Chapter 407

Vess's strength was comparable to that of another intern, Hoi Nei Lo. If he fought Sima Di seriously, the latter might have to unleash his full capabilities to win. But this Vess not only looked down on this "Auntie," he thoroughly provoked her. The "Auntie's" combat power instantly doubled.

98 I need your help.

【Red Heart, I know about Bruce. Besides that item, I need your help here.】

"Bruce should have handed the USB drive to you... this is the contingency plan we agreed on for emergencies." Zi Zi Busheng's gaze dimmed slightly. "I always thought we wouldn't have to use this PnB."

"You overcame all the traps I set in the game, everyone escaped, yet you died in this place... and it was Master Bruce... Tell me, what exactly is going on between you and Master Bruce? Why did Master Bruce get involved with those madmen? And what exactly is inside the USB drive?" Sima Di's face was sorrowful, eager to know the answer.

"You haven't used their computers to check the contents of the USB drive, have you?"

"Of course not. Who knows what's on their computers? It might destroy the USB drive. Even if I'm not an expert with computers, I know that much."

"Good... come with me."

After speaking, Zi Zi Busheng turned and ran up the stairs.

Seeing this, Sima Di could only follow.

"Where are we going?"

"My room. There's a laptop there. That kid Gurner helped me assemble it. The computer is crude, but it works."

"Gurner is with you too? Where is he now? What exactly is going on with the three of you?"

"Just a coincidence; the three of us fell into the same location." Zi Zi Busheng looked both ways, found no one around, then used a key to open the door in front of him. "... This is my room. Since I'm an intern, I'm only on the third floor... I hope their fight doesn't destroy this room."

Sima Di followed closely behind Zi Zi Busheng and shut the door behind him.

"Can you tell me now?"

"Revolutionary Army."

Zi Zi Busheng looked at Sima Di and spoke those three words.

"What? The place you fell into was...?" Sima Di was stunned.

"Just a nearby island... Although all three of us are members of the Revolutionary Army, they don't know our specific identities yet. They invited us only because the three of us happened to join forces to solve a certain incident."

"A certain incident? I can imagine how unlucky the culprit of that incident must have been. Could it be that someone spent decades painstakingly planning a murder scheme, only for you guys to catch them red-handed?"

"About right. It was just a locked-room mystery, much larger in scale than the story Mr. Bruce wrote... quite an interesting journey." Zi Zi Busheng said.

Zi Zi Busheng is from Nihon and was an international student in Tianchao. He was once the president of the Deduction Club in high school, and later studied at a prestigious university in Tianchao, where he served as vice president of the university's Deduction Club. This shows his deductive abilities to some extent. Besides that, he is also proficient in some martial arts; in fact, Zi Zi Busheng came to Tianchao to study precisely because he loved Tianchao martial arts.

As for Bruce, needless to say, he is a master of deduction.

And Gurner, who is the same age as Zi Zi Busheng, is a computer genius. Though not yet mature, he has already achieved some success... as a hacker.

In other words, apart from Cheng Yu, some of the smartest people among the thirteen are gathered here, and by sheer coincidence, they all joined the Revolutionary Army.

"If you add Cheng Yu, your group could be considered invincible." Sima Di couldn't help but complain.

"We don't need too many people of the same type... That is precisely why Mr. Bruce and I were dispatched. However, with incidents like this occurring, I think having more manpower would be better. We already know their whereabouts. Once the Judicial Island incident ends, I will recruit those two into the Revolutionary Army."

Zi Zi Busheng took out a laptop from a rather hidden spot in the room.

The computer's appearance looked quite makeshift, but after turning it on, Sima Di felt that aside from not being able to play online games, the computer had all other functions fully equipped.

"Did you know? Besides liberating all islands under Navy jurisdiction, the Revolutionary Army now also has another goal: to track down the Spades and eliminate them... Half of the reason the three of us agreed to join the Revolutionary Army was for this. What the Spades are doing is far more terrifying than we imagined. Some of those things... even you might not know."

Sima Di fell silent and did not answer.

Because what Zi Zi Busheng said was true: she knew a lot, but not everything about the Spades. And even the part she knew was already terrifying.

"The USB drive." Zi Zi Busheng held out his hand.

Sima Di took out the USB drive, but only let Zi Zi Busheng glance at it before gripping it tightly in his palm, refusing to hand it over.

"Although what you said is very true, you still need to tell me: what is inside this USB drive? Why would Master Bruce risk his life to get it? And... are you really that confident handing the USB drive over to me?"

