A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 90 Old Tang: Did Kassel outsource me?
Outside the airport in Beijing, Old Tang was excitedly pulling Huang Tiekou along in line for a taxi: "I've been craving this for ages. I've heard that Beijing roast duck is the most authentic."

"Let's go have a good meal first, and then take a plane to the Three Gorges tomorrow."

During this period, Lao Tang lived quite well. Huang Tiekou took the initiative to help him, and through some connections and channels, he found someone in New York to forge visas and passports.

There were no problems going through customs.

Brother Huang (his clone) also came to the door and gave Old Tang a part of Norton's memories.

Most of it consists of alchemical knowledge, methods for using Word of Power, and a few memories of Old Tang's past life with Constantine.

Compared to Norton's entire memory, these are merely the tip of the iceberg, less than one percent.

But it left Old Tang in a daze for a week before he finally recovered.

After recovering, Old Tang's strength increased dramatically. He not only became proficient in various alchemical techniques and fire elemental incantations, but his physical attributes also began to surpass those of ordinary hybrids.

Even so, Old Tang is still Old Tang, not Norton. Despite his greatly increased strength, he has no intention of becoming a king or ruling the world.

He just wanted to follow Huang Tiekou, find his younger brother Constantine, and then live a good life with Constantine.

Huang Tiekou smiled and said, "No problem, Lao Tang, you've come all this way, so it's on me. This meal won't be on the tab."

Because Old Tang didn't bring his wallet, he didn't have any cash, let alone a credit card.

Many expenses can only be paid by Huang Tiekou. Of course, it's not free; it needs to be accounted for. Old Tang can simply make some alchemical tools to pay off the debt later.

Even if it has no effect on Xu Lie's main body, it can be placed in the church as a means of exchanging contribution points to arouse the enthusiasm of codename members or ordinary believers.

"That's great!" Old Tang didn't refuse. He had recently used alchemy in private to create two small props.

Once he's certain he has the ability to repay his debts, Lao Tang won't have to worry about money.

She even thought that when she found her younger brother Constantine, she would make alchemical tools for the Old Church to earn money to support him.

Isn't this much better than being a bounty hunter? It's safer, more respectable, you don't have to wait for missions and go hungry, there's no danger, and you can even bring Constantine along.

Thinking of the bright future, Lao Tang felt both happy and regretful, and unconsciously sighed, "Brother Huang, tell me, how exactly was my identity exposed?"

"I had no idea. I was being monitored all along, which made me afraid to withdraw the money I had earned before. I lost a lot of money."

Although one could make alchemical tools to exchange for money from the Old Church, with so much savings, there was no way to withdraw them, which would be a regret for anyone who came.

That money was all Old Tang's hard-earned money, every single penny of which was the result of desperately taking on bounty missions to accumulate his wealth.

Now, let alone withdrawing money for spending, even glancing at it risks being targeted, which naturally makes Old Tang sigh.

During the passport application process, out of boredom, Lao Tang asked a lot of questions. Except for questions about the old church, where Huang Tiekou would tell a little white lie, he would tell Lao Tang the truth about everything else.

As for how Lao Tang's identity was exposed, Huang Tiekou actually knew: "Because you've been being watched ever since you were born from the embryo."

"?" Old Tang's eyes widened instantly: "No? I thought being monitored in recent years was already extreme enough."

"I didn't expect there to be such a master? They've been monitoring me since birth? No, these people are freaks!"

Even just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted and repulsed. Old Tang started rubbing his arms quickly, trying to smooth down the hair and goosebumps that had risen up from the nausea.

A hint of amusement flickered in Huang Tiekou's eyes, his expression full of amusement, as he casually recounted the top-secret information from Kassel College: "I've told you this before."

"Currently, the most powerful dragon-slaying force in the hybrid race is the Kassel College, established by the Secret Party." "Eighty years ago, a precious bronze jar containing the egg of a dragon king was unearthed in Kassel, but it was later 'unfortunately' lost in the Lop Nur desert."

