Chapter 348 Epilogue (Part 2)

Japan time, 02:30 am on August 15th, Osaka, Platform 7 of an abandoned train station.

The train demon stopped its restlessness on the tracks, the rumbling sound of the engine subsided, the platform was dead silent, and the falling water from the eaves dripped onto the red roof of the carriage.

At this moment, the eyebrows and nose of the demon face at the front of the train suddenly twisted together, and it sneezed violently, and the track became wet with the sound.

Su Zimai, Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan stopped in front of the entrance of the carriage.

Gu Zhuoan had been absent-minded and didn't pay attention to what the two were saying. At this moment, he raised his head to look at Gu Qiye, then looked up at Su Zimai, and asked them:

"What happened?"

The brother and sister both looked a little strange at this moment. Su Zimai stared at Gu Qinye's eyes. Both of them were silent, and no one was in the mood to answer questions about the Gu Zhuo case.

"Where's my brother?"

Su Zimai lowered his voice and asked again.

"Isn't Wenyu at home? He sent me a photo a few days ago, saying that the electric fan at home was broken." Gu Qiye said softly, "Besides, how could I possibly bring him with us into this mess? He's just an ordinary person, it's not safe. Why do you think we would take him with us?"

After saying that, he smiled gently twice. "If you really miss Wenyu, let's go home and see him right away. We have to take him with us next time anyway. We can't leave him alone in Lijing."

Su Zimai was stunned for a moment, and only then did she realize something important. She thought, yes, it seems that Dad and eldest brother don’t know that second brother is the black pupa.

She wanted to laugh secretly, but then she lowered her head awkwardly, as if she was hesitating whether to tell her father and the others. But now, the revenge plan against Hong Yi has ended, so it shouldn't have any impact, right?

But given my second brother's personality, he would definitely get angry if I casually revealed it. Let's wait for him to say it himself. Thinking this, Su Zimai raised his head, coughed twice, and asked:

"What happened to the black pupa?"

"As for Hei Pupa, he has already..." Gu Qiye hesitated to speak.

Su Zimai was stunned.

"Already...what?" She tilted her head and muttered.

"already……"

Su Zimai wrinkled his nose and was about to continue asking when his thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

Ke Qirui came over from the next car. "What are you guys talking about? Why don't you get on the train? Japan is very dangerous right now. Those people from Hongyi are probably going crazy."

"Xiaomi, let's talk in the car." Gu Qiye nodded absentmindedly.

"Qiye, I'm a little worried about your grandfather." Gu Zhuoan said, "It's not safe for him to stay in the bookstore alone. I want to go back to find him. You and your sister go first."

"But..." Gu Qiye was about to say something when he suddenly recalled Su Wei's expression in the bookstore. After a moment's silence, he turned to Gu Zhuoan and said, "Grandpa didn't look right just now. Dad, you should go back and see him."

"Yeah." Gu Zhuoan nodded and handed the suitcase in his hand to Gu Qinye.

"Be careful." After saying this, Gu Qinye dragged two suitcases onto the train.

"Dad, aren't you going with us?" Su Zimai came back to his senses and asked hurriedly.

Gu Zhuoan raised his hand to wipe his stubble and smiled at him, "Xiaomi, we'll meet in China later."

"Yeah." Su Zimai nodded, still a little absent-minded. "Brother, please get in the car first. Dad and I have something to talk about."

Gu Qiye raised his eyebrows and boarded the train first. As soon as he left, Su Zimai looked up and glared at Gu Zhuoan coldly, "Dad, I haven't settled the score with you for the things you hid from me."

"How did you know?" Gu Zhuoan scratched his head helplessly.

"If that Mu Taki hadn't told me who you were before, I wouldn't even know until now that you're the terrifying clock tower man." Su Zimai said viciously, taking a deep breath. "Don't run around when you get back. I'm going to have a serious meeting with you!"

Gu Zhuoan was stunned.

Then he lowered his head, and a smile slowly appeared on his gloomy face. Yes, he had hidden so many things from his daughter and son over the years, and finally he had a chance to confess to them. Su Ying's enemy was dead.

