122: Chapter 122 Sowing Discord Meets Sowing Discord
"Little brother Yun Zhuo here, what should I call you three?"
Yun Zhuo tore open a pack of cigarettes, handed one to each of the three, and sat down opposite them.
The three took a glance at him, then at the cigarettes he offered. Without standing on ceremony, they reached out and took them.
"Zhan Haisheng."
"Zhu Shuangjian."
"Huang Chao."
After introducing themselves, the three started rummaging through their clothes. Finally, Huang Chao looked at Yun Zhuo and said, "Kid, do you have a lighter?"
"Huh?" Yun Zhuo was dumbfounded. How could a smoker go out without a lighter? Just looking to mooch off others, huh?
Huang Chao turned his head to look at three guys smoking on the curb at the entrance of the village. "Dengzi, lend me your lighter."
Although the three were smoking in the distance, their eyes had been fixed on Yun Zhuo the whole time.
As they walked over, they sat on both sides of Yun Zhuo.
While tossing the lighter to Huang Chao, Yun Zhuo also handed a cigarette to each of the three newcomers.
"Little brother Yun Zhuo, I'm new here, please take care of me."
The one called Dengzi was named Deng Xin. He looked at Yun Zhuo, "If we're talking about taking care of things, it's you, kid, who needs to take care of us. After we finish this cigarette, let's go outside and chat."
After saying this, everyone looked at Yun Zhuo with a smile.
Yun Zhuo gave a wry smile, "Big Brother, stop joking. The landlady just told me that there's a bounty on my head."
"And you, kid, still dare to cozy up to us?"
"If I say that the brother of the Rattlesnake Adventure Group leader wasn't killed by me, would you believe it?"
"That has nothing to do with us. Tian Wei has already issued the bounty; we can get the money just by killing you."
"Doesn't Tian Wei want to know who killed his brother? If we sell this information to him, wouldn't it be easier to earn that money?"
Deng Xin laughed, "Have you ever thought that, in that case, we could earn two sums of money?"
"I have, but that's impossible. There's no way I'm leaving this village."
"Do you think you can hide in this village forever?"
Yun Zhuo smiled, "No, but you wouldn't wait outside the village for me forever for a mere thirty thousand, would you?"
That's right, thirty thousand isn't much. If everyone wasn't bored right now, who would bother trying to earn this money?
Deng Xin and the others exchanged a look, "Speak up, who killed Tian Mang, and what evidence do you have?"
Yun Zhuo leaned against the table and whispered, "Before I reveal the real killer, I want to ask, are you all in the same group?"
"What do you mean?"
"If you aren't in the same group, I'm afraid you'll undermine each other and the information won't fetch a good price. I suggest you form a temporary alliance. Once you sell the information, split the money evenly. That's better than selling it cheap to Tian Wei. Of course, if you belong to the Rattlesnake Adventure Group, then pretend I said nothing."
The three were stunned for a moment, then Huang Chao said, "I'm really starting to appreciate you, kid. Would you like to work with us?"
"Many thanks for your praise, Big Brother Huang. To tell you the truth, I'm still a student. As for the fighting and killing in the Jianghu, I'd rather wait a few years before thinking about that."
"You're still a student?"
"Yeah, Imperial Capital Martial Arts University, First-year Freshman."
"You're a student at the Imperial Capital Martial Arts University?"
"Is there a problem, Big Brother Huang?"
The group subconsciously exchanged looks; in their ears, they all heard the "I can't beat that" sound from the game Fight the Landlord.
Anyone who can get into the Imperial Capital Martial Arts University is an elite. After graduation, there are plenty of official law enforcement agencies for them to choose from. Even if they don't go to the government, the Twelve Families would fight to recruit them.
Even if they aren't interested in officialdom or the great Families, and prefer the Jianghu, they could easily join one of the top-tier, large-scale Adventure Groups.
They had just asked this kid to hang out with a bunch of rogues like themselves; if others knew about this, they'd laugh their heads off.
