Chapter 86 Timing
July 14, 9:30 am Japan time, in Oda Takikage's cafe.
Ji Minghuan sat on the sofa in the corner and took a sip of milk coffee pretending to be calm. The curling hot steam rose from the cup and turned into a warm mist, blurring his vision.
The morning light falls into the cafe, casting mottled shadows on the ground.
It should have been a pleasant morning, but at this moment he felt somewhat uneasy, with the corner of his eye wandering between Li Qingping, Ayase Origami and Oda Takikage.
When he changed his account to Gu Wenyu and sent a message to stand up Li Qingping, he was actually nervous - he was afraid that Brother Red Dragon would get furious after being stood up by his good brother, and start a passionate octagonal cage fight with the two members in the museum, thus affecting Xia Pingzhou, the fish in the pond.
"Now that things have come to this, let's add some more."
Ji Minghuan put the troubles of the real world behind him and silently called up the attribute panel of the second machine.
A series of data appeared in the pupils.
[Machine name: Xia Ping Zhou]
[Machine attributes: Strength: D-level; Speed: B-level; Spirit: B+ level]
[Currently held attribute points: 1]
This attribute point comes from the nine top-level psychics he just took over from the bloodline. After finishing them off, the progress of his "Wild Hunt Winter" system has made rapid progress.
He raised his knife and poked the plus sign behind "speed attribute".
For Xia Pingzhou's body, balanced development is the safest option - if the speed is too low, the chess piece will have only strength but be extremely slow and unable to touch the enemy; what's more, the "speed" attribute can also improve the chess player's own reaction speed, which helps to make accurate real-time decisions on the battlefield.
[The "Speed" attribute of your second unit "Chess Player" has changed: B rank → B+ rank (the speed of your "Chess Type" will also increase accordingly)]
It was right to add some points when in doubt. Ji Minghuan soon got great news:
——Li Qingping and his second prince did not have any conflict with the people from the brigade in the cafe.
After paying, the two of them left the cafe and disappeared into the hot summer streets. Ji Minghuan glanced outside the cafe. The streets and alleys were like a mirage, slightly distorted in the scorching heat, and cicadas were chirping in the trees.
The air conditioner above his head blew cold air, and he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had just sent away two evil spirits from his living room.
Ayase Origami was sipping her tea.
This young lady in kimono probably never thought that she had just come face to face with the defenders of the auction without knowing it, and let them go as if nothing had happened.
There was an old Showa song playing in the cafe, "Winter Scenery of the Tsugaru Strait" by Sayuri Ishikawa, which was in line with Ji Minghuan's imagination of an old uncle like Oda Takikage.
Since joining the White Crow Brigade, this was the first time that Xia Pingzhou's body enjoyed such a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere. It was like a physical education class suddenly came in the extremely high-pressure high school life. Everyone lay on the table and used handheld fans to blow on their sweaty foreheads and blow their hair high.
Ayase Origami took a sip of tea and said without looking up, "It tastes good."
"As long as you are satisfied, young lady." Oda Takikage replied.
Ji Minghuan thought for a moment, and suddenly asked him: "Speaking of which... since you followed No. 3 to join the brigade, Uncle Ninja, do you listen more to the leader or her?"
As he said this, he raised his eyes from his hot coffee to look at the fourth member, Oda Takikage.
Ayase Origami spoke first: "You are not allowed to call me by my number. You have to call me master."
Ji Minghuan disagreed.
"Normally I would prioritize the captain's orders." Oda Takikage answered as he wiped the cup with a towel, "But if the young lady's life is in danger, I will ignore all orders and prioritize the young lady's life safety."
"That's not necessary." Ayase Origami glanced at him, "That won't happen."
"What kind of person is the captain?" Ji Minghuan asked after thinking for a moment.
"You'll know when you see him in person," said Ayase Origami.
"A terrible person, but also someone worthy of admiration," said Oda Takikage.
After all, it’s amazing that so many monsters can be gathered together... Ji Minghuan took a sip of coffee and thought.
"So bitter..." He silently tore open the sugar bag and sprinkled a handful of sugar into the coffee.
Ayase Origami said, "Kitten, you have no taste."
