Chapter 466: Chapter 281: Interrogating Julius, the Undercover’s Name
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A few hours later, at 5:30 PM Japan time, on a JR Express train heading out of Sapporo City, Hokkaido.
The carriage swayed slightly, Xia Pingzhou opened his eyes, and the twilight sun shone through the window onto his cheeks.
He squinted, turning his head to glance at the kimono-clad girl beside him, who was looking at a collection of haiku.
In fact, she wasn’t reading but had a phone stuffed inside the book, practicing typing with it. Ever since she got a phone, Ayase Origami’s interests shifted, as if she had opened the door to a new world.
The next moment, a black-and-white notification box suddenly appeared in front of Xia Pingzhou, drawing away his thoughts.
[Notification: You have killed a "Catastrophe Level" Superpower User—"Julius", receiving an additional reward feedback from the "Winter of the Wild Hunt" cultivation system—"1 Skill Point".]
[Killing a "Catastrophe Level" Superpower User can increase the kill count for the "Winter of the Wild Hunt" system task progress. Currently, the cultivation system’s progress has been updated: 63/70 kills.]
"Killing one Catastrophe Level gets me one Skill Point?" Xia Pingzhou thought, "That’s too convenient. If I kill a few more Catastrophe Levels, won’t my Skill Tree be fully developed?"
Xia Pingzhou shook his head, dismissing the unrealistic thought, and mentally closed the panel.
At that moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated, combined with the jolting of the carriage, it made him feel a bit dizzy.
Massaging his temple, he took out his phone and saw a "Line" message pop up on the lock screen.
The sender’s name was "KamiNeko" in English, which is also pronounced as "Paper Cat" in Japanese. Without a doubt, it was the lady’s social account.
She had just learned to use a phone not long ago, and even the account on "Line", the most commonly used social software in Japan, was personally registered by Xia Pingzhou for her.
When filling in the information, he wrote down 3 years old in the age column and then got his cheeks pinched by a three-year-old with the pages of a book.
Xia Pingzhou asked her why not find a hacker to help since he was a network expert.
But Ayase Origami didn’t answer, just lowered her head and focused on the phone, carefully choosing her online name, which eventually became "KamiNeko".
[KamiNeko: Idiot.]
[Xia Pingzhou: ?]
[KamiNeko: Practicing typing.]
Xia Pingzhou looked up from the phone, turned his head to watch the kimono-clad girl. She coughed lightly twice, like a mischievous child, avoiding his gaze.
He turned his head to look out the window, in the distance, a rice field at the top of a mountain came into view, gently swaying under the afterglow of the sunset, like a golden sea.
Next, he would leave Hokkaido with Ayase Origami to rendezvous with the leader and others in Tokyo. Then meet the new team member and see what kind of demon or monster this person, who had been locked in New Leaf Village for years, actually was.
Among the bumps, the train passed by the Ishibin Hunting Coast.
Xia Pingzhou was suddenly taken aback. He saw Gu Qiye’s figure on the fence along the coast.
At this moment, Gu Qiye was with the white-haired girl from Rainbow Wings, leaning on the railing, softly exchanging words about something.
"Right... does my elder brother know now that she is the one who ’killed’ father?" Xia Pingzhou suddenly thought, "No matter how slow he is, he should have realized it by now, right?"
The thought floated across his mind, but the scene outside the train window flashed by, leaving only a blurry silhouette fading in color. Amidst the rumbling sound, the JR train moved further and further away, leaving the coast behind.
Night fell, and the kimono-clad girl sitting beside him suddenly grew tired, naturally resting her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.