My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 224 - 146: Clues, Bird Feather, Opportunity

After sending the message to Ghost Bell, Black Cocoon hurried back towards the direction of Gu Yima District.

Upon reaching the doorstep, he used a restraint belt to hook onto the base of the air conditioning unit and swung up to the second-floor room, slipping in through the open floor-to-ceiling window.

His feet landed lightly on the floor. Hearing footsteps from upstairs, he raised the restraint belt against the ceiling. His senses penetrated through, seeing Gu Zhuo Case emerge from the third floor’s bathroom, wrapped in a towel from the waist down, entering the bedroom.

"Dad came back so quickly..."

Ji Minghuan muttered silently, retracting the restraint belt.

In the last second, he saw Gu Zhuo Case pick up the phone on the bed, so he took out his phone from his trench coat pocket, waited a moment, and sure enough, Ghost Bell replied to the message.

[Ghost Bell: What intel do you have on Rainbow Wings?]

[Black Cocoon: You don’t need to mention Fan Dongqing, everyone knows "Vessel of Li Qing". Besides this... I can also reveal the names and codenames of two other members to you.]

[Ghost Bell: Speak.]

[Black Cocoon: Of course, I don’t help you unconditionally. If needed, I hope you can help me find someone.]

[Ghost Bell: Find someone?]

[Black Cocoon: The frenzied exorcist "Red Light", I wonder if Mr. Ghost Bell has heard of his name.]

Seeing Ghost Bell take a long time to reply, Ji Minghuan looked away from the phone screen, nonchalantly took off his restraint belt.

Then he removed his trench coat and mask, casually stuffed these into a cardboard box with the restraint belt, sealed it up, and slowly placed it back at the bottom of the closet to avoid alerting his dad upstairs.

Finally, using the restraint belt, he closed the floor-to-ceiling window, then opened the mission panel and checked the progress of the mainline mission.

[Mainline Mission 2 (Third Stage): Assist the super criminal "Ghost Bell" in searching for clues about the Rainbow Wings members. (This member is the one who killed "Su Ying")]

Ji Minghuan thought: "Can I exploit a bug? Reporting the two names I know to Dad—if the mission is completed, it would mean one of them accidentally killed Mom."

[Ghost Bell: I’ve heard of him, "Red Light", he is quite famous among the exorcists.]

[Black Cocoon: Yes, I’m looking for him. If you find any leads on Red Light through any channel, please inform me...]

[Black Cocoon: And if you find Red Light, I hope you can help me apprehend him; that’s my request. You hate those superhumans who abuse their powers to kill innocents the most, right?]

[Ghost Bell: Got it.]

[Black Cocoon: I have one more question, do you know the name "Salvation Society"?]

[Ghost Bell: Salvation Society?]

[Black Cocoon: Yes.]

[Ghost Bell: Never heard of it.]

[Black Cocoon: That’s good, then let me give you a piece of advice, I hope you don’t mention this name when talking to others, or it could easily cause trouble to come your way.]

[Ghost Bell: Firstly, I’m not interested in what Salvation Society is, let alone talking with them. Don’t beat around the bush, tell me... Rainbow Wings’ intel. If I find out you’re just playing tricks, I’ll kill you.]

[Black Cocoon: The 12th member of Rainbow Wings is named "Ajaya", from India, codename "Mechanical Soul Bodhisattva"; their 10th member’s codename is "Gothic Puppet", a girl from the United Kingdom. This is all I can tell you for now.]

[Ghost Bell: What’s the difference between this and saying nothing?]

"Haha, indeed, there’s no difference between saying it and not saying it." Ji Minghuan shrugged.

Exploit idea to complete the mainline mission failed, either because the provided intel wasn’t detailed enough, or these two weren’t the murderers of Su Ying.

[Black Cocoon: Very sensible.]

[Black Cocoon: This is just a trial run. After your good son joins Rainbow Wings, I’ll cooperate with him to gather more intel.]

[Ghost Bell: I will never allow him to join Rainbow Wings.]

[Black Cocoon: You can’t stop him, and he can’t stop you.]

After sending this message, Ji Minghuan turned off the phone and lay horizontally on the bed.

He stared at the ceiling in a daze, his thoughts roaming.

"Next, I need to quickly help my brother enter Rainbow Wings, then have him help me get close and investigate ’Urushibara Ryuri’. It is already confirmed that this Rainbow Wing member has a direct connection with the Salvation Society."

"If she’s the one who killed Gu Qiye’s mom, all the better. Directly interrogate her, maybe it can lead to the discovery of the Salvation Society’s base."

Ji Minghuan opened the gear panel, and nostalgically brought up the development progress bars of the three world-building tracks.

[Current world-building progress of the "Superpower User" branch: 40%→62% (↑22%) (Click here to get 1 Split Point as a world-building reward)]

[Current world-building progress of the "Exorcist" branch: 60%→68% (↑8%)]

[Current world-building progress of the "Anecdote Envoy" branch: 30%→60% (↑30%) (Click here to get 1 Split Point as a world-building reward)]

"I’ve already claimed the reward for the exorcist, and the development progress of the other two branches has also met the criteria." Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan raised his hand to click on the two prompt boxes.

[2 Split Points acquired.]

He opened the gear panel, flipped to the last page, and opened the option for [Split Game Character].

[Split progress not yet completed, temporarily unable to create a new game character.]

[Currently own 5 Split Points]

[Tip: The Split Points required to create the next brand-new game character: 15 (Once a total of 15 Split Points is gathered, a new "game character" can be created in the real world)]

Ji Minghuan gazed at the numbers on the panel, contemplating.

