CHAPTER 387: CHAPTER 234: KILL YOUR BROTHER, OR KILL MY YOUNGER BROTHER

Su Zimai whispered, "I’m sorry, Captain. I didn’t mean to hide it from you. It’s just that I haven’t quite accepted it myself, so I wanted to process it on my own for a while."

"It’s nothing," Ke Qirui curled her lips, "Even as an outsider, I was shocked, let alone you. It’s normal not to want others to know." Saying this, she reached out and touched Su Zimai’s head.

"Are you serious?" Xu Sanyan frowned. As a complete outsider, he was shocked.

Black Cocoon slowly said, "Miss Su, Mr. Lin, your family members will appear at tomorrow’s annual Mutants Association award ceremony, where they will fight like beasts in a life-and-death struggle."

After pausing, he looked at Lin Zhengquan in the silence:

"And you should understand why your brother is so obsessed with wanting to kill Blue Arc, even becoming a Mutant."

After a moment of silence, Lin Zhengquan spoke, "He... still hasn’t forgotten about Dad’s incident."

"Seems you’re aware of this," Black Cocoon raised an eyebrow, "I thought you were kept in the dark."

"A-Long told me, Dad was killed by Blue Arc," Lin Zhengquan said, "Since there’s no evidence, I don’t think Blue Arc would do such a thing. So all these years, I’ve always thought that it was just a hallucination my brother had when he was trapped under the rubble after the earthquake."

Ke Qirui was stunned, "Blue Arc killed your father?"

She thought to herself, but the information in the Exorcist Association showed Lin Zhengquan’s father died due to the earthquake.

Lin Zhengquan pondered and said with a complex expression:

"That’s what my brother claims. He was trapped under the rubble, with Dad trying hard to pull him out. Both of them asked Blue Arc for help, but Blue Arc didn’t hear them and was focused on battling a criminal. The last deep blue lightning bolt shattered the window and crushed my father."

Xu Sanyan furrowed his brows.

Su Zimai stared blankly at Zhengquan’s gloomy face, shocked, trying to speak but couldn’t utter a word.

She turned her head, seeking help from Ke Qirui, "Captain, something like this..."

"Controlling lightning superpowers are rare, especially deep blue lightning," Ke Qirui spoke softly, "If what Zhengquan’s brother said is true, then the only person in Li Jing who could do it would be... Blue Arc."

Su Zimai’s face turned pale, her eye corners twitching slightly.

She said, "How could it be... Are you saying my brother killed an innocent person? Captain, don’t joke, I’ve been with him for so many years, don’t I know him better than you all? My brother couldn’t have done such a thing, absolutely not."

Saying this, she suddenly lifted her head, her immature voice trembling slightly, "Because... because our mother died due to the collateral damage of battles between Superpower Users! After Mom passed away, everyone in the family was devastated, and Brother too! How could he possibly do the same as those bad guys?!"

As her words fell, the hospital room was enveloped in a death-like silence, only Su Zimai’s trembling breaths could be heard.

"Unfortunately... it’s likely true," Black Cocoon said softly.

"What makes you so sure it’s true?" Su Zimai asked.

Black Cocoon remained silent.

Su Zimai’s lips twitched, frowning slightly as she looked at the floor.

After a while, her voice carried a sobbing tone, saying reluctantly, "Moth, you know everything... quickly tell them, tell them it’s false... my brother he’s... not the kind of person who would do such things."

Black Cocoon clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.

He shrugged, leaned against the windowsill, and looked down at the restraint belt extending from his fingertips.

He said, "Objectively speaking, events from years ago are difficult to trace. At that time, human and natural disasters intersected, and seeking the truth is exceedingly difficult, just as... you can’t be sure if your mother truly died by the hands of Rainbow Wings."

Black Cocoon paused, "But there’s one thing I can be certain of— whether Yilong’s claim is true or not, Yilong’s desire for revenge against Blue Arc is unlikely to change. In fact... at this point, he has no way out."

"Why?" Su Zimai asked softly.

"Why else?" Black Cocoon said, "Think about it, he spent years honing and perfecting himself, just to join the Mutants Association and stand on the same stage as Blue Arc at this moment—will he really let this chance slip away?"

Lin Zhengquan lowered his head, taking a deep breath, "I’ll be discharged this afternoon. Then I’ll find him to talk."

Black Cocoon crossed his arms, turned to look at him, "The question is, how do you plan to handle it? Stop your brother from avenging your father or... reconcile with your brother, have an emotional brotherly reunion, and together kill Su Zimai’s brother?"

Su Zimai froze, her pupils shrinking slowly.

A moment later, she suddenly lowered her head, her fringe falling to cover her eyes. She stepped back slowly, her lips moved slightly:

"If anyone dares to touch my brother, I’ll kill them all, even... you are no exception."

As soon as Su Zimai said this, the atmosphere in the hospital room seemed to freeze, the air felt thick like glue, and no one could speak a word.

No wonder she inherited Ghost Bell’s genes, the father and daughter are exactly alike in this regard. Black Cocoon turned to look at her, thinking of how Su Zimai’s words echoed almost exactly the ferocious words Ghost Bell had used against the brigade at the auction.

After a while, Ke Qirui leaned forward to inhale a puff from her pipe, then spoke:

"Maimai, calm down for now, don’t be in a rush... let’s hear what Zhengquan has to say."