My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 60 Gap
Late at night, at the entrance of Roppongi EX Theater.

Keeping a short distance between them, Ji Minghuan and Ke Qirui locked eyes. The stone statue of the Queen quietly guarded the former, a cold flame blazing in its slender eye sockets.

"Ke Qirui," Ji Minghuan looked directly into Ke Qirui's eyes and said expressionlessly, "I remember your name."

"Oh? I thought you'd forgotten about me. So...are you free to chat with me? Just here, since you've already taken care of the surveillance cameras."

As Ke Qirui spoke, he took another puff of his cigarette, with smoke curling around his fingertips.

"If I say I'm busy, you'll let me go?"

"Indeed... If that time ever comes, I might find a way to make you free." Ke Qirui put his pipe back into his pocket and didn't deny his statement. "But I'm still a very polite person, so I'll ask you first."

Ji Minghuan remained silent, his face expressionless. Maintaining Xia Pingzhou's cold and stoic persona was a bit of a struggle for him. If he were playing the role of "Black Pupa," he would probably have let loose and retorted to Ke Qirui's words.

The stone statue of the queen swung her daggers and moved forward, with cold blue flames burning in her eye sockets.

"My companions are nearby." Ke Qirui took off his one-way glasses and wiped them gently with a cloth from his pocket. "You are indeed a very talented exorcist. I watched the entire battle just now. Even after more than a year of wasting time, your strength is still beyond my imagination. But I don't think you can defeat many alone."

She paused and said, "And... from a personal point of view, I don't want to conflict with you."

Hearing her say this, Ji Minghuan thought of Su Zimai's face, and then silently admitted defeat.

He doesn't understand other people, but how could he not know his sister's personality and temper?
Who was Su Zimai? Ever since she was little, she'd always pick fights with her two brothers. She was reckless and didn't think twice when she got angry.

When the chase starts later, it won’t be surprising if Su Zimai suddenly uses some killer move to kill his second-in-command.

He asked, "So... you followed me all the way here late at night?"

Ke Qirui shook his head: "No, we didn't follow you, nor did we specifically look for you. It's simply that there is a strong connection between us."

"What a fate..." She chuckled, "Every time I detect a demon in the harbor and bring my people over to take a look, I end up running into you."

"It's better to forget about this kind of fate."

"We met two years ago. Since you still remember my name, you should also remember the scene at that time."

"So, what do you want to say?"

As he spoke, Ji Minghuan glanced down at the crow tattoo on the back of his hand. He had heard that the captain's ability was to control crows, so Ji Minghuan wondered if this tattoo had a monitoring function... If so, he would have to be careful with his words and actions.

Every word that follows could be a matter of life or death.

Ke Qirui was silent for a moment, then slowly took out a file from his windbreaker pocket. "I spent some time today investigating what happened half a year ago. I deeply regret that incident..."

She thought for a moment. "Right now, I'm the only one in the association who knows what you're doing. Everyone else thinks you're missing. For your safety, I've taken the initiative to delete your file. This way, no one can investigate your background, not even... those people."

The "those people" that Ke Qirui was talking about were naturally the members of the brigade. She knew very well what would happen to Xia Pingzhou if the White Crow Brigade hacked into the system of the Exorcist Association and investigated his background.

There were some photos hanging on the file table. The photos showed a rooftop with some bloody organs and flesh hanging on the clothesline. Even the human face was completely peeled off and hung quietly next to these organs.

Ji Minghuan rolled his eyes silently in his heart, thinking that we are playing some kind of role-playing game now, I play the Blue Arc, you play the Black Pupa under the street light... Now the positions are really reversed, it is true that fortunes change.

"You've got the wrong person." He said, moving towards the exit.

"Stop... this is dangerous." Ke Qirui looked away. "But having said that, my intuition tells me... you won't compromise."

"You've already convinced yourself that I'm someone else, so what else can I say?"

Ignoring his words, Ke Qirui said expressionlessly, "It's not too late to leave them now. Even though the Brigade will consider you a traitor and try every means to hunt you down, the Exorcist Association can guarantee your safety... It's better to return to us than to stay with those lunatics. You might not survive even a month with them."

"I told you, you got the wrong person." Ji Minghuan replied, thinking, I just said I won't do the main task?
"That's right... I guessed you would say that." Ke Qirui said, "We can leave a contact number. If you suddenly come to your senses one day, you can contact me."

"I refuse." Ji Minghuan said expressionlessly, "I urge you not to stop me... How do you know the other members aren't nearby? Or do you think your men have a chance of winning against us?"

After saying that, he silently passed by Ke Qirui and stepped into the entrance passage.

He hoped Ke Qirui understood that their current conversation could be overheard by the members of the brigade, and that it was not surprising for those monsters to have strange abilities. Continuing the conversation with Ke Qirui would be very risky for him.

Fortunately, Ke Qirui did not say some things clearly from beginning to end, such as Xia Pingzhou joined the brigade for revenge, otherwise Ji Minghuan might have to fight with her to prove himself.

The entire Roppongi Theater was so quiet that only footsteps could be heard, but even these footsteps were fading away.

Ke Qirui didn't stop him. "I sympathize with your experience, but you don't have to do this. The dead cannot be resurrected... risking your life again is foolish. I'm sure those 'dead' people wouldn't want to see this."

After a while, Ji Minghuan's voice came from the exit passage behind him.

"How do you know I'm misguided, as you think, and not willing to follow them from the bottom of my heart?" he said. "Just because we met once two years ago, you're so sure I'm a good person?"

He paused. "Perhaps I actually enjoyed being among them. You haven't seen the Ripper's technique yourself. When those faces and organs hang in the sun, swaying in the wind, I think they're beautiful... so beautiful... that it makes you want to see just how attractive the person who did them was."

Ji Minghuan knew that Jack the Ripper had probably forgotten about killing a family in that alley half a year ago. For the Ripper, it was just an after-dinner entertainment and not worth remembering at all.

As long as it is not stated that those who were killed were Xia Pingzhou's family, even if the brigade members were using some ability to monitor Xia Pingzhou, these words would not arouse their suspicion.

Hearing this, Ke Qirui was silent for a long time, lowered the brim of his hat, and hid his face in the shadows.

She had seen too many crazy people over the years, so she didn't feel angry or shocked by these words, but rather felt regretful...

If Xia Pingzhou was really that sick, she would undoubtedly take action against him here, and make the White Crow Brigade lose a member before the auction even started.

But at this moment, the stone statue of the queen suddenly walked slowly in front of her, raised her finger, and blue flames burst out from her fingertips.

The Queen silently moved her fingers, and flames formed a line of words in the air: "I will not cooperate with you, but there may be others who will cooperate with you."

Ke Qirui looked at the text silently, was stunned for a second, and asked in a low voice:
"Who?"

The Queen's stone statue continued to move its fingertips in the air, and the flames formed new words:
"A black mummy."

The next moment, the words formed by the flames disappeared in mid-air like embers. The Queen's figure suddenly became transparent, and she walked towards the theater wall. Her body merged into the wall and slowly disappeared.

(End of this chapter)