CHAPTER 383: CHAPTER 232: VOICES, THE MAZE, AND BLACK COCOON’S PLAN

"Ah, you’ve become a little elementary schooler with a red transformation!"

She raised her notebook while casting a surprised glance at him.

"Dumb penguin, you’re done for, actually insulting the nickname of the world’s first blackened elementary schooler."

Ji Minghuan said this while vigorously messing up her hair and tickling her.

At this moment, the mentor’s voice came out from the broadcast equipment in the children’s playground, "Children, it’s time to go back and rest. I’ll have someone bring you here to play when we have time."

"Let’s go."

Ji Minghuan stopped playing around, held Kong Youling’s hand, and walked out of the maze. Shang Xiaoqi, already melancholic, turned his head to see this scene and became even more melancholic. He swung on the swing while lowering his head, muttering, "Betrayer, spare none."

The elevator doors opened. The silhouettes of the experimenters in white robes were waiting in the elevator.

They took the six children from the playground in order, with Ji Minghuan being the first to go. Without looking back, he waved his hand at the five people behind him and then followed the experimenters into the elevator cabin.

The elevator cabin rose slowly with a hum. After walking for a short time in the strongly lit corridor alongside those people, Ji Minghuan returned to the detention room.

The lights overhead went out in sequence, the rumbling noise sounded, and the metal door shut once again.

He lay on the pillow, staring blankly at the dark floor.

"Can Kong Youling hear the voices now?" he wondered, "Maybe, for a while, letting her stay in the Salvation Society might not be a bad thing. It’s not very free here, but it’s quite safe for her. The outside world is so chaotic, filled with monsters."

He tugged at the metal collar around his neck, pondering deeply.

"But one can’t guarantee when the Salvation Society might go wrong. As it currently appears, the mentor might not be in accord with other Salvation Society personnel, meaning... a major internal conflict within the Salvation Society is highly likely to erupt soon."

"At that time, the Salvation Squad will undoubtedly become the focus of both sides’ contest; Kong Youling is the most potential psychic superpower user. Regardless of which faction is good or bad, they’ll find a way to get her, using her ability to control the other."

"So, it’s best to take her away sooner."

With this in mind, he lay on the pillow and slowly closed his eyelids, drifting into deep sleep shortly after.

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...

"Knock, knock..." A knocking sound came from the darkness. An urgent knocking sound. An impatient knocking sound.

The increasingly irritable knocking sound finally made Gu Wenyu raise his eyelids and look at the clock on the wall: it’s 8 a.m. on the morning of August 2nd.

"Are you a pig? This couldn’t wake you up." Su Zimai’s voice came from outside.

"What’s up?" Gu Wenyu asked groggily.

"I’m leaving today, so I’m telling you in advance."

"Why tell me? Tell big brother and dad." Gu Wenyu said, "Don’t bother me, let me sleep a bit more."

"If I die outside, would you keep sleeping?"

"At worst, I’ll take some diapers to your grave during break."

After he said that, Su Zimai outside the door fell silent for a while: "Di... Diapers?" She paused, then a voice full of suspicion and astonishment continued, "What do you mean?"

"Damn..."

Gu Wenyu suddenly woke up, sat up from bed, biting his nails, realizing he misspoke in his half-asleep state.

For a moment, he was dumbfounded, cold sweat streaming down his back, thinking, Damn, is my illustrious reputation in the Black Cocoon堂堂 going to be exposed because of a diaper... That can’t happen, where will I find fun in the future?

"Explain clearly," Su Zimai’s cold voice came from outside, "or I won’t leave today."

Gu Wenyu lowered his gaze, looking at the blanket covering his legs, and slowly said, "It was big brother who told me. He said the diaper in the living room that day was yours and said... you might have a child."

Su Zimai suddenly stopped speaking outside the door. After a while, she raised her fist, weakly and frustratedly, knocking on the door once, then gritting her teeth and walking downstairs.

After sending this deity away, Gu Wenyu threw off the blanket and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Blue Arc Brother, you better take care of yourself."

Thinking this, he retrieved his phone from under the pillow and checked the messages he received.

[Ghost Bell: How’s the issue with Mu Long going that you were handling?]

[Black Cocoon: Been busy these days, just started handling it, but don’t worry, Mr. Ghost Bell; I’ll soon make Blue Arc and Mu Long fall deeply in love.]

[Ghost Bell: Don’t disappoint me, or I guarantee you’ll have a hole in your stomach every time we meet.]

[Black Cocoon: At your service, Sir.]

[Black Cocoon: Indeed, no one compares with the tough guy Ghost Bell; really has a tough-guy vibe... The tough-guy Ghost Bell who loves boasting in front of family sure has style, except it seems your family doesn’t really like this criminal.]

[Black Cocoon: Uh... able to praise yourself in front of Blue Arc, who got beaten up real bad by Ghost Bell and nearly lost his life, you’ve got quite the sense of humor. If I were Blue Arc, I’d definitely give you a whirlwind electric thunder slash.]

[Ghost Bell: Just how psychologically twisted are you to keep eavesdropping on our conversations?]

[Black Cocoon: Can’t help it, I’m an indispensable member of your family.]

Putting down his phone, Gu Wenyu scratched his head: "Speaking of which, big brother’s fame is so widespread, if he were to join an organization as secretive as Rainbow Wings, how should the United Nations manage not to let others know? Would they make him fake his death in the eyes of others?"

He shook his head, dismissing the messy thoughts.

He got out of bed, went into the bathroom to wash, soon changed into a black tailcoat, put on a dark red mask, raised his hand to his ear to activate the voice changer, and leapt through the floor-to-ceiling window, swiftly diving in the warm summer wind rushing towards him.

Black Cocoon swung using the restraint belt to Broly Bookstore, borrowed a copy of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" from the owner, saved a kitten caught in a tree with the restraint belt on his way, and finally flew across most of the city, arriving at Li Jing Central Hospital,

Lin Zhengquan is getting discharged today.

During this time, his brother Lin Yilong and several people from the Ghost Train Corps had been guarding the hospital. Once Lin Zhengquan recovered, the Ghost Train Corps would leave Li Jing, and Su Zimai would join them in seeking refuge with Lake Hunting.

Currently, the entire Central Hospital had been arranged with Exorcist Association eyes, to ensure there wouldn’t be a second attack incident.

However, since the warning from the mentor had already been given, the Salvation Society probably wouldn’t target the Ghost Train Corps again in the near future.

In the scorching summer, cicada cries were constant, the city heated like a giant steamer.

Black Cocoon maintained his invisibility, hanging upside down from the rooftop near the hospital, hiding in the shadow of the high-altitude operation platform, flipping through "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" while using restraint sensing to observe the distant hospital.

Next, he plans to chat with Lin Zhengquan about his good brother Lin Yilong and tell Lin Zhengquan: actually, Lin Yilong is "Mu Long" and has murderous intent towards Blue Arc.

Then, he would expose Blue Arc’s identity in front of the Ghost Train Corps, letting them know Blue Arc is actually Su Zimai’s brother.

After Mu Long’s plan to assassinate Blue Arc fails, Black Cocoon can try to utilize this interpersonal relationship to persuade Mu Long. In doing so, perhaps he can fulfill Ghost Bell’s request, achieving a win-win situation.

"Finally, she’s here."

After waiting for a while, Black Cocoon raised his eyes from the book and sighted Su Zimai stepping out of a taxi.