Versatile Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-2383

Chapter 2383: Kazuaki, the Red Demon

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

“It’s exactly what we thought…”

Mo Fan was astounded even though he already had a feeling about it.

Lu Kun was the red demon!

Who was their client, then? Was it just a coincidence Lu Kun was chosen as the supervisor for the job?

Or perhaps the mysterious client already knew something, so they had purposely arranged for Lu Kun to be involved, too?

“Sister, I told you, it wasn’t my imagination, nor was I high on drugs. What I saw was real!” Lu Zhengxin was oddly excited about the result.

Mo Fan and Lingling looked at him in confusion. It sounded like Lu Zhengxin had not told them everything.

“Impossible, no demon creature can…” Lu Qingyao was still struggling to believe it.

“The red demon can devour a human’s soul and take over their body, but to prevent others from noticing their existence, they will carefully mimic the previous owner’s habits and behavior. The red demon is a product of the combined hatred of criminals who were sentenced to death. It’s an embodiment of human hatred!” Mo Fan explained.

It was not difficult for the red demon to disguise itself as a human. Lu Kun looked and acted the same as his old self. If the red demon could control its savage nature, it could completely take over its prey and act like an ordinary human.

It did not matter if Lu Qingyao was reluctant to believe it. The two pieces of evidence had proven Lu Kun was the red demon.

Having six fingers might only be a coincidence, but what about the blood samples? How could their blood samples match so perfectly?

“Mo Fan, do you remember Kazuaki, the old Japanese man Ken told you about? How many years has it been since he left with the Essence Orb?” Lingling asked him.

“How many years? I don’t know, Mochizuki Ken is already so old. It should have been at least thirty years ago?” Mo Fan estimated.

Mo Fan had no idea when it had happened. He would have to ask Mochizuki Chihaya or Mochizuki Ken.

Unfortunately, Mochizuki Chihaya was nowhere to be seen, the same as Mochizuki Ken.

“Lu Zhengxin, I need a favor from you,” Lingling said.

“Sure! I’ll do anything you say!” Lu Zhengxin agreed.

—

Lu Zhengxin left in a hurry, leaving Lu Qingyao behind with a blank face.

“Can you tell me what Lu Zhengxin was referring to just now? Your uncle Lu Kun indeed looks just like a normal human on the surface, but the red demon will never show its true form to the people around it, assuming it’s intelligent enough,” Lingling asked her.

If the red demon already possessed the intelligence of an adult human, it would be aware that Lu Kun’s identity was the best cover for it. It no longer had to live in the dark, nor was it being constantly hunted by Hunters like Senior Hunter Leng.

The Hunters would never allow an existence like the red demon. Every mutant species was a potential target for the Hunters!

“My grandfather is in charge of the Magic City’s safety. My uncle is managing the Prison Mountain that belongs to the Enforcement Union. One night, Lu Zhengxin made a mistake, so my grandfather sent him to the Prison Mountain to work as a prison guard for three months as punishment,” Lu Qingyao said.

“Lu Zhengxin claimed he saw uncle walking into a room on his first day. He immediately followed uncle into the room to tell him grandfather had arranged him to work at the prison, but it was another man inside the room.

“Lu Zhengxin was confident the room did not have another exit. He was right behind uncle before entering the room,” Lu Qingyao finished.

“He can change his face, too?” Mo Fan blurted out in surprise.

“Lu Zhengxin thought he mistook uncle for another man… but he was on a video call with his mother. His mother also said she saw Lu Kun walking into the room,” Lu Qingyao confirmed.

—

Lu Zhengxin came back after a while. Mo Fan asked him about what Lu Qingyao had told them.

Lu Zhengxin said, “I swear I saw him. Even if I mistook him for another man, why would my mother make the same mistake? It’s a pity that I didn’t save the recording. It was another man when I entered the room, but he was wearing the same clothes as uncle!”

In the past, Mo Fan would never have believed a person had the ability to change their appearance, but after discovering the Drowning Curse Maggots and the Eagle Demoness, he knew there were creatures that could modify their appearance.

The world was full of wonders.

They had discovered another important clue. The red demon had the ability to change its appearance!

“Did you ask him what I told you to?” Lingling was more concerned about something else.

“I did, but how did you know my uncle isn’t my grandfather’s biological son?” Lu Zhengxin wondered.

“What now?!” Lu Qingyao was startled.

“Grandfather told me Uncle Lu Kun joined our clan and changed his surname many years ago. He had done a lot of things for our clan, so grandfather gladly adopted him as his son. Most of us in the younger generation don’t know Uncle Lu Kun was a foreigner,” Lu Zhengxin explained.

“A foreigner?”

“Mm, grandfather told me Uncle Lu Kun used to be a Japanese… I think his name was Kazuaki.”

Mo Fan and Lingling immediately exchanged glances after hearing the name.

Lu Kun was Kazuaki, the man who had escaped with the Essence Orb! He came to China and joined the Lu Clan, changing his name to Lu Kun!

“We have to tell old man Ken immediately… Damn it, what is that old man up to? What job did he receive?” Mo Fan said.

“I think we should pay the Prison Mountain a visit,” Lingling said.

The Prison Mountain… Wasn’t that similar to East Guardian Tower in Japan? If Lu Kun was managing it…

The place was full of hate; it was the perfect place for a red demon!

Senior Hunter Leng kept emphasizing how terrifying the red demon was. They had to eliminate it at all costs, for the sake of mankind.

A Senior Hunter would only pursue a target so stubbornly after learning some shocking truth!

“The Prison Mountain must be holding some secret,” Mo Fan agreed.

“Let’s not alert Lu Kun first. I will collect information about the jobs my father did and see if any of them were related to the Prison Mountain,” Lingling said.

“I’ll find out more about the Prison Mountain from the Enforcement Union,” Mo Fan said.

“What about us?” Lu Qingyao and Lu Zhengxin asked.

“You two should act normal so Lu Kun doesn’t notice anything. No, wait, you should come with me.. Lu Kun seems to have some strange ability to foresee things!” Mo Fan recalled how Lu Kun had interfered with his secret meeting with Mochizuki Chihaya.