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Chapter 271 The Eight Members of the Brigade, Siblings, Hokkaido (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Shall we leave for Japan today?"

"boarding."

In Upper Manhattan, New York, a bright red Ferrari was parked directly in front of a villa. Inside the Ferrari sat a striking white-haired young woman, wearing a light blue denim jacket and light blue mid-length casual pants that revealed her shapely calves.

"Didn't the mission file say we'd go to Hokkaido tomorrow?" Gu Qiye looked up at Yu Ruier.

He was wearing a black shirt today, and the summer sun was shining down, causing his eyelids to droop slightly.

"I usually prefer to prepare the day before a task begins, just in case. And in my experience, this approach has been very effective."

Yuriel's answer was brief, and her icy blue eyes behind her sunglasses turned to meet Gu Qiye's gaze.

He got into the car and casually closed the door.

Yuriel started the engine, and the red Ferrari roared away. The girl's silver-white hair fluttered wildly in the wind, but her face remained expressionless, as pure as an ice sculpture.

"Where's Ruri Urushihara?" Gu Qiye asked casually.

“She’s already on the plane,” Uriel said.

The two stopped talking.

A moment later, the Ferrari braked sharply and stopped near the Empire State Building. Gu Qiye looked up in the sunlight and saw a spacious private airport directly in front of him, with rows of private planes parked inside.

Yu Ruier got out of the car first, and Gu Qiye followed behind her expressionlessly and boarded the plane.

The moment he entered the cabin, he saw the back of Ruri Urushihara; she was still wearing a black jacket and trousers.

"Hello, emotionless girl and Sonic..." Ruri Urushihara looked down at the newspaper, greeted the two without turning her head, and waved her right hand from the back of her chair.

"I am not Sonic."

"I am not a nobody."

Gu Qiye and You Ruier spoke in unison, then turned their heads at the same time and exchanged a silent glance.

“Personally, I feel you’re actually quite Sonic.” Yuriel looked down and opened her browser. “Characteristics: fast running, blue.”

As she spoke, she picked up her phone to show the search results, and a picture of a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog popped up.

Gu Qiye looked at the photo on her phone and remained silent for a moment before saying, "I'm black now."

"There's not much difference; Sonic also comes in a black version."

As Yuriel spoke, she added keywords and searched for a few more photos.

“Okay, then I feel like you’re pretty much a nobody too.” Gu Qiye paused for a moment, then shrugged. “Although I don’t understand what ‘nobody’ means.”

Ruri Urushihara flipped through the newspaper and said calmly, "In Japanese anime, 'sanmu' means 'silent,' 'expressionless,' and 'heartless,' and it usually refers to those cute and quirky girls with eccentric personalities."

“I always felt that you and my brother got along well,” Gu Qiye said. “He understands these things better.”

"Then let me meet your brother next time. I've never dated a high school boy before," Ruri Urushihara said with a smile.

"It's a pity, he prefers the silver-swallowing one."

Gu Qiye spoke calmly, found a seat in the cabin, and turned to look out the window in a daze.

Yu Ruier sat down behind Gu Qiye, put on her white Apple headphones, and picked up her tablet to start a fishing game.

Gu Qiye opened her phone and glanced at the calendar. It was 8:00 AM local time in New York on August 7th.

Based on the time difference and flight schedule, by the time the plane arrived in Hokkaido, Japan, it would be around noon on August 8th, local time there.

Yuriel is right. If the White Raven Brigade had launched their prison break plan during this time, it would have been too late by the time they arrived. Flying to Japan a day earlier would have been the right thing to do.

However, the UN and Japanese officials are quite relaxed. They've heard that the person in charge of the Hokkaido superpower prison is a catastrophe-level superpower user, so they don't think the White Raven Brigade can overcome this obstacle.

After all, the strongest member of the Phantom Troupe is only a near-Cataclysmic level, and the most threatening near-Cataclysmic level ability user among them has been injected with ability suppressants and is locked up in prison, namely "Rukawa Chiba".

The information states that Rukawa Chiba is a rare psychic ability user whose ability is to absorb emotional power. Different emotions can provide him with different powers, and brainwashing an ordinary person is no problem for him.

The greater the emotional fluctuations, the more extreme and powerful the force he can generate. Among these, the most prominent are "hatred," "fear," "rage," and "despair." With just a little manipulation of these emotions, Rukawa Chiba can even make a complete stranger commit suicide by shooting himself in a short period of time.

Because of the side effects of his superpower, Rukawa Chiba has been extremely sensitive to the emotions of those around him since childhood. As a result, his personality can be described as withdrawn and gloomy. He has an extreme aversion to people with extreme emotional fluctuations, but unfortunately, his family members are all hysterical.

So, after his patience reached its limit, he buried his abusive and alcoholic father in the ground and altered his mother's head, turning her into an emotionless doll.

As he grew older, Rukawa Chiba's passion only intensified. He became a neurosurgeon, dedicated to using surgery to eliminate patients' emotional distress.

This method is even more dangerous than a lobotomy, but the advantage is that the patient only loses emotions, not the ability to think normally.

Finally, seeking a peaceful environment, he moved from the bustling metropolis to a remote mountain village, where he practiced medicine free of charge. He never charged money; whenever villagers came to him for help, he would use surgery to calm their emotions, making the world seem less noisy. However, this peaceful life didn't last long. Soon, Rukawa Chiba's whereabouts were exposed, and the Japanese government's supernatural ability protection team came looking for him. Just then, the White Crow Brigade arrived. They accepted Rukawa Chiba, making this eccentric genius who didn't fit in with the world one of their own.

