Ch43 - A09, Su Jiuzhou

Outside of the western wall of Kangxin Middle School, there was only a narrow and remote path that led to the alley that Xiao Jinyu found. If there really was a mysterious user that had escaped from there, they would inevitably be seen by Su Jiuzhou.

Xiao Jinyu took out his phone, sending a message to Zhao Hen, telling him he didn’t have to send people over anymore.

If someone really escaped from right under Su Jiuzhou’s eyes, then even if Zhao Hen came, they wouldn’t have been able to do anything. So who the mysterious user was, was now clear.

“You don’t seem to be surprised that I’m here.”

The hand holding his phone slightly froze. Xiao Jinyu put his phone into his pocket and lifted his head: “I’m not.”

Su Jiuzhou raised an eyebrow.

Xiao Jinyu looked up: “Although I didn’t think that Colonel Su would peek into the school from outside, it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary if you came… You would definitely come.”

Peek?

Su Jiuzhou couldn’t help but laugh.

His eyes were as calm as water as the red mark on his cheek left by the youth’s hands healed at a speed noticeable to the naked eye. Su Jiuzhou quietly looked at the person in front of him for a few seconds before asking: “Why would I definitely come?”

Xiao Jinyu: “Because the task this time, is a little… special. I thought that, you would definitely come.” He paused and said as he fixed his gaze on the other man: “Since Colonel Su himself had come, then I have a few questions I want to ask you.”

Su Jiuzhou looked at him curiously: “Questions? And several?”

Xiao Jinyu: “Yes. The first one is… why can I only come to Kangxin Middle school every five days? And these five days must start from the 27th, I can’t choose to start from any day I please.”

Before, when he was searching Lin Hao’s office, Xiao Jinyu asked Teacher Zhong if the other teachers in the office had taken anything from the office or if they did anything out of the ordinary. Teacher Zhong’s suggestion was to let Xiao Jinyu wait until the next day, when there were classes, to come and ask the teachers in the office directly. 

But Xiao Jinyu rejected that.

Because when Su Jiuzhou gave him the task, he specifically emphasized that if the user who took on the task wanted to go to Kangxin Middle School in person, the first day they could go would be November 27th and they could only go again every five days after that. They were barred from going at any other times.

Su Jiuzhou didn’t immediately answer and instead threw out another question: “Why do you think that is?”

With a person like him, who liked to answer a question with another question, Xiao Jinyu had always been reluctant to associate with them. If he could, he would be willing to let the man across from him feel that flying fist again. He thought this, yet Xiao Jinyu’s face didn’t show an ounce of it.

Coincidentally, he had long guessed the answer to this question. 

Xiao Jinyu’s unhurriedly said: “There are two possibilities. First, this task isn’t dangerous at all, but that is within a time constraint. There will be a safe day every five days, therefore the reason why you made every user come every five days was to ensure their safety. But this possibility is wrong. If Kangxin Middle School’s logic skill situation really was dangerous in any way, you would have suspended the classes long ago. But since the students are still going to classes normally and none of the teachers are absent, then this school really is safe as you said.”

A light flashed in his dark eyes. Su Jiuzhou smiled: “Then what’s the second possibility?”

Xiao Jinyu: “The second possibility is that, even if I came at another time, it wouldn’t be of any use. I must come every five days starting from the 27th to figure out anything.” After a moment, he looked up at Su Jiuzhou, his eyes firm: “In fact, you’ve already discovered this logic skill’s pattern. Every five days and only on today will this logic skill show it’s abnormalities.”

“B07.”

Xiao Jinyu furrowed his eyebrows: “Huh?” Why did he suddenly say his user ranking?

Su Jiuzhou looked at the youth in front of him. He smiled and said: “You really are worthy of your name. How have you not become an A-Rank user yet?”

Xiao Jinyu: “…”

What he had said last time was, “Why didn’t you reach level two in one day?” and now the difficulty of his questions had increased so sharply, directly asking him “why didn’t you become one of the top 100 users in China in one day”?

Too lazy to care about this weirdo, Xiao Jinyu cold face didn’t show much emotion. He asked again: “Other than that, I have another question.”

Su Jiuzhou: “En?”

