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Chapter 409 Su Zimai's Mask, The Gu Family Arrives (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Beijing, China. The time is midnight on August 27th. A corner of the port.

In a corner of the port, Gu Wenyu sat on a public wooden bench playing on his phone, while Su Zimai sat silently beside him.

At this moment, the night fell like a curtain over the harbor, and all around was deserted. In the distance, the windmills were slowly turning, and the waves rose and fell, crashing against the shore and breaking into spray.

After a while, Gu Wenyu suddenly stretched out his right hand without raising his head, and a restraint strap emerged from the sleeve of his trench coat.

The restraints, like a nimble little black snake, slowly descended, took a ten-yuan coin from his trench coat pocket, wrapped it around the coin, and stuffed it into the coin slot of the vending machine next to him.

Immediately afterwards, the black restraints clicked on the vending machine screen and purchased a can of beer and a bottle of Want Want milk.

With a "beep beep" sound, two bottles of beverages clattered into the opening at the bottom of the machine.

Su Zimai then turned her head and quietly watched this scene.

The restraint straps were seen taking two bottles of drinks from the retrieval slot and then retracting back onto the public wooden bench.

As she handed the Want Want milk to Su Zimai, she unscrewed the cap of the beer can, and with a "click," steam escaped from the plastic can.

Su Zimai silently reached out and took the milk from the restraints, then shook hands with the restraints and shook them vigorously twice to express her gratitude.

Gu Wenyu was too lazy to reach out and take the drink. The restraint belt handed him the beer, like a personal maid serving her master. He lowered his head, brought the bottle close to the opening, and took a sip, his pupils reflecting the glow of the phone screen.

After a while, he belatedly reached out and took the beer from the restraints.

"Can you let go?" Gu Wenyu suddenly asked.

"No."

Su Zimai snorted coldly, drinking Want Want milk while swinging back and forth on the restraints.

Are you a primary school student?

Gu Wenyu sighed softly and forcibly pulled the restraints back from Su Zimai's hands.

Then, he got up from the wooden chair with a beer can and sat on the harbor railing. He drank his beverage, looked at the sea shrouded in night, and the brightly lit bustling city in the distance, his pupils seemingly reflecting a sea of ​​stars.

“You never used to drink beer,” Su Zimai suddenly said.

"Why don't you drink?"

"I've never seen you drink it."

As she spoke, Su Zimai climbed onto the fence with a bottle of Want Want milk and sat down next to him, lost in thought.

The two sat silently on the railing, the evening breeze caressing the turbulent sea and brushing against their cheeks.

“I used to drink too…” Gu Wenyu looked up into the distance and said casually, “Every year during the New Year, I would come here with a friend to watch the fireworks and drink beer. Actually, I don’t like drinking this stuff, but he does, so I went with him.”

Why didn't you invite me?

"You? You're busy running around with your lesbian teacher."

"How could that be? I only became an exorcist this year, okay? I've only known my leader for less than half a year." Su Zimai rolled her eyes at him. "What I'm saying is, why didn't you invite me to hang out with you during Chinese New Year before?"

"Oh... then let's go on a trip during the Chinese New Year this year."

Su Zimai was taken aback. "Really?"

"Well...actually, I've made plans with a lot of people to go on a round-the-world trip; we could form a whole tour group."

"Tch, I thought you were only looking for your good sister, how boring." Su Zimai suddenly lost interest. "I have a psychological aversion to the Phantom Troupe."

"Got it, from now on my tour group will be called the 'Diaper Tour Group'."

"Get lost! If you joke about this with me again, I'll jump off this cliff." With that, Su Zimai glared at him fiercely and pointed to the sea in the dead of night.
"I thought you were going to say you were going to throw me off here. Can't you have some backbone?"

"A wise man can bend and stretch... I'll secretly train and become stronger than you in the future, then let's see if you're still so smug."

"Are you serious? I don't know if I'll live to see that day."

As he spoke, Gu Wenyu glanced down at the time on his phone. "It's almost time. Let's go, let's get on the plane."

"They said we'd be boarding a plane, but how are we going to get there?" Su Zimai asked, looking into his eyes with a puzzled expression.

"Hold me tight."

As Gu Wenyu spoke, he put on the dark red mask, pressed the restraint button on the side of his ear, gently wrapped the restraint strap around Su Zimai's back, and picked her up.

Immediately afterwards, the transparent restraints formed a pupa-like membrane, covering his and Su Zimai's bodies.

After entering his color-changing form, he held Su Zimai and grabbed the restraint straps, flying through the air above Lijing. Like splashed ink, the restraint straps continuously splashed and extended in the night sky.

The two figures seemed like paper dolls suspended on a stage, rising and falling in the night wind, while the city lights below shone brightly.

"But will there really be a plane at this hour? I've never seen a plane take off at midnight." Su Zimai asked loudly, her voice muffled by the restraints, only Hei Yong could hear what she was saying.

