My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS

Su Zimai gave it another thought and felt something was off, as if she had been fooled by the team leader again.

She asked coldly, "What’s the reason? It can’t be just because my brother arrived in Japan at the same time, you think he’s Blue Arc?"

"That’s not the only reason," Ke Qirui shook her head. "Actually, a few days ago at the park, after shaking hands with your brother, I had a faint feeling that something wasn’t right about him. But considering his thoughts, I didn’t tell you at the time."

"Specifically, what was off?" Su Zimai said indifferently, taking a sip of her soda with the gusto of drinking alcohol, her eyebrow raised, staring straight into the eyes of this old fox.

She forcefully placed the soda bottle on the bar, just wanting to see when Ke Qirui couldn’t hold back her laughter. Every time the team leader tried to keep a serious face while joking, she’d usually give herself away after just a couple of glances from Su Zimai.

Ke Qirui, recalling the details from that day at the park, looked at the palm of her right hand.

She said, "At that time your brother seemed to use some ability to probe me, his move was very quick, I didn’t even react at first. The feeling I got then was very subtle... like a ’shock.’ And coincidentally, Blue Arc’s ability was exactly manipulating electric currents."

Su Zimai listened in bewilderment, the chopsticks in her mouth, her expression indicating the team leader wasn’t joking... Normally when the team leader joked, there was always a cunning fox-like smile on her face.

But now the expression on Ke Qirui’s face was completely different, overly calm, instead making her a bit scared — if the team leader wasn’t joking, how would she face this fact, what expression should she use to meet Gu Wenyu in the future?

Ke Qirui continued, "Exorcists need to release ’Celestial Driver,’ and Anecdote Envoys need to summon ’Anecdote Atlas,’ neither can use their abilities instantaneously, so... I speculate your brother should be a Superpower User."

Upon hearing this, Su Zimai’s appetite vanished. She opened her mouth to speak but suddenly remembered she also felt something similar that day, so she just quietly watched Ke Qirui.

Staring at Su Zimai’s eyes, Ke Qirui softened her tone, continuing, "If your brother is Blue Arc, then it all makes sense: the reason I felt like being shocked might be because Blue Arc can understand specific targets’ details by transmitting electric currents, so he probed me with that move at the time. Blue Arc’s abilities are very comprehensive, with his strength, it’s no surprise to develop his superpower to any extent."

After contemplating for a moment, Su Zimai took a deep breath and asked:

"But... if my brother is Blue Arc, he was just in middle school when he debuted! Don’t you think that’s far-fetched? The Mutants Association has only accepted Mutants at least aged 16, of high school age."

It was as if she finally found a breakthrough, she stared keenly at Ke Qirui’s eyes, just like an exam invigilator watching a student suspected of cheating, hoping the opponent would be honest and stop arguing.

So she could convince herself: this was all just a joke.

"Think about it, has anyone ever stipulated that middle school students can’t wear tight suits and fight crime?" Ke Qirui said, "Besides, if I remember correctly... Blue Arc accepted the official invitation to join the Mutants Association after moving alone for one or two years."

She paused and looked away, "So... when Gu Wenyu was invited to become a Mutant, he should have already reached the minimum age requirement for an association member."

Su Zimai could no longer find any grounds for rebuttal.

For a long time, she whispered, "Don’t say anything more... I feel like my worldview is about to collapse."

Ke Qirui glanced at her expression, which was almost tearful.

She opened her mouth and softly comforted, "However, I’m just saying there’s this possibility. Maybe what happened in the park that day was just my illusion, then all my subsequent speculations wouldn’t hold."

If it wasn’t for the upcoming cooperation with Blue Arc, Ke Qirui wouldn’t have shared these thoughts with Su Zimai.

But in the course of cooperation, if Su Zimai suddenly recognizes this is her brother Gu Wenyu, she would be even more overwhelmed and shocked.

In that case, it would inevitably affect the actions at the auction to some degree, so Ke Qirui had to prepare her mentally in advance.

At this moment, Su Zimai couldn’t utter a single word. She first blanked out, then put down her chopsticks, slowly lowering her head.

Her eyes were shielded by her falling bangs.

A brief silence enveloped Su Zimai and Ke Qirui, so quiet it seemed only the gentle whispers of the guests and the crisp chopping sounds of the chef slicing fish and hitting the cutting board could be heard.

With her head down in contemplation for a while, her face was enveloped in gradually changing orange-yellow light, with her eyes slightly shimmering.

Checking all the peculiarities over the years, Su Zimai finally recalled where the strange feeling she got from Gu Wenyu came from that day.

Back then, Gu Wenyu helped her get a coke from the fridge, then touched her shoulder, she also felt the ’shock’ sensation Ke Qirui mentioned.

At that time, she thought the coke had frozen her neck, now thinking about it, that might have just been Gu Wenyu’s cover... And when Gu Wenyu handed bowls and chopsticks to father, the father suddenly gripped his wrist forcefully, which was very unusual.

Thinking of this, a series of anomalies seemed to connect, pointing to a fact in Su Zimai’s mind — her second brother really is a Superpower User, and as the team leader said:

He very likely is Blue Arc.

Although Ke Qirui’s logical ability is average, her intuition is frighteningly strong, her judgments rarely go wrong, most of the time even relying on intuition she can accurately guess, at least since Su Zimai knew Ke Qirui, she hasn’t been wrong.

But... if the second brother is really Blue Arc, then why did father also notice something off at the time?

Could it be... actually father is hiding some identity like second brother?

Why? Why why?

Clearly, they are family, yet I don’t understand them at all. Could their appearances in front of me all be an act?

Since mom died, brother has been hiding in his room, not interacting with family, was he busy being a Mutant? Father going out in the past two years, could it possibly not be due to giving up, not wanting to see us, but behind our backs doing something?

The more she thought, the messier it became, the thoughts in her mind were like a ball of yarn falling to the ground, the more it rolled forward, the more scattered the strings became, endlessly stretching in all directions.

Finally sprawling chaotically all over the world.

Su Zimai felt like her brain was swelling, about to burst.

She lifted her wrist to her ear. Her eyes slightly reddened, her tears squeezed out one by one in agitation.

If Gu Wenyu really is Blue Arc, then this foolish brother has been hiding such dangerous things from me? Why hasn’t he said a word to me? Is it because he doesn’t trust me, his sister?

Thinking of this, Su Zimai suddenly recalled the reason she never wanted Gu Wenyu involved in the world of ’Exorcists.’

Just, not wanting him to get hurt.

"Was it just... because he didn’t want me to get hurt?" she stared at the table mindlessly, murmuring softly.