Chapter 128 Heavy rain, Tokyo, bloody auction (end)
The auction house in the mirror world was pitch black, with only the raging dragon flames and the light from the wolf's claws illuminating the surroundings.
However, just as the two huge monsters were in a stalemate, the figure on the chair... woke up.
The young man with a shiny backcombed hair and wearing a Zhongshan suit yawned, moved his right hand that was pressing against the side of his head, and slowly opened his eyes.
In the darkness, there was a faint golden light in his eyes, which seemed to be able to capture people's hearts.
"It's so noisy..." Zhou Jiuya tilted his head.
As soon as he finished speaking, without any warning, a huge bronze tripod with nine dragon patterns engraved on it fell from the sky and smashed on the head of the Wolf of Daylight. The size of the huge tripod was even bigger than the 20-meter-long beast. The Wolf of Daylight was firmly pinned to the ground of the auction venue, and no matter how hard it struggled or howled, it was unable to break free.
The mist rose from the top of the Nine Dragon Cauldron, sweeping across the sky and the earth. After a while, the hot mist coming from the surface of the Nine Dragon Cauldron began to subside.
"Zhou Jiuya...is he awake again?" Qi Yuanli murmured expressionlessly as he looked at the Nine Dragon Cauldron that was suppressing Bai Tanlang.
Lan Duoduo was sorting the playing cards on the ground. Hearing what the leader said, he couldn't help but crooked his eyebrows: "Really? We just got rid of a red dragon, and now we have to fight a natural disaster level?"
Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami looked up at the huge Nine Dragon Cauldron, and then looked at Zhou Jiuya in the center of the auction hall.
The Blood Clan sat at the corner of the auction table, holding his face with both hands and muttering, "Catastrophe-grade... The last time we faced a Catastrophe-grade was in France. If we hadn't been lucky enough to sneak attack, I'm afraid we would have lost at least half of our troops."
"Captain, do you want to fight him?" An Luns asked curiously with his lips slightly raised.
"No... Lake Hunters are not ordinary natural disaster-level. Their individual strength is even higher than that of Rainbow Wings." Qi Yuanli said, "Next, we should avoid any possibility of fighting with Zhou Jiuya and try to negotiate with him. The first goal is to rescue Bai Tanlang."
Robert opened a door from the outside world that connected to the mirror world, turned the doorknob, and the Ripper walked in with his wounds bandaged.
When the two saw the figure sitting on the chair, their expressions changed slightly.
"Are you leaving, Captain?" said Robert.
"Bai Tanlang is still there." Qi Yuanli said.
Li Qingping, who was far away, glanced at the Wolf of Daytime who was pinned to the ground by the Nine Dragon Cauldron, then turned his head to look at Zhou Jiuya.
The shadow of the red dragon Wales disappeared and turned into a card engraved with orange light patterns and returned to Li Qingping's hand.
Zhou Jiuya stood up from his chair, moved forward, and looked up at the people on the auction table.
"Before you retreat, I can kill at least half of you, not to mention that one of your companions is a demon and is being pinned down by me. So I advise you not to act rashly. If anyone tries to run, I will take action."
He said, "Let me be frank. I am a reasonable man. All I want are the two antiques in the auction and... the life of one of you."
Deathly silence enveloped the auction hall. Zhou Jiuya paused for a moment.
"If you can't do that, that's another matter."
Qi Yuanli sat at the edge of the auction table, his back slightly hunched, and Zhou Jiuya's face was reflected in his deep pupils.
He asked calmly, "Which two antiques in the auction do you want?"
"Moon Hidden Thousand Birds Mirror, Wind God Thunder Drum." Zhou Jiuya read out the names of the two antiques one by one.
"Hacker, give it to him." Qi Yuanli said without hesitation.
"oh."
The hacker shrugged, thrust his hand into his jumpsuit and pulled out his phone, then reluctantly released his superpower - "Database".
