The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 138 Herzog begins a battle of wits and courage with the air
The office of Tachibana Masamune, the head of the eight Snake families.

Gen Chisei didn't even have time to change out of his black windbreaker as he walked through a wooden carved screen. As he came over, he caught a glimpse of several beautifully framed Ukiyo-e paintings, some of which depicted the magnificent snow scene of Mount Fuji, and some of which depicted singing and dancing geishas.

These pendants, which are full of the Showa-style old man aesthetic, make Yuan Zhisheng quite bored.

His eyes quickly swept across the surrounding decorations, and finally fell on the large solid wood desk in the office area. The tabletop was polished as smooth as a mirror, and files of all sizes were placed in rows on the table. The files symbolized the direct management of the entire Sheqi Eight Families over countless external gangs, comparable to the supreme power of the "Shadow Emperor".

It is also behind this table, the old man with a serious air, Tachibana Masamune, who holds the power tightly.

The old man has a straight nose and deep eye sockets, like a foreign old man, but he has pure black pupils. Tachibana Masamune pursed his lips and did not smile. When he reviewed the documents, he was very careful and serious...

In Yuan Zhisheng's eyes, this old man has been like this for many years. If it were not for his diligent attitude and real achievements, he would not have been able to gain the support of the family heads and take the throne of the patriarch.

"You're back so early. I thought you, Chisheng, would have more in common with young people like Emiya Shirou." Tachibana Masamune didn't take his eyes off the documents when he spoke. It seemed that he was indeed very busy.

Gen Chisei was not impressed by Tachibana Masamune's tone. The older generation was always like this, thinking that any arrangement made for the young people would definitely produce good results. Little did they know that young people nowadays prefer to gather in small groups of two or three, and talk about different interests and hobbies away from each other.

He sat down on the dark leather sofa opposite the desk without any hesitation and answered directly without much consideration.

"We do have a lot in common. I should say, too much... Dad, Emiya can even talk to me about the secrets of God. Tell me, can I continue the conversation today?"

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Tachibana Masamune put down his work on reviewing documents. The pen in his hand slipped from his fingertips onto the desk and rolled several times. "What happened?"

Gen Chisei briefly recounted the entire day's performance and conversation between Emiya and him from beginning to end.

"It's strange, isn't it? It's normal for you, the head of the family, and me, the 'Emperor', to be completely open with the top secrets of the family, but how did Emiya, a half-blood who has nothing to do with the family, know it?"

Tachibana Masamune also looked surprised. "You also said that Emiya thinks that the Oni Clan is about to go to war with us and seize the Divine Corpse?"

"Yes, the fierce ghosts also know the secrets of God. They even think that the Yellow Spring Road leading to the God's bones is the road to becoming a god. After walking this road, they can become gods (pure-blooded dragons), so they are fanatically looking for God."

"In addition to getting the news from his family, Emiya may have also learned it from the Demon Clan. But if Emiya is from the Demon Clan, there is no need for him to come and remind me, the emperor of the Snake Eight Clans."

Tachibana Masamune also nodded slightly.

"Since the first three noble sons of our ancestors, the road to the underworld leading to Purgatory in search of the mother goddess Izanami should have been blocked. The power of God is by no means something that can be easily obtained. It is both a power that can reach the sky and a trap set by God."

"What happened to Susanoo proved this point. We must not repeat the same mistake, nor leave any chances for the demons."

According to the secret history of the Eight Snake Clans, among the three sons born to Izanagi, the youngest son, Susanoo, was bewitched by the Holy Corpses. He could not resist his desire for power and merged with the Holy Corpses, resulting in the dragonization phenomenon and becoming the "White King Yamata-no-Orochi".

At that time, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi had to sacrifice themselves and release the simulated Word Spirit·Guixu and Word Spirit·Shiva Karma, using the ancient city from the mythological era called "Takama-ga-hara" as the coffin of the White King, and burying the entire Takama-ga-hara and the White King at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Up to now, no one has found the exact location of the ancient city of Takama-ga-hara. If an unmanned submersible equipped with high-definition cameras and sonar systems is sent out to conduct an underwater search, a brightly lit underwater ancient city would be relatively conspicuous, and the search would not be difficult.

But the ocean is too vast and boundless, and the cost of searching and maintaining deep-sea submersibles is enormous. Besides, the Eight Snake Clans are not as fanatical about pursuing gods as the Ghost Clan... Instead of spending a lot of money to challenge a difficult search, it would be best if they didn't find anything.

"…But things are different now. If the demons have any clues about Takamagahara, they will most likely dive first to search for the burial place of the gods."

Tachibana Masamune said with a serious expression, "It is indeed necessary to investigate the actions of the Demon Clan. We have been unable to deal with them for so many years. Aoi House may be a breakthrough to change the status quo."

Yuan Zhisheng, who was sitting on the sofa, was incredulous. "Dad, do you believe what Emiya said? Don't you think the source of Emiya's information is strange?"

"No matter how suspicious Emiya's words are, we can't pin our hopes on our enemies, the demons, being able to stay safe and not plot any harm."

Tachibana Masamune sighed, "Besides, although Emiya Shirou is neither a member of the family nor a member of the Oni Clan, there is still a situation that can explain the mystery surrounding him."

