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Chapter 97 Crime, Adding Links, Two Guests (Additional Monthly Tickets Requested)

Lan Hu was stunned for a second, then turned to look at Su Zimai. He asked in confusion:

"It sounds like... Miss Conan should have also encountered the black pupa?"

For a moment, everyone in the beach villa turned their attention to Su Zimai, who was wearing a black suit.

Ke Qirui seemed to be worried that Su Zimai might say something wrong, so he put his pipe back into his windbreaker pocket. He curled his lips and answered for her:

"Don't be offended. My sister has also been harassed by the black pupa. Ever since that big fluttering moth came into being, it has always liked to make fun of others, so we don't have a good impression of it."

Su Zimai shrugged and was too lazy to speak, just nodded.

Hei Pu was still drawing circles on the ground with his fingers, wondering why his reputation among his three collaborators was so bad.
He drew a circle and sentenced Su Zimai and Ke Qirui in his mind:

"The one named Su secretly went to Japan with others to play, but was discovered by his father and eldest brother for no apparent reason. They then took him back home and spanked him."

"The one named Ke should write "Lesbian who seduces high school girls" on his windbreaker and hang it on the Tokyo Tower for three days and three nights."

At this time, in the hall decorated with luxurious frames.

Lan Hu knew that Hei Pu was hiding somewhere and eavesdropping, but he couldn't say it out loud because of their collaborator status.

So he said sarcastically, "It's normal. Black Pupa is like a mad dog, biting everyone he sees."

Black Pupa ignored it and resorted to the childish tactics of psychological victory:

"Then you are the dog brother, she is the dog sister, dad is the dog father, and we are the happy and joyful puppy Peppa family."

Ying Wu hugged his shoulders and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and confirmed for the last time:

"You really don't know Black Pupa? I've seen many people speculate that you two are secretly in a partnership."

Blue Arc shook his head and severed ties with Black Pupa with dignity. "Ms. Yingwu, please don't lump me in with that kind of criminal. It would be very troubling to me."

He paused. "You're also a seasoned deviant. You should understand that there are many psychopaths among criminals—they just like to cling to you for a sense of belonging, but that doesn't mean you have any substantial relationship with them."

Yingwu nodded. "That's true. I spoke too much, and I'm very sorry. But these are tense times, and that Black Pupa also came to Tokyo with you, so there are a lot of rumors circulating in the underworld. I must confirm this with you in advance."

"It's okay, this kind of misunderstanding is normal." Blue Arc said.

Ke Qirui raised his eyes slightly and observed Lan Arc from under the brim of his hat.

Sure enough... Blue Arc should also be a collaborator of Black Pupa. Thinking of this, she said:

"Now that we've finished our small talk, Ms. Yingwu, shouldn't we nine start discussing the escort operations for this auction?"

"Yes... First of all, everyone should be clear about our potential enemies?" Yingwu asked.

"White Crow Brigade." Blue Arc lowered his voice and took the lead in saying this name that terrified countless people.

A deathly silence fell upon the nine of them. Everyone knew that this was a notorious group of SS-level wanted criminals. Their reputation was known to everyone in the world's major powers.

Previously, the White Crow Brigade had committed numerous crimes that had shocked the world—killing France's most powerful esper, "Ember," at the Saint-Idi National Auction, looting museums in Washington, D.C., and attacking Italian military transports at sea, only to resell all the supplies to local gangs...

If we were to list all their crimes and record every one of them in a notebook, it would take more than a single page to record them all. If they were to fall into the hands of the authorities, every member of the brigade would have to be shot at least a hundred times to count.

Not long ago, the organizers of the Japanese underworld auction received news in advance that they were being targeted by the White Crow Brigade:
——Presumably, at this Tokyo underground auction, there must be some item that caught the interest of the White Crow Brigade.

So they were like a school of sharks hiding in the sea, following the scent of blood and surging forward in an unstoppable manner.

Just as everyone was silent, Xu Sanyan spoke expressionlessly.

He said, "Since no one has said anything, let me say this: I think you Japanese are not sincere. You are sending such a small number of combat forces. It is simply a fantasy to want to stop the White Crow Brigade."

