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Chapter 173 The Meeting Between Black Chrysalis and the Brigade Leader (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After leaving the palace and returning to the floating castle, Caesar stopped in the courtyard where fallen leaves were falling.

After thinking for a moment, he raised his head and made a request to Li Qingping: "Li Qingping, although we don't have much time left, I still want to ask you to teach me the power of cultivation."

Li Qingping remained silent. He had wanted to say that since they couldn't learn anything in such a short time, they might as well conserve their energy.

But then he thought again that the third prince's talent was far beyond that of ordinary people, and perhaps he really could undergo a dramatic change in just a few days. So he accepted Caesar's request, and the two began one-on-one training.

A gust of wind blew across the blood-red sky, rustling the maple leaves. Large schools of floating fish drifted by. The white-haired youth stood amidst the falling leaves, holding a book of strange tales, intently releasing one basic, common tale after another.

Li Qingping provided guidance from the side, telling Caesar that each fragment of a strange tale has its own unique mechanism. As long as the characteristics of the fragment are used flexibly, one can obtain feedback called "power of strange tales" from the fragment.

After accumulating enough "strange power" within their body, they can improve their own rank, thereby resonating with and forming contracts with more high-level strange phenomena.

Caesar's top priority is to advance from a D-level Oddity Envoy to a C-level Oddity Envoy.

In this way, the advanced wonders he can bind to will not only be "Christmas Sleigh" but also some advanced wonders for protection provided by Li Qingping.

Yaguba Lu squinted and thought to himself, "Shark, my cultivation relies entirely on eating. It's nothing like the gluttons like you. How boring!"
It yawned, lay quietly in the crystal ball watching them cultivate, and after a while, drowsiness came over it. Seeing that its eyelids were about to close, it had no choice but to shift its focus and quickly synchronize its consciousness to the first machine.

As we all know, when you're bored, you should torture the refrigerator devil; it's more effective at waking you up than drinking a hundred cups of coffee.

Even the nobles among sharks are aware of this common knowledge, let alone the legendary bandaged man, Black Chrysalis.

Since the time in the Whale Garden is roughly the same as that in Lijing, it is 7:30 in the morning in Lijing.

Unit One, Gu Wenyu, sat up from the bed in the bedroom, scratched his messy hair in a daze, reached for his phone on the pillow, and glanced at it.

[Su Zimai: I bought breakfast, it's downstairs. Remember to come down and eat when you wake up.]

While getting dressed, Gu Wenyu had the restraints type and send messages for him.

[Gu Wenyu: Are you really that kind? Is this really my younger sister? This feels like one of those stories where someone knows they're going to die tomorrow and decides to leave a good impression on their family.]

[Gu Wenyu: Sis, are you really going to die?]

[Gu Wenyu: Just don't die on my phone, okay? Reply with 1 after receiving this.]

[Su Zimai: What is this? I rarely get up early to buy you breakfast and you're cursing me? Are you even human?]

[Gu Wenyu: What were you and my brother talking about so mysteriously last night? How does he know about exorcists?]

Su Zimai remained silent for a long time before sending him a message.

[Su Zimai: He happened to know some people from the Exorcist Association, and that's how I got arrested.]

Gu Wenyu: That's quite a coincidence.

[Su Zimai: (Panda giving middle finger emoji) Blocked, goodbye.]

[Note: You have been blacklisted by "Su Zimai".]

Gu Wenyu put away his phone, dressed himself with the restraints, left the room, went into the bathroom, closed the door, and pressed the restraints against the wet floor.

Sensory perception permeates the floor tiles, leading into the first-floor living room, where one observes the two people in the kitchen from a godlike, overlooking perspective.

Su Zimai drank sesame soy milk through a straw, then said seriously, "By the way, brother... since second brother and father are both Muggles, remember to keep our affairs a secret from them, otherwise they will worry about us."

She paused for a moment, then added, "And it's best if we don't involve them in our affairs."

She thought to herself: If I tell Brother Gu Wenyu that it is Lan Hu, he will definitely run to his brother and report that she talks badly about Lan Hu behind his back every day, so it is better to keep it from him for now.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh deeply, thinking how wonderful it would be if Gu Wenyu also had a hidden identity, so that she would have something on him!

Gu Qiye remained silent.

Indeed, both he and Xiaomai knew that Wenyu was an ordinary person, but there was one thing Su Zimai didn't know, which was... that their father might also be hiding some secret.

After all, this information was given to him by Black Chrysalis himself when they first met. Although Black Chrysalis usually liked to tease them, objectively speaking, up to now, Black Chrysalis has never lied to them even once. Every piece of information he gave was meaningful and rarely wrong.

After some deliberation, Gu Qiye finally decided to investigate the matter secretly by herself, because if she told Su Zimai, she might alert her father and make him aware of the matter in advance.

After all... with my sister's mediocre skills, if my father were truly someone important, he would have spotted her in a second.

Thinking of this, Gu Qiye said softly, "Yes, it's better if Wenyu and Dad don't know about our affairs."

The brother and sister reached a consensus, exchanged glances, and nodded.

Gu Qiye thought for a moment: "You're leaving for London tomorrow morning, right?"

"Ah."

Gu Qiye hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and asked softly, "Do you need me to come with you? I can ask the Alien Association for a day off."

"No need... Brother, you stay here to protect the city. I'm not alone. The rest of the Ghost Train crew will look after me, not to mention..."

"Let alone what?"

Su Zimai took a deep breath. "The commander said that the big fluttering moth is also coming to London with us this time."