“Those are private planes arranged by the Outcasts Association,” Black Chrysalis explained. “They take off at various times, and quite a few Outcasts carry out missions in the middle of the night.”

"Huh? Who's on the plane? It's not your favorite Swallowing Silver, is it?"

"Swallowing silver?"

Upon hearing the name, Black Chrysalis shrugged, chuckled softly, grabbed the restraints once more, and flew over a high-altitude work platform.

He scoffed, "Swallowing Silver Rat should just stay here and be the boss of Lijing. His reputation has recently improved, and everyone agrees that he should take over Blue Arc's position. He shouldn't go out and embarrass himself again."

Su Zimai couldn't hear clearly. Gu Wenyu's voice was mixed in with the off-key advertising slogans. The LED screens in the city were playing cosmetics advertisements non-stop. What was funny was that the advertisements were endorsed by Tun Yin.

"If it wasn't swallowing silver, then who were the people on the plane?" she thought for a moment and asked again.

“Rainbow Wings,” the black chrysalis replied.

"Are you crazy?" Su Zimai shuddered and blurted out, "We're going to be on the same plane as the people from Rainbow Wing?"

"What are you afraid of?" Hei Yong said calmly. "The person on the plane is your future sister-in-law. Wouldn't it be good to get to know her beforehand? Maybe you'll travel together by plane in the future."

"That little white-haired kid?"

Su Zimai raised an eyebrow and immediately remembered. The white-haired girl who had come to their house that day, hugging Gu Qiye's pillow, and sleeping in Gu Qiye's room.

“Otherwise… let’s not talk here.” Black Chrysalis paused. “No matter how strong my ability to conceal my presence is, it’s still easy to be discovered. After all, the other party is a Calamity-level being, so we have to show them a little respect.”

"It's at least a natural disaster level?"

Su Zimai's eyelids twitched slightly. She wondered just how much stronger her older brother had become in the past few days to have the confidence to speak like that. The thought made her pride ache again.

Without a sound, Hei Yong brought Su Zimai to Lijing International Airport.

There was an area in the international airport specifically reserved for the staff of the Heretics Association, and there he saw a private jet that looked like a giant white bird lying on the ground.

In fact, there is also a private airport at the bottom of the Alien Association building, which is more secretive and safer; however, that airport can only be used by Rainbow Wing members who apply for permission in person, and obviously, Yuriel is too lazy to do that.

Soon, Hei Yong boarded the plane with Su Zimai.

There were three passenger cabins on the plane. He carried Su Zimai and slowly walked into the innermost cabin.

Hei Yong quieted her footsteps and slowly made her way to the deepest part of the passenger cabin, then gently put Su Zimai down from her arms.

The two sat in the seats furthest to the side. Hei Yong used restraint straps to wrap himself and Su Zimai in a huge sphere in mid-air, leaving a small gap on the surface of the sphere for ventilation.

From the outside, the restraint sphere appears transparent, so even reviewing the aircraft's surveillance footage reveals nothing unusual.

At this moment, Su Zimai was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

From the moment she entered the airport, she unconsciously held her breath the entire time, almost forgetting that she could still breathe.

For a moment, Su Zimai sat in her chair, silently surveying her surroundings.

The cabin was completely empty, but it was kept very clean and tidy.

Su Zimai would occasionally glance out the window, then turn back to look at the black pupa's profile.

After a while, she asked in a low voice, "Can I speak now? That little white-haired guy has sat down in the first cabin, quite far from us."

Black Chrysalis didn't answer; she just quietly played Minesweeper on her phone.

Seeing that the black chrysalis remained silent, Su Zimai asked weakly:
"Isn't it okay?"

“Actually, I was lying to you just now. We could talk the whole time,” Black Chrysalis suddenly said. “The restraints can isolate sound, so she can’t hear us talking.”

"what?"

"Hey, I just think you talk too much." Black Chrysalis shrugged. "I have too many people to control, like Agubaru and Little Nian Beast. Xia Pingzhou is still talking to the White Raven Brigade. He doesn't have time to deal with you."

"Am I less important than them?" Su Zimai thought for a moment, then asked, "Why do you talk to them but ignore me?"

Black Chrysalis rested her head on the restraints and sighed softly.

He thought to himself, "Why are you getting all aggrieved all the time, Xiaomai? Is this still a side effect of faking your death to escape? If it weren't to deceive the Salvation Society and facilitate a secret investigation of their base in the future, he wouldn't have chosen to fake his death on the deserted island."

After this whole fake death, he could tell that Su Zimai was now full of resentment towards him. Unlike before, she would throw a tantrum every few words, and her eyes would turn red at the drop of a hat.

But Gu Wenyu could understand. His younger sister had almost collapsed to the point of collapse these past few days, and then she turned around and found out that her older brother was still alive. Who wouldn't be angry?

