Chapter 101 The Last Three Members of the Brigade (Second update, please give me a monthly ticket)
July 16, dusk.
Xia Pingzhou, the second machine, sat up from the attic, supported his right hand on the mattress, and turned his head to look out the window.
The sun was setting in the west, slowly taking away the afterglow that had fallen on Tokyo. Through the attic window, one could see a glass curtain wall that was dyed bright red.
After washing my face and going downstairs, I saw that the cafe was empty. There was no sign of the kimono girl or the ninja uncle. Instead, I saw a woman in a bright red dress sitting on a chair in the corner.
She lowered her eyes and sipped the wine quietly. When she looked closely, she saw that it was the No. 9 of the brigade - "Blood Descendant".
The door was open, and the setting sun was shining in. The woman's light golden hair was almost dyed white under the setting sun.
She held her cheek, raised her red eyes to look at him, and curled her lips at him: "As expected of a cat, you spend the whole day either lying down and sleeping, or purring and acting coquettish."
Ji Minghuan walked over, pulled a chair and sat down opposite her, and asked curiously:
"Why are you here?"
"The old lady who pursues love for a long time is here to compete with Miss Kimono Loli for the custody of kitten number 12." The blood descendant made a joke.
When there's no one around, she doesn't mind calling herself that.
"Then you are too late. The cat has already signed a lifelong support contract with Miss Kimono Loli."
"Then you have to be careful. The contract may include sterilization of kittens. I see that every kitten was deceived and coaxed by the owner into having their claws pressed. Oh, the bloody claw marks..."
"No more joking, where are Ninja and the young lady?" Ji Minghuan shrugged.
"They went to pick someone up. Today, three members of the brigade came over from the harbor on a smuggling ship." The Bloodborn yawned, "Miss Kimono Loli didn't want to be alone with me, so she went with her housekeeper."
"So what are you doing here?"
"Although we will not gather until five days later, there is no rule that members cannot get together at other times." The Bloodline smiled slightly, "I came here to chat with you."
"I don't talk much. It's boring to talk to me."
The Bloody pointed to the thermos behind the counter with his eyes and said, "By the way, over there is the steamed oat milk that Oda Takikage prepared for you. He said you woke up and asked me to remind you."
Ji Minghuan picked up the thermos cup, sat back in his seat, opened the lid and drank a sip of milk. The advantage of being a lady's cat is that you can share a housekeeper:
He said he wanted to drink something, so Oda Takikage prepared some drinks for him in advance;
If he wanted to eat something, even if the store didn't have the ingredients, Oda Takikage could turn into a shadow and fly to the supermarket, and bring back the ingredients in less than two or three minutes.
"That's great. Am I really being taken care of like a kitten?" The Blood Descendant tilted his head and looked at him with a smile.
"I'm not a cat."
"By the way, I heard that you defeated Oda Takikage?" The Blood Descendant blinked at him.
"Who told you that?"
"Of course she's your eldest lady. Her tone was like a kitten showing off that she kicked the butler with her paws. She didn't feel sorry for the butler at all."
"I can't imagine that she would have any other tone of voice besides speaking coldly?"
"Is that so?" The Bloodborn smiled. "She is the most robot-like of the group members. Even Robert is not as artificially intelligent as she is."
Ji Minghuan did not agree, but thought about the competition in the morning.
He did defeat Oda Takikage at that time, but it could also be seen that on the one hand Oda Takikage was careless, and on the other hand Oda Takikage did not use his full strength.
Furthermore, because his Tenki has so many mechanisms that are terrifying and cannot be compared with ordinary exorcists, it is not surprising that Oda Takikage was outmaneuvered by him.
If it is a one-on-one game, even if the opponent is a level stronger than him, he still has a chance to defeat the opponent by relying on the mechanism of the chess game.
It seems so... since Oda Takikage is a top-level Dragon-level psychic, then the current strength of Unit 02 should be that of an average Dragon-level psychic... slightly stronger than Unit 01, but not much stronger.
It’s okay, beating Su Zimai up is enough... But I heard from Ke Qirui that Su Zimai was promoted to a second-level exorcist yesterday, so her strength must have increased as well. She may not be able to beat Su Zimai into a pig’s head by then, so let’s take it one step at a time.
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan took a sip of the steam milk.
The Blood Descendant paused and glanced towards the entrance of the cafe: "Well, aren't they back now?"
Ji Minghuan looked up and saw five figures slowly walking into the cafe.
