Seized by the System

The game book showed the funny golden koi’s statistics clearly.

[Dragon Carp. Sex: Genderless, can change voluntarily, Likes: Boasting, sleeping, swimming, good wine, good food etc. Age: N/A. Identity: A servant of the Dragon Clan, contains a really diluted true dragon bloodline.]

[Alignment: Neutral.]

[Power Level: … Description: Used to be a Lake-level powerhouse, but lost its power and is currently as weak as a chick, comments not needed.]

In the System Space.

Fang Ning was reprimanding the System with a serious face, “Look, now even the scouts of the Dragon Clan are here. You always just fly around in the air, basically never landing, and you never go into the people. Were it not for my foresight, this thing will definitely become a huge threat to a fake like us when it recovered its full strength…”

The System retorted, “We’re not impostors, our dragon bloodline is much thicker than its own.”

Fang Ning was stunned, then nodded as he said, “That’s right. My baby game book’s judgment is exactly right. This thing is such a boast. It’s just a koi but it dared to impersonate a true dragon. I guess, in that regard, it’s similar to Daqing, both of them only knew to descend to boast their way through anything.

“But Daqing has a certain imposing bearing, if we didn’t appear, it might actually have succeeded. Not this one though, it could only revert to its old ways of living…”

The System asked, “What do we do now?”

Fang Ning had already thought of an idea. He said, “Of course we’ll use it to deepen our dragon identity. This is our brand, we can’t lose it. Don’t you see that anything would double in price as long as we brand it with ‘made by the Dragon Clan’? Their effects are as wonderful as they said, so no one would ever suspect that you’re the impostor.”

The System said, “So you play by ear. If you need me just holler.”

Fang Ning stood up and walk toward the fish tank.

“I’ve heard what you said. I am not a talented person, but because of my job, I’ve seen plenty of seafood ingredients. You look like a normal koi, but you do have some minute differences from the others. You don’t look like you’re of this world.”

The golden koi heard the word “ingredients” and hid fully inside the fake mountain, shivering. By the time it heard the last part, it swam out again smugly.

“Hmph, you are young, but you have more sensibilities that the two old farts. That’s right, I am a true dragon evolved from an Upper Realm dragon carp. However, when I descended, all my powers were gone and I devolved into my previous koi appearance and my true dragon aura was gone.”

Madam Zhao tugged Fang Ning aside and said, “Xiao Fang Ning, listen to me. It’s not that I didn’t trust it, but this thing claimed to be a true dragon of Upper Realm as soon as it appeared, but when we asked it questions, its answers were all vague. Furthermore, it asked to be fed and worshiped, promising to give us a handsome repayment after it had recovered its power.

“I suspect that it’s just a normal koi that had gained sapience. It heard about the Upper Realm from somewhere and wanted to pretend to be a true dragon to scam cultivation materials.”

‘So that’s why,’ Fang Ning nodded emphatically. ‘No wonder Madam Zhao would think that way, she was pretending to be a Dragon Princess herself.’

If her Four-legged Dragonization Ability was mastered, she might still be able to appear as a Dragon Princess, this is just taking advantage of her future identity.

In that vein, Madam Zhao would naturally think the koi with no real ability, yet boastful without substance was pretending to be a dragon.

Basically, it was trying to scam the Zhao family out of their cultivation materials. Maybe it might repay them, but most likely, they would have their whole fortune eaten away.

A female warrior like Madam Zhao would not make a high-risk deal like that in such a situation.

Fang Ning knew it was actually from the Upper Realm. Making it talk about the secrets of the Upper Realm was easy enough to achieve, he knew exactly who to call.

He said, “The Venerable One deals with a host of problems every day, it wouldn’t waste its time to check out a sapient koi. However, I do know someone else from the Upper Realm. It has plenty of free time, and as long as it heard about food, it would rush over…”

The three Zhao family members were curious. Since it was Fang Ning who said that, they believe in him, but Descended Ones were usually dark and mysterious, could there be anyone who was so down-to-earth?

…

Within half an hour, a great green insect flew into the Zhao mansion excitedly.

“Hey Chef Fang, you said you wanted to make me braised koi and wanted me to inspect the ingredient first. Where is the ingredient?”

It entered without having any sense of being a stranger. It also did not care about the Zhao’s and headed straight to Fang Ning.

Fang Ning pointed at the fish tank and said, “The ingredient is in the tank, what do you think about this koi?”

The great green insect brightened up and zoomed over, circling the fish tank.

The golden koi which was snobbish just a moment ago immediately seized up upon hearing the great green insect’s voice, as if it met with its natural enemy. It shrank into the fake mountain and kept squishing itself inside.

“Hmph, you wanna hide from me? That’s not gonna happen.” Daqing spat its saliva on the fish tank, which seemed fine, but the entire man-made mountain turned into sand.

The three from Zhao family was stunned. As expected, the people Fang Ning knew were all weirdos.

Madam Zhao was impressed with her own foresight. She could feel Fang Ning’s fantastic cooking skills would come in handy. Plenty of deities in mythologies were gluttonous.

In the era of vitality recovery, as powers grew and lives lengthened, their hobbies would be exaggerated just so that their lives did not seem as boring as they might be.

“Miss All-mighty of Celestial Clan, please don’t eat me. I am Dragon Carp, we knew each other.” The golden koi begged as it realized that it had nowhere to hide.

