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Redtooth, formerly known as Ah Quan (阿权), is the main antagonist of Scissor Seven (刺客伍六七) in Season 2 and a posthumous antagonist in Season 3. He’s one of the seven Shadow Assassins of Xuanwu. He is possessed by the Blood Demon that gives him his powers. He had history with Chairman Jiang. In Season 5, he is the current Chairman of the Island Purity Society.
Appearance[]
Redtooth has a shade of mint green hair and thin crimson red eyes showing the blood demon within. He wears golden hoop earrings and a gold ankle bracelet. He also wears a blue scarf to cover his mouth. He has a sharp jawline, sharp features and a lean and muscular physique. His fingernails are pointed at the tips and painted in what seems to be either a shade of black or very dark green.
He wears a mint green ru with the trimming being a darker shade of the green. He wears a white robe, which sleeves are slightly tattered. He also wears dark blue pants which are also slightly tattered in the ends. Lastly, he wears mint green bandages, from his elbows to his wrists.
When he is transformed, he becomes more unhinged, gaining faded lime green skin color, his teeth become sharper gaining an even more blood-red color (hence his killer name). While his pupils still have a crimson red color, his eyes turn entirely black, and became slightly thin.
When he was young he looked largely the same, but with dark green eyes and wore the robes of the Sky Lotus Sect.
When applying for some jobs in Chicken Island, he wears a white buttoned collared shirt with a red tie, a black suit jacket and black pants. His injured right hand is bandaged with white bandages.
Character History[]
At Sky Lotus Sect (Before Season 2)[]
When he was young, he was called Ah Quan and was part of the Sky Lotus Sect, training to reject his emotions in order to obtain strong spiritual energy of the Sky Lotus martial art. During this time, he fell in love with his senior, Jiang Huilian, and confessed his love for her, which she rejected. He was ostracized and bullied by the other disciples of his Sect, who ridiculed him of his love for Jiang Huilian, and of how weak he is. He thought Jiang rejected him to learn the most powerful martial art.
Furious and determined to become stronger, Redtooth stepped into the Forbidden Area and made a pact with the Blood Demon, which allowed him to obtain energy from his opponents by draining their blood. He returned to the Sky Lotus Sect and attacked a great number of students there, where he may or may not have control due to the Blood Demon. He was stopped by the Sect Master and was healed by Jiang before he died. This eventually resulted in both of them's banishment from the sect.
He joins Xuanwu's Shadow Assassins at an unknown point in time. When Seven was recruited amongst them, Redtooth attempted to kill him, wanting to test Seven's abilities as that he has no killing history. He was stopped by Qing Feng.
Season 2[]
Six years later, in the episode Mission 9: Redtooth, he comes to Chicken Island to force Jiang to remove the White Lotus seal she placed on him, so that he could regain the Blood Demon's power to the fullest extent. Jiang fights him but is on the verge of defeat. Soon after Seven and He Dachun joins the fight, which resulted with Redtooth biting He Dachun and going into a semiconscious state dominated by the Blood Demon. After Jiang got into the state of White Lotus Bloom, he is easily defeated by her. Jiang attempts purify Redtooth from the blood demon, but she had to halt as that Redtooth's resistance to purification is going to result in his death.
Redtooth used this moment as an opening to bite Seven, and he gains an enormous power boost from him. Eventually, he recognized Seven and decided to use the opportunity to settle the duel they had six years prior. Blue Phoenix creates a barrier around them to prevent people from interfering or witnessing their fight, leading to Redtooth and Seven’s battle. Redtooth almost kills Seven, but Seven is rescued by Blue Phoenix, who finishes off Redtooth.
Season 3[]
Although not directly shown, Redtooth is referenced in the very first episode where Seven is in the Miracle Doctor’s infirmary with Dai Bo, Xiao Fei, and De Hachun. Chairman Jiang can be seen in the background talking to the doctor, showing him Redtooth’s earrings, likely attempting to have the Miracle Doctor cure Redtooth. In the post-credits scene of the final episode of Season 3, Redtooth is seen in the original shrine where he made the first pact with the Blood Demon. He is chained to a Chairman Jiang while bathing in a pool full of red blood where he is completely healed from his wounds.
