My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 150 - 117: Storm, Tokyo, Bloody Auction (Part 2)_3

Yesterday, Ayase Origami clearly told him: The leader is a superpower user, with abilities related to the "Crow". But today, he heard another version from Jack the Ripper’s mouth.

Ayase Origami thoughtfully pondered the next move to make, manipulating the newspaper beside her to form a line of text in midair:

"Can’t the leader be both?"

"Both?"

Staring at the words pieced together by the sheets of paper, Xia Pingzhou was momentarily stunned.

"Yes." Jack the Ripper tossed the dark red knife upward, catching the spinning handle, "The leader is an exceptional anomaly, both a superpower user... and an exorcist."

She paused, "That’s why the leader said, my Celestial Driver doesn’t need a Contracted Demon, so I couldn’t be bothered to get one."

"No wonder you, an old member, can get guidance from the leader." Andrew sighed while wiping his sniper rifle.

Lan Duoduo rolled her eyes at him: "Come on, it’s just the leader’s personality, no matter how long you’ve been in the brigade, as long as you ask, he’ll definitely answer you."

"I was just joking..." Andrew blew on the sniper rifle.

The time in the brigade?

Xia Pingzhou muttered in his heart, his face suddenly changed as if remembering something. While marking an X on the Gobang grid with a pencil, he asked Ayase Origami:

"Speaking of which, when did you join the brigade?"

"Three years ago, on July 21st." Ayase Origami replied expressionlessly, "Takayama and I did the same."

"July 21st, three years ago?"

On the surface, Xia Pingzhou remained calm, but his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Isn’t that the time the last Tokyo underground auction started!

In other words... Ayase Origami was still part of the underworld at that time, attending the auction with her clan.

Then... did the brigade members contact her during that auction?

Thinking of this, a conclusion quickly formed in Xia Pingzhou’s mind: "The brigade members infiltrated the last auction, but their target wasn’t the auction items, it was the Ayase Clan’s young lady."

"The leader wanted to use this auction to contact Ayase Origami, bringing her into the brigade, and indeed he succeeded. So the White Crow Travel Brigade didn’t attack the last auction because—they already got what they wanted from it."

"And the leader... most likely infiltrated the last auction’s security team."

In that instant, Xia Pingzhou suddenly recalled the conversation he overheard using Black Cocoon’s body in the conference room yesterday.

.....

Ke Qirui: "May I ask, how can you be certain that the White Crow Travel Brigade members won’t blend in with the guests and bodyguards?"

Sakurabu: "Regarding this, you can rest assured. All the security members appearing at this auction are veterans who participated in the previous Tokyo auction. We can trace each of their historical records in the real-world database, ensuring no possibility for any falsification."

...

Xia Pingzhou was stunned for a second, then suddenly realized, pondering secretly:

"I was wondering why the leader hasn’t appeared before us at this point of time. It turns out he’s already blended into the auction’s security team."

Thinking of this, he quickly synchronized his consciousness to Black Cocoon’s body.

Black Cocoon opened his eyes in the Maybach, picked up the phone, and simultaneously sent messages to Blue Arc and Ke Qirui.

[Black Cocoon: The auction is about to start in three minutes, so let me reveal an interesting fact.]

[Black Cocoon: The brigade leader is hidden among your people.]

[Black Cocoon: The leader is not only a superpower user but also an exorcist. He used the guise of being an exorcist and the credentials from the last auction’s security to fool the likes of Sakurabu and others.]

[Black Cocoon: And the reason the leader didn’t act on the last auction is that he had already obtained what he wanted—that is the young lady of the Ayase Clan who attended that auction: "Ayase Origami."]

[Black Cocoon: From the beginning, the leader didn’t want any auction items, he wanted to bring Ayase Origami into the brigade. He found an opportunity to contact Ayase Origami during the auction, and afterward, Ayase Origami and Oda Takashige defected from the clan.]

[Black Cocoon: I’ve helped you to this extent, you should have guessed who the leader is by now.]

[Black Cocoon: Take care, Mr. Blue Arc.]

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