My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 98 The Possibility of Becoming a Hero (asking for monthly tickets)
"Is there anyone among the guests who could offer more help than me?" Blue Arc thought. "I hope the auction organizers aren't lying about the information, trying to trick us into accepting this mission with peace of mind."

There was silence in the villa hall, the waves washed the coast, and seagulls flew in with the morning sunshine.

"Let's stop here for today," Ying Wu said. "Ms. Ke, Mr. Lan Hu, when you come over tomorrow, we'll start discussing the specific defensive measures for the auction."

She paused and said, "There are still five days until the auction begins. We have plenty of time to prepare."

"Okay." Ke Qirui smiled slightly, put his arm around Su Zimai's shoulders, and pulled her body closer. "My sister and I haven't had breakfast yet."

"Then I'll be leaving first." Blue Arc said.

Ke Qirui turned to look at him: "Mr. Lan Hu is really interesting. He was the slowest to arrive, but the fastest to leave."

"Tokyo is a great place. There's so much delicious food, and there's still a lot I haven't tried yet."

After saying that, Lan Hu walked out of the villa.

“If you couldn’t take off your mask, I’d really like to invite you to have breakfast with us.”

Ke Qirui watched him leave.

Lan Hu waved at her without turning back, leaned forward slightly, and transformed his body into a deep blue lightning as he rushed towards the Torii-style exit. He ran away amid the astonished gazes of the bodyguards, with wisps of electric arcs still lingering in the air.

Since his brother had already left, Ji Minghuan had no reason not to leave. However, he still stayed on the second floor for a while, hoping to see if he could get any private information.

He leaned against the mahogany railing and thought, "If the important 'guest' Yingwu mentioned is from the Salvation Society, then I can kidnap a random bodyguard these days and let the restraint avatar enter the auction site in his identity to see if I can find him."

Soon, Ke Qirui left with three members of the Ghost Train Group; only Yingwu and others were left in the living room of the villa.

Huiyuan Ritsu put one hand behind his back, adjusted his round-frame glasses, and said with a wry smile:

"These Chinese people are really aggressive."

Dongshan Xinchang held the hilt of the sword and said coldly: "If it weren't for Miss Yingwu's sake, I would have fought with Xu Sanyan a long time ago."

Ying Wu shook his head. "No matter what their personalities are, they are comrades who will live and die together. We must treat them with caution. A conflict at this juncture would not be a good thing for us, especially since they are foreign aid invited by the association."

"How do you feel, Miss Yingwu?" asked Jingshou, dressed in Onmyoji's attire. His voice was feminine, like the hiss of a snake.

"I saw it with my own eyes. The Blue Arc is stronger than I thought."

Ying Wu said, looking up at the traces of electric arcs lingering in the air outside the villa. "The last time I saw him was a year ago. He has become much stronger."

"It seems... Blue Arc will soon become a disaster-level weapon." Jing Shou sighed.

"Yes, everyone can see that Blue Arc is aiming to become a member of Rainbow Wing." Ying Wu paused, "I still care about that person very much."

"Black pupa?"

Huiyuan Ritsu uttered a name quietly.

"Black Pupa" is a confusing character: some people think he is just a prankster, others think he is a performance artist;

Some people think that he is very secretive and that there is a huge conspiracy behind him, and every action he takes has an ulterior motive...

"Yes, there must be a reason why Black Pupa came to Japan at such a coincidence," Ying Wu pondered. "Even though Blue Arc denied it, I still believe that he and Black Pupa have a cooperative relationship. I just don't know whether this cooperative relationship is good or bad for us."

"Do you suspect... that Blue Arc is threatened by Black Pupa?" Jing Shou opened his folding fan and covered the lower half of his face.

"It's possible." Yingwu nodded.

"Then can we still trust Blue Arc?" asked Jing Shou.

"Let's take it one step at a time." After saying this, Ying Wu walked out of the villa, and the other three did not stop either.

Before long, the hall was empty.

Only the second floor of the villa remained, and there was a large transparent fluttering moth napping against the railing.

Ji Minghuan drooped his eyelids and yawned. "I think I could consider establishing a cooperative relationship with Ying Wu, which would be a good opportunity to improve my training mission progress." He shrugged, "But... I don't think these people will survive this auction. I don't know if the deceased partners will still be counted towards the progress."

Thinking of this, he grabbed the windowsill on one side with a restraint belt and shot out of the window.

In mid-air, the sea breeze blew the restraints in his face, and the restraints reflected a crystal clear sea surface in his pupils.

In the sunlight, the horizon sparkled, and one or two sails swayed at the end of the sea.

Because he wasn't sure whether his elder brother would return to the Roppongi Hotel immediately after taking off his Blue Arc uniform, Ji Minghuan didn't dare to hang around outside and went straight back.

He crawled into the familiar floor-to-ceiling window, closed the window with the restraints, pulled the curtains, and then slowly took off the restraints all over his body, revealing a thin body.