Although he had gone through many, many things, at least he and the children were still fine, and that was enough. Thinking of this, he raised his hand and touched Su Zimai's hair.

"I understand." He chuckled and said, "Xiaomi, I'll come and listen to your scolding when I get back."

"It's a deal."

"Of course. When has dad ever lied to you? Now I'm leaving." After saying that, Gu Zhuoan withdrew his right hand that was on Su Zimai's head and put his hands in his pockets.

"Be careful." Su Zimai said softly.

Gu Zhuoan nodded silently. Then he didn't respond, but waved to her without looking back, then turned and walked towards the exit of the station.

Meanwhile, the interior of train car number 7.

"By the way, where is Gu Wenyu?" Ke Qirui raised his eyebrows, picked up his pipe, and asked Gu Qinye curiously.

Hearing this, Gu Qiye suddenly stopped. His face was expressionless, but he slowly turned his head to look at Ke Qirui, his tone slightly annoyed, "What are you talking about?"

"What else can I say? Didn't your brother go with you to defeat Hongyi?" Ke Qirui asked in confusion.

Gu Qiye lowered his head, his drooping hair covering his eyes. He was silent for a long time, took a deep breath, and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, not to get angry in front of Su Zimai. Then he asked:

"I really don't understand. My brother has been staying home peacefully, so what are you two talking about? Miss Ke, is it so funny to you to make fun of other people's families?"

Ke Qirui was stunned for a moment.

Then, she slowly removed the pipe from her lips and said, "Ah... Wait a minute, you guys haven't finished fighting yet and still don't know who Black Pupa is, right?"

Gu Qinye was stunned.

At this moment, a horrible guess appeared in his mind. The light in the car flickered, and his face became gloomy. The engine sounded again, and he opened his mouth in the deafening roar.

"Are you trying to say..."

"Yes, Gu Wenyu is the black pupa."

"How funny..." Gu Qinye opened his mouth and suddenly sneered.

"Xiaomi and I both know about this, and he has already confessed it in front of us." Ke Qirui said, "If you don't believe it, then this is for you." After that, she took out a recorder from her windbreaker pocket and handed it to Gu Qinye.

"Ms. Ke, you are really good at joking. I would like to see what evidence you can give me, but if I find out that you are lying to me, I will not forgive you..." Gu Qinye's thoughts were completely messed up. He took the recorder and pressed the button.

"No matter what, Gu Wenyu, you hid it so well that I just realized it now. I really lost completely." Ke Qirui's voice came from the recorder. "So why did you only tell me?"

"Because I thought about it for a while, telling you that it actually won't have any impact on my actions." A young male voice came.

At this moment, Gu Qiye suddenly froze in place. He could tell that the voice on the recorder was Gu Wenyu's.

"That's true. I'm not your relative, so I have no right to point fingers at you." Ke Qirui asked through the recorder, "So, you've been secretly protecting Xiaomai?"

"How can I not protect her?" Gu Wenyu continued, "I hope you can keep the things I just told you secret from my sister for the time being."

"I understand. You're worried that after you die, your sister still won't know who Black Pupa is."

"Yes, if I really die next, you will tell her my identity."

Gu Qiye murmured, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, it must be Hei Pupa pretending to be my brother."

"Are you sure?" Ke Qirui looked at him suspiciously. "Forget it, let's not talk about who Black Pupa is. Where did he go?"

"Yes, brother...what happened to the black pupa you just mentioned?" After Su Zimai said goodbye to Gu Zhuoan, he returned to the car.

Gu Qiye was stunned for a long time, his lips moving slightly, "Hei Pupa, he..."

"Why didn't he come back with you?"

"Brother, why don't you speak?"

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so weird?"

"Where did he go..."

"Where on earth did you go..."

"You tell me?"

"I really..."

"I miss him so much."

Su Zimai's lips moved as she asked word by word. Slowly she realized something was wrong and her face turned pale.

