CHAPTER 280: CHAPTER 240: KATO JUNWA, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ATTACKS PLAYERS AT NIGHT?

The size and style of the room where Kato Junwa was staying were almost the same as the first room Li Zheng entered on his first day, barely accommodating two capsule apartments.

Kato Junwa’s capsule was placed toward the center, leaving no room for a second one.

"If William had chosen to rest in a room like this, maybe he wouldn’t have died so miserably, right?"

After seeing this room clearly, a thought suddenly popped into Li Zheng’s mind.

Initially, he just wanted to teach that foreigner a lesson; if William had come out and been beaten up, he might not have died so inexplicably.

He might not have died at all.

Li Zheng really hadn’t expected that foreigner to hang on until death in the poisonous smoke.

Wouldn’t a normal person come out of such a closed environment if they realized the smoke was poisonous?

So, in Li Zheng’s view, his death should be considered an accident.

It might sound a bit disgusting, but William was indeed accidentally killed by Li Zheng.

Though, being a red-name player, getting killed wasn’t something to be sympathized with.

Dead is dead; Li Zheng wouldn’t feel any guilt.

[Familiar scene, familiar taste, shall we do something?]

Old Pu suddenly gave a somewhat nonsensical hint. Li Zheng frowned slightly, also feeling a sense of familiarity filling the room.

"Awoo?" Little Sakura sniffed the air, showing a disgusted expression, as if there was something here repelling it.

The three consecutive strange states caught Li Zheng’s attention. He took out the sheathed sword and held it in his hand, lightly tapping the closed door of the apartment with the end of the long staff.

Thud! Thud!

The crisp yet slightly muffled knocking sound spread throughout the whole room, and the atmosphere suddenly became a bit oppressive.

"Who?"

Along with a sentence in Mud Furnace language, the door of the capsule apartment opened a crack, revealing a bloodshot eye behind it.

[Kato Junwa (6)]

Old Pu sent a hint, and Li Zheng’s heart sank slightly. This was a red-name player!

"Kato Junwa? We’ve traded before; you should recognize me, right?" Li Zheng imperceptibly took two steps back. No red-name player could be trusted, especially one who had killed more than one person.

"Li Zheng, of course I recognize you." Kato Junwa’s tone revealed a hint of nervousness, "What do you want from me?"

Li Zheng frowned even deeper because he saw that in the attributes given by Old Pu, Kato Junwa was marked as "extremely exhausted" in the state column.

If it were an ordinary person, after a whole day of Matrix exploration and staying up late without rest, they might feel exhausted.

But at this stage, almost all players had undergone some form of enhancement, not to mention someone of Kato Junwa’s slight stature whose enhancements should be no less than those of the top fifty in the power rankings.

Why would he carry an exhaustion state?

Moreover, it’s a deeper "extreme exhaustion."

Unless he hadn’t had a proper rest for two days.

Could it be that after daytime explorations, he had to organize intelligence gathered by others at night?

Li Zheng slowly opened his mouth: "Gonmon Left Side said you are his superior, managing several spies, and should possess a lot of intelligence unknown to him, right?"

"Indeed." The bloodshot eye trembled slightly, and Kato Junwa’s voice was a bit hoarse: "What do you want to ask?"

Li Zheng squinted slightly, surprised by the opponent’s attitude.

Logically, this hard-earned intelligence should be confidential, right?

Why does it sound like he’s willing to share everything?

Is it because he’s compelled by my strength and dares not resist?

"Gonmon Left Side is dead. As his superior, he should have informed you of who killed him before he died, right?" Li Zheng was prepared to ask basic questions first to see if the opponent was honest.

"Gonmon Left Side?" Kato Junwa’s hoarse voice carried surprise, seeming not to expect Li Zheng to ask this question.

He paused for a moment and said, "He died very suddenly. I only found out about his death the next day when I couldn’t contact him, and I didn’t receive any intelligence about his killer before he died."

"Is that so." Li Zheng nodded, seemingly accepting this answer, then asked, "In the past two nights, I’ve been attacked twice by something. I suspect it’s the work of a player; do you have any relevant intelligence?"

"At night? Player?" Kato Junwa repeated the key words, as if recalling the intelligence he had: "Could you describe the appearance of what attacked you?"

"It was too dark to see clearly, just that the opponent was fast and agile," Li Zheng said.

"Fast, agile." Kato Junwa repeated the key words again, hesitatingly said, "It should be Misaka Tsuchiemon from channel sixty-seven. I have a subordinate on that channel, who once let slip in the regional channel that he had obtained an item capable of summoning nighttime creatures."

"Misaka Tsuchiemon, right?" Li Zheng memorized the name and then asked, "Do you have more intelligence on this person?"

"Yes!" Kato Junwa replied without hesitation: "Misaka Tsuchiemon’s father is a minister in the High Celestial Plain of the Nihong Country. Though he didn’t enter the Matrix due to his age, Misaka Tsuchiemon, leveraging his father’s reputation, managed to secure a prominent position within the Matrix High Celestial Plain organization, receiving many benefits."

"In channel sixty-seven, he ranks third in the power rankings. It’s said they’re constantly searching for some special entity within that channel."

"I don’t know exactly what they’re looking for."

"But if you plan to confront him, be cautious. I’ve heard he’s a Sword Dao enthusiast from Earth, having studied under the Nihong Sword Dao master Yagyu Sword Master for five years, earning Yagyu’s favor."

Li Zheng listened intently, as if genuinely committing Kato Junwa’s intelligence to memory.

After Kato Junwa finished, he suddenly asked, "As spies, were you trained on how to lie most naturally when caught?"

"Lie? Caught?" Kato Junwa was taken aback, not understanding why Li Zheng asked this.

Li Zheng exemplified: "You see, if you’re caught while infiltrating and someone asks if you’re a spy, you’d definitely deny it, right?"

"So, if you deny it, you’d have to lie, right?"

"So, as spies, don’t you receive training on how to lie?"

Li Zheng appeared to be a person curiosity-driven about spies, asking questions so childish that Kato Junwa found it laughable.

Though he didn’t show it outwardly, Kato Junwa inwardly underestimated Li Zheng a bit, feeling his tense vigilance over the past two days seemed unnecessary.

His tone relaxed considerably, he replied dismissively: "Yes, our organization indeed has training courses in this aspect. If you’re interested, I can teach you something sometime."

"Oh. Is that so..." Li Zheng smiled, a naive smile like that of a young lad unfamiliar with the world.

But what he said next sent a chill down Kato Junwa’s spine.