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Chapter 322 The Black Chrysalis, and Two Uninvited Guests at the Bookstore (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
2:00 AM on August 12th, Osaka Bookstore.

It was late at night, and the bookstore was quiet inside and out, but the sound of cicadas could be faintly heard from the street. Su Wei sat in a swivel chair, drinking tea and reading a book, while Hei Pupa hung upside down from the ceiling, quietly reading the latest issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump".

A while later, the phone in the trench coat pocket suddenly rang, with a "ding-dong" notification sound.

Hei Yong raised an eyebrow, took out her phone and glanced at it. A message from Gu Qiye popped up at the top of the screen.

[Gu Qiye: The time for the operation has been set: midnight on August 14th.]

[Gu Qiye: Rainbow Wing might not send all its members; they'll leave two people to guard Osaka... It's still uncertain whether the people guarding Osaka are from the Salvation Society. If so, we'll need to figure out how to split up and act.]

[Black Chrysalis: Understood. Just let me know how Rainbow Wing will allocate personnel later.]

"Qi Ye's information?" Su Wei picked up her cup and took a sip of tea.

"At midnight on August 14th, Rainbow Wing will arrive at Nameless Island and launch an offensive against the Light-Eating Bees." Black Chrysalis said while typing, "Rainbow Wing is ruthless, Grandpa. It seems that he intends to wipe out all the Light-Eating Bees on the island, leaving no one behind."

"That means there are two days of free time left."

“That’s right, it’s a bit like a novelist’s deadline. You can’t panic when it gets close to this,” Black Chrysalis said. “You’d better keep an eye on my dad then. I’m really worried he might cause some trouble and ruin things for me and my brother.”

"Don't worry, I've already told him not to act rashly." Su Wei smiled. "You should rest and prepare for battle now, and don't go out and cause trouble. Besides, your current identity isn't suitable for showing your face. If you end up like your sister and get targeted by the Salvation Society, it will be troublesome."

"Okay, as ordered."

As Hei Yong spoke, he looked up from his comic book, tapped his phone screen with his restraints, and sent a few text messages to Gu Qiye.

[Gu Qiye: You said the condition for the birth of a queen bee is that queen bees cannibalize each other?]

[Black Chrysalis: That's right, most likely. But it seems the queuing bees are unaware of this yet.]

[Gu Qiye: How could that be? Maybe they just don't want to kill each other?]

[Black pupa: I'm not sure. I feel there's a problem with the queen bee's connection, which is why the queen bee doesn't know the secret to becoming queen is eating her brother alive.]

Gu Qiye: Is that so?

[Black Pupa: In short, during your operation, try to break up the queen bees as much as possible. Don't let them have a chance to eat the corpses of other queen bees.]

[Gu Qiye: I understand. That's what they mean too. Rainbow Wing's Overloader Garfield left many drones on the island, capable of monitoring the Bee Clan's every move.]

[Gu Qiye: Therefore, we will take advantage of the swarming bees to launch another offensive on the island and defeat them one by one.]

"Stop talking to Qiye, let him get some rest too," Su Wei suddenly interjected.

“It’s okay. My brother is more than a superman.” Black Chrysalis shrugged. “Fun fact: back when we were in school, he only slept two hours a day and had no problems. Not to mention now that he’s super-evolved, I think he doesn’t need sleep anymore.”

"Nonsense," Su Wei scolded indifferently. "Stop focusing on your brother and let him get some rest too."

"alright."

Black Chrysalis squinted, shook her head and sighed heavily, thinking to herself that having her identity exposed brought so many difficulties, and she was always being nagged by her elders, which was annoying to listen to.

He hummed a song as he lowered his head and typed away with his restraints, replying to the other person's message.

[Black Chrysalis: That's cool. Even in Rainbow Wing, elementary school students are still a force to be reckoned with. The creator of this world might be a complete elementary school student. I'll stop here for now; your dear grandpa wants you to get some rest.]

[Gu Qiye: Grandfather, what an unfamiliar word. To be honest, if a fight breaks out, I might not even consider him one of my own.]

[Gu Qiye: After all, we're not familiar with each other.]

[Black Chrysalis: It's okay. Your whole family is like this. You just like to catch and beat your own people. I'm already used to it. 】

After sending the message, Hei Yong looked up from her phone, her gaze fixed on Su Wei with a meaningful look.

"What's wrong?" Su Wei asked gently. "Are you unhappy because I scolded you a little?"

“Uh…actually, I think you could have shown up earlier, so my brother wouldn’t have to work so hard.” Black Chrysalis scratched his chin, finding a way to refute Su Wei.

"At the time, I didn't know how to face you. Rather... if you hadn't come to me by chance, I might never have known how to face you kids," Su Wei said softly, pushing the brewed tea forward.

"Oh, now I know why my brothers and sisters are all so awkward and stubborn. It turns out they inherited it from your grandfather." Black Chrysalis shrugged, teasingly picking up a teacup from the counter with her restraints.

