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Chapter 259 The Black Chrysalis's Grandfather Swallows the Silver Rat: A Different Kind of Rat (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Inside Broly Bookstore, Black Chrysalis was hanging motionless upside down from the ceiling, with a black restraint strap suspended above her head.

"So, what's going on here? How does the boss know my real identity?"

He paused for a moment, looked up at the bookstore owner, then at the panel in front of him, and then couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

[New Collaborator: Su Wei (Tier 3 Exorcist)]

He confirmed that he wasn't mistaken. The name that appeared before his eyes was completely different from the information registered on the website of the Outcasts, and the system indicated that this was a third-tier exorcist, a far cry from the previously stated "harmless-level ability user".

The most crucial point is that this bookstore owner, who had been hiding his identity for a long time, just claimed to be Su Ying's father.

Su Ying is Gu Wenyu's mother, and Su Ying's father is, naturally, Gu Wenyu's maternal grandfather.

"Grandpa?" Black Chrysalis closed the copy of "And Quiet Flows the Don" in her hands and murmured.

Strangely, in Gu Wenyu's memory, he had never heard his mother discuss his maternal grandfather, as if the man had already died;
Moreover, Su Ying never took them to her maternal grandfather's house for meals during the Spring Festival, so Gu Wenyu naturally had no recollection of it.

Searching through the memories stored in the mental library, Black Chrysalis suddenly remembered.

He did hear Gu Zhuoan say when he was a child that his mother had a bad relationship with his maternal grandfather's family, and that she had run away from home before marrying him. After that, she rarely contacted his maternal grandfather's family.

Hei Yong thought for a long time before raising his head and looking at the seemingly young boss again.

He asked tentatively, "Then how did you know my identity?"

“According to official statistics, I was classified as a harmless-level superhuman, whose superpower is to determine the location of a small object from a photograph.” Su Wei paused, “But that’s not actually a superpower, but rather the ability of Sky Drive.”

“I see,” Black Chrysalis said. “So you fooled the authorities and provided false information.”

Su Wei took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "I took a lot of photos of the books in order to sell them online, so every time you borrow a book from me, I can find the book's location through the photos."

He paused for a moment, "And most of the time this location is in a residential building in the Guyimai neighborhood, which is my son-in-law's home."

Su Wei put down her coffee cup and smiled. "Then, after roughly filtering the criteria, I guessed that you are my daughter's second son, Gu Wenyu."

"Uh... so you really are my maternal grandfather?"

The black pupa scratched its chin and murmured incredulously.

Su Wei remained noncommittal, simply looking at her book and saying without looking up:

"Actually, I haven't been able to make peace with myself all these years. When my daughter died in that accident, I was still blaming her for choosing a Muggle as her husband and not being able to protect her... But then I thought about it, and no matter what, she was still my daughter. If I hadn't been angry with her back then, maybe she wouldn't have ended up like this?"

“Oh…I understand, I get it all now.” Black Chrysalis nodded in realization. “This is the kind of thing that typically happens in India, isn’t it?”

He shrugged. “The daughter of a noble Brahmin wanted to marry an ordinary man. Her father was so angry that he severed ties with her, kicked her out of the house, and never contacted her again. That’s why I’ve never seen you, my grandfather, all these years.”

Su Wei still managed a smile, sighed, and said with a sigh:
"Actually, I didn't expect my grandson to have such an eccentric personality, which is somewhat similar to mine when I was young."

"Okay, don't be angry... but anyway, I have to correct one of your mistakes."

"What mistake?" Su Wei asked casually.

“You may look down on my dad, but he’s not the ‘Muggle’ you’re talking about,” Black Chrysalis said quietly. “In fact, he used to be an ordinary person, but not anymore.”

"How is he now?" Su Wei asked casually.

Judging from his tone, he still seemed not very interested in Gu Zhuo, and even had a slight aversion to him.

“Okay, I feel like telling you this would scare you to death, so let’s just leave it at that, Grandpa.” Black Chrysalis shrugged. “But I can tell you for sure that my family is currently embroiled in a huge mess.”

"You're leaving Lijing just to resolve this trouble?"

"perhaps?"

"Is it that they want revenge against Rainbow Wing?"

"You noticed that?" Black Chrysalis tilted her head. "You really have a keen eye."

"What other reason could there be?" Su Wei asked. "Isn't it just that they want revenge for Su Ying?"

"Grandpa, who exactly are you?" Hei Yong asked, his expression serious.

"I'm just an old man who retired from lake hunting."

"Lake hunting?"

Hei Yong was taken aback, then counted on her fingers and said, "But I remember that the Lake Hunting is a family-based system, the Lin family, the Zhuge family, the Zhong family, the Zhou family, um... why do I feel like the Su family doesn't seem to be related to them?"