Gu Qiye held the recorder in his hand, leaning against the wall in a daze. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. He felt that the whole world was so noisy that it made him upset, and the severe tinnitus in his ears almost tore his brain apart.

At this moment, the carriage door suddenly slammed shut with a bang, blocking out the scenery outside the train.

Immediately afterwards, a cloud of white steam spread out from the gaps in the train demon, covering all directions.

Hearing the sound of steam spreading, Gu Qiye was suddenly stunned. Then he suddenly turned around and looked out the window. At this moment, he seemed to see the scene on the uninhabited island again, with snow-white steam gushing out from the cracks in the mechanical Buddha.

Like a thick fog, it swept over the sky and swallowed up the dark shadow standing alone on the deserted sand. At that time, the lonely man seemed to think about taking off the mask, so he raised his right hand and placed it on the dark red mask.

But the hand soon dropped, as if afraid that he would be sad, and just waved to them.

Until the last second before being engulfed by steam, the lonely shadow was still waving goodbye to them, quietly and seriously.

"Wen... Yu?" Gu Qiye muttered hoarsely, dazed, as he stared at his reflection in the window. Tears silently streamed down his cheeks. At that moment, the train plunged into a tunnel, the entire carriage engulfed in overwhelming darkness. Only the rumbling of the engine remained in his ears.

Meanwhile, in another corner of Osaka, Japan.

"Father-in-law, you haven't left yet?"

Gu Zhuoan hesitated for a moment, walked into the bookstore, and looked up at the figure slumped against the wall.

He was slightly stunned. It had only been a short while, but the Su Wei he saw now seemed like a completely different person. Her jet-black hair had suddenly turned white, the wrinkles and age spots on her face were very noticeable, and her whole figure had become sluggish.

Su Wei put her glasses beside her and just stared at the floor silently without saying a word.

Gu Zhuoan frowned and looked at him in disbelief. He had never seen Su Wei like this before.

In the past, Su Wei always looked as energetic as a young man, but now anyone could tell that he was a sixty-year-old man. What on earth had happened in the past half hour? He couldn't help but wonder.

A moment later, Gu Zhuoan spoke first, breaking the silence that enveloped the bookstore:

"Father-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

"Zhuo An...are you surprised to see me like this?" Su Wei hunched over and said softly, "My Sky Drive can keep me young, but if I use the ability to predict the future too many times, I might revert to my old self...Yes, it will be fine in a few days."

"Let's go first. The people from Hongyi may come to our door at any time."

"As for me, I clearly promised that kid." Su Wei lowered her eyes and said hoarsely, "I said I would keep it a secret for him, but I was wrong. I shouldn't have done that. I shouldn't have been so stupid. It turns out that kid had it all planned out from the beginning."

He paused and lowered his head. "That kid really works hard. He's done so much for you guys... His personality is a lot like Su Ying, quirky and full of clever ideas. He's the one of your children who's most like Su Ying... I quite like him. He's smart and loves reading. I even thought about asking him if he'd be willing to run the bookstore with me when I'm older, but there's no chance anymore... Not only did I fail to protect my daughter, I didn't protect her child either."

Gu Zhuoan fell silent. He began to not understand what his father-in-law was saying.

"My...child?" He murmured in a daze, "Father-in-law, who are you talking about? Could it be..." At this moment, the black shadow suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Zhuo An, I don't know how to tell you... I'm such a coward. I didn't expect that even at my age, I'd still be so cowardly." Su Wei shook her head. "But I have to let you know. One day, I'll have to let you know."

He slowly raised his eyes, his dull eyes looking at Gu Zhuoan, "He is... your son, Gu Wenyu, I shouldn't have hidden it from you."

"No... Impossible," Gu Zhuoan froze in his tracks. After a moment, he silently shook his head, "Absolutely impossible..." Then, step by step, he staggered backwards, disappearing into the shadows.

Finally, he suddenly raised his head, his slightly red eyes gazing at the dejected Su Wei. At that moment, it was hard to describe the emotion in Gu Zhuoan's eyes: fear, confusion, sadness, anger, and yet, it was as if he was pleading, begging from the bottom of his heart for someone to say something, but Su Wei remained silent. Finally, a faint crimson crimson seemed to gradually rise from the bottom of Gu Zhuoan's eyes, covering his pupils, and then his face, along with it, became distorted.

