Before completely falling asleep, Ji Minghuan squeezed out so ti to enter his own spirit world.
When he opened his eyes, what he saw was a library, with the sunset outside casting its dying light, like blood under the twilight, elongating those two long shadows.
Ji Minghuan lowered his gaze, expressionlessly glancing at the shadows on the ground, then slowly raised his head, looking at the "Black Cocoon" and "Chess Player" hanging from the ceiling.
Their limbs dangled down, heads drooping, without a hint of movent.
The Black Cocoon looked like a black wet umbrella hung out to dry on a clothes pole;
The Chess Player resembled jerky dangling from a butcher’s hook, slowly decaying under the sunset.
Today, when Ji Minghuan found himself idle, he suddenly realized why, after creating a ga character, these two "corpses" appeared in his spirit world.
Because they are not actually corpses, but "Managed Personalities" — the system had initially ntioned that if he didn’t activate "Complete Split Mode," then when he wasn’t controlling the ga body’s actions, the managed personalities would help him manage the body’s every move.
From this perspective, calling them "Tool Personalities" isn’t too far off.
Therefore, when Ji Minghuan activated the "Complete Split Mode," the managed personalities effectively died temporarily... During this period, like AI, they continuously learned his behavior patterns, absorbing experiences of impersonating him, preparing for the next "awakening."
And once "Complete Split Mode" is deactivated, these two bodies will imdiately awaken, respectively taking control of the "Black Cocoon" and "Chess Player" bodies.
It sounds convenient, but Ji Minghuan doesn’t want to take any risks; at least until the auction ends, it’s best that everything is controlled by him.
He leaned against the last row of bookshelves, picked up a novel, and beside him appeared the phantom of a white-haired girl, who accompanied him reading until drowsiness surged up, causing Ji Minghuan to slowly close his eyelids, soon falling into a deep sleep.
With a thud, the book in his hand fell to the ground.
A silent night.
Not to ntion the ti in the confinent room; as for Japan, when the body there woke, it was the morning of July 14th. Seven days remained in the countdown to the Tokyo underground auction.
"Might as well be dead..."
Ji Minghuan yawned, as usual, uttering the first cheerful words of the morning.
Feeling refreshed.
He then controlled the second body "Xia Pingzhou" to slowly get out of bed, pulled up the body’s attribute panel, and quickly distributed the attribute points gained from yesterday’s main quest.
[Your second body "Chess Player"’s "Spirit" attribute has changed: B level → B level (your "Chess Species" strength will also increase accordingly)]
Then pulled up the character skill tree panel.
[Branch One (Group): Recruit Soldiers (Skill Acquired) → Soldier Training (Acquired) → Build Artillery Cart (Requires consuming "1" Skill Point to learn)...]
[Branch Two (Bravery): Chess Species Evolution (Condition: Can be learned only after consuming a total of "3" Skill Points in other branches) (Requires consuming "1" Skill Point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]
[Branch Three (Soul): Demon Hunter (Requires consuming "1" Skill Point to learn) → Unknown → Unknown...]
Ji Minghuan simply glanced over it, keeping the skill point allocation strategy unchanged.
Hmm... firstly build the artillery cart, then learn Branch Two’s "Chess Species Evolution," that’s the fastest way to boost short-term combat power, thinking this, he raised his hand to long-press the Build Artillery Cart skill icon, until the text erupted with a glow of red and black.
[Consud "1" Skill Point, successfully acquired Branch "Group"’s skill—"Build Artillery Cart" (Create a brand-new artillery cart chess piece in the chess library).]
[Branch "Group"’s next skill has been granted learning permissions.]
Ji Minghuan rubbed his temple, glanced at the newly unlocked skill in the "Group" system.
[Cavalry Training: Train one of your soldiers to beco a "Knight," mounted on a warhorse, equipped with a lance, massively boosting the combat power of other soldiers when the cavalry is present.]
"Knight Commander, huh... Wonder if mounted speed can catch up to the Queen’s Statue."
He pulled out the cellphone from beside the pillow, powered it on, and lowered his gaze to check the incoming ssages.