He scratched his chin, pondering, "Could it be that the Su family has always been the kind of behind-the-scenes figures who handle troublesome matters for Lake Hunter?"

"It's a long story, and I'm too lazy to answer it," Su Wei said.

Hei Yong thought for a moment, then asked, "Have you been secretly protecting Su Zimai for the past two years?"

Su Wei still did not give a definite answer, only saying:

"Let's go...don't you still have things to do?"

The black pupa remained silent.

"This is a difficult matter. We might need your help someday. Will you assist us then?" After a long pause, he suddenly asked.

"maybe."

"Okay, I'll contact you if I need anything in the future. I hope you'll keep your phone on so you don't miss my messages."

At this point, Hei Yong shook her head and complained softly, "I texted you before, asking you to help me get the latest volume of 'My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute,' but you kept pretending not to see it. Do you know how desperate I felt every time I went into the bookstore and searched for a long time but couldn't find it?"

He sighed, clutching his chest. "And now, knowing that you are my maternal grandfather, I feel a betrayal of family ties."

After speaking, the black pupa slowly raised its head, squinted its eyes, and asked, word by word:

"So, when are you going to order the latest volume of 'My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute'?"

Su Wei took a sip of coffee, smiled, and replied slowly:
"If you come back alive, you will see it."

"Then it's a deal. I have important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now, Grandpa."

After saying this, Black Chrysalis put his mother's diary into his restraints, and then the restraints covering his body gradually became transparent. He transformed into a ghostly, swift gust of wind, swinging his restraints as he sped away.

Su Wei looked up from her coffee cup at the sunlight streaming in from the doorway and murmured, "What a troublesome grandson..."

Before long, Black Chrysalis arrived impatiently near the Stranger Association building.

Actually, he originally planned to just exchange a few pleasantries with the bookstore owner and leave it at that. Before leaving Lijing, he mainly wanted to spend his time with Tun Yin, who was his best friend, since he didn't have a very deep relationship with the owner.

But he didn't expect that this small talk would lead him to discover that someone was his grandfather, thus delaying his meeting with Tun Yin.

The black pupa hung motionless upside down beneath a fashion billboard, its yellowed diary peeling away from its restraints.

After thinking about it, he wasn't in the mood to read Su Ying's diary, so he simply took out his phone and started playing a few rounds of Minesweeper.

After that, he waited for a full two hours before finally spotting a strange being clad in silver-white metallic armor. That was none other than Li Jing's newly crowned leader—Swallowing Silver.

Having just finished a meeting, Tun Yin looked utterly impatient, his nostrils practically radiating heat. He probably knew Lan Hu wasn't dead, but he was forced to cooperate with the association by making false statements at a series of memorial services—something Tun Yin found intolerable.

He had just stepped out of the building when he looked up and saw a dark figure hanging upside down under the billboard, reading a book.

Tun Yin froze for a second. At this moment, his feelings could be summed up in four words: double happiness.

The next second, a furious growl echoed across the empty street.

"Black—pupa—!" Swallowing Silver growled, enunciating each word clearly.

Without a word, he directly chewed up a piece of metal, creating an opening in his back and behind his legs.

With a loud "bang," the air was pierced as the firepower erupted from the opening. The powerful airflow generated a recoil force, propelling him straight towards the black cocoon like a rocket.

"I know you're very enthusiastic, but could you not be so enthusiastic? It's a bit scary. Good friends should maintain a certain distance in order to make the relationship last."

Black Chrysalis grinned, having long anticipated the reaction from Swallowing Silver.

A few minutes earlier, he had unleashed his skill, "Binding Strap Trap," which laid out highly active restraint straps on top of the billboard. Now, they clung tightly to the surface of the billboard like venomous snakes lurking in the jungle.

Seeing the silver-swallowing creature hurtling towards it, the black pupa extended another restraint strap, pulling a neon sign upwards and soaring away.

The moment Swallowing Silver approached the billboard, layers of restraints spread towards him, opening their mouths like carnivorous plants, instantly binding him tightly within them.

The silver-devouring ability was suppressed by the restraints, the metal opening inside the body caved inward, and the skin refilled the hole on the surface of the body. Without the assistance of the firepower propulsion, the whole person fell downward and crashed on the street.

"You tricked me again!" As he tried to struggle, the black cocoon loosened the restraints on the top of his head and descended from the sky.

The next moment, dozens of restraint straps, like tentacles, emerged from behind him, enveloping Tun Yin in a black cocoon.

Immediately afterwards, Black Chrysalis used the restraints to remove Silver Swallow's helmet, and while looking him up and down, she said, "Your head is really big, Mr. Silver Swallow. Do other Outcasts have heads this big?"

He shook his head. "It turns out that when it comes to brains, bigger isn't always better; sometimes, the best brains are the ones that are concentrated."

"Get out of here!" Silver Swallow roared. "Give me back my helmet!"

