Chapter 54 Recording (Thanks to the leader "Sleeping Code True Lord" for the reward)
[Blue Arc: Do you know anyone from the "White Crow Brigade"? ]
Hearing the text message alert, Ji Minghuan reached out and picked up the remote control on the tatami.
He turned on the TV with the remote control while extending the restraints from his fingertips. The black strap held the phone in its mouth like a little snake, typing and replying to Gu Qiye's text message.
[Black Pupa: No, I don't know them, but I know the details of many of them. If you need my help, I can consider revealing this information to you.]
Ji Minghuan tugged at his collar and used the restraints to move the upright fan in the corner of the room. He pressed the switch, and the fan blades slowly turned, blowing on his hot face.
He put a piece of gum in his mouth and looked up at the TV screen.
The children's animation channel was playing "Black Cat Sheriff" and the sound of gunfire continued. He watched it carefully for a while, then used the remote control to switch to the Lijing News Channel.
At this moment, the host was reporting the news with great joy that "Blue Arc simultaneously captured the international thieves 'Da Zhong Hou' and 'Flying Ant'".
In the released live footage, Gu Qinye, wearing a blue combat uniform and a metal helmet, was being interviewed by reporters.
He took the microphone, said a few perfunctory words, waved at the camera, and then turned into a dark blue electric light and ran away into the distance. Amid the roar, the camera lens was filled with black and white snowflakes, and it took two or three seconds to return to normal.
This was an emergency that just happened this morning. Our reporter certainly didn't have time to write a draft in advance, so her speech at this time was all improvisation.
Her every word and action is full of longing and can be described as the utmost praise.
The film also deliberately used statements that could make the audience feel a sense of collective honor: emphasizing that this thief couple had previously stolen important cultural relics from museums in various countries and had a terrible international reputation. Blue Arc was able to send them to prison on behalf of China, which was in a sense a glory for the country. Presumably, the police would be able to recover the whereabouts of the lost cultural relics one by one during the interrogation.
With a "ding" sound, the mobile phone received a text message from Gu Qiye.
【Blue Arc: I hope you're not being mysterious.】
Ji Minghuan leaned against the bed, closed his eyes, and turned on the fan. He didn't even bother to look at the text message, and used the senses of the restraints to examine the text message instead of his own eyes.
Then let it type a reply.
[Black Pupa: You are going to Tokyo to serve as a bodyguard for the auction soon, right? ]
[Blue Arc: I really doubt whether you have put a bug in my stomach. I need to give myself a full body check next time.]
[Black Pupa: I know your story, there is no need to worry about it. Oh, by the way, I will be going to Japan next, you can contact me if necessary. ]
【Blue Arc: Are you coming to Japan too? 】
[Black Pupa: Of course, and I’m not the only one going to Japan…]
Ji Minghuan was chewing gum while thinking: "Haha, all my relatives and friends are going to Tokyo. If I don't go, won't I become an orphan? Oh... I am an orphan to begin with."
"But... the question now is how am I going to get this windbreaker and mask through airport security?"
Thinking of this, he glanced at the swallowtail windbreaker on the ground and said, "Forget it. The risk of being exposed is too great if I really bring it with me. I can just wrap my whole body with a restraint belt and be done with it. Isn't this a brand new 'Black Pupa 2.0' appearance costume?"
[Blue Arc: Let’s talk later. I need to report to the association first.]
Ji Minghuan blocked his mobile phone number, then called up the character panel and focused on allocating the attribute points he had just obtained from the main task.
[The "Speed" attribute of the No. 1 game character "Black Pupa" has changed from B level to B+ level]
[The current three attributes of "Black Pupa" are as follows: Strength: B level; Speed: B+ level; Spirit: C level]
He called up the "Skill Tree Panel" again and took a look at the progress of Black Pupa's skill development.
[Branch 1 (hidden): Binding belt sense (already learned) → Binding belt mantra (already learned) → Binding belt color change (already learned) → Binding belt trap (to be learned) → Unknown → ...]