"I've already told you, I'm not your little cat." Ji Minghuan was too lazy to look at her.
Ayase Origami said: "Kitten, rebel."
Ji Minghuan kept a poker face and ignored the ignorant girl in kimono.
He was playing with his cell phone with his cheek in his hand, his mind racing.
It seems that there is no normal person in the White Crow Brigade, but no matter which member, they all have one decisive thing in common: they lack basic moral concepts of good and evil, and killing is commonplace.
In fact, if we start from this point, Ji Minghuan was able to integrate into the group smoothly.
Because he treats reality as a game, he doesn't feel any guilt about killing an NPC. It's like watching a 2D character on a computer screen turn into a stream of data and disappear. Does he have to lick the screen to express his guilt?
Ji Minghuan had nothing to do, so he raised his head and asked the two of them:
"When will the remaining three members and the leader arrive in Tokyo?"
"I don't know. These three haven't arrived yet... I'll let you know when they arrive." Ayase Origami said, "Don't worry about the captain. He's always the last one to arrive."
Ji Minghuan put the coffee cup on the table and looked down at the small vortex in the cup.
He thought to himself, "Sounds like something to look forward to... good things always come at the end."
Apart from hearing about another suspected restricted-level incident from the blood descendant, there was nothing special about this day, and time passed until evening without noticing.
There is an attic above the cafe. Ayase Origami asked Xia Ping Zhou to sleep with her there, saying that it would be convenient for protecting her kitten; Oda Takikage found another place to live.
Ji Minghuan spread the mattress on the floor and glanced sideways at the bed in the attic.
Ayase Origami looked tired, sleeping soundly with her face turned sideways. She had drawn a dividing line between the two of them with a piece of paper in advance. If they crossed it, they would be discovered and might even be killed.
Ji Minghuan lay down on the mattress and became motionless, his consciousness shifting to the black pupa.
Black Pupa stood up from the bed in the hotel, raised his left and right arms, and the restraints extended from his hands, spreading to the front and back, and pressed against the two walls of the hotel.
The restraints penetrated his senses like rain, allowing him to see the scenes in Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye's rooms - the rooms of the father and son were empty, with no one in sight.
"Sure enough, no one is content..." Ji Minghuan yawned and called up the character-specific training system.
[Current progress is - Training Task 2: Establish a friendly cooperative relationship with 3 psychics (regardless of the pros or cons) (Reward: 1 attribute point)]
[Completed training task 2, obtained reward: 1 attribute point. ]
[Training Task 3 has appeared: Achieve cooperation with a total of 10 superhumans (current progress: 3/10, the superhumans that have reached cooperation are: the alien "Blue Arc", the exorcist "Su Zimai", and the exorcist "Ke Qirui"). ]
Bring up the attribute panel and quickly allocate the attribute points you just obtained.
[The "Speed" attribute of your Unit 1 "Black Pupa" changes from B+ to B++ (the movement speed of your "Restraint Belt" will also increase accordingly)]
The cell phone beeped, and Ji Minghuan took out his phone from the bed and took a look.
【Su Zimai: Come out to eat. 】
[Su Zimai: I’m warning you, don’t stand me up.]
【Gu Wenyu: Where? 】
[Su Zimai: A ramen restaurant on the street in Roppongi. I’ve sent you the location.]
Ji Minghuan clicked on the detailed location and looked at the address.
He thought: "Tonight is the best time to clear Gu Wenyu of suspicion... I have to completely stop Ke Qirui from thinking that I am Black Pupa or Blue Arc, so I have to let these two appear in Tokyo at the same time."
So he opened the "fake paranormal website" saved in his mobile browser - these illegal websites often broadcast live broadcasts of paranormal events, mostly filmed by passers-by at the scene.
"Let's see if there's anything fun first...otherwise we'll just have to look for trouble."
Ji Minghuan muttered softly as he flipped through the live broadcast area in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
At this moment, there is a very popular live broadcast room on the homepage of the port area, and the title is also very eye-catching: "Japanese Metropolitan Police Department personnel are hunting down the supernatural criminal "Wing Man"."
"It's you." Ji Minghuan curled the corners of his mouth.
(End of this chapter)
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