"A black pupa..."

Gu Qiye murmured, seemingly unsurprised, and took a bite of the glutinous rice bun.

To be honest, hearing that Black Chrysalis would be going with his sister actually reassured him quite a bit. He didn't know why, but perhaps he had slowly begun to trust this mysterious, gray-haired figure over this period of time. After a long silence, he raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Alright then, be careful. I won't interfere in your affairs."

"Hmm..." Su Zimai finished the glutinous rice chicken in her bowl, then drank the black sesame tea. Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide, as if she had thought of something, and squeezed the plastic cup hard, letting out an angry and annoyed "Ah!"

"What's wrong?" Gu Qiye was taken aback and turned to look at her.

Su Zimai was speechless for a moment, and slowly said, "I suddenly remembered... when I met with the leader in Tokyo and Hei Yong, he said something to me."

"What?"

“He told me back then, ‘Blue Arc is your brother.’” Su Zimai said, emphasizing each word with gritted teeth.

Gu Qiye didn't take it seriously, and just took a bite of a steamed bun. "So he betrayed me to you all along?"

"No, at the time I thought he was talking about my second brother, and I was being completely fooled by him. Now that I think about it, I realize that this damn big moth was talking about you."

Su Zimai sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"Alright, it's all in the past." Gu Qiye smiled silently. "Black Chrysalis is indeed despicable. I was completely fooled by him at first."

"what about now?"

“Uh…” Gu Qiye choked and didn’t know how to answer for a moment. Finally, she sighed, “It’s the same now. I still don’t understand who he is.”

It's still a bit embarrassing to admit, but he, a quasi-disaster-level superhuman, was led around by a giant moth.

However, despite his resentment, he had to admit that without the black pupa, many things would have turned out much worse.

"I knew it……"

Su Zimai muttered to herself, her expression slightly hardening, "Brother, let's work together to find out the truth about this damned thing."

"Okay, good luck, Xiaomai." Gu Qiye shrugged. "The task of beating up Black Chrysalis is now yours. Although I really want to beat him up too, I'll let my little sister go first."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The brother and sister had never been so in agreement on anything before. At this moment, their hearts seemed to be connected. Meanwhile, upstairs, Gu Wenyu was hugging his knees, drawing circles on the bathroom floor, all alone.

He thought to himself: What did Black Pupae ever do to you guys? If you don't like the diapers I sent, you can return them! How awful...

“I still have to go out today,” Su Zimai said softly. “Brother, be careful.”

Her tone was still somewhat awkward and nonchalant, as if she was still not quite used to the fact that "her brother is actually Blue Arc".

"I will."

Gu Qiye was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and patted the top of her head.

He found it quite novel; it had been many years since he had done this, always keeping it a secret from his family... It was so nice to have someone care about him like this before he left home, he thought.

Gu Wenyu sighed, removed the restraints, stopped caring about the brother and sister, and looked up at the pale face in the mirror.

He thought to himself, "Well... I should go and discuss this important matter with the brigade commander today. Good luck, Comrade Black Chrysalis... Whether Caesar and Li Qingping can escape successfully depends entirely on whether you can persuade the brigade commander."

Thinking of this, he put down his toothbrush, spat out the mouthwash he had just drunk, wiped his face with a towel, and went out.

Black Chrysalis spent another uneventful day, except for spending time at the bookstore with the owner, chatting and reading, and teasing Silver Swallow on the street. Nothing memorable happened from day to dusk.

Night quietly fell at Lijing No. 3 Middle School.

Night fell like a curtain over the desolate middle school. On the rooftop of one of the teaching buildings, Hei Yong sat quietly on the railing, sketching a bizarre scene with a drawing board and pencil that he had somehow acquired.

A short while later, a raven with scarlet eyes spread its wings and flew over, slowly landing on the rooftop railing. Immediately afterward, a man wearing a black trench coat appeared in Black Chrysalis's sight. The gust of wind falling from the city sky whipped up the hem of his coat.

Qi Liyuan sat silently on the railing, his back hunched over.

Hei Yong looked up at him from the canvas, but ignored him and continued drawing on her own.

Seeing that Hei Chang remained silent, Qi Yuanli cooperated by producing a playing card from his fingertips, turning his head to gaze at the brightly lit city with his deep eyes.

"So... what do you want from me?" After a long pause, he casually asked, fiddling with a playing card in his hand.

At this moment, Black Chrysalis stopped what he was doing; he had finished drawing what he wanted to draw. He casually tossed the pencil into the city, looking down as it twirled and fell, eventually disappearing into the darkness.

Then he slowly began to speak: "First of all, it is an honor to meet with you alone, Mr. Shikihara... Of course, it would be more appropriate to call you the leader."

Qi Yuanli did not respond, seemingly believing that it didn't matter which name he used.

“Then I must declare that the information I am about to provide you is extremely important,” Black Chrysalis paused, then said quietly, “I’m sure you will be interested in it as well.”

As he spoke, he slowly turned the drawing board in his hand, making it face the lacquer principle.

Qi Liyuan slowly turned his head to the side.

Looking up, one sees a massive, ochre-red whale, as large as a battleship, painted on the canvas.

The whale surged across the sea, roaring to the sky and stirring up countless white waves, while directly above the whale was a gloomy sky.

Dark rain clouds drifted in from afar, and a colossal, dark blue shark, large enough to blot out the sky, crashed down from the heavens, its jaws wide open like an abyss as it lunged at the red whale!

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(End of this chapter)