Chapter 349 Gu Wenyu’s Funeral (I)
August 16, 2:30 pm Japan time, in a cafe in Tokyo.
It was a pleasant and warm afternoon. The sunlight filtered through the wooden window frames and poured into the cafe, illuminating the rows of mahogany tables and chairs. The sunlight transformed into mottled shadows dancing on the floor, and light jazz music echoed in the cafe.
At this moment, a boy in a blue jumpsuit was sitting on the sofa playing with his mobile phone; in the kitchen behind the counter, a handsome young man lowered his head and quietly made coffee.
"Have you heard?" asked the person playing with the phone.
"What did you hear?" asked the coffee maker.
The hacker said slowly, "It seems that half of Rainbow Wing's people died in the Light-Eating Bee's annihilation operation. The source of this information is very credible. It seems like we can open the champagne now."
"Is it true?" Xia Pingzhou asked without turning his head while making coffee in the kitchen.
"Why would I lie to you?" the hacker shrugged. "It seems that the black pupa also died on the island, but I only heard it from hearsay. I don't have any evidence."
He paused. "And the leader suddenly told me yesterday that he was going to Osaka to meet with Hei Pupa. I didn't even know if he was kidding me."
"So, where did you hear this from?" Xia Pingzhou asked expressionlessly, adding a few spoonfuls of sugar.
"I've been monitoring the Little Prince's phone. He's been on a mission with that shark for a while now," the hacker sighed. "It's a pity they didn't bring their phones with them. Otherwise, I'd know what happened on that uninhabited island."
"Don't be so gloomy, little brat. It's not a good habit to pry into other people's privacy every day."
"Haha, I'm spying on the enemy, and it was the captain who asked me to monitor them," the hacker said. "Anyway, judging from the tone of their conversation, it seems like half of Rainbow Wing was wiped out. That's good news for us."
"Good news?"
Xia Pingzhou said as he took two cups from the cabinet and poured two cups of coffee into the coffee machine. The sound of water splashing mixed with the jazz music, and the hot steam from the cups sprayed him in the face.
"Of course. At least for a short while, Rainbow Wing will be busy recruiting new personnel instead of sending anyone to attack us," the hacker said calmly. "So we can focus on the Nian Beast and the Lake Hunters, without having to worry about the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
"But since half of them were wiped out by a swarm of bees, it seems that Hongyi isn't that strong after all."
After saying that, Xia Pingzhou took a sip of the freshly brewed hot coffee.
"Hey... don't worry about Hongyi for now, let's think about how to deal with 'Lake Hunter'." The hacker held up his cheek and muttered with his head tilted, "That Zhou Jiuya is as strong as a pervert, but he is only ranked third in Lake Hunter. Our action this time must be very, very meticulous, otherwise someone will die like Lan Duoduo and Uncle Takiying..." At this point, the hacker suddenly stopped talking.
He narrowed his eyes guiltily, picked up the cup to cover half of his face, and smacked his lips.
Seeing that the hacker suddenly became quiet, Xia Pingzhou raised his eyes from his coffee cup and looked sideways into the hall. He saw a girl in an ochre-red kimono walking down the wooden stairs, making a creaking sound. She was wearing a pair of wooden clogs.
"Takiying, what's wrong?" she asked the hacker.
"No, uh... I mean, the coffee brewed by the Little Kitten Lover isn't as good as that made by Uncle Takikage." The hacker looked away and changed the subject. "Right, Little Kitten Lover."
"Then don't drink it." Ayase Origami said, and the game magazine on the sofa suddenly broke into pieces of paper that flew up, swept the coffee cup in the hacker's hand, and poured it into the sink.
"Can you please stop being so protective? I'm not allowed to drink it just because he said he didn't brew it well?" The hacker was speechless. He couldn't help but sigh and lowered his head to continue playing with his phone.
Xia Pingzhu came out of the kitchen with two cups of coffee, handed one cup to Ayase Origami, and kept the other for himself.
"When are we leaving for China?" he asked.
"Tomorrow." Ayase Origami took the coffee cup with both hands, and the hot steam rose up, blurring her fair cheeks.
“That’s fast.”
