The Train Demon still hasn’t arrived in Osaka, Japan; the sound of "clang clang" envelops the carriage from all directions.
Outside the train window, strange and surreal scenes pass by. The train moves fast enough that everything quickly turns into a colorless blur.
In carriage number 8, the siblings are seated quietly at a slight distance from one another on the sa row of seats.
"By the way, how long have you been keeping this from ?" Su Zimai asked softly after a long silence.
She touched her reddened nose, not daring to look up at Gu Wenyu, afraid of recalling the embarrassing scene earlier.
"Just a few months. I’ve only recently awakened my superpower, how much longer could I have kept it secret?" Gu Wenyu said, then suddenly changed his tone, "Well... actually I’ve been hiding it from you since I ca out of the womb, impressive, right?"
He’s not joking; he’s stating a fact. Gu Wenyu himself is completely fake, rely a paper figure created by his superpower.
So, even Su Zimai’s mories are just the result of reality distortion. Saying "I’ve been hiding it from her since the womb" isn’t problematic at all.
"You awakened your superpower only a few months ago and beca this powerful?" Su Zimai doubted, turning her head to stare at him.
"Yes, yes, because I’m one in a million... no, maybe one in a billion genius."
Gu Wenyu nodded absentmindedly while looking down at his book, saying casually.
Su Zimai subconsciously opened her mouth, about to call him shaless.
But then she thought it over and suddenly realized that what her brother said seed to be true. How could anyone have awakened their powers and beco this strong just like him? As if he had cheats; initially, he was so weak, but later he beat the Swallowing Silver rat effortlessly.
She furrowed her brows slightly, thinking deeply, ticulously tallying all the inconsistencies up to now. Then she asked:
"How did you do it at the ran shop?"
"What do you an, how did I do it?"
"You know... at that ti, you were eating ran with us while simultaneously climbing Tokyo Tower to capture that ’Winged Man’, it was live on TV!"
"Clone," Gu Wenyu said casually.
"Clone?"
Su Zimai was stunned.
"Yes."
Gu Wenyu continued looking at his book, reaching out with his right hand. A restraint belt clattered down from the sleeve of his trench coat pocket, piling up into a small hill on the ground and gradually transforming into the silhouette of a human.
Su Zimai stared wide-eyed and then slowly lowered her face, looking at the black humanoid figure with suspicion and amazent.
"He looks so ugly yet can be a clone?" she murmured, "Wouldn’t you see through it with one glance?"
Mid-sentence, she suddenly realized, "Oh, I get it. You first let it wrap its whole body with the restraint belt and then put on sunglasses. Then it becos the appearance it has in Japan when it appears before and the leader."
"I’m so touched, little sis, that your IQ could actually reach that level." Gu Wenyu raised his eyebrows, saying with feeling, "I thought with your dimwit cute nature, I might have needed to explain it all to you."
"Get lost."
Su Zimai glanced at him.
"Actually, I can make it pretend to be ’Black Cocoon’ too." Gu Wenyu playfully curled his lips, "And I can have it turn into Dad, or into Big Brother..."
Saying that, the face of the Restraint Incarnation suddenly transford, sotis looking like the bearded face of Gu Zhuo Case, sotis the slightly upturned lips of Gu Qiye.
Witnessing this, Su Zimai was completely dumbfounded.
"I can also make it mimic you," Gu Wenyu said softly.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Su Zimai was startled, quickly making a stop gesture with both hands.
"Alright, let’s leave it at that."
Seeing Su Zimai promptly call it off, Gu Wenyu chose to comply.
He was afraid Su Zimai might develop a psychological trauma and be unable to sleep tonight, bombarding him with ssages.
Gu Wenyu flipped the pages of the book, and amidst the rustling sound, the Restraint Incarnation suddenly vaporized into a hot steam and dissipated, as if it never existed.
However, the temperature inside the carriage rose a bit, black wisps of steam andering in the air.
Suddenly, Su Zimai thought of sothing, looked alert, and covered her chest with both hands, "Wait... you’re not going to make the clone turn into and do sothing weird, right?"
"Are you sick?"
Gu Wenyu lifted his eyes from the book, saying with a speechless expression: "Uh... at most, I’d make my clone look like you, then try on so diapers, see which brand best fits your size."
"Get lost."
Su Zimai said, then suddenly noticed a large box of diapers, suspiciously raising her head, "Wait, you haven’t actually done that, right?"
"Of course not, I’m not that bored." Gu Wenyu pouted.
"I’m actually kidding you." Su Zimai snorted.
"Don’t make weird jokes, okay? My heart is just that of a pure primary school student. Don’t lead astray."
"Yes, yes, yes, primary student, primary student." Su Zimai nodded and mocked.
"By the way, aren’t you curious about where that box of diapers ca from?"
"Where did it co from? Didn’t you specifically buy it from the supermarket just to annoy ?"
"Of course not, I’m not that bored." Gu Wenyu said disdainfully, "That box of diapers was actually a gift from the supermarket owner."
"A gift for you?"
"Yeah, back then at Li Jing Square, when I saved a batch of hostages from Green Wing’s hands, one of the hostages was the son of the supermarket owner. I originally just wanted to ask him for a diaper as your birthday gift."
Saying this, he proudly curled his lips, "In the end, to thank for saving his son, he gave a whole box. Unable to refuse such a kind gesture, I accepted it."
Su Zimai half-believed, recalling the scene when Black Cocoon made its debut, with heads being played like footballs and guns handed to hostages, she couldn’t help but gasp.
Just because of the TV scene, she had a terrible first impression of Black Cocoon.
