My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 83 - 072: Phone Call

"Whoa... I wouldn’t mind hearing your reason for mistaking me for this ’Gu Wenyu’ fellow?"

Black Cocoon slid the book into the inner lining of the restraint belt, speaking with great interest, with not a hint of anxiety in his tone.

Ke Qirui said, "Aside from other members of the train group, there are very few people who know both me and Maimai. Gu Wenyu is one of them, and he happens to be in Tokyo as well." She paused, "Simple reason, but I think it’s enough."

"He... him, my brother? He, my brother?!" Su Zimai mumbled, her fingers still suspended in mid-air, pointing at Black Cocoon, who was hanging upside down under the ginkgo tree.

When she first heard the leader analyze that her brother was Blue Arc, her heart was filled with a series of complex and indescribable emotions. But this time, all that was left was shock and absurdity.

Utterly, flabbergastingly absurd! Su Zimai even suspected if the leader had lost her mind overnight, seeing someone and instantly claiming he was Gu Wenyu!

Besides, this thing isn’t even human; it’s a giant moth! Different species and all! At the very least, there should be some respect for species separation, right? It’s impossible for Blue Arc and Black Cocoon to have a child that turned out to be Gu Wenyu! If that were true, I’d end up being the child of a Blue Rat and Black Moth!

At this very moment, Su Zimai’s mind was in chaos; the person involved was right in front of her, so she might as well take forceful measures to cut through the chaos.

"You, take off the mask," she said through clenched teeth, speaking to Black Cocoon.

"Do I have a mask on? How come I don’t know?"

Black Cocoon touched his face, which was only covered with a layer of restraint belt.

"Then... take off those tattered belts of yours."

"Isn’t it a bit impolite to demand such a thing from someone you’re meeting for the first time? I suggest you maintain the same attitude with Blue Arc. Just go up and say: Mr. Blue Arc, can you take off your mask so I can see your handsome face?"

After saying that, Black Cocoon tilted his head, refusing to engage further with her.

Su Zimai gritted her teeth.

A second ago, she was contemplating life, and the next, she received a phone call. Her phone’s ringtone was the theme song of "Happy Star Cat," joyfully echoing in the quiet path of Shiba Park: "I am a cat, a happy star cat~"

"Hmm, a very tasteful ringtone, quite suited to a girl who is tough on the outside, soft on the inside," Black Cocoon mocked casually, pulling out a phone from within the restraint belt to play Minesweeper.

Hearing the ringtone, Su Zimai slowly realized and looked at her phone screen, where she paused for a moment.

The contact name was clearly displayed as "Gu Wenyu" in three big white letters—yes, it was none other than her second brother, who was both a rat and a moth.

She blankly raised her head and glanced at Black Cocoon reading a book while hanging upside down in the tree, then looked back at the name on the screen, and took a deep breath, as if her overheated brain had been cooled down by a bucket of cold water.

"Leader, my brother called me." As she said this, Su Zimai gave Ke Qirui a fierce glare.

"Your brother?" Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

"Yes, it was my brother who called." Su Zimai said as she showed Ke Qirui the phone screen.

Her tone cooled down a bit, completely devoid of the previous panic, sounding like a cold and ruthless female judge, making a mental note: Leader, you’re trying to fool me again. Come on, how could my brother be such a giant moth!

Black Cocoon didn’t lift his head, muttering, "Miss, you can answer the call first, I’ll wait here. By the way, I’m quite a gentleman, always respecting women; I’m still a feminist, read ’Misogyny’ by Ueno Chizuko every morning; and lastly, I’m indeed a truly awakened woman, part of your ranks."

"I’d sooner stab myself in the stomach than believe you’re a woman." Su Zimai spoke with the spirit of the Japanese Bushido, surprisingly.

Black Cocoon shook his head and lifted a black finger: "Though my physical gender is male, how dare you assume my psychological gender? Perhaps the me beneath the mask is actually a bright-eyed sailor suit beauty?"

"Should I hang up?" Su Zimai asked Ke Qirui, her phone ringtone still blaring. But answering her second brother’s call right now clearly wasn’t the smartest thing to do.

Ke Qirui pondered with her hand on her chin: "No, you can step into the Movie Demon’s curtain to take the call, no one will disturb or eavesdrop on you."

Saying that, she fished out an old-style one-sided mirror from her coat pocket and slowly placed it over her left eye.

A glimmer flashed across the lens, followed by a crack suddenly opening behind her, gradually expanding into a "movie curtain."

Black Cocoon silently watched this unfold, recalling that Ke Qirui’s retro-style one-sided mirror pact included two demons—the "Train Demon" and the "Movie Demon," and what was presented before him was naturally the work of the "Movie Demon."

The scene within the curtain was an empty long street, in black and white, resembling the setting of some silent film.

"You big moth, don’t you dare wander off, I still have questions for you." Su Zimai raised her head and commanded Black Cocoon hanging upside down in the tree.

"At your command, Miss." Black Cocoon replied without lifting his head.

Su Zimai gave him a glance and stepped inside the movie curtain, her body instantly losing all color, becoming only black and white, as if she had turned into a 2D character.

Then she dialed the phone inside the long street of this silent film, holding the phone to her ear, and began to converse back and forth with Gu Wenyu on the other side of the call.

Since the Movie Demon had generated a "silent film," no sound could be heard by those outside the movie curtain, ensuring that Su Zimai’s conversation couldn’t be eavesdropped on by Black Cocoon, nor could any external noise enter the curtain.

Ke Qirui quietly stood still, observing the scene inside the curtain out of the corner of her eye.

Moments later, Su Zimai stepped out of the movie curtain, her body becoming three-dimensional once again.

She said, "My brother said he can meet with us tomorrow afternoon. He just arrived in Tokyo today and is too tired to go out."

The tone was indifferent, and she cast a sideways glance at Ke Qirui, as if she were still upset with her.

Ke Qirui considered it for a moment and confirmed, "Are you sure it was your brother’s voice?"

Su Zimai replied slowly, "Of course I’m sure."

"Didn’t notice anything odd?"

"No, the voice can be faked, but there’s no mistaking that annoying tone of his."

Ke Qirui fell silent for a moment. During Su Zimai and Gu Wenyu’s call, she had been watching Black Cocoon closely—there’s no way Black Cocoon could have called Su Zimai under her nose and talked for several minutes.

She smirked and said, "Well then, it seems I misunderstood you, Mr. Black Cocoon."

Su Zimai turned to glance at Black Cocoon, feeling a weight lift from her heart, murmuring in relief:

"I knew it, my brother couldn’t possibly be this big moth... Otherwise, I’d jump off a building right now; even if he were Blue Arc, it’d be better than this massive moth."

"Ah... then hurry up and jump off a building, how do I not even match up to the big brother?" Ji Minghuan thought somewhat displeased.

He glanced up from his phone screen, looking at Ke Qirui through his upside-down view, admiring the confusion on her face.

The reason he managed to fool them had its roots in a series of preparations he made during the day.