A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 325 The truth back then

When she discovered the truth that Herzog was unkillable, Genji's hatred for Herzog reached its peak!
The fear that the former Yuan Zhinü had for the King and the speculation about his 'immortality' all turned into a deep-seated humiliation after she learned that everything was just a clone.

It made him feel like a clown, desperately fearing and dreading a little mouse hiding in a ditch.

Genji repeatedly imagined Herzog watching him from behind the scenes, the smug look on his face as a clone king bowed down to his orders, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of murderous intent rising within him.

Seeing that Aso Makoto and Genji were cleaning up the scene, Genji couldn't wait to catch up, just to get Herzog's hiding place from Ince and then kill Herzog!
Minamoto no Chino believes that only Herzog's blood can wash away her humiliation!

Upon hearing Genji's conditions, many of the demons loosened their grip on their weapons. It turned out that the 'Dragon King' wasn't seeking revenge for the king, but also wanted to kill Herzog.

Wouldn't that mean they're allies?

For example, Miyamoto Toru and Fuuma Shu were still gripping their weapons tightly. They only obeyed Ince's orders and would not lower their guard just because Genji had explained their purpose.

Xu Lie, playing Ince, maintained a faint smile throughout. He turned around, his back to Yuan Zhinü, seemingly aware that she was eager to know Herzog's whereabouts. So he wasn't worried about Yuan Zhinü's sneak attack from behind and simply walked over to the single sofa that Feng Moxiu had brought and sat down.

"Unfortunately, Herzog is an extremely cautious little mouse, and he doesn't even trust his own clone."

"Even the cloned king who transmitted his own memories did not have Herzog's hiding place in his memories. The clones were even hypnotized and believed that they were the original."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhinv turned and left without any intention of staying any longer.

He wasn't stupid. Since he knew that Ince had obtained the clone King's memories, then Ince must also have obtained the King's ability to control him by banging on the clapper!

It was precisely because of her fear of the clapper and the mysterious abilities of the old church that Genji did not use her strength to threaten Ince, but instead thought of making a proper deal.

The other side doesn't know Herzog's whereabouts right now, so staying behind is too dangerous. Who knows when Ince might suddenly pull out a clapper and start hitting him? Wouldn't that cause him to crash again?

“However,” Xu Lie, playing Ince, spoke calmly, yet with a captivating charm, “I saw a very interesting truth in the clone’s memories.”

At this point, Genji had already climbed several steps up the stairs, and could no longer be seen from the ground floor, yet she continued to walk upwards.

Clearly, they are not interested in the so-called truth.

"The truth about that night when your brother pushed you into the ancient well."

"!" Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhinv suddenly stopped, her expression incredibly complex, sometimes ferocious and resentful, sometimes gentle and confused, as if two different souls were vying for control of her facial expressions.

'What utter nonsense about the truth! The truth is, my brother killed me, and I crawled out of hell to seek revenge!'

'No, there must be a reason! How could my brother kill me? Impossible! I absolutely don't believe it! I need to know the truth!'

Genjiro hesitated to take another step forward, as if another will within her body was opposing this step and desperately trying to stop Kazama Ruri.

After a long standoff, Genji turned around with a gloomy expression, returned to the first basement level, and faced Ince directly: "What truth?"

Xu Lie noticed that Yuan Zhinv simply returned to the front of the stairs on the first basement floor, ready to escape at any moment.

Yuan Zhinü seems particularly afraid of the disguise of Ince?
That shouldn't be the case. Ince has never appeared before, nor has he done anything to Genji. Why is Genji so afraid of Ince?
Or rather, the chess piece in the original work that constantly resists the chess player should not be afraid of any powerful enemy; the only thing it might fear is the sound of the clapper.

Oh, Xu Lie understands now. No wonder Yuan Zhi Nu was so cautious: "You can rest assured, I disdain using the sound of a clapper to control people."

This is a rare honest statement from a con artist: the "time bug" is much more useful than the "clapper."

"You just need to work for me until I obtain the power of the White King, how about that?"

"After all, Herzog must hate and fear me now, and he won't show his face easily, but he will definitely appear when it comes to the White King, since that's what he's been pursuing all his life."

"As long as you follow me, will you still have to worry about not finding Herzog?"

Yuan Zhinu's face grew even more gloomy. Ince knew, Ince really knew the sound of the clapper!

That damned king, that damned Herzog, a mere clone, all possess the skill to subdue him with a clapper sound.

At the same time, Genji was also very unhappy with Ince. He was just another guy who tried to control her like a puppet. What was the difference between him and Herzog?
One uses a clapper, the other doesn't? No, that's simply because Herzog lacks the strength, while the apostate Ince has enough.

Essentially, they all just wanted to use Genji!
Yuan Zhinv saw it clearly, but she didn't mind agreeing. At least the other party dared to promise not to use the clapper and even gave a deadline. Besides, she was eager to know the so-called truth!

"I promise you."

“Okay.” Xu Lie looked at the Ghost Clan members around him with delight: “Please go and find me Dragon Blood Mushrooms, Dragon Blood Bats, Red Wine Candles, and Poisonous Mushrooms.” “If you don’t find them here, go out and look for them at your other bases and experimental sites in Tokyo.”

