Chapter 70 Moon Pupa
July 13, Roppongi Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
In the double bed room numbered "4105", Ji Minghuan was controlling the No. 1 machine and stopped it in front of the bathroom sink, holding a disposable toothbrush in his left hand.
While brushing his teeth slowly, he played the music game "Piano Tiles 3" on his phone. The level he was challenging was the most difficult "Poke Tiles Arena".
The only difference is that what is used is not fingers, but restraints - this is to train the precision of controlling the restraints.
The mirror on the washbasin reflected his lowered head and focused expression. The ends of the black restraints extending from his fingertips were touching the screen briskly and at high speed, poking at the piano tiles on the screen one by one.
Ji Minghuan picked up the mouthwash cup, covered the rim of the cup with his mouth, and the disappearing black blocks were reflected in his pupils.
Accompanied by light music and reward prompt sounds, the score at the top of the interface rose rapidly. However... just when the score finally reached "10,000", a WeChat message suddenly popped up at the top of the screen, interrupting his concentration.
He originally thought it would be Su Zimai, but then he realized that he had already set "Do Not Disturb" on Su Zimai's account.
So he looked over and saw that the person who sent the message was not someone else but his best friend Li Qingping.
【Li Qingping: (Picture). 】
If it were someone else, Ji Minghuan might have ignored it, but this was the deputy captain of the Wangting team, "Red Dragon", one of the participants in the Tokyo auction a week later. He was very curious about what Li Qingping wanted to do with him at this time.
I paused the game and called up the chat interface, only to see that the other party had sent me a photo of the Tokyo Tower.
【Gu Wenyu: What do you mean, you are also traveling in Japan? 】
[Li Qingping: Haha, this is the first time I’ve seen the Tokyo Tower when traveling to Japan with my friends. Next we’re going to Shinjuku to take a look at what Kabukicho looks like.]
The two people sent their messages almost instantly, and Ji Minghuan even got there first. It was obvious that Brother Red Dragon typed very slowly.
【Li Qingping: What do you mean? 】
【Gu Wenyu: What else could it mean? 】
【Li Qingping: Are you in Japan too? 】
【Gu Wenyu: Yes, I am also in Tokyo, would you like to meet me? 】
The other party was silent for a long time and never replied to the message.
Ji Minghuan shrugged his shoulders and was about to exit the WeChat chat interface when he heard the message alert sound.
[Li Qingping: Forget it, I'm accompanying my foreign friends and can't get away.]
【Gu Wenyu: Oh.】
【Li Qingping: Oh, no, he said we can meet.】
【Gu Wenyu: Huh?】
【Li Qingping: I am with him. If you don’t know English, I can translate for you.】
【Gu Wenyu: What are my English scores? What are yours?】
【Li Qingping: Haha, that’s true.】
【Gu Wenyu: When will it come out? 】
[Li Qingping: Tomorrow morning, he just said he was curious about what my friend looks like, so remember to dress nicely.]
I remember that Li Qingping was serving as the guard of the "Second Prince" of the Qiwen Box Garden. So the friend he mentioned in the text message... is actually the Second Prince of the Box Garden? Ji Minghuan thought.
He called up the main quest and took a look.
[Main Mission 4 (Phase 2): Establish a cooperative relationship with the vice-captain of the Royal Court Team, "Red Dragon", and then develop interpersonal relationships in the Whale Box Garden.]
If it was just Li Qingping alone, Ji Minghuan might consider negotiating with him using the identity of "Black Pupa".
But at this time, Li Qingping was the guard of the Second Prince, so he must have stayed close to him. It was not clear how important the Second Prince was to the Strange News Envoy, and at this point in time, letting Black Pupa go to him would probably bring him trouble.
To be on the safe side, he decided to wait until the auction was over before considering moving forward with this main mission.
Of course, if Li Qingping died in this auction, that would be a different matter.
Ji Minghuan put away his phone and looked up at the numb face in the mirror, with a toothbrush in his mouth. He didn't know why, but he always felt that the scene in front of him was very familiar, so familiar that it made his scalp numb. After a moment, he sighed:
"Come on...how many times a day do I have to wash?"
Ji Minghuan held the mouthwash in his mouth and counted on his fingers: just for the No. 1 and No. 2 bodies, they had to be washed once in the morning and once in the evening, and they had to take a bath in between, which added up to six times.