"What's going on?" Yuan Zhisheng sat up straight.

"Emiya Shirou... This person might be the lost royal bloodline of our Snake Eight Clan."

"What!?"

Tachibana Masamune came up with a shocking guess, "Chisei, I once said that you are not weaker than Emiya, and vice versa. Emiya, who can slay dragons and kill gods, cannot have a bloodline lower than the 'Emiya'." "The Emiya family information we found is very suspicious, isn't it? If Emiya is the 'Emiya' who was adopted by someone outside, then everything makes sense... In other words, Emiya's situation may be similar to yours, Chisei."

"Similar to me..." Yuan Zhisheng seemed to be muttering to himself. He suddenly felt that reality was a bit magical. How come he suddenly had another family member who was also an "emperor"?
"Yeah, there are so many coincidences. What's more, he and Eri both have red hair."

In the office, the two of them simultaneously thought of a red-haired girl who had been locked up in the intensive care unit playing games all year round—the head of the Uesugi family and the only remaining bloodline of the Uesugi family, Uesugi Eri.

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That night, inside an underground building secretly built in a remote mountain forest area.

"This is definitely not a coincidence!"

Someone in a corner of the building let out an anxious growl that no one could hear.

The interior style of this underground building is cold and depressing. Not a single light from the outside can penetrate. A faint smell of disinfectant permeates the air, mixed with a nauseating damp and cold smell peculiar to the underground.

Across the dimly lit corridor, you can glimpse the spacious laboratory inside. Huge floor-to-ceiling glass divides the laboratory into two areas. Various advanced but outdated instruments and equipment are placed on one side, and the flashing indicator lights and humming machine sounds never stop.

Next to it was a device that looked like a huge transparent coffin, filled with a biomass solution that reflected fluorescent light. Several clones with exactly the same shape and appearance were suspended in the liquid, their outlines vaguely visible.

There was a masked man standing in front of the device, and the growling voice came from his mouth.

The masked man gently took off the mask on his face - a Noh mask with a smiling face of a noble, pale complexion and bright red lips - revealing the face of an old man with a straight nose, deep-set eyes, and clear facial lines as if carved by a knife...

The face is exactly the same as Tachibana Masamune's!
"It's been more than ten years, more than ten years! Why did you choose to destroy my plan now?"

The old man who was suspected to be Masamune Tachibana seemed to be venting his anger at the empty laboratory.

His real name was Jung von Herzog.

In his early years, he was a talented genetic scientist. He was obsessed with mysticism and joined the "Northern Land" to pursue the Holy Grail. Later, because of the war in the last century, he was captured after his country was defeated. He was dispatched to the "Black Swan Port" in the Arctic Circle to study unheard-of dragons and hybrids...

No! These are not the point, they are just the past that has long disappeared!
Herzog's clearest memory of Black Swan Harbor was in 1991, when a man named Bondarev suddenly arrived at Black Swan Harbor and told Herzog, who at that time did not know the truth about the dragon clan's history, everything about the dragon clan.

Bondarev also brought the bad news that the Black Swan Port project had been abandoned by the authorities. Herzog's research would not receive any funding, so instead of waiting to die, he might as well give up all this and join him in exploring how to use dragons to ascend to the throne of God.

Only then did Herzog realize what kind of weird things his research subjects were. At the same time, he was tempted by the beautiful blueprint of the "god-making plan" described by Bondarev.

The two quickly reached a cooperation, destroyed Black Swan Harbor and escaped, taking away the three most promising experimental subjects, namely the young Gen Chisei, Gen Chijou, and Uesugi Eri who was in the embryonic stage.

However, halfway through, Bondarev suddenly stabbed Herzog in the back, causing serious injuries and nearly death.

However, the latter managed to survive, and had plastic surgery to become a Japanese. He lurked in this island country for a while and successfully counterattacked, taking back the three experimental subjects, his own research notes, and the spoils - the complete procedure for resurrecting the White King recorded by Bondarev.

In this way, Herzog took over everything from Bondarev, and even entered the Snake Eight Families through the identity of "Tachibana Masamune", step by step ascending to the position of patriarch, and finally learned the secret of the White King hidden in this ancient Japanese family. He was only one step away from resurrecting the White King and seizing the throne of God!
Everything was going so smoothly and wonderfully, but it was ruined by a sudden accident!

The anger on Herzog's face gradually faded, but anxiety took the opportunity to climb onto his face...

Shirou Emiya, the same red hair, at least royal bloodline, a suspicious adoptive father who died young for unknown reasons, and a family history of unknown origin.

This is definitely not a coincidence... This person is most likely Bondarev's experimental subject.

If you think about it carefully, when Bondarev was sailing near Japan, he was ambushed and killed by me who had obtained the intelligence.

And he happened to take everything from Bondarev, from the entire process of the White King's revival, clues to the secret data, to his own achievements and experimental subjects, and even some ancient dragon fetal blood and bloodline evolution medicine...

So unreasonable!
To exaggerate a little, Bondarev's move was like a top agent delivering his life to him for him to reap, so that he could successfully receive the White King's information gift package.

So, there is only one answer -

Bondarev, the evil ghost he killed, the cunning man like a fox, crawled back from hell!
(End of this chapter)