"What is Kassel for?" Old Tang clearly understood the logic and guessed that the lost embryo was himself.

Huang Tie had just said that Kassel was a top-tier power, but then he said that what Kassel found was lost in the desert. So what kind of top-tier power is that?
Based on what Huang Tiekou just said, Lao Tang has been under surveillance since birth, and the so-called loss was purely intentional.

But why just leave his eggs lying around? It doesn't make sense. If they found the eggs that the Dragon King used to resurrect, shouldn't they have tried to kill them or keep them for research?
What kind of action is it to just throw it away?
Huang Tiekou looked at the two passengers who were still ahead of him. Since it was almost time for them to board the train, he stopped keeping them in suspense and quickened his pace: "Angers, the principal of Kassel, is a ruthless man. He wants to solve the problem once and for all."

"Caselle knows that there are twins on the throne. If you want to kill both kings completely, you can't let them have time to cocoon and hatch again."

“I deliberately lost you, causing you to awaken with amnesia and be unable to form a cocoon. All Kassel needs to do is find Constantine’s egg again so that I can arrange for you to be forcibly awakened.”

"Constantine, faced with your call, certainly could not refuse an early recovery, nor would he have time to re-cocoon."

"In this way, all Kassel needs to do is make his move when you awaken Constantine, and both of you will die forever, and the King of Bronze and Fire will never exist again."

Old Tang opened his mouth, but couldn't hold back in the end: "Damn it! Those freaks in Kassel are rotten to the core!"

Huang Tiekou smiled but didn't respond. The hatred between the hybrids and the Dragon King can be traced back to ancient times and even to the present day.

But what does it have to do with him, a mere clone? He can just watch and have fun.

"So, Brother Huang, you're one of Kassel's men, spying on me? From childhood to adulthood, it's all been Kassel?"

Huang Tiekou's smile became even more peculiar: "It should have been a few years ago, but it was probably outsourced later."

"Anyway, when we found you, it wasn't the people from Kassel who were monitoring you; it was another organization."

"???" Old Tang felt the veins near his temples bulging, as if forming a 'well' shape.

What is that? Outsourcing?

Does Kassel look down on the Dragon King that much?
Please, he's one of the four great monarchs, how could Kassel outsource the task of monitoring him?
What an ultimate insult!
Old Tang was so angry his face almost turned red: "I'll give you a banana, you old bastard!"

Huang Tiekou stopped Lao Tang, who was about to start cursing and insulting all the relatives of the Kassel staff, saying, "The car is here, the car is here. Let's eat first, let's go eat first."

They pulled Lao Tang into a taxi. Lao Tang was still resentful and wanted to curse a few more times, but he knew that it was really inappropriate to say these things in front of an ordinary taxi driver.

He could only sulk in silence. Old Tang couldn't explain why, even though Kassel was monitoring Dragon King Norton, which, strictly speaking, wasn't targeting him, Old Tang, who considered himself human.

But Old Tang just felt inexplicably angry, especially since Cassel had outsourced the job of monitoring him to another organization, which almost made him explode with rage.

He silently made a decision: whether it was Cassel or the other organization monitoring him, he would retaliate if given the chance.

Huang Tiekou watched with a grin, eagerly anticipating what kind of sparks would fly between Lao Tang and Kassel.

At the same time, he silently recorded it in his mind. Even though he only gained a little bit of Norton's memory, Old Tang, who was usually warm and friendly to acquaintances, was still inevitably affected to some extent and became a little more violent.

That assessment was correct. Old Tang was angry, but he could still control his temper with acquaintances. He felt that he was letting down Huang Tiekou, who was treating him so warmly, by keeping a cold face and being angry. So he simply started a conversation.

"Brother Huang, hasn't Brother Huang returned yet?"

"Him?" The taxi happened to pass a subway entrance, and Huang Tiekou glanced at him before looking away: "He's probably busy catching up with a good friend."

(End of this chapter)