8 - Beware of Fire, Theft, and Brothers

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SIGN    -The Mourner's Eyes-
[01:31] sign
    Episode 8
[01:41] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, miss, climbing up so high is dangerous.
[01:45] Xia Mi
    Actually...
[01:48] Xia Mi
    I can't get out! I can't get out!
[01:50] Lu Mingfei
    Are you trying to be cute
    or are you just dumb?
[01:52] Chu Zihang
    I'll help you.
[02:01] Xia Mi
    Thank you.
[02:01] Lu Mingfei
    Wow. Only demons can be this beautiful!
[02:05] Lu Mingfei
    Hello, demon!
[02:06] Xia Mi
    I'm not a demon, just a cute girl.
[02:10] Lu Mingfei
    A Cassel College subway card?
[02:13] Lu Mingfei
    And... you understand my sarcasm!
[02:16] Lu Mingfei
    Hello, I'm Lu Mingfei,
    from the history department.
[02:18] Xia Mi
    I'm Xia Mi, a new student this year.
[02:20] Chu Zihang
    Chu Zihang, mechanical engineering.
[02:23] Chu Zihang
    What were you doing up there?
[02:26] Xia Mi
    Because of the week-long strike,
[02:28] Xia Mi
    I can't go to college,
    and I can't afford a hotel.
[02:30] Xia Mi
    So I had to make do with what I could find.
[02:32] Xia Mi
    With this, I can pitch a tent in the park.
[02:35] Chu Zihang
    Are you allowed to pitch a tent in the park?
[02:36] Xia Mi
    I'll tell them I'm a Chicago subway worker!
[02:41] Chu Zihang
    Xia Mi, you don't have a
    social security card yet.
[02:44] Chu Zihang
    If the police question you,
    it might be a problem.
[02:45] Chu Zihang
    If you don't mind,
    would you like to stay with us?
[02:49] Xia Mi
    Are... you serious?
[02:53] Chu Zihang
    Did I say something wrong?
[02:54] Chu Zihang
    Two boys inviting a girl to stay with them,
[02:56] Chu Zihang
    even if they're classmates,
[02:58] Chu Zihang
    could be seen as having ulterior motives.
[03:00] Chu Zihang
    Sorry, I...
[03:01] Xia Mi
    I'm so happy! Yes. please!
[03:05] Lu Mingfei
    We'd be happy to help you out.
[03:07] Lu Mingfei
    Come on, let's go eat first. I'm starving.
[03:11] Xia Mi
    Wait, I'll get you a Coke as a thank you.
[03:14] Chu Zihang
    Buy it after we check into the hotel.
[03:15] Xia Mi
    Buy? I didn't say I was going to pay.
[03:19] Xia Mi
    I just noticed that the staff forgot to
    unplug the Coke machine when they closed up.
[03:24] Lu Mingfei
    Wow! That means we can drink
    as much free Coke as we want.
[03:28] Xia Mi
    If you drink my Coke, you owe me a favor.
[03:31] Xia Mi
    Please help me out in future.
[03:32] Lu Mingfei
    Of course!
[03:34] Lu Mingfei
    I've got your back!
[03:36] Lu Mingfei
    What's up?
[03:40] Xia Mi
    No, Xia Mi, be careful not
    to get taken advantage of!
[03:42] Xia Mi
    Be alert, beware of fire,
    theft, and your brothers!
[03:53] Chu Zihang
    "It ascends from the earth to the heaven"
[03:55] Chu Zihang
    "and again it descends to the earth."
[03:58] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, Brother, can you stop
    reading those strange texts?
[04:02] Lu Mingfei
    Come watch some TV instead.
[04:04] Chu Zihang
    These aren't strange texts.
[04:05] Chu Zihang
    This is the Emerald Tablet,
    an ancient alchemical text.
[04:09] Lu Mingfei
    What's the difference?
[04:11] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, Brother, two boys and
    a girl are sharing a room.
[04:15] Lu Mingfei
    Won't the College disciplinary
    committee punish us?
[04:19] Chu Zihang
    The disciplinary committee
    won't care about this.
