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Chapter 116 The Final Meeting on the Eve of the Storm (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

It was 6:00 AM on July 19th, Japan time. Unit No. 2, Xia Pingzhou, woke up from the mattress on the floor, groggily sat up, and rubbed his forehead.

Looking up, I saw Oda Takikage standing at the top of the stairs in the attic.

The two-meter-tall ninja butler looked down at Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami, who were sleeping in the attic, and said:
“Miss, Mr. Xia Pingzhou, I have just received news that the commander has arrived in Tokyo.”

Has the commander arrived?

Ji Minghuan's heart stirred slightly; she hadn't expected to hear such good news so early in the morning.

He thought with great interest, "I want to see just what kind of monster this leader of the Monster Brigade is. If he has connections with the Salvation Society, that would be even better."

Hearing Oda Takikage's voice, Ayase Origami slowly woke up from the bed by the window. She glanced down at the thin blanket covering her, then at the "Haiku Collection Blanket" hanging on the shelf.

Then, she stretched out her slender hand and transformed the quilt made of connected pages into individual pages, reconnecting them into a book, and then held it in her palm.

Clutching the haiku collection, she sat up in bed, remained silent for a moment, then raised her empty eyes to look at Oda Takikage:

When will we assemble?

Oda Takikage adjusted his reading glasses and slowly said, "At 8 PM on the 20th, the entire Phantom Troupe will assemble on the roof of an abandoned building in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. He has already sent the exact address to the hacker. This is the leader's direct order."

He paused, then looked down at Xia Pingzhou: "The operation is about to begin. It's best not to go out for the next day."

Ji Minghuan nodded: "No problem, anyway, my Sky Drive has already been upgraded to the second tier."

Just then, he received a message from the hacker.

[Hacker: Number 12, this is the meeting point for tomorrow. Don't die too quickly.]

"I also hope I don't die too soon..."

Ji Minghuan chuckled to himself, then synchronized his consciousness with the No. 1 mecha.

At the same time, Gu Wenyu, the first unit, woke up from his bed at the Roppongi Hotel.

As usual, I took the cup, toothbrush, and towel from the toilet using the restraints. After washing my face and brushing my teeth, I followed the path I remembered to the front of the Qingbenhua Hotel and waited there on time.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Su Zimai and Ke Qirui finally left the hotel.

He followed behind Su Zimai and Ke Qirui. This time, the two weren't heading to the seaside villa, but rather to a massive skyscraper. This was one of the Amamiya family's assets.

They entered the building and boarded a glass-walled elevator.

Black Chrysalis anticipated that they would board this elevator, so she kept her restraints transparent, lay on top of the glass curtain wall, and went up with the elevator, quietly looking down at the two people inside the elevator car.

Ke Qirui pressed the elevator control panel, and the elevator soon arrived at the 15th floor.

The two women entered one of the meeting rooms and closed the door. Black Chrysalis was hanging upside down from the ceiling, with transparent restraints pressed against the wall. The restraints' senses permeated the room like a torrential downpour, allowing her to observe the situation inside.

The four Japanese representatives, Sakura Takeshi, Haibara Ritsu, Kagami Mori, and Fuyuyama Nobunaga, were already waiting in the meeting room.

After Ke Qirui and Su Zimai arrived, Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan from the Ghost Train Troupe also quickly arrived.
Blue Arc was the last to arrive, and he remained silent throughout, seemingly preoccupied.

Then Ke Qirui relayed the information she had obtained from Hei Yong, but did not reveal who her collaborator was.

It's just that the authenticity of this intelligence is not low; otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the White Raven Brigade was able to escape unscathed from so many blatant operations.

"This is the information I received yesterday. There is a high possibility that there is an ability user among the members of the Phantom Troupe who can 'open doors'. If he is among us, he can open a door at the auction and let the members of the Phantom Troupe file in."

At this point, Ke Qirui looked up at Yingwu and asked, "How can you be sure that members of the White Raven Brigade will not blend in with the guests and bodyguards?"

Sakura Takeshi replied decisively, "You can rest assured about that. All the bodyguards present at this auction are veterans who participated in the last Tokyo auction. We can verify the resumes of each of them in our database; there is no possibility of any falsification."

She paused for a moment: "Even if the members of the troupe have powerful hacking skills and are able to tamper with or disguise personnel information in our online database, it is meaningless because we use personnel files stored in the real world."

Without hesitation, Ke Qirui asked, "What if a member of the Phantom Troupe disguises himself as one of them?"

Sakura Takeshi said, "Of course we will take precautions against this situation: on the day the auction begins, we will strictly check whether every person entering the venue is wearing a face mask and whether their appearance and voice match the records; if we find anything wrong, we will stop the person at the entrance immediately, and we will never allow the enemy to infiltrate the auction venue."

Haibara Ritsu adjusted her round-framed glasses and added, "At that time, Fuyuyama Nobunaga and I will lead a group of bodyguards to personally inspect the face masks."

Ke Qirui thought for a moment and then asked, "You said that all the bodyguards this time are from the guards of the last auction. What if members of the brigade were involved in it?"

“No.” Sakura Takeru shook his head. “The last auction in Tokyo went smoothly without any problems. If the Phantom Troupe members infiltrated the bodyguards at the last auction, why didn’t they take action against it? This doesn’t make sense at all for these bandits.”

