My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 59 - 48: Night Raid

"It seems there are experts at this auction. The Whale Terrarium also wants to get involved."

Ji Minghuan sat in the exhibition room of the lighthouse, tilting his head, quietly watching the colossal whale, akin to a battleship, disappearing over the sea surface.

Though he was curious about what this so-called "Whale Terrarium" looked like, he knew following Li Qingping into the whale’s belly would be equivalent to courting death.

So, he could only silently watch his close friend depart. In fact, the word "watch" seemed too grand for him—he was merely a stalker peering from the shadows.

He truly wondered how Li Qingping would react if he knew his close friend had secretly followed him all the way.

Waves swept over the beach, and the sea, lit by the searchlights, was tranquil, the constant sound of the tides echoing in his ears.

"Li Qingping will be serving as the ’Second Prince’s’ bodyguard, accompanying him to the underground auction in Tokyo... If it were just him, it would be fine. Li Qingping’s attributes are similar to my dad’s, by superpower user rating, he’s roughly just a ’Quasi-Calamity’ level expert, unable to touch the baseline of Rainbow Wings. With the power of the White Crow Travel Brigade, they could easily handle him."

"But the problem is: if Li Qingping dies at the auction, my ’Black Cocoon’ will be short of a main storyline quest."

Ji Minghuan hunched his back and let out a long sigh, lamenting in his heart that his second character had such an inauspicious start, unable to even protect himself, yet having to find ways to ensure the safety of others.

He raised his head, casting a side glance at the undulating sea under the night, thinking: "Assuming the situation worsens: if my brother, dad, and sister also decide to get involved in the auction, then at the auction site, there will be at least three half-step calamity-level strongmen, unknown forces from the Exorcist Association, and the prowess of the Japanese underworld."

"In the end, either my second character dies there, or my first character loses several main storyline quests, neither outcome is advantageous for me."

"It’s truly ominous... No wonder the skill point reward for surviving the auction action is exaggeratedly high, it’s because reversing the odds is difficult, but quitting the group is a dead end too... I’ll just take one step at a time."

The Pitch Black Restraint wrapped around his body, and his figure vanished, as if erased from this world by God. Ji Minghuan stepped on the table and leaped through the lighthouse window into the moonlight.

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Half an hour later, Gu Qiye stood at his doorstep, unlocking the door with a silver-plated key.

Turning the doorknob and entering the house, he looked somewhat tired. Just then, his phone suddenly received a text message from an anonymous user.

[Anonymous User: Mr. Blue Arc, thank you for your help today. I never imagined you could do so well.]

[Gu Qiye: How did you know that girl was locked in the basement of the library?]

[Black Cocoon: My hearing has always been sharp, and I also told you, I can see through each pretender’s true face, that deceitful, filthy headmaster can’t escape my eyes either.]

[Gu Qiye: You could choose to send him to prison instead of torturing him to death.]

[Black Cocoon: My methods with him are far from ’torture to death.’]

[Gu Qiye: That’s because you wanted me to help stage it as a suicide scene, so you couldn’t be too excessive.]

[Black Cocoon: Oh, you figured it out... It seems in just two days of acquaintance, we know each other quite well. You say I could send him to prison, but in your heart, you’ve chosen the same as me, you wanted to kill him too, you just couldn’t do it due to your position, but I could help you with that.]

[Gu Qiye: Nonsense.]

[Black Cocoon: At least, the fact that you didn’t report me shows you essentially agree with my approach.]

[Gu Qiye: Besides all that, today has slightly improved my impression of you, I initially thought you were just a bad seed who gets a kick out of things, but it turns out you occasionally do one or two good deeds.]

[Black Cocoon: Wasn’t what I did at the square that day a good deed? Without me coming to the rescue, you, severely injured as you were, would have been cuffed by the handcuff Green Wing handed over, you know that handcuff was fishy.]

[Gu Qiye: Say what you like.]

After sending this message, Gu Qiye let out a long breath, tossed the phone aside, and collapsed onto the sofa, resting his head against its back.

He stared blankly at the ceiling, and soon the notification sound of a text message rang again.

Gu Qiye picked up the phone and glanced at the incoming text.

[Black Cocoon: By the way, how is that girl doing?]

[Gu Qiye: She’s receiving treatment and counseling at the hospital, it’ll take some time before she’s discharged. I visit her whenever I have free time after work.]

[Black Cocoon: Or maybe, make it easier, you could just tell me the address of the hospital.]

[Gu Qiye: Isn’t your hearing sharp? Go find it yourself.]

[Black Cocoon: Sure enough, but actually, I don’t have time to visit her, so please take good care of her for me.]

[Gu Qiye: That makes sense, your appearance might leave her with a psychological shadow.]

Just as Gu Qiye put down his phone, he suddenly heard footsteps from the entrance.

He then remembered he hadn’t closed the door, turned his head from the back of the sofa, and glanced at the person entering.

Gu Zhuo Case switched into slippers and walked in with a bag of take-out boxes, the white plastic lid barely containing the rich aroma of scallion.

Meeting Gu Qiye’s gaze, he held a cigarette in his mouth and inquired gruffly, "Have you eaten? I got ribs."

Gu Qiye was silent for a while, then shook his head, "Not yet."

"Wanna eat together?"

"Is Wenyu home?"

"I just texted him; he’s in his room. He’ll come down soon."

Gu Qiye hesitated for a moment, "Then... let’s eat together."

If Gu Wenyu were not home, he would definitely refuse Gu Zhuo Case, finding something to eat at a nearby restaurant to casually fill his stomach. But since Wenyu was home, having a meal with them was fine. Gu Qiye didn’t hold any hope for his useless father, he just didn’t want his brother to be too lonely.

At this moment, footsteps sounded from the corridor on the second floor, and Ji Minghuan leisurely came down the stairs, looking at his phone, his slippers tapping softly.

He nonchalantly entered the kitchen first and sat down.

Gu Zhuo Case extinguished his cigarette, tossed it in the ashtray, then placed the plastic bag with scallion ribs on the table.

The three of them shared a silent dinner, not saying much at the table, each minding their own plate.

After dinner, Ji Minghuan brushed his teeth in the second-floor bathroom and returned to his room, using the restraint belt to close the door, then lay on the bed and opened the system panel, quickly and efficiently allocating the recently acquired attribute points and skill points.

[Primary game character ’Black Cocoon’s’ ’Strength’ attribute changed: C++ grade→B grade]

[Consumed ’1’ skill point, successfully acquired branch skill ’Li’s’ skill—’Superpower Stealing’ (after you bind a superpower user with the restraint belt, you can temporarily steal and store their ability, which will disappear after one use) (stolen superpowers only have 50% efficacy, and power is determined by ’Black Cocoon’s’ attributes) (maximum storage time: 24 hours)]

[Next skill in the ’Li’ branch is now available for learning: ’Capacity Enhancement.’]

By the end of the day, Ji Minghuan was truly exhausted, having been awakened by his mentor after barely any afternoon sleep, his fatigue was undeniable.

He turned off the light, and soon his eyelids drooped down.

He entered his dreams.

Meanwhile, on this night, the silent confinement room once again welcomed the mentor’s inspection.

However... strangely enough, this time the mentor did not arrive as usual.

Instead, they opened the metal door of the confinement room in the quietest manner possible and, step by step, silently approached the sleeping Ji Minghuan in the pitch-black darkness. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm