A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 338 Not a buddy? Wait a minute? Whose house is this?
‘So that’s it. ’

Chen Motong hovered above Yuan Zhisheng's island of the mind, getting a pretty good idea of ​​what Yuan Zhisheng was thinking lately.

Upon learning that the Genji brothers had successfully reconciled, they planned to plot against Herzog together.

They also unexpectedly learned about the cooperative relationship between Genjiro and Ince.

This was an unexpected bonus. Chen Motong made a note of it, planning to investigate Tachibana Masamune before heading to Genji's Mind Island.

Perhaps we can directly complete Mr. Fool's task and find the exact whereabouts of the apostate Ince.

In Genjiro's memory, Chen Motong discovered that the head of the Snake Clan had already figured out that Tachibana Masamune's identity was questionable and planned to confront him directly when the time was right.

To this end, he even personally greeted the Kassel commissioner's team, just in case, so that when he wanted to confront Tachibana Masamune, he might unfortunately encounter the White King's resurrection.

Genjiro witnessed Lu Mingfei's combat prowess on Bellow Island and believed that even if the holy remains left behind by the White King were to be revived, Lu Mingfei could still defeat them.

In Genjiro's vision, the White King is the Dragon King, and Odin is also the Dragon King. Therefore, the White King's relic is probably equivalent to or stronger than a puppet controlled by Odin himself. Lu Mingfei can kill Odin's puppet instantly, so he should have no problem fighting the White King's relic.

It can be said that Genjiro made ample preparations for Tachibana Masamune's 'father'. Upon observing this idea, Chen Motong was both amused and exasperated, as there was a gap between reality and fantasy.

Yuan Zhisheng's chosen 'Dragon Slayer' Lu Mingfei is no match for the White King's Sacred Remains, unless that mysterious being Lu Mingze descends and merges with Lu Mingfei's body to fight.

After marveling at Genjiro's idea, Chen Motong turned her attention to Tachibana Masamune.

'How disgusting.' Chen Motong curled her lip in disdain. In Tachibana Masamune, Chen Motong seemed to see her nominal father, Chen Liyu, once again.

The same scumbags, the same bastards, the same ones who use their families as tools, and the same ones who love using clones to walk around the outside world!
For this type of person, all their outward displays of warmth and affection are actually a carefully planned drama.

The only difference is that Tachibana Masamune is a better actor, portraying himself more like a loving father, while Chen Liyu doesn't even bother to act, revealing his cold-hearted attitude of treating his children as tools.

Chen Motong turned and left. There was no longer any need to investigate Yuan Zhisheng's side. It had nothing to do with cloning technology, nor with the apostate Ince.

Next up is Tachibana Masamune. Chen Motong once again ventures into Tachibana Masamune's mental island, following the sea of ​​collective unconsciousness.

Upon arriving at Tachibana Masamune's Mind Island, Chen Motong immediately sensed something was amiss. For normal people, including those of mixed race, Mind Island is a manifestation of their inner world.

For example, Genjiro's Soul Island has the Japanese-style Shikatori Shrine and the bustling city of Tokyo, but Tachibana Masamune's Soul Island is clearly not right, with various ruins left by brutal destruction.

Those brutally destructive scenes were strangely familiar to Chen Motong! They were traces of a mind subjected to crude brainwashing, hypnosis, and distortion!

It's like having Chen Motong do the work on someone's mental island. She's the perfect professional, and she'll make sure it's done quickly and well. The island will look exactly the same before and after the work, with no visible difference.
Asking ordinary people to perform hypnosis and control is a mismatch between their expertise and the actual work. The result was a complete mess, a shattered mess, so bad it was unbearable to look at.

Discerning viewers can immediately recognize these as signs of deliberate hypnosis and brainwashing.

The last time Chen Motong saw such crude traces of hypnosis and brainwashing was on Chen Liyu's clone, and it looked particularly familiar.

"I've searched high and low without finding it, but it's right here in my sight!" Chen Motong smiled involuntarily. "Ninety percent, I guess?" She had caught the Holy Palace Medical Association red-handed!

Stay calm. Don't lose control of your emotions because of excitement. Chen Motong secretly warned himself and began to silently observe Tachibana Masamune's suspended memories.

That's right, levitation. As explained earlier, the island of the mind is the manifestation that a person can be aware of, while beneath the island lies the subconscious that a person cannot perceive.

Many of Tachibana Masamune's memories, let alone the deep sea beneath the island, failed to even reach the surface of the island of his mind.

To put it simply, the trees and plants in Tachibana Masamune's memories couldn't take root on the island of his mind; they were all suspended a few centimeters off the ground, without any roots. It was obvious at a glance that they were external memory transfers.

Hypnosis and brainwashing, memory transfer—Chen Motong is now 99% certain that Tachibana Masamune is a clone! And a clone of Herzog!
The subsequent tour of Tachibana Masamune's memories confirmed her suspicions.

In Tachibana Masamune's memory, Chen Motong read the complete story of the real Black Swan Harbor, and even saw the young Renata who was closely following Lu Mingfei on Belllo Island in his memory.

They eventually witnessed Herzog survive after being shot and rendered unconscious by Bondarev, and then pursued him to Japan.

Upon arriving here, Herzog found a way to get plastic surgery to resemble Tachibana Masamune, and then rented a boat, acquired firearms, and waited day and night in a certain sea area for his prey.

Finally, Herzog found another small boat. Without even looking at it, he mowed down the people on the boat with a hail of bullets. When he boarded the boat, he only saw a man with an unfamiliar face.