A hoarse wail suddenly sounded, tearing through the night and echoing in the sleeping streets.

At 2:30 am on August 15, inside a long-abandoned and uninhabited building in Osaka, Japan.

Dark cumulonimbus clouds floated over from afar. A heavy rainstorm was falling outside the window, and the flickering neon signs were shrouded in the gray rain curtain.

"Are you really human?" Urushihara Ruri took a deep breath, raised her eyes from beneath her wet hair, and looked at Hei Pupa unhappily. "You're going to forcibly take me from that uninhabited island to Japan? Couldn't you have prepared a boat in advance?"

"Where's the boat?" Hei Pupa spread his hands. "I can't fly, so if I want to cross the sea, I can only swim, right?"

"I'm almost choking on the water. Don't prisoners of the Salvation Society have personal rights? It's a blessing to fall into your hands."

"Miss Liuli, first of all, I must make it clear that I am the one swimming. You were simply being dragged along by me like a fish on a hook the entire time." Hei Pu said nonchalantly, "If anyone should complain, it should be me. It's not your turn."

As Hei Pupa spoke, he used the restraints to wrap every inch of his body. Then, he took off his black windbreaker, wrung out the moisture from it with the restraints, and put it back on.

"Is this how you treat women?" Urushihara Ruri sighed. "I see your fans online call you 'Awakened Woman,' a good friend of women."

"I never respect my enemies. Only outstanding women like Tunyin are worthy of my respect," Black Pupa said. "Then the question arises: why doesn't my 'Binding Band Mantra' work on you? I must find the answer."

As he spoke, he extended a pitch-black restraint and tightly bound Urushihara Ruri's body.

He then activated the "Restraint Belt Mantra", but the situation was exactly the same as on the uninhabited island. No matter how many times he silently recited the activation command in his mind, the restraint belt ignored him.

"What's your real name?" At this point, Hei Pupa assumed that the restraint belt's mantra had taken effect and simply asked.

"Urushihara Ruri, are you satisfied?" Urushihara Ruri coughed twice and choked out a mouthful of sea water.

"Okay, then where is the base of the Salvation Society?" Hei Pu asked word by word.

"Well…why should I tell you?"

Hei Pu patted his head and sighed heavily, "As expected, it's useless to you, but why can't the restraint belt mantra work on you?" He put his hand on his chin and thought seriously.

"The 'binding belt mantra' you mentioned can't work on the dead, right?" Urushihara Ruri was silent for a moment and said quietly.

The black pupa was slightly stunned.

Then, he slowly narrowed his eyes and looked into Urushihara Ruri's eyes, "You mean, you are not a living person?"

"Yes, haven't you guessed what I am yet?" Urushihara Ruri sighed.

Black Pupa looked directly into her eyes and was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke the answer in his mind:

"You are immune to poisons and my binding mantra. Could it be that you are actually... one of the puppets created by the Puppet Father?"

Urushihara Ruri was silent for a moment, tilted her head, and smiled nonchalantly.

"That's right." She said softly, "In fact, Urushihara Ruri has been dead for a long time... and now I am just a puppet of the Puppet Father."

Black Pupa thought for a long time before asking, "Then why are you different from other puppets?"

"Because I am different from other puppets, the Puppet Father used his psychic abilities to grant me self-awareness and activate my brain."

Urushihara Ruri paused. "Because I'm under the watchful eye of the Puppet Father, and the mentor controls the Puppet Father, they never worry about my betrayal." At this point, she suddenly raised the corners of her mouth, a glimmer of light in her glass-like pupils. "Well, unfortunately, the Puppet Father is dead, so I'll be gone soon. I can only hold out for half a day at most."

It took a long time for the black pupa to come back to his senses.

"No wonder, if this is true, then all the weird things can be explained."

"Yes, it's not just the poison, but also your binding mantra. The same goes for the mentor's spiritual imprint. It has no effect on me."