"I know, I know. Do I look like the kind of person who borrows and never returns? Every time I borrow a hardcover book or diapers, I always return them. Of course, there's no need to return the book now, since it's a gift from Grandpa."

After saying this, Black Chrysalis not only didn't return it, but silently put the Silver-Swallowing helmet on his own head. Then, he crossed his arms and sneered at Silver-Swallowing, who was encased in the pupa:

"So, who is the Black Chrysalis now, and who is the Silver Devourer?"

If a passerby saw this scene, they might freeze in place: a silver-devouring creature completely bound by restraints was muttering strange things to a black pupa.

The next moment, Black Chrysalis peeled off a corner of the restraint trap, allowing the restraint covering Silver Devourer's face to come off, and then carefully examined the face beneath the Silver Devourer mask.

It must be said that this was the first time Black Chrysalis had seen the face beneath the Silver Devourer's mask. Silver Devourer had thick eyebrows and big eyes, resembling a righteous black bear.

"As expected, the idol filter is easily shattered once you get too close. Lord Swallowing Silver, I think you'd be better off wearing a helmet."

Black Chrysalis shook her head as she spoke, then quickly removed the silver-white helmet from her head.

The helmet was returned to its rightful owner, and the restraints were used to put it back on the Silver-Eating Man's head, covering his face.

"Black Chrysalis, what... what the hell are you trying to do?!" Swallowing Silver shouted furiously. "Why don't you just kill me? Why do you keep provoking me? What's the point of all this?"

He had a lot of unspeakable bitterness in his heart. He was really fed up with being teased by the giant moths every time they met. But this guy, who was only at the level of a giant at the beginning, became so strong in just half a month!
The black chrysalis nodded slightly, raised its hand to its chest, and said deeply, as if reciting a poem:

"Because... I have a deep love for the silver-swallowing rat."

"roll!"

"Alright! Actually, here's the thing, Mr. Tunyin! I'm about to leave Lijing City!"

"Don't let me see you again!" Tun Yin was trapped inside the pupa, rolling around like a maggot, wishing he could bite this dark-skinned creature to death.

The black chrysalis ignored his roar and continued to talk to itself with deep affection:

"So, I always felt that you would miss me a lot while I was away, which is why I took time out of my busy schedule to come and see you one last time."

At this point, Black Chrysalis paused, then held up a finger. "Adults often say that sometimes, those things that you usually find noisy or annoying, once they quietly disappear one day, you will find yourself missing them... and falling into a deep sense of loneliness."

After saying this, he sobbed softly and pulled a small rag from his restraints.

Taking off her sunglasses and wiping the restraints around her eyes, Hei Chang looked as pitiful as Lin Daiyu wiping away tears.

"Get away!" Swallowing Silver couldn't take it anymore. "You filthy bug! Don't pretend to disgust me!"

“I understand now, it must be that my sincerity wasn’t enough.” Black Chrysalis suddenly realized, “Then this is my final stroke for the Silver-Swallowing Rat.”

He put away the rag, put his sunglasses back on, removed the restraints from his right hand, and took out a sketchbook and pencil to refine the sketch he had left behind last time.

Swallowing Silver stared at him, wondering what this big, fluttering moth was up to now.

"Look closely, this is the final work of the number one fan of Swallowing Silver. Even if you are far away on the other side of the ocean, when you see this painting you will still remember me."

Speaking seriously, the black chrysalis slowly turned the pages of the sketchbook.

As the sun sets and the distant mountains turn red, Silver-Eating Mouse stands atop a mountain, clutching a broken Blue Arc Battery. Raising its fluffy head, its eyes resolute, it murmurs, tears streaming down its face, "Invincibility, how, how lonely it is."

"Die!"

Swallowing Silver's eyes were bloodshot, filled with impotent rage.

Black Chrysalis remained silent for a while, then quietly stuffed the painting into Swallowing Silver's arms, raised her hand to salute him, and said, "Oh, by the way, can I borrow your superpower?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stole the Silver Devouring ability.

Grotesque teeth sprouted from the dark restraints, a sight that could suffocate anyone with trypophobia. Each mouth on the restraints seemed to be yearning to devour the metal.

[The "Power Theft" has been activated; the "Silver Swallowing" ability has been stored in the restraints for 48 hours.]

Black Chrysalis lowered its eyes to look at the teeth opening and closing on the restraints, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Wow, that's really cool. Well then, goodbye, Mr. Silver Swallower."

After he finished speaking, the restraints covering his body became transparent once again, silently merging him into the air.

"You little brat, at least let me go first—!"

Swallowing Silver was startled, staring at the air. A weak shout came from the giant cocoon of restraints, echoing throughout the neighborhood.

Soon after, images of him bound to the ground with restraints, crawling frantically like a maggot, trying to avoid the public eye, spread across the entire internet within a day.

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