Chapter 290 Determination, Hatred, and Sudden Message (asking for monthly ticket)

"Have your supernatural powers... become more out of control?" Yuriel was silent for a moment and then asked.

The moment she raised her head just now, through the rearview mirror, she vaguely saw traces of electric arcs remaining in the darkness, and Gu Qinye did not look right. He lowered his head and his face was as pale as a paper man.

"Not really. It's not out of control yet." Gu Qiye said softly, "I'm just doing a simple test. Maybe if I use the black electric seed more often, it will gradually become more stable, so it won't fail in actual combat."

“Is that so?” Uriel replied.

She raised her eyes slightly from the tablet and looked at the young man sitting behind her. The built-in lights in the car were not turned on, and his face was shrouded in the shadow of the back seat. For some reason, his expression vaguely gave people a feeling of struggle and pain.

At this moment, Gu Qiye's mind was full of mixed thoughts.

Be patient. I have more than one enemy. It is too early to reveal my identity now. The person who killed my mother has not been found yet. If I kill her now, my identity will be exposed, and I will not be able to stay in Hongyi anymore.

So, I have to continue to be patient...now is not the right time.

Thinking of this, Gu Qiye's right hand, which was hidden in the shadows, suddenly dropped, and then the black electric light dancing on his fingertips went out. He felt relieved, closed his eyelids tiredly, and stopped observing Yuriel's back.

"I was wondering... do you need to turn back and check your body?" Uriel asked in a low voice.

"No...I don't need it."

Gu Qinye spoke softly and shook his head.

"I respect your personal choice, but please report it in time when necessary." Yuriel said, "Every natural disaster-level mutant is a valuable asset, so you must realize that your physical condition is very important."

She swiped her finger across the screen and spoke in her usual robotic tone, nonchalantly:

"According to the records, during the years you served as a Walker in Lijing, you did not like to rely on the medical team of the Walker Association. Unless your injuries were so severe that you passed out, most of the time you would choose to simply treat your wounds by yourself and rely on your body's self-healing ability to get through it instead of accepting help from the logistics staff."

"so what?"

"That's very strange behavior. You could have chosen not to do it alone."

Gu Qiye made a lame excuse, "I just don't trust them. I once had a colleague die because of a mistake made by the support staff."

"But Hongyi is different. We have the world's most advanced medical team standing behind us. You can trust your body to them without any worries." Yuriel said, "They are different from the makeshift team of the Outliers Association."

Gu Qiye nodded absentmindedly. He was in a very irritable mood. He knew in his heart that she was his enemy and didn't want to hear her speak at all, but when he heard her emotionless voice, his mood would involuntarily calm down.

"Are you concerned about me?" he suddenly asked.

Uriel paused for a moment, then began to scroll carelessly again. "No, this is just a suggestion for a colleague," she said.

"Thanks."

"Your family hasn't contacted you?" Uriel was silent for a while and suddenly said.

She didn't understand how to make the person in the rearview mirror take herself seriously. The historical data also showed that in the evaluation of the association's psychologist, the alien Blue Arc had a clear tendency to self-destruct, so he was negligent about his own problems as he showed, but took other people's lives so seriously.

Maybe his family could make him understand and care more about himself? Yuriel guessed so and waited for Gu Qiye's response.

Gu Qinye was silent for a long time and then shook his head.

"No."

"Why?"

"Because... because my father likes to disappear. He always disappears for half a month at any time. Because of him, my sister often runs away from home without saying a word." Gu Qiye whispered, "But I have a younger brother. He is relatively well-behaved and rarely worries people. Now he is the only one staying at home. I am a little worried about whether he has eaten well."

"Then your worry-free brother, doesn't he contact you normally?"

"No, my brother doesn't really like to send messages to people. He's more of an introvert."

Yuriel thought for a moment and then asked, "What about your father...what kind of person is he?"

She seemed uncomfortable with the term "Dad", but still followed Gu Qinye's speaking habits.

To be honest, it is inevitable to feel awkward to hear such an intimate and down-to-earth word coming from this girl who chooses every word as precisely as a robot.

Gu Qinye leaned his head against the back of the chair, emptied his mind, thought for a while, and finally spoke.

"Hmm...my dad?" He thought and said casually, "He is a hot-tempered, stubborn, and awkward person. As long as he is determined about something, he won't listen to anyone no matter what they say. He is totally unreasonable, but many people in our family have inherited this from him, including me."

At the end of his speech, he suddenly grinned.

If it was before he joined Hongyi, Gu Qiye would never have thought that he would actually sit in his enemy's car and discuss with her about his father who was killed by her...

This scene was so ironic that he found it funny. He laughed at an inappropriate time, as if he was laughing at others, but also as if he was mocking himself. He didn't want to open his eyes, didn't want to see himself in the rearview mirror, and was afraid that he would want to tear this hypocritical face to pieces.

“That sounds terrible,” Uriel whispered.

"In fact, he used to be a very good and reliable person. Although he was not good at speaking, he had a gentle personality and a bottom line in doing things. He would always bring us delicious food after get off work." Gu Qiye said, "My mother's death changed him."

“I wanted to ask you what it’s like to have family care about you,” Uriel said, “but your family situation doesn’t seem very ideal. Maybe I should avoid these topics.”

She paused and lowered her icy blue eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at communicating with others."

Before he finished speaking, Uriel said quietly and seriously, "But this is not because of the age gap. Although I said that my actual age is older than my physical age, I am actually only one year older than you."