"Why?"

"Because I'm just a puppet, the puppet father has more control over me than the mentor does," Urushihara Ruri said. "So, you can ask me about the Salvation Society at will. Or rather... I'm the only one in the entire Salvation Society who can answer your questions at will."

She spoke word by word, lowering her voice, "Because even if I answered your question, I wouldn't be like the others, driven to brain death by the mentor's mental imprint. Do you understand?"

Hei Pu met her gaze and took a deep breath. The oxygen pierced his lungs like a sharp sword, slowly cooling his excited spirit.

"It seems like I really found the right person." He scratched his chin. "It was an accident."

"Then why don't you ask?" Urushihara Ruri teased, "If you don't ask me now, this great opportunity will slip away."

"Uh...are you willing to answer my question?" Black Pupa narrowed his eyes.

"If I don't want to answer, you can still threaten me." Urushihara Ruri said calmly, "I'm already dead, what's there to be afraid of?"

"Okay." Hei Pu knew she would say that. "Then let me ask you this question. What will it take for you to answer my question?"

"It's simple. I have one condition."

"explain."

"Before I die, I want to see my brother." Urushihara Ruri was silent for a moment and said softly.

"Who is your brother?" Hei Pu tilted his head and asked the question even though he knew the answer.

"You should also know him, the leader of the White Crow Brigade - Qi Yuanli."

"Okay, that's not a problem," Black Pupa said, "but first I need you to prove that you can reveal information about the Salvation Society without being killed by the mental brand."

"Restricted Psychic 1002, Ji Minghuan." Urushihara Ruri suddenly said.

The black pupa was stunned for a moment.

"It's you, isn't it?" Urushihara Ruri raised her eyes and looked directly into Hei Pupa's eyes.

Black Pupa shook his head. "No, I don't recognize this thing. But you just mentioned restricted content, right? That's what surprises me. Does restricted content really exist in the world?"

Urushihara Ruri looked at him silently, as if looking at someone pretending to be asleep.

After a moment, she suddenly smiled. "You were there during the London incident, right? My instructor specifically told me to keep an eye on the kids and observe if you showed up. The boy in the underground tavern who was clinging to the little white-haired girl was Ji Minghuan, the world's only restricted-level psychic."

She paused, then continued, "Now that I've said this, do you believe me? Or do you think the Savior Society would allow me to reveal the restricted 1002?"

"Well, it seems that you can indeed freely reveal information about the Salvation Society without being affected by the mental imprint." Black Pupa said, "So, if I call Qi Yuanyuan over and let you meet, will you answer my questions?"

"right."

"Okay, then I'm going to reverse the order," Black Pupa said. "If you answer my question, I'll let you meet your good brother before you die."

"I knew you would say that." Urushihara Ruri said, "Forget it, there's nothing we can do about it."

"Right?"

"Yes." Urushihara Ruri said, "Ask whatever you want."

"Where is the base of the Salvation Society?"

"Iceland. Under the glacier of Hofsdome." After saying that, Urushihara Ruri gave a photo, which was the approximate location on the map.

Hei Pu was stunned, as if he didn't expect the other party to answer so readily and almost without hesitation.

"Where's the evidence?"

"How can I, a living dead, have any evidence? Believe it or not."

"Then how can I trust you?"

"I'm just a puppet of the Salvation Society. I'm about to die. Is there any need for me to lie to you? What's the benefit of keeping it a secret for them?"

"That's true."

"Actually, if I could, I'd love to give you all the information about the Salvation Society. They've used me for experiments and turned me into a puppet," Urushihara Ruri said softly. "Now that I've answered all your questions, I just want to see my brother. Is that okay?"

"How many Calamity-grade warriors are there in the Salvation Society?" Hei Pu was silent for a moment and then asked.

"I don't know. I don't know that much. Julius counts as one, and the other undercover agents of Rainbow Wing count as one, but they were all killed by you."

"How many children are being cared for by the Salvation Society?"

"I don't know. I'm not qualified to know."

