Brass Dragons in the Dragon World

But Ander smelled a disgusting stench here, a mixture of alcohol and Chinese herbal medicine, a combination of fishy and ammonia smells, with a hint of sulfur.

The smell was somewhat familiar, causing Ander to momentarily forget about causing trouble for Qian Sichuan and instead follow the scent to investigate.

"Strange, I feel like I've smelled this somewhere before."

Following the smell, Ander found a messy kitchen. Looking at the specially modified fish tank inside, Ander finally understood where the strange smell came from.

Swimming in the aquarium was a slender, silvery-white fish with dragon scales. It had an extremely exaggerated lower jaw, and its mouth, filled with sharp teeth, was like a terrifying cutter. Its eyes, glowing yellow, were staring at Ander outside.

"Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper".

Looking at the strange creature in the fish tank, Ander gasped. It was a miracle that Qian Sichuan was still alive. This thing was a mutated animal that had been tainted by dragon blood, and its teeth could even tear through the Dragon King's defenses.

Fortunately, although the Gyrodontidae has a powerful bite and defense, its physical strength is not too strong, which is why this Gyrodontidae has not yet broken out of the aquarium.

"That stench, could it be..."

Ander looked around at the ground, at the insulated tanks filled with liquid nitrogen, the steel bar cutting machine on the construction site, and the medicine tanks on the stove.

Upon opening the medicine jar, a foul stench wafted out. Inside were pieces of fish meat cut into sections and several kinds of Chinese herbs. A fish head stared straight at Ander, its yellow eyes gleaming eerily.

"Damn, this guy ate the Ghosttooth Viper."

Based on the equipment in the kitchen, Ander deduced that Qian Sichuan had used liquid nitrogen to put the griffin into hibernation, then used a cutting machine to cut it into several pieces, before throwing them all into a medicine pot to make a fish soup.

Once, Ander was curious about what a Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper tasted like, so he went to great lengths to get one. The taste was, to put it mildly, indescribable.

It was like the excrement of a demon who had been constipated for a long time after eating fish—dry and hard, with a foul fishy and sulfurous smell. Ander took one bite and spat it out.

From that day on, a new sentence was added to the information on the Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper: "Not suitable for anyone to eat."

This should be considered a bloody lesson. As for what would happen to ordinary people if they ate it, Ander didn't know. Even in the Equipment Department, where lunatics gathered, no one had ever thought of eating this stuff.

But judging from the groans echoing in the room, it seems that this fierce man who ate the demon-toothed dragon viper is still doing well; perhaps this thing can even enhance male virility.

But at that moment, the woman's groans turned into screams, interspersed with sounds of flesh being torn apart.

problem occurs.

Ander rushed upstairs, but he was too late.

In a bedroom with the door open, rough and delicate flesh intertwined, and blood stained the sheets.

When Ander rushed into the room, the man and woman were already motionless, their mouths covered in blood, as they devoured each other's flesh until they died.

Chapter Ninety-Five Ornamental Fish

In the cramped room, all sorts of strange and unusual props were scattered on the floor, and the water stains on the floor exuded an ambiguous atmosphere.

On a soft bed, two naked bodies embraced, blood seeping from the gaps and staining the sheets red.

Ander looked at the two people who were clearly beyond saving with a strange expression. He had originally wanted to cause trouble for this person, but he didn't expect that he would eat the wrong thing and die directly.

It's like you want to teach the unruly kid next door a lesson, only to find that the kid has already gone abroad to study.

Looking at the huge gashes on their throats, torn open by teeth, and their faces blurred with blood, Ander pondered for a moment and made a decision:

We should call the police.

Ander walked to the side, picked up the phone, and dialed a number:

"Hello? Tianjiao, it's me. Are you asleep yet?"

"Oh, you're on duty? That's great. Take a team to Buckingham Estate immediately, someone's been killed."

The sound of chairs clattering came from the other end of the phone; Chu Tianjiao seemed very agitated.

"I didn't kill him, you can come over here."

Ander put down the phone, pursed his lips, and thought to himself, "I'm a good person... no, a good dragon, how could I kill someone so easily?"

After Odin demonstrated his ability to erase people's memories, dragon descendants like Chu Tianjiao, whose bloodlines were diluted, and ordinary hybrids were reassigned from the front lines.

But this does not mean they will stop fighting from now on, mainly because the situation in Minzhou is different from other places.

In Minzhou, there is only one front line: those stationed in front of Odin's Nibelungen, waiting for the day Odin opens Nibelungen, at which time they will be warriors guarding the Great Wall.

In the presence of a Dragon King, all high-risk hybrids and alchemical artifacts are merely insignificant second-tier beings.

The unit Chu Tianjiao is currently in is responsible for arresting high-risk hybrids. Although it is not on the front line, it is still a real combat unit.

Ander didn't choose to stay in the room any longer. He had no interest in playing detective games, nor did he want to touch the two corpses. Instead, he wandered around the room.

"Hey, this wood carving is nice, I'll have to get it sometime."

Just as Ander was admiring the wooden carving of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea in his study, he heard the sound of a door opening downstairs.

"Captain Chu, that smells really strong."

