Chapter 31 - 29: The Old Dragon King Has Gone Mad Again

Chapter 31: Chapter 29: The Old Dragon King Has Gone Mad Again

Early morning. The study of Antique Shop Zero.

"Containing the Gavel wasn’t much trouble, but it was still a failed containment."

Jiang Chaosheng’s mind slowly turned, reviewing everything that had happened tonight.

He had almost gotten into a fight with the Sheriff’s department tonight.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of a fight; flooding the Sheriff’s department would only take a word from him.

The main issue was that making an enemy of the Xia Kingdom would bring too much trouble.

Jiang Chaosheng murmured:

"I need to assemble the Cleaner Fish as soon as possible. They can clear the way for me when I’m containing Taboo Items in the future."

Just then, a knock came at the door.

Jiang Chaosheng closed his notebook.

"Come in."

Jin Meiting walked in.

She had changed into a tight leather skirt, looking graceful, enchanting, and very sexy.

Jiang Chaosheng had noticed that this woman was particularly fond of her appearance.

She changed outfits twice a day as if she were putting on different costumes.

And those clothes looked decidedly uncomfortable to wear.

Jiang Chaosheng raised an eyebrow at her.

"Where are you going?"

At night, she usually only wore those very revealing nightgowns.

She would parade around in front of him, a flash of pale skin so bright it made his eyes ache.

Online, they called those kinds of nightgowns "battle robes."

Tonight, she was wearing a sexy leather skirt, which was practically formal wear for her.

Jin Meiting said cautiously:

"I’m going to a bar to see a friend."

Jiang Chaosheng grunted an "oh" and looked down, flipping through the Manager’s handbook.

"Go on."

Jin Meiting thought for a moment, then added:

"It’s Li Mingyue. My college classmate, a... Sheriff."

Jiang Chaosheng’s fingertips paused on the handbook.

"She recognized you?"

’Doesn’t a Succubus know Mental Hypnosis? How could she have been recognized?’

Jin Meiting sighed.

"Charm is useless against someone who is pure and innocent.

She said on the phone that the authorities have some department for sealing Taboo Items.

Then she didn’t say anything else, just sent me a location and told me to meet her to talk."

Jiang Chaosheng’s gaze shifted slightly.

"What’s your relationship with her?"

Jin Meiting turned her head, not daring to look at Jiang Chaosheng.

"She’s my best friend. Don’t worry, sir, I definitely won’t say anything..."

Jiang Chaosheng went back to flipping through the Manager’s handbook.

"Go on."

Jin Meiting froze, closing her mouth. She slowly backed out of the study and gently shut the door.

Jiang Chaosheng murmured to himself:

"So the authorities really have been aware of the Taboo Items for a long time."

Jiang Chaosheng flipped through the Manager’s handbook, turning to Li Qinglian’s page.

’If I’m not mistaken, Li Qinglian was from the Qing Dynasty. That means Li Qinglian witnessed the rapid changes in the Xia Kingdom. He should have noticed that department long ago.’

Sure enough, Li Qinglian had indeed made a record of that department.

The Anomaly Administration Bureau.

The Anomaly Administration Bureau possessed a total of five Taboo Items.

Jiang Chaosheng’s eyes lit up.

’If I get my hands on these five Taboo Items, won’t my Curse be halfway gone?’

’Why didn’t Li Qinglian go to the Anomaly Administration Bureau to contain the Taboo Items? Did the authorities have a way to block the Manager’s perception of Taboo Items? Or did the authorities have so many trump cards that Li Qinglian didn’t dare to go?’

Jiang Chaosheng flipped to the last sentence Li Qinglian had written about the Anomaly Administration Bureau.

The corner of his eye twitched.

Li Qinglian: "I cannot take things that belong to the Court. That would be a grave act of disrespect!"

Jiang Chaosheng scoffed.

"Later you got cursed, and then you couldn’t take them even if you wanted to."

Jiang Chaosheng put the Manager’s handbook in his desk drawer, stood up, and went downstairs.

He had a few things to ask the Old Dragon King.

...

In the back room, on shelf ’0’, the Dragon Pearl seemed even dimmer than before.

The Dragon Pearl was slick with moisture, as if it were leaking from the inside, but the droplets would not fall, unable to even dampen the shelf in the slightest.

