My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 290 Determination, Hatred, and Unexpected News (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Has the symptoms of your ability going out of control worsened?" Yuriel asked after a moment of silence.

Just now, when she looked up, she vaguely saw wisps of electricity remaining in the darkness through the rearview mirror. Moreover, Gu Qiye's appearance was not quite right; he had his head down and his face was as pale as a paper doll.

"It's not that bad, it's not out of control yet," Gu Qiye said softly. "I was just doing a simple test. Maybe if I use the black type of electric sample more often, it will gradually become more stable, so it won't fail in actual combat."

“Is that so?” Yuriel replied.

She glanced briefly up from her tablet at the young man sitting behind her. The interior lights of the carriage were off, and his face was shrouded in the shadows of the back seat. For some reason, his expression vaguely conveyed a sense of struggle and pain.

At this moment, Gu Qiye's mind was filled with mixed thoughts.

Patience is key. I have more than one enemy, and it's too early to reveal my identity. The person who killed my mother hasn't been found yet. If I kill her now, my identity will be exposed, and I won't be able to stay in Rainbow Wing any longer.

So I have to continue to be patient... now is not the time.

Thinking of this, Gu Qiye's right hand, hidden in the shadows, suddenly dropped, and the black lightning that had been dancing at his fingertips went out. He breathed a sigh of relief, wearily closed his eyes, and stopped observing Yuriel's back.

“I was thinking… do you need to turn back and get a medical check-up?” Yuriel asked in a low voice.

"No...I don't need it."

Gu Qiye spoke softly, then shook her head.

“I respect your personal choice, but please report it promptly when necessary,” Yuriel said. “Every Cataclysmic-level ability user is a valuable asset, so you must realize the importance of your physical condition.”

She swiped her finger across the screen, adopting her usual robotic tone, and said casually:
"According to the records, during the years you served as an Aberrant in Lijing, you did not like to rely on the Aberrant Association's medical team. Unless the injury was so severe that you lost consciousness, most of the time you would choose to treat your wounds simply on your own and rely on your body's self-healing ability to get through it, rather than accepting help from the logistics personnel."

"so what?"

"This is very strange behavior. You can clearly choose not to fight alone."

Gu Qiye made up a lame excuse, "I just don't trust them. One of my colleagues died because of a mistake by the logistics staff."

“But Rainbow Wing is different. We have the world’s top medical team behind us. You can entrust your body to them with peace of mind,” Yuriel said. “They are different from the makeshift team of the Outcasts Association.”

Gu Qi nodded absentmindedly. He was in a very agitated mood. He knew in his heart that she was his enemy and he didn't want to hear her speak at all, but when he heard her emotionless voice, he couldn't help but calm down.

"Are you concerned about me?" he suddenly asked.

Yuriel's fingertips paused slightly on the screen, then after a moment, she casually resumed swiping. "No, this is just advice for a colleague," she said.

"Thank you."

"Has your family not contacted you?" Yuriel asked suddenly after a moment of silence.

She didn't understand how to make the person in the rearview mirror take her seriously. The historical data also showed that, according to the association's psychologists' assessment, the Outcast Blue Arc had obvious self-destructive tendencies, which was why, as it appeared, he neglected his own problems but valued other people's lives so much.

Perhaps his family could help him understand that he should care more about himself? Yu Ruier guessed, waiting for Gu Qiye's response.

Gu Qiye remained silent for a long, long time before shaking his head.

"No."

"why?"

“Because…because my dad likes to disappear, he’ll vanish for half a month at a time; thanks to him, my sister often runs away from home without a word.” Gu Qiye said in a low voice, “But I also have a younger brother, who is relatively well-behaved and rarely causes any trouble. Now he’s the only one left at home, and I’m a little worried about whether he’s eating properly.”

"So, your carefree younger brother, doesn't he contact you usually?"

"No, my brother doesn't like texting people much; he's rather introverted."

Yuriel thought for a moment, then asked, "So, what kind of person is your father...?"

She seemed a little uncomfortable with being called "Dad," but she still went along with Gu Qiye's habit of speaking.

To be honest, it's a bit jarring to hear such an intimate and down-to-earth word from a girl who is so precise in every word and phrase, almost like a robot.

Gu Qiye leaned the back of the chair against the wall, cleared her mind, thought for a while, and finally spoke.

“Hmm… my dad?” he said casually as he thought. “He’s an irritable, stubborn, and difficult person. Once he’s made up his mind about something, no matter what others say, he won’t listen. He’s completely unreasonable. But many people in our family have inherited this trait from him, including me.”

As he finished speaking, he suddenly grinned.

Before joining Rainbow Wing, Gu Qiye would never have imagined that he would be sitting in his enemy's car, discussing his father, whom she had killed...

The scene was so ironic it made him laugh. His laughter was out of place, as if he were laughing at someone else, or perhaps mocking himself. He didn't want to open his eyes, didn't want to see himself in the rearview mirror, afraid he would want to tear that hypocritical face to shreds.

“That sounds terrible,” Yuriel said in a low voice.

“Actually, he used to be a very good and reliable person. Although he wasn’t good with words, he was gentle and had principles. He would always bring us delicious food after get off work,” Gu Qiye said. “His mother’s death changed him.”

“I was going to ask you what it feels like to have family who care about you,” Uriel said, “but your family situation doesn’t seem to be ideal, so maybe I should avoid these topics.”

She paused, then lowered her icy blue eyes. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at communicating with others."