"What is the relationship between the Puppet Father and the Mentor?"

"The Puppet Father is a man-made human created by the mentor, fusing his own genes with those of another Calamity-level esper," Urushihara Ruri explained. "So the Puppet Father possesses both psychic and other kinds of esper abilities. It was with his psychic abilities that he granted me my personal consciousness."

"Really?" Black Pupa murmured, "I was wondering why he looks so much like our mentor."

"So... you are indeed Ji Minghuan? The instructor also suspects that you have a connection with that restricted brat."

"I don't know him."

"Don't worry about being exposed in front of me. They can't know where I am or what I heard." Urushihara Ruri said, "I was under the control of the Puppet Father. He is dead, and now I am free... Of course, I will disappear in a while."

"Forget it." Hei Pu picked up the phone. "Ms. Liuli, since you can provide me with the location of the Salvation Society base, I am satisfied. Although I don't know whether it is true or not, I will confirm it myself."

After saying that, he clicked on the address book on his phone.

In the mobile phone that Qi Yuanli gave to Xizel, Qi Yuanli's phone number was saved in the address book, because Qi Yuanli told Xizel that if he needed any help, he could contact him.

Ji Minghuan once used Unit 03 Yakubaru to open the phone and memorized Qi Yuanli's phone number in his mind.

Therefore, at this time, Hei Pupa's mobile phone naturally had Qi Yuanli's contact information.

"How long will it take for him to come?" Urushihara Ruri whispered, "Don't make me wait too long, or I'll be gone soon... I've already waited for so long, there's no chance I can wait any longer."

"You've made it up to him yourself."

As Hei Pupa spoke, he lifted his finger and pressed the screen, dialing Urushihara Ruri's number. A beeping sound rang out. He turned on the hands-free mode and then, using the restraint, passed the phone to Urushihara Ruri's ear.

Urushihara Ruri was slightly stunned, then she lowered her head and remained silent for a while, her lips moving slightly:

"elder brother?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long, long time.

Seeing that the other party still didn't respond, Urushihara Ruri smiled and said softly, "Come see me, I only have half a day left."

At this time, there was finally a response from the other end of the phone.

"Where are you?" Qi Yuanli asked, his voice as indifferent and calm as ever.

"I'm in Osaka. You can find my location by locating this phone," Urushihara Ruri said. At this moment, Hei Pupa poked the screen with his restraints and hung up the call.

"You are so mean. Can't you let us talk more?" Urushihara Ruri turned her head and glanced at Hei Pupa.

"Your dear brother, the captain, seems to be in Tokyo. At his speed, he can reach Osaka in three hours."

"Can I survive more than three hours?"

"That's a good question indeed," Black Pupa said. "Precisely because I'm not sure if you can survive more than three hours, I have to hurry and ask you some questions about the Salvation Society. Well, I have a lot more to ask, so let's take our time."

Three hours later, the rain stopped, the sky brightened, and the sky in Japan began to clear up.

As the first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the window of the abandoned building, a black crow suddenly flew in. It landed on the windowsill, raised its eyes, and stared silently at Urushihara Ruri's back with its crimson pupils.

"Brother, you're here."

Urushihara Ruri glanced at the crow from the corner of her eye, her lips curled up. After a moment, the crow dissipated into pieces of black feathers.

Qi Yuanli put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker and walked towards him step by step with no expression on his face.

"I... have been looking for you for a long time." He said softly.

"I know you've always wanted to kill me," Urushihara Ruri said, "because you don't admit that I'm your sister, but I have your sister's thoughts and body. It's disgusting, right? I know you hate me so much."

"She is dead, and the dead should rest in peace." Qi Yuanli stopped and looked deep in his eyes.

"Well, brother." Urushihara Ruri smiled sadly, "I'm going to rest in peace soon. Are you happy? I looked for you for a long time, but you hated me so much. It's really unfair."

Qi Yuanli remained silent.

After a long time, he took out a black pistol from his windbreaker pocket and put the muzzle of the gun against the back of Urushihara Ruri's head.

