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Four Dragon Island is owned by the powerful Woo family, but the family cannot rule it. The last time the head of the family tried to take over, he and all his heirs died under mysterious circumstances, plunging the family into a bloody conflict over who would be the next family head. When Max hears that the youngest brother of the current Woo family head is coming to congratulate him on becoming the White Dragon, he orders Fei to give a formal Howaluu welcome. Fei has other things on his mind; the city is suffering from a string of pottery thefts. |
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They find out that the Woo brother has been sent to find and destroy a vase, made by his ancestor, that mocks the White Dragon. He has a weak heart, and he won't survive the coming-of-age ceremony he must soon undergo, a ceremony that is supposed to prevent bloodshed by sterilizing the younger brothers of the family head. He wants to carry out his duty before he dies, destroying the shameful vase to protect the family honor. However, a childhood friend is trying to locate the vase before he does and use it to blackmail the family head into exempting the youngest brother from the ceremony. |
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Fei does his best to catch the thief, but the man keeps eluding him. He's nearly shot by the Woo brother's assistant during one encounter. When he apologizes to the White Dragon for firing a gun without permission, the assistant says it is within the Dragon's rights to declare him a disgrace and keep him on the island. Max wonders why there would be no repercussions for doing so to an official emissary.
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Max learns that the thief was given leave to come to the island by the previous head of the Woo family, the father. He realizes that the entire mission was a setup so that the son would "fail," and the White Dragon would keep him on the island in retribution, thereby saving him from the fatal ceremony. The Woo brother gets to live on the island for whatever time remains to him, blissfully together with his devoted friend. |
