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Chapter 127 Torrential Rain, Tokyo, A Bloodbath at the Auction (Part 11)
On the deathly silent auction stage, Black Chrysalis strangled Robert by the neck with restraints, hanging upside down under the spotlight, staring motionlessly at Qi Yuanli's face.

"Black pupa..."

Ghost Bell squinted and slowly uttered the name of the uninvited guest.

Anron and the Ripper exchanged a glance. Neither of them knew Black Chrysalis. So they looked at Bloodline and Oda Takikage, only to see that the other two members also had confusion and surprise in their eyes.

It seems no one knows who this guy is.

After a long silence, Qi Yuanli finally spoke to Hei Chang and asked, "What do you want?"

"Finally someone asked, otherwise it would have been so embarrassing for me to keep posing here." Black Chrysalis sighed. "Actually, what I want is very simple," he paused, "to have your team members, right now, immediately, release Blue Arc and hand him over to Ghost Bell."

"Impossible." Qi Yuanyuan replied bluntly.

Black Chrysalis shrugged and said calmly, "Is that so? Then I can't let go of poor Mr. Robert. This hardworking old member certainly didn't expect that he would have to suffer like this in the end. Even the leader he cared about was planning to give up his life. I can't help but sigh for him."

He paused for a moment: "Think it over carefully, Captain. Are you really planning to sacrifice member number 7 to save Blue Arc's life? Is this really a worthwhile trade for you?"

A brief silence fell between the two.

After pondering for a moment, Qi Yuanli finally spoke, "I can agree to your conditions, but there must be one additional condition."

"But it doesn't matter."

"You get Ghost Bell out of here first, then I'll have my men release Blue Arc, and then you give Robert back to us."

"You've got a lot of wicked ideas, Mr. Qi Yuanli. You know that once Ghost Bell is gone, you monsters will run rampant," Black Chrysalis said. "I'm afraid I won't have time to take Blue Arc away before you kill me, will I?"

Qi Liyuan asked expressionlessly, "So what do you want to do?"

"Alright then. Have your men stay put for now." With that, Black Chrysalis grabbed Robert by the neck with one hand and spun him down toward the auction floor.

Black Chrysalis led Robert toward the Ghost Bell, deliberately avoiding several members of the group and keeping a certain distance from them.

"What... exactly do you want to do?" Ghost Bell stared at him and asked in a deep voice.

"Who knows what I really want to do? What should I do? What should I do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Black Chrysalis used the restraints to steal Robert's superpowers.

[Passive skill "Restraint Suppression" has taken effect: While being bound by your restraint, the opponent cannot use any supernatural powers.]

[Active skill "Ability Theft" activated: Your restraints have stolen the ability of the ability user "Robert," which can be released within 24 hours (the stored ability will automatically disappear after "Skill Release" or "Time Limit Exceeded").]

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone present, the black cocoon, carrying Robert, approached the clock tower of the Ghost Bell, then raised its hand to touch the wall of the clock tower, using the stolen supernatural power to create a "wooden door" on the empty wall.

This scene alarmed everyone in the White Raven Brigade—only Ghost Bell was unaware of Robert's abilities and thought it was Black Chrysalis's own power.

Anrons and the Ripper were taken aback, and even Oda Takikage showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

“Uh… Sister Ripper, did I just see him use Robert’s powers?” Anrons shrugged and turned to ask Ripper.

“It should be…” The Ripper nodded.

The wooden door was reflected in Qi Yuanli's deep pupils as he thought expressionlessly, "Not only can it suppress supernatural abilities... but it can also steal them? I wish we could meet in some other setting."

The bloodline descendant sat on the edge of the auction platform, cupped his cheeks, and said casually:
"Wow... No wonder the captain wanted to recruit this ugly thing into the Phantom Troupe. So he has this kind of ability."

The black pupa was leaning against the clock tower in a very flamboyant pose.