“Hey,” said the great green insect, its eyes lighting up as it buzzed around, nearly going inside the water. “You really are Dragon Carp! I remember you were bred in the Dragon Clan leader’s lotus pond as a guard. When my dad and I visited, you were always there, and I remember you used to talk bad about me all the time.

“I’d wanted to ask dad to abduct you to cook a stew for me, but dad said you’re a servant of the Dragon Clan and you can’t be eaten. But he’s not the boss of me now, Chef Fang, prepare the stove, start a fire and boil the rice. It is really nutritious, I’ll eat the meat, you guys can take the soup.”

Dragon Carp’s face was ashen and said desperately, “Don’t eat me, don’t eat me. I have a huge mission coming here. If you ate me, your dad up there would be in trouble.”

Fang Ning thought, ‘As I expected. As soon as the great green insect arrived, this thing will definitely spill its secrets.’

Madam Zhao, President Zhao, and Liu Yao shared a bewildered look. ‘What, this loudmouthed koi fish is really from the Upper Realm and has the bloodline of a dragon?

‘It had been through so much. If it weren’t for our employees wanting to offer it to their boss, it would probably have been bought and made into a soup by now.’

That was because they had never seen the black and yellow dogs at their worst state…

The great green insect was really troubled. “How could I eat you after you said that? Even after having a new dad, I can’t abandon my old dad even though he always tricks me.”

Fang Ning asked, “I heard from Aunt Zhao that the koi loved to boast, but could we find out whether it’s speaking the truth?”

Of course, he would not let the great green insect eat the fish. However, to make it spill its secrets, a certain intimidation from the great green insect was needed.

The great green insect’s eyes lit up once more as it said with its arms akimbo, “That’s right, I heard you like to boast. So tell us, what mission are you bearing?”

The golden koi shook its head. “I can’t say unless you let me meet the Venerable Dragon God. If he is a real dragon, I would be able to tell him things. After all, this is an event that will affect those of us in Dragon Clan.”

Fang Ning was speechless. ‘After all the bushes we beat around, it could be solved with just me appearing as Vigilante A?’

He opened his mouth. “Uncle, Aunt Zhao, looks like the koi is indeed descended from the Upper Realm. The great green insect was the daughter of the Celestial Clan leader, so its verification should be accurate. I shall go and ask the Venerable One to come over.”

Madam Zhao’s brows furrowed tightly. She knew it was a huge incident. ‘This must be a whirlpool of events. Should we even meddle in the affairs of the unknown?’

She tugged at Fang Ning, stopping him from leaving.

She muttered in a low voice, “Xiao Fang, since the koi is from the Upper Realm, we shall gift it directly to the Venerable One. He had more contact with many of the Descended Ones. Coupled with his strength, he didn’t have to worry about anything. We shouldn’t jump into this, maybe really good things can come out of it, but the danger is not something we can endure.”

Fang Ning was moved, Madam Zhao truly cared for him.

She was right. With the appearance of whirlpools like this, the Zhao family would not have been able to hold up.

However, they did not know they had already become the System’s allies as well as the backup Morality Bar’s provider, their safety was a non-issue.

…

In Vigilante A’s farmhouse.

In the living hall, an army of animals surrounded a fish tank and peered in.

“What are you looking at, you bumpkins? Yes, I’m talking about you two dogs and that rat. In the Upper Realm, you wouldn’t be able to even get close to my master’s side entrance. I, Dragon Carp, am not a museum display for your entertainment.”

A koi splashed up and down in the fish tank, its tone was pompous.

President Zhao had arranged for people to send Dragon Carp directly with the fish tank to Vigilante A’s residence.

It looked as if it noticed something and immediately became excited and braver. It kept shouting orders at the animals as if it was a slave driver.

The black dog said indignantly, “Yellow, this guy is really cocky. Remember when we descended, we were so humble then.”

The yellow dog, Xue Ba said somberly, “Mm, I’m guessing it could feel our master’s aura of a true dragon and was really confident. After all, it has some blood relationship with the master. I worry that our positions would be taken over in the future…”

The snowy white hamster was nibbling on a chestnut, only occasionally paying attention. Hearing that, it shook its head a little with an expression that seemed to articulate its incomprehension.

The great green insect did not care about the power play happening in the room. It hovered above the tank and drooled at the fish below. “Dragon Carp, look at you, you’re so meaty. Can you just give me your tail to munch on? You won’t die without a tail anyway.”

Dragon Carp snarled. “You only knew how to eat. No wonder your dad kept sighing every time he visited the clan leader, whining about the shortage of food in your clan. Aside from the decrement of vitality crops, you are their biggest problem.”

As the animals were talking among themselves, Vigilante A arrived in mid-air.

‘Huh, he really is a true dragon. And he’s strong, probably the strongest in this realm. I didn’t expect Clan Leader to have that much foresight and could set a plan like this into motion. My prosperous days must be arriving. After putting so much at risk, I did not descend physically into this realm in vain. The other scaredy cats would definitely regret their choices in the future.”

As soon as the koi witnessed Vigilante A’s arrival, it immediately popped out of the water and splashed about, as if to show affiliation.

Fang Ning only changed into Vigilante A mode and asked the System to show its real strength and the scent of its bloodline. Dragon Carp was really not a normal koi as it could sense it straight away.

He approached the fish tank and said calmly, “Where are you from, and what is your mission?”