Then, a crystal blue projection screen appeared in mid-air, with icons of each auction item densely arranged on it. He selected two antiques from them, and then they immediately appeared on the real auction table.
"Moon Hidden Thousand Birds Mirror" is a bronze mirror with a diameter of about 30 cm. The back of the mirror is engraved with a pattern of a flock of birds flying above the waves, and a broken moon-shaped white jade is inlaid in the center. The mirror surface is dark green due to oxidation.
"Wind God and Thunder Drum", a pair of lacquered and gold-painted drums, the drum heads are covered with white rhinoceros skin, and the drum bodies are painted with pictures of the battle between the Wind God and Thunder God.
Zhou Jiuya glanced at the two antiques on the auction table, summoned Tianqu, and a compass printed with colorful patterns appeared in his hand.
The two antiques were pulled upward by an invisible gravitational force, and instantly flashed above the compass. Then they were absorbed into it. The two of them turned into a white jade and lacquered gold line respectively, attached to the surface of the compass.
Qi Yuanli looked at the compass in Zhou Jiuya's hand through the crow's pupils.
"Tonggu Compass", the heavenly driver of Lake Hunter Zhou Jiuya, can collect all "genuine" antiques and bring out the great power hidden in the antiques - the rarer the antiques collected, the stronger the power that can be exerted.
"This is exactly what I want." Zhou Jiuya said as he took back the Tianqu and put his hands into the pockets of his Zhongshan suit. "You should be glad that you didn't try to fool me."
Qi Yuanli was silent for a moment, let go of the crow on his fingertips, looked up at Zhou Jiuya, and asked word by word:
"So...whose life do you want?"
After these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire auction hall seemed to drop a bit.
Only Zhou Jiuya remained calm. He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "When I was catching up on my sleep, a nasty bug crawled out from under the chair... Although I don't remember it clearly, let me guess, it was you."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head and signaled one of the group members with his eyes.
The 10 members on the auction table followed his gaze and simultaneously glanced at the chosen person:
——It was a figure dressed in a pitch-black ninja outfit.
Seeing Zhou Jiuya's eyes fall on him, Oda Takikage was startled for a moment, then slowly lowered his eyes. He remained silent, with a glimmer of light in his eyes.
"Takikage..."
Ayase Origami was stunned and subconsciously said his name.
"Come here." Zhou Jiuya said, his tone calm but with an unquestionable majesty.
Oda Takikage breathed a sigh of relief, then moved forward without hesitation.
In the dead silence, Ayase Origami was stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped up and flashed in front of Oda Takikage. She raised the sleeves of her ochre-red kimono, crossed her arms, and protected in front of Oda Takikage, her face extremely cold.
Then, thousands of paper butterflies flew out from her sleeves.
"Hey, Miss, you..."
Lan Duoduo muttered with a complicated expression and stepped down from the auction table, but the next moment her voice suddenly stopped.
A bronze iron pillar dropped from midair and crushed her into a bloody mist. Amid a deafening roar, the red mist swept across the cheeks of every member of the group. The smell of blood filled their noses.
It took Xia Pingzhou a while to react, and he slowly lowered his eyes to look at the pool of blood on the ground.
A strand of Lan Duoduo's blue hair was still floating above.
"Lan, Lan Duoduo..." Andrew was stunned, his face gradually became ferocious and gloomy, and he held the sniper rifle tightly in his arms.
"I said I only want his life." Zhou Jiuya raised his head and looked at Ayase Origami expressionlessly, "Get out of the way. Otherwise... it won't just be one member who will die."
Ayase Origami turned her head in a daze, and looked with her empty eyes at Lan Duoduo who had turned into a pool of blood.
Qi Yuan was silent for a while: "You killed one more of our members. This is different from what we agreed beforehand. Can you exchange his life for his?"
"These are two different things. A life for a life... Even though you killed a bunch of gangsters who were not even trash, you still have to pay a price."
After saying that, Zhou Jiuya glanced at the people in the brigade slowly and his gaze stayed on Xia Pingzhou and Qi Yuanli for one second each.