[04:21] Chu Zihang
    But she said if I paid for
    a separate room for her,
[04:24] Chu Zihang
    she'd owe me a huge favor,
[04:26] Chu Zihang
    and she'd rather pitch a tent in the park.
[04:28] Chu Zihang
    "By this means, you shall have
    ye glory of ye whole world"
[04:31] Chu Zihang
    "& thereby all obscurity shall fly from you."
[04:33] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, Brother, you can read
    as much as you want,
[04:36] Lu Mingfei
    but why don't you find a place to sit?
[04:37] Chu Zihang
    I'm just practicing my standing posture.
[04:39] Chu Zihang
    I stand for half an hour every night.
[04:41] Chu Zihang
    It's really good for my spine.
[04:42] Chu Zihang
    Do you want to try it?
[04:43] Xia Mi
    Brother, Newton's original text is:
[04:46] Xia Mi
    "It ascends from ye earth
    to ye heaven & again."
[04:50] Xia Mi
    It can also be translated as:
[04:51] Xia Mi
    "The One ascends from the earth to the sky,"
[04:53] Xia Mi
    "then descends back to the ground,"
[04:55] Xia Mi
    "absorbing the power of both
    the upper and lower realms."
[04:58] Xia Mi
    "Thus, you will possess the
    glory of the entire world,"
[05:00] Xia Mi
    "and be free from ignorance."
[05:02] Chu Zihang
    You know the Emerald Tablet?
[05:03] Xia Mi
    The word "it" is the key to
    understanding this sentence.
[05:06] Xia Mi
    What exactly does "it" refer to?
[05:08] Chu Zihang
    "It" can be interpreted as the
    metal burned by fire in alchemy.
[05:11] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, wait. Why are you standing
    against the wall too, Sister?
[05:15] Xia Mi
    I'm waiting for my hair to dry, and practicing
    my standing posture at the same time.
[05:18] Xia Mi
    By the way, Brother,
[05:19] Xia Mi
    the Emerald Tablet is a fragment
    of the Dragon Raja's scriptures,
[05:22] Xia Mi
    all reinterpreted by later generations, so...
[05:23] Lu Mingfei
    Wait.
[05:26] Lu Mingfei
    Sister, you know about dragons?
[05:28] Lu Mingfei
    Aren't you a new student?
[05:29] Xia Mi
    I'm a prep student.
[05:31] Xia Mi
    The 3E exam is early for prep students,
[05:33] Xia Mi
    so the existence of the
    Dragon Raja isn't a secret to me.
[05:37] Lu Mingfei
    Prep? What's that?
[05:39] Chu Zihang
    The College's branch in Xinguo
[05:41] Chu Zihang
    recruits high schoolers with dragon
    bloodlines to join the prep class.
[05:44] Chu Zihang
    If their bloodline is strong enough, they can
    go directly to the main campus after graduation.
[05:48] Xia Mi
    Yep! I aced the 3E exam.
[05:51] Chu Zihang
    Xia Mi, born in the capital of Xinguo.
[05:53] Chu Zihang
    Female. Born January 22. Attended Capital
    Affiliated High School and then the prep class,
[05:57] Chu Zihang
    Household registered in the capital.
[05:59] Chu Zihang
    Has a mother, father, and an older brother.
[06:02] Xia Mi
    You...
[06:03] Xia Mi
    Hey! Are you checking my records?
[06:05] Chu Zihang
    This is the information Norma sent from HQ.
[06:07] Chu Zihang
    We need to know who you are.
[06:10] Chu Zihang
    It's on that iPad.
[06:12] Chu Zihang
    Lu Mingfei, please give it to Xia Mi.
[06:15] Lu Mingfei
    Can't you do it yourself?
[06:16] Chu Zihang
    I haven't finished my homework yet.
[06:18] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, your personality is starting
    to go out of character.
[06:21] Xia Mi
    Homework?
[06:22] Xia Mi
    Oh, yeah. I have to do some, too.
[06:24] Xia Mi
    I nearly forgot.