Seeing that he was still wearing pajamas, Ji Minghuan used a restraint belt to take out a set of clothes from the suitcase and put them on.

Just then, a ding sound came from the cell phone.

Ji Minghuan pulled the chain of his pants and picked up his phone with the restraints. He tilted his head and glanced at the message that popped up on the screen.

【Gu Qiye: Do you want to come out for breakfast? 】

"So brother rushed back from there just to have breakfast with me?" Ji Minghuan laughed dryly.

He stretched his neck and retracted the restraint that was tidying his sleeves. He felt that Mr. Blue Arc really took his family too seriously...

Is this the Family Man?
Gu Qiye must have been thinking: I was busy all day yesterday, leaving my brother alone in the hotel. Feeling guilty, he had been thinking about finding a chance to spend some time with him today, so he showed up outside Gu Wenyu's room early in the morning.

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan couldn't help but feel a little funny: after less than ten days of getting along, he already knew the personality of every family member very well.

But this is also because this family is full of straightforward people, and their minds are very easy to guess. I wonder if it is because they inherited Gui Zhong’s bull gene?

Of course...except for the dead mother.

Whenever Su Ying's kind face flashed through his mind, Ji Minghuan couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that Gu Wenyu's mother was still alive, and would suddenly jump out of the grave and give their family a big surprise?

【Gu Wenyu: Eat, eat, eat. I can eat anything.】

Ji Minghuan typed quickly using his restraints, then poked the screen to send.

Just one second after the message was sent, he heard a knock on the door - it turned out that Gu Qinye was leaning outside the door, sending a message on his mobile phone, waiting for his reply.

He curled his lips and walked out quickly, only to see that Gu Qiye had changed into a refreshing white T-shirt and black trousers, and was leaning against the wall in the corridor with his shoulders hunched, waiting for him.

"Where to eat?"

"You choose, eat whatever you want."

Gu Qinye raised his head and smiled at him, then threw his cell phone to Ji Minghuan.

The phone flying towards him was reflected in his pupils. Ji Minghuan could clearly feel that the phone was flying very slowly in the air, just like a snail crawling, and the crawling track was clearly visible.

In order to appear that his reaction was not so fast, he deliberately delayed for a second before slowly extending his hand.

Gu Qiye's phone slipped past him and fell to the ground. Luckily, there was a red blanket on the floor, otherwise the screen would have shattered. "What are you throwing away... Do you think your phone is a Nokia?" Ji Minghuan asked. "What's so great about being rich?" He slowly leaned over and picked up the phone from the ground.

He knew that Master Blue Arc was very wealthy and had made a lot of money from the Alien Association in recent years. However, in order to hide his identity from his family, Gu Qiye had no choice but to use Master Ghost Zhong's bank card. Anyway, his father was also very rich.

Gu Qiye hugged his shoulders and smiled: "It doesn't matter, if it's broken, I'll buy a new one, and by the way, I'll also get you a new phone."

"Changing after the college entrance exam is just a waste of time."

Ji Minghuan said dejectedly, looking down at the store introductions on his phone screen, and his eyes stopped on a Western-style coffee shop called "Blue Bottle Coffee", which was located on a street in Roppongi, very close to their hotel.

"Let's go and eat this." He raised the screen and faced Gu Qinye.

So they took the elevator out of the hotel, and soon they arrived at the Western-style cafe.

Jazz music was playing in the cafe. Gu Qiye picked up the menu and ordered two freshly made waffles with maple syrup worth 1080 yen, plus a summer limited edition hand-brewed coffee.

Then he looked up at his brother and saw Ji Minghuan playing "Life is Strange" on his mobile phone with his head down.

"By the way... Wenyu, have you taken any ability tests recently?"

Gu Qiye pretended to be nonchalant and suddenly mentioned it.

In fact, he often worried that since he had the genes of a superpower in his body, would Gu Wenyu and Su Zimai also suddenly awaken their superpowers like him one day?

Ji Minghuan didn't even look up. "What is that? Why do I, a Muggle, need to take a test? Doesn't it say that if you don't awaken your superpowers before the age of fifteen, the probability of awakening your superpowers after that is less than one percent?"

Gu Qiye thought for a moment and asked, "If you awaken your superpowers, would you want to become a supernatural being?"

"I don't have much backbone. I'd rather be a videographer, relying on my supernatural powers to attract attention and make money."

"That's good..." Gu Qinye smiled with relief. What he said was true. With his brother's personality, even if he awakened his superpowers, he would not do anything dangerous.

But Su Zimai is different. Xiaomai is irritable and impulsive, and he gets angry easily. If Su Zimai awakens his superpowers like him one day, the consequences will be unimaginable... Thinking of this, Gu Qiye decided to have a good talk with Su Zimai after returning to China.

"How is your sister these days?" he asked in a low voice.

His mobile phone number and WeChat were blocked by Su Zimai, so he could only contact his sister through Gu Wenyu.