Fortunately, Bondarev's notebook was found on the ship. It contained records of the origins of the Snake Clan and the Imperial Bloodline, as well as the entire plan to steal the White King's power. This completely captivated Herzog, showing the ambitious man the ladder to godhood.

He then copied Bondarev's notebook plan entirely, creating clones, hypnotizing and brainwashing them into becoming shadow warriors, and making them generals of the Demon Clan, secretly controlling both the Snake Clan and the Demon Clan. 'Outrageous.' Chen Motong silently shook his head. This Tachibana Masamune was also stupid, completely unaware that he was also a clone, still thinking he was the original?

In Genjiro's memory, Tachibana Masamune was the former head of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, and the King was the leader of the Demon Clan. In the end, both of them were clones of Herzog!
What's going on? Am I fighting with my own brain? My left brain attacking my right brain?
To Chen Motong's displeasure, Tachibana Masamune's memories revealed that cloning technology and memory transfer technology both originated from Bondarev's notes.

However, the notes did not indicate whether the cloning technology was developed by Bondarev himself, which made Chen Motong unable to determine whether the matter was related to the Holy Palace Medical Association.

After leaving Tachibana Masamune's island of the mind, Chen Motong had no intention of stopping there and continued to trace the source.

All memories of where Tachibana Masamune's clone came from and how he came to be with the Snake-Headed Eight Families were crudely erased through hypnosis and brainwashing.

Because the erasure was too brutal, the manipulator could only adjust and repair it, but could not restore the destroyed memories.

Therefore, it is necessary to investigate based on other clues.

In Tachibana Masamune's memories, Chen Motong saw something particularly interesting: Tachibana Masamune had once raised Dead Servants under the Genji Heavy Industries.

How could Tachibana Masamune have built such a massive project by himself? He must have had a considerable number of subordinates and scientists with him.

Chen Motong was like a fairy in the realm of dreams. Based on Tachibana Masamune's memories of these people, she formed a list of people to investigate and went in and out of their mental islands to examine them one by one.

Some engineers have been silenced by Tachibana Masamune, and they can't find him in their collective subconscious. Some subordinates are spies planted by the Oni Clan in the Hebi-Hachi family, and they only know how to do their jobs obediently, unaware of the secrets involved.

As for the scientists captured by the Snake-Headed Eight Families, some were hired by Tachibana Masamune with high salaries, some were purely there to study more about dragon blood creatures, and others came from the Gattuso family.

Not a buddy? Wait a minute? Whose house is this?
Even Chen Motong, a seasoned viewer who usually maintains a calm demeanor, could not suppress the turmoil stirring within her at this moment.

Pete Gattuso, one of the scientists Chen Motong is currently investigating, is revealed by the interior of Mind Island to be from a branch of the Gattuso family.

This child was gifted from a young age. Because he came from the Gattuso family and was intelligent, he was supported by the Gattuso family all the way. By the age of eighteen, he had already earned a doctorate in biology and was eventually placed in Herzog's team by the Gattuso family.

Pete didn't understand why his family had arranged for him to work under this mad scientist. His family offered no explanation, simply telling him that it was a necessary arrangement to ensure the Gattuso family's dominance.

On Pete Gattuso's Mind Island, everywhere there are manifestations of biological blood, incomplete gene maps of dragon blood, and various biological instruments. Chen Motong is hidden in the 'sky', teetering on the verge of collapse.

'The Gattuso family? How could it be the Gattuso family? Shouldn't it be Herzog?'

'No, something's wrong. The Gattuso family is trying to rule the world? There's something seriously wrong with the Gattuso family!'

Chen Motong felt as if cold sweat was about to break out in his mind, which had no sweat glands. He quickly gathered information from the list of scientists in Tachibana Masamune's memory, one by one.

The deeper Chen Motong delved into the island of the mind and the more she viewed the scientists' past memories, the more alarmed she became.

In Masamune Tachibana's memory, of the nineteen researchers hired at the Deadpool breeding farm at high salaries, a full thirteen had connections to the Gattuso family.

They were either direct members of the Gattuso family or had received funding from the Gattuso family multiple times. There were only six researchers, who were invited by Tachibana Masamune himself.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Masamune Tachibana's research team was actually the Gattuso family's research team!

From the memories of these Gattuso-related researchers, Chen Motong found a key figure—Blake Gattuso.

It was this Blake who arranged for Pete and eight other researchers to join Tachibana Masamune's team, and Tachibana Masamune had no doubts about them and trusted them completely.

From Pete's memory, we know that this Blake was not from a collateral branch, but a member of the Gattuso main family.

In other words, Blake was one of Caesar Gattuso's uncles, his biological uncle!
Fortunately, neither Blake nor Pete were as cautious as Herzog. They had communicated a lot over the years, making it easy for Chen Motong to lock onto them in their collective subconscious.

Only those who retain a clear sense of self in their dreams can hear this sound of splashing waves.

When Chen Motong rose from the sea of ​​collective subconsciousness, he didn't have time to take a closer look at the sky above the island of the mind. A translucent twelve-ringed worm that was floating peacefully there was startled by the sound of waves and turned over.

The twelve-ring worm descended rapidly, coalescing into a chubby, middle-aged blond man. The worm suppressed the urge to look at Chen Motong, pretending not to notice anything, and continued operating a bunch of experimental instruments on its own.

But inwardly, he couldn't help but think: 'Good heavens, it's Chen Motong? How did she find me?'

'Forget it, the main body only wants us to monitor Herzog and report its movements. Chen Motong's matter is not my concern; let the main body worry about it.'

(End of this chapter)