Chapter 484: Chapter 293: Electric Memory, the Last Undercover Agent
She paused for a moment: "If Xia Pingzhou really is as you say, with strength still at the Dragon level, then how did he accomplish this feat?"
"Broaden your perspective a bit; isn’t it common for protagonists in novels to defeat things beyond their level? Think about it, Xia Pingzhou’s experience is entirely the standard protagonist template."
After speaking, Black Cocoon pinched his fingers and counted one by one, "The reason for saying this is, firstly, because he is an incredible genius, secondly, because his entire family died, and finally, because his entire family died."
Ke Qirui smiled helplessly, too lazy to continue bantering with Black Cocoon, and merely reminded him:
"Even though the president really likes Xia Pingzhou, continuing like this, Xia Pingzhou is moving further and further towards the direction of being a criminal... He killed a good man."
"If he didn’t take action, someone else would. It was simply a necessity," Black Cocoon said, "Moreover, Xia Pingzhou doesn’t care whether he’s good or bad, he only cares if he can complete his revenge... Isn’t it true that the dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon?"
"But can he really defeat Jack the Ripper?" Ke Qirui asked, "According to the latest intelligence I’ve obtained, Jack the Ripper has already become a Tier Three Exorcist. The evolved Celestial Driver has changed its form, and should have already reached Catastrophe Level strength."
"Don’t worry... Xia Pingzhou will do something even more astounding than you can imagine."
Black Cocoon closed the book, his ears filled with the rumbling sound of the engine.
The Train Demon rushed out from the time-space tunnel at that moment. Amid the sound of squealing brakes, sunlight flooded in. The train had already reached New York, arriving at an unused train station.
The local time in New York was slower by more than a dozen hours compared to Li Jing. So over in Li Jing, it was already the morning of August 9th, while in New York, the clock had just turned to the night of August 8th.
As if a lifetime ago.
Getting off the train, Black Cocoon looked up at the night-time sky, then waved goodbye to Ke Qirui. He wrapped his whole body with the restraint belt to enter a camouflaged mode and left the train station.
He swung between towering skyscrapers, finally dangling upside down under the tallest building in Times Square.
Black Cocoon hung in suspense, silently watching the brightly lit long street, awaiting someone’s message.
A moment later, a vibration came from the pocket of his trench coat. He took out his phone and glanced at it.
[Gu Qiye: I’ve already figured out who killed my mother, come out to meet.]
[Black Cocoon: Why meet? Can’t you just type the information about the members and send it to me on the phone?]
[Gu Qiye: You’ll know once you meet.]
[Black Cocoon: Okay, send me the location, I’ll remain invisible the whole time.]
Black Cocoon swung away from Times Square, plunging rapidly in the roaring night wind, then dove headfirst into the Manhattan district, hanging upside down beneath an air-conditioning unit loading panel.
Not far away was a park, bustling with people, white doves fluttering and fountains splashing in the twilight.
Gu Qiye arrived quickly, very punctually.
He sat down on a public wooden bench by the street, with a graffiti-covered wall behind him.
And at this moment, an invisible cocoon was hanging upside down under the air-conditioning unit overhead.
The two were perched one above the other, only a few centimeters apart. Neither made a sound.
Frankly, Black Cocoon still didn’t understand what Gu Qiye wanted to do, why he had to take such a huge risk to meet face to face?
He silently observed Gu Qiye, who was also silently fiddling with his phone.
Black Cocoon’s body maintained its color-changing form, but given their close proximity, logically speaking, Gu Qiye should have felt the airflow change, sensed that he was hanging overhead, yet showed no indication.
A moment later, a thin black electric light suddenly erupted from Gu Qiye’s fingertips.
That trace of current silently pierced the air, touching Black Cocoon’s neck, and then traveled along the blood vessels, reaching his brain nerves.
Black Cocoon froze, and then the pupils under his mask slightly contracted.
As his body skeleton felt a tickle of numbness, chunks of fragmented memories suddenly appeared in his mind.
"The old brother transferred his memories to me through electric currents? Is this the precision of Catastrophe Level Power Users’ superpowers?" He narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself.
It was only at this moment that he finally understood why Gu Qiye wanted to meet him in person.
First, Gu Qiye didn’t have photos of the Rainbow Wing members at hand. He wanted Black Cocoon to become familiar with the faces of the eleven members, and could only do so by transmitting memories through electric currents;
Secondly, if one transmits other information about Rainbow Wing members using texting on mobile phones, discrepancies might arise with the memory.
Thus, directly meeting in person and transmitting memories through electric currents was the most convenient and safest method for Gu Qiye.
Only this way could any unnecessary incidents be prevented during information transmission.
And at this moment, the memory images transmitted to Black Cocoon’s mind were not blurry.
First, there was a rumbling elevator car descending, inside which Gu Qiye was looking at a tablet, accompanied by a white-haired girl named You Ruirui.
The tablet recorded her impressions of each Rainbow Wing member, along with their abilities, though she knew only some members’ abilities.
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No. 1: Fan Dongqing (Codename: Vessel of Li Qing) (China)
No. 2: Ke Qingzheng (Codename: Flow Sentinel) (China)
No. 3: Urushibara Ryuri (Codename: Thousand Return Hand) (Japan)
No. 4: You Ruirui (Codename: Extreme Ice Maiden) (Iceland)
No. 5: Kalina (Codename: Polar Scholar) (United States)
No. 6: Oda Ehgo (Codename: Last Sword Demon) (Japan)
No. 7: Alexandra Ivanovna (Codename: Princess) (Russia)
No. 8: Gu Qiye (Codename: Black Flash) (China)
No. 9: Jiushijiu (Codename: Arms Queen) (Russia)
No. 10: Esther Doolittle (Codename: Gothic Puppet) (United Kingdom)
No. 11: Garfield West (Codename: Overloader) (United States)
No. 12: File not publicly named (Codename: Father of Puppets) (United Kingdom)
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In Gu Qiye’s memory of this file, the one that impressed Black Cocoon the most was naturally the 12th of Rainbow Wing—Anonymous, "Father of Puppets."
This individual’s superpower was turning deceased Superpower Users into puppets.
And the former No. 8 of Rainbow Wing, who died in the Sahara Desert, "Mechanical Soul Bodhisattva" Ajaya, was made into a puppet by the Father of Puppets.
At this moment, Black Cocoon’s heart was subtly moved, suddenly recalling the intelligence he had previously extracted through the "Restraint Truth," from the warden Julius.
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"Julius, which people have you seen from Rainbow Wing?"
"Urushibara, Liuli, Kalina... Oda Ehgo, and someone else. No, no, there should be another person. I don’t know his name. But he made Ajaya, my old friend Ajaya into..."
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As the current flowed through his brain, Black Cocoon remained motionless, suspended in mid-air.
Piecing together the intelligence from Gu Qiye and Julius, he silently contemplated:
"From the intelligence revealed by Julius, it’s certain that ’Thousand Return Hand’ Urushibara Ryuri, ’Polar Scholar’ Kalina, ’Last Sword Demon’ Oda Ehgo, these three individuals are Salvation Society agents embedded within Rainbow Wing."
"And Julius also mentioned not knowing the name of the last agent, but this agent is related to ’Mechanical Soul Bodhisattva’ Ajaya... and in the old brother’s memory, the Father of Puppets made Ajaya into a puppet—this is most likely a Salvation Society arrangement."
"Considering this, the final agent of Salvation Society should be the 12th of Rainbow Wing, Father of Puppets."
Thinking this, Black Cocoon slowly raised his head, only to see that the Gu Qiye who had been sitting on the public wooden bench had already walked away.