My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 117 Torrential Rain, Tokyo, A Bloodbath at the Auction (Part 1)

July 19, the day before the underground auction officially opened for entry.

On this day, Ji Minghuan's three bodies were idle. His main body tossed and turned in the darkness, picking up food from the plate on the table when he was hungry. The prison cell was quiet, and there was no sign of the mentor visiting.

Gu Wenyu stayed in his room at the Roppongi Hotel, playing rhythm games with restraints from morning till night; Xia Pingzhou sat quietly in the cafe, drinking milk coffee and reading with Ayase Origami, while Oda Takikage prepared food for them.

As night fell, he gradually put the two machines into bed and fell asleep shortly after closing his eyes.

Surprisingly, he was not woken up by his mentor that night.

This means that the mission the Salvation Society wanted them to carry out was unrelated to this Tokyo auction.

Ji Minghuan had no idea what the Salvation Society intended for them to do.

He only knew that this was a good thing, at least he could temporarily focus his attention on the auction.

The time was 8 p.m. on July 20th, with only 4 hours left before the start of the Tokyo underground auction.

The weather in Tokyo that day was not sunny; dark, gloomy rain clouds swept in from all directions. The torrential rain pouring down from the sky seemed to be transforming the city into a water city like Venice. The floodwaters on the streets were high enough to submerge pedestrians' calves.

At this very moment, on the top floor of an abandoned building.

Unit Two, Xia Pingzhou, walked slowly down the dilapidated, dimly lit corridor. Reaching the end of the corridor, he turned to look inside the gate. Before him lay ruins. This should have been a two-story building, but because much of the upper floor's floor was missing, it appeared as if two floors had merged into one.

At this moment, ten figures were scattered above the ruins. Some stood in remote corners, some sat on top of abandoned machines, and some sat on top of piles of scrap. These figures came into his view one after another.

Member number 2, Jack the Ripper, is still wearing her Japanese black and white school uniform. She sits in a corner of the ruins, her eyes lowered, silently playing with the dark red dagger in her hand.

Member number 3, Origami Ayase, dressed in an ochre-red kimono, sat at the very top of the ruins, a sheet of paper beneath her, quietly reading a collection of haiku.

Member number 4, Oda Takikage, changed into a jet-black ninja outfit and leaned against a pillar, closing his eyes to rest.

Member number 5, Lan Duoduo, was wearing a punk-style T-shirt and jeans. She was sitting on a broken vending machine, playing a PSP game.

Team member number 6, Andrew, was still dressed as a Western cowboy. He had a cigarette in his mouth, a slight smile on his lips, and was wiping a black sniper rifle in his arms with a towel.

Robert, member number 7, was wearing a white shirt and still had a square mechanical box on his head, the difference being that the top of the box didn't have two antennas sticking out like usual. He sat motionless in place, drooping his head, taking a nap.

Team member number 8, a hacker, was wearing a jumpsuit. This black-haired boy was sitting in the corner, quietly playing on his phone.

Member number 9, Xueyi, was still wearing a bright red dress. She held her face in her hands, and Xia Pingzhou's figure was reflected in her crimson pupils.

Member number 10, Bai Tanlang, covered his entire body with a cloak, underneath which appeared to be a leather jacket and leather pants. He raised his left eye, which was scarred and covered by a white film, and quietly glanced at Xia Pingzhou.

Member number 11, Anron, was still wearing his familiar British suit, fiddling with a coin.

Amidst the silent ruins, the clear sound of a silver coin twirling in mid-air could be heard distinctly.

Anlens flipped the coin onto the back of his right hand, curled the corner of his mouth, and looked up at Xia Pingzhou.

He began by saying, "Newcomer, you're the slowest one."

"Where is the commander?" Xia Pingzhou looked around, but still couldn't find the commander.

"Not yet," Anlens said, raising the back of his hand and asking himself, "Guess, heads or tails?"

"On the other hand." Xia Pingzhi replied immediately.

"it's a pity."