[06:28] Xia Mi
    All right! Brother, please help me get it.
[06:28] Chu Zihang
    Lu Mingfei, please help me get it.
[06:31] Lu Mingfei
    You're messing with me.
[06:32] Xia Mi
    Brother, please!
[06:33] Lu Mingfei
    I'm not falling for that!
[06:35] Xia Mi
    Pretty please~
[06:38] Lu Mingfei
    Fine... your cute attack worked.
[06:43] Xia Mi
    Brother, you're the best!
[06:44] Lu Mingfei
    Yeah, sure.
[06:45] Lu Mingfei
    Of course I am.
[06:48] Lu Mingfei
    Here.
[06:50] Xia Mi
    This is the first time I've seen my own file.
[06:56] Lu Mingfei
    This is... you?
[07:00] Lu Mingfei
    You're really unconventional.
[07:04] Xia Mi
    Stop laughing at me!
[07:06] Lu Mingfei
    Fine, I won't laugh at you.
[07:07] Lu Mingfei
    Anyway, the Emerald Tablet sounds
    like some kind of novel from Xinguo.
[07:13] Xia Mi
    The Emerald Tablet is an
    ancient book from 100 BC,
[07:16] Xia Mi
    engraved on a green jade
    tablet, hence the name.
[07:21] Chu Zihang
    It was discovered in a secret
    chamber beneath a pyramid,
[07:24] Chu Zihang
    and is considered the origin of alchemy.
[07:26] Lu Mingfei
    Who's the author?
[07:27] Chu Zihang
    The author claims to be Hermes,
    the trinity god of Egyptian mythology.
[07:31] Lu Mingfei
    A god?
[07:35] Lu Mingfei
    Well, if dragons exist in this world,
    it's no surprise that gods exist, right?
[07:39] Chu Zihang
    By the way, based on what you just said,
[07:41] Chu Zihang
    if the "One" refers to the spirit,
[07:43] Chu Zihang
    then do the upper and lower realms
[07:45] Chu Zihang
    refer to the different spiritual
    worlds of dragons and humans?
[07:48] Xia Mi
    Yes, you can interpret it like that.
[07:50] Xia Mi
    It describes a process of evolution from
    humans to dragons, leading to enlightenment.
[07:54] Chu Zihang
    The book does say that humans
    can evolve into dragons.
[07:59] Xia Mi
    It's not certain.
[08:01] Xia Mi
    Some medieval scholars of the
    Emerald Tablet believed that
[08:04] Xia Mi
    the author "approached the gods infinitely,"
    and "stole the laws of the gods."
[08:08] Xia Mi
    Fearing that these laws would be understood
    by normal people, they used cryptic language.
[08:13] Xia Mi
    This has also led to uncertainty
    in the current translation.
[08:17] Chu Zihang
    The cryptic language you mentioned...
[08:18] Chu Zihang
    Are you referring to the ritual
    text in ancient Egyptian?
[08:21] Xia Mi
    In the 7th century AD, Arabic replaced
    Egyptian as the common language of Egypt,
[08:26] Xia Mi
    so the ritual text is difficult to decipher.
[08:28] Xia Mi
    Therefore, the Newton-derived translation
    you used probably has lots of errors.
[08:33] Chu Zihang
    Errors?
[08:34] Xia Mi
    For example, the translation
    you just used said:
[08:36] Xia Mi
    "The One ascends from the earth to the sky,"
[08:38] Xia Mi
    "then descends back to the ground,"
[08:40] Xia Mi
    "absorbing the power of both
    the upper and lower realms."
[08:43] Xia Mi
    According to your interpretation,
[08:45] Xia Mi
    if humans can evolve into dragons,
[08:47] Xia Mi
    they don't need to return to the human world.
[08:49] Xia Mi
    The author wants to distance
    himself from ignorance.
[08:51] Lu Mingfei
    Why distance himself from cute girls?
    What did they do wrong?
[08:53] Chu Zihang
    Then why did he "descend back to the ground"?
[08:56] Chu Zihang
    Isn't "from earth to sky" the
    ultimate goal of all alchemy?