"Are you really from the Imperial Capital Martial Arts University?" Huang Chao asked, unwilling to give up.
Yun Zhuo pulled up his student ID directly from his wristband.
The six leaned in for a look and were stunned again. This kid was actually a Recommended Enrollment Student this year.
Deng Xin cleared his throat, "Uh, you should tell us who killed Tian Mang."
"It was the accomplice by his side. Judging by the accent, he sounds like he's from Jianmu City."
"Inoue Maru!"
"I don't know his name. He's short, bow-legged, speaks with an accent from Jianmu City, and carries a katana at his waist."
Huang Chao pressed, "Do you have any evidence?"
"You've seen it yourselves, I'm only around level twenty. It's impossible for me to be an opponent to the two of them."
The six looked at Yun Zhuo. He was indeed only around level twenty. To say he killed the level forty-three Tian Mang was impossible, especially with Inoue Maru present.
"But that coward Inoue Maru, where would he get the guts to kill Tian Mang?"
"Most importantly, Tian Mang saved him once. He has no motive."
"I don't know about that," Yun Zhuo said. "Could it be that Tian Mang had his eye on his money? Given Tian Mang's perverse personality, did he have that in mind when he saved him? So Inoue Maru wanted to strike first."
Everyone sneered upon hearing this.
Huang Chao said, "You don't know, kid. Inoue Maru is dirt poor. Where would he get money for Tian Mang to covet?"
"Poor? That's not necessarily true. How can someone who can afford an S-rank tactical suit be dirt poor?"
"S-rank tactical suit?"
"Yeah, didn't you notice that the tactical suit he was wearing was S-rank?"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course. A tactical suit that can automatically release a force field shield and block Tian Mang's final death blow—besides S-rank, what other level could do that?"
Huang Chao and the others suddenly became serious, "How did he kill Tian Mang?"
"He originally wanted to sneak attack Tian Mang from behind while Tian Mang was fighting me, but unfortunately, I'm too weak and couldn't even take one hit from Tian Mang. So he only managed to kill his War Princess. By the time Tian Mang turned around to deal with him, his tactical suit was like a turtle shell; it was impossible to break through. As for how he killed Tian Mang, to be honest, I didn't see it. I had to escape while the two of them were fighting."
"Then did you go to kill Inoue Maru to silence him last night?"
"Last night? I went to silence him? Am I crazy? I'm alone, would I dare to charge into their camp?"
"It was a long-range attack. Last night, someone was sniping Inoue Maru from outside the Rattlesnake camp."
Yun Zhuo realized, "My War Princess's Lifebound Weapon is indeed a corrosion energy gun, but with such a commotion last night, do you think I could have escaped with my abilities?"
The six looked at him and said nothing.
Obviously, they believed him. If it had really been this kid sniping Inoue Maru last night, he wouldn't be alive to sit here and chat with them now.
At this moment, Yun Zhuo asked curiously, "You aren't from the Rattlesnake Adventure Group, so how did you guys get those injuries on your heads?"
"Don't mention it," Deng Xin said irritably. "Last night, the Rattlesnake people were hunting for the killer everywhere, and everyone went crazy killing."
"They were hunting for the killer, why would everyone go crazy killing?" Yun Zhuo looked puzzled.
"We don't know the specifics. Heard it started with a fight against the Wild Wolf Adventure Group, and then somehow the Blazing Fire Adventure Group got involved. In the end, it turned into a massive brawl for everyone. If it hadn't been for the Wild Wolf Adventure Group teaming up with the Blazing Fire Adventure Group to beat up the Rattlesnake Adventure Group and stabilize the situation, who knows how bad it would have gotten."
After hearing this, Yun Zhuo felt like someone else was sowing discord just like him.
Thinking of this, he suddenly froze and asked, "Who are the people occupying the Abandoned Well now?"
"People from Dongji Company, why?"
"Could the boss of this Dongji Company be from Jianmu City?"
"Hmm?"
The six suddenly froze, a look of realization dawning in their eyes.