Hei Chang turned her head and silently met Su Zimai's eyes.

The two stared at each other for a while, and then Hei Chang slowly took off the mask from his face, held it with the restraint straps, and moved it to put it on Su Zimai's face.

"Take it or leave it," he said.

"I do not want."

As Su Zimai spoke, she took the mask from the restraints, lowered her eyes, and quietly played with it in her hand.

"I'm just a little tired. I've been quite busy lately. I didn't mean to complain that you talk too much," Gu Wenyu said.

"I just really miss you and want to talk to you more," Su Zimai said softly.

"I know, I'm sorry."

“You keep saying sorry, sorry, could you at least…” she paused, “care about me a little more?” Gu Wenyu was stunned.

Moonlight streamed through the plane window into the dark cabin, falling on Su Zimai's face. Her eyes were slightly red, and her right hand gently stroked the patterns on her mask.

"I understand... Go to sleep, you'll be in Iceland after a good night's sleep."

After saying that, Gu Wenyu looked away from her face.

He leaned the back of his head against the chair back, closed his eyes to rest, while Su Zimai sat quietly next to him, staring at his profile for a while before resting her head on his shoulder, hugging her mask and falling into a deep sleep.

The plane taxied forward along the runway, and after a while, it rose into the night sky with a roar of its engines.

At this moment, Gu Wenyu suddenly opened his eyes and, through the restraints, quietly observed the white-haired girl in cabin number one.

Yuriel is walking this way.

Gu Wenyu held his breath.

The good news was that she was just using the restroom in the middle aisle. So he remained silent for a moment, glanced down at Su Zimai's sleeping face, and closed his eyes again.

He fell asleep shortly afterward.

Meanwhile, in Lijing, in an obscure old bookstore.

This old bookstore was located in a deep alley, and few people usually came and went. The owner of the bookstore had recently passed away, so Su Wei spent some money to buy it.

For the past two days, the Gu family father and son have been staying in the devilish carriage of the train, while Su Wei has been staying in the old bookstore, brewing tea and reading books, and also taking the opportunity to heal her injuries in seclusion.

After the battle with the White Raven Brigade, Su Wei's hair had turned a bit whiter, and the wrinkles and dark spots on her face could no longer be concealed.

At this moment, Ke Qirui leaned against the old, yellowed bookshelf, crossed her arms, and relayed some information from the Gu family father and son to Su Wei, mostly about what happened at the train station last night.

"President, that's how it is," Ke Qirui said.

"Wen Yu is still alive?"

Su Wei murmured blankly, adjusting her glasses.

“Yes, that’s possible.” Ke Qirui nodded and said softly, “According to Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuo’s case, Gu Wenyu wants us to go to Hofsjökull Glacier in Iceland. He will tell us the truth there.”

She paused for a moment: "At the same time, it is also the base of the Salvation Society."

Su Wei lowered her head, frowned, and remained silent for a very long time.

"He also took the wheat?" Su Wei asked thoughtfully.

“Well, Gu Wenyu said he would take Su Zimai to Iceland with him, which seems to be an attempt to threaten you,” Ke Qirui said, then sighed. “But I don’t think he would do that. There must be something wrong with it.”

Su Wei nodded and said in a low voice, "I also think that even if Wen Yu likes to come up with some tricks, he would never joke about Xiao Mai's life."

“But I think… we can’t rule out the possibility that this is a conspiracy by the Salvation Society,” Ke Qirui said in a low voice. “After all, we’ve seen their androids and psychic ability users before.”

She lowered her voice, "There are two possibilities before us. One is that Gu Wenyu is still alive and has been mentally controlled by the Salvation Society; the other is that Gu Wenyu is dead and the Salvation Society used his genes to create an artificial human, which is why it can use the restraint belt ability."

Su Wei remained silent for a long, long time. Finally, instead of responding to the statement, he asked:

"What about the case of Kino and Taku? Why don't they come to see me in person?"

"They...they are both very upset right now, which is why they asked me to tell you about this."

"That's it."

Ke Qirui raised her head and quietly looked at Su Wei's profile.

"President, are you planning to go with them?" she asked.

At this moment, Su Wei suddenly laughed, "That brat, is it even possible that he's still alive... Even if it's fake, I have no reason not to go, my granddaughter is still in his hands."

Ke Qirui withdrew her gaze and looked down at the lonely alley outside the window. A sliver of moonlight fell on the old bookstore's promotional leaflet on the wall, which Su Wei had just pasted up herself that day.

The purpose is to promote this bookstore and hope that someone will come and visit.

“You’re just finding a reason to convince yourself.” Ke Qirui thought for a moment. “Actually, you just want to live a peaceful life, don’t you?”