Jiang Chaosheng placed his hand on the Dragon Pearl.

"Elder Dragon, are you all right?"

A mournful, ancient roar resounded in Jiang Chaosheng’s mind:

"My son is dead! My son is dead!"

Jiang Chaosheng felt as if his head were about to be torn apart. He staggered back two steps and rubbed his temples.

’He’s gone mad again?’

"Forget it. I’ll talk to you when you’ve come to your senses."

Jiang Chaosheng hadn’t been planning to ask the Elder Dragon to make it rain so he could travel to the Imperial Capital and take the five Taboo Items from the Anomaly Administration Bureau.

He had done the math.

Even if the Elder Dragon could make it rain all night, and even if the Vengeful Ghost Vintage Car could make a round trip between the Imperial Capital and the South Sea in a single night, the problem was that snatching five Taboo Items from the authorities in one night was unrealistic.

Jiang Chaosheng had never considered the authorities to be a soft target.

The reason he sought out the Old Dragon King was to see if he could learn some Magic from him.

’I don’t know if he can teach it, and I don’t know if I can learn it. If I could make it rain myself, things would be much more convenient in the future.’

In truth, he felt that learning Magic was a long shot; he just wanted to ask, just in case.

’If Magic could be learned, why was Li Qinglian so useless?’

...

「South Sea, Night Bar.」

The dance lights flashed as the DJ frantically swayed his body, the explosive music bombarding the senses.

Men and women, lonely and looking for a good time, frantically worked off the pressures of life on the dance floor.

In a corner of the club, a pair of beautiful "sisters" were particularly eye-catching, drawing countless hungry gazes.

One of the women had refreshing short hair.

She wore a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers.

She looked pure and innocent, completely out of place in the rowdy bar, creating a striking contrast.

The other woman had long, purple, wavy hair.

Her short leather skirt perfectly accentuated her figure and made her skin seem exceptionally fair.

She was so charming and bewitching that she outshone all the dancers in the bar.

This pair of beautiful "sisters" made countless people envious, and men intentionally or unintentionally drifted toward them.

Jin Meiting handed a bottle of beer to Li Mingyue.

"Why did you pick a place like this?"

Li Mingyue took the beer.

"It’s safe here."

She took a small sip of the beer.

She frowned. ’It’s so bitter?’

Jin Meiting glanced teasingly at the restless men around them.

"Safe?"

Li Mingyue shot a glare at the surroundings and slapped her officer’s badge down on the table.

Seeing this, the men who had been hoping to hit on them and get handsy sullenly left the area.

The vortex of beauty had become a lion’s den.

Jin Meiting covered her mouth and giggled.

"You’re still as cool as ever."

Li Mingyue looked at Jin Meiting with a complicated expression.

"The most dangerous person here isn’t them, it’s you.

Can you tell me what’s going on?"

Jin Meiting took a swig of beer, rested an arm on the bar, and propped her chin on her hand with a faint, unreadable smile.

"Is my classmate Li Mingyue asking me, or is Officer Li of the Sheriff’s department asking me?"

Li Mingyue was silent for a moment.

"Your classmate. At least for today. Tomorrow, I’m joining the Anomaly Administration Bureau."

Jin Meiting narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly.

"The Anomaly Administration Bureau?"

Li Mingyue said:

"It’s the official department dedicated to dealing with Taboo Items.

From what I’ve heard, they’re very interested in you and your group.

But don’t worry, I haven’t told them anything about you or your boss.

I won’t tell them now, and I won’t tell them in the future.

If it weren’t for you tonight, I would have died, and my colleagues would have met a terrible fate.

Whether it’s because you saved my life or because of our friendship as classmates, I won’t harm you."

Jin Meiting studied Li Mingyue’s face, observing her expression for a long moment before smiling.

"You’re very candid."

If anyone else had said that, Jin Meiting would have suspected a conspiracy.

After all, revealing information about her and her group would definitely be considered a meritorious act.

But if it was Li Mingyue... she was just that sincere.

Jin Meiting straightened up and crossed her arms.

"It’s a good thing you didn’t say anything you shouldn’t have to your superiors.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t have survived the night.

My boss is terrifying. Do you believe me?"