Hearing the na "Blue Arc," Su Zimai was montarily stunned.
She widened her eyes in disbelief: "Ha... that big blue electric rodent?"
Ke Qirui walked toward the stairway of the abandoned office building while saying, "Actually, Japan’s Exorcist Association has already negotiated with China’s Mutants Association. They said ’Blue Arc’ will also be sent to participate in the security of this auction."
She chuckled, "Blue Arc is a reliable teammate. If I hadn’t heard this news, I wouldn’t have overeagerly taken on this commission."
Su Zimai followed behind her, "But isn’t that guy busy as hell? How does he have ti to co to Japan?"
"It’s the request of the Mutants Association; he can’t ignore it."
Su Zimai sighed, holding her head, "I really don’t like that big electric rodent show-off, can’t stand it, can’t stand it... Captain, do we really have to work with him? I’m afraid his greasy lines will choke . Honestly, I don’t even know why he’s so popular in China. When I see classmates fangirling over him, I can’t help but roll my eyes."
"He is, after all, a national-level hero. Why are you so prejudiced against him?"
Su Zimai mumbled with her head lowered, "Why doesn’t the Japanese underworld borrow people from the United Nations? Wouldn’t it be better to call over the Rainbow Wings? Seeing that group of calamity-level oddballs, the White Crow Brigade probably wouldn’t dare make a move, right?"
Ke Qirui patiently explained, "First, the Japanese underworld doesn’t have a good relationship with the United Nations, so it’s impossible for them to ask for help from them. Secondly, an organization of the level of ’Rainbow Wings’ wouldn’t be used for sothing like auction security. That’s like using a rocket launcher to roast sweet potatoes."
"Alright... looking at it that way, it’s already pretty good that Japan could borrow a big electric rodent."
"When we et Blue Arc, make sure not to call him ’big electric rodent.’
"Heh, I’m not stupid." Su Zimai scoffed, indifferent.
Ke Qirui, walking towards the exit, took a smoking pipe from her pocket and took a drag. She said, "Speaking of which... I have so impression of that boy we just saw."
"Which one?"
"The one in the hoodie. I saw him two years ago in the Exorcist Association." Ke Qirui pondered, "I forgot his na, but I rember his Celestial Driver was quite unique... ’International Chess.’ He later left the association because of sothing, and I never saw him again."
"Did he also join the White Crow Brigade?" Su Zimai was surprised.
"Maybe."
"Such a promising young man going astray; even getting a stable position at the association would be better than going around with those lunatics committing cris, right?" Su Zimai said with emotion.
Ke Qirui shook her head, "Who knows what he’s thinking, anyway... We’d better et up with the others first. We should be careful on the way; we don’t know if Brigade mbers are still around."
"Hmm."
Ke Qirui put the smoking pipe back in her coat pocket, and the two of them left the abandoned office building, chatting and laughing.
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Japan, on the other side of the Harbor District in Tokyo.
Ji Minghuan had ran with three mbers of the White Crow Brigade in a ran shop, and then they parted ways. Before leaving, Ayase Origami left him a phone number, saying other team mbers would call him once they arrived in Tokyo.
After leaving the ran shop, he found a hotel in Tokyo to stay alone, swiped his card, and opened the room door.
He put the room card into the card slot and turned on the lights.
Taking a few steps forward, he collapsed onto the bed, thinking to himself, "I’m going to have to stay with this bandit group for quite a while... The White Crow Brigade is notorious now, maybe it will draw the Rainbow Wings over. As long as I can grasp information about the Rainbow Wings, even if it’s just one mber’s superpower, I’ll have the capital for long-term trade with Gu Qiye."
Lying on the pillow, he clicked on the gear icon in the bottom right corner of his vision, bringing up the system panel and selecting the "Character Skill Tree System."
[Branch 1 (Group): Recruit Soldiers (requires consuming "1" Skill Point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]
[Branch 2 (Valor): Evolution of Chess Species (Condition: Requires consuming a total of "3" Skill Points in other branches before being allowed to learn this skill) (Learning this skill requires consuming "1" Skill Point) → Unknown → Unknown...]