He paused and said, "To put it bluntly... it's no different from committing suicide."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the villa hall suddenly became cold, and it seemed that even the warm light from the crystal chandelier turned pale.

None of the nine spoke for a while.

The four Japanese people reacted calmly and did not show any bad expressions because of Xu Sanyan's words.

White waves hit the coast and broke into waves. Amid the sound of rushing, trucks passed by on the coastal highway.

"Hey... Sanyan, when the captain is here, let the captain speak. It's not your turn." Lin Zheng hugged his shoulders and reminded slowly.

"It doesn't matter, don't we still have Blue Arc?" Ke Qirui smiled.

Blue Arc shrugged. "Thanks for your trust. Actually, I accepted the guarding mission for this auction partly because of the association's request, and partly because I haven't found a decent opponent in a while."

Hey, brother, just be confident. You will be obedient once the ghost father Zhong, whom you hate the most, saves your life, Hei Pu thought.

"As expected of Mr. Blue Arc, a confident man is the most attractive."

Ke Qirui said this casually, and then she couldn't help but pick up her pipe again because she was craving for a cigarette. She didn't smoke, but just sniffed the lingering smell on the pipe with the tip of her nose.

Xu Sanyan was silent for a moment, then continued, "Are you planning to use this opportunity to have Blue Arc sacrificed for you, and then legitimately weaken the neighboring country's combat power?"

At this moment, Fuyuyama Nobunaga suddenly raised his eyes, and a cold light like a knife flashed in his pupils.

He looked directly into Xu Sanyan's eyes and spoke word by word:

"Can you say that again?"

Fight, fight, fight... Black Pupa lay on the ground on his side, supporting his head with his arm, posing the same posture as the Normal Pokémon "Leave King", and he couldn't wait to jump out and fan the flames.

"Xu Sanyan," Ke Qirui said, taking off his pipe, his voice slightly colder. "For the next few days, you are not allowed to say a single word without my permission."

Xu Sanyan snorted coldly, no longer meeting Nobunaga's gaze. Yingwu, clutching the hilt of his sword, said slowly, "I think... you seem to have some misunderstandings about us. We formed this bodyguard team after considering the actual situation."

She paused. "And there are far more people involved in this operation than just us. We are indeed the core combat force. In addition, the eight major underworld families have each recruited an elite team of psychics. All in all, there are more than fifty people, including many Dragon-level psychics with strength similar to mine."

Hearing this, Su Zimai frowned and whispered in Ke Qirui's ear:
"What's the point of having so many small fry... Can't Japan produce a quasi-catastrophe-level character? The only quasi-catastrophe-level character is the blue electric rat borrowed from China."

Ke Qirui shook his head and responded in a low voice:
"Japan still has several quasi-catastrophic-level esper... but their esper association is more closely aligned with the United Nations, unlike the Exorcist Association, which has close ties with the mafia families. Therefore, there's no need to insert a quasi-catastrophic-level into such a dangerous situation... They're just symbolically borrowing one or two mid- to high-level combat personnel."

After saying that, she raised her head again and said to Yingwu in a higher voice:

"Half a hundred psychic bodyguards? That does sound reassuring."

Ke Qirui paused. "But compared to this, I'm more curious: how much do you know about the White Crow Brigade?"

"Just like you." Yingwu said bluntly, "We only know the combat capabilities of five of the members."

After saying that, she gave a look to the curly-haired man next to her.

Wearing round-frame glasses, Huihara Ritsu smiled awkwardly, took out a projector pen from his pocket, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then pressed the button.

A file list was projected in mid-air.

Ayase Origami, a psychic, comes from the Ayase family and is a quasi-disaster level person;

Oda Takikage, a psychic, comes from the Ayase family and is at the peak of the Dragon level;

Lan Duoduo, a strange news user, is equivalent to "Dragon Level" in the evaluation system of superpowers;
An Lunsi, a superpower, is classified as "quasi-catastrophic level" in the superpower evaluation system;
Jack the Ripper, a second-level exorcist, is equivalent to "quasi-disaster level" in the evaluation system of superpowers.

