Chapter 258: End of the branch, the identity of the bookstore owner (asking for monthly tickets)
"Come on... there are four members of the Savior Society lurking in Rainbow Wing? That's one-third of the organization. Add in my brother, the Avenger. So, half of the most powerful organization in the world are traitors?"
Gu Wenyu murmured softly, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the task content on the panel again.
After making sure that he had read the number correctly, he suddenly lost the mood to open the game console. He looked down at the game disc in his hand and lost interest.
So he raised his hand, screwed the cap of the Coke bottle tightly, put the drink on the table, put his hands together in front of his stomach, and slumped down on the sofa, thinking:
"It's more difficult than I thought. I thought that the Savior Society inserting one or two spies into Rainbow Wing was enough. How can we find these four Savior Society members and catch them all in one fell swoop? The minimum is four natural disaster-level spies..."
"Anyway, the only person whose identity can be confirmed at the moment is 'Urushihara Ruri'. Let's start with her and have my brother observe which members of the Rainbow Wing are close to her."
"We'll take it one step at a time. Now that things have come to this, let's add some more."
Gu Wenyu sighed, called up the character panel, and quickly allocated the only attribute point he had.
[The "Speed" attribute of your Unit 1 "Black Pupa" has changed from A+ to A++ (the speed of your "Restriction Belt" will also increase accordingly)]
[Current Unit 1’s character attributes: Strength: A-level; Speed: A++-level; Spirit: C+-level]
"If I increase my speed a little bit more, will I be able to reach S-level?" Gu Wenyu thought, "Logically speaking, my speed should be faster than most quasi-disaster-level ones now. Or rather, it should be close to the level of disaster-level ones?"
He shrugged, looked up at the ceiling and thought carefully: "I'm still unclear about my eldest brother's attributes. I should have used a restraint belt to test him before he went out... But I remember that half a month ago, the speed of Li Qingping was measured to be A+, and Dad's speed was A."
"The speed attribute of both of them at that time was lower than my current No. 1 machine."
"However, from an actual combat perspective, most of the Qiwen users are not good at physical combat. If they are not fused with the generation-level Qiwen, they will die once they are approached. Only the Sword in the Stone Ryan and Li Qingping from the Royal Court team are outliers. So it is better not to use the attributes of the Qiwen users as a reference."
"At least the attributes of my father, a quasi-disaster-level esper, can still be used as a reference. My current speed is already much faster than his. Although it is impossible to be faster than my brother after his evolution, I can definitely claim to be close to the disaster level."
Thinking of this, Gu Wenyu closed the attribute panel and opened the character skill tree.
[The current skill points held by Unit 1 "Black Pupa": 3. ]
Last time, because he had nowhere to use it, he saved up 1 skill point. In addition, this time he completed the task of helping his brother enter Hongyi and obtained 2 skill points, so he had a total of 3 skill points.
The skills to be learned in the three skill branches are:
[Branch "Hidden" - Avatar Enhancement: Allows your binding belt avatar to gain 70% of the original body's attributes. (Learning this skill requires 2 skill points)]
[Branch "Crazy" - Restraint Band Chainsaw: Strengthen your restraint band blade for a short period of time, and make it rotate around the restraint band at high speed like a chainsaw blade (learning this skill requires 2 skill points)]
[Branch "Li" - Power Overload: Strengthen the power of a power you stole. (Learning this skill requires 2 skill points)]
"Although the other 'Superpower Overload' and 'Restriction Band Chainsaw' sound good, the branch 'Hidden' should be expanding to the end, so let's focus on this branch first and see what skills are at the end of the branch."
When his thoughts reached this point, Gu Wenyu raised his index finger and pressed the "Avatar Enhancement" skill icon in the air.
The icon in the pupil changes from dim to bright, and finally blooms with a black color that is extremely vibrant.
[Consumed "2" skill points, successfully learned the skill of the "Hidden" branch - "Incarnation Strengthening" (passive skill)]
[The next skill of the "Hidden" branch has been opened for learning - "Shadow Swap" (active skill) (After using this skill, your main body will swap positions with your restraint belt incarnation in an instant) (Learning this skill requires "1" skill point)]
[Tip: The skills of the branch "Hidden" have been developed to the end of the branch. ]
"Change positions? Is it similar to the captain's crow's position change? But there is no limit on the distance of use, which means I can even change myself from China to the United States?" Gu Wenyu raised his eyebrows, "In this way, my fake death plan will be settled, right?"