[08:58] Lu Mingfei
    From earth to sky, from sky to earth,
[09:01] Lu Mingfei
    how wonderful all things
    are, how wonderful...
[09:06] Chu Zihang
    What are you...
[09:07] Xia Mi
    Between heaven and earth,
    there's another layer.
[09:11] Xia Mi
    That layer is filled with people.
[09:14] Lu Mingfei
    ...filled with people.
[09:16] Lu Mingfei
    Nice follow-up.
[09:18] Xia Mi
    Just going along with you.
[09:19] Chu Zihang
    Weren't we... having an academic discussion?
[09:23] Chu Zihang
    Why did we switch to singing old songs?
[09:25] Lu Mingfei
    Because of youth. Youth is about having
    academic discussions through song.
[09:29] Xia Mi
    Brother, you should join in.
[09:30] Chu Zihang
    I... don't really listen to songs.
[09:33] Xia Mi
    There's an old song you must know.
[09:35] Xia Mi
    I'll start, and you join in.
[09:36] Xia Mi
    Over the mountain and beyond the sea,
    there was a group of Smurfs.
[09:38] Chu Zihang
    I know that one.
[09:40] Xia Mi/Chu Zihang
    They were lively and clever.
[09:42] Xia Mi/Chu Zihang
    They were mischievous and agile.
[09:43] Xia Mi/Chu Zihang
    They lived freely and happily
    in the green forest.
[09:47] Xia Mi/Chu Zihang
    They were kind and brave,
    and they loved each other.
[09:50] Lu Mingfei OS
    I never thought...
[09:50] Xia Mi/Chu Zihang
    Oh... The adorable Smurfs!
[09:52] Lu Mingfei OS
    Chu Zihang would be willing to
    play this weird game with us.
[09:54] Xia Mi/Chu Zihang
    Oh... The adorable Smurfs!
[09:57] Lu Mingfei OS
    In the past...
[09:59] Lu Mingfei OS
    Only Lao Tang...
[10:03] Lu Mingfei OS
    Lao Tang...
[10:07] Lu Mingfei OS
    If Lao Tang were here...
[10:10] Lu Mingfei OS
    If...
[10:15] Lu Mingfei OS
    he were still here...
[10:28] Lu Mingfei
    Are you asleep?
[10:30] Chu Zihang
    Not yet.
[10:32] Lu Mingfei
    Did I wake you?
[10:34] Chu Zihang
    I'm just not used to
    sleeping with other people.
[10:39] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, since you can't sleep,
    why don't we play StarCraft?
[10:43] Chu Zihang
    I don't know how to play StarCraft,
    but we can play chess.
[10:47] Lu Mingfei OS
    One, two, three, four...
[10:50] Lu Mingfei OS
    Brother's eyelashes are so long...
[10:54] Lu Mingfei
    Never mind, you've never
    even played StarCraft.
[10:57] Lu Mingfei
    Brother, your life is such a tragedy.
[10:59] Chu Zihang
    Sorry.
[11:01] Lu Mingfei
    By the way, if those girls
    who admire you knew that
[11:05] Lu Mingfei
    I've been sharing a bed with you for a week,
[11:07] Lu Mingfei
    they'd be so jealous of me.
[11:34] Lu Mingfei
    Brother...
[11:38] Lu Mingfei
    Brother?
[11:44] Lu Mingfei
    Where is he?
[11:49] Lu Mingfei
    So disloyal! Did those two leave me behind
    to hang out so early in the morning?
[11:57] Lu Mingfei
    On that note, is Xia Mi
    interested in Chu Zihang?
[12:02] Lu Mingfei
    This new beauty and the expressionless
    Brother are a perfect match.
[12:11] Lu Mingfei
    Such a quiet morning...
[12:15] Lu Mingfei
    Quiet...
[12:18] Lu Mingfei
    Could it be...
[12:21] Lu Mingfei
    Breakfast!
[12:35] Lu Mingfei
    Just woke up, and feeling a bit tired.
[12:37] Lu Mingfei
    I'll have breakfast in bed.
