Dragon Raja: Reboot

Chapter 85 Chu Tianjiao

"You mean...raising children?" Chu Zihang asked, frowning in confirmation.

The words "teaching a son" instantly reminded him of "The Godfather." In other words, the old man offered to be his godfather.

But how is that possible?

Chu Zihang knew very well who the old man in front of him was.

That's why he was completely stunned by the other party's remarks.

During his time in the helicopter, Professor Romani told him the truth about the mission over the phone.

The so-called "book retrieval" was actually a report from the executive department to Mr. Beowulf, the former head of the "action team," on the results of the battle.

Just like a junior who, after receiving an excellent report card, comes before a senior and humbly presents their honor.

The Action Team was the predecessor of the Executive Department, and it once represented the Secret Party in hunting dragons and Deadpools all over the world.

They are cold-blooded and efficient, never helping each other, burying their dead companions and dragons together, at most playing a harmonica tune at the grave as a form of mourning.

According to Professor Romanti, compared to the action team, the executive department, which now seems like a madman, is practically a charity organization.

The leader of this "terrorist organization" was the old man sitting in front of him.

Chu Zihang was known in the Executive Department for his "ruthless methods," for which Minister Schneider had warned him more than once.

But if this elderly man were in charge of the executive department...

Chu Zihang might receive an approving nod, right?

For the old man who inherited the glory of the Beowulf family for over a thousand years, an approving nod was already a great compliment.

On the helicopter, Professor Romanti gave him a brief introduction to the Beowulf family's position in the Secret Service.

The Secret Service is a large organization, and the Kassel College is a product of the Secret Service's attempt in the new era. The driving force behind it is Principal Angers himself, while Beowulf can be considered a "die-hard" of the old era.

Before the Industrial Revolution, slaying dragons was an extremely dangerous undertaking. The Secret Society could only rely on its own bloodline, alchemy, and the dragon-slaying sword passed down from its ancestors.

It was a tragic yet glorious era. Members of the Secret Society, dressed in floor-length black robes and carrying candlesticks, would meet in heavily fortified bunkers, the depths of which lay the bloodstained remains of dragons.

Beowulf was one of the most illustrious surnames of that era.

The long poem "Beowulf" in Norse mythology was written based on the history of this family.

In that long poem of 3000 lines, the hero Beowulf broke off the arm of the man-eating monster Corondo with astonishing strength, and then beheaded Corondo's mother with a mysterious giant sword. His last achievement was slaying a dragon, although at the moment of killing the dragon, he was also pierced in the neck by the dragon's sharp teeth and poisoned by the dragon's saliva.

However, according to the "true history" recorded by the Secret Society, Beowulf was not a single person, but an ancient dragon-slaying family. The three great feats were accomplished not by one Beowulf, but by three Beowulfs from grandfather to grandson. Their opponents were dragons and the inhuman Deadpool.

The dragons that died by the swords of the Beowulf family were not just one.

For thousands of years, the Beowulf family has been the most steadfast, brave, and ruthless dragon slayers!

They adhered to an ancient family tradition: for every boy born, they would feed him a drop of dragon's blood crystal, a highly poisonous substance. Only after passing this test of poison were the infants considered useful by the family.

The Beowulf family was just as ruthless to their own descendants as they were to the dragons, which is how they forged dragon-slaying warriors of steel.

Whether it's because they were born with dragon blood or not, dragon blood has a fatal attraction for the men of the Beowulf family, much like drugs are to addicts.

They would traverse Eurasia to hunt down a dying dragon, just to personally plunge their weapon into its heart, mix its blood with their family's strong liquor, and then drink it all down.

No one knows what it feels like to drink that poisonous wine. The Beowulfs seemed to be in great pain, but the warriors who could endure the dragon's blood wine became stronger. They were recorded many times swinging their battle axes to chop off the dragon's neck. At that moment, they seemed to be possessed by demons.

The Secret Society bestowed the title "Bloodthirsty Dragon" upon the Beowulf family, just as everyone refers to Vice Principal Flamel's lineage as "Mentors."

Beowulf of this generation is over 130 years old, a contemporary of Principal Angers. As for the other Secret Party elders, they are all just young men in his presence.

It can be said that he was one of the most powerful people in the Secret Service.

Chu Zihang stared at the old man across the long table.

He was not as robust and muscular as described in mythology, with blood-red skin; instead, he was surprisingly pale, sitting there like a thick limestone tombstone.