Ke Qirui raised his eyes from his pipe and glanced at the list on the projection interface.

Her gaze lingered for a second on the figure in school uniform, Jack the Ripper, holding a dark red knife, and then she said:

"As the file shows, among the five members we know of, three are already 'Near Disaster Grade'."

"Even though Mr. Blue Arc is a leader among the 'quasi-disaster-level', it is impossible for him to deal with so many monsters at the same time;"

"Although you said that the eight major mafia gangs have formed an elite troop of over fifty psychics, this is still far from enough."

Ke Qirui paused and lowered his voice, "Because we can't be sure... whether the remaining seven members of the White Crow Brigade are as powerful as the five we know so far."

Hearing this, Black Pupa, who was lying on his side on the second floor playing with his fingers, raised his hand and scratched his cheek, thinking to himself, "Then don't worry, not all the members of the White Crow Brigade are macho men. Uh... at least No. 12 is a fake."

Ying Wu said slowly:
"Indeed, we have considered this. What if our core bodyguard team, plus the gang's fifty elite psychics, can't stop the White Crow Brigade?"

She paused, "Then there are others who will take action."

"who?"

Ke Qirui and Lan Hu asked in unison, they looked at each other and then looked at Ying Wu.

Ying Wu explained, "The organizer said that among the guests this time are two very powerful individuals, who come from two different and powerful forces."

"Two powerful forces?" Ke Qirui murmured.

Ying Wu nodded. "That's right. But these two guests didn't want to reveal their identities. The organizers also said they would intervene if necessary. After all, they were inside the auction, and they couldn't ignore the White Crow Brigade's indiscriminate attacks."

Ke Qirui was still thinking about what forces these two people might come from when Su Zimai beside him spoke.

Su Zimai asked incredulously, "How strong are these two guests?" After a pause, she said, "Isn't it just you Japanese who think their strength is terrifying?"

Ying Wu shook his head. "No. The organizers told us very clearly: these two big men are on the same level as Blue Arc. In fact, one of them may even be stronger than Blue Arc."

At the end of her words, the girl in the kendo uniform glanced at Blue Arc.

"Stronger...than me?" Blue Arc murmured softly.

He hugged his shoulders, his brows slightly raised under his helmet, obviously aroused by Yingwu's words - there are only a handful of people in this world who are stronger than him.

Su Zimai was stunned for a moment, and immediately guessed:
"Rainbow Wing?"

"No," Ke Qirui said, "It can't be Hongyi. The relationship between the United Nations and the Japanese underworld is not harmonious."

She chuckled, "There's no need for us to speculate. Since the Japanese side is so certain these two 'guests' are truly that powerful, then their auras are definitely extraordinary. We'll be able to identify them on the scene when the time comes."

At this moment, in the corridor on the second floor.

Black Pupa leaned against the redwood railing, tilted his head, and thought curiously: "They said there are two 'big shots' among the guests, and they come from different factions?"

Obviously, the moment Ji Minghuan heard them mention the two guests, he had already guessed the identity of one of the "big shots":

——That is naturally his good brother "Li Qingping", who is also the deputy captain of the Wangting team of Qiwen Box Garden, codenamed "Red Dragon".

So... who is the other "guest" whose strength is on par with Blue Arc?
This is the question that confuses Ji Minghuan.

Since Yingwu said that the auctioneer claimed that the power behind the other "guest" was different from Li Qingping, this meant that the other guest did not belong to the "Whale Box Garden" and certainly could not belong to the "Rainbow Wing"...

If we eliminate all of these, aren't there only two possibilities left?

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan was stunned for a second, and then slowly read out one of the two possibilities in his mind:
"The Salvation Society..."

At this moment, the warm face of his mentor suddenly flashed through his mind.

Through the senses of the restraints, Ji Minghuan's vision was like an insect-proof net covering the first-floor hall, and his gaze rested on the heads of Lan Hu and Ke Qirui.

Looking at the expressions of the two, he raised his eyebrows with interest and thought to himself:
"How interesting! I thought everyone was already here, but I didn't expect the auction to be increasing in price... I hope this mysterious figure won't let me down."

(End of this chapter)