[Branch 3 (Soul): Demon Hunter (requires consuming "1" Skill Point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]
"The skill in the second branch has prerequisite conditions. I can’t use it for now, so I can only choose between the other two branches."
Thinking this, Ji Minghuan glanced at the initial skills on the two branches.
[Recruit Soldiers: Obtain two "Soldier Pawns."]
[Demon Hunter: After your pawns participate in slaying demons, you have a chance to obtain a unique pawn related to it. (This pawn can only be "materialized" once, and after being destroyed, it won’t respawn like normal Chess Species.)]
"No doubt, the first one is more practical."
Ji Minghuan concluded without hesitation, raising his hand to press and hold the skill na "Recruit Soldiers."
Watching the text on the panel change from dark to light, emitting a halo of black and white, a panel popped up in front of his eyes.
[Consud "1" Skill Point, successfully learned the skill "Recruit Soldiers" from the "Group" branch.]
[The next skill in the "Group" branch is now open for learning.]
Ji Minghuan glanced at the new unlocked skill in the "Group" system.
[Soldier Training: Equip your soldiers with shields, allowing the command "Shield Formation" to be activated in battle.]
He closed the Character Skill Tree panel, summoned Xia Pingzhou’s Celestial Driver, and a black-white halo erged from his body, gradually forming an orbit twisted from the chessboard base of International Chess. Compared to before, two new "Soldier Pawns" had appeared on the orbit—this was the result of learning "Recruit Soldiers."
"Not bad, your majesty feels very secure."
Ji Minghuan yawned, retracted the Celestial Driver, and rolled over on the bed to face the ceiling.
He then opened the "Mission Panel."
[Main Quest 1: Accompany the White Crow Brigade to participate in the "Tokyo Underground Auction Heist" on July 21 and survive the action. (Mission Reward: 3 Skill Points, 1 Attribute Point, 1 Split Point)]
He thought, "I just realized this mission’s reward is 3 Skill Points... It’s the first ti I’ve seen so many points. Does this an surviving the auction is very difficult?"
[Main Quest 2: Find the location of the Evil Exorcist who killed "your relative"—Jack the Ripper. (Mission Reward: 1 Skill Point, 1 Attribute Point, 1 Split Point)]
"Jack the Ripper is a mber... Once the brigade is all together, I’ll definitely accomplish this task."
Ji Minghuan quietly looked at the third main quest.
[Main Quest 3: Find traces of "your forr teammate," the crazed Exorcist—"Traffic Lights."]
He searched Xia Pingzhou’s mories for the events from two years ago. During that ti, while the four-man squad was on a mission, Xia Pingzhou’s Exorcist teammate "Traffic Lights" suddenly went mad, as if possessed by a violent killer, turning the other two teammates, except Xia Pingzhou, into at patties, blood splattering.
After that, Traffic Lights disappeared for a long ti. Later, he beca a monster that specialized in hunting exorcists.
Whenever he successfully completed a cri, he would leave a "Hexagram" mark beside the body, with a line of Latin written next to the mark: Sodalitas Salvifica.
Translated into Chinese, it ans "Salvation Society."
"’Salvation Society’... It sounds like a very powerful organization." Ji Minghuan mumbled.
He sighed, "Anyway, for now, there’s nothing else to do here. Just wait for the brigade’s notice. This body will just hang out at the hotel."
He rested his arms behind his head, staring blankly at the ceiling, thinking: "Now that I have a second body for backup, next, I should use ’Black Cocoon’ to investigate the Welfare Institute. Hopefully, I can get so experintal clues from the director."
So he closed his eyelids, shifting his consciousness to the first ga character—"Gu Wenyu."
Everything slowly quieted down, the hotel’s lights were a dim yellow, and the boy on the bed slept peacefully. A light rain fell outside the window, and under the wash of the rain, Tokyo Tower emitted a warm white glow.
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