

"Lu Mingze?"

Lu Mingfei just couldn't connect the fat boy in his memory with the delicate boy in front of him.

“It’s genuine.”

Facing Lu Mingfei's suspicious eyes, Lu Mingze blinked pitifully.

"There is no closer relationship in the world than the one between us."

Lu Mingfei's eyes became more suspicious.

"Don't look at me like that. It's not a bad thing to have a good relationship with me. Maybe I can help you with those things?"

Lu Mingze's eyes became cunning.

"You know, I am definitely not an ordinary person because I can talk to you like this."

"You know, you look just like the big boss behind the scenes in all kinds of fictional works."

Lu Mingfei said dimly: "I always feel that at the end of the story, the enemy I have to face is you."

Lu Mingfei did not forget that this kid was planning to trick Odin when he threw Gungnir.

Although there is a high probability that he was forced to make the so-called exchange.

"Then you guessed wrong." Lu Mingze said in a teasing tone.

"I will surely die before that, because there is only one throne, and—"

The boy's eyes turned serious.

"Believe me, brother. Even if the sun expands, the ocean evaporates, and the galaxy that gave birth to us is swallowed by a black hole and then dies by heat, we will not fight each other."

“It’s a heavy oath indeed.”

Lu Mingfei smiled.

“I’m a little touched.”

My senses kept reminding me that the other person was not lying and that every word he said was serious.

If this was an act, then we can only say that the other party's acting skills are unprecedented.

Lu Mingfei didn't know the actual relationship between him and the other party, and he didn't even have any impression of him in his memory.

Why does this boy care about me so much?

"Then can you listen to me?"

Lu Mingze changed the subject: "Now, go back, apologize to your aunt, live a peaceful life, and then continue to play the role of the bad boy until fate arrives. I will arrange everything properly."

"Absolutely impossible."

Lu Mingfei shook his head.

"If you're worried about that person, you don't have to be."

Lu Mingze rubbed his hands, as if he had thought of something, and gritted his teeth.

"His life has long been predetermined by the traitors. Even if you hadn't shown up today, he would still be safe."

"But I happened to show up today, on that elevated highway No. 000. All my knowledge of the secrets of this world revolves around Chu Zihang, and—"

Lu Mingfei pursed his lips.

"He regarded me as his savior, as a guiding light in the dark sea. I cannot let him down."

In response to each other's expectations, the two Ultramen will inevitably make the same choice.

".I am a little jealous of that person."

Lu Mingze sighed softly.

"This world is dangerous, brother. The price of defying fate is heavy. Like I said before, you will die, and maybe die miserably."

"What you will face then will be more than just a Gungnir."

He kept emphasizing the dangers of Lu Mingfei's series of rebellions and hoped that Lu Mingfei would change his mind.

"Do you think I would give up just because of these reasons, just death?"

Lu Mingfei's eyes were burning. He said to Lu Mingze, "I had a dream, a very long dream."

"For more than ten years, no one thinks you are important. No one cares what you did today. I gradually feel that I am redundant in this world. No one cares whether I live or die, except for the pain I feel."

“I spend a lot of time in a daze every day because I don’t know what to do.”

"Others always comment on my lack of sense of existence, but no one cares about me, so where does my sense of existence come from? No one cares what I do. I can only speak to myself about what I think, and I can only cry secretly when I feel hurt. Where does my sense of existence come from?"

"But at this moment, a ray of light shone over me. It was a giant with brilliant light. Their lives compared to mine were like a tiny candle flame compared to the sun. But he just stretched out his hand and pulled you out of death with his own life."

"I didn't know my life could be so valuable."

Lu Mingfei smiled self-deprecatingly.

"After that, I had to bite the bullet and fight monsters on behalf of the Giant of Light. They didn't indulge me. I was scolded for being cowardly, beaten for being lazy in training, and criticized for doing something wrong. But they always stayed by my side and had high hopes for me."

"Expectation, you know?"

"The giants of light who only exist in our ideals actually have expectations for someone like me. They expect me to become someone like them."

"I've never been counted on like this. My uncle counted on me to improve his life. My aunt counted on me not to cause trouble for her so that she could complete my task of raising her safely. My teacher thought I was the weight that lowered the class average. No one ever told me what kind of person I should be until I met them—"

"I was thinking, with someone like me, the person Ultraman saved with his own life can't be a waste, right?"

Lu Mingfei spoke each word clearly: "I can't be a waste, I want to be like them."

It was like the light of salvation, not like the alms given to poor puppies on the roadside, which gave some hope and then disappeared, stealing the puppy's remaining emotions.

Instead, they are truly educating, helping, and expecting, just like they are treating their own children.

They clearly have no obligation to treat themselves like this.

An indescribable sour feeling arose in his chest. Lu Mingfei covered his mouth and turned his head away, subconsciously looking behind him, as if the gazes of the two Ultramen had never left him.

They show their own brilliance, and expect and believe that by walking with them, Lu Mingfei will become the same person as them.

Now, he has his chance.

Since Lu Mingfei has seen all of this, he will not pretend not to see it.

He didn't know whether he would regret changing his so-called destiny. He only knew that if he abandoned Chu Zihang because of an unknown danger in the future, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

Unless Lu Mingze has the ability to dig his memories out of his head, crush them into slag and throw them into the trash can.

Lu Mingze opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. A peaceful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He had already felt Lu Mingfei's determination.

At least words alone can no longer change my brother's mind.

"Brother, you have really changed."

Before, Lu Mingfei was very timid. No one cared about him. It seemed that as long as he was alive, that was enough - maybe no one would care even if he died. He was just a helpless child who lacked love. He had accepted his fate and only needed a little concern from someone to squeeze into his inner world.

That is a kind of gentleness that is engraved in the bones.

But now everything has changed. Lu Mingfei seems to have turned back into the brave man who dared to fight with others just because they made fun of his family.

After all, some birds cannot be caged, their wings are too glorious.

"But everyone can say nice things."

Lu Mingze smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes.

"Are you ready for my test? If you can't win on the battlefield, everything will be zero."

Do you have some visual impairment?
Lu Mingfei tilted his head. Wasn’t it enough when he beat Odin before?

Could it be that Odin is at best just a soldier in this world?
"Humph, it's just a puppet of a traitor. Even his consciousness hasn't descended on that body. It all depends on the sharpness of the weapon."

Lu Mingze snorted with disdain and a look of disgust.

"So, he's not actually that powerful?"

Lu Mingfei's face was a little solemn, and he felt the urgency of being whipped by Seven with a cane again.

"Don't worry, your last move of taking the Spear of Destiny was quite valuable."

Lu Mingze gave a thumbs up: "Very handsome."

"So what is your exam, a test of personal strength or special abilities?"

Lu Mingfei held his forehead helplessly.

He was somewhat confident in fighting, after all, he was taught by a famous fighting master in the universe. If he was asked about the information about dragons in this world, Lu Mingfei would be at a loss.

He didn't even understand himself from beginning to end.

"I'll go back and make arrangements later."

Lu Mingze bowed slightly, and the surrounding scenery slowly faded away.

“Stay tuned, there are prizes for winning.”

"I look forward to it."

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(End of this chapter)