Chapter 11 Chrysalis

In the dead silent Lijing Square, everyone stared blankly at the object hanging upside down under the billboard - it appeared so abruptly, just like the alien ovary suddenly appearing in a horror movie, hanging under the sky.

One second ago, people’s attention was focused on the blue arc and green wing;

The next second, they saw a strange object falling from the sky, hanging upside down motionless under the billboard, and tying up the five gangsters.

At this moment, giant LED screens on all sides are reflecting this horrifying scene.

Under the gaze of everyone, the pitch-black "pupa" slowly opened, revealing a human figure inside: wearing a black swallowtail windbreaker, an angular mask on his face, and holding a gray book in his hands; his entire body was surrounded by pitch-black restraints, like black waves rippling in the air, slowly rotating around him.

Lan Hu would probably never be able to imagine that the person under the mask of the "Pupa Man" in front of him... was actually Ji Minghuan, who had left his job as a monk. To be precise, this was a game character created by Ji Minghuan in the real world using his supernatural powers, and that was Lan Hu's younger brother - "Gu Wenyu".

As the giant pupa disintegrated, the restraints that had just formed the giant pupa now floated in the sky behind him like tentacles. This scene looked particularly strange, as if he was hanging upside down, lying on a black curtain that opened and closed, quietly flipping through "The Outsider" in his hand.

At this moment, a belated scream erupted from the crowd of onlookers.

"Oh, your screams are so passionate..." The pupa man was hanging upside down under the billboard, with a restraint connected to his back and the other end hanging on the top of the billboard.

He lowered his eyes and flipped through the book The Outsider in his hand, teasing jokingly, "I know how much you like me."

"I'll say it again, get this man out of here, or I'll detonate the bomb on the hostage!" Green Wing roared in unbearable pain, raising his hand and pointing at the foreign object hanging upside down in the air.

"I said... he is not one of ours." Blue Arc emphasized again.

“Then who is he!” Green Wing’s forehead was bulging with veins. He raised his head and yelled at the insect pupa man, “No matter who you are, get out of here immediately, or I will detonate the bomb immediately! Not only the hostages, but half of Lijing Square will be flattened by the explosion!”

However, after these strong words were spoken, what came back was deathly silence.

Through the mask, the insect pupa man looked at Green Wing motionlessly.

He closed the book and said calmly, "Be patient, Mr. Green Wing. If you have the guts to detonate it, then do it... But you wouldn't be stupid enough to do that, would you? After all, even if you have a poor brain, you should have thought: If the hostage dies, you will lose the bargaining chip to confront us. Who will be in a worse situation then?"

"you……"

Green Wing was choked. The words of the Pupa Man hit the mark exactly what he was thinking - he could use hostages to threaten decent people like Blue Arc, but it was obvious that the weirdo hanging upside down under the billboard was not a decent person: he didn't care about the life and death of the hostages from the very beginning, so Green Wing's method was meaningless.

Lan Qi lowered his voice and asked his teammates through the built-in headset, "Who is this person? Do you know him?"

"No." The female voice was stunned for a moment, "We haven't met."

"I'm warning you, let go of my men!" Green Wing spread his wings, ready to strike, "Otherwise I will kill you."

"Let go?" The pupa man paused, "Okay, as you wish."

As soon as he finished speaking, the restraints wrapped around the five gangsters suddenly tightened, breaking their necks. Five heads slid down from midair in unison, landing on the ground with a clear "pop" sound, and then blood spurted out from the broken necks of the five corpses like a fountain.

Under the bloody fountain formed by five headless corpses, five hostages knelt on the ground, their faces full of astonishment. Because of the rags stuffed in their mouths, they could not make any sound, but their heads were already sprayed red, and there was a pool of blood under their bodies.

Green Wing was dumbfounded, his face gloomy to the extreme.

"I just let it go as you asked, Mr. Green Wing... Even though it was only the 'head' that was released, why do you look unhappy?"

The pupa man flipped the pages of the book without raising his head, and used the black restraints to lift up the heads of the gangsters, and brought them in front of the five hostages and placed them on the ground in front of them.

Then, he used the restraints to untie the hemp ropes on the hostages' hands, tied the guns in the gangsters' hands, and handed them to the hostages.

Each person had a gun, and the distribution was very fair.

The hostages stared blankly at the head lying in front of them, and then stared blankly at the gun that was held in front of them by the restraints.

Before they could come to their senses, amid the rustling sound of fingers rubbing against the pages of the book, the insect pupa man said nonchalantly: "They just pointed guns at the back of your heads. Don't you have any resentment? Now it's your turn. Hmm..."

At this point, he turned to the next page and stared at the words on the page intently, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised under the mask, "Things change over time, this is fair."

The next moment, one of the hostages, a teenager in school uniform, screamed.

