Chapter 128: Blue Crow, Gray Pigeon, and Clock Guest

After watching the video of the Hongdeng Business District, Ke Youqing put down his tablet computer, lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. Then he put the lit cigarette to his lips and took a deep puff.

The smoke lingered on his fingertips, and was immediately blown away by the sea breeze over Brighton Beach, rising into the sky along his slightly graying hair.

"Blue Owl..."

He murmured the name in his mind.

After a while, Ke Youqing slowly raised his head and cast his deep gaze at the lonely lighthouse in the distance.

Seven years ago, he had seen a similar superhero. The young man's code name was "Gray Pigeon". On the first day of joining the Super Hero Association, he confessed to the media that he became a superhero because of the influence of "Blue Crow", which caused heated discussions, criticism and boycotts from the people.

Despite this, for a period of time afterwards, Hui Ge still conquered the public's stereotype of him with his outstanding strength, and was even hailed as the rising star of the Super Hero Association.

During his time in the Super Hero Association, Gray Pigeon applied to meet with the round table member "Blue Crow" almost every day.

At first, Qing Ya thought that he would soon give up struggling under the media's attack, but he didn't expect him to persist for so long. He thought that he couldn't just ignore him, so he found him and trained him for a while. He witnessed his strength gradually increase, and watched him go from being questioned at the beginning to being supported by the people and even the association.

At that time, Qing Ya hid in the dark and observed the young man, as if he was looking at his past self.

He always felt that Gray Pigeon was like him who had taken a different path. It clearly possessed the same characteristics as him, but did not take that extreme and violent path.

Instead, he carries a sincere heart and moves forward with kindness and principles.

Qing Ya considered for a long time and finally decided to make this young man his successor. When the time was right, he would let him take his place and take over the city's security.

At the beginning, this matter went smoothly. Huige made rapid progress. He was a genius picked out of a million. His learning speed in superpowers, martial arts, and strategy far exceeded Qingya's imagination.

During the long time they spent together, Qing Ya became closer and closer to the young man. He even took off his mask in front of him and was honest with him, revealing his true feelings.

However...things took a turn for the worse soon after.

On the day when Huige was officially promoted to a B-class hero, Qingya avoided the celebration ceremony held by the association and returned home to have dinner with his children.

Just one hour later, bad news came from the Super Hero Association.

During the ceremony, Gray Dove was captured by the super villain Clockman.

Qing Ya searched the entire city but couldn't find them.

The next day, the watchmaker posted an hour-long "execution video" on the dark web. Qing Ya watched the video without stopping, just to find the watchmaker's location. But the wailing and screaming of the gray pigeon in the video almost made him lose his mind. Qing Ya watched the watchmaker cut off the gray pigeon's hands with an electric saw, and watched the gray pigeon lower its head and look at its broken hands on the ground and cry. The eyes of the young man, which were once full of hope and vitality, were now filled with despair and emptiness.

"Save me, save me, save me, Mr. Blue Crow..."

Gray Pigeon spoke to the screen almost pleadingly at the watch shopper's request.

Then, on the third day after the incident, Qing Ya stood in front of the association building, gazing at the sky, his jet-black cloak fluttering in the cold wind.

Under the aerial work platform of the Super Hero Association branch building, there were broken organs hanging: hands, internal organs, legs, feet, shoulders, heads...

These bloody organs were hung in the air, arranged neatly, and swaying gently in the wind.

It seems like a satire on someone's incompetence.

His eyes slightly moved downwards. On the glass curtain wall of the association building, there were dazzling words written in blood-red paint: - "Qing Ya, this is my gift to you. I cut his body into twenty-three pieces to wish you a happy twenty-third anniversary of your debut."

Later, in order to commemorate this superhero who died young, many superhero dark webs adopted the website name "Gray Pigeon".

Ke Youqing thought many times that if on the first day that Hui Ge appeared in Huanjing City as a vigilante wearing that cheap combat uniform imitating that of "Blue Crow", he had come to him, personally taken off his mask, and persuaded him to turn back from his wrong path with the harshest words, instead of sitting back and doing nothing.

So, would this young man have ended up with such a tragic ending?

Gray Pigeon's death was entirely his fault. He was too cowardly, so cowardly that he wanted to give up for a moment and thought he could find a successor.

Then exit this dark world with peace of mind and put everything behind you.

He was wrong.

Completely wrong.

Time is a cruel thing. No matter how much you want to go back or how much you regret, it will only push everyone forward all the time. Perhaps only until the day you die will you no longer feel its existence and no longer be forced to move forward by it.

From that day on, Ke Youqing's heart was filled with gloom and rage.

But he knew that if a watch lover didn't want to be found, there would be very few people in the world who could find a watch lover.

Not even Zeus could do this.

At the same time, he also knew that one day, the watchmaker would return to this city - the watchmaker would come to find him and end this feud that had lasted for decades since college.

And that night, after seeing the young man named "Blue Owl", Ke Youqing's heart suddenly trembled, as if he had returned to the day when he first saw the gray pigeon.

He soon realized...that day might be coming.

The day when watch lovers return to this city.

If this person named "Blue Owl" is allowed to act recklessly like this, he will sooner or later be targeted by the watchmaker and become the fuse for the monster to return to this city.

But Ke Youqing was looking forward to this day. His hands were shaking with anticipation. He thought he might have gone crazy.

What he failed to do a few years ago, he will be able to do this time.

"The responsibility for the Vientiane City incident lies with the Control Bureau. According to the latest report from the Control Bureau, the executor 'Black Judge' has taken over the Vientiane City incident this afternoon and has quickly submitted a report on the Vientiane City incident. The leadership and handling obligations of this incident do not lie with the Super Hero Association."

"The identity of the vigilante named 'Blue Owl' is currently unknown. Judging from his known performance, he may be a person with special abilities or a mutant."

An emotionless, mechanical female voice came from the phone, interrupting Ke Youqing's confused thoughts.

"It seems that we have to find a time to return early tomorrow..."

Ke Youqing whispered to himself, lowered his eyes to look at his faintly trembling right hand, slightly tightened his five fingers, and black veins emerged on the back of his hand, as if foreshadowing his death.

He leaned against the railing, put out his cigarette, and threw it into the sea. The flickering cigarette butt floated in the evening breeze and soon disappeared like an ember.

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(End of this chapter)