[Ayase Origami: Today numbers 4 and 9 arrived in Japan, co et them, by the way... there’s sothing to tell you.]
This was sent at 4 am, clearly indicating this kimono girl is a night owl.
[Xia Pingzhou: What ti?]
[Ayase Origami: Right now, at the abandoned amusent park in the west of the Harbor District, we’re waiting for you here.]
[Xia Pingzhou: On my way.]
Wash face, brush teeth, then in front of the mirror put on a face mask, observing the layer of human skin completely conforming to his skin, becoming another person in the reflection, he satisfactorily picked up his room card and left the room.
Ji Minghuan took the elevator to the first floor, soon after walking out of the hotel, he suddenly saw a familiar figure on the street, glancing up from the phone screen, a tall figure had already passed by him.
"Dad?"
Ji Minghuan felt montarily surprised, slightly turning his head, using the corner of his eyes to glance back.
Gu Zhuo Case’s silhouette looked slightly hunched, not standing steadily. He slled strongly of alcohol, not completely drunk but definitely had a fair amount.
Recently, due to the Anluns-induced "Underground Bar Huge Explosion" incident, the bars in the Tokyo area temporarily closed for official investigation, currently only izakayas are open.
Hence, Ji Minghuan guessed: his dad probably went to a late-night operating izakaya to drink last night, sleepless for the night, and now was just about to return to the hotel.
Ji Minghuan rembers after his mother’s death Gu Zhuo Case had a period of addiction to drinking, becoming quite a drunkard, but these days being at ho he seed to be rather behaved—at least neither Gu Qiye nor Ji Minghuan detected a hint of alcohol from him.
Yet now arriving in Tokyo he reverted to his old habits.
Of course, Gu Zhuo Case likely hasn’t gotten over allowing the Rainbow Wing mbers to escape at the airport: thinking about witnessing those long-searched Rainbow Wing mbers walking away, Gu Zhuo Case found it hard to sleep.
Given his dad’s character, it’s impossible he’d forgive himself so quickly, thus only relying on alcohol to alleviate his anger and regret...
"Really, dad’s ntal state is so poor... If I add more worry, won’t it all just explode?"
Ji Minghuan originally thought to hand that recording pen to Gu Zhuo Case today, telling him the true identity of the one always hindering him, Blue Arc, is his good son—Gu Qiye.
But upon seeing Gu Zhuo Case in this state, he suddenly worried whether this dad would completely lose control afterward, doing sothing irrational?
Actually, Ji Minghuan himself isn’t certain whether he truly cares about them or purely sees them as tools to be used for potential benefit.
He indeed possesses "Gu Wenyu"’s mories, yet this doesn’t an he is Gu Wenyu; he rely glanced through those mories like watching a bizarrely long movie, or reading a hefty novel.
When you finish a long novel, naturally you may develop so subtle feelings towards the characters in the book.
But it’s hard to fully imrse into the book’s characters, creating real connections with others—since between the observer and characters, there ultimately exists an insurmountable barrier.
"Dad must attend this auction, lending a hand to his good son and daughter, ensuring neither dies... Otherwise, my first body loses two main missions, might as well be scrapped?"
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan no longer hesitated, synchronizing his consciousness to the first body, "Gu Wenyu."
Controlling Black Cocoon to rise from bed, dug out the recording pen from the suitcase, grasped it in hand, wrapped restraint belt around his body, rendered his body invisible, then leaped out the window.
Gu Zhuo Case drank quite a lot, seed tired, couldn’t go too far, as long as he’s within the Tokyo Harbor District, using Black Cocoon’s superior tracking capability, uncovering the unguarded Gu Zhuo Case in a short ti won’t be difficult.
"No matter if he’ll break down or not, today... I absolutely must reveal ’Blue Arc’s’ identity to him."
In the fleeting seconds, Ji Minghuan decided, while thinking, withdrawing his gaze from Gu Zhuo Case’s silhouette, controlled the second body to proceed.
Moving opposite to the other, gradually vanishing into the crowd at the traffic light junction.
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