However, a few years later, during an operation by the White Raven Brigade, Rukawa Chiba unfortunately fell into the hands of the authorities and was imprisoned in the Hokkaido Supernatural Prison. This prison is heavily guarded; if there were a ranking of supernatural prisons worldwide, it would definitely be among the top.

So for the past few years, Rukawa Chiba has been living a peaceful life in prison, eating, drinking, and using the restroom, occasionally going to the library to read books. He has been living this life day after day. Even the members of the White Raven Brigade have probably changed several times. No one thinks that anyone will come to rescue this strange doctor who has already gone mad.

Just a week ago, when Rukawa Chiba saw the newspaper, he suddenly laughed hoarsely and told the prisoners in the jail, "The Phantom Troupe is coming... They're coming to save me." Such abrupt words, coupled with the good deeds the Phantom Troupe had done in the Whale Garden recently, naturally attracted widespread attention.

Gu Qiye silently looked at the photo on the file. Rukawa Chiba was wearing a white shirt and frameless glasses. He looked refined and approachable, just like a meticulous scholar.

He put down his phone and turned to look at Urushihara Ruri, who was reading a newspaper from a few days ago, which still featured wanted photos of members of the White Raven Brigade.

Upon seeing the photo of the White Raven Brigade leader in the newspaper, Gu Qiye suddenly paused. He recalled the leader's self-introduction at the auction that day: "Qi Yuanli, this is my real name."

"Qi...Yuan?"

Gu Qiye raised an eyebrow, murmured the familiar surname, and glanced at Qiyuan Liuli out of the corner of her eye once again.

"What, why are you staring at me?" Ruri Urushihara turned to look at him, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Want to chat with me for a bit?"

"No, I just suddenly remembered that the leader of the White Raven Brigade once introduced himself to me, saying that his name was 'Qi Yuanli,' which is the same surname as yours."

“There are many people in Japan with the surname Urushihara, but that doesn’t mean I have any connection with him,” Urushihara Ruri said. “Besides, criminals like him usually don’t give their real names, so you don’t need to take it seriously.”

"makes sense."

"Let me make this clear beforehand, I am not a combatant. After we arrive in Japan, I will be responsible for supporting you and Yuriel... If, in my judgment, you two are involved in a life-threatening conflict with the enemy, I will rescue you immediately, rather than letting you fight to the bitter end," said Urushihara Ruri. "In today's world, Cataclysmic-level ability users are extremely rare and highly sought after, so the United Nations' current policy is to ensure that Rainbow Wing personnel are not injured or killed as much as possible."

She paused for a moment, then raised her clear, glassy eyes. "You must understand how precious your life is, instead of taking yourself for granted like you did during the 'Blue Arc' era, understand?"

Gu Qiye withdrew his gaze and nodded silently. He thought that it was because life was precious that the higher-ups couldn't find a substitute.

He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and suddenly the faces of his younger brother and sister appeared in his mind. He wondered how they were doing now.

At 8 p.m. Japan time on August 7, at a ski resort on a mountaintop in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

It was still the height of summer, and it hadn't started snowing yet, so the ski resort was naturally deserted, with no tourists in sight. Only a wooden sign with a small snowman painted on it stood crookedly in the ground.

However, the six figures of the White Raven Brigade are gathered here at this moment: Bloodline, Ripper, Child Bamboo, Hacker, Robert, and the leader, Qi Yuanli.

Qi Yuanli stood on the mountainside, his hands in his trench coat pockets, looking down at the distant scenery. "A few kilometers ahead, you can see that prison for superhumans. Rukawa Chiba is imprisoned there."

"I've never seen this member of the group before, and I'm a little curious about what he looks like," the Ripper said casually as he wiped his demon sword.

“We haven’t seen the doctor in a long time either,” Bloodline laughed. “I wonder how he’s been doing lately.” “Doctor” was their nickname for “Rukawa Chiba,” a term tinged with teasing.

Tong Zizhu muttered, "I don't really understand your thinking. It's no wonder you're locked up in that kind of awful place."

"It's hard to say." Robert scratched the robot's head. "Given the doctor's personality, he might actually find prison peaceful, since there aren't many superhuman criminals in the same cell as him."

“That’s what masochists are like.” The hacker shrugged.

As the group was chatting, two figures suddenly walked into the ski resort from a distance. One was a young man wearing a black hoodie, and the other was a girl wearing an ochre-red kimono.

Xia Pingzhou walked over slowly. "Everyone arrived so quickly. I thought you would be late."

“New guy, saying that won’t cover up the fact that you’re an hour late, nor will it help ease the awkwardness.” Robert touched the antenna on his head.

"Is he still considered a newcomer?" The Ripper tilted his head. "There's an even newer newcomer who died before him."

"Can you guys stop saying things like that? It sounds really unlucky. Maybe I'll die before Xia Pingzhou, just like Bernardo did." Tong Zizhu hugged his shoulders, shook his head and sighed.

"You'll have to ask her why we were late."

Xia Pingzhou raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and gestured to Ayase Origami beside him with his chin raised.

The group members looked at the girl in the pure white kimono, who resembled a doll.

"I was very sleepy, so I slept a little longer." Origami Ayase said succinctly, and there was no trace of regret in her clear voice.

"Oh my, you two are still as sweet as ever." Bloodline shrugged. "I'm a little envious."

"What's there to envy? You're a long-lived old woman who loves love. Once you find your 1001, you can be just as sweet..." Before the hacker could finish speaking, the Bloodline raised his hand and flicked his head.

Qi Liyuan released a crow from the back of his hand, watched it fly to the distant majestic mountains, and slowly turned his head back.

"Now that everyone's here, let's talk about tomorrow's operation," he said expressionlessly.

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(End of this chapter)