Season 4[]
Redtooth is saved by Chairman Jiang and awakens in the shrine. He briefly thinks back to their past and then attempt to walk out with the motive of revenge on Blue Phoenix. However, he is chained to Chairman Jiang and she is not letting him go unless Redtooth lets her purifies the blood demon inside him. Redtooth is angered by Chairman Jiang's tone and the two fights. Chairman Jiang has the upper hand during most of their fight. Redtooth eventually lands a hit on her, drawing blood, and calms down. It's only then that he realizes again that she must've kissed him in order to activate her Bloom of the Sky Lotus. Jiang becomes flustered, quickly trying to justify her actions and ending up blushing and silent. Redtooth thoughts back to the past and tries to speak but both of them gets shocked by Chairman Jiang's phone, with one of the Island Purity Society member call for help.
In the ninth episode of Season 4, Redtooth is now free of the White Lotus Seal and arrives at Chicken Island saving the residences from White Fox. He reveals he made a promise to Chairman Jiang. Redtooth overwhelms White Fox with ease, and the episode ends with White Fox's final attack and Redtooth smiling confidently.
Season 5
After the battle against White Fox, Redtooth is free from the Blood Demon's control and gets interviewed. He recalls Chairman Jiang's words and decides that he will take over her position on the Chicken Island.
Abilities and techniques[]
Abilities[]
Back at Sky Lotus Sect, Redtooth is not someone with exceptional abilities in martial art. He used to be physically bullied and rendered defenseless by the other disciples. After he made a pact with the blood demon, his speed and power increases immensely, and he is able to sweep aside all those disciples with ease. Years later he is one of the seven Shadow Killers, which is the top fighting forces of Xuanwu, as said by Li Yao. Redtooth is extremely fast as that he is able to gain the upper hand in a battle with Seven, who eventually would become the top Shadow Killer. He is able to perform the blood demonic techniques with proficiency, creating swipes and sucking the energy of opponents by drinking their blood. However, there are occasions where Redtooth loses control of the Blood Demon and turns semi-conscious fueled only by his desire to consume blood. Moreover, Redtooth's power is limited by the White Lotus Seal, and with it he could not perform the more higher leveled techniques which is gaining energy by burning one's own blood. After getting rid of the White Lotus Seal in Season 4, Redtooth's abilities drastically increases, shown when he is able to overcome White Fox, another fellow Shadow Killer, with ease.
Techniques[]
Blood Demonic Techniques (血魔大法)[]
Redtooth and The blood Demon at its shrine
Redtooth uses blood demonic techniques as his main way of fighting. Redtooth and the Blood Demon had a pact so that Redtooth would be the host for the demon, in exchange for power and Qi-based blood demon abilities. His power has some downsides as that being infested with the blood demon had caused him to lose rationality to the crave of blood.
Red Claw[]
Release sharp red claws to attack enemies during combat. Used in general attacks.
Energy Obtainment[]
Redtooth is able to siphon on blood which makes him able to transfer his enemies’ energy into his own body. The stronger the person he bit, the more energy he gets. He is able to cure his own wounds and has invincibility to some extent, shown when Uncle Chen's bullets made no marks on him. Without the White Lotus Seal, it seems Redtooth can obtain energy without external consumption, as that he went into the transformed state during his battle with White Fox without tasting anyone's blood.
Blood-thirsty State[]
Consummation of blood can make Redtooth endure transformation, where he turns green and his nails sharpen. After getting rid of the White Lotus Seal, Redtooth is able to transform without other's blood. However transformation he may lose control to the Blood Demon, which has happened numerous times in the series
Blood Demon Defense[]
RedTooth using Blood Demon Defense
Redtooth can summon the "Blood Demon Defense" where the blood demon takes form and shields him from attacks.
Redtooth at his limit
He seems to only use it as a last resort as it strain's his body due to the White Lotus Seal.
Personality[]
He is fairly rash and hot-headed. He is willing to make a pact with a demon after being rejected by Jiang and heartbroken. His recklessness is also shown when he strained himself to the greatest extent using Blood Demon Defense facing Seven, the former number one Shadow Killer, head on. He blindly believed that Jiang's refusal to leave with him is because she wants the Sect Master's seat, without knowing Jiang's perspective, which again shows his extreme personality and irrationality. He is obsessive of power and strength, willing to go to extremes to achieve it. This is likely a result of being taunted by his fellow disciples and the belief that Jiang rejected him to learn the most powerful martial art and that he is not strong enough.