“Yes, I’m so old now, and only now do I understand how my daughter feels,” Su Wei sighed. “Su Ying just wants her family to live a peaceful life, which is why she’s trying to distance herself from this old man.”

"In that case, I don't recommend that you go to Iceland with them."

"Then why did you tell me?"

"I'm telling you this because I felt it wouldn't be right to keep it from you," Ke Qirui paused, then said softly, "After all, we all hope Gu Wenyu is still alive, even if there's only a sliver of hope, right?"

Su Wei took off his glasses, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and closed his eyes to calm himself down for a while. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said:

"Tell Zhuo An and the others that I will go to Iceland with them."

Ke Qirui was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "I knew it."

Su Wei opened her eyes, put her glasses back in the case, and then looked up at her: "Where are they now?"

"Still on my train demon, we're waiting to meet up with the Lake Hunters."

"Lake hunting?"

Su Wei raised his head, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. In the two days since returning to Lijing, he had focused almost all his time on healing his injuries and hadn't paid much attention to the outside world.

“Yes, Lin Xingshi and Zhuge Hui have already found out that the people who controlled Zhou Jiuya and Zhong Wujiu came from the Salvation Society,” Ke Qirui said. “So, they want to go to Iceland with us to find out more.”

“I see.” Su Wei pursed her lips, the wrinkles around them clearly visible. “That sounds much more reassuring, much more reliable than my reckless son-in-law.”

"Shall we set off now?"

"Don't worry, where did Tong Zizhu go?" Su Wei asked again.

Ke Qirui picked up his pipe and replied, "Tong Zizhu left the next morning after he came back."

"Why did you leave in such a hurry?" Su Wei was taken aback.

"Yeah, she said she wanted to go out and relax, and didn't want to keep fighting and killing. She also told you, old man, to take good care of your health and not to mess around at your age."

Su Wei smiled and said, "This child is still the same as always. I couldn't control her when she was little, and she's even more uncontrollable now that she's grown up, just like Su Ying."

He sighed, "Never mind, I just hope she doesn't do anything stupid like joining the Phantom Troupe in the future."

"No, she joined the group to find Su Ying, and now that goal has been achieved," Ke Qirui said in a low voice.

Su Wei slowly got up from the old chair.

"Let's go see Qinye and the others."

"Ah."

Before long, the two arrived in front of the old site of Guyimai Street in a yellow taxi.

They walked through the ruins for a while and found the abandoned train station. They moved inside, crossed the dark passage, and came to the top of the empty platform number 7.

At this moment, two figures were waiting for them in front of the train demon.

“Father-in-law, you’ve arrived,” Gu Zhuo’an said.

Gu Qiye said softly, "Grandpa, you still came. I've troubled you so much these past few days..."

Su Wei smiled slightly, glanced at the two silently, then raised her hand, patted their shoulders, and walked into the train's devilish carriage.

Gu Zhuo remained silent for a moment, then followed him into the carriage.

Gu Qiye glanced back at the two of them, then slowly looked away and looked up at Ke Qirui.

He asked, "Isn't Xu Sanyan coming?"

Ke Qirui shook her head. "No. Sanyan was already planning to retire. Helping us stop the tour group in Haifan City was his last act of kindness. He went back to his hometown to get married. There's a girl waiting for him; she's been waiting for him for a long time."

"That's good. I don't want innocent people to get involved in this either," Gu Qiye nodded and said softly.

“Although Sanyan won’t be coming,” Ke Qirui suddenly curled her lips, “I’ve brought you a friend. Actually, I came to Lijing to see him.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a tall, slender figure suddenly appeared behind her.

The man wore a medieval eagle-beak knight's helmet, a long grey-blue cloak, and a rapier at his waist.

The moonlight lengthened his shadow, casting it on the station floor like a solitary, proud eagle.

Gu Qiye looked up at the approaching figure, and couldn't help but pause slightly, silently uttering his name:

"Makaki?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Long raised his head and stared into Gu Qiye's eyes through his helmet.

On the deserted platform No. 7, the two looked at each other.

"Gu Qiye, I'll say it again... I'll settle accounts with you after this is over with the Salvation Society." With that, Mu Long brushed past Gu Qiye and walked into the carriage without looking back.

Gu Qiye remained silent.

Ke Qirui leaned against the carriage wall with her arms crossed, quietly watching this scene.

She took a drag of her cigarette, then lowered her eyes and said, "Your relationship is still so good."

"Please don't make such a nasty joke," Gu Qiye said in a low voice.

"Actually, I think he doesn't hate you that much anymore."

"Is that so? I'd rather he still hates me."

After saying that, Gu Qiye moved back into the carriage.

Ke Qirui turned her head and looked at the figures reflected in the brightly lit carriage, thinking to herself that only the Lake Hunters had not yet arrived.

"By the way... will that eccentric prince and that shark come?" she suddenly thought.

(End of this chapter)