He lowered his eyes and said indifferently, "Indeed... many of you have great potential. Maybe in the future some of you will be lucky enough to grow to the level of a natural disaster. At that time, you are welcome to seek revenge on me."
"But forget it now. There's no fun in crushing an ant to death for me. I hope you have some self-awareness. There's more than just the word 'quasi' between quasi-disaster-grade and disaster-grade... By the way, disaster-grade also has different levels. If you change to a weaker disaster-grade... you might still have a chance to resist, like some of the scum in Rainbow Wing who are just filling in the numbers."
Zhou Jiuya paused and said, "It's a pity that I'm the one standing here, so I advise you, a bunch of frogs in the well, to stop wasting my time. Should one more member die, or half of the people die? It's up to you to choose."
Qi Yuan lowered his deep eyes and remained silent.
"Since you don't answer, then I'll assume that you have accepted my rules." Zhou Jiuya raised his eyes again and looked at Ayase Origami, "Then I'll say it again... Get out of the way of that ninja."
He spoke each word slowly, "My patience is limited."
Xia Pingzhou looked at Zhou Jiuya from afar and thought: Is this the strength of a disaster level... A monster standing at the top of the entire world, towering over everyone, the so-called strong man in the eyes of ordinary people, is not worth mentioning in front of a disaster level.
If he really gets serious, Zhou Jiuya can even destroy a city.
In the "Lake Hunt", besides Zhou Jiuya, there are three other exorcists of equal strength.
There are twelve disaster-level warriors in the "Rainbow Wing".
In the case of Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuo, this father and son... were planning to take revenge on this absolute monster.
The members of the White Crow Brigade were all silent at this time, with different expressions on their faces. They all knew that Ayase Origami's behavior was irrational, but no one tried to stop her. If Zhou Jiuya attacked the two of them, I'm afraid everyone would jump up at the same time.
At this moment, Oda Takikage slowly took off his ninja mask, turned around, and glanced at the young lady with a normal expression.
His eyes were normal.
It was as ordinary as a certain summer afternoon in that cafe, when he looked up from his reading glasses while wiping the cup with a towel, and gave her a slight glance and a gentle smile.
Suddenly, Oda Takikage reached out and touched the top of Ayase Origami's head.
When she was very young, Oda Takikage also touched her head like this when he came to Ayase's house.
That day, the cherry blossoms in the yard were in full bloom, and one or two petals fell on the head of the kimono girl. She looked up and looked at the man in butler's clothes and reading glasses with a confused look.
"Miss, please remember to take care of yourself." Oda Takikage said in a low voice.
Feeling the warmth coming from above her head, Ayase Origami slightly opened her empty eyes and was stunned for a long time. Paper butterflies were shaking in the sky above the auction house, like a white rainstorm with a reverse flow. The rustling sound was getting louder and louder, as if it was going to drown the whole world.
The team members on the auction table stood up.
The Ripper clenched the dark red dagger; An Lance summoned a slot machine; Qi Yuanli weighed the cards on his fingertips with an expressionless face; the hacker put his hands in his pockets, and data flashed in his eyes; a piece of blood flowed from the fingertips of the blood descendant; Andrew, contrary to his usual playful smile, opened the chamber of the gun with a serious face and loaded a special red bullet into the sniper rifle.
Xia Pingzhou remained silent, watching the scene out of the corner of his eye, thinking that these crazy people in the brigade seemed to be really planning to fight to the death... But if his No. 2 machine was killed here by Zhou Jiuya's anger, it would definitely be a fatal blow to his plan.
"A group of bandits who regard human life as worthless... but value their companions. What a contradiction, a ridiculous contradiction."
Zhou Jiuya said nonchalantly and took out a cell phone from his Zhongshan suit pocket.
At this moment, Oda Takikage suddenly put down his right hand, turned his head to look at Xia Pingzhou, nodded to him calmly, and wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes:
"Mr. Xia Pingzhou, I'll leave the young lady in your care."