"Don't worry about my sister. She's having a great time in China. She hasn't sent me a single WeChat message."

"Then remember to tell her that if she wants to go home, she can check the mailbox. I left her a key in the letter."

"Oh oh." Ji Minghuan paused, suddenly raised his head, and looked at Gu Qinye seriously, "By the way... Brother, do you think my sister..." He hesitated to speak, his face looked like he was constipated.

Gu Qiye was startled, frightened by his brother's expression, so he frowned and asked in a low voice:
"Xiaomi, she...what?"

"Do you think..." Ji Minghuan took a breath and said word by word: "Is there something wrong with her sexual orientation?"

"……what?"

Gu Qiye was stunned for a moment, then his expression slowly relaxed, and he asked curiously:
"Sexual orientation?"

Having said that, he did feel that Su Zimai's personality was somewhat masculine, and she didn't speak in the soft and gentle voice of girls of the same age, but this was beyond his blind spot in knowledge.

Ji Minghuan nodded: "Yes, yes, I think my sister likes women. The other day in the park, I saw her and that woman making out. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran away."

Gu Qiye pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Young people nowadays are all like this. In fact, if Xiaomai likes a girl, there is nothing we can do."

"Okay then. Respect and understand."

"Respect and understanding."

Gu Qiye shrugged and repeated with a smile. He didn't care who his sister liked, as long as she was happy and safe.

After thinking for a while, he finally gave a warning: "Wenyu, if one day you really awaken your superpowers, remember to discuss it with me. Maybe I can help you."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Ji Minghuan lowered his eyes and played with his cell phone.

He thought that if he had not chosen the [Gray Character] main growth path when creating his character, but had chosen [Hero], he would probably have joined the "Alien Association" now, following Blue Arc to carry out missions and steadily improve his alien level.

It's just like the leveling and monster-killing routines commonly seen in hot-blooded comics.

Being protected by the big brother is naturally much less stressful than cooperating with him. At least there is no need to worry about the impact after the identity is exposed. But since he has chosen another path, Ji Minghuan actually does not regret it.

After all, having a younger brother to take care of is not a good thing for the eldest brother. Instead, it will make the villains who hate him become rampant, because it means that Blue Arc's weaknesses have increased. Just like Batman and Robin, Robin is always kidnapped by the Joker, and Batman always has to rush to save him.

After breakfast, Ji Minghuan and Gu Qiye returned to the hotel together.

He lay on the big bed in the hotel room, staring at the ceiling in a daze, sorting out the information he had obtained this morning in his mind:
"Besides the Salvation Society, there's actually another possibility for the force behind the other guest Yingwu mentioned... that's the exorcist organization - 'Lake Hunter'."

Lake Lie, a Chinese exorcist team led by the lion dancer "Lin Xingshi", has a total of four people. Each member is a third-level exorcist, and each one is as strong as the members of Hongyi.

Reason told him: the probability that the other guest came from "Lake Hunting" was much greater than the probability that he came from "Salvation Society".

But... even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance that someone from the Salvation Society will show up at this auction, Ji Minghuan must find out the identity of this guest.

The current situation does not allow him to miss any opportunity to find the Salvation Society. Even if there is only a thread, he must hold on tightly, because... that may be his only chance to escape.

"I must rescue my original body and Kong Youling from the laboratory within two months at the latest... No one knows what kind of monsters the Salvation Society is cultivating right now, or whether they are developing the world's most powerful and effective superpower inhibitor to strangle me to death in bed."

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan decided to test his current strength.

The capabilities of Unit 1 are currently still focused on reconnaissance and tracking; there is no doubt that when it comes to combat... Unit 2's current capabilities are far stronger than Unit 1.

Xia Pingzhou's combat ability represents the highest level that Ji Minghuan can currently display.

So he slowly closed his eyelids and synchronized his consciousness with Xia Pingzhou.

When she got up from the mattress on the floor, Ayase Origami was no longer in the attic. It seemed that the young lady in kimono did not have the habit of staying in bed. The pages of paper that she had pasted on the window last night had fallen down and were hanging on the ground.

Ji Minghuan washed up in the bathroom in the attic, then went downstairs. The old circular staircase creaked.

He walked down the stairs, looked up at Ayase Origami who was drinking coffee and reading haiku, then turned to look at Oda Takikage who was sitting behind the counter reading a newspaper.

"Number 4, are you free?" Staring at Oda Takikage, he spoke expressionlessly.

Oda Takikage raised his thick, short eyebrows, slightly lowered his reading glasses for reading the newspaper, and raised his head from the newspaper.

"What's wrong...Number 12?" he asked.

"Fight with me. I want to test my strength."

Ji Minghuan looked into his eyes and spoke slowly.

Ayase Origami glanced at Xia Pingzhou sideways, her eyes seemed to say: Why are you panting so early in the morning, little cat?

(End of this chapter)