All eyes in the auction house were fixed on this flamboyant lunatic. The group members couldn't understand why this lunatic, who could be easily killed with a slap, was able to control everyone and dictate the course of events... It's true that you see everything when you live long enough.

Black Chrysalis tapped the clock tower lightly with her fingers and continued, "Let's sort out the current situation. Miss Ripper's injuries are about as serious as Mr. Blue Arc's... If this stalemate continues, I'm afraid both of them will lose their lives."

He paused for a moment: "So, how about we each compromise? I'll have Ghost Bell wait behind the door, and then the other members and the leader will keep their distance, allowing Mr. Ninja to hand over Blue Arc to me alone."

"I returned Robert to Mr. Ninja, and then I left with Blue Arc and Ghost Bell, making this door disappear, and we were even."

After saying that, his gaze swept over everyone present: "The White Raven Brigade's bastards... and our beloved leader, what do you think?"

The black pupa's gaze finally settled on Qi Yuanli. Qi Yuanli's eyes were always so deep and unfathomable, like a black swamp, making it impossible to understand what he was thinking.

At this moment, Gui Zhong and Qi Yuanli remained silent, and the other members had no decision-making power, simply waiting quietly for the leader to give instructions.

After a moment of thought, Qi Yuanli broke the silence.

"I did as you said," he said expressionlessly.

“Alright, then… please go behind the door and wait, Mr. Ghost Bell.” Black Chrysalis turned to look at Ghost Bell, held the restraint strap to her mouth in a megaphone shape, and whispered to him, “You don’t want Mr. Blue Arc to die in front of you, do you?”

Upon hearing this, Gui Zhong glanced at Lan Hu, who had a knife to his neck, and his eyes flickered slightly.

He then silently stepped through the door on the side of the clock tower. Behind the door was an open-air café, and a torrential downpour was falling on the street. Black Chrysalis had just stolen this ability and clearly didn't know how to use it, so he could only randomly choose a nearby spot.

The ghost bell stood silently in the rain, a long distance away, its scarlet eyes fixed on the black cocoon behind the door.

The black pupa still leaned to one side, propping its head up with its elbow, and flirtatiously rested against the surface of the clock tower.

"Keep the Ghost Bell away," Qi Yuanli demanded, "and then exchange the hostages."

“Absolutely.” Black Chrysalis said, gesturing with her chin to Ghost Bell, “Move your butt back a bit.”

Ghost Bell's face twitched slightly.

Separated by a portal, he and the black chrysalis locked eyes, their pupils as red as if molten lava were flowing through them.

"Did you hear that?" Black Chrysalis shrugged. "Move your butt back a bit. You're too close to this door, it's affecting the fairness of this transaction. Don't you want me to bring Mr. Blue Arc back?"

Ghost Bell remained silent for a while, then finally retreated a distance on the rainy street.

“That’s more like it…” Black Chrysalis glanced at Ghost Bell, who was soaked by the downpour. Ghost Bell’s eyes seemed to say: If you dare to fool me, I will definitely kill you.

As agreed by both parties, the Ghost Bell had already created a certain distance between itself and the Black Chrysalis's teleportation portal. Oda Takikage turned his head and met the eyes of Urushi Rin.

Oda Takikage released the knife from Blue Arc's neck and slowly approached Black Chrysalis with Blue Arc in tow.

"Stop! You can stop here, Mr. Ninja."

Black Chrysalis wagged her finger, warning, "Don't think I don't know how fast you are. If you take another step closer, I'll snap Robert's neck."

As he spoke, he used the restraints to swing Robert's body back and forth in mid-air, just like an adult rocking a cradle to soothe a baby inside.

“Whoa, baby Robert flies high!” Black Chrysalis put her hands on her hips. “Whoa… if you take one more step closer, it won’t be baby Robert swinging on a swing, it will be baby Robert’s head swinging in the sky, understand, Mr. Ninja.”

The members of the White Raven Brigade twitched slightly.