Miyamoto Toru understood the main body's thoughts and left with all the members. Some members were still puzzled: Did Lord Ince need everyone to go out and find the little thing he wanted?

It wasn't until Miyamoto Toru gave them a few glances, subtly glancing in the direction of Genji, that they realized what was about to be said was definitely the 'Dragon King's' personal privacy.

According to the deal between Lord Ince and Genji, they will be temporary colleagues from now on, and they may even have to take orders from Genji in the future.

Staying to listen to gossip is entertaining now, but what about later? Aren't you afraid that Genji will kill you to silence you?
Even if Genjiro doesn't personally take action, but instead assigns you a mission to fight the Snake Clan one-on-one, try and see if you can survive.
Understanding this, the members of the Demon Clan all cast grateful glances at Miyamoto Toru and followed him out in single file.

After the members left down the stairs, Yuan Zhinv's expression improved somewhat, and her impression of Ince improved considerably.

Xu Lie was not afraid to be alone with Yuan Zhinu, and his tone even carried a hint of teasing: "You are of royal blood."

Yuan Zhinu nodded in confusion, wondering why Ince suddenly brought this up. Since the other party had read the king's memories, how could he not know about the royal bloodline?

"Heh." Seeing that Yuan Zhinü did not react, Xu Lie shook his head and chuckled: "The Eight Serpent Clan members are hybrids whose proportion of dragon blood in their bodies exceeds the critical blood limit and who can still maintain their sanity. They are called emperors."

"In other words, Your Majesty, no matter how high your bloodline is, no matter how imbalanced the ratio of dragon blood to human blood is in your body, Your Majesty will not become a dead servant, which means that Your Majesty cannot fall into depravity."

"!" Yuan Zhinu suddenly took two steps forward; he understood what Xu Lie meant!

But it is precisely because we understand this that it is even more incredible, and even more fraught with anxiety! Yes, the Emperor is given the title because his dragon blood ratio can exceed the critical blood limit without falling into corruption!
Then… countless questions immediately popped into Yuan Zhinv’s mind. Was he not a ghost? Had he never fallen into depravity?
But he clearly killed so many people, and he clearly remembers them all. How could this be?

Why did Yuan Zhinü keep asking herself why she had forgotten this point?
Yuan Zhinü left the staircase where she could escape at any time, her eyes filled with impatience and anxiety. She took a few helpless steps forward: "You, you mean... I'm not an extremely evil demon?!"

"I...won't fall? Then, what about everything I've done in the past...?"

Xu Lie nodded lightly on the surface, but in his heart he thought, "Yuan Zhinu's brain is really different after she had surgery. On one hand, she calls herself the emperor of mixed races, but on the other hand, she can even forget the definition of an emperor."

"No, no..." Yuan Zhinu took two steps back again, returning to the stairs. In her panic, she stumbled on the steps and fell down.

The pain from the impact couldn't bring Yuan Zhinv back to her senses; she kept shaking her head, saying, "So, so, I'm not a bloodthirsty demon by nature. Then why did I kill someone back then?"

"The one who committed the serial murders in the mountain village was myself, it was the corrupt dragon blood within me that should have done it, but it wasn't me?"

Xu Lie sat calmly on the sofa and interjected, "I know this. I also read it from the memories of the cloned King General."

“When you were very young, he performed a pontine separation surgery on you. He also learned a technique from a Central American Indian tribe to switch personalities using the sound of a clapper, splitting your personality in two.”

"On one side is Genji, and on the other side is Kazama Ruri. He only needs to hypnotize Kazama Ruri's personality to make you commit multiple crimes without realizing it, until your brother pierces your heart with a sword and buries you at the bottom of a well."

"By the way, you can also think about why your brother returned to that small mountain village exactly at the moment you committed the murder. Was it really just a coincidence?"

After saying that, Xu Lie even started thinking about when he could visit this Native American tribe and learn some of their techniques.

In the original work, the White King's revived consciousness was even suppressed by the sound of the clapper, and Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze, who were suspected to be the Black King, were also severely disturbed by the sound of the clapper.

Bangzi Qiang's unreasonable behavior gives people the illusion that even if the Dragon Clan's supreme Black King were to return, he would be killed by a single blow from a bangzi.

"Pfft!" Overwhelmed by hatred, anger, and rage, Yuan Zhinu spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood, which spilled onto the ground.

Fortunately, Xu Lie was a safe distance from the stairs; otherwise, being sprayed would have been quite disgusting.

Ignoring her own vomiting blood, Yuan Zhinü convulsed uncontrollably: "Personality, yes, personality switching, clapper sound..."

“Coincidence? The night I committed the murder, my brother happened to return... and he was also controlled by Herzog? No, my brother, at that time, he was with the Snake Clan, the Demon Clan, how... how could Herzog control my brother's actions?”

"Impossible... Herzog, back then, it shouldn't have affected my brother..."

"King General, clone, older brother... Tachibana Masamune? Herzog... Herzog!"

"How dare he separate my brother and me using such shameless means... I want him dead!"

Xu Lie raised an eyebrow at her. Why did he always feel that Yuan Zhi Nu would get along quite well with Old Tang's younger brother, Constantine?

(End of this chapter)