Blue Arc frowned, but did not act rashly.

At this moment, a cold reminder sound suddenly rang in Ji Minghuan's ears.

[Warning: Character anchor point deviation: 0% → 30% (When the deviation exceeds "70%", the character has a certain probability of going into rampage)]

[Scenario Tip: The character you are playing is positioned as a "gray character". Your methods should be more "peaceful", otherwise you will not be able to gain the trust of the "decent character".]

"Oh no... Oh my God, how can I twist the heads of these scumbags off? Then my story can't be adapted into a cartoon for children. Everyone needs a role model that is not so R18." The pupa man raised his hand to his forehead and sighed slightly, "But it's not too late to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost. Every evil person should have a chance to atone for his sins, right?"

As he spoke, he used restraints to lift up the heads that had fallen into a pool of blood one by one, and then placed them back on top of the mutilated bodies. He used the restraints to tie them around their necks and tied a knot. It looked as if... the heads had never left the bodies of the criminals.

"Yes, that's it. It's as good as new."

The pupa man nodded, looking quite pleased with himself.

There was silence in the square, and people looked at him with even more fear.

[Warning: Character anchor point deviation: 30% → 40% (When the deviation exceeds "70%", there is a certain probability that the character will enter a rampage state)]

"Forget it... It doesn't matter. Life is bound to have one or two stains, small flaws." The pupa man shook his head and said nonchalantly while flipping through the pages of the book, "You know, just like the most popular boys' comics are hot-blooded comics, and the most popular animated movies are Hayao Miyazaki's movies. So it's bad if there are some scenes that are not suitable for children. After all, I still hope that my biographical movie can appear in the textbooks of primary and secondary school students in the future."

After saying that, he glanced at the screaming boy among the hostages, raised his right index finger, and pointed it at one of the gangsters hanging in the air, "Little friend, that was all the holographic projection effects just now. In fact, their heads are still hanging on their necks. Hmm... If you don't believe me, just look."

Before he could finish his words, the restraints loosened slightly, and a head fell from midair, landing in a pool of blood. The bright red liquid splashed at the boy's feet, staining his shoes red.

Then, an extremely suppressed scream rang out from the hostages again, completely awakening the others from their dazed state, and they also started screaming.

For a moment they didn't know whether they were rescued or fell into the hands of a pervert whose methods were even more bizarre and unpredictable.

[Warning: Character anchor point deviation: 40% → 42% (When the deviation exceeds "70%", the character may enter a rampage state)]

"It was purely an accident..."

The pupa man raised his eyebrows, raised his hands to cover his ears to make their screams less harsh, and closed the book with his other hand.

"Who... are you?" In silence, Blue Arc stared at him and asked almost word by word.

"Actually, I also want to ask, who am I... Objectively speaking, I'm not a decent person, but I'm not a villain either. Well, then who am I?"

The pupa man hanging upside down under the street light muttered to himself as he raised his right hand. The restraints extended and grabbed the bloody head that fell to the ground, then quickly retracted, bringing the gangster's head back into his palm.

There was a row of police cars parked not far away, and the alternating red and blue police lights reflected on his mask, flickering like a ghost.

The restraints flowed up along his right hand like a tide, wrapping and covering the bloody head in his hand layer by layer in an orderly manner, making it look like a black "ball", which should feel good to hit.

Under the gazes of millions of people, Ji Minghuan lowered his eyes under the mask. He patted the black ball and said nonchalantly: "I am just a... 'gray character'. I don't want to be a decent person, nor a villain. Strictly speaking, I don't want to be defined by others. No matter what, believe me, Blue Arc, we will become good friends in the future."

Blue Arc whispered, "You killed those gangsters."

The pupa man asked back, "Are you happy just because the hostages died?"

"Killing is killing, and you must face the law."

The pupa man shook his head and sighed, "How boring. I believe this is not what you really think. You just said it under the pressure of the camera... Let's talk alone, Blue Arc, let me hear your true thoughts."

As soon as he finished speaking, he slightly grasped the "ball" with his five fingers and threw it towards the blue arc.

Lan Qu caught the black ball, and the restraints attached to it slowly faded away and were retracted to the body surface of the insect pupa man, so the ball turned back into a hideous, bloody human head.

He held the gangster's head in both hands, and the blood stained his metal gloves red.

"Then Mr. Blue Arc, whether you are willing to come to the meeting is up to you..."

After saying that, the insect pupa man waved his restraints at Blue Arc while flipping through "The Outsider", as if waving goodbye.

Then his figure was pulled upwards by the restraints, as if his entire body was completely free from the restraints of gravity. Relying on the restraints, he leaped and shuttled through the neon lights, as fast as a paper man blown away by the wind. In just a few seconds, he disappeared from the broken neon lights and escaped into the thick night.

(End of this chapter)