Dragon Raja 5; Chapter 57: Whale Song (26)

Dragon Raja 5

 “Those are Yuan Zhisheng’s Chaisi clothes,” Lu Mingfei said. “How did they get here?”

“Only a few people within the family know that Herzog was a demon. We tell the children at the bottom of the family that the head of the Tachibana family, Masamune Tachibana, died heroically in the underground garage while trying to save the head of the family,” Crow said expressionlessly. “So, behind the shrine where you live, there’s a fake tombstone of Masamune Tachibana. His belongings are kept together with those of the head of the family, and they’ve even given it the name ‘Teacher-Student Storehouse.’ Occasionally, people come here to pay their respects.”

Lu Mingfei immediately understood the purpose of this move. The Sheqi Eight Clans were a large organization, and prestige was paramount to maintaining such an organization. If the lower-level members knew that the person responsible for the disaster was actually the head of the Tachibana family, the prestige of the family’s top brass would be affected, and the family’s management would be in trouble.

Is this the adult world? It’s hilarious. This is clearly someone the family’s top brass would drag from hell and kill a thousand times, yet they have to pay homage to him every holiday, collect his relics, and even short of erecting a monument and writing a biography for him.

“It’s better to let the headmaster guard here. If ghosts really exist in the world, with him guarding here, Herzog’s ghost won’t be able to escape from here.” Crow said as he walked in. “Only these things outside are the headmaster’s things. He doesn’t have much stuff to begin with. The rooms inside are all Herzog’s collection. This guy is actually a collector. He collects everything from Nara period Buddha statues to classical erotic paintings. He also has about 5,000 rare books, 6,000 out-of-print vinyl records, 8 Easter eggs made by Fabergé, the Tsar’s royal jeweler, and antique mechanical watches worth about 600 yuan…”

Even without this introduction, Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo could appreciate the hugeness of Herzog’s collection. They walked through the long corridor, with shelves on both sides reaching the ceiling, and the exhibits on the shelves were dazzling.

Western mythology says that dragons are creatures that love to collect treasures, and their nests should look like this.

“Greed.” Nono whispered.

“Needless to say? Greedy, despicable, disgusting bug!” said the crow coldly.

“What is this?” Lu Mingfei pointed at a box on a table.

“I advise you not to open it. It’s full of hair.”

“Hair?” Lu Mingfei was stunned.

“The old guy has a strong interest in women. After doing something, he will keep a strand of the woman’s hair. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a token of love. He often kills women to silence them. He keeps these hairs as trophies, just like a cannibal tribe keeps the heads of their enemies.” said the crow.

Nuonuo shuddered, his stomach twitched, and she felt like vomiting.

From the moment she entered the warehouse, she used her profiling abilities to reconstruct the character of Herzog in her mind, his wisdom, his brutality, his greed, his madness, his meanness… the amount of information was so overwhelming that it seemed about to explode.

It’s like a puzzle that forms a terrifying face, scaring the person who puts it together.

“Go around, but don’t touch the things on the shelves.” Nuonuo felt that it was inappropriate to have a child around during these conversations, so she turned to Chu Zihang who was following cautiously behind.

Chu Zihang nodded, turned and left.

“All of these things will be helpful, but it would be best if there were written materials,” Lu Mingfei said, “diaries, research reports, manuscripts, and the like.”

“Yes, I’m just afraid that you won’t be able to finish reading it.” Crow lifted the cloth covering the huge bookcase, revealing a cabinet full of volumes of Buddhist scriptures, covered with a thin layer of dust.

“He’s a truly meticulous researcher, always taking notes. He rarely uses electronic files, preferring to write them down by hand. We have some of his information stored with us, and some with the Ghost Clan. Later, we formed an investigation team from both sides and recovered everything,” Crow said. “Unfortunately, it’s all in shorthand notation, so we haven’t been able to decipher it yet.”

Nuonuo casually pulled out a scroll, blew away the dust, opened it, read it attentively for a while, and shook her head.

“You can’t decipher it, not because he used shorthand notation, but because these documents are very profound. Probably only experts of his level can decipher them,” Nono shrugged. “It’s like the legend that ‘only three people in the world can understand the theory of general relativity.'”

“In his research field, it is very likely that there is no expert of the same level as him in the world,” said Crow.

“But this is the clue,” said Nono.

The crow was stunned.

“Researchers in any field achieve breakthrough by building on the achievements of their predecessors. But this Herzog is strange. He doesn’t seem to need any of the achievements of his predecessors. He has unearthed the secrets of the dragon race on his own. His understanding of the dragon race is deeper than that of the secret party, and his understanding of the White King is deeper than that of you, the descendants of the White King. He has even transformed himself into the new White King.” Nono glanced at Crow. “Who the hell is this guy?”

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