[1 skill point has been consumed, and the skill of the branch "Hidden" - "Avatar Transformation" has been successfully learned. ]
[Tip: All skills of the "Hidden" branch have been developed.]
[Remaining skill points of Unit 1: 0]
"That's it." Gu Wenyu lay back on the sofa again, his mind racing. "I'm leaving Lijing soon... I should go say goodbye to the bookstore owner and Silver Swallowing Rat first. I probably won't be back to school in September anyway."
By mid-September, he should be on his way to the Salvation Society base and there would be no need for him to return to Lijing.
Gu Wenyu was too lazy to even change into the black pupa suit hidden in the room. He simply took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put them on his face.
Then he wrapped his whole body with restraints, and in the blink of an eye he entered a color-changing form, blending into the air like a transparent man.
He strode out the door, grabbed a passing van with his restraints, landed on the roof of the van, and lay on his side playing with his mobile phone.
Two minutes later, the black pupa appeared in a corner of Broly's bookstore.
The radio in the bookstore was playing "Open Door", and the dreamy jazz music echoed in every empty corner.
As for why no one was there, after all, the shop had just opened early in the morning, and the owner was still tidying up the bookshelves with a feather duster. He turned his head and saw a huge black insect pupa hanging upside down under the ceiling, emitting a strange smell.
If anyone else was standing here, they would probably have been frightened to the point of incontinence.
But over the past half month, the bookstore owner had already become accustomed to the sudden visits of this old customer. He simply looked up at Hei Pupa and then looked away.
"Are you here to borrow books again?" he asked.
Just like an ordinary guest, Black Pupa emerged from the huge chrysalis, looked down at the book Quiet Flows the Don in his hand, and answered:
"No, no, no, I won't be borrowing books for a while, so I'm taking one last nostalgic look."
"Are you leaving?" The boss smiled. "Where are you going? Is it far from Lijing?"
"Yeah... I'm leaving, but I can't tell you where I'm going."
Black Pupa rustled the pages of the book, then looked at the boss while hanging upside down, and added: "But I mean it's possible that you won't see the character 'Black Pupa' again."
He looked away, "Are you lonely, boss? Without a customer like me who is so talkative and lovable, I'm sure you will be sad on a sunny afternoon."
"It sounds like you're going to die." The boss looked up at him through the lenses.
"Well... should be about the same, right?" Hei Pu closed the book and said meaningfully.
He thought that once he completed the mission on the Rainbow Wing Line, he should temporarily retire from the role of Black Pupa and fake his death in front of his family to get away.
After that, he would guide them to the Savior Society base to find him and become the first force to help him break through the Savior Society. By then, no matter it was the disaster-level Ghost Bell, the disaster-level Blue Arc, or the Rainbow Wings that were chasing after them, they would definitely be a force that could not be underestimated.
"Since we are all going to say goodbye, I'll give you this book."
As the bookstore owner spoke, he took out a yellowed diary from the drawer of the counter and placed it on the counter.
"What is this?" Black Pupa said, "A diary? It doesn't look like a published book."
"My favorite novel." The boss said softly, "Or rather... it's actually a diary my daughter wrote when she was a child. Later, she died in an accident, and I kept it there forever."
"You actually have a daughter?" Black Pupa raised his eyebrows and babbled, "Then why do you look so young? Do all superpowered people age so slowly? And is it really what a father should do to give his daughter's diary to someone else?"
The boss chuckled, "Sometimes... appearances are not necessarily true."
"Don't ever play tricks on me, sir. This is what I'm best at." Black Pupa said as he stretched out his restraints and took the diary from the counter. "Actually, I'm more curious, what's your daughter's name?"
"Su Ying."
As the boss finished speaking, a brief silence suddenly enveloped the bookstore.
When Hei Pu heard this, he was stunned for a long time before he slowly raised his eyes from the diary.
At this moment, a red and black prompt box suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.
[A new "collaborator" has been added, and the task progress of the "Social Superstar" system has been updated. 】
He was silent for a while, then slowly called up the character development system panel. He glanced at the names of his collaborators one by one and flipped to the end of the list of progress tasks.
Then, Hei Pupa narrowed his eyes and saw an incredible name.
【“Su Wei” (Level 3 Exorcist). 】
The bookstore owner took the cup and poured a cup of hot coffee from the coffee machine. The sound of the water drowned out Hei Pupa's thoughts.
"Gu Wenyu...if you need any help, you can come to me."
As the boss spoke, he picked up the hot coffee, sat down on the chair behind the counter, took a sip of coffee, and lowered his eyes to read a book.
(End of this chapter)
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