Hearing these words, Zi Zi Busheng smiled.

Although he was a slightly roguish young man, his smile was just as sunny.

"What are you laughing at?" Sima Di felt unnerved by his smile.

"Why did you choose us back then? Out of six billion people, why did you specifically pick us thirteen?" Zi Zi Busheng asked.

Sima Di hesitated for a moment, then said: "... Because each of you has your own strengths. You were the best possible targets for this experiment."

"Save that kind of talk for your little sidekick." Zi Zi Busheng looked at Sima Di with a serious gaze. "Although I am smart and good at deduction, there are many people in this world who are better at such things than me. Gurner is a computer genius, but he is far from having the ability to break into the Pentagon's information defense system like those legendary hackers. As for Xue Lihong, she is just a small police officer with drive but no brain. And as for Sakurai Miyu, who is from the same country as me... she is just an ordinary office worker; the only thing she might be good at is singing a few enka songs."

"You say you're not smart, but I don't think so. You already know, don't you? The core of that game."

"Yes... we all share one fatal commonality. We have all witnessed death happening right beside us in version 1.0, and we absolutely do not want such a thing to happen a second time."

"Then what about Zero? What about Bruce?"

"Many people want you dead, and naturally there are many assassins. Perhaps you can tell me why only Zero was left to participate in this game."

Zi Zi Busheng's eyes held a smile, as if he had already seen through everything Sima Di had done.

"As for Bruce... perhaps you yourself didn't want him to participate, so you shifted the target to another. But Zero told me that in your room, among the one hundred and seventeen backup candidates, the very first one was Bruce."

"You met Zero?"

"Yes. And I know the whereabouts of everyone else. Do you need to know?"

"Since you know everyone's whereabouts, haven't you considered gathering them to find a way back?"

99 Your little sidekick

"But you should know that only the Spades know the way back. Moreover, I believe all of us would be glad to see the Spades completely destroyed." A hint of hatred flickered in Zi Zi Busheng's eyes. "If my deduction is correct, the deaths we witnessed were all consequences brought about by the occurrence of the Death Game. In other words, they came from threats posed by survivors of past Death Games... We thirteen are all indirect victims of the Spades' game."

Sima Di fell silent and said nothing.

Because Zi Zi Busheng's deduction was infinitely close to the truth.

"Red Heart, you might be selfish, dragging all thirteen of us into the abyss just to prove your conclusion to that person. But at the same time, you also gave us the chance to learn the truth and open our hearts. We are grateful to you, we trust you... but we do not like you."

Having spoken, Zi Zi Busheng stared straight at Sima Di.

That sharp gaze seemed determined to dig out all the secrets and darkness Sima Di was hiding.

"This conclusion, though harsh to hear, is very real." Sima Di gave a bitter smile and handed the USB drive into Zi Zi Busheng's hands. "Now let me see what content in this USB drive 14 can possibly bring down the Spades."

"Of course."

After the USB drive was inserted into the computer, it contained only two TXT files, each merely a few hundred kilobytes.

One of them was a string of numbers, looking like a password.

The other was filled with nonsensical words.

【When the monkey brings the golden apple, the war begins to spread.

The immortal demon tightly grips the traitor's soul in his left hand,

and chokes his own neck with his right.

He appears before men, yet dies in the thousand-and-first massacre.】

【The cat and the black wolf were ordered to open the used Pandora's Box.

Because hope remained at the bottom of the box.

The white wolf opened the secret passage to the box for them,

but they encountered the box's guardian, the "Five Poisons."

Yet the cat and the black wolf were fearless.

They first slew the spider and the centipede,

then caused the toad and the snake to kill each other.

Finally, the harmless scorpion died.】

【The black wolf and the white wolf were never twins.】

【The scorpion prefers a fatal strike, while the snake prefers to take its time.】

【Only the piranha in the cage is most useful.】

Besides this, there were many more such meaningless words.

"It seems to be using animals to metaphorize something. This looks a bit like... a prophecy?" Sima Di was somewhat uncertain.

"This thing is not merely a prophecy; it is also a sharp weapon to destroy the Spades. But not now..."

Zi Zi Busheng dragged the document to the end, where only four simple characters remained. Yet both Sima Di and Zi Zi Busheng saw the meaning within at a glance.

3D2Y.

"3D2Y, the mark Luffy used to notify his companions to gather in two years. It seems this prophet knows something too. And those Spades guys can still be arrogant for another two years."