The white butterflies gathered into a tornado in the air, and scraps of paper flew everywhere. Just when Ayase Origami was about to lose control, Xia Pingzhou summoned Tianqu and grabbed one of the chess shadows.
Amid the clear sound of chess pieces breaking, the stone statue of the queen appeared and slashed at Ayase Origami's neck with her hand knife.
The defenseless Ayase Origami leaned forward, then slowly closed her eyes, and passed out. The figures on the auction stage remained unmoved.
Xia Pingzhu took a step forward and held the unconscious Ayase Origami in his arms. The girl's body temperature was cool. The paper butterflies above her head fell like snow.
"Thank you." Oda Takikage nodded to Xia Pingzhou, then turned his head and nodded slightly to Urushi Yuanyuan, "Captain... thank you for your care over the years."
Urushihara lowered his eyes, and his fingers that were playing with the cards paused slightly. He glanced at Oda Takikage, then silently looked away and put away the cards on his fingertips.
Zhou Jiuya lowered his head to play with his phone, and said without raising his head: "It's quite wise."
Oda Takikage turned around and walked forward. His footsteps echoed in the dead silence of the auction hall. No one looked at his back, or rather, no one wanted to look at him.
The next moment, another giant bronze pillar fell from the sky and embedded itself deeply into the ground of the mirror world.
A blood mist bloomed in the darkness, and Oda Takikage's body was crushed in an instant, leaving no residue.
Xia Pingzhou watched this scene quietly. He always felt that everything was so natural and so fast that people could not react to the cruelty in it, just like a person walking on the road and accidentally stepped on an ant to death... This is the power of a natural disaster. It is possible that Gu Wenyu's mother died in Hong Yi's hands in this way.
"I got the antique. I killed the man. You can leave now."
After saying that, Zhou Jiuya took back the Nine Dragon Cauldron that was suppressing the Wolf of Daylight. The giant wolf slowly transformed into a human form and collapsed to the ground motionless.
A crow flew over from Qi Yuanli's fingertips and landed on Bai Tanlang. The crow's feathers flashed by, and Qi Yuanli brought him back to the top of the auction table.
After a long silence, Qi Yuanli suddenly said, "You just said... I'm welcome to seek revenge anytime, right?"
"Yes, come if you are not afraid of death." Zhou Jiuya said, turned off his phone, looked up at him, "You have the dual identities of a psychic and an exorcist, right? You do have great potential. After all, there is room for improvement in both systems. If you want to escape, you should be one of the few people here who has a chance to escape. I hope I am not wrong... I hope you will be qualified to be my opponent in the future."
"What's your ranking in the lake hunting?" Qi Yuanli asked suddenly, his tone still so calm.
"third."
"I see……"
"So, do you understand how narrow-minded you are?" Zhou Jiuya looked at Qi Yuanli disapprovingly and said, "I am a man of my word. Before I go back on my word, or before your people lose their minds, get out of my sight."
As soon as he finished speaking, a flock of pitch-black crows swarmed over the auction table. After a few seconds, the auction table was empty, with only scattered crow feathers falling from the air and landing on the two pools of blood on the ground.
Deathly silence once again enveloped the auction hall, except that loud crackling noises continued to be heard from the sky, and the mirror world was about to collapse.
Zhou Jiuya put the Nine Dragon Cauldron and the bronze column back into the Tonggu Compass, stretched, then turned his head to look at Li Qingping, and then glanced at the Second Prince who had fainted on the ground.
"Red Dragon, right? I've heard of your name." He looked around and said, "Are all the others dead?"
Li Qingping nodded and said sarcastically with a blank expression: "How can you lake hunters sleep so well? You woke up only after everyone was dead. I was beaten by several people."
"I can't help it. This is not what I want. My sleep quality is not very good when it rains. I have to make up for the sleep." At this point, Zhou Jiuya scratched his ear carelessly, and suddenly seemed to think of something, so he hesitated and asked:
"By the way... do you know someone named 'Ke Qirui'? She seems to be the bodyguard of this auction. Um... is she dead?"