She almost thought he was a complete psycho, but there was no other solution at the ti—although Gu Wenyu’s thods were extre, he did manage to help Gu Qiye out of a bind.
Thinking about it, Su Zimai shook his head and said with emotion:
"I’m impressed... If I were saving soone the way you did back then, I’d have just put a diaper on your head, let alone give you a gift."
"So you’re the Diaper Demon; the boss is the normal person," Gu Wenyu said indifferently. "He understands that I was just pretending to be crazy, but my heart is still good."
Su Zimai thought for a mont, looked at Gu Wenyu with an expression of speechlessness, "Speaking of which, at the auction, was it you who had Xia Pingzhou keep an eye on ?"
"Oh, yeah, it was." Gu Wenyu said, "At the ti, I was afraid the other team mbers would instantly kill you, so I had Xia Pingzhou watch over you. He’s my collaborator, and he was the only one willing to hold back."
"Then I really have to thank you; you’re truly my good brother." Su Zimai held his forehead.
"You’re welco, Diaper Demon made a na for himself in one battle."
"Still on about diapers, still on about diapers, when will you stop!" Su Zimai was getting anxious, "You promised eight hundred years ago you wouldn’t make this joke anymore!"
"Alright, alright, I’ll make that joke less often."
Gu Wenyu said, then suddenly rembered sothing and looked up at her, curiously asking, "By the way... didn’t I already explain the clone thing to Ke Qirui?"
"Did you?"
"Yeah, Ke Qirui recorded our conversation on a voice recorder; haven’t you listened to it?"
After saying this, Gu Wenyu hinted at the recorder in Su Zimai’s hand with his chin.
Su Zimai shook her head, lowered her eyes to look at the voice recorder, "I actually only listened to half of what was in that recorder, then stopped."
"Why?"
She was silent for a mont: "Because I wanted to find the answer from you myself, the leader’s question doesn’t count."
"Oh oh oh, so it’s the ’the you in my eyes is the real you’ kind of thing, we really share a deep sibling bond, my tears are about to flow." Gu Wenyu said calmly.
"Who shares a deep sibling bond with you, elentary school kids have to call sister." Su Zimai said coldly.
"Okay, sister." Gu Wenyu responded without hesitation.
"Good."
Su Zimai was satisfied.
Gu Wenyu thought for a mont, "By the way, sis, rember to keep this from dad and big brother."
"Why?" Su Zimai was puzzled, "Don’t they already know you’re Black Cocoon?"
"No, so listen to ." Gu Wenyu nodded, "I don’t want them to know my identity for now, and as for the reason, don’t ask yet, I’ll tell you later."
"Alright, I’ll listen to you."
"We agreed, right, no betraying ." Gu Wenyu said softly, turning his head and staring into her eyes, then reached out and ruffled her hair.
Unexpectedly, Su Zimai didn’t brush his hand away, but instead got a little closer and rested her head on his shoulder.
To tell the truth, from the ti he was born until now, he had never seen such an obedient sister, she seed like a different person entirely.
Su Zimai closed her eyes as the train continued to rumble forward, and in the sway of the carriage, warmth radiated from Gu Wenyu’s shoulder.
She was silent for a mont, "I won’t tell dad and big brother, but you have to promise one thing."
"What is it?" Gu Wenyu asked.
"I know you guys are going to avenge mom, and I also know I’m too weak to help you." Su Zimai said softly, "So you have to co back safely, and bring the others back too."
"I got it, I’ll make sure they co back safely." Gu Wenyu said, "Have I ever lied?"
"Can I hug you again?"
"So cheesy, are you an elentary school student?"
"I’m afraid you won’t co back."
"Don’t jinx it, okay?" Gu Wenyu said, but he still put down his book and hugged her, "You need to stay safe too; the Salvation Society is still watching you guys."
After a long silence, Su Zimai gave a soft response: "Mm."
She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
Gu Wenyu set her down on the seat, used the restraint belt to form a pillow for her to rest on, then silently turned his head to look at the entrance of the carriage.
The door connecting to the hallway opened, and Ke Qirui ca in.
"How did your conversation go?" she asked.
"It went well." Gu Wenyu said, giving her a disdainful glance, "But I really should thank you, for deliberately letting my sister find that voice recorder."
"I just didn’t want to let her down. If Maimai found out her brother died inexplicably, she’d regret it for the rest of her life." Ke Qirui took a drag of her cigarette. "That’s just the kind of person she is; at least I wanted you to have a chat first."
After saying this, she lowered her eyes and glanced at Su Zimai, who was lying asleep on the seat.
"It’s fine now." Gu Wenyu said, "I’m relieved she didn’t co along."
He paused for a mont, then suddenly asked, "Are we almost to Osaka?"
"Yes." Ke Qirui nodded, "After I drop you and Mu Long off, I’ll bring Xiaomai back to Lake Hunting."
Gu Wenyu turned to look out the window, "By the way, if soone accidentally got caught in the temporal vortex of a ti tunnel, what would happen?"
"What do you an what would happen?" Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow and glanced out the window at the chaotic landscape.
"The literal aning."
"If you get caught in a temporal vortex, you’d never be able to co back, just like being swallowed by a black hole." Ke Qirui said calmly, "That’s why I always make sure to close the train carriage doors tightly."
"Then I’m relieved."
Gu Wenyu said, withdrawing his gaze from the window. He looked up at Ke Qirui, "If things get out of hand, say, an unsolvable monster appears on the island, I might have to ask you for a favor."
"Oh, you’re my major custor, your visits are always welco anyti."
Ke Qirui seed to understand his aning, so she put away her pipe and curled her lips at him.
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