Then he removed his mask, letting the restraints support it, and lowered his head to take a sip of hot tea. His tongue went numb from the heat, and he smacked his lips, strongly suspecting that his grandfather was secretly plotting revenge. Gu Wenyu sighed softly, using the restraints as a fan to cool the tea, and asked Su Wei:
"Where's my dad? I haven't seen him all night. Could he be taking advantage of me taking off my mask to launch a surprise attack and claim me as his father? Just like that diaper demon."

"He's training in the basement." Su Wei took a sip of tea and said with a sigh, "Luckily, this basement is big and deep enough, and the soundproofing is good enough. Otherwise, with the noise he makes, I might be called in for questioning in a heartbeat."

Gu Wenyu leaned close to the edge of the teacup, only to scald his mouth with the tea. He decided to give up and silently put the cup back on the table with the restraints. He then put on his mask and pressed the button on the side of his ear.

He thought for a moment, then looked up and said, "Speaking of which, I still don't know how strong my old man is now."

“I sparred with him a few times today,” Su Wei said slowly. “Compared to when he was still a minor criminal named ‘Ghost Bell,’ he has indeed improved a lot. His strength has even surpassed most of the Calamity-level and is approaching that of the Lake Hunters.”

He paused, "If he had already possessed this level of strength twenty years ago, I wouldn't have hesitated to entrust Su Ying to him back then."

"People always grow through regret, but sometimes the price is too heavy." Black Chrysalis said, then suddenly tilted her head, as if she had discovered something extraordinary. "Oh? So you were also paying attention to the Ghost Bell in your early years. What was the reason?"

"I was just worried that Kino would be beaten to death by him, so I kept an eye on Oni-zune for a while, and when I was bored, I even studied his abilities. Once, when Kino and Oni-zune got into a fight, I even stepped in to help."

As she spoke, Su Wei shook her head and sighed, "But I never expected that you would tell me in the end that my good son-in-law is Gui Zhong. My feelings are so complicated."

“It’s alright, Grandpa.” Hei Yong nodded, showing deep sympathy, and then said with a measured tone, “There are probably many things in this family that could make you feel complicated. Welcome to our Gu family.”

He paused for a moment: "So, what specific abilities does my dad have right now?"

“He can actively control the position of the clock hands, meaning he can choose whichever of the twelve abilities he needs. Also, the number of seconds he can pause time has increased from one second to…” Su Wei’s voice suddenly stopped here.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly turned his head to look at the door.

Suddenly, a soft, tearing sound came from outside the bookstore. Then a gust of wind descended from the sky, sweeping across the streets of Osaka, dimming the rows of neon signs, which seemed to be extinguished for a moment like candles.

Black Chrysalis paused for a moment, closed "Weekly Shonen Jump," silently placed it on the bookshelf, and then turned to look outside the bookstore.

"Hmm... what's that noise?" he asked. "I had no idea that a bookstore would have customers in the middle of the night?"

“It should be the queen bee of the Light-Eating Bee clan, named ‘Joe’,” Su Wei said. “He was reading in my shop yesterday.”

Black Chrysalis paused for a moment, then squinted. "Grandpa, your shop has so many customers. It seems I'll have to think twice before borrowing books from now on, wondering if I might borrow the book that Lord Bee wants to read."

Su Wei remained silent, her expression still calm, but a hint of seriousness could be seen in her eyes behind her glasses.

He could sense that there was more than one eerie and majestic aura. At this moment, there were at least two beings of equal rank outside the bookstore—which meant that the Great Bee Lord "Joe" had not come alone! It had brought another Bee Lord with it.

"Wenyu, become invisible first," Su Wei instructed. "Don't reveal yourself until I give you permission, and hurry up!"

The black pupa silently narrowed its eyes, nodded without a sound, and wrapped itself in the restraints to become a huge, pitch-black pupa. Then, the pupa slowly disappeared.

He wouldn't question Su Wei's decision; after all, the other party was a veteran Calamity-level powerhouse, and his judgment was bound to be superior to his. A while later, sure enough, two strange and imposing figures approached from outside the shop.

Their footsteps were slow and gentle, seemingly without hostility. But Su Wei remained tense.

Joe walked into the bookstore, his long tail curling up, his dark gold eyes still cold and bright;
Following closely behind was a slender figure with a human female face—her pupils were blue, she wore a sea-blue dress, had a blue bow in her short hair, and a pair of huge wings on her back.

"Did you bring a friend this time?" Su Wei adjusted her glasses and asked Qiao.

“Yes, this is our clan’s three-horse lord, ‘Cameron,’” Joe introduced.

"She's here to read books too?"

“No, her wings can become invisible, so she won’t be detected when she flies me away from the island. That way, she won’t attract those superhumans,” Joe said. “Since I’m a guest, I should act like one and try not to cause you any trouble.”

"Not bad, I didn't expect you to be so well-mannered." Su Wei chuckled softly.

“Joe, making friends with humans… if Her Majesty the Queen Bee finds out, that would be a huge problem,” Cameron said quietly, resting his finger on his chin.

Joe remained expressionless. But the next moment, he suddenly looked up at the bookstore's ceiling.

The ceiling was clearly blank, yet he stared intently at it. After a while, Qiao turned around, his cold gaze fixed on Su Wei, and asked, almost word by word:

"Didn't you bring a friend along too?"

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