My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 270 Parents, Brothers, A Bet Awaiting Attention (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

“A good news and… a bad news?” Ji Minghuan murmured.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the air in the cell was unusually cold that day, as if someone had turned on the air conditioning.

The mentor's expression was also exceptionally serious: his posture sitting upright at the table and the turbulent look in his eyes behind his glasses were exactly the same as when he last claimed that "the prophet is coming."

It seems that this situation is indeed not simple, and may even be no less threatening than the one posed by the prophet.
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan tilted her head from the pillow, silently looked at her mentor for a while, and then got out of bed and sat down across the table.

"You're not kidding me, are you?" he asked tentatively.

“Honestly,” the mentor said deeply, “if I could, I would never want to tell you this bad news.”

"Oh, then I'll hear the bad news first." Ji Minghuan rested her chin on her hand, looking up to meet her mentor's gaze. "Every time I encounter this kind of stupid question, I want to ask: would anyone really choose to hear the good news first?"

"Why do you say that?"

“Wouldn’t it be a shame to hear bad news after good news?” Ji Minghuan said. “But if you hear bad news and then hear good news, it’s better than the former.”

“That makes sense. Then I’ll tell you the bad news.”

"Speak up, stop dawdling." Ji Minghuan looked at him with disdain.

“Your parents are dead,” the tutor said.

Ji Minghuan was slightly taken aback. A brief silence enveloped the two of them. The lights in the cell were as cold as ever, and both of their faces were as pale as corpses, devoid of any color.

After a long pause, he finally realized what he meant: "Uh...you just said my parents are dead?"

The mentor nodded silently.

After thinking for a moment, Ji Minghuan asked again, "Did you mix up the bad news and the good news?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Isn't this good news? The guys who abandoned me are finally dead. I'm overjoyed."

"Ji Minghuan, your parents are really dead."

"Oh, then can I ask to have another party?" Ji Minghuan clapped her hands, making a loud clapping sound, her face expressionless. "Last time it was a birthday party, this time it's a death anniversary party. I'm inviting the Salvation Team to celebrate my parents' death anniversaries together."

“I’m serious. Ji Minghuan, this is not a joke,” the mentor said solemnly.

"So what?" Ji Minghuan pressed his hand to his cheek, lowered his head, and sighed heavily.

“Our people recently found your parents’ bodies in the Arab world. I have photos. If you don’t want to see them, then…”

The mentor reached for his sleeve, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

"Look, why don't you look?" Ji Minghuan said calmly.

"Alright, I respect your opinion. Be prepared." With that, the tutor pushed a set of photos onto the table.

Ji Minghuan looked down at the photo. The photo did indeed show two corpses, a man and a woman. They were slumped inside a tent, their heads hanging down, covered in blood, with no part of them intact. Their eyes were wide open, empty and lifeless.

Judging from his appearance, the one with thick eyebrows and big eyes is his father, and the one with glasses and long, smooth black hair is his mother.

It does indeed match my memory of its appearance, only the style has changed.

suspended animation?

If my parents are really that powerful, they might have the means to fake their deaths, just like Caesar's "mimicry doll" and my "restraint belt avatar";
But it wouldn't be surprising if they really died. The Salvation Society has so many Cataclysmic-level monsters. My mother is just an ordinary person, and although my father is Cataclysmic-level, he can't carry the burden alone.

After a moment of silence, Ji Minghuan raised his eyes and said, "You guys acted really fast, taking care of those two Salvation Society traitors so quickly?"

“No, when we found your parents, they were already dead,” the mentor said. “Your parents made huge contributions to the Salvation Society, and we could not possibly harm them.”

“Yes, yes, a huge contribution. Their greatest contribution was creating a restricted category without your knowledge. And they might be the only two people in the world, besides the Salvation Society, who knew about the existence of the ‘restricted category.’” Ji Minghuan clapped again. “Of course you’d love to kill them.”

The mentor remained silent.

“If that’s what you think, then we have no way to defend ourselves. We can only find the real culprit and wait for the truth to come out.” He said softly, “Ji Minghuan, we have really tried our best to find your parents, but it’s all too late.”

After speaking, the instructor took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from the pocket of his white coat, put the cigarette to his lips, clicked on the lighter, and bent down to light it.

He took a deep drag on his cigarette, and wisps of smoke rose and swirled around his fingertips.

“Okay… my parents are dead, so be it. It’s over now, it doesn’t matter anyway,” Ji Minghuan said. “The question is, what about my brother? Since you’ve found my parents, you couldn’t have missed my brother, could you? Or is it that my brother was something you made up out of thin air?” The mentor took out a cigarette and held it in his hand. “Here’s the good news I have to tell you: your brother is still alive.”

