My Avatar Is Becoming the Final Boss-Chapter 47: Red Dragon

【Passive Skill Activated—“Binding Restraint Detection”.】
The system prompt sounded, and then a red-and-black interface popped up.
Scarlet text slithered like a coiled dragon within the flames, twisting and surging for a moment before slowly settling into form.
When Ji Minghuan saw the words on the panel, he raised an eyebrow slightly.
【Target Gender: Male】
【Target Attributes: Strength: A; Speed: A+; Spirit: A+】
【Extraordinary Species: Anecdote Envoy】
【Anecdote Envoy Rank: A (This rank allows binding up to 5 Anecdote Fragments at once)】
【Stored High-grade Anecdote Fragment in Codex: Generational Anecdote Fragment—“Red Dragon Wales”】
Bro… what kind of busted stats are these? All attributes A-rank, and a Generational-level Anecdote Fragment? That’s just one step below Mythic-level.
Ji Minghuan thought to himself, silently took a sip of Coke.
“Movie’s about to start, let’s go.”
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
The two stood up from the couch, showed their tickets at the gate, and entered the screening room.
Two hours later, the screen in Theater 7 dimmed, and the audience exited the cinema chatting and laughing.
It was already dark, and the glow of sunset had been replaced by a domino spread of neon lights.
Li Qingping said he had dinner at home tonight and couldn’t eat out, so Ji Minghuan headed home first.
With his back to Li Qingping, Ji Minghuan walked into the bustling street. After just a few steps out of his friend’s line of sight, he slipped into an empty alley.
Pitch-black Binding Restraints surged from his body, wrapping him entirely in an instant. With “Binding Restraint Camouflage” active, he became almost like a transparent man. With Binding Restraint Sensory fully open, every movement within dozens of meters flooded his ears—countless footsteps overlapping from the crowd, loud as thunder.
Ji Minghuan redirected gravity into his Binding Restraints, leaping onto the base of an outdoor AC unit, then up to the edge of a rooftop.
He lowered his breathing rate and strength to the bare minimum, like a serpent hiding in the woods waiting to strike, his pupils reflecting the figure of Li Qingping moving through the crowd.
He silently tailed Li Qingping for half an hour, then saw him board a yellow taxi.
The door closed, and the taxi drove toward the Lijing coast. At this hour, the tide was high, and almost no one approached the shoreline. If caught by lifeguards, there’d be fines. Still, the taxi headed that way.
Soon, it stopped near the Lijing coast.
Ji Minghuan landed atop a nearby lighthouse, used a Binding Restraint to grip the exhibition room window, and swung inside. He leaned on the dusty windowsill, extending his Binding Restraints to quietly observe Li Qingping walking onto the beach.
The night breeze was bleak, white waves shattered against the dark rocks, and the lighthouse’s beam cut across the distant sea.
Li Qingping first looked around to make sure no one was near, then slowly raised his head. Suddenly, a long, deep whale call came from the sea. Then the surface of the water split apart, and a massive creature slowly emerged.
Ji Minghuan stared closely at the beast rising from the ocean.
It was a whale, entirely russet-red, carrying massive waves from the edge of the horizon as it rose from a colossal whirlpool. Its deep, vast eyes gazed toward the distant city, like a god overlooking the world of humans from high above.
The largest known creature on Earth is the blue whale, which tops out at around 33 meters. But this red whale stretched close to 200 meters—comparable to a Tennessee-class battleship.
The Legendary Whale—“Chikanao.”
The name he once heard from the Instructor surfaced in Ji Minghuan’s mind, and now the pale symbol was carved into reality before him.
The next moment, the red whale opened its mouth, and a stairway formed of translucent glass emerged from its abyss-like maw. An elderly man in a butler’s uniform stepped out.
He suddenly summoned a Codex from the void, held it in his palm, opened it, drew out a card, and crushed it.
With the card’s shattering, a giant oval glass barrier enveloped several hundred meters of space.
Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow and looked beyond the barrier—on the road above the shore, an electric scooter passed by, but the rider paid no attention to what was happening at sea. It was as if... he couldn’t see it at all.
“Oh, it’s some kind of visual concealment ability?” Ji Minghuan thought.
“Royal Court squad member, codename ‘Red Dragon,’ right?”
“You the new gatekeeper?”
“Yes. My name is Nabis. I’m now in charge of the entrance to the Whale’s Garden.” The old man clasped his hands behind his back. “Mr. Red Dragon, as vice-captain of the Royal Court squad, you haven’t returned to the Whale’s Garden in months. May I ask why?”
“Busy with school,” Li Qingping replied emotionlessly. “Besides, the Whale’s Garden has been quiet lately. I wasn’t needed.”
“I see.” Nabis scratched his snowy sideburns. “But some say you’ve grown tired of the Anecdote Envoy world. How do you respond to that?”
“Do I need to explain myself?”
“Very well.” Nabis said, “Just today, the Second Prince requested you by name. In a few days, he’s attending an auction in Tokyo and wants you to accompany him. Something he desires will be there. Do you think you’re up to the task?”
“You kidding? If it weren’t for the Second Prince, I wouldn’t even be back.” Li Qingping paused. “Of course, if he wants someone else as a bodyguard, I’d gladly give up the job.”
“No, the Second Prince specifically requested only ‘Red Dragon’ as his guard,” Nabis said. “Rumor has it there might be some infamous villains from the human world at the auction.”
“White Crow Brigade.”
“That’s right, the White Crow Brigade.” Nabis nodded. “If the auction does get attacked, are you confident in protecting the Second Prince?”
“Absolutely.”
“Then please proceed, Mr. Red Dragon. The Second Prince has been waiting for you in the palace for quite some time.”
With that, Nabis bowed slightly in salute.
Li Qingping stepped onto the glass stairway, passed by him, and walked into the whale’s mouth one step at a time. Then, the Legendary Whale closed its massive jaws and sank into the sea once more. The glass barrier over the shore also vanished.
【Main Quest 4 Completed: Uncover what your best friend ‘Li Qingping’ is really hiding.】
【Quest Reward Acquired: 1 Split Point, 1 Skill Point, 1 Attribute Point.】
【Main Quest 4 Updated: Form an alliance with the Royal Court vice-captain—‘Red Dragon’—to expand social connections in the Whale’s Garden.】
At that moment, Ji Minghuan, who had just finished listening to the whole exchange through Binding Restraint Sensory, couldn’t help but stand there stunned for a while.
After a long silence, he sighed, “Is it too late to quit the brigade now?”