Anrons smiled slightly, lifted his left hand, and saw that the coin on the back of his right hand was facing forward.

Xia Pingzhou was too lazy to pay him any more attention. He glanced around and his gaze settled on Robert, the member of group number 7, who was the man with the mechanical box on his head. Since Robert was still here, it meant that he had not infiltrated the auction.

This is good news for the defending side.

Unless Robert can open a door from inside the auction hall, the White Raven Brigade's only option to storm the auction hall is a frontal assault.

If the brigade attacks from the front, they have plenty of ways to defend themselves. What they fear is a sudden attack from within, which could lead to the division of the battlefield and personnel, and their defeat one by one.

The Bloodline figure braced himself on the ruined ground, his swan-like neck arched back as he gazed out the window at the torrential rain, his crimson eyes reflecting the downpour. "The weather's really nice today..."

Lan Duoduo, head down, played her game and muttered, "Damn weather."

"Does killing depend on the weather?" Bai Tanlang said.

Andrew, a cigarette dangling from his lips, couldn't help but pull down the brim of his cowboy hat and chuckle as he teased Xia Pingzhou, "Newbie, what are you standing there for? Your young lady is waiting for you."

Xia Pingzhou glanced at him expressionlessly, then climbed onto the mountain of junk, jumped onto a broken wall, and silently sat down next to Ayase Origami.

"Come play this."

Ayase Origami put down the haiku collection, and a piece of paper flew out from her sleeve, on which was a pre-drawn Go board grid. A pencil was also tucked inside the paper.

Xia Pingzhou looked at the Go board on the page and couldn't help but sigh. The operation was about to begin in four hours, but these people were all incredibly relaxed. It was as if their plan wasn't to dominate the auction, but rather to find a hot spring and have a heart-to-heart talk later.

He took the pencil from Ayase Origami and drew an X on the center square of the Gomoku game.

Meanwhile, in another corner of Tokyo, not far from the Amamiya Building.

In the pouring rain, a Maybach was driving on a heavily flooded road, its headlights cutting through the hazy rain to illuminate the road ahead.

Not far ahead, beneath the traffic light, hangs a huge, pitch-black pupa upside down.

The driver of the Maybach was a young man with a buzz cut, wearing sunglasses and a suit; the older man sitting in the back was dashing, wearing a bright yellow kimono with cornflowers painted on it, and his hair was combed back.

The Maybach stopped at the intersection with the red light on.

The driver released his foot from the brake pedal. He looked up, frowning as he stared ahead.

Looking at the strange object hanging upside down under the traffic light sign, he spoke to the old man behind him:

"This is……"

The old man squinted and slightly opened the car window to look ahead at an angle.

The torrential rain washed over the giant pupa, flowing over its surface. The traffic lights glowed a hazy red in the rain, and the intersection was deserted, with no other cars in sight.

The old man was startled and immediately ordered, "Go!"

In that instant, the pitch-black pupa suddenly opened, and a figure wrapped in restraints emerged from it. One of the restraints grabbed the Maybach's headlights, and the figure, along with the black pupa, landed directly above the Maybach.

He used the restraint strap to reach inside the gap in the car window and pressed the window control button.

The car window slowly rolled down, letting in a torrent of wind and rain. The old man recoiled in shock, only to see a dark head wearing sunglasses peek in, waving at them with its restraints, and then saying in a low voice:

Good evening, gentlemen.

The driver suddenly turned around, picked up the Nanbu-style pocket pistol from the car seat, and fired several shots at the black cocoon's head.

Bang! Bang! Bang! By the time the flashes from the gun barrels died down, Black Chrysalis was no longer in the car. Instead, a restraint strap reached into the car, abruptly opened the door, and Black Chrysalis got in, slowly closing the door behind her. She then extended a finger and gently pressed the window control button, causing the window to beep as it rolled up.

The wind and rain stopped, and the whole world seemed to quiet down, but the back seat was already soaked.