Before she could finish speaking, Yuriel said quietly and earnestly, "But it's not because of the age gap. Although I've said that my actual age is older than my biological age, I'm only one year older than you."

Why are you arguing about such a nonsensical question?

"do not know."

“Actually, I guessed it. Your real age should be around twenty-something. After all, what old lady or aunt would like to play a lot of mobile games?” Yuriel was silent for a moment, then said calmly, “Based on my observation, when you say that, it means that for a second you thought to yourself that I might be an old aunt or an old lady.”

Gu Qiye was too exhausted to speak, so she simply avoided the question.

Yuriel tapped away on the tablet, while Gu Qiye felt exhausted, so she closed her eyes and rested quietly. The vast underground parking lot was deathly silent.

After a moment, Gu Qiye suddenly spoke up: "Every time I go on a mission, I've always been thinking about a question. I don't know if you have a similar thought."

"what is the problem?"

"Have you ever thought that the people you killed also have families?"

As Gu Qiye spoke, he slowly opened his eyes and looked directly at Yu Ruier's face through the rearview mirror.

“Generally speaking, the people the UN needs us to deal with are either people who have killed many people or whose level of danger has exceeded the scope of considering whether the other party has any family members,” Uriel said. “So I didn’t think about it.”

"Is that so?"

“During your time as an Outcast Blue Arc, you always caught criminals and put them in jail,” Yuriel said. “But Rainbow Wings does things differently. For us, it’s common to make targets disappear into thin air, which helps to ensure the secrecy of our missions.”

"I understand."

Anyway... let's go have dinner first.

Yuriel put down her tablet and started the Maybach with the remote key. She pressed the accelerator, and the car roared out of the underground garage. The setting sun shone down, illuminating the Manhattan avenues, making the glass facades of the skyscrapers gleam like the sea at sunset.

Gu Qiye sat alone in the back seat, silently opening his phone. He finally dared to look at the text message Hei Yong had just sent—if it weren't for this message, he might have already pierced Yu Rui'er's heart.

Deep down, he knew he couldn't delay any longer; the more he learned about his enemy, the more indecisive he would become. He was just that kind of weak person.

Gu Qiye knew himself well. When he couldn't treat his enemies as animals, merely beings to whom he could project negative emotions, but instead tried to treat them as living, breathing people with the same emotions as him... killing them would bring him nothing.

He will not experience pleasure, nor will he let himself off the hook. All his efforts may only result in an even tighter shackle being fastened to his heart.

Therefore, before he knew the other person well and before he hesitated, he had to kill the person in the rearview mirror.

Thinking of this, Gu Qiye's eyes slowly turned cold, and he silently stared at the text message from Hei Yong.

[Black Chrysalis: How could you block me for so long?]

[Black Chrysalis: Did you have a good time in Japan? Uh, it seems like it's the middle of the night there, you're not already asleep, are you? I have some good news for you.]

[Gu Qiye: I'm confirming with you one last time, the one who killed my father was the Ice Girl, Yuriel, right?]

[Black Chrysalis: Did I say that?]

[Gu Qiye: You're still playing me. She already told me herself that it was she who... killed Gui Zhong that day.]

[Black Chrysalis: What I mean is... it doesn't matter who killed Ghost Bell, okay?]

Gu Qiye's face twitched slightly; at this moment, he was completely enraged. Veins bulged on the back of his hand as he forcefully typed each word on the screen and sent it.

Gu Qiye: Are you kidding me?

On the other side of the screen, Black Chrysalis did not respond to his anger with words, but suddenly sent a photo.

Gu Qiye frowned, slowly raised her hand and poked the photo. The enlarged photo came into view, and every detail was very clear, allowing one to see everything at a glance.

This is a selfie. The background of the photo is a bookstore. There are two faces in the photo. One of them is wearing a shirt, sitting in a swivel chair behind the counter, wearing glasses, and has a slightly squinted smile.

The other man stood in front of the counter, his left hand in his pocket. He wore a tattered black jacket, had a stubble beard and messy hair; he was a disheveled old man. His expression was somewhat awkward as he raised his hand to scratch the stubble on his chin.

"This is..." Gu Qiye froze on the spot, staring blankly at the disheveled man, and almost blurted out, "Father...?"

Immediately afterward, another "ding" sounded from his phone, disrupting Gu Qiye's shocked and confused thoughts. Then, a message popped up and appeared in his eyes.

[Black Chrysalis: Uh... The reason I said it doesn't matter who killed Mr. Ghost Bell is because Mr. Ghost Bell didn't die at all. With the help of me and Dr. Zelsi, he faked his death and escaped.]

Gu Qiye leaned back in his seat, the crimson sunlight of dusk streaming through the car window and illuminating his face. His expression was neither happy nor sad, just blank and bewildered.

[Black Chrysalis: And I have some good news for you. Look, look, look at the photo I just sent you. What a harmonious scene!]

[Black Chrysalis: Let me formally introduce you. The man wearing glasses in the photo is your maternal grandfather. What do you think? Doesn't he look younger than your dad?]

[Black Chrysalis: Your grandpa's pretty trendy. He took a selfie with your dad and sent it to me. (Shh... Actually, this is typical old person behavior. I'm already hallucinating that my grandma is taking a selfie with her grandson and then setting the photo as her phone wallpaper.)]

[Black Chrysalis: What a loving family! My tears are almost flowing. Now we can all unite to avenge Ms. Su Ying. See you in Japan in a few days!]

Gu Qiye was stunned for a long time before finally raising his hand and typing a single word on the screen.

Gu Qiye: Huh?

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