Chapter 178 Two people at the train station, sister's question (asking for monthly ticket)
On July 26, at 1:30 in the morning, it was a quiet night in the Guyimai district.
Black Pupa was hanging upside down under a building with a transparent restraint hanging above his head. He was playing Minesweeper on his phone while silently observing the front with the sense of the restraint.
Not long after, he saw a girl in a suit wearing a red cape and a magician's hat appear under the moonlight. A glittering thread fell from the magic glove on her right hand, and at the end of the thread was a giant pigeon with red eyes.
Su Zimai rode on a giant pigeon and danced in the moonlight, flying high over the long, brightly lit street, her ponytail swaying slowly in the wind.
“So slow.”
Black Pupa grunted and looked up from his phone at the white shadow.
Then he used a restraint belt to grab the base of the air-conditioning case nearby, and holding the restraint belt, he flew diagonally upwards in a circle, and followed silently behind the giant snow-white pigeon, all the way to the corner of the Guyimai Street District.
Soon, the man, the pigeon and the insect arrived at the no-man's land where entry was prohibited.
The appearance of this area can be traced back to the Rainbow Wing incident several years ago. At that time, Su Zimai's family still lived in this corner. Until the Rainbow Wing members fought with the supernatural criminals, they accidentally turned this place into ruins.
Their mother, Su Ying, died in the ruins. The victims at that time were just like the abandoned barren land, which only caused a temporary wave of public opinion and was soon forgotten by people.
The deeper you go, the fewer people and fireworks you see.
Su Zimai looked down at the earth from the back of the pigeon and glanced at the old site of their home with complicated eyes.
At this moment, she suddenly glanced at her mobile phone, then raised her head and looked around with an unhappy expression.
"Did Ke Qirui tell her that I was following her around?" Hei Pu looked at her reaction and shrugged.
The next moment, Su Zimai pulled the magic thread hard as if whipping a horse's back with a whip, and the pigeon's flying speed suddenly increased.
The black pupa whistled silently and followed closely behind her, never leaving her side.
He grasped the restraints and crossed over a dilapidated billboard, like a petrel crossing the waves. The howling wind blew up his clothes, and finally he stepped through the moonlight and stood on the eaves of an abandoned train station.
Looking down, I saw that Su Zimai had already fallen off the pigeon's back and was standing on the empty Platform 7.
The platform was naturally deserted, and it seemed that the train station had been abandoned for some time.
It was pitch dark with only moonlight to illuminate the surroundings. Weeds grew haphazardly on the rusty tracks, and dark green moss twisted and spread on the pillars of the platform, stretching wildly toward the sky like the claws of a ghost.
The pigeon shrank rapidly and turned into a small pigeon, which landed on the back of Su Zimai's hand and pecked her left hand gently with its beak.
She lowered her eyes and gently teased the dove with her fingers.
Tick-tock…
The water from the last night's light rain fell from the eaves of the platform onto the track, drawing a beautiful and clear parabola. The continuous sound of falling water broke the silence of the platform.
"Come out," Su Zimai said suddenly, "I know you are following me."
Hearing this, Hei Pupa peeled off the restraints in his arms, took out a comic book "Goodbye Eri" from it, and then used a restraint to hang himself upside down under the eaves, and slowly took off the transparent belt that wrapped his whole body.
He raised his hand to his ear and pressed the button on the mask to turn on the voice changer, then spoke to break the silence.
"Ms. Su Zimai, thank you for leading the way for me. Otherwise, I would not be able to arrive at this train station on time." Hei Pu licked his fingers and turned the pages of the book. "It would be terrible if I was late. After all, I will have to appear in the textbooks of teenagers in the future. A person who does not keep his word cannot play a leading role."
"Do you like being a pervert so much?" Su Zimai frowned, "You're either following this or that every day."
"We were just passing by," Hei Pupa shook his head. "You know, as a feminist and an awakened woman, I would never do anything that infringes on women's personal rights."
Su Zimai was silent for a while: "Did my brother ask you to protect me?"
"Well...it seems that, Miss Su, you already know your brother's true identity?"
As Hei Pupa spoke, he looked up from the page and glanced at Su Zimai.
"What else?" Su Zimai said calmly, "He has already told me that he is Blue Arc."
"Which brother?"
"Which brother are you talking about?"
"I see. It's our lovely Mr. Gu Qiye." Hei Pu said, "I knew that once he knew your identity, he would be unable to restrain himself sooner or later. It seems that the development of things has not deviated from the trajectory I predicted."
"Stop talking nonsense. You are quite good at bluffing. You even told me before that 'your brother is Blue Arc'."
“Isn’t it?” Black Pupa spread his hands.
"Can't you just say you're my eldest brother?" Su Zimai asked coldly.
"Isn't the eldest brother the brother?" Hei Pu asked back.
Su Zimai was suddenly stunned. She felt that this sentence was familiar, as if she had heard it from someone before, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
She shook her head and collected her messy thoughts: "Anyway, is it because my brother asked you to protect me that you participated in this Red Light Operation?"
"No." Black Pupa said as he flipped through the comics. "Strictly speaking, Mr. Blue Arc did not entrust me to protect you. The reason why I participated in this 'Red Light Arrest' operation obviously came from my other collaborator, Mr. 'Chess Player'. Don't be too narcissistic, Miss Magician."
"Chess player, Xia Pingzhou?" Su Zimai asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, that's the one who scared you to death at the auction..."
Seeing that Su Zimai's eyes suddenly turned cold, as if an angry penguin was about to pounce on you and peck you, Hei Jin shook his head and didn't continue speaking.