"By the way... besides the deaths of several people in Hongyi, I have some explosive news." The hacker suddenly said.
"What news?"
"Wasn't the Ripper playing in Lijing a few days ago? She seemed to have killed Tunyin."
With a "pop", Xia Pingzhou crushed the coffee cup in his hand, spilling the scalding liquid all over his hands.
Fortunately, at this moment, Ayase Origami was quick-witted and controlled a piece of paper to wrap around his hand, otherwise Xia Pingzhou would have been more or less burned.
"Kitten, panting." The girl in kimono said expressionlessly, lowering her eyes to confirm that his hand was not injured.
Xia Pingzhou slowly raised his eyes and looked at the hacker coldly.
"Why are you reacting so strongly? Are you still a fan of swallowing silver?" The hacker was stunned.
"I've been a fan for ten years," Xia Pingzhou said. "Tell the Ripper to be careful. I'll help Tunyin get revenge in a few days."
"ill."
The hacker was completely speechless, and wondered what kind of geniuses he was spending every day or two with.
A day later, at 17:30 China time, in Haifan City, it was almost dusk, and the setting sun, as red as a persimmon, cast its afterglow, illuminating the mountains and forests.
The sea breeze blowing from the bay carried the red sunlight, illuminating every figure in the mountains and making the maple trees rustle.
There is a cemetery on the mountain. In the past, this cemetery was very deserted. Few people were buried here, let alone visitors. But now a large group of people gathered here. They are Ke Qirui, Xu Sanyan, Lin Yilong, Gu Qiye, Gu Zhuoan, Su Zimai, Su Wei, and Xi Ze'er.
They are either people Gu Wenyu knows or his family members.
In addition, Zhou Jiuya from the Lake Hunters also came to the cemetery as a visitor, accompanying Ke Qirui. He stood under a banyan tree, his shoulders folded, eyes closed, and his expression was as sleepy as ever.
"Captain, there are so many sensitive people here. What if we are caught by the officials?" Xu Sanyan asked helplessly, holding a cigarette in his mouth.
Just by looking around, he could see the "world-renowned" S-level wanted criminal "Ghost Bell", the S-level wanted criminal "Makutaki", and a new top-level wanted criminal "Blue Arc". Of course... Blue Arc's situation was rather special.
Currently, only the United Nations knows about the Blue Arc rebellion.
Due to the public reputation of the Association of the Different, the United Nations could not possibly jump out and claim that "Blue Arc" had become a wanted criminal and even killed several members of Rainbow Wing less than half a month after Blue Arc faked his death.
Isn't this just destroying your own platform?
You have to know what a big figure "Blue Arc" is. Even after a week, the hot search of "Blue Arc's death" is still at the top of major social platforms around the world.
If the truth were revealed at this time, the resulting backlash would be an unprecedented disaster. The chaos would be unimaginable, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it would paralyze the entire internet.
Therefore, the United Nations had no choice but to deal with the matter internally, and those sent to secretly hunt down Blue Arc would naturally be Rainbow Wing's internal personnel.
"Don't worry, this city is Lake Hunter's territory. Whether it's the Deviants Association or the Rainbow Wings, they have to inform them before doing anything." Ke Qirui whispered, "At least this funeral is safe. Besides, with our combat power here, even if the entire Rainbow Wing came, they would not be our match."
She paused and said teasingly, "Not to mention that 'Rainbow Wings' has now become 'Broken Wings'."
"I don't think it's safe for these people just to stand here." Xu Sanyan sighed, "But I never thought... that silly-looking boy was actually Black Pupa."
"I just found out about this recently too. I'm sorry for keeping it from you for so long."
"It's okay. I'm not familiar with him to begin with. It doesn't matter whether I know who's under the mask or not." Xu Sanyan said, then remained silent for a moment. "How's Xiaomai?"
"I don't know. She's been locked up for two days."
"Two days?"
"Well, he only came out of the room this afternoon after hearing us talk about holding Gu Wenyu's funeral." Ke Qirui said softly, turning his head to glance at Su Zimai in the distance.
Su Zimai stood with her head drooping, her back against a banyan tree, quietly looking at the sandals on her feet. Her drooping hair covered her eyes, and no one could tell what she was thinking.
