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These ancient swords were all taken from the sword-hiding place when Uesugi Kotsuki left the family. They are all alchemical products and can cause some damage to the next generation of creatures.
A few years ago, Uesugi Kochi had planned to quietly sell a few swords to improve his life. However, after the Plaza Accord, Japan's economy was getting worse and worse. But these ancient swords were not easy to sell, and if he sold them, he would probably be targeted by the Snake Clan. So he never sold them.
Now, being able to reunite with his son and daughter is already a great blessing. He doesn't care about these material possessions at all. Moreover, giving them to Gu Ran would allow these swords to continue to shine, which is a good choice.
Gu Ran naturally accepted it without hesitation.
After the two separated, Gu Ran began to submit Uesugi Yue's blood sample, as well as the ancient dragon's blood sample obtained from the Snake-Headed Eight Family Shrine before the war.
[Dragon King-level blood sample detected. Rewards to be distributed.]
[Reward: 30 Chakra Cards; Current Chakra Total: 730 Cards]
[The purple Sharingan has been upgraded to the red Rinnegan!]
[Learned the Rinnegan eye techniques: High Emperor's Spirit Lord, Limbo: Border Prison, Asura's Attack, Heart Layer Dive]
[Hint: Collecting another sample of Dragon King's blood will upgrade the red Rinnegan to the Rinne Sharingan]
"High Emperor produces Spirit Venerable..." Gu Ran pondered silently, checking the system's description. This pupil technique was very rare.
[The High Emperor's Spirit Lord possesses unique abilities with the Rinnegan. His right eye can absorb all incantations and natural elements, similar to the sealing technique of absorption. The absorbed incantations and natural elements can be used to restore his own power. His left eye can amplify the power of absorbed incantations and then counterattack them.]
Awesome!
This means that he also barely possessed the White King's authority, allowing him to dispel elements at will!
If Erii is using the Word of Power: Judgment, this technique can be used to absorb her Word of Power and then reflect it back!
If Gu Ran were to face the White King again, he could use this move to absorb the White King's defensive spells, leaving him without any spell defenses, and then launch a direct attack on him.
"Good, good, good. From now on, we don't have to be afraid of not being able to break through the Dragon King's defenses anymore."
Gu Ran felt a surge of joy and began to examine the next pupil technique.
Limbo: Border Prison - A pair of Rinnegan can create four shadows. These shadows can attack and defend, and their defensive power is extremely strong. Ordinary people cannot see or sense these shadows.
The downside is that the shadow has a limited activity time after it is materialized, and it needs to return to the main body to replenish energy after a period of time. Otherwise, there are almost no other disadvantages.
The Asura's Attack can transform condensed chakra into a laser cannon for attack. The laser cannon's attack has great penetrating power and can even pierce through the Planetary Devastation!
Mind-level penetration, also known as memory reading, allows one to read another person's memories by touching their head with their palm, thus skipping the hypnosis step.
After learning so many Rinnegan techniques, Gu Ran felt that he had become arrogant again.
Invincible, completely invincible. Apart from the Black King, no one in this world can beat him, right?
We're not even afraid of Ragnarok anymore! Who's afraid of whom?
However, we cannot be careless, after all, there is the heaven-defying Word of Power of Time Zero, and Odin also has the heaven-defying ability of Causality.
Therefore, we must not be too arrogant, for there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people.
Gu Ran suppressed his pride, lest he be blinded by power, and decided to proceed steadily and cautiously.
……
For the next three weeks, Gu Ran helped with disaster relief and psychological counseling in Tokyo, and spent his weekends visiting Lianhua in the mountains.
Gu Ran and Lu Mingfei stayed for another week until Caesar, Chu Zihang, Angers and others flew back to Kassel College.
This week, Lu Mingfei has been accompanying Erii on a trip to Japan. Before, they could only have fun in Tokyo, but now they can go crazy all over Japan.
But Lu Mingfei didn't know where to take Erii to play, so he asked Gu Ran for advice.
Gu Ran thought for a moment and gave him a flyer. The place depicted on the flyer was the Tokyo Racecourse.
"She wanted to experience life, so horse racing was perfect. She could see the corrupt gambling activities in capitalist countries."
So, on a weekend at the end of May, Lu Mingfei took Erii to the Tokyo Racecourse.
Although Tokyo was about to sink not long ago, after the disaster, people continued to trade stocks, ride horses, and dance as usual, and life was no different from usual, with no shortage of entertainment activities.
The annual Tokyo Derby begins this weekend, and the winning horse will be named the Derby Horse of the year, a special honor.
This competition is limited to three-year-old horses, so each horse can only compete once in its lifetime.
"Brother, brother, which horse will win?" Little Lotus asked, perched on Gu Ran's shoulders as she looked down at the horses.
She rarely saw horses in the mountain village, but cows were quite common.
“Golden Master, it’ll probably win the Classic Triple Crown this year.” Gu Ran smiled and handed Lianhua a 100,000 yen horse racing ticket. “Here, take this. If it wins, we’ll use the prize money to buy you a gift.”
"Thank you, brother." Lianhua took the horse racing ticket, seemingly unconcerned about the amount of 100,000 yen.
Although she grew up in the countryside, her mixed-race heritage meant she would never lack money, so the 100,000 yen was just a prize.
Gu Ran looked around and quickly spotted Erii and Lu Mingfei, so he took Lianhua to find them.
Erii dyed her red hair chestnut brown, which was less eye-catching, but her outstanding beauty could not be hidden. However, her aloof and noble temperament easily shut out the blond-haired guy who wanted to chat her up.
Lu Mingfei went to buy snacks for Erii. Gu Ran walked up to her, greeted her, and asked, "Which racehorse will win?"