He is unstable and insecure, doubting Jiang's words, and believing Jiang's care for him to be sympathy.
He's bloodthirsty and likes fighting strong opponents. He made a pact with the blood demon and presumably killed many followers from his sect. As revealed by Chairman Jiang, in order to keep the blood demon in him alive he needs to feed it with the blood of hundreds of people. When Seven first joins the Shadow Assassins, he attacks him, confident in his own skills and likely in an attempt to show off or intimidate, and passes it off as a welcoming bullying
He is quite rebellious and dismissive towards rules and conventions, shown when he went against Sky Lotus Sect's commandment, falling in love, or when he fought Seven, even though there can be no inter-violence between Shadow Killers.
He talks in an indolent and playful tone, shown when he jokes with Chairman Jiang and during his fight with White Fox. This may be due to his confidence of his own abilities.
Before Redtooth left Sky Lotus Sect, he looked brighter and more cheerful with a bit of naivete, getting embarrassed easily. He did not care about the rules of his Sect and wished to spend his life with Chairman Jiang somewhere far away. He might be a bit simple-minded and immature for he did not understand or thought of the implications on Jiang's side.
After losing his powers, he starts to learn the life of Jiang and express his emotions more. He's shown to still harbor the past mental trauma of being bullied and isolated when he speaks in front of people. He finds old people on the island hard to understand and irritating yet he feels the warmth of their bonds.
Relationships[]
Chairman Jiang[]
Redtooth in love with his senior, with the specific reason and details unknown. Jiang was his senior and she helped him with his trainings as shown from his flashback, and he gets embarrassed easily during their interactions. Eventually he asked her to run away with him, but was rejected. He believes that she rejected him because she wants to learn the secret technique of the Sky Lotus Sect, or become the Sect Master. These all fueled his resentment and hate, which eventually caused him to become desperate, signing a pact with the blood demon. Redtooth misunderstood her and later thought she was casted out of the Sky Lotus Sect because of a love affair with another person, which fuels his jealousy. He hates how she sounds like their old master. and will not accept her purifications. Despite this, he is shown to have some care for her, admitting that even though she had a bounty, he would rather not kill her. He also still keeps the matching gold rings with Jiang all this time, and could not bring himself to bite her during their fight at the shrine, which implies he still love her. Before Chairman Jiang's phone rang, Redtooth thought of his times with Jiang before at Sky Lotus Sect, and hints of red on his face may implies that he finally realized that Jiang did care for him.
Seven[]
He seems to dislike him as he was angered that even though he had no killing history, he seems to have the chief's favors. Because of that rivalry, Redtooth attempted to kill him when Seven first joined the Shadow Killer ranks. In Season 2, when Redtooth found out Seven is alive, Instead of leaving to tell the chief that he is alive, he decided to use the opportunity to settle the duel they had six years prior.
Blue Phoenix[]
Redtooth seems to be annoyed whenever Blue Phoenix keeps stopping him as he is fighting. After Blue Phoenix stabs him, Redtooth is determined to kill Blue Phoenix for revenge.
White Fox[]
Redtooth is not against killing White Fox but he also seems to have no resentment towards him.
Sky Lotus Sect Sect Master[]
He resented the Sky Lotus Sect Sect Master immensely, as that she was a symbol of the Sky Lotus Sect's rules, and part of the reason why Jiang would not leave with him. He attacked her after he first got the blood demon in him, and he hates whenever anyone talks in the tone of her, which is asserting their dominance and telling him it's for his own good.
Killer League Leader[]
It seems he doesn't care much of the Killers League Leader or the Killers League, shown when he disregards his rules. He fought Seven even though Shadow Killers cannot fight each other. When he discovered Seven on Chicken Island, who was the top wanted bounty of the Killer League, instead of telling the Leader, he decided to settle their personal duel six years ago. When Redtooth knew Blue Phoenix wanted to assassinate the Leader, his attention is not of informing the Leader, but of his personal revenge on Blue Phoenix.