Their backs blocked the afterglow of the setting sun, and the shadows on the ground were stretched very long by the setting sun. Apart from Ayase Origami and Oda Takikage, who he knew, the remaining three people were:
A boy in a blue jumpsuit with dark circles under his eyes, looking about twelve or thirteen years old;
A middle-aged man wearing a cowboy hat, a denim jacket and suit pants, his eyes sparkling under the brim of his hat;
The last one was a short-haired girl with dyed blue hair, wearing a T-shirt and jeans with rock punk prints, a pair of sapphire earrings, and sparkling eyes.
“Is this a newcomer?”
The moment the blue-haired girl saw Xia Pingzhou, she immediately pointed at her and asked.
"Yes, Ms. Lan Duoduo." Oda Takikage said, "He replaced the previous member who died and is now the new No. 12."
Lan Duoduo pulled a chair and sat next to Xia Pingzhou. He held his chin with one hand, turned his head to look at him, and showed a sly smile: "Hello, I am Chinese."
"Chinese people should stop using foreign languages," said Ji Minghuan.
Lan Duoduo immediately changed his tone and said with a smile: "Handsome boy, where are you?"
"I don't understand Cantonese," Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows and turned to meet her childlike bright eyes, "Are you from Hong Kong?"
"That's right." Lan Duoduo frowned, "My name is Lan Duoduo, and I'm number 5 in the brigade."
"Xia Pingzhou, number 12." Ji Minghuan paused, "I thought all the strange news envoys were foreigners."
"There are many strange storytellers in China, so don't have stereotypes."
Lan Duoduo smiled and bumped him with his shoulder.
Ayase Origami came over and said indifferently, "Kitty, sit inside."
Ji Minghuan moved his butt to make a seat for her, and sat at the innermost seat, letting Ayase Origami and Lan Duoduo sit together - in fact, he was not used to Lan Duoduo's outgoing manner, so the eldest lady came to the rescue.
Lan Duoduo raised his head and looked at the boy with dark circles under his eyes and the man dressed like a cowboy: "You two grown men, why don't you introduce yourselves to the newcomers?"
"Number 8, just call me 'hacker', that's what they all call me," the jumpsuit boy said gloomily.
"Number 6, my name is 'Andrew'. This newcomer seems to be very popular. He can even be taken care of by our little sister Ayase..." The cowboy uncle was beaming with joy.
"No. 12, Xia Pingzhou." Ji Minghuan said.
Lan Duoduo laughed and said, "Haha, no need to introduce yourself. In fact, we have all heard of your name on the road. I heard from the young lady that you defeated Oda Takikage?"
"That's true." Oda Takikage did not deny it. "Then I'll go prepare the ingredients for dinner. You can turn over the cafe's business sign first."
As he spoke, he walked out of the bathroom, his figure disappeared into the shadows under his feet.
"I'm so sleepy... I'm going to find a place upstairs to catch up on my sleep. You guys keep your noise down." The hacker boy yawned and went upstairs. He probably wanted to take Xia Pingzhou's mattress.
Andrew pulled a chair and sat down. The table was so crowded that there was almost no room for anyone to sit. He said, "Oh my... I didn't expect that he is not only popular with women, but also talented and capable. How could he beat Uncle Takikage?"
The Blood Descendant took a sip of red wine and said teasingly, "I didn't expect that a kitten that drinks milk would be so powerful."
"My cat." Ayase Origami looked down at the haiku book and emphasized lightly.
"Okay, okay, your cat." The blood descendant didn't care.
"Why do you all seem to have such a good relationship with the newcomers? I only arrived in Tokyo two or three days late, and I can't squeeze into the competition." Lan Duoduo smiled, holding her chin, and her sapphire earrings jingled.
Andrew glanced at the bottle of red wine on the table and licked his lips: "Have a glass of wine, Miss Blood."
The Blood Descendant raised his eyebrows and asked, "I brought this bottle of wine myself. It contains the blood of the mutant 'Ember' whom we killed in France. Are you sure you want to drink it?"
"Hey, what's the big deal?" Andrew took off his cow hat without changing his expression. "I haven't tried what wine with human blood tastes like yet. Maybe this is what it tastes like."
"Since you don't usually call me 'old woman', I'll give it to you." The blood descendant took out a cup, poured a bottle of wine, and pushed it to Andrew.
"I have always respected beauties." Andrew smiled. "A beauty is a beauty regardless of age. When I was a cowboy in the American West, I even dated a woman in her fifties."
"Stop it...it's so greasy." Lan Duoduo chuckled twice and nudged Andrew's shoulder with his elbow.
Ji Minghuan calmly took a sip of steamed milk and asked curiously, "I'm a little curious, what are the abilities of No. 6 and No. 8?"
Andrew took the blood-stained wine and poured it down his throat in one breath. His face turned pale and blue. After a moment, he wiped his mouth and shouted:
"Woohoo, oh yeah, ahahahaha! Damn awesome! Is this the blood of the most powerful psychic in France? It feels like there's a fire burning in my stomach..."