At this moment, apart from Blue Arc who had already fainted, none of the people present did not want to kill him, especially Ghost Bell who was being punished by standing in the rain.

They all gasped in shock. No one could understand why such a despicable person could exist in the world, so utterly despicable that he was deserving of the utmost punishment.

Anyone who happens to walk by would probably be tempted to kick him in the butt, but this lunatic just sits there wiggling his butt and making faces at you, calmly managing the scene while simultaneously mocking everyone.

“Takikage…do as he says,” Shiori said expressionlessly.

Oda Takikage nodded and stopped ten meters in front of the black cocoon with Blue Arc.

The two locked eyes. Black Chrysalis stared into Oda Takikage's eyes, then extended a restraint belt, slowly reaching towards Blue Arc's body, wrapping it around his waist, and then dragging him slowly off the ground. Blue Arc's back left a horrifying trail of blood across the ground.

Then, the black pupa slowly loosened the restraints around Robert's neck. Robert coughed loudly, almost suffocating from the madman's antics.

While pulling Blue Arc back, Black Chrysalis used restraints to lay Robert down on the ground.

In the next instant, Oda Takikage suddenly sprang up, stomped forward, and used his katana to cut the restraints connecting Robert.

At the same time, Black Chrysalis pulled Blue Arc into her arms and leaned back, and the door of the clock tower closed in an instant!
Immediately afterwards, even the Ghost Bell's clock tower disappeared from the center of the auction house, leaving only a deathly silence.

After Black Chrysalis, Blue Arc, and Ghost Bell left, the atmosphere in the entire auction house seemed to improve considerably.

The descendant remarked with admiration, "What a remarkable person he is."

Anlens was speechless, but a smile remained on his face: "The next time I encounter this black pupa, I'm definitely going to stuff it into a slot machine as a toy."

"Are you alright, Mr. Robert?" Oda Takikage untied the gag from Robert's mouth and looked at him.

“I’m alright…” Robert shrugged, got up from the ground, and said in a hoarse, metallic voice, “Sorry, Captain. If I had found out that Black Chrysalis was hiding in the auction house, he wouldn’t have caught me.”

"It doesn't matter."

As he spoke, Qi Yuanli turned to look at one side of the mirror world, "Robert, you take the Ripper back to the nearby outpost to bandage his wounds, then open a door and come back, the rest of the team members follow."

As soon as he finished speaking, he switched places with a crow inside the mirror world, his figure disappeared, and in his place, a crow feather fell down.

"Let's go, Number 2." Robert obeyed the order, opened a wooden door in the wall, and carried the badly wounded Ripper away.

The other members then ascended the auction stage and stepped through the wooden door to the Mirror World.

At this very moment, inside the mirror world.

Hacker member No. 8 walked out of the vault of the Mirror World empty-handed, stepped onto the auction stage, and looked up to see the magnificent giant shadow that occupied almost half of the auction hall inside the mirror.

And there are two such shadows in total.

Towering flames and a blinding white light collided in mid-air. Two colossal creatures were locked in a fierce battle.

"What the hell?"

The hacker raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise appearing on his youthful face, and the phone almost slipped from his hand.

He never expected that while he was collecting the auction items in the vault, the auction house would turn into such a bizarre scene, as if he had been transported to the set of a prehistoric blockbuster, with demons and monsters fighting in mid-air.

Dazzling flames and scorching winds rushed towards us.

At this moment, the Wolf of Daylight and the Red Dragon are still locked in a stalemate. The Red Dragon's phantom still holds the upper hand.

But for some reason, Li Qingping never left the same spot from beginning to end, only passively retaliating—perhaps to protect the second prince.

The Sky Wolf's claws, wreathed in dazzling white light, collided violently in mid-air with the crimson flames spewed by the phantom of the Red Dragon. A deafening explosion erupted, and a terrifying shockwave stretched for hundreds of meters, whipping the clothes and hair of all the group members high into the air.