The only difference was the main body of the laboratory: the toilet connected to the prison cell would be open at a specific time. But the toilet was just a toilet, and he was only allowed to perform normal physiological excretion, wash his hands, and rinse his face with water in it, and nothing else could be done.
So, the Salvation Society would deliver food, toiletries, and new hospital gowns to his cell while he was sleeping.
Every day Ji Minghuan simply wiped his face and body with a towel, rinsed his mouth with a cup and toothbrush, changed into a new hospital gown, and then lay down on the bed with his eyes closed. Alas, it seemed that even taking a shower was a huge luxury.
But apart from human secretions, the cell was so clean that there seemed to be no dust at all, as if it were a vacuum. If I had to say, there was really no need to take a shower. It was enough to wipe the body with a towel every day, which saved time and effort.
Ji Minghuan spat out mouthwash into the sink, wiped the corners of his mouth with a towel, and walked back into the room.
As soon as I sat down on the soft double bed, I received a message from my eldest brother.
[Gu Qiye: I have something to do in a couple of days. Didn’t you say you wanted to go to Akihabara? I’ll teach you how to take the train there.]
[Gu Wenyu: No need. I searched for guides online and learned some Japanese. If that doesn’t work, I can use voice translation. I can go by myself.]
【Gu Qiye: That’s fine. Would you like to accompany me for a walk around the area today?】
【Gu Wenyu: Forget about it today. I just arrived in Tokyo and I’m still a little tired. I didn’t sleep well last night. I’ll just lie down in the hotel.】
After sending this message, Ji Minghuan took out a recorder and began a series of preparations.
Although Su Zimai is silly and a little stupid, Ke Qirui who follows her still has some brains.
Therefore, in order to avoid the suspicion of the two during the negotiation, he had to make some preparations in advance. To do this... he even had to use his own No. 2 machine.
On the same day, in the evening, in Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
Su Zimai and Ke Qirui were sitting on a public bench near the fountain. The one with a high ponytail was playing with her mobile phone, while the other was smoking a pipe and gazing absentmindedly at the Tokyo Radio Tower not far away.
At 7pm, the sky of Tokyo was between dark blue and madder. The setting sun fell below the horizon, and the afterglow of the setting sun disappeared. The lights of Tokyo Tower gradually changed from orange to white, spreading warm light in all directions.
One of the people on the bench spoke, interrupting the long sound of cicadas.
"My brother hasn't replied to my message all day."
Su Zimai frowned and muttered, his tone sounding like he wanted to eat someone.
The phone screen showed that her last WeChat message was sent half an hour ago, and the content was: [My teacher and I are in Zhi Park, are you coming out or not? ]
Of course, Gu Wenyu still ignored her, but he didn't block her either, and just left her alone to scroll through the screen.
Ke Qirui put the pipe into the pocket of his windbreaker and asked casually, "What about the phone call?"
"He blocked my phone number."
"What a good brother." Ke Qirui chuckled.
Su Zimai lowered his head and muttered, "What should I do? It seems that I can't ask him out now."
"We go there ourselves?"
"I don't know where the hotel he's staying in is. I can't ask my eldest brother and dad, they don't know I'm in Japan."
Ke Qirui thought for a moment, then asked, "Well, how about I ask the people from the Exorcist Association to use their authority to check? It would be easy to find where the hotel he is staying in is."
Su Zimai shook his head: "Forget it."
"Well, actually, whether he is Blue Arc or not, it won't affect our actions." Ke Qirui said softly, "You can also put this matter aside for the time being."
Su Zimai nodded.
"Let's take a walk nearby. I haven't been to Zhi Park yet." Ke Qirui stood up and said.
Su Zimai followed her silently, obviously distracted. The two of them strolled around Shiba Park. The cicadas chirped pleasantly, and nearby a little girl was walking forward in wooden clogs, tapping her feet.
There was a quiet path under the ginkgo tree. The two of them were chatting and laughing while they lowered their heads to walk on the mottled light and shadows cast by the moonlight on the stone road.
At this moment, Ke Qirui raised her eyebrows. She suddenly saw that the shadow in front of her was not in the shape of a tree. Instead, it looked like... a mummy.
So she raised her head slowly and saw a huge, pitch-black insect pupa hanging upside down under a tall ginkgo tree right in front of her.
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