"Goodnight..." he whispered and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" A sharp gunshot rang out, tearing the deathly silence in the abandoned building. Then blood splattered everywhere. Urushihara Ruri's head drooped, her clear eyes like glass dimmed, and her eyelids slowly closed.

Then, a brief silence enveloped the interior of the building. Urushihara Ruri lowered his eyes and silently watched as Urushihara Ruri's body turned into a fluorescent light and dissipated.

"How cruel! You treat your sister like this?" Hei Pu tilted his head and asked in confusion.

"My sister died many years ago."

"Well, rational people are great, but unfortunately, they lack charm. So, Captain, you owe me another favor?" Black Pupa asked. "I helped you find your dear sister's... puppet. You should be thanking me."

"Will you get involved in the lake hunting and the Nian beast?" Qi Yuanli asked without turning his head.

"Of course, how could I miss such an interesting thing?" Black Pupa grinned, "Let's make a big fuss together then."

"Okay, see you in China."

After Qi Yuanli finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the windowsill. Then his figure turned into a gray crow feather and dissipated, passing over the windowsill and lost in the clear blue sky.

At the same time, a series of task settlement panels slowly emerged in the black pupa's pupils.

[Completed Main Mission 1 (Stage 6): Helped Gu Qiye kill four Rainbow Wing members belonging to the "Salvation Faction."]

[Task rewards obtained: 3 split points, 3 skill points, 3 attribute points.]

[Completed Main Mission 2 (Stage 4): Helped the super criminal "Ghost Bell" kill four Rainbow Wing members belonging to the "Savior Faction."]

[Task rewards obtained: 3 skill points, 3 attribute points, 1 split point.]

[Reminder: All main missions for Unit 1 "Black Pupa" have been completed.]

[Received the "Machine Graduation" reward: 2 attribute points, 2 skill points, and 2 split points.]

"Well... now that we've found the Savior Society's base, the next step is the final preparations."

Hei Pupa lowered his eyes and looked at the vast glacier on the map, muttering softly to himself.

He scratched his chin, "Oh yeah, it's time for Unit 4 to make its debut. Let me see what this perfect machine is made of."

As soon as he finished speaking, the black pupa stretched out a restraint belt and grabbed the windowsill, then flew out like a pitch-black bird, falling towards the city from a height of a hundred meters.

August 15th, 11:00 am.

Yuriel woke up from her hospital bed. The first rays of morning light shone through the window onto her pale face. She opened her ice-blue eyes and stared at the ceiling in silence for a moment.

The white-haired girl had a blank expression on her face, like a robot sorting out its memories.

Because of the side effects of her superpowers, Yuriel became a patient with hyperthymesia. She would not forget anything she had experienced, so no matter how much she subconsciously did not want to recall it, she could not do it. Those memories were as clear as photo film.

And on that uninhabited island, the last memory she had before she fell into a coma was that Gu Qinye suddenly grabbed her hand, hugged her gently, whispered something in her ear, and then put a finger against her neck. At that moment, an electric current flowed through her body and she fainted.

"Where is this..." After a long silence, she spoke and asked the person sitting on the bed playing with his cell phone.

"Osaka, the Alien Association Building." Fan Dongqing said without raising his head.

"What's the situation?" She was silent for a moment and asked softly.

"They escaped, and the people from the Deviants Association are still tracking them."

"Someone died?"

"They killed the Puppet Father and Kalina last night. Oda Hideo was also killed by their men, and Liuli..." Fan Dongqing paused, his face darkening, "is currently missing."

"I see."

Yuriel said casually, opening the tablet computer beside her pillow.

"Blue Arc is now an internal wanted criminal. If he contacts you soon, you must report it to your superiors immediately." Fan Dongqing said expressionlessly, "White Hair, you've been deceived by him. From the very beginning, he..."

"I will judge for myself."

Uriel interrupted him.

She lowered her icy blue eyes, took out her phone from the bedside, and opened WeChat. The last message she received from Gu Qiye was before she left for the uninhabited island, when he sent her a pre-recorded video.