"I don't know him." Li Qingping said expressionlessly, "I'm leaving now. Goodbye."
After saying this, he carried the fainted Second Prince on his back and walked towards the exit of the mirror world. The huge human body mirror had been restored to its original state, and now he could return to the real world through the mirror, but it would be too late if he didn't leave now.
Zhou Jiuya nonchalantly adjusted the collar of his Zhongshan suit, when he received a text message.
He picked up his phone and looked at it.
[Ke Qirui: Are you awake? ]
【Zhou Jiuya: Wake up.】
[Ke Qirui: Then can I start scolding you? ]
【Zhou Jiuya: I can’t control the weather.】
[Ke Qirui: If you had woken up earlier, so many people wouldn’t have died. ]
[Zhou Jiuya: I am just a guest, not a bodyguard. Sister, don't act like a spoiled child in front of me.]
[Zhou Jiuya: Besides, the Japanese mafia is not a good thing. If they die, they die... If these people were to cause trouble in China, my attitude would definitely be different.]
[Ke Qirui: Stop talking after the fact. Are you going to come out for dinner? ]
[Zhou Jiuya: No, there is something going on at the family level. I have booked a flight and will leave as soon as the auction is over.]
Zhou Jiuya hesitated for a moment, put one hand in the pocket of his Zhongshan suit, and continued typing with the other hand.
[Zhou Jiuya: By the way, should I introduce you to Lin Xingshi and Zhuge Hui some other day? Zhong Wujiu is too reserved, so forget about him.]
[Ke Qirui: OK, OK, now you have become a big shot in Lake Lie. Now you are talking about Lake Lie all the time? ]
【Zhou Jiuya: I was worried that you were dead, but luckily you weren't.】
【Ke Qirui: Who do you think I am?】
[Zhou Jiuya: I took a look at the airport notice and it seems that the flight was delayed due to heavy rain. How about you use the train demon to give me a ride? ]
【Ke Qirui: OK, we also want to go back to China. 】
【Zhou Jiuya: See you later.】
Zhou Jiuya turned off his cell phone, thought for a moment, and casually took out a playing card from the pocket of his Zhongshan suit.
He remembered that this playing card seemed to be given by the bodyguard inspector when he entered the venue. At that time, he thought it was a souvenir, so he put it in his pocket. Of course, now it seems that this thing is not a souvenir, but a detonated bomb.
Zhou Jiuya flipped the playing card and glanced casually at the crow on the card.
At this moment, a line of blood-red words slowly appeared above the crow:
——"Tell the other three people in Lake Hunter for me: the next time we meet, all four of you will be dead."
"This is the first time I've seen someone who dares to challenge us. Will I regret not killing that guy... Never mind. It doesn't matter."
Zhou Jiuya shook his head, threw the playing cards on the ground, and walked forward in the empty auction hall.
At the same time, in an abandoned building in Tokyo.
The rainstorm lasted a whole day and night, and finally showed signs of stopping. In the abandoned building, a figure was hanging upside down in the air, and another figure was standing there like an iron. Outside the window was a drizzling rain.
The two figures looked at each other, and finally one of them broke the long silence.
"I have handed Blue Arc over to the people of the Exorcist Association. They will be responsible for his treatment." Black Pupa said, "Mr. Ghost Bell... after this auction, should you consider the value of cooperating with me again?"
"Who...are you?" Gui Zhong asked slowly.
"Does it matter who I am?" Black Pupa said dimly, "What matters is what I can bring to you. As long as you cooperate with me, I can ensure that you and Blue Arc survive together, and... help you stand at the top of this world and take revenge on this damn world."
After a pause, he hung upside down in the air, reading a book while reaching out to Ghost Bell:
"This is your last chance. You can choose to hold my hand, or... become my enemy."
(End of this chapter)
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