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That was the most cowardly part of Genjiro's heart.
"Back then, Genji was deceived by the king and took a large amount of gene serum and hallucinogens. However, his bloodline was excellent, and the gene serum did not completely turn him into a demon. Instead, it stimulated and amplified Genji's other personality, namely the violent demon king, Ruri Kazama."
Looking at his seventeen-year-old self, Yuan Zhisheng suddenly realized that deep down, he had always remained at the age of seventeen. The identity of the emperor was just a shining armor to him, inside which was the heart of an ordinary person.
Gu Ran explained softly from behind, pointing to the seventeen-year-old Yuan Zhisheng: "Actually, your brain has also been tampered with, and it has been split into two personalities, one a powerful emperor and the other a powerless child. It's just that for so many years, because you have been under control, the other personality has not been activated."
Yuan Zhisheng frowned and asked, "In my memory, I don't recall anyone tampering with my brain."
"It's probably because you're still young and haven't started remembering things yet."
"Then how did you know all this?" Yuan Zhisheng asked, staring at Gu Ran.
"I just stumbled upon some information by chance. Well, I've stayed in this illusion long enough. It's time to go outside and see the truth." Gu Ran formed a hand seal and dispelled the illusion.
……
Inside the Red Well, Genjiro and her double had almost finished their act, so the double pretended to be unconscious and collapsed into Genjiro's arms.
As expected, Genjiro's acting skills were superb. One second he was playing the fierce and crazy Kazama Ruri, and the next second when he opened his eyes, his expression became weak and helpless, completely transforming into Genjiro's appearance.
"Brother, brother!" He choked back tears, clutching the body of Genjiro's substitute, "I wanted to see my brother, but in the end, the one I met with my brother was that evil demon, Kazama Ruri!"
His heartbreaking cries were incredibly moving, a performance that evoked deep sympathy in me.
Seeing this scene through the monitor screen, Genji felt a pang of sadness. He wanted to rush out immediately to meet Genji and reconcile with his brother. He clenched his fists, which trembled slightly.
A pair of soft hands took his arm; it was Sakura. She gently patted Genji's back: "Everything will pass."
"Here they come, the bad guys are about to make their appearance." Gu Ran pointed to one of the screens, which was positioned right in the center.
At that moment, a 'snap' sound came from inside the Red Well, and a beam of light descended from the sky, shining on Genji and his stand. At the same time, the elevator platform began to descend. The platform was decorated with colorful running lights all around, just like the lights in non-mainstream disco bars.
The loudspeakers around the Red Well were playing Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," and someone entered the stage to the beat of the dance.
The man was wearing a tailored tuxedo, paired with crisp trousers, a bright purple shirt, a white silk bow tie, and black and white brogues.
Swan Lake is supposed to be a sad stage play, but this old man's dance moves carried the joy of a victor, just like Hitler's happiness when he heard that France had surrendered.
The elevator platform finally reached the bottom of the Red Well. The old man was still dancing and circling around Yuan Zhinv.
Yuan Zhinu looked at the nobleman's mask on the old man's face, and suddenly her eyes widened, filled with terror, like a frightened cat.
This acting was so natural that no one could detect any flaws.
The king bowed slightly before Minamoto no Chino, just like an actor taking a bow to the audience.
Inside the surveillance vehicle, Genji was also quite surprised by the appearance of the King: "Is he really unkillable?"
"Don't rush, keep watching," Gu Ran said softly.
Erii stopped playing games and seemed interested in what was happening, so she also stared at the monitor screen.
"What a pity! Such a wonderful performance, and in the end, only you were able to appreciate the ending." The king said to Yuan Zhinü with a light laugh, "But you should be very honored, because you are the only one who knows this secret."
The king slowly removed his mask, and the surveillance camera zoomed in, pointing its lens at the king's face.
Finally, the king's face was fully revealed, and everyone except Gu Ran and Erii was shocked.
"It's you? It's you!" Yuan Zhinv screamed in surprise on the screen.
“It’s him…” Yuan Zhisheng’s pupils contracted, his tone bitter.
Erii tilted her head, showing no interest in the person behind the mask.
Knowing the truth, Sakura clenched her fists slightly, seemingly wanting to go out and purge the traitors.
The person behind the mask is Tachibana Masamune, the former head of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, a man whom Genji Chisei regarded as both a father and a teacher.
At this moment, Tachibana Masamune put on the mask, and then mischievously took it off the next second. Both the mask and his real expression were smiling, but the smile on the mask was subtle and understated, while Tachibana Masamune's real expression was smug and self-satisfied.