In the video, Gu Qiye put on the alien Blue Arc's costume for the first time in a long time and smiled gently at the camera.

After a moment, Yuriel turned off her phone and got up from the bed.

"Where are you going?" Fan Dongqing asked.

"China." Uriel deadpanned. "I'm applying for sick leave."

"Don't you understand your current situation?" Fan Dongqing said, "You're very close to Blue Arc, so they're keeping a close eye on you."

Uriel was silent for a moment. "Whatever they want."

"They probably won't restrict your movements, but they will keep you under close surveillance for the time being," Fan Dongqing said. "If you want to meet Blue Arc, I advise you to give up the idea."

"I don't know where he is."

Fan Dongqing was silent for a moment, "Forget it... Baimao, you'd better take care of yourself. But if you know where Liuli is, I hope you won't hide it from me, otherwise we will be enemies." After saying that, he stood up from the chair and slowly walked towards the exit of the ward.

In the afternoon of that day, Yuriel boarded a flight to the Chinese capital at Osaka International Airport.

By the time the plane landed, it was already dusk. She sat silently in her seat, tilting her head to look out the window. The setting sun was glowing red, slowly taking away the afterglow that had cast a shadow over the city. Birds flew between the cables.

After leaving the airport, Yuriel took a taxi and headed to the welfare home in Lijing.

She tilted her head and stared out the window in a daze, as if she wanted to see someone in the bustling crowd, but everything on the window slowly faded into colorless outlines.

When they arrived at the welfare home, the children saw her and ran over from the lawn in the yard, cheering. They hugged her waist tightly and refused to let go until the nurses came.

Uriel's face remained expressionless.

Amidst the enthusiastic greetings, she reached out and casually touched their heads, then sat down on the lawn, leaning against a banyan tree.

Under the shade of the trees, the children's questions kept coming.

"Sister Yuriel, didn't you say you knew Blue Arc?"

"Yes, yes, you said you would bring them to see us next time."

"Where is he? Why don't we see him?"

"Blue Arc must be hiding, right?"

"He's very busy and can't come," Uriel said softly. "He's a great hero and has to save people in many places."

"Why is this happening? You clearly promised us." said a boy.

At this time, Yuriel opened her tablet, clicked on WeChat, hesitated for a moment, and clicked on the video that Gu Qinye sent her.

The children all leaned over curiously. They stood against the wall, their little heads huddled together, their eyes fixed on the tablet screen.

The background of the video is a room in the Osaka Deviant Association building. When the camera is turned on, a figure wearing cyan metal armor and a dark blue helmet appears in the frame.

He adjusted the shaking camera and then coughed twice, even the coughs were so gentle.

Yuriel lowered her eyes and watched the video silently. The great hero that everyone was mourning was sitting cross-legged on the ground, waving awkwardly to the camera. Outside the window in the background was a brightly lit city.

Lan Hu hugged his shoulders, and read out the names of the children in a serious and funny way, then waved hello to them and smiled at the camera.

Uriel was stunned.

He had not forgotten any of the names of the children in the orphanage that she had casually introduced to him. He remembered every name clearly, without a single mistake.

At the end of the video, Blue Arc also told them some of his own stories, asking them to study hard in the welfare home and help Sister Uriel in the future.

"Is Blue Arc really still alive?" A girl lay in Yuriel's arms, holding her cheek and asked her.

“Well, he’s still alive,” Uriel said.

"What kind of person is Lan Hu?" the girl asked again.

Uriel was silent for a moment, then shook her head.

"I have no idea."

"Didn't you say you knew him?"

"Yes... but I don't know what kind of person Lan Hu is." Yuriel said softly, "I only know that he prefers to be called Gu Qiye."

"Then, what kind of person is Gu Qinye?" The girl thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

Hearing this question, Yuriel was silent for a very long time. At this moment, the setting sun took away the last rays of light, and the night enveloped the yard. The excited pink colors on the children's faces were also covered by the darkness, and it was pitch dark all around.

"he……"

In the darkness, her lips moved slightly, "He is a very good person."

(End of this chapter)