After a while, his raised and slightly trembling eyebrows were finally lowered, and his expression relaxed a little. Andrew pushed the wine glass away silently, as if he had lost his life.
He glanced at Xia Pingzhou, forced out a hearty smile and said:
"Brother No. 12, I am an exorcist just like you."
Lan Duoduo introduced: "This wretched cowboy uncle's SkyDrive is a sniper rifle. He usually likes to hide in the distance and shoot. Don't tell me, when he gets serious, he can shoot through a building."
"What about number 8?" Ji Minghuan asked. He was referring to the boy in a jumpsuit who called himself a 'hacker'.
Lan Duoduo said: "The hacker's ability is somewhat complicated, but it is related to network data. If you are interested, you can ask him yourself."
Andrew shrugged, silently drank a sip of boiled water to dilute the excessive alcohol, and then said:
"Number 8? Just a little internet-addicted brat!"
Lan Duoduo said calmly, "But who made this internet-addicted kid the best hacker in the world? The leader specially asked Oda Takikage to search half of China, and finally found this little prodigy and brought him into the brigade."
Ayase Origami said expressionlessly: "There are little brats and old ladies. The leader must have considered that if this is averaged out, the ecological environment of the members will appear balanced."
The Blood Descendant threw the wine glass hard on the table, looked at her with a smile, and there was a chill in his eyes: "Ah... our underworld lady always speaks unkindly."
Lan Duoduo spoke up in time to stop the quarrel between the two: "Don't destroy Uncle Takiying's cafe, or he will be furious when he comes back."
Ji Minghuan interrupted: "I want to know who is the strongest in the brigade? Where does Oda Takikage rank?"
The Bloodborn thought for a moment and said, "Generally speaking, we all agree that the leader or the Ripper sister is the strongest, Takikage ranks relatively low, and the eldest lady and I are on par."
Lan Duoduo held his chin up and sighed, "Before you came, I was the second to last. Oh... I really want to secretly shoot all these people, damn it."
Hearing this, Ji Minghuan finished the last sip of hot steam milk, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and silently completed the list of members of the White Crow Brigade in his mind.
No. 1: Unknown (Team Leader)
No. 2: Jack the Ripper (the exorcist, Jack the Ripper is a dark red knife, "quasi-disaster-level", and his combat power is one of the best in the brigade)
No. 3: Ayase Origami (a supernatural power user who can manipulate paper objects, "quasi-disaster level", with combat power similar to that of a blood descendant)
No. 4: Oda Takikage (a supernatural being who can hide in the shadows and control them, a "Dragon-level" warrior whose combat power ranks in the middle of the group)
No. 5: Lan Duoduo (a news messenger, the number of news fragments he holds is unknown, "Dragon Level", the second to last in combat power in the brigade)
No. 6: Andrew (Exorcist, Tianqu is a "sniper rifle", the specific strength is unknown)
No. 7: Robert (a superpower, whose ability is to open a door on the wall that connects to different places. A functional member, his strength should not be too strong. It is possible that he is the last in terms of combat)
No. 8: Hacker (a person with special abilities, whose abilities are said to be related to "network data", and whose strength is unknown)
No. 9: Blood Descendant (suspected to be a psychic, whose ability is to control her own blood. Her combat power is similar to that of Ayase Origami, so it can be inferred that she is "quasi-disaster-level")
No. 10: White Wolf (demon, unknown ability, should be able to turn into a big dog if nothing unexpected happens, presumably at least "quasi-disaster level", upper limit unknown)
No. 11: An Lun Si (a supernatural being whose ability is to summon a slot machine. It is known that when the slot machine draws three "bazooka" icons, a huge explosion will occur, "quasi-catastrophic level")
No. 12: Xia Pingzhou (the group’s favorite, responsible for Meow Meow Meow and finishing off enemies. Without him, 12 people would not be complete. “Dragon Level”)
Ji Minghuan sat in the middle of the group, thinking silently: "Blue Arc is the best among the quasi-disaster-level warriors. It should be no problem for him to beat two quasi-disaster-level warriors alone. Dad is stronger than the eldest brother and may even have reached the threshold of the disaster-level. Not to mention Li Qingping, the strength of the eldest brother Red Dragon should not be underestimated..."
From this point of view, the paper strength of both sides should not be much different. The defending side still has a bunch of small fry who can be used as cannon fodder. It is hard to say who will win this auction.
The remaining uncertain factors only have two people left...
One is the "mysterious guest" mentioned by the organizer;
The other is the brigade leader who has not yet arrived in Tokyo.
What kind of monster this monster leader is will directly determine the outcome of the bloody battle at the auction.
(End of this chapter)
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