Under the long lamplight, his aged hands reflected a faint light, and upon closer inspection, the surface of his skin was covered with fine white scales!

"You heard me right." The old man sat upright at the end of the long table, his golden eyes blazing like torches, his voice deep and resonant like thunder behind the clouds.

Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Excuse me, why me?"

The first specialist for this mission was his junior colleague, but on the helicopter, Professor Romanti told him that the other party had chosen him, not Lu Mingfei.

The old man chose him from among him and his fellow apprentices.

If his junior brother was indeed not worthy of being noticed before, after the video of that auction was leaked, he no longer felt that his junior brother would still be "a piece of trash" in the eyes of the academy and the secret society.

"Two reasons." The old man slowly raised his hand, held up two fingers, and said in a calm and deliberate voice, "First, I looked at your resume. It's not particularly outstanding, but compared to those useless people in the Execution Department, you've already done a remarkable job."

"I haven't paid attention to Kassel College for a long time. I haven't set foot in the college since its inception."

"I admire Angers; his will is no less than the killing intent passed down through the Beowulf family for thousands of years, but I do not approve of his decisions and actions."

"The so-called dragon slayers trained by the academy are nothing but cowards who fear death. True dragon slayers can only be tempered on the battlefield! This is my will!"

The old man's voice was firm and resonant, still sounding deep and powerful in the spacious room.

"Sit down. I'll allow you to sit across from me." He pointed to the long table in front of Chu Zihang, which was directly opposite his seat, and said, "There's a document on the table. Open it."

Chu Zihang did not decline or feign modesty, but silently sat down and slowly opened the file folder on the table.

"...In April 2010, in Stockholm, the perpetrator of the 'Nighttime Serial Murders' was hanged in front of the City Hall by Commissioner Chu Zihang..."

"...December 2009, Chicago, Hancock Tower, Commissioner Chu Zihang used a weapon in its experimental phase from the Equipment Department to instantly destroy the west wall of the 13th to 15th floors of the building..."

"...In April 2009, Commissioner Chu Zihang threw a knife and killed the perpetrator of the 'infant dissection case,' his blood splattering across half a wall; the scene was extremely gruesome..."

"...In March 2009, Cape Town Baseball Stadium collapsed, and Commissioner Chu Zihang accidentally injured hundreds of people by releasing the Word of Power 'Junyan'..."

Chu Zihang remained silent.

If I'm not mistaken, this is what the old man calls his "resume".

This kind of brutal behavior, which would normally be met with suspicion and fear in a school, would not only lead to rejection by everyone, but also cause professors to question whether his bloodline might be out of control.

But in the mouths of the elderly, this was nothing more than a highlight made out of comparison by their peers.

"As I just said, I haven't paid attention to the Academy for a long time. It wasn't until Angers actually killed the King of Bronze and Fire that I started to turn my attention to the Academy."

"Every few years, the academy sends so-called specialists to report on the results of our battles, but no one can sit in front of me. You are the exception among exceptions."

"When Schneider sent me your information, I started to take notice of you. I investigated the first half of your life and discovered some interesting things along the way."

"You may not know this, but the Gattuso family has decided to use you to impeach Angers."

Chu Zihang instantly raised his head, his golden eyes burning brightly, and he stared directly into the old man's eyes without fear.

"very good."

The elderly man, instead of being impressed by the young man's overstepping of boundaries, offered praise.

"Your eyes are very much like your father's. Do you know why the Gattuso family chose you to impeach Angers? It's because of these 'achievements' you have in front of you."

"They think you have a 'bad record,' and that Angers's biggest dereliction of duty is to tolerate a student like you walking on campus."

The old man suddenly chuckled coldly, tapping his index finger knuckle lightly on the table, producing a dull thud.

"Tell me, do you find these results shocking?"

When faced with the elderly man's question, Professor Schneider's reminder flashed through Chu Zihang's mind.

He calmed himself and shook his head with a serene and indifferent expression.

There were no words, but this calm and indifference spoke volumes.

The old man gave a mocking smile: "The Gattuso family is indeed the most powerful family within the Secret Society right now, but the two current heads, Frost, are a penny-pinching businessman, and Pompeii is a dissolute playboy. They have long forgotten that the Secret Society's style is ruthless and absolutely merciless! The Gattuso family's current status is built on money!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Zihang couldn't help but recall Professor Romanti's "popular science" lectures.

Currently, within the Secret Service, the Gattuso family is the most powerful, but the Beowulf family is the most renowned.