He should have smiled more gently, but he was so happy that he grinned from ear to ear.
Genjiro was looking at Tachibana Masamune through the screen. This man, who had died in Tokyo Tower to save him, was now in Akai.
At this moment, many of his doubts were resolved.
If Tachibana Masamune and the King are actually the same person, then many things can be explained. On the surface, they seem to be irreconcilable enemies, but their actions are highly similar.
No wonder people have been able to hack into Princess Kaguya's system and spread false information; no wonder the King is so familiar with the Snake Clan's plans.
Tonight's attack on the Snake Clan was flawless. If Gu Ran hadn't reminded him early on to protect the Genji Heavy Industries, Princess Kaguya would probably have been taken back by the Oni Clan, and the Secret Party would have been unable to provide assistance to Tokyo.
Genjiro was feeling very depressed at this moment, because Gu Ran had reminded him more than once that Tachibana Masamune had problems, and the principal had also said that Tachibana Masamune had problems, but he had never believed it.
Who would believe that someone who is like a father and teacher could be a schemer?
Tachibana Masamune was very happy at this moment. He was happy to explain his plans over the years to Minamoto no Wakana because no one knew how lonely his success had been.
Although Yuan Zhinv already knew the truth from Gu Ran, she was still somewhat frightened when she saw it for herself.
He retreated backward, clutching the body double's corpse in fear, revealing his panic.
Tachibana Masamune laughed loudly and said, "Your Japanese underworld is too unambitious. Without me, you would never find God even after a thousand years. It was I who taught you to hate and wage war against each other, so that you would do anything to find God, because no one wants God to fall into the hands of the other."
"Who exactly are you?" Yuan Zhinu asked in a hoarse voice.
“My name is Dr. Jung von Herzog. I was the youngest scientist in the Third Reich Academy of Sciences and the sole person in charge of Black Swan Harbor. I am the human who understands dragons the most in the world. Although I cannot compare with you monsters in terms of bloodline, I think like a dragon.” Tachibana Masamune pointed to his head.
Next, Herzog began to recount the whole story, starting with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, when a man named Bondarev came to Port Black Swan and proposed to share the throne with him.
Chapter 504 A Greedy Petty Man
One thing should be corrected: Bondarev may be the person who understands dragons the most in the world. Herzog's biggest dream in the Soviet Union was simply to create super soldiers like Captain America.
But Bondarev told him the story of the White King in the Far East, a story that deeply captivated Herzog.
Therefore, he also wanted to seize power and ascend the throne.
To ascend the throne, the first thing to do is to resurrect the gods. The dragon race has never given humans the path to evolve into dragons, because in the eyes of the dragon race, humans are just slaves, insects, and are not worthy of sitting on equal footing with the dragon race.
But the White King's remains left humanity with hope. Perhaps the White King's original intention in leaving behind the remains and blood was simply to be resurrected, but in the end, it was used by Herzog.
To awaken the sacred remains, ancient dragon blood is needed, so the ancient dragon in Black Swan Harbor came in handy.
In the winter of 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. Herzog and Bondarev had originally worked together to take away the infants, Genjiro and Genjiro, as well as some frozen embryos. However, one night, Bondarev betrayed them and shot Herzog in the back, piercing his lung.
Bondarev boarded the Lenin alone, initiated the "Awakening of God" plan, and sank the Lenin into the abyss of Takamagahara.
Herzog did not die, but was burned and disfigured. He went to Japan, found Bondarev, killed him, and inherited Bondarev's technology.
Bondarev had everything prepared. He had also set up a laboratory at the Tokyo base, containing experimental records and notes, preliminary products of the evolution drug, and a large amount of ancient dragon fetal blood collected from Black Swan Harbor.
Bondarev also left behind a videotape that recorded the ancient dragon embryo hatching in the hold, while it turned the humans on the ship into monsters.
Herzog was overjoyed to have all this, because Bondarev had paved the way for him to the throne, and now all he had to do was walk that path and ascend the throne!
“In your opinion, the path to godhood seems to be Bondarev’s masterpiece, and I seem to have done nothing, but I also have outstanding research results.” Herzog stared at Genji with a smile and said, “My proudest works are your brother π (Pai), you with the code name ω (Omega), and your sister ξ (Kexie), which was cryopreserved as an embryo.”
"Eri..." This was the first time Genji had heard about this. Gu Ran had deliberately not mentioned it before, and now that he heard this, his expression was one of great surprise.
