Chapter 177: The Two at the Train Station, Sister's Questions
July 26, 1:30 AM, Gu Yima District, it was a quiet night.
Black Cocoon was hanging upside-down beneath a building, a transparent restraint belt suspended above his head, as he silently observed ahead using restraint sensing while playing Minesweeper on his phone.
Before long, he saw a young girl in a red cape and a magician's tall hat appear under the moonlight. Covered by her magic gloves, a crystal clear silk thread fell, connecting to a giant dove with red eyes.
Su Zimai flew on the giant dove under the moonlight, soaring over the brightly lit long street, her ponytail swaying gently in the wind.
"So slow."
Black Cocoon muttered and looked up from his phone at the white tail shadow.
He then used the restraint belt to grab onto the base of a nearby air-conditioner, swinging up diagonally and silently following behind the snow-white giant dove, heading towards the corner of Gu Yima District.
Before long, one person, one dove, and one bug arrived at the forbidden zone.
This area appeared due to the Rainbow Wing incident several years ago. At that time, Su Zimai's family lived in this corner until Rainbow Wing Member and superpower criminals fought, inadvertently turning this place into ruins.
Their mother, Su Ying, died in these ruins. Back then, victims were just as abandoned as this desolate land, only causing a temporary uproar before being forgotten from people's view shortly after.
The deeper they went, the fewer figures and signs of life they saw.
Su Zimai looked down at the earth from the dove's back, casting a complex gaze at their family's old residence.
At that moment, she suddenly glanced at her phone, then looked up, scanning the area with an annoyed expression.
"Did Ke Qirui tell her I was following behind?" Black Cocoon shrugged at her reaction.
Next moment, Su Zimai, as if snapping a whip on a horse's back, forcefully pulled the magic silk thread, and the dove's speed increased sharply.
Black Cocoon silently whistled, constantly trailing behind her, never straying.
He grabbed the restraint belt to leap over an old billboard like a swallow over waves. The howling wind whipped up his clothes, and he finally breached the moonlight, standing on the eaves of an abandoned train station.
Looking down, he saw that Su Zimai had already descended from the dove's back, standing on the empty platform 7.
The platform naturally presented a deserted scene, indicating this train station had been abandoned for some time.
Stretching out in all directions, pitch-black darkness was all around, only a patch of moonlight reflected. Rusty tracks grew weeds haphazardly, and dark green moss twisted and spread on the platform's columns, reaching skyward like ghost soul claws.
The dove rapidly shrank, transforming into a small dove landing on Su Zimai's hand, pecking gently at her left hand with its beak.
She lowered her eyes, teasing the dove lightly with her fingers.
Drip... drip...
A small rain last night left puddles, water falling from the platform's eaves towards the tracks, drawing a beautiful, clear parabolic line. The constant sound of water broke the platform's silent stillness.
"Come out," Su Zimai suddenly said, "I know you are following me."
Upon hearing this, Black Cocoon peeled away the restraint belt, took out a comic book "Goodbye, Eri," and then hung upside-down from the eaves using a restraint belt, slowly shedding the transparent belt wrapped around him.
He raised his hand to his ear and pressed a button on his mask, starting the voice changer, then broke the silence.
"Miss Su Zimai, thank you for guiding me, otherwise I wouldn't have arrived at this train station on time." Black Cocoon licked his fingers, turning book pages, "If I were late, that would be dreadful. After all, I will appear in teenagers' textbooks later; an untrustworthy person cannot set an example."
"Do you just enjoy being a creep?" Su Zimai frowned, "Always either following this one or that one."
"Actually, we were just on the same path," Black Cocoon shook his head, "As a feminist and an awakened woman, I could never do anything to violate women's personal rights."
Su Zimai was silent for a while: "Was it my brother who asked you to protect me?"
"Hmm... It seems, Miss Su, you already know your brother's true identity?"
Black Cocoon said, raising his eyes from the book page, glancing at Su Zimai.
"So what else?" Su Zimai replied calmly, "He already told me; he is Blue Arc."
"Which brother?"
"Which brother do you mean?"
"I understand, it's our lovely Gu Qiye." Black Cocoon said, "I knew once he realized your identity, he wouldn't be able to hold back; it seems things have developed as I predicted."
"Cut the crap, you sure can fool people. Earlier, you said 'your brother is Blue Arc'."
"Isn't that true?" Black Cocoon spread his hands.
"Why not just say it's the big brother?" Su Zimai coldly asked.
"Isn't big brother also brother?" Black Cocoon countered.
Su Zimai was suddenly stunned; the words seemed familiar as if she had heard them from someone, but couldn't recall it right away.
She shook her head, dispelling chaotic thoughts: "Anyway, did my brother ask you to protect me, which is why you participated in this Red Traffic Light operation?"