My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 14 Black Pupa
"So, why didn't I come up with a nickname right there in Lijing Square, like 'Straitjacket Maniac' or something like that? Never mind... now that things have come to this, I hope they don't give me a nickname that's too corny."

Ji Minghuan muttered, his eyelids were almost drooping due to sleepiness.

He was woken in the middle of his sleep, and since he was too irritable to wake up and couldn't find anyone to relieve his anger, he had no choice but to go out and hang out with his brother, accidentally killing five gangsters. As a result, he was naturally even more sleepy when he got home.

Ji Minghuan yawned and raised his hand to poke the attribute panel.

More annotations pop up behind the three attributes.

[Strength (Adding this attribute can improve your overall physical fitness and the strength of the "restraint belt")]

[Speed ​​(Adding this attribute can improve your nerve reaction speed and the speed of the "restraint belt")]

[Spirit (Adding this attribute can enhance your spiritual power and the toughness of the "binding belt")]

[You currently have 1 attribute point. You can choose any one of the three attributes to add.]

At this time, an [Add] option appears behind each of the three attributes.

Ji Minghuan drooped his eyelids, took a quick glance, and without thinking, added the attribute points at hand to "speed".

[The "Speed" attribute of the game character "Gu Wenyu" has changed from C rank to C+ rank]

In martial arts novels, you often hear the saying: "The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed." Ji Minghuan believes the same. Adding this attribute will not only make his reactions faster, but also make the restraint belt faster. This way, it will be easier for him to take the initiative in battle, and he will not be easily killed instantly in sudden battles.

After allocating attribute points, he then opened the "Character Skill Tree System".

[Branch 1 (Hidden): Binding Band Senses (Learned) → Binding Band Mantra (To be learned) → Unknown → Unknown…]

[Branch 2 (Crazy): Restraint Extension (To be learned) → Unknown (Details of this skill will be available after learning the previous skill in this branch) → Unknown → Unknown...]

[Branch Three (Li): Restraint Detection (to be learned) → Unknown (Details of this skill will be available after learning the previous skill in this branch) → Unknown → Unknown...]

"Restraint Truth" can force others to tell the truth, which is equivalent to a lie detector;

"Restraint Belt Detection" can obtain information about the other person's abilities by touching them with a restraint belt.

As for "Extension of the Restraint Belt", let's not consider it for now. You can see at a glance that the "Crazy" branch is a skill column used to increase the force value.

Ji Minghuan is not short of fighting power for the time being, but what he lacks is the means to protect his life and track down clues.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's first choose 'Restraint Detection'. This skill can be used to find out more about the family members, especially Gu Wenyu's father and sister. As long as I complete the main quests related to them and get new skill points, I can learn other skills at will."

Then he pressed and held the "Restraint Belt Detection" button, and the text on the panel changed from dim to bright, glowing with red and black colors.

[1 skill point has been consumed to successfully acquire the skill "Resilience Detection" from the "Vicious" branch. When you use a restraint to touch an opponent (must be human or humanoid), a series of their data (attributes, abilities) will pop up in your mind.]

[The next skill of the "Li" branch has been opened for learning.]

Ji Minghuan took a look at the newly unlocked skills under this branch.

[Suppression with Restraints: After you use restraints to tie up an alien, you can temporarily suppress their extraordinary abilities.]

"That sounds pretty useful," he thought. "But I'm not sure how specific the 'binding' is. Does it have to bind the opponent's entire body, or is just tying a knot around the calf enough? There are too many possibilities. After I learn this skill, I'll find someone unlucky enough and slowly test out all the rules of the skill."

Ji Minghuan then switched back to the system panel, turned to the last page, and found a prominent option - [Create a new game character]. The text color of this option was different from the other options, and was written in pure blood red.

He raised his finger and poked it, and a series of text prompts popped up.

[The split progress has not yet been completed, and a new game character cannot be created. ]

[Tip: The number of split points required to create a new game character is: 3 (You currently only have 1 split point. Once you have a total of 3 split points, you can create the next "game character" in the real world)]

He thought to himself, "So, I only need two more split points to create a new game character. Once I have two characters, I can try to attack the orphanage..."

The sound of rain gradually faded, and the sleepiness grew stronger. His eyelids felt heavy as if they were inlaid with lead. He closed all the panels in his sight and put all the complicated thoughts behind his mind. Then Ji Minghuan closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep in a short while.