Erii heard Gu Ran's voice, turned her head slightly, and then politely showed Gu Ran the two horse racing tickets in her hand, which were for the Triumphant Ballet and the King of Babylon.
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The Derby at Tokyo Racecourse is an annual event and a major highlight of the horse racing world, always attracting huge crowds.
Erii wrote in her notebook for Gu Ran to see: "It's so lively here!"
"Won't you feel uncomfortable with so many people?" Gu Ran asked.
Erii shook her head and wrote in her notebook: "I like lively places."
Little Lotus, who was perched on Gu Ran's shoulders, patted Gu Ran's head and leaned down to ask, "Brother, who is this sister?"
"She's Erii-neechan, she's my friend," Gu Ran introduced Erii. "Her name is Renka."
"Hello, Erii-neechan!" Renka cheerfully extended her little hand to Erii.
Erii seemed to be dealing with a child for the first time. She curiously and cautiously extended her slender, fair hand and shook hands with Renka's chubby little hand.
She held it very lightly, as if she was afraid of breaking it if she squeezed too hard.
Xiao Lianhua grabbed two of Erii's fingers, squeezed them hard, and said, "Eri-neechan is so pretty!"
Looking into the child's innocent eyes, Erii felt a surge of joy at being praised by the child, though she didn't know why.
She smiled shyly and wrote "Thank you" in her notebook.
"Excuse me, excuse me, please, please!" Lu Mingfei was holding a banana chocolate milkshake, as well as a bunch of snacks such as human-shaped cakes and seafood pancakes.
Gu Ran glanced back and chuckled. Why was this guy working as a errand boy?
"Hey, bro, you're here." Lu Mingfei greeted Gu Ran, then gave Erii all the snacks and treats so she could choose first.
Erii chose a milkshake and a seafood pancake; she'll eat the rest later.
Lu Mingfei treated Xiao Lianhua to pancakes and sweet potato chunks, and they became friends.
"Brother Mingfei, I bought a lottery ticket for the Golden Master. If I win, I'll treat you to a big meal," Xiao Lianhua said to Lu Mingfei with a greasy grin.
"Okay, okay." Lu Mingfei thought the little girl was quite cute. He took out a wet wipe and thoughtfully wiped the oil off the child's mouth and hands.
Just after wiping Xiaolianhua's mouth, Erii nudged Lu Mingfei with her hand and pouted her own lips.
Lu Mingfei immediately understood what he meant and took out a new wet wipe: "Here, Your Highness, let me wipe your mouth for you."
Erii stood still, letting Lu Mingfei help her. However, Lu Mingfei was a bit clumsy and wiped Erii's lipstick crookedly. But lipstick always comes off when eating, so Lu Mingfei didn't care. Erii couldn't see it and didn't care either. She just felt a little sweet.
The announcements at Tokyo Racecourse signaled the imminent start of the G1 race, and the horses began to enter the track.
A light drizzle was falling all day, but the rain did not dampen the enthusiasm at the racetrack, with many people cheering for the horses racing on the track despite the rain.
Gu Ran and his group were on the third level of the stands, where they could avoid getting wet in the rain.
Gu Ran originally planned to use his connections to get a VIP room, but when he asked Erii, she said she liked being with a crowd, so he gave up on that idea.
"They've entered the gate! The horse race has begun!"
It was Xiao Lianhua's first time watching a horse race live, and she was very excited to see the horses enter the gate.
It was also Lu Mingfei and Erii's first time watching a horse race live, so they were both looking forward to it.
"Go, Gold Master No. 5!"
Xiao Lianhua shouted loudly at the racetrack in neon.
At that moment, the commentator's voice came over the loudspeaker: "In front of the stands, the 78th Neon Derby is now ready to begin! Who will be the luckiest horse this year? Let's wait and see!"
The gates opened simultaneously, and all 18 racehorses started running at the same time.
"Oh dear, how come the Golden Master is lagging behind!" Little Lotus said, pouting.
"The competition has only just begun, don't rush!"
Gu Ran smiled and pinched Xiao Lianhua's chubby little leg on his shoulder.
In horse racing, the initial stages are all about strategy; the final bend is where the outcome is decided.
The Golden Master initially ran in the middle, keeping behind the rest of the herd, before finally surging ahead to overtake.
The track was heavy today because of the rain, but it made the racehorses' endurance even more apparent.
Soon, the herd of horses surged past the beech tree and reached the last bend, at which point the cheers from the crowd began to rise.
"Go, Master Gold! Ganbatte!"
Xiao Lianhua shouted enthusiastically, and the surrounding audience also shouted loudly. Many of them had also bought tickets for the Golden Master's horse racing and cheered along with him.
Golden Master is the most popular horse, having already won the Satsuki Sho race in April. It is a racehorse aiming for the Classic Triple Crown.
Cheers rose and fell, and Lu Mingfei and Erii were also infected by the sound, so they couldn't help but shout along to cheer for the horse race they supported.
After the horses passed the marker 400 meters from the finish line, all the racehorses began to sprint. The racehorse supported by Xiao Lianhua, Golden Master, also broke out of the herd and kept overtaking one racehorse after another!
"Waaaaah! The Gold Master has charged out! Go, go!"
Little Lotus rode on Gu Ran's shoulders and waved her hands vigorously.
And the Gold Master lived up to expectations amid cheers, finally charging to the front of the herd and taking the lead!
The Triumphant Ballet followed closely behind the Golden Master, but unfortunately, it lacked the stamina to catch up.
In the blink of an eye, the Golden Master crossed the finish line, leaving the Triumphant Ballet trailing behind.