[12:40] Lu Mingze
    Caviar on freshly baked whole wheat bread,
[12:42] Lu Mingze
    Danish pastry with raisins,
[12:44] Lu Mingze
    or fried chicken breast with lemon juice.
[12:46] Lu Mingze
    Which one do you want, Brother?
[12:48] Lu Mingfei
    I want fried dough sticks and tofu pudding!
[12:51] Lu Mingze
    No problem.
[12:55] Lu Mingfei
    Are you messing with me?
[12:56] Lu Mingfei
    You're acting like a French chef
    with four fried dough sticks
[12:58] Lu Mingfei
    and two bowls of tofu pudding?
[13:00] Lu Mingze
    You only get two fried dough sticks
    and one bowl of tofu pudding.
[13:02] Lu Mingze
    The other half is mine.
[13:04] Lu Mingze
    But you can eat first.
[13:06] Lu Mingfei
    No, you're not that kind. Maybe I'm
    eating fried dough sticks in my dream?
[13:10] Lu Mingfei
    In reality, I'm eating a
    3090 graphics card, right?
[13:13] Lu Mingze
    How could that be?
[13:16] Lu Mingze
    You're the customer,
    and the customer is king.
[13:19] Lu Mingze
    We demons always treat our customers well!
[13:22] Lu Mingfei
    How can I not worry?
[13:24] Lu Mingfei
    You're too cunning. I can't beat you!
[13:27] Lu Mingfei
    I didn't summon you this time,
    so this doesn't count.
[13:29] Lu Mingze
    Of course.
[13:31] Lu Mingze
    Something's going to happen today.
[13:33] Lu Mingze
    You will have an important
    event that requires money.
[13:36] Lu Mingze
    I know you're broke, so I came
    here to lend you some money.
[13:39] Lu Mingfei
    No need!
[13:41] Lu Mingze
    No need?
[13:42] Lu Mingfei
    Asking you for a favor will
    cost a quarter of my life!
[13:45] Lu Mingfei
    I don't have any use for the money!
[13:47] Lu Mingze
    It's a free gift for customers.
[13:50] Lu Mingze
    If money can solve it, it's not a problem.
[13:53] Lu Mingfei
    You? Being kind?
[13:55] Lu Mingze
    Yes.
[13:56] Lu Mingze
    In this world, I am the only one
    who has always been on your side,
[14:03] Lu Mingze
    because...
[14:05] Lu Mingze
    you are my brother.
[14:08] Lu Mingfei
    Hey, why are you patting...
[14:09] Lu Mingfei
    Brother...
[14:10] Lu Mingze
    Brother... Brother... Brother... Brother...
[14:18] Lu Mingfei
    What...
[14:20] Lu Mingfei
    What is this?
[14:24] Lu Mingze
    Brother, what's wrong?
[14:27] Lu Mingfei OS
    Actually, looking back,
[14:30] Lu Mingfei OS
    every time I was desperate,
[14:32] Lu Mingfei OS
    only he stayed by my side.
[14:36] Lu Mingfei OS
    As long as I was willing to make a deal
    with him, he would definitely help me.
[14:41] Lu Mingfei OS
    Just like the closest person...
[14:44] Lu Mingfei OS
    in the entire world.
[14:45] Lu Mingze
    Brother, you...
[14:47] Lu Mingfei
    I'm fine.
[14:49] Lu Mingfei
    So... let's talk more about the money.
[14:53] Lu Mingze
    The way to obtain money is,
    of course, still through Yanling.
[14:56] Lu Mingze
    "Show Me The Money" is the temporary
    Yanling for this occasion.
[15:00] Lu Mingze
    You can think of it as an upgraded
    version of "Show Me The Flower."
[15:03] Lu Mingfei
    What effect does it have?
[15:05] Lu Mingze
    It increases your assets by $10,000,
[15:07] Lu Mingze
    and it's reusable.
[15:10] Lu Mingfei
    Wow! So generous!
    You're really making an effort this time!
[15:13] Lu Mingze
    I'm constantly rewarding clients.