Although the former also has a history of several hundred years, compared with the Beowulf family, it is just a newly rich and upstart among mixed-race people.

When the warriors of the Beowulf family slew dragons, the surname "Gattuso" had not yet been born. While the former were slaying dragons all over the world, the Gattuso family was still in Sicily, associating with merchants. Later, in the last hundred years, this family produced many outstanding talents and became the most illustrious family among mixed-race families, while the Beowulf family gradually declined and became synonymous with old age.

Therefore, it's not without reason that this old man looked down on the Gattuso family.

"You've been having a blood loss crisis lately, haven't you?"

The old man's sudden question made Chu Zihang's pores open instantly, and he looked at Beowulf across the long table in shock.

"Don't be surprised. Angers and I are from the same era, and I've also met Meneke. I'm very familiar with Blood Explosion. Besides, the Beowulf family has been most sensitive to dragon blood for generations, and I can sense that your aura is very unstable. Moreover, I have your latest medical report."

He slowly rose and walked towards Chu Zihang from the other end of the long table. Every step he took brought him tremendous pressure, as if a humanoid dragon was walking towards him!

As the old man drew closer, Chu Zihang realized that the white scales he had seen earlier were not an illusion, but real!

When he enters the second or even third stage of blood explosion, his body will also undergo dragon transformation, because the purity of his bloodline exceeds the critical point.

But the elderly...

By the time of the elders, the dragon blood purity of the Beowulf family had reached such a level that they had developed a dragon-like appearance!

Chu Zihang stood up, and the old man walked up to him.

"Did Angers teach you?"

"No, the principal didn't teach me. I'm the president of the Lionheart Society this year," Chu Zihang said in a low voice.

"Oh?" The old man suddenly became interested. "Did you retrieve this from the Lionheart Society's files yourself?"

"Yes."

"Very good." The old man praised without reservation.

If today's conversation were to get out, it would definitely startle all the elders of the Secret Party. Beowulf, the Dragonblood Thief, has never praised a young man so repeatedly as he has today.

This young man is about to be investigated by the Gattuso family on the grounds of "bloodline disorder".

"Your talent has exceeded my expectations. Angers had already extracted the part about Blood Explosion from those files. You were able to find the method of Blood Explosion from the slightest clues. This intelligence is worthy of your father's bloodline."

"However, Blood Explosion is a forbidden technique. Promise me you'll have a serious talk with Angers when you get back to school."

At this moment, the old man was as gentle and kind as an elder.

When Chu Zihang heard the words "your father" from the old man again, he finally couldn't help but ask.

"You...you know my father?"

A rare smile appeared on the old man's weathered face. He said with a faint smile:

"I thought you could hold out a little longer."

"What makes you think you're the exception among exceptions?"

"Based on this resume alone?"

He pointed to the file folder on the table, and said arrogantly and disdainfully,

"This is just a preliminary test to make me acknowledge that you are Chu Tianjiao's son."

"I just mentioned two reasons, and the second reason is because you are Chu Tianjiao's son! That's the real reason!"

"I made a special call to Angers to confirm your identity, and I also heard that you came to the academy yourself, is that right?"

Chu Zihang said in a deep voice, "Before my father disappeared, he specifically told me not to apply to Kassel College abroad."

Upon hearing this, even the old man was taken aback, shaking his head speechlessly:

"That's really... his style."

Chu Zihang stared intently at the old man in front of him.

He joined the Academy and the Executive Department because of that man, but he couldn't find any trace of that man within the Academy. When he asked Professor Schneider, the professor said he had never heard of him.

"I think you should have tried investigating your father within the academy, right?"

"Yes, but I haven't found any information about him..."

"Of course you won't find him," Beowulf sneered. "Because your father isn't from Kassel College; he's mine. He's the finest bloodline I've cultivated in the last hundred years! How could my man possibly have his name on the Executive Department's list?" (Note)

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Note: Regarding the setting, let me repeat this again, excluding Dragon 5. Especially Lu's father (who is such a scumbag) and Chu Tianjiao, the later settings are too messy. For example, Chu Tianjiao graduated in 1987 in Dragon 5 and was an S-class hybrid. Later, he was put on the gray list because of carrying out a secret mission. However, the gray list only means that the executive officer disappears from the official list of the executive department. Chu Tianjiao graduated from school. He was an S-class who studied at school for several years. However, the book repeatedly states that the previous S-class in school committed suicide by shooting himself forty years ago.

(End of this chapter)