Chapter 514: Chapter 514

Inside the Salvation Society’s base, the silver-white detention room glowed with cold lights, resembling a giant iron box.

"Who are you?" Ji Minghuan sat on a chair, curiously looking at the woman with a bun across the room, "Mentor actually lets someone take his position?"

Koajenna yawned and smacked her lips, "Didn’t the Mentor just introduce me to you? With the Whale Terrarium gone, I lost my job, so I had to come back to the base and do odds and ends."

After speaking, she sighed resentfully, "Blame those two useless princes."

To avoid secondhand smoke, Shang Xiaoqi covered her head with Ji Minghuan’s small blanket. Hearing the conversation, she suddenly popped her head out.

"Won’t the Mentor come back?" she asked softly.

"Why, why?" Sun Changkong was taken aback.

"How much do you all dislike him?" Koajenna shifted her gaze, "At least for a short period, he won’t return."

"Great, the Mentor finally left!" Ji Minghuan’s tone suddenly became excited, almost cheering, but then he asked, "But what’s keeping the Mentor busy? Why did he leave?"

"Hmm... let me think, first is the artificial humans project," Koajenna drooped her eyelids, "then some other chaotic stuff, I guess."

Ji Minghuan slightly raised her eyebrows, catching the term.

"Yes, the Mentor likes messing with these things. Then he leaves you all for me to manage." Koajenna propped her chin with her hand.

"Can you share the specifics?" Ji Minghuan thought for a moment and then asked.

"There’s nothing to hide, didn’t he already tell you?"

"He did, but he didn’t say everything."

"Because the Mentor is a rare Psychic Ability superpower user in the world, he wanted to see if he could replicate a psychic artificial human, so he mixed his genes with those of a catastrophe-level superpower user and created an artificial human." Koajenna said, "That’s it."

An artificial human with Mentor’s genes? Ji Minghuan thought, has the Salvation Society’s technology advanced enough to make such things? Thankfully, there’s only one Mythical Level shard in the world, impossible to duplicate. Otherwise, it would be dangerous.

"The Salvation Society is awesome, they managed to create such a thing as artificial humans." Sun Changkong said with an amazed look, "Could they make a few Ji Minghuans? When he’s about to destroy the world, they can fight each other, mutual destruction! Ji Minghuan Battle Royale!"

"Kids are always whimsical, if that really happens, wouldn’t the universe be doomed?" Koajenna said, not pleased.

Ji Minghuan couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Sun Changkong, "Sis, how much do you resent me?"

"I mean... if there were really your artificial humans, they wouldn’t need to keep an eye on you every day. Then the Mentor could just send you, Ji Minghuan, to me." Sun Changkong hummed, looking up.

"Why send you to me?"

Sun Changkong was stunned, turned his face away, unable to speak for a while, and finally stammered:

"To be my little brother."

"No need for artificial humans, I can send myself to you now." Ji Minghuan withdrew her gaze nonchalantly, "Haven’t you always been looking after me?"

Suddenly, Sun Changkong stopped talking. He just bumped his head with Somersault Cloud.

"That hurts. I’m supposed to be your little brother, not your punching bag," Ji Minghuan sighed.

"I wonder if I’ll ever meet my artificial human?" Shang Xiaoqi muttered, "It’s terrifying."

Koajenna shook her head.

She said, "No, your artificial humans are hard to create, and I can’t say the specific reason."

"So according to what you said, is the Mentor working on new artificial humans?" Ji Minghuan speculated.

"Yes, now he wants to use your brother’s genes..." Speaking, Koajenna shrugged and averted her eyes, "Oh, I can’t talk about this."

"My brother’s genes?" Ji Minghuan smiled indifferently, "Sounds useful, feel free to use them, it’s nothing to do with me anyway."

"Ji Minghuan, you have a brother?" Sun Changkong asked curiously.

Shang Xiaoqi also slightly raised her eyebrows, staring curiously at his back.

"I don’t acknowledge him. That’s just a brother the Mentor brought to me on his own whim." Ji Minghuan said, lowering her gaze to the table.

"No wonder the Mentor seems so busy, planning to create an artificial human stronger than me?" He thought, "But does he really think creating one can stop me from destroying the world? Won’t that thing end up destroying the world instead?"

"You can look for me if there’s anything afterwards, just shout at the monitor, I’ll be there most of the time." Koajenna glanced at her work schedule.

"Just don’t show up in my detention room in the middle of the night like the Mentor, my blood pressure’s a bit high these days." Ji Minghuan said, raising his head and glancing at her.

"I’m not that free, and sleep quality is important for me too." Koajenna said lazily, "If you want to gather at Paradise, I’ll also arrange it regularly for you, that’s it... Any other questions?"

"How exactly did the Whale Terrarium get destroyed?" Ji Minghuan raised his hand like a schoolboy.

"The Third Prince colluded with a group called the ’White Crow Travel Brigade’. As for how they colluded, I don’t know. The Mentor suspects it’s a deal between the old King and the White Crow Travel Brigade."

"Once the King is on his deathbed, the White Crow Travel Brigade will come knocking." Koajenna tilted her head, "Pretty much that’s it? Your good Mentor’s leaving this time is also to find out the truth behind the Terrarium’s destruction."

"Oh, alright." Ji Minghuan nodded, "Then I’ve got no more questions."

"I have a question!" Sun Changkong sat cross-legged on Somersault Cloud, suddenly raised his hand.

"What question?" Koajenna looked up at her.

"Mentor said..." Sun Changkong hesitated for a while, "The holder of the Mythical shard won’t live long, is that true?"

"Oh, how much longer can I live?" Sun Changkong asked softly.

"Didn’t the Mentor tell you?"

"No." Sun Changkong lowered his head, "He told me not to worry, saying he would find a way to keep me alive."