Not long after he fell asleep, Gu Qiye returned home after changing into casual clothes.

Gu Qiye didn't turn on the entrance light. Instead, he quietly walked through the first-floor living room and ascended to the second floor, stopping outside Gu Wenyu's room. After a long silence, he gently turned the doorknob and quietly opened it a crack.

Through the tiny crack in the door, Gu Qiye glanced at Gu Wenyu in the room. Gu Wenyu was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly and peacefully, not like he was pretending to be asleep.

"Am I being overly suspicious..."

Gu Qiye muttered to himself with a complicated expression. He always felt that the insect pupa man he had just met had some similarities with his younger brother, but he couldn't tell where the similarities were.

He took a deep breath, the damp, cold air piercing his lungs like a sharp sword, clearing away his chaotic thoughts. Careful not to make any noise and wake his brother, he slowly closed the door a crack and went back to his room to rest.

It was drizzling outside the window, and the raindrops drew beautiful parabolas under the eaves.

It was a quiet rainy night.

"Restricted-level psychic, number 1002 - 'Ji Minghuan', instructor is visiting. Prepare for interrogation as soon as possible."

Another familiar notification voice reached his ears, followed by a cold light that spread down, directly waking up Ji Minghuan who was lying on his side on the bed.

He opened his eyes, turned his body, raised his left hand and rubbed the Tianming acupoint, and then his other hand touched his neck, and his fingers touched the cold metal collar.

The mentor once said: Once the collar detects that he is using his superpowers, it will immediately inject him with a large amount of sedatives and superpower inhibitors.

However, during the time when Ji Minghuan used his supernatural powers to control another body, the collar did not seem to detect that he was using his supernatural powers, otherwise he would have been awakened by the electric shock long ago, not to mention that he had been "dreaming" for so long... It was really unbelievable.

"So... is my ability really that advanced? It even has its own anti-detection system." Ji Minghuan thought, loosened his hands from the cold collar, and stretched his stiff neck.

I sat up and looked up. The instructor had already walked in from the entrance of the corridor, and the metal isolation door behind him closed.

"Good evening, mentor." Ji Minghuan's greeting was still very warm.

"Good evening." The instructor smiled.

Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow, not expecting his rhetoric to come so easily this time, so he asked, "So... is it really night outside now?"

"Who knows?"

The tutor chuckled mysteriously, took out two photos from his sleeves and placed them on the table.

He introduced: "Are you interested in hearing about some of the superpowers that have appeared outside?"

"for example?"

Ji Minghuan sat opposite him.

"For example, this is a new psychic discovered last night in the Chinese capital. His ability seems to be creating extremely resilient restraints, similar in appearance to bandages. When he appears, he likes to hide in a corner where no one can see him, using the restraints to wrap himself like a chrysalis and suspend him in mid-air. Doesn't it look a bit scary?"

Is this true...the news spread so fast?

Ji Minghuan was slightly startled. He listened to his instructor's speech while looking at the photos on the table.

In the photo, a strange, huge insect pupa is hung upside down by a black strip under a billboard in a square.

If you look closely, you'll discover that this "chrysalis" is actually also composed of pitch-black strips. The circles of stripes adhering to its surface are eerie and strange, like a bottomless void, greedily sucking in the gazer's attention.

He thought, it seems that my superpowers are indeed things that happen in the real world. I had previously guessed that the "dream" might just be a parallel world, but it seems I was overthinking it.

While thinking this in his heart, Ji Minghuan asked knowingly, "What is this thing...Teacher, are you sure this is a person with special abilities and not some alien creature?"

"No, look at the second photo." The instructor shook his head.

Hearing this, Ji Minghuan lowered his eyes and looked at the second photo covered underneath.

In the photo, a giant black cocoon opened, revealing a man wearing a mask and a windbreaker. He was hanging upside down under a billboard, flipping through a book in his hand as if no one was around.

After staring at this strange figure for a while, Ji Minghuan looked up at his instructor and asked with a little curiosity:

"Teacher, what is the name of this psychic?"

The instructor clasped his fingers together and replied slowly, "After unanimous discussion among the outside world, they have decided to temporarily call this psychic - 'Black Pupa'."

(End of this chapter)