Hei Chang glanced at the old man, then turned to look at the driver, and murmured, "Hmm... this rain is really heavy, don't you think? It's not too much to ask me to take shelter from the rain, is it?" As she spoke, Hei Chang wiped the rain off her face.

The driver and the old man both froze on the spot, thinking to themselves, "How the hell can you get on the bus so naturally, and talk to us in such a natural tone?!"

The driver's finger was on the trigger, but in that instant, two restraint straps emerged from the black cocoon's body, one binding the driver's left hand and the other grabbing the old man's neck.

While Black Chrysalis exerted force to suffocate the old man, she used the other restraint strap to pry the gun out of the driver's hand, causing it to fall onto the car seat.

"Mr. Fujimoto, quickly extend your hand!" the driver shouted at the old man.

The driver's special ability is that if he comes into contact with a human, he can simultaneously transport himself and that human to a location 50 meters away from their original position. By simply holding Mr. Fujimoto's hand, he can take Mr. Fujimoto out of the Maybach's interior!

The old man trembled as he reached out his right hand, but just as their hands were about to touch, the black pupa suddenly wrapped the driver's waist with restraints, binding him tightly.

At the same time, the ability to steal was activated.

[Passive skill "Restraint Suppression" has taken effect: While being bound by your restraint, the opponent cannot use any supernatural powers.]

[Active skill "Ability Theft" activated: Your restraints have stolen the ability of the ability user "Rukawa Yamato," which can be released within 24 hours (the stored ability will automatically disappear after "releasing the skill" or "exceeding the time limit").]

"Take a nap. I'll attend this auction in your place."

The black cocoon slightly increased the strength of the two restraint straps, simultaneously wrapping them around the mouths and noses of the old man and the driver. Before long, the two fainted due to lack of oxygen.

He used restraints to pile the two men onto the floor of the back seat, then sat in the driver's seat himself, removed the restraints, put on the sunglasses the driver had dropped in the car, and drove the Maybach toward the Rain Palace Building.

At the same time, restraint straps peeled off from the cuffs.

The restraints slowly assembled into a human shape, and a dark incarnation formed inside the car, gradually mimicking the appearance of an old man in a kimono, before finally getting up.

Black Chrysalis hummed a song, tapped the steering wheel with her fingers, and stepped on the pedal to drive the Maybach forward; the restraint belt incarnate sat in the back seat and changed into the kimono of the unconscious old man.

Before long, the Maybach stopped in front of the Amamiya Building. Black Chrysalis picked up the umbrella from the car, got out, opened the umbrella to shield herself from the rain, then opened the back door and let her restraints materialize from it. The two of them walked towards the Amamiya Building together.

Black Chrysalis stopped in her tracks, and the restraints disguised as an old man in a kimono stepped inside to be checked by the core bodyguard team member standing at the door—"Fuyuyama Nobunaga"—to confirm that she was not wearing a face mask and that her physical condition was normal.

Then a bodyguard who claimed to be a superhuman, capable of detecting lies, asked him to personally confirm whether he was a member of the White Raven Brigade.

Fortunately, the black pupa was using a restraint belt incarnation, so no one noticed anything wrong with it.

The restraint-bound avatar was quickly released.

Black Chrysalis returned to the Maybach, stepped on the accelerator to start the engine, and sped away with a roar.

The restraints, after entering the Amamiya Building, took the elevator to the fifth floor.

At this very moment, Sakura, a Dragon-level esper, stood guard directly in front of the elevator. Behind her was an open door leading to a lavishly decorated hall. The hall was carpeted in red and had seating for over two hundred people. The auction wouldn't begin for several hours, so the auction stage was concealed by a red curtain.

Sakura glanced at the appearance of the restraint belt avatar, checked the list in his hand, and then respectfully said:
"Please come in, Mr. Fujimoto."

Instead of having someone lead him into the auction house, Sakura led him straight down the right side of the corridor.

After walking for a short while, the restraints appeared at a large door. Opening the door revealed a simple lounge. A huge mirror hung on the wall of the lounge, its surface reflecting bizarre and fantastical images.