[15:15] Lu Mingze
    Can you please summon me
    for something important?
[15:18] Lu Mingfei
    No, I still want to live.
[15:21] Lu Mingze
    All right, I should go now.
[15:24] Lu Mingze
    Remember, danger is never far away.
[15:27] Lu Mingze
    Remain vigilant,
[15:28] Lu Mingze
    and always keep that phone with you.
[15:31] Lu Mingze
    By the way, someone left a note
    for you at the front desk.
[15:34] Lu Mingze
    I brought it along on my way here.
[15:36] Lu Mingze
    It's on the food cart.
[15:43] Lu Mingfei
    Always so mysterious.
[15:49] Lu Mingfei
    It seems no different from before.
[15:53] Lu Mingfei
    A note.
[15:54] Xia Mi OS
    Brother Mingfei, we're heading out.
[15:57] Xia Mi OS
    I ordered you breakfast: fried
    dough sticks and tofu pudding.
[15:58] SIGN
    Cute Sister
[16:01] Lu Mingfei
    The food cart is still here.
[16:06] Lu Mingfei
    Looks like the food is real.
[16:11] Lu Mingfei
    Damn! You put chili sauce
    on the fried dough sticks!
[16:14] Lu Mingfei
    Lu Mingze, you're ruthless!
[16:18] Lu Mingfei
    If I trust you again, I'll be your son!
[16:21] Lu Mingfei
    Wait, since breakfast was a prank...
[16:25] Lu Mingfei
    The money-making Yanling
    can't be trusted, right?
[16:27] Lu Mingfei
    The bastard!
[16:34] Lu Mingfei
    It's for me...
[16:40] Lu Mingfei
    "This is a mission notification."
[16:42] Lu Mingfei
    "Please come downstairs
    immediately after receipt."
[16:45] Lu Mingfei
    "A black car is waiting for
    you at the hotel entrance."
[16:48] Lu Mingfei
    "The person in the car will
    tell you the mission details."
[16:52] (Flashback) Lu Mingze
    Danger is never far away.
[16:54] (Flashback) Lu Mingze
    Remain vigilant.
[16:56] (Flashback) Lu Mingze
    Someone left a note for
    you at the front desk.
[16:58] (Flashback) Lu Mingze
    It's on the food cart.
[17:06] Webber
    The seal is intact, so the contents are safe.
[17:10] Klein
    You should have sent it
    directly to the school board.
[17:13] Klein
    It's sent here, so we have to wait for
    someone from the school board to pick it up.
[17:17] Webber
    I specifically told Chu Zihang
    to send it to us,
[17:20] Webber
    because I need to see the
    contents with my own eyes.
[17:24] Klein
    Huh? You... You're crazy!
[17:26] Klein
    You're peeking at the school board's
    top-secret SS-level information! You...
[17:32] Webber
    These are the confidential files
[17:33] Webber
    from the Xinguo police on
    "paranormal crimes" over the past five years.
[17:39] Klein
    Do the Xinguo police know about
    the existence of the Dragon Raja?
[17:41] Webber
    Unknown, but they definitely knew
[17:44] Webber
    these matters were beyond the
    comprehension of normal humans,
[17:48] Webber
    like this one.
[17:50] Webber
    Several years ago, on July 15th,
[17:52] Webber
    Typhoon Lotus caused three
    days of torrential rain.
[17:57] Webber
    During that storm,
[17:58] Webber
    an abandoned Maybach sedan was found
    with extensive inexplicable damage.
[18:04] Webber
    Furthermore, the driver had vanished
    from the face of the earth.
[18:09] Webber
    That driver was Chu Zihang's
    biological father.
[18:15] Klein
    No wonder the school board didn't
    assign Chu Zihang to lead the mission.
[18:18] Klein
    Using Chu Zihang was a last resort,
    but they couldn't trust him.
[18:22] Klein
    Even so, I have nothing
    to do with this matter!
[18:26] Klein
    But you will be punished by the
    school... no, by the party!
[18:30] Webber
    No, this matter is related to you.