As Ander stepped out of the study, he saw two people enter, both dressed in police uniforms. One of them was complaining about the unpleasant smell in the room.

"This is what the Ghost Tooth Viper tastes like when it's cooked properly."

The person was startled when he saw someone come out of the study, but was immediately stopped by Chu Tianjiao next to him.

"Xiao Wang, calm down."

Chu Tianjiao held down his assistant, Xiao Wang, who had only recently graduated and was still quite inexperienced, always easily startled.

"Old Lu, what happened?"

Chu Tianjiao asked.

"Come with me."

Leading the two to the kitchen, Chu Tianjiao frowned as he looked at the Gorgon viper in the fish tank. This kind of fish was extremely dangerous; usually, he was the one eating other people's food, and no one else ever ate it.

The newbie, Xiao Wang, wearing gloves, opened the medicine jar next to him. He was startled by the unpleasant smell and quickly turned his head to close the lid.

"Kid, now you know how powerful you are."

Ander watched with schadenfreude as Xiao Wang gasped for breath. The smell was unbearable for most people; Qian Sichuan was a ruthless man after all.

"Master Lu... Master Lu, did this person turn the Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper into soup?"

The inexperienced Xiao Wang never expected his first field assignment to be so bizarre, and he was shocked by the complexity of the world.

"The world is full of wonders. This is probably the only guy in the last hundred years who dared to eat a Deviltooth Viper."

Ander also exclaimed that this guy's was truly unique.

Chu Tianjiao, who was inspecting the kitchen, walked over and took out two masks from his pocket, handing them to the two people beside him.

"Mr. Lu, please put on your mask first. This smell is becoming unbearable."

Although it could block out the smell, Ander readily put on the mask and then led the two men to take a look around the bedroom.

Poor Xiao Wang was once again bewildered by the strange props on the ground, and he asked Chu Tianjiao next to him in a low voice.

"Captain Chu, are they really going to go this far?"

Chu Tianjiao rolled his eyes and said nonchalantly, "You'll see even bigger things in the future. Now, let's get to work."

After sending the new recruit Xiao Wang to inspect the scene, Chu Tianjiao walked to Ander's side and asked:

"Old Lu, what's wrong with this person?"

Ander sighed and said:

"Mingfei was bullied at school, so I came to talk to his parents..."

Since he had nothing else to do, Ander recounted what had just happened. Even though Chu Tianjiao was a man of many experiences, he couldn't help but gasp in astonishment at such a bizarre case.

"This is going to be a headache for customs. They'll have to hold a big meeting to reflect on this."

Chu Tianjiao sighed, "The Ghost Tooth Dragon Viper mainly appears in places where dragons slumber. It is a mutated form of a deep-sea viperfish that has sucked dragon blood. It is relatively rare in China."

"How do you think he got his hands on the Ghost-Toothed Viper?"

Ander asked, also curious about how a local rich man from Sichuan could obtain such a thing.

Recalling a rumor he had heard at a dinner party, Chu Tianjiao hesitated and said:

"Old Lu, I've heard that recently someone has been smuggling the Ghost Tooth Dragon Viper into the country and selling it to wealthy people."

Ander looked at Qian Sichuan's balding head and asked:

Why would we sell it to them?

"They are said to be able to improve feng shui when kept as ornamental fish."

Ander was also startled by this statement. The Gorgonchidon is a deep-sea fish with an extremely ordinary appearance, and it has nothing to do with ornamental fish no matter how you look at it.

"Furthermore, they also believe that the Ghost-toothed Viper is the Dragon King, and that keeping it in the home can ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune."

"That's quite a stretch."

Listening to Chu Tianjiao's explanation, Ander's lips twitched. He silently mourned for these nouveau riche who kept Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers at home, hoping that their arms were still intact.

These nouveau riche may not learn anything else, but they've mastered the superstitions of the people on Hong Kong Island, even surpassing them in some ways, leading to these kinds of incidents.

"Captain Chu, I found this in the cabinet next to me."

Xiao Wang was holding an evidence bag containing a printed A4 sheet of paper with a few lines of text on it.

"Aphrodisiac and Kidney-Tonifying Formula (Guaranteed to Have a Son): One Gorgon viper, three star anise, two bay leaves, one cardamom pod, five mace of codonopsis, one ounce of Sichuan pepper..."

Signed: Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner Crow.

Looking at the obviously unreliable prescription, Ander gasped. No wonder Old Hu called him a sucker. This was hardly a prescription; with bay leaves, cardamom, and Sichuan peppercorns all there, it was clearly a braising liquid recipe.

"What a talent! He actually believes this."

Looking at the obese corpse on the bed, Ander sighed:

"You deserved to die."

Chapter Ninety-Six: The Crow

"...That's right. Qian Sichuan died from hallucinogenic substances contained in the body of the Ghost Tooth Dragon Viper, similar to the zombie bath salts in the United States."

It was already the next day. After getting off work, Chu Tianjiao made a special trip to Hexutong (Ande's teahouse) to report the details to Ande.

"So, he believed a swindler who said he needed to eat dragon meat to have dragon offspring, so he spent a fortune to get two Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers?"