The bodyguard, wearing sunglasses, crossed his arms and said in a calm voice, "Mr. Fujimoto, the real auction is right here. Good luck."

The restraints hesitated for a moment before stepping inside the mirror.

As he passed through the mirror, he was immediately greeted by a bustling auction hall. The noise and clamor were overwhelming; the elegantly dressed guests were talking loudly in their seats, interspersed with a few bursts of rough laughter.

He turned his head to look at a secluded corner of the venue, where the Outcast Blue Arc, dressed in full battle armor, was standing with his arms crossed, quietly looking around; Mirror Guardian, dressed in Onmyoji attire, stood beside him, talking to him in a low voice.

One of the core bodyguards, Ritsu Haibara, was at the entrance of the Mirror Auction House.

Seeing the restraints appear, Haibara Ritsu, accompanied by a group of armed bodyguards, approached him to conduct a final check. After confirming that he was alright, Haibara Ritsu smiled and nodded at him, then beckoned to the woman in the cheongsam not far away.

Soon, a tall woman wearing a cheongsam and with her hair in a bun walked over, nodded slightly, and said to the embodiment of the restraints in a respectful and sweet voice:
"Mr. Fujimoto, this way please."

The restraints followed her and finally sat down in the fifth seat of the third row of the venue. He rolled up the sleeves of his kimono, crossed his arms, and slowly closed his eyes, pretending to rest, hoping that no one would come to talk to him.

Meanwhile, on a street in Tokyo.

Hei Yong stepped on the brake pedal, bringing the Maybach to a stop in the pouring rain. He took off his sunglasses and glanced down at his phone.

[Blue Arc: Where are you?]

[Black Chrysalis: My avatar is already inside the auction venue.]

[Blue Arc: In the mirror world, it's just me, Mirror Guardian, and Haibara Ritsu on guard duty. Because I'm faster, I can get there to provide support immediately if something happens in the real world. What are you doing in the mirror world? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on my sister?]

[Black Chrysalis: Calm down, Mr. Blue Arc. The White Raven Brigade will only make their move after the auction officially begins. Before I go and keep an eye on your sister, I plan to find out who that "mysterious guest" in the auction hall really is.]

[Blue Arc: Forget it, you need to hurry and get it done before the auction starts.]

Black Chrysalis leaned back in the car seat, closed her eyes, crossed her legs and braced them against the car window in front of her, then manipulated the restraints to transform into a human form, opening her eyes once again in the auction house in the mirror.

The restraints avatar raised its head, looked around, and soon saw the entrance to the mirror world. Two figures walked out of the huge mirror on the wall and were being examined by Haibara Ritsu.

These two are old acquaintances of Black Chrysalis.

One of them was Li Qingping. Today, he was wearing a black suit, had let down his usual small ponytail, and let his medium-length hair fall loose behind his head. His handsome face was cold and indifferent, and his posture was upright. His words and actions were completely different from the usual cheerful Li Qingping.

The other person was the second prince of the Whale Garden whom I had seen at the coffee shop that day. The second prince was dressed in a low-key manner today, wearing a plaid shirt and a round hat.

However, his golden hair and ocean-blue eyes still made him stand out.

The second prince leaned close to Li Qingping's ear and whispered something to him. Then, the woman in the cheongsam went up to them and led them to their seats.

Controlling the restraints, Black Chrysalis twisted its head, its gaze sweeping over the prominent figures of various underworld families in the audience. In its mind, it pondered:

"So... Li Qingping has arrived, but where is the second 'mysterious guest' hiding at the auction?"

So he switched back to his original body and sent a text message to Ke Qirui from inside the Maybach.

[Black Chrysalis: Oh, Miss Ke, could you give me a hint about what that mysterious guest you told me about who "could wipe out half a Phantom Troupe all by himself" looks like?]

[Ke Qirui: From the perspective of a collaborator, I advise you not to investigate him; it could easily bring you trouble.]

[Black Chrysalis: The more you say that, the more interested I become. I hope he can give me a surprise.]

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