She paused for a moment, then said, "Based on that, I believe our current manpower is trustworthy."

Ke Qirui nodded: "So, has the final location for the auction been decided?"

"The underworld has made a decision. They will choose one of the three buildings belonging to the Amamiya family as the venue for the auction. The specific location will be announced on the 20th. At that time, the Mirror Guardian will build the entrance to the 'Mirror Auction' on the same floor of that building, and the real auction will be held in the mirror world."

At this point, Sakura Takeshi took a deep breath, "This is the final meeting's agenda. All that's left... is to prepare for battle."

Ke Qirui took a pipe from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and said casually:
"Hopefully everything goes well."

Haibara Ritsu nodded, her eyes narrowing slightly, her gaze sharp behind her round-framed glasses: "I hope this time... we can take down all those arrogant villains who have been running rampant for so long." "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After Lan Hu finished speaking, he left the conference room without looking back, leaving behind only a cold and indifferent back view.

As everyone watched Blue Arc's retreating figure, no one knew what was wrong with this superstar of the era.

After a moment, Sakura broke the silence: "Then we'll leave first. We still need to double-check the situation of the bodyguard team. We'll check each of the nearly fifty elite members with superpowers, observe how they use their abilities, and make sure no one slips through our net."

After saying that, Sakura led the other three out of the conference room.

"Xu Sanyan, die a little slower." Lin Zheng patted Xu Sanyan's shoulder.

"Who do you think you're talking to?" Xu Sanyan sneered. "You should be thinking about what to do with our little sister." As he spoke, he turned to look at Su Zimai beside him.

"Who are you calling 'Little Kid Sister'?"

Su Zimai gave the two grown men a cold glance, and they immediately shut their mouths.

Ke Qirui thought for a while and then suddenly said, "I don't know why, but I always feel like something is strange."

"What's strange about it?" Su Zimai asked.

"There's an indescribable sense of unease," Ke Qirui shook her head.

She thought for a moment, then sent a message to Hei Yong on her phone as she walked out of the meeting room.

The only person who might know about the White Raven Brigade's movements is Black Chrysalis, who has a cooperative relationship with Xia Pingzhou.

[Ke Qirui: Let's meet now.]

[Black Chrysalis: Of course, you choose the location. By the way, it's possible our text messages are being read by other members of the group. Yeah, you know, so it's best to find a place only we know about.]

[Ke Qirui: Didn't they also hear about the members' abilities that you mentioned to me via text message last night?]

[Black Chrysalis: Of course... Although I feel bad about this, from my personal perspective, I naturally want to get the leader's attention.]

[Black Chrysalis: To me, he would be a good collaborator. If he can take this opportunity to notice me, that would definitely be a good thing.]

Ke Qirui stared at the text message, remained silent for a long time, then typed and sent the message.

[Ke Qirui: The place where we first met.]

Then she looked up at the three people beside her and said, "You guys go first, I'm going to find someone."

Shortly after, at Shiba Park in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

Ke Qirui stopped and looked up at a huge, jet-black pupa hanging upside down under the ginkgo tree. She asked, "How many members' abilities do you know in total?"

"Eleven." The black pupa emerged from the pupa, holding a copy of "Infernal Affairs" in its hands. "So, what brings you here?"

"Have any members of our organization infiltrated our bodyguard team?" Ke Qirui asked bluntly.

“As far as I know, no members of the brigade have infiltrated your ranks,” Black Chrysalis said. “Except for the brigade leader, of course.”

Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow and looked at Hei Yong from under the shadow of the hat brim: "So... the only one who could possibly have infiltrated our ranks is the leader, whom you don't know?"

"Correct."

Ke Qirui thought for a moment and then asked, "According to our intelligence, the leader of the White Raven Brigade is a superhuman whose ability is related to 'controlling crows.' Is this just a smokescreen?"

Black Chrysalis shook her head: "No problem. Although I know very little about that captain, my limited information can prove that this is true."

Yesterday, when he was chatting with Origami Ayase, he mentioned what the leader's ability was. Origami Ayase was too lazy to say much, but she did mention that it was related to "crows".

"That's good."

Ke Qirui recalled the members of the core bodyguard team, and among them, only Blue Arc and Sakura were superhumans. It was impossible for the leader of the White Raven Brigade to have disguised himself as Blue Arc or Sakura and infiltrated their ranks; that was too absurd.

"I wish you a successful mission."

The black pupa hung upside down under the tree, giving her a salute.

Ke Qirui was silent for a moment before speaking, "Please tell Xia Pingzhou for me that if he appears at the auction with members of the troupe, then... no one will show him any mercy."

She paused for a moment: "The bodyguard team's goal is to wipe out the entire White Raven Brigade, and there's a monster hidden among the auction guests. If this monster makes a move, I think annihilating half the brigade won't be a problem. And right now, only Su Zimai and I know that Xia Pingzhou is an undercover agent, so... before the operation begins, this may be his last chance to escape the White Raven Brigade."

Black Chrysalis looked directly into Ke Qirui's eyes and slowly said, word by word:

"I will pass on his message. Goodbye, Miss Ke."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished from Zhi Park. Ke Qirui looked up; ginkgo leaves fluttered down, and the cicadas' chirping was deafening.

　Asking for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)