"Why do you care about such a ridiculous question?"

"have no idea."

"Actually, I guessed that your real age should be around 20 years old. After all, what kind of old grandmother or aunt would like to play a lot of mobile games?"

Yuriel was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "Based on my observation, when you say this, it means that you once thought for a second that I might be an old aunt or a grandmother."

Gu Qinye didn't have the energy to speak anymore and simply avoided the question.

Yuriel was clicking on the tablet computer. Gu Qiye felt very tired, so he closed his eyes and rested quietly. The huge underground parking lot was dead silent.

After a moment, Gu Qiye suddenly said, "Every time I was on a mission, I was actually thinking about a question. I wonder if you have similar thoughts."

"What's the problem?"

"Have you ever thought that the people you killed also have families?"

Gu Qinye said this, slowly opened his eyes, and looked directly at Yuriel's face through the rearview mirror.

"Generally speaking, the people the UN needs us to deal with have either killed a lot of people, or their level of danger has exceeded the scope of considering the question of 'whether the other party has family members'." Yuriel said, "So I haven't thought about it."

"Is that so?"

"When you were a Blue Arc Outlier, you always caught criminals and sent them to jail," said Uriel. "But Rainbow Wing handles things differently. For us, it's common to make the target disappear, which makes it easier to keep the mission secret."

"I see."

"Anyway... let's go have dinner first."

Yuriel put down the tablet and started the Maybach with the remote control key. He stepped on the accelerator and the car roared out of the underground garage. The sunset sun shone down, shining on the streets of Manhattan. The glass curtain walls of the high-rise buildings on both sides were shining, like the sea under the sunset.

Gu Qinye sat alone in the back seat, silently opening his cell phone. He finally decided to read the text message that Hei Pupa had just sent him - if it weren't for this text message, he might have pierced Yuriel's heart.

In fact, he knew in his heart that he couldn't delay any longer. The more he knew about his enemy, the more indecisive he would become. He was such a weak person.

Gu Qiye knew himself very well. When he could no longer treat his enemy as an animal that was just a being with negative emotions, but tried to treat him as a living person with the same emotions as him... then killing him would not bring him anything.

He will not feel any pleasure, nor will he let himself go. All he gets in return for all his efforts may just be a tighter shackle on his heart.

Therefore, before he understands the other party and before he hesitates, he must kill the person in the rearview mirror.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinye's eyes slowly turned cold, and he looked at Hei Jin's text message in silence.

[Black Pupa: How could you block me for so long? ]

[Hei Pupa: Did you have a good time in Japan this time? Uh, it seems to be midnight in the US time, you are not asleep yet, are you? I have good news for you. ]

[Gu Qiye: Let me confirm with you one last time. The one who killed my father was the Ice Girl, Yuriel, right? ]

[Black Pupa: Did I say that? ]

[Gu Qiye: You are still teasing me. She has already told me in person that it was she who... killed Gui Zhong that day.]

[Black Pupa: What I mean is... it doesn't matter who killed Gui Zhong, okay? ]

Gu Qiye's face twitched slightly. He was completely enraged at this moment. Veins popped out on the back of his hand as he typed hard on the screen word by word, sending it.

【Gu Qiye: Are you kidding? 】

On the other side of the screen, Hei Pupa did not respond to his anger with words, but suddenly sent him a photo.

Gu Qinye frowned, slowly raised his hand and poked the photo. The enlarged photo came into his eyes, and every detail was very clear, allowing people to see it at a glance.

This is a selfie. The background of the photo is a bookstore. There are two faces in the photo, one of whom is wearing a shirt and sitting on a swivel chair behind the counter. He is wearing glasses and his eyes are slightly narrowed, revealing an old-fashioned smile.

The other man stood in front of the counter with his left hand in his pocket. He was wearing a torn black coat, with a scruffy beard and messy hair. He was an old man with a sloppy appearance. His expression was a little awkward at this moment, and he raised his hand to scratch the stubble on his chin.

"This is..." Gu Qiye froze in place, staring at the slovenly man with dull eyes, and almost blurted out, "Dad?"

Immediately afterwards, another "ding dong" sound was heard from the phone, disrupting Gu Qinye's shocked and confused thoughts. Then a message popped up and appeared in his pupils.

[Black Pupa: Uh... The reason why I said it doesn't matter who killed Mr. Gui Zhong is because Mr. Gui Zhong is not dead at all. With the help of me and Dr. Zelsey, he faked his death and escaped.]

Gu Qiye leaned back in his chair, the blood-red sunlight at dusk shining through the car window onto his face. His expression was neither happy nor sad, just dull and confused.

[Black Pupa: And I have good news to tell you, LookLook, take a look at the photo I just sent you, what a harmonious scene.]

[Hei Pupa: Let me formally introduce you. The man wearing glasses in the photo is your grandpa. What do you think? Doesn’t he look younger than your father?]

[Black Pupa: Your grandpa is pretty cool. He took a selfie with your dad and sent it to me. (Shh... Actually, this is typical behavior of the elderly. I have already seen a grandmother taking a selfie with her grandson and setting the photo as the wallpaper of her phone.)]

[Hei Pupa: You are such a loving family. My tears are about to fall. Now we can unite and avenge Ms. Su Ying. We will meet in Japan in a few days. See you.]

Gu Qinye was stunned for a long time, and finally raised his hand and typed a word on the screen.

【Gu Qiye: Huh?】

(End of this chapter)