The heat from the wings of the red dragon phantom almost scorched through the air, while the white light from the wolf claws tore a rift open in the flames.

But before the crack could widen, the dragon's tail, wreathed in lava-like flames, swept across, knocking the giant wolf staggering backward, its hooves carving four charred furrows into the mirrored floor.

Each collision tore open a dark crack, and spiderweb-like patterns spread rapidly through the void. The mirrored dome was already covered with cracks, and tiny fragments fell in a flurry, vaporizing into pale mist the moment they touched the dragon flames.

The auction hall floor continued to tremble, and not a single section remained intact. Each roar of a dragon and howl of a wolf caused the shards of mirror hanging precariously on the edge of the cracks to collapse with a deafening crash.

It was as if the whole world was crumbling beneath their feet.

At this moment, Origami Ayase and Xia Pingzhou were sitting idly on the floor of the auction stage, playing cards with Lan Duoduo.

“A pair of sevens.” Lan Duoduo threw down two cards, looked up at Xia Pingzhou, and said, “Newbie, you’re not allowed to cheat me! I heard from Anluns that he was scared by you before and lost all night.”

“Nine,” said Origami Ayase.

“Yes, J,” Xia Pingzhou said.

The three men's hair was blown by the oncoming heat, but they continued playing cards without looking up.

It wasn't that they were being lazy; in fact, they had all tried to launch ranged attacks—but Ayase Origami's paper butterflies were no match for the Red Dragon, Xia Pingzhou's cannon statues could only tickle the Red Dragon at best, and Lan Duoduo didn't have any useful fragments of strange tales.

At this point, the only weapons that could possibly be of any use were Andrew's sniper rifle and the Bloodline's bow and arrows.

The hacker was stunned for a while before finally coming to his senses.

He put his hands in his overalls pockets, stepped onto the auction stage, and said to Qi Yuanli beside him, "Captain, I have used my superpower to put all the auction items into the 'database'."

He paused for a moment, then said, "You can leave now."

Qi Yuanli remained silent, his deep pupils reflecting Li Qingping in the center of the illusory image.

Li Qingping's face was clearly somewhat pale.

Anlens walked over carrying a bottle of orange juice, unscrewed the cap, took a sip, and then squinted with his remaining eye, looking at the Wolf of the Daytime whose eyes were filled with white light.

He patted the hacker's head and said with a smile, "That's true... but our friend White Wolf doesn't seem to want to leave."

"That guy always manages to get carried away," the hacker clicked his tongue in amazement.

Qi Yuanli stared at Li Qingping, his face expressionless, and said, "The opponent is carrying a burden, so we must keep the Red Dragon Welsh in place and cover the burden with a phantom image. This way, he won't be affected by the battle."

Upon hearing what the leader said, Lan Duoduo immediately looked up from the playing cards and glanced at Bai Tanlang, who was becoming increasingly fierce in battle, while the flames of the red dragon phantom were dimming.

She said, "I see. That explains why the Red Dragon hasn't retaliated."

"So, if things continue like this, we'll win sooner or later?" Anlens asked.

"It's just a matter of time," Qi Yuanli said.

At that moment, Andrew fired another shot. The deafening gunshot caused the surrounding group members to cover their ears.

Lan Duoduo rolled her eyes at him: "What's the point of you firing that gun? Why don't you sit down and play cards with us?"

Andrew looked away from the sniper rifle's crosshair and sighed, "Ugh, can't anyone tell me why this red dragon's skin is so thick? I'd like to use some better bullets, but I'm worried that Brother Bai might get caught in the crossfire too."

“After all, ‘Red Dragon Wales’ is a generational wonder that comes closest to being a mythical wonder,” Lan Duoduo said.

Just then, Qi Yuanli on the auction stage suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly.

Following his gaze, one could see a chair standing out incongruously in the center of the auction hall.

Neither the dragon flames nor the white light shook the chair.

And the most important thing is...

The figure on the chair woke up.

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(End of this chapter)