“Although I currently don’t know Colonel Su’s user ID on the Grow Some Brains APP, but it’s obvious that you’re stronger than Water Punishment and Captain Wang Tao. You’re definitely a strong level five user and there’s even a large possibility… that your ranking is higher than Water Punishment.” Xiao Jinyu paused after saying that, but it was pity that the man in front of him had a thoughtful and earnest expression on his face, not intending to answer him at all.

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The last part wasn’t spoken aloud. He silently shut his mouth, looking at Su Jiuzhou.

“Colonel Su, I’ve asked all my questions. It’s now time for you to answer them.”

The sky slowly became darker. The sunset that dotted the horizon shone onto the small buildings, illuminating Xiao Jinyu’s hair. A cold wind blew, bringing a fresh smell of grass scented shampoo into Su Jiuzhou’s face. 

The man slightly squinted.

A moment later.

Su Jiuzhou: “To be honest, I’m not as strong as you think.”

Xiao Jinyu: “?”

Su Jiuzhou: “My ranking is a little higher than Luo Sheng’s, but it’s not that much higher. Do you know why my name is Su Jiuzhou?”

Xiao Jinyu suddenly had a strange premonition: “…Why?”

Quietly sighing, Su Jiuzhou narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Jinyu and said very seriously: “A09, Jiu… So it’s Su Jiuzhou.”

Xiao Jinyu: “…”

Even though 004 hadn’t revealed to me which of the top five users you were, do you really think anyone would believe this kind of nonsense?!

Su Jiuzhou however, seemed to have been satisfied with himself, like he really believed he was A09, Spear of Judgement. The corners of his mouth were bent and he unrestrainedly looked at the youth in front of him. Suddenly, his smile paused for a moment, of about half a second. In the next, he stopped smiling.

“Then, I’ll start answering your questions.”

Xiao Jinyu froze for a moment before looking up.

He didn’t think that this weirdo full of lies would suddenly become so serious.

Su Jiuzhou’s expression slowly became serious, turning his head to look at the school surrounded by high walls.

The last rays of the setting sun was completely submerged below the horizon, the warm yellow light on the west walls of the school completely disappeared, turning into an ink-blue afterglow. The wind blew through the creepers, rustling the leaves.

“Your first question. Why is it every five days and why must it be every five days starting from the 27th.”

Xiao Jinyu nodded.

Su Jiuzhou: “What you said was true. This ‘logic skill’ will appear every five days. So the reason why you must come starting from the 27th was because I had first come on the 22nd to confirm it was every five days. Therefore I had you start from the 27th.”

Sure enough, it really was as he had guessed. Xiao Jinyu pondered for a moment and asked: “Is this task specifically sent out for me?”

Su Jiuzhou’s voice suddenly stopped.

Xiao Jinyu looked up at him.

“Yes, but also no.”

“?”

Su Jiuzhou smile as he said: “If just anyone could solve this problem, then it wouldn’t have mattered who took on this task. But your logic skill really is suitable for this task.”

“…”

Xiao Jinyu: “Is your logic skill not suitable for this task?”

Su Jiuzhou’s expression slightly changed, his tone firm: “Not suitable.”

“Why?”

Su Jiuzhou didn’t respond.

Xiao Jinyu glanced at him, not pushing any more. However, he looked undisturbed as he calmly said: “Then, that leaves the third question.”

Su Jiuzhou said in surprise: “Did you say that you only had two questions?”

Xiao Jinyu: “This question is based on the answer to the two other questions.

“Kangxin Middle School is one of the most ordinary schools in Zhongdu. Compared other schools, there is not one special thing about it. Even if a teacher died unexpectedly while working overtime this month, it won’t make it special in any way. At least, as a person from Zhongdu, after Lin Hao’s death, I’ve never heard of anyone talk about a ‘teacher’s overtime death’ case; A lot of special things have happened this month in Zhongdu, so even the news didn’t report a teacher’s death.

“Indeed, Lin Hao’s death is a little peculiar. The disappeared cancer cells that he was diagnosed with suddenly reappeared so fast that Lin Hao didn’t have a chance to call for help before he died on the spot. So maybe this really has something to do with logic skills. But…”

Xiao Jinyu calmly said: “Colonel Su, this shouldn’t be something you know.” He calmly explained: “As a Zhongdu native, I didn’t know of this, and even the captain of the extermination team, Wang Tao, didn’t send anyone to investigate this. However, you, Colonel Su, noticed it and even posted a task to solve this mystery.”