[Branch 2 (Crazy): Extension of the restraint belt (to be learned) → Unknown → ...]
[Branch Three (Li): Restraint Detection (already learned) → Restraint Suppression (already learned) → Power Stealing (already learned) → Capacity Enhancement (to be learned) → Unknown...]
"I haven't learned a single skill in the second branch yet. How pitiful."
Ji Minghuan pressed and held the "Restraint Belt Extension" skill icon without hesitation.
The skill text changed from dim to bright, and then blossomed into a hellish color.
[1 skill point has been consumed, and the skill of the "Crazy" branch - "Strap Extension" has been successfully acquired. (This increases the maximum extension distance of your strap from 8 meters to 15 meters)]
[The next skill of the "Crazy" branch, "Bound Belt Blade", has been opened for learning. 】
"Actually, this skill doesn't improve much for me. The eight-meter range is enough, but it's funny to leave this branch there all the time."
While thinking about it, Ji Minghuan bent down, took out a cardboard box from the bottom of the closet, opened the box and took out a ballpoint pen.
When Ji Minghuan was wearing the black pupa mask and met Gu Qiye alone on a secluded path near Lijing Square, he was holding such a ballpoint pen and a newspaper published five years ago in his hand.
At that time, Ji Minghuan used this ballpoint pen to scribble on the newspaper to confuse the other party. Gu Qiye focused all his attention on the content of the newspaper and did not notice the special features of this pen:
In fact, it is not an ordinary ballpoint pen, but a recorder.
Ji Minghuan picked up the recorder expressionlessly and pressed a button on it.
As the "beep..." sound ended, an audio conversation slowly sounded in the room.
"Mr. Gu Qiye, you were only thirteen years old when the incident happened... Ever since that day, you have hated those 'Outliers' who abused their power in the name of justice... You wanted to gain enough reputation within the Outliers Association, and be recommended by the top leaders with your unparalleled performance, so that you could enter the United Nations organization 'Rainbow Wing' and find the Outlier who crushed your mother to death like an ant."
"You, why do you know my identity?"
The recording stopped abruptly at this moment. When he said the last sentence, there was still a hint of disbelief in Lan Hu's tone, which was equivalent to admitting that he was Gu Qiye.
Of course, there was a reason why Ji Minghuan kept this recording.
He turned the volume down to the minimum and played the recording over and over again, thinking in his mind.
"If I negotiate with my father without any bargaining chips, either my number one character will be killed instantly by him, or he will take off my mask and recognize me as his eldest son, which will make it inconvenient for my subsequent actions."
"So... I have to reveal the trump card of 'Gu Qiye's identity' as soon as possible. The question is, how can I make Dad listen to the contents of this recorder quietly?"
"There is only one answer: I have to find Dad without the mask. At present, the official is still unclear about the 'Ghost Bell is the Gu Zhuo case', so if he doesn't put on the battle suit and the mask, he can't do whatever he wants under the noses of others."
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan silently put the recorder back into the carton and sealed it. "Dad's whereabouts were erratic when he was in Lijing. It was difficult to track or find him. But when our family arrives in Japan, he will be in a foreign country and his movements will become much more restricted. This way, it will be easier for me to find a good opportunity to negotiate."
"Oh, by the way," he suddenly scratched his hair, "I almost forgot to send a text message to inform Dad."
Ji Minghuan used his restraints to pick up the phone on the bed, opened WeChat and sent a message to Gu Zhuoan.
【Gu Wenyu: My brother said that the flight to Japan is at 9 o'clock tonight. 】
[Gu Zhuo: OK, I'm out shopping and will be home soon.]
"I thought he was out doing evil in his combat uniform, but it turns out he was just buying groceries..." Ji Minghuan looked away, "Speaking of which, how is Dad going to get through security in his Ghost Bell uniform? Can this old man teach me some criminal experience when he's free?"
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