In another corner of the cemetery, César hid the little shark in his pocket so that no one would find it.
He had changed into a black suit today, which looked a bit like a child wearing adult clothes. But fortunately, his royal temperament came into play at this moment, and he managed to make the ill-fitting clothes look noble.
At this time, Xizel raised his head and saw Su Wei who had just arrived. He was stunned and his mouth opened wide.
"Mr. Su Wei, what's wrong with your hair?" After a long pause, Xizel finally asked.
After only two days of not seeing her, Su Wei's hair had turned completely white, and the wrinkles on her face had deepened, as if she had aged several decades overnight, and was completely different from before.
Su Wei shook her head and walked into the cemetery with a cane. "I'm old now, and this is how I should be."
"So that's how it is..." Xizel was speechless, looking at Su Wei's hunched back, and suddenly felt a little sad in his heart.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the other corner of the cemetery. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the ground, and the sea breeze blew the maple leaves, which swirled and fell on a tombstone.
At this time, Gu Qinye was standing in front of the tombstone. He stared at the blood-red name engraved on the tombstone and was silent for a long time. Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Su Zimai who was standing under the tree with empty eyes.
At the same time, his mind suddenly recalled what happened in the early morning two days ago.
The train demon rushed into the tunnel, and the whole world was engulfed in a pitch-black darkness. Gu Qiye stared blankly out the window, his mind going blank.
The thick mist of steam spewed out by the train faded away, just like the steam disappearing over the desert. At that time, Hei Pupa was submerged in such a white mist, and tears kept flowing from the corners of Gu Qinye's eyes.
"Wen...Yu?" He murmured, as if asking himself, or as if asking the lonely black shadow in his memory.
"Brother... why don't you speak?" After a while, Su Zimai's voice came from the darkness.
"Xiaomi, Wenyu he..." Gu Qiye lowered his head. He didn't know what expression was on his face, but he felt like he was smiling. He shook his head and smiled hoarsely. After a long while, he continued, "He has..."
"What happened to him?" Su Zimai's voice stammered and slowly became quieter. "Tell me!"
"Maimai, don't ask for now. Let your brother calm down." Ke Qirui seemed to realize that something was wrong, so he hesitated for a moment and put his hand on Su Zimai's shoulder.
"In order to save us, to save me and my dad, he ran over at that time. The father of puppets, the man who killed my mother, his puppets..." Gu Qinye spoke incoherently and intermittently.
"I don't know, I don't understand..." Su Zimai lowered her head and said softly, "I don't understand, I just want to know where my brother went, where did he go, please tell me!" At the end, her tone became heavier with each word, almost shouting.
"He...can't come back." Gu Qiye's lips moved, as if he was using all his strength to say these words. Then he suddenly smiled, "It's all my fault. I'm so useless...I was so useless. I didn't protect Mom. Mom is dead. Now...now I'm looking at him..." He lowered his head, shadows covering his eyes, but they couldn't hide the tears that kept flowing from the corners of his eyes. In the end, every word he uttered was almost a wail, a silent wail, "He died, right in front of me."
Su Zimai stood there in a daze.
She stared at Gu Qinye blankly, then raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "Liar, he must be joking with me, he is always like this, always making me go around in circles..."
Su Zimai shook her head and said softly, "I know... I'm a stupid little sister, so please don't bully me..." As she spoke, tears began to fall from the corners of her eyes. Her face was still full of resentment and unwillingness to give in, and sadness could not be stopped in her eyes. "Don't lie to me..."
She slowly approached the slumped Gu Qiye, cupped his face, lowered her head in the darkness, and looked directly into his eyes. "Tell me the truth... please? Please."
Su Zimai suddenly froze. Gu Qiye's eyes were empty, so empty that it seemed as if nothing existed. The tears streaming down his face wet her hands. Gu Qiye's lips moved, and he was like a marionette with its strings cut. He seemed to want to say something, but he could no longer make a sound.
He was still uttering hoarse words from his throat, one word at a time, like a person with aphasia.
In the end, Su Zimai only heard one sentence clearly.
"sorry."
(End of this chapter)
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