"He was taken back to the Salvation Church by you?"

“That’s right,” the mentor said. “Because his parents died, his emotions are not very stable. He needs to calm down first. Now that he knows he has an older brother, it may not be a good thing for him. He will have a hard time accepting your existence.”

"Shouldn't I be the one who has a hard time accepting him?"

"In short, if you want to see him, I can arrange a time."

"Why would I see him?" Ji Minghuan asked. "You guys are really good at making arrangements. One Zeus, and then my brother. What exactly are you planning to do?"

"Ji Minghuan has no relatives or friends in this world, only you are left." The mentor said, emphasizing each word.

Ji Minghuan stared at him in silence.

The cold-toned light shone down from the ceiling, making their faces appear deathly pale.

After a moment, he said softly, "First of all, I don't acknowledge this brother I've never even met; secondly, it doesn't matter if it's him or even if my parents came, whether they live or die is none of my business, do you understand?"

“I know,” the mentor said. “Your brother has something very special about him. We have discovered that he has the potential to be a mystery maker, an exorcist, and a superhuman at the same time.”

"what?"

“That’s right, this is a one-of-a-kind case, so we reasonably suspect that you may be like him, a person with the ability to combine three extraordinary systems into one.”

"Oh, I see..." Ji Minghuan suddenly realized, narrowing his eyes, "The prophet must have made a mistake. Actually, my brother is the one who will destroy the world. Otherwise, how can it be explained that I am a Magikarp that can only use Splash, while he is a legendary Pokémon that possesses three different attributes?"

"That is indeed a possibility."

The mentor clasped his hands together and nodded in agreement.

With a "slap!" Ji Minghuan clasped his hands together and bowed his head sharply. "Then can you please release me quickly? My brother can stay here for you to study! Study him however you like."

He paused for a moment, then said expressionlessly:
"By the way, if that prophet really comes to the Salvation Society's base, you guys should quickly send that idiot to see my brother and ask him if he's gotten senile and made a mistake in his prophecy. My lifelong innocence has been ruined just like that, and I've been inexplicably imprisoned for so long."

“Not necessarily.” The mentor shook his head and took a drag of his cigarette. “Although your brother is indeed more suspicious, we can’t let you go yet.”

"why?"

"Because when the prophet arrives, all the truth will naturally be revealed."

"I feel that the root of all evil is that he suddenly realized he had made a wrong prediction about someone, and then came to the Salvation Association in order to see my brother and correct his mistake in time. Do you agree?"

“I’ve said it before, all the answers will be revealed within this month…” the mentor smiled. “So don’t be impatient, Ji Minghuan. If the prophet has misunderstood you, we will definitely apologize to you and let you leave.”

"What about Kong Youling?"

The mentor thought for a moment and said, "Her situation is special. We'll have to wait until I teach her to completely control her superpowers before we talk about it."

"The result is still the same. I won't leave if she doesn't leave, so what should I do next?" Ji Minghuan said. "If there's nothing else, you can hurry up and say goodbye instead of smoking in front of a child and disturbing his sleep."

He sighed: "Or do you think anyone would enjoy inhaling your secondhand smoke?"

“No, there’s one more thing we can talk about.” The mentor took a drag of his cigarette. “We’ve found a lead on the White Raven Brigade. Remember that grumpy officer? You met him a few times when you first came here.”

"I only know a few people here, how could I not know him?"

"His name is Julius, and he is the warden of the Hokkaido Prison for Supernatural Abilities. According to the information we have obtained from him in the past two days, we have heard that a member of the White Raven Brigade is being held in the Hokkaido prison."

"and then?"

"According to that member, the White Raven Brigade might try to break into the prison, but that would be like moths to a flame. Their group only has a few quasi-Cataclysmic level ability users, so trying to break into the prison is just wishful thinking."

At this point, the mentor stubbed out his cigarette, smiled slightly, and said, "Perhaps this time we can wipe out the White Raven Brigade in one fell swoop."

"So this is the real good news... No wonder you were telling me one bad news and one good news, but all I heard before was the bad news. Turns out you were saving the good stuff for last."

"The members of the troupe are indeed vicious. Not only did they threaten you and Kong Youling in the underground bar last time, but they even destroyed the Little Garden Kingdom," the mentor said. "They have seriously affected the balance that the Salvation Society is pursuing, and we will punish them in the most severe way."

"Alright, I'll wait and see. I hope you can teach these bastards a lesson."

As he spoke, Ji Minghuan raised his head and looked at his mentor expressionlessly. He thought, "Let's see who will be the one to suffer the consequences of this prison break."

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(End of this chapter)