[18:33] Webber
    Look at this.
[18:39] Klein
    Nibelungen?
[18:40] Klein
    The mythical land of the dead!
[18:44] Klein
    It's a virtual space created by alchemy.
[18:47] Klein
    Nibelungen is usually created by
    Dragon Emperor-level entities.
[18:51] Klein
    But what's that got to do with me?
[18:53] Webber
    The Nibelung Plan is a bloodline screening
    program led by the school board.
[18:59] Webber
    It selects elite students ranked A
    and above for special training,
[19:04] Webber
    with the goal of creating
    the strongest hybrid
[19:07] Webber
    to kill the Dragon Emperor in Nibelungen.
[19:10] Webber
    However, the principal has already decided
    on Caesar as the candidate for the plan.
[19:17] Klein
    There's already a candidate,
[19:19] Klein
    so what's the point of this list?
[19:22] Webber
    Because this plan has another purpose,
[19:25] Webber
    to get rid of those among us
    with questionable bloodlines!
[19:27] Webber
    Everyone on this list is considered
    to have questionable bloodlines,
[19:31] Webber
    including my student Chu Zihang,
[19:33] Webber
    your student Chen Motong, and Lu Mingfei.
[19:39] Webber
    Now that you know this,
[19:41] Webber
    are you still going to tell me
    it has nothing to do with you,
[19:45] Webber
    old friends?
[19:52] Klein
    What defines a questionable bloodline?
[19:54] Webber
    If the proportion of dragon blood
    exceeds that of human blood,
[19:58] Webber
    the hybrid becomes more dragon-like.
[20:01] Webber
    However, the expression of dragon blood
    can also be genetically recessive,
[20:06] Webber
    leading to gradual
    dragonization in the hybrid.
[20:11] Webber
    Once a certain threshold is exceeded,
[20:13] Webber
    they become enemies.
[20:16] Klein
    What happens if the school board
    deems their bloodline dangerous?
[20:20] Webber
    They won't kill them, but historically,
[20:24] Webber
    they've used lobotomies to purge
    those with dangerous bloodlines.
[20:30] Webber
    It's a type of brain surgery that removes
    white matter from the cerebral cortex,
[20:34] Webber
    turning people into idiots.
[20:35] Webber
    The lobotomy also severs the most crucial
    "spiritual resonance" in dragon bloodlines.
[20:46] Webber
    To protect my students,
[20:48] Webber
    I must destroy their three files.
[20:51] Webber
    So, what are your decisions?
[20:55] Jurgen
    Mingfei is a good kid.
[20:57] Jurgen
    I can't let him be treated like that.
[21:01] Webber
    What about you, Professor Klein?
[21:05] Klein
    Do I even need to give my answer?
[21:11] Webber
    The briefcase has been
    replaced with a new one,
[21:14] Webber
    and the seal has been remade.
[21:16] Webber
    The envelope has also been replaced.
[21:17] Webber
    The school board will never
    notice anything amiss.
[21:20] Webber
    But Professor Klein, this is unlike you.
[21:25] Webber
    Why are you protecting Chen Motong?
[21:28] Klein
    Lars had his reasons for
    entrusting her to me,
[21:31] Klein
    but I can't tell you what they are.
[21:33] Webber
    I see.
[21:35] Webber
    So please remember!
[21:37] Webber
    This has nothing to do with us.
[21:40] Webber
    Before Chu Zihang retrieved the documents,
[21:42] Webber
    the Hunters had already taken some of them.
[21:46] Webber
    That is, the ones we burnt.
[21:51] Klein
    Get rid of the ashes.
[21:53] Klein
    I'll open the door.
[21:58] Parsi
    Hello, are you Professor Klein?
[22:00] Parsi
    I'm Parsi, the school board secretary.
[22:03] Parsi
    I've been sent to retrieve a briefcase.
[22:06] CREDITS
    Translator:
    Timer:
    Editor:
    QC:
    FQC:
[22:06] CREDITS
    Henry Lin
    Henry Lin
    Zachary Carlysle
    S. Bilyeu
    David Saylor