"I still need 10 Split Points to create the Fourth Body, and it feels quite daunting. At most two months, I need to get my main body out of the Salvation Society, and I’m not sure if there’s still time to create the Fourth Body within those two months?"

"No... if we think about it this way, as long as we find an opportunity to rescue my true body during our first mission away from the Salvation Society, the troublesome matters will be greatly reduced."

"Not to mention whether this is a trap by the Salvation Society, the question is whether my current combat strength is enough to break through... If I fail, wouldn’t I bury both my father and the young lady there?"

"’Red Traffic Light’... should I seize this opportunity, or to be cautious, opt for selective abandonment?"

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan took a deep breath and closed all the panels in his vision.

He closed his eyes and synchronized his consciousness to the Third Body, Yaguba.

......

......

In another corner of the world, in the Whale Terrarium, within the Floating Castle.

The little shark of the Third Body awakened from the Crystal Ball, opened its eyes, and looked through the glass at Cezar lying on the bed.

Cezar still appeared to be in a slump, with his arms crossed behind his head, staring blankly at the ceiling.

After a while, he suddenly called the little shark’s name in a low voice: "Yaguba, Yaguba..."

"What’s wrong?" Yaguba asked.

"I just went to the Anecdote Library, and this is what I secretly brought back for you." Cezar said, approaching the Crystal Ball, taking out two colorless light-patterned cards from his sleeve.

The names of the two cards are - "Foraging Trash Bag" and "Never-Extinguishing Light Spot."

The former can summon a trash bag that will eat trash by itself;

The latter releases a light that never goes out, which can be held in the palm as a light source.

Yaguba glanced at them. These two cards are both "universal level" Anecdote Fragments, the lowest grade, but better than nothing. So it said:

"I can’t eat them like this. Throw the Anecdote Fragments into the Crystal Ball."

Cezar was stunned: "Into the Crystal Ball? Are you sure?"

Yaguba nodded its shark head, blinking and staring at Cezar.

"Alright then."

Cezar hesitated for a moment, opened the top of the Crystal Ball, and placed the two cards into the sea water.

As soon as the two cards were submerged, Yaguba suddenly opened its mouth. Its mouth expanded more than twice in the sea water and directly swallowed the two cards, gulping them down.

Immediately, a dark blue interspersed hint box slowly appeared in its pupils.

[Two "universal level" Anecdote Fragments have been devoured, triggering the special nurturing system effect of "Anecdote Glutton," your true form size increases by 1 meter.]

[Third Body — Eternal Abyss Shark "Yaguba" size change: 102 meters → 103 meters.]

Ji Minghuan thought: "Only gaining 1 meter in size from the two most trashy Anecdote Fragments, this progress is too slow. I need to find an opportunity to consume something better. If worst comes to worst, I’ll trick the Third Prince’s ’Christmas Sled’ for a bite, after all, it’s of no use to him."

Thinking this, he looked up from the Crystal Ball, only to find Cezar with his face pressed against the glass, curiously studying the little shark.

"Amazing! Yaguba, you can actually eat Anecdote Fragments!" he exclaimed.

"Right?" Yaguba said, "And the more fragments I devour, the stronger I become, and I’ll be able to help you beat people up in the future."

"But isn’t the size of a Nobel Shark not supposed to be normal?"

"I’m a noble among sharks, not the same as those lowly Nobel Sharks."

"Alright then." Cezar curled his lips, "In that case, I’ll bring you some fragments each day."

"Deal!" Yaguba said, "If possible, feed me your Christmas Sled as well!"

Cezar was taken aback: "No way, that’s a generational-level Anecdote, my father would be furious if he found out..."

"Alright, I was just joking." Yaguba puffed up its cheeks.

"By the way, Yaguba, Li Qingping just came to see me and gave me this." Cezar said, taking out a reddish-brown bird feather from his pocket.

"What is this?"

"Li Qingping said this is a ’Phoenix Feather,’ and he told me to keep it with me and not show it to anyone. If I’m in danger, I should take it out."

"Will it be of any bird use?" Yaguba tilted its head, correcting itself to avoid misleading the child: "I didn’t mean to curse... I meant, will the non-dying bird be of use, does the Phoenix have use?"

Cezar thought for a moment: "’A miracle might happen’... that’s what Li Qingping told me."

Ji Minghuan pondered for a moment, thinking that what Li Qingping left for Cezar should be a protective item. So he controlled the Third Body and said, "Alright, then keep this feather with you for now, and don’t tell anyone else, not even the butler. We’ve made a pact."

"Got it." Cezar smiled, silently tucking the Phoenix Feather back into his pajama pocket.

"Looks like Li Qingping also left a backup plan... The Third Prince’s situation is much safer now unless the First and Second Princes resort to sending the Royal Court Team to assassinate Cezar, otherwise I can protect Cezar’s life in the short term."

Thinking this, Yaguba glanced at the sky outside the Crystal Ball, "Sleep now, Cezar, it’s already dark."

"Good night, Yaguba."

"Good night, Cezar."

After saying goodnight to each other, Cezar closed his eyelids and quickly fell asleep.

Yaguba, however, remained awake in the darkness, gazing at the bedroom door. Not long after, the door was silently and gently pushed open, and a figure dressed in a butler’s uniform walked in, their face gradually exposed under the moonlight.

It was clearly Cezar’s butler — "Yikar."

"Indeed... these butlers are either loyal dogs or turncoats." Yaguba thought, "I’m starting to miss the late Uncle Takayama."