"A black... mummy?"
Ke Qirui rested a hand against her chin and pondered silently for a moment. For some reason, someone suddenly came to mind.
When she had arrived in Tokyo, she and Su Zimai had discussed the supernatural being that had appeared in Li Capital in recent days—Black Cocoon—inside the Train Demon's carriage.
The two had looked through the newspaper then. One of its photos showed a figure hanging upside down beneath a billboard, its entire body wrapped in strips of material, looking just like... a black mummy. That image had left a deep impression on Ke Qirui. She had even dreamed that night of a rainy evening, with Black Cocoon dangling upside down from a streetlamp and waving at her with a Restraint Band.
"Could he have meant..."
She murmured and turned to look back.
Xia Pingzhou's figure was already nowhere to be seen in the entrance passage.
At the same time, in another corner of Roppongi Hills.
The Queen Colossus held Ji Minghuan in her arms as she raced between the skyscrapers. Her body, forged from black iron, was as light as paper beneath the night sky, reflecting the crisp moonlight.
Every time she leaped, she would bend over beforehand to shield Ji Minghuan tightly.
The wind blowing over Tokyo swept Ji Minghuan's hair high into the air, exposing his forehead.
His Unit 1 character, Gu Wenyu, had already arrived in Japan. After getting off the plane, he was looking for their hotel with Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye.
Fortunately, Old Man knew Japanese, and Big Brother knew a little as well—roughly N4 level. So they had not run into much trouble on the way. At the very least, asking for directions was no problem.
"So multitasking isn't as hard as I imagined." Ji Minghuan stared blankly