"Won’t live past eighteen." Koajenna said calmly, "As far as I know, no child who obtained Mythical Level fragments in history has survived past eighteen. I don’t like to lie, and I’m not like the Mentor who evades the topic, so I’ll just tell you straight."

Ji Minghuan was startled.

Eighteen years old... which means, even if they manage to escape the Salvation Society and the control of the Mentor, they could at most live only a few more years? Thinking about it, he turned his head and glanced at the two girls in hospital gowns from the corner of his eye.

Unexpectedly, their reactions were quite calm, just dazed, like robots that have lost their wind-up key.

Sun Changkong silently looked at the Somersault Cloud, Shang Xiaoqi raised her head to meet Ji Minghuan’s gaze, stubbornly staring into his eyes, but after a moment, she lowered her head.

"Any more questions?" Koajenna asked.

Shang Xiaoqi, expressionless, said quietly, "I don’t want to live that long, eighteen is still far away."

Koajenna glanced at her, then yawned, "Then I’ll go back and sleep first." With that, she got up from the chair and walked out of the detention room without looking back. The metal door closed, and deathly silence descended.

Ji Minghuan was silent for a moment, then turned over in the chair, resting his chin on the backrest, glancing up and down at the two girls in hospital gowns.

"Don’t comfort me, traitor..." Shang Xiaoqi said immediately, "I don’t need your pity."

"Alright, alright, who wants to comfort you?" Ji Minghuan rested his head against the backrest and said softly, "Aren’t you the supremely strong person inside? Saying you don’t need ties, don’t need friends, a super Chuunibyou."

Shang Xiaoqi was taken aback. Suddenly frowning, she lowered her little face, wanting to say something but couldn’t.

Ji Minghuan looked at her, then at Sun Changkong.

Sun Changkong remained silent.

After a moment, she raised her fiery red eyebrows and looked up as if seriously contemplating what death means, and finally, her eyes showed a trace of wavering.

She finally looked up blankly at him, seeming like she wanted to say something, but ended up silent for a while, shrugged, "Oh come on... what’s death anyway? At least I can watch your back until you’re eighteen, before then you’re all mine."

"Mm." Ji Minghuan nodded.

"Before I die, you have to celebrate my birthday many, many times!" She shouted. Read full story at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽

"Not a single one missed!"

"Okay. Won’t miss a single one."

Listening to the two’s conversation, Shang Xiaoqi suddenly couldn’t hold back any longer. She spoke, stammering, "You guys... why don’t you comfort me a little."

Sun Changkong clumsily leaned over to hug her, rubbing her cheek, "I’ll be by your side! For good brothers, it’s okay if we’re not born on the same day; we must die together!"

Shang Xiaoqi’s eyes turned red, and the more Sun Changkong comforted her, the harder she cried.

Sun Changkong was shocked, revealing his stunned little tiger teeth, not knowing what to do for a moment. In the end, she lifted her head and fiercely glared at Ji Minghuan:

"Aren’t you going to comfort Little Qi Sister sooner?!"

"What’s there to comfort?" Ji Minghuan pursed his lips, "Okay, okay, you guys don’t rush to say your final words, I’m a Restricted Level superpower user, understand what that means?"

He averted his gaze, "The Salvation Society kept me here to use my ability to find a way for you guys to live longer—they see you as valuable, they won’t just let you die, understand?"

At this point, he sighed deeply, "Whatever, one of you is blunt-minded, the other is Chuunibyou, explaining it to you is useless."

Ji Minghuan no longer looked at them, just turned over in the chair, lightly tapping the table.

He thought for a moment, asked casually, "Didn’t the penguin monster come with you?"

"She didn’t." Sun Changkong said, "Last time in Paradise, she said these days she didn’t want to come out."

"So strange, but why didn’t she tell me?" Ji Minghuan was taken aback, "Did she say anything else?"

"Nothing, said not to worry." She shook her head.

"Koajenna, I want to meet Kong Youling." Ji Minghuan suddenly raised his head, looking at the surveillance camera.

"The Mentor is trying to solve her ’can’t speak’ problem, you may need to wait a few days... rest assured, she’s safe now." Koajenna’s voice came from the broadcast equipment, "And, the other two kids have to go back."

Ji Minghuan frowned, puzzled, and remained silent.

Sun Changkong thought for a moment and said, "Then we’ll leave first."

"Then go ahead." Ji Minghuan said, "Pay attention to safety, don’t trip, last time someone fell flat in the corridor, I’m not saying who."

"The corridor is so bright, can’t see anything, anyone would slip, okay?" Sun Changkong complained while pulling Shang Xiaoqi’s sleeve, leading her away.

Ji Minghuan silently watched their backs, Sun Changkong holding Shang Xiaoqi’s hand, step by step entering the brightly lit corridor, the metal door slowly lowering.

He sat there dazed for a moment, then lay back on the bed. It was pitch-black all around, and Ji Minghuan synchronized his consciousness with the No. 1 body.

When he opened his eyes, the wall time showed it was noon on August 11th. He had slept a bit too long.

Gu Wenyu sat up, brushed his teeth with the restraint belt, and searched for his phone from the bed, glancing at the received messages.

[Gu Qiye: People from Rainbow Wings invited the Father of Puppets for dinner, and also invited me.]

[Black Cocoon: And then?]

[Gu Qiye: Then... don’t you find it strange that the Father of Puppets’s face is wrapped in bandages, can’t eat anything?]

[Black Cocoon: Oh, I get it. So, you have a chance to see what’s under Father of Puppets’s mask?]

[Gu Qiye: Yes, we’ll meet shortly.]

Gu Wenyu looked out the window, Osaka’s streets were bathed in bright sunlight, yet there was a subtle chill in the air. Summer seemed to be nearing its end.