"Although you have a bad taste... very annoying, very needy, and as annoying as a fly, I still haven't properly said 'thank you' to you..." Su Zimai paused, "Thank you for saving me at the auction that day."
"You're welcome." Black Pupa said, "But I can answer you. At the auction, it was indeed Mr. Blue Arc who told me to protect you."
"really……"
"Well, before the operation begins, I want to give you one last piece of advice, Miss Su Zimai. This 'Red Light' operation is not as simple as you think."
"He's just a second-level exorcist. Could there be other variables?" Su Zimai was puzzled.
"Of course, but I can't tell you what the variable is for now, because it will put you in a dangerous situation... Considering the friendship between your brother and I, I want to try to persuade you."
Hei Pu thought that if Su Zimai was a tight-lipped person, it would not matter if he told her about the "Salvation Society". However, he was worried that this thick-skinned sister would casually tell others about the "Salvation Society", which would then cause trouble.
You know, it was because Red Street Lights promoted the "Salvation Society" logo everywhere, attracting widespread attention from all parties, that the Salvation Society regarded it as a target for annihilation.
If Su Zimai learned about the "Salvation Society", there is a certain probability that he would suffer the same fate.
Su Zimai lowered his head and thought for a while: "I have come this far. No matter how dangerous it is, I will not run away. Don't try to persuade me."
"Sure enough..." Hei Jiao had expected this. "Your family are all the same. You are all stubborn and inconvenient."
"I suddenly have something I want to ask you."
"What's up?"
"Is my second brother really just an ordinary person?" Su Zimai thought for a moment and looked up at him.
"Why do you ask that?"
"Because my leader said before that he might be a person with special abilities..." Su Zimai said softly, "I have never allowed myself to think about this, but I feel that sooner or later I will have to face it, and I don't want to be completely unprepared by then."
She paused and said, "Especially after I knew that my eldest brother was Blue Arc, this possibility suddenly became greater. These past few days, I couldn't help but think of my second brother's face when I went to bed. I always wondered...whether he was hiding something from me like my eldest brother."
Black Pupa stared at her quietly for a while, then retracted his gaze and replied slowly:
"Let me put it this way. Your second brother is just an out-and-out Muggle. You don't need to worry about that."
Su Zimai was stunned for a long while, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Hei Pu might have misled her with some specious and ambiguous words, but he had never lied to her.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt relieved, the corners of her lips slightly raised, and she said in an inaudible voice:
"Thanks."
Hei Pupa did not respond. After a moment he suddenly spoke, breaking the silence between the two of them.
"He loves you very much."
Su Zimai was stunned, his face suddenly turned red, and then his ears also turned red as if blood was oozing out.
She suddenly raised her head and glared at Hei Pupa, saying with shame and annoyance, "Everyone knows this kind of thing! Why did you say it out loud? It's so corny that it gives me goosebumps!"
"Why do I feel like you don't know?" Black Pupa said, "You are as arrogant as your older brother. You never take your own life seriously. You always make people around you sad and worried, but you think you are doing the right thing... It's as if some kind of self-destructive psychology in your genes is at work."
He scratched his chin. "I seriously suspect that this self-destructive mentality was inherited from your father, but he manifested this aspect in alcoholism and self-abandonment. You are even more hopeless, hypnotizing yourself like an ascetic monk... Even though you are covered in wounds, you don't notice it. You just keep running forward, waiting for death to free you."
"That's my stupid brother. I'm not that stupid." The image of Lan Hu flashed through Su Zimai's mind.
"Who knows?"
"You said that I made the people around you very sad... Is my second brother very sad?" Su Zimai was silent for a while and suddenly asked.
She didn't know what she was thinking. She actually wanted to learn about her family from an outsider... She hated this bastard who teased her every day, but every time she saw him, she always had an inexplicable sense of intimacy and unconsciously let her guard down.
"Of course... Gu Wenyu is a child who is not good at speaking and is shy to express himself. He is used to hiding his feelings under the surface of laughter and never easily reveals his inner thoughts to others. I am afraid that only by wearing a mask can he be a little more honest?"
Black Pupa paused and lowered his voice: "But such a child got angry in front of you and asked you if you cared about his feelings, but you ignored it, making him seem like he was being unreasonable."
Su Zimai was silent, his little face with a complicated expression shrouded in the moonlight.
Black Pupa was turning the pages of the book, and the rustling sound of his fingers rubbing against the paper overlapped with the sound of falling into the water.
In silence, he spoke:
"Perhaps you can try to think from his perspective and think about why Gu Wenyu has never spoken to you in that tone. He is just like your elder brother. He doesn't want to see you get into danger, but he can't do anything because he is just an ordinary person.
"Besides, the truth about my mother isn't that important to him... We can't let the whole family be on the brink of death just because my father can't get over it, right?"
Su Zimai's nose felt slightly sore, and he suddenly felt a little distressed for Gu Wenyu who was left at home.
She thought: Yes, he was so awkward that he said what was in his heart alone. He must be really worried about me this time, which is why he seemed so emotional...
She was about to speak when Hei Pupa suddenly raised a finger and said calmly, "By the way, he actually asked me to give you the diapers to remind you to stop in time and not overestimate your abilities."
"roll!"
Su Zimai growled coldly and was about to say "Don't you never lie to anyone? Why are you joking like that?" However, the sudden roar of an engine blocked her thoughts.
She and Hei Pupa turned their heads and saw a beam of searchlight shooting out from the exit of the train tunnel, cutting through the night sky and illuminating the mottled rails and the empty platform.
Immediately afterwards, a huge dark red vehicle roared out of the tunnel, and the rumbling sound almost drowned out the entire world.
(End of this chapter)
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