The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 6 He’s Been Cursed

“The old man hasn’t woken up because he’s been cursed by the Tame Head. The creature inside his body needs to be dealt with, or the problem can’t be fully resolved,” Daniel explained, which drew nothing more than scorn from Christopher. “What nonsense? Cursed by the Tame Head? Why don’t you say he’s possessed by demons? I thought you were a healer.

Turns out you’re just a charlatan? Is there even such a thing as Tame Head in this world?”

“Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Tame Head is a type of dark Eastern magic, using creatures like centipedes to curse and bless people.”

“Ignorant? Michael used the most advanced equipment for an exhaustive checkup of Mr. Joseph’s body. If there were bugs inside, wouldn’t he have found them? You should pick someone else to trick. Your act might fool villagers in the countryside, but do you think Ma’am Jessica is one of them?” Provoked by Christopher’s comments, Michael, being cautious himself, asked, “You say Mr. Joseph has bugs inside him, what kind of bugs? Where exactly?”

a thumb.” The chest cavity? Michael hurriedly checked the chest CT but found no anomalies. “Look closely. This is an X-ray of Mr. Joseph taken by our hospital’s brand new, world-class CT machine. Not even the tiniest ant could escape its

years. Your CT machine, no matter how advanced, has

If you can produce it, I’ll eat it in one bite. But if you fail, you’re a swindler! Even if Mr. Joseph wakes up later, the credit belongs to Master Christopher!” As he spoke, Andrew looked at Jessica, reminding her, “Don’t forget your promise—if Master Christopher revives Mr. Joseph,

grandfather was saved by Daniel, not

the Tame Head, that there’s a centipede as long as a knife inside him. Yet the chest CT Michael provided

that revived him!” added Christopher, backing Andrew up. Daniel opened his plastic bag and pulled out a clay jar containing various dried insects. Upon opening the lid, a peculiar but

it was a dark, giant centipede, as long as a knife and thick as a thumb. With swift reflexes, Daniel grabbed the creature, “Mr. Andrew, the centipede is caught. You said

this. I guess your plastic bag is your garbage collecting equipment, right? From now on, all of our company’s water bottles are yours,” jested Brittany, though she couldn’t deny the satisfaction of seeing Joseph revived. However, the fact that the chairman was saved by

might have taken a trip to hell and back, but his mind never wavered. He

who saved me, is he