At this moment, for some unknown reason, an image flashed in his mind of the pitch-black silhouette that had darted past his eyes last night at the auction house when he was battling to the brink of death...
At that time, due to excessive blood loss, Gu Qiye’s eyes were nearly blind. Although he couldn’t see very clearly, later, the people from the Exorcist Association said that the reinforcement was most likely:
They also revealed that some people in the Japanese underworld might know Ghost Bell, but these people were unwilling to reveal their identities.
After all, Ghost Bell is an international fugitive; admitting their connection to Ghost Bell would surely bring trouble to themselves. If they don’t admit it, then no matter the investigation, it would be in vain.
As a result, it remained uncertain whether this rumor was true or false, and to this day, Gu Qiye still doesn’t know if the person who saved him last night was indeed Ghost Bell...
If it really was, then all of this is terribly bizarre: a supervillain who had defeated him multiple times would actually help him in such a situation?
Even if it was on the order of the underworld, could someone like Ghost Bell really go against his nature and do such a thing?
Thus, when he woke up from the hospital room in the morning, Gu Qiye tossed and turned, unable to make sense of it all. In the end, he turned his head to look out the window, gazing at the sky washed clean as water, and for a moment, he felt relieved.
Being alive is good enough... that was his only thought at the time.
He wanted to return and see his family first, so he informed the people from the Exorcist Association, proving to them that his body was normal before taking off the hospital gown. He didn’t even take the car provided by the association; he ran back to the hotel like a flash of lightning.
"Wash up, and then let’s go." Gu Qiye came over, patting Gu Wenyu’s shoulder.
"What did Xiaomai say?"
"Said to leave first."
By that afternoon, the three members of the Gu Family boarded a plane at Tokyo’s airport.
Sitting in the cabin, Ji Minghuan used a fork to eat fruit while resting his chin in his palm, staring at the sea of clouds outside the window.
To be honest, after being the ninja version of the faceless Black Cocoon for so long, Ji Minghuan started to miss his obstructive mask and trench coat.
At least wearing them didn’t make him look like a giant moth, providing a bit more human decency.
At this time, his second body was accompanying Ayase Origami on the Human-Snake Ship prepared by the hacker, and they had finally set their destination as Venice.
Because the Bloodline, Andrew, and Bai Tanlang seemed to be vacationing in that city as well.
Coincidentally, it was said that the place was rich in demons, and Xia Pingzhou hadn’t even contracted a second demon yet, so everything seemed to fall perfectly into place—there were small monsters to brush off and big shots leading the way.
So, the second body was on the ship, the first body was on the plane, and Ji Minghuan’s true self lay in the pitch-dark confinement room.
All three bodies were idle, and Ji Minghuan finally had time to do something important:
——Create the third game body.
The reason he needed to carefully choose the time to create this body was that during the creation, his consciousness would temporarily disconnect from the outside world, rendering all bodies uncontrollable.
If the timing wasn’t right, it could potentially lead to unnecessary misunderstandings or even major trouble.
"So then... let’s hope for a good roll."
Ji Minghuan prayed inwardly, clicked the gear icon in the lower right corner of his vision, summoned the system panel, switched to the last page, and found the most prominent option labeled in red and black text—[Create Game Character].
[Do you want to consume 9 "Split Points" to create a brand new game character in the Real World?]
Ji Minghuan glanced at the Split Point requirement and directly selected the option below the question—[Yes].
Immediately, his vision went black, and both his true body and game body perspectives vanished without a trace.
[Entering the "Game Character Creation" phase.]
That was the last voice he heard.
[Loaded into the "Character Creation Space." During the character creation period, your consciousness will not be linked to your true body or game character. If you need to log out urgently, click the exclamation mark in the upper right corner of your vision.]
When he opened his eyes, Ji Minghuan met his "index finger mouse" for the first time in a long while.
Then slowly emerging from the darkness was a panel knit in a red-black pattern as its backdrop. Its appearance looked like the UI from an RPG game.
And right now, in the center of the panel, a line of pixelated text was displayed:
[Would you like to start creating the "Third Game Character" immediately?]
Without hesitation, Ji Minghuan dragged the index finger mouse and clicked on the [Yes] option below.
[A dice roll will be conducted next; please choose a random number between "1" and "6".]
Then, six options, "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6," appeared below.
"Here we go again... Can I strike it lucky this time?"
Ji Minghuan tilted his head slightly and clicked on the [5] option based on his intuition.
[You have chosen the number "5".]
Suddenly, a red-and-black die appeared in the darkness, with each face bearing a number. It shot upward, spinning in the air, falling with a "thud," tumbling around two or three times, and then slowly came to a stop.
On top, a blood-red number——"6" was displayed.
[Unfortunately, you lost in this round of dice guessing.]
"Are you kidding me?"
Ji Minghuan furrowed his nonexistent eyebrows.
[Note: Two "Rare Characters" have appeared in the profile of this generated "character".]