I really can't control myself.

Chapter 4097 Attack
And so, after being tormented for more than a day in the simulation, Takaoka Yūnori finally joined the team.

Even after joining the team, Takaoka Yūnori still didn't understand what the team was trying to do.

He only just learned about the members of this team. One of the beautiful women was Shimizu Ritsu's younger sister. He knew the names of the other two, but had no idea who they were.

There was another old man who caught his attention. The reason was that this old man had also been kidnapped, that is, kidnapped by this strange-looking young man named He Xinchangping.

Based on initial assessment, it seems these people kidnapped the old man because they wanted him to create a martial arts technique? Because the old man appears to be an expert in this field.

Takaoka Yūnori listened only intermittently. The reason he was not quite clear about the situation was because he had been tied to a chair in another room and did not know much from there.

Once he officially joined, the old man was still tied to a chair and being interrogated, with all the questions being about cultivation techniques. But he didn't understand what they were, he didn't know how to do them, and he had no idea what kind of cultivation techniques these people were trying to create. The questions they were asking were probably quite technical, but he certainly didn't understand them.

He wanted to ask for clarification, but no one paid him any attention. His situation seemed like he had joined, but it felt like no one considered him one of their own.

Under normal circumstances, Takaoka Yūnori would definitely try to find a way to escape, but this team seems to have some problems.

But this isn't a normal situation; he's in a simulation. His real body is still strapped to the chair, and he doesn't want to go back and be subjected to this continuous mental torture after the simulation ends. One round of this is enough. So he definitely can't leave; he needs to figure out what's going on and what these people are trying to do.

Of course, we also need to bring back the answer to the question these people want to know, which is when exactly Shimizu Ritsu died.

It seems these guys are facing a powerful enemy, or perhaps they're tasked with an impossible mission. Well, he'll just watch and see; it's just a simulation, after all, and he's not afraid of death.

Since these people are busy ignoring him, he might as well stop making a fuss and just quietly gather intelligence first.

He'd finally calmed down a bit, and to be honest, all he wanted now was a good night's sleep. After all, he hadn't slept for a full day and night. Not only that, but he had to press a button every nine minutes, a form of mental torture that had lasted all day. He felt like if he closed his eyes now, he wouldn't be able to open them again.

However, relying on the fact that it was a simulation, he ignored his physical condition and forced himself to keep going. But what followed was incredibly boring, so boring that he felt like falling asleep at any moment.

He hesitated when the simulation showed the third day's billing notification. Should he renