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Chapter 293 Gu Wenyu: I am the Black Chrysalis (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The train demon sped through the time tunnel. Inside carriage number 7, a tall, dark figure said something.

Then he raised his hand and slowly removed the metal mask from his face.

At that moment, the world fell silent. The roar of the engine seemed to have disappeared. Ke Qirui watched this scene silently, her eyes flashing with shock and surprise, but even more so with doubt, a doubt she could not dispel.

Her thoughts were in complete disarray, but Black Chrysalis seemed oblivious, offering no explanation whatsoever.

He took off his mask, closed his eyes, raised his face expressionlessly, and took a breath of fresh air, like a goldfish surfacing to breathe.

Ke Qirui took a deep breath and stared in horror at the boy who was breathing deeply with his eyes closed. No matter how many times she looked at him, she had to admit that she was not seeing things and that what she was seeing was not an illusion.

That's right, the young face that comes into view is undoubtedly Su Zimai's second brother.

Gu Wenyu.

No matter how much she tried to convince herself, no matter how real the scene before her was, Ke Qirui found it difficult to overlap this still-childish face with the eerie, playful, and almost omniscient shadow in her memory.

But the truth was starkly clear: the dark red mask in Gu Wenyu's hand gleamed coldly in the dim light, reflecting Ke Qirui's bewildered face.

Ke Qirui's thoughts were racing.

In fact, a month ago, Ke Qirui had already guessed this possibility: Gu Wenyu was the Black Chrysalis.

At that time, she even discussed with Su Zimai how to remove Gu Wenyu's mask and expose his true colors. However, after a series of tests, she had to reject her conjecture.

But precisely because of this, she was even more surprised than anyone else. A possibility that she had rejected long ago had been unexpectedly confirmed a month later.

It's like a bullet fired in the past hitting you right between the eyebrows right now.

It took her a long time to process what was happening before her.

The park in Lijing, the ramen shop in Japan, every place where Hei Yong appeared, and the memories of her past interactions with Gu Wenyu and Hei Yong all flooded her mind like a torrent.

Although this was a belated attempt—shooting the arrow first and then drawing the target—at this moment, all the seemingly illogical connections finally came together to form a reasonable, yet shocking, explanation:
—Gu Wenyu is the black pupa.

After a moment, Ke Qirui finally let go of the pipe she was holding, and her slightly bewildered expression changed.

"Gu...Wenyu?"

She slowly uttered the other person's name, her voice filled with surprise echoing in the carriage, only to be drowned out by the rumble of the train.

The carriage remained deathly silent.

Gu Wenyu didn't rush to answer her. Instead, he placed the mask on the seat beside him and smoothed his flattened hair.

After that, he raised his eyes and met Ke Qirui's gaze without blinking.

"Please, who else could it be? Do you think I have a twin brother?" he asked curiously.

After removing the voice changer, both his voice and tone sounded like those of an ordinary, unremarkable young man.

"So it was you..." Ke Qirui was still in a daze, staring directly into his eyes, and murmured, "Wait a minute, is this some kind of disguise trick or something?"

“That’s right, it really is me. Otherwise, you can try to see if you can tear my face off.” Gu Wenyu put the mask into his pocket and said jokingly, “Well… actually, Gui Zhong tried that too, but the situation was a bit special at the time, so even if he tore off my face, it wouldn’t work.”

Ke Qirui put the pipe into her pocket and stared at him without moving.

After a moment, she lowered her eyes and said, recalling the moment, "When we first met in the park, when you shook my hand..."

Gu Wenyu interrupted her, "At the time, I didn't know your background, so I tested you with restraints. Then, I found out you were an exorcist."

“I knew it…” Ke Qirui lowered her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled. “I knew that strange feeling back then wasn’t my imagination, but too many things happened afterward, so I didn’t dwell on it anymore.”

“You’re right, you’ve saved me a lot of trouble,” Gu Wenyu said. “Revealing my identity too early wouldn’t do me any good, at least we wouldn’t have gotten along so well at the auction.”

"Speaking of which, your restraints have so many functions. Not only can they change color, steal superpowers, seal superpowers, force the other party to tell the truth, but they can even read the other party's memories the moment they touch them?"

"Haha, then let's just consider it as reading memories."

"So, you already trusted me back then?"

“My younger sister isn’t an ordinary person either, so I wasn’t really surprised when I learned about your identity,” Gu Wenyu said casually. “Luckily, you’re a well-known figure among exorcists, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to entrust my sister to you.”

He chuckled, "Although you almost led her astray and turned her from a human into a diaper demon, I won't hold it against you."

Ke Qirui thought for a moment: "Then how did you manage to appear at both the Tokyo Tower and in front of us at the ramen shop? That doesn't make sense."

"Still don't you understand? It should be easy to guess."

Gu Wenyu raised his eyebrows and spoke with interest, then raised his hand and peeled off a piece of black restraints from the cuff of his black trench coat.

The restraints, like thousands of tiny snakes, hissed as they fell to the floor, gradually piling up into a human shape. Then the human shape stood up, the restraints wrapping around its entire body.

Looking at this scene, Ke Qirui murmured with a complicated expression, "So it was a clone... I should have expected it. The Black Chrysalis's methods couldn't be that simple."

She breathed a sigh of relief. "After all, you've surprised me far too many times."