The setting sun disappeared behind the earth.

The dark night suddenly fell.

Xiao Jinyu: “On November 27th, I came to Kangxin Middle School to investigate it for an entire afternoon. I didn’t find the existence of a logic skill nor did I see a single logic factor. But you say that something related to logic skills must have happened here today.

“Colonel Su, if you want to know the answer so badly, then why are you only looking in from outside the school and not going in with me to investigate?

“You attach such great importance to the logic skill incident at Kangxin Middle School, but you’re reluctant to enter and so much so that you ask another user to help you investigate the place.

“So are you unable to solve it at all, that you can’t find the mysterious logic skill, or…

“Are you unable to enter this school?”

Finishing his deductions, Xiao Jinyu stared at the other party fearlessly.

Su Jiuzhou froze.

Two pairs of eyes looked at each other.

Su Jiuzhou’s eyebrow slightly twitched: “Guess.”

Xiao Jinyu: “…”

No longer bothering to pay attention to the other party, Xiao Jinyu turned around and began to leave. He was so determined in his actions that even Su Jiuzhou didn’t expect him to ignore himself so casually. Surprised, he subconsciously grabbed the other’s wrist.

Xiao Jinyu froze, turning around.

Su Jiuzhou was also a little surprised at his actions. He slowly released his hand and said helplessly: “I was just joking.”

“…”

“Colonel Su, since we both want to complete this task, I hope you share everything you know.”

“Nothing you’ve deduced has ever been wrong before, so why aren’t you following your own reasoning this time?”

He seemed as if he was just casually saying this, but there was no joking tone in his voice as he did. He was very serious about it, as if he was just recounting a fact, not concealing his acknowledgement in the slightest.

Xiao Jinyu slightly froze, looking up at the other person.

Su Jiuzhou looked at him with a straight face and said, word by word: “Xiao Jinyu, thinking is lonely, but users aren’t. Users always have to believe in themselves.”

After a while.

His thoughts were pulled back to him, returning to his senses.

“So Colonel Su, the truth is that you can’t enter Kangxin Middle School?”

“Yes.”

“Then why didn’t you explain that in the task?”

Su Jiuzhou: “It has something to do with me personally.”

Xiao Jinyu was a little surprised, but he didn’t continue to ask.

“As for why I didn’t explain in the task information first, I was afraid that you would get misled by it. I had to wait until you had been here first before I could tell you what I had found.” After a moment, Su Jiuzhou asked: “Now, Xiao Jinyu, do you feel the existence of a logic skill in this school?”

Xiao Jinyu shook his head: “No.” Even with Fourth Perspective, he didn’t find a single logic factor.

Su Jiuzhou said in a deep voice: “That’s why I posted the task. I’ve brought two level five users and three level four users here and they hadn’t detected a logic skill here. Only I have. I detected that there is something special in here.”

He didn’t elaborate on what he found in the task because he was the only one in the whole world who had discovered it.

If it was a single person’s delusion or an individual problem, then informing the user who received the task in advance would most likely mislead the other party’s thinking. Only when the other party had already had their own conclusion could Su Jiuzhou share his findings with them.

Xiao Jinyu naturally understood what Su Jiuzhou was saying and also understood why he didn’t directly explain them in the task information, and even why he deliberately concealed it. But now, he was more focused on something else…

Two level five users and three level four users didn’t even detect the logic skill’s presence?

—Is it possible that only level six users could detect the abnormality at Kangxin Middle School?

Xiao Jinyu almost blurted out.

However, although Su Jiuzhou didn’t say this possibility out loud, he must have thought about it before. Since he didn’t bring it up, then it must have nothing to do with a user’s ranking.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Jinyu said: “I’d like to ask you, Colonel Su, what kind of logic skill did you feel at Kangxin Middle School and what do you think it’s effect is?”

Confirming that even Fourth Perspective couldn’t see the existence of the logic skill, he didn’t have any reason to hide any information. 

Su Jiuzhou’s tone was slightly heavy: “To make logic factors react violently.”

“What?”

“Logic factors are suddenly more active.”

The author has something to say: 

Ninth Sister: I was just joking with my wife, when he suddenly became angry. Sigh, how does my wife not get my humor? [Regret]

Little Goldfish: ………If you can make someone in the comments section laugh then I’ll take your last name!