Genji, behind the monitor screen, was also stunned for a moment, then looked at Erii beside him.
Therefore, they are siblings.
Erii showed no surprise on her face. She had no concept of blood ties. To her, her brother was just someone she could trust and who played games with her.
“That’s right, Erii is your younger sister,” Herzog laughed. “Of course you monsters are siblings, otherwise how could so many super hybrids suddenly appear in Japan? You’re a family of monsters!”
Herzog went on to explain that, strictly speaking, the three of them were not triplets; Erii was created later.
He sent Genjiro to the Snake Clan and Genjiro to the Demon Clan. The two major gangs were overjoyed to have a leader with 'royal blood', and then the war began.
War always drives people mad. The two major gangs that gained leadership both began to search for God with all their might, because neither wanted God to fall into the other's hands.
Herzog, who is also the teacher of two emperors, secretly manipulates everything. He creates a rift between Genjiro and Genjiro, causing them to kill each other.
Through the monitor screen, Genji finally understood everything.
At first, he thought that killing his brother in order to uphold the justice in his heart was all an arrangement of fate, a joke of fate.
Unexpectedly, all of this was not an arrangement of fate, but a man-made conspiracy.
He looked at Herzog on the screen; it was clearly Tachibana Masamune's face, yet it felt so unfamiliar.
It turns out that the man he had always admired, the man he had always regarded as a father and teacher, was so hypocritical, insidious, and extremely cunning.
He turned around, wanting to rush out immediately and ask Herzog for the truth, but Gu Ran grabbed him.
“If you go out now, everything we’ve done tonight will be for nothing,” Gu Ran said softly. “Think about it calmly. Perhaps Herzog is just a pawn, and the real player is yet to come. Besides, rushing out now will only serve to vent your anger; it won’t do you any good.”
Yuan Zhisheng stood still, calmed down after a moment, and continued to stare at the screen.
"It's you! It's all because of you that my brother didn't believe me!" Yuan Zhinu said angrily. He was truly furious at this moment. Fortunately, he managed to suppress his boiling dragon blood so that his eyes wouldn't turn into golden pupils, lest he frighten Herzog.
He kept in mind Gu Ran's instructions: to turn Herzog into a dragon tonight, even though he didn't know how Gu Ran planned to do it.
“If this makes you so angry that you lose control, then do you want to hear about something even more infuriating?” Herzog stared at the impotently furious Genji and said happily, “Actually, you two brothers are exactly the same. You are not some kind of extremely evil demon at all.”
Yuan Zhinu raised her head: "What, what did you say?"
This was the first time he had heard about this tonight; Gu Ran hadn't mentioned it before.
Gu Ran did it on purpose, of course. He was afraid that if he explained everything, it would affect Yuan Zhinv's performance on the spot, so he deliberately omitted some key information.
Herzog said that Genjiro's bloodline was actually as stable as Genjiro's. The reason she became a demon was because he performed a brain pontomy on the children of Black Swan Harbor. After the surgery, she would split into two personalities: one noble and righteous, and the other violent and beastly.
The signal for switching personalities is a special clapper sound, a technique Herzog learned from Native American tribes in Central America. He drew out the violent personality of the young girl and then hypnotized it.
Therefore, in Genjiro's eyes, his younger brother became a madman and a demon.
Upon learning the truth, both Genjiro and Genjiro clenched their fists, especially Genjiro, who realized that the nightmares that had been plaguing him were all created by this person.
"I really am not very bright." Yuan Zhi laughed angrily, making a self-deprecating remark.
“He’s such a righteous young man. Although he loves you, he has no choice but to kill you.” Herzog looked at Genjiro with a hint of mockery in his smile.
A mouthful of blood spilled from Yuan Zhinv's mouth; it was blood that flowed from her biting her lip in anger.
Herzog, believing that Minamoto no Wakana was about to die, eagerly began his plan to become a god.
"Don't be so impatient! You haven't witnessed a miracle yet. You will have the honor of witnessing the greatest evolution in the world. The Ancient Road to the Underworld will be opened today, and I will finally pave the way from humans to dragons!"
Herzog walked toward the elevator platform, which was covered with a tarpaulin. He lifted the tarpaulin and found a girl with long red hair lying on it, her lifeless eyes staring at the rainy night sky. Her white dress was soaked and clung to her graceful body, revealing glimpses of her soft skin.
This was the first time that Genji had seen this stand-in Erii. At first glance, she looked quite similar, especially in her expression.