"Just good luck," Gu Wenyu said casually. "Just good luck? You're being too modest. You clearly had us completely fooled, and almost everything was under your control. I thought you were some kind of messenger sent by a god, or some unknown prophet."

Actually, I'm quite afraid of you.

"Why?" Ke Qirui asked, puzzled.

Gu Wenyu said irritably, "Because your intuition is so accurate it's almost inhuman. For a while, I had to avoid you, afraid that a single glance would make you realize my identity."

“Actually, my intuition comes from the Sky Drive,” Ke Qirui explained. “My retro one-way mirror does more than just store and summon demons; it brings me superb inspiration and outstanding intuition. That’s why I found it strange that time. Generally speaking, my intuition rarely goes wrong, but it didn’t work on you.”

"Oh, that's it."

"Actually, I think I should be afraid of you. Do you know how I feel right now?" Ke Qirui curled the corners of her lips.

"tell me the story?"

Ke Qirui let out a long sigh of relief, glanced up at Gu Wenyu, then quickly looked away, and said with a sigh:
"It's like watching a fake person wandering around in front of you. It feels like your worldview is about to be turned upside down. I have a feeling I'm going to have nightmares tonight."

"Say what you will." Gu Wenyu shrugged dismissively, thinking to himself that the person in front of him was a hypocrite.

"Are you really only seventeen?" Ke Qirui suddenly asked.

Why would you ask such a question?

"From the bottom of my heart, I don't believe that a seventeen-year-old could have such an ability to build a complex network of relationships, get involved with every force, exchange intelligence, and thus guide everyone around him... And what's most unbelievable is that you can actually get involved with such a mysterious organization as the Salvation Society and fight against them. I find it very puzzling."

As Gu Wenyu read the book, he wondered, "Could I possibly tell you that I'm actually only twelve years old?"
He curled the corners of his lips into a smirk and said mockingly, "If I were an adult, why would I need you to be my international driver?"

Ke Qirui was taken aback, and then couldn't help but laugh, "So, you really are a minor, which is why you can't buy international tickets on your own."

"That's why I said your intuition is frighteningly accurate. You always say the most surprising things. From my perspective, don't you think you're terrifying?"

“No matter what…” Ke Qirui raised her eyes and looked at the seemingly ordinary boy again, and said from the bottom of her heart, “Gu Wenyu, you’ve been hiding it really well. It’s only now that I’ve recovered. I’ve really lost completely.”

She laughed self-deprecatingly, put the pipe in her mouth, lowered her eyes, and asked, "So why did you only tell me?"

"Because I thought about it for a while, and I'm telling you this won't actually have any impact on my actions."

"That's true. I'm not your family, so I have no right to criticize you." Ke Qirui nodded in understanding, then asked, "So, you've been secretly protecting Xiaomai all this time?"

"Can we not protect her?" Gu Wenyu said. "I hope you can keep what I just told you a secret from my sister for now."

“I understand. You’re worried that after you die, your sister won’t know who Black Chrysalis really is.”

“Yes, if I really die next, you can tell her my identity.” Gu Wenyu said casually. “Actually, I really want to take off my mask in front of her and see this idiot sister’s reaction, but I might not be able to see it.”

Ke Qirui silently looked at Gu Wenyu, then turned to look out the window and remained silent for a long while.

One of them was reading a detective novel, and the other was reading a philosophy book to pass the time.

In the stillness, the scenery outside the car window rushed by: Tokyo Tower, Empire State Building, Big Ben, Pearl Tower... Buildings that would never normally appear in the same place were connected in a distorted space-time.

After a moment, Ke Qirui loosened his pipe, exhaled a puff of smoke, and then sighed softly.

“I take back what I said before. I originally thought that if you died, Xiaomai would only be sad for a while and would soon forget about you.” She said meaningfully, “But now it seems that it’s different. She will be too sad to cheer up.”

“That’s still better than keeping it from her all along.” Gu Wenyu thought for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly. “I have a good friend who was on his deathbed and still didn’t know who I was. Don’t you think he was stupid?”

"Your family is really something, do you have to be so obsessed with revenge?" Ke Qirui shook her head. "Wouldn't it be better to just live peacefully like this?"

“I can’t. Actually, I have some connection with the Salvation Society, but how should I put it?” Gu Wenyu said, “Just like the matter Lin Zhengquan is investigating, I’m not at liberty to tell you.”

He paused for a moment: "And Rainbow Wing happens to have a direct connection with the Salvation Society. I can't stop investigating. Even if there's only one thread, I have to catch it. But I don't know what the outcome will be."

“Xiaomai, she may complain, but she actually likes you a lot as her brother.”

"I know."

"You still don't want to tell her in person?" Ke Qirui said, "about the fact that 'you are actually the black chrysalis'."

"If I come back alive, I'll tell her myself; but if I don't, I'll have you pass on the message to her."

"But I still can't keep it from Xiaomai, otherwise if her brother dies in such an unclear way, she will resent me for the rest of her life."

"So do you think Su Zimai would just sit idly by if she knew what I was involved in?"

"No. Knowing Xiaomai's personality, she will definitely come to help you no matter how dangerous it is."

“That’s right,” Gu Wenyu said. “If you really cared about her even a little bit, you shouldn’t have told her now.”

Ke Qirui was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, I promise you."

She slowly raised her head, looked directly into Gu Wenyu's eyes, and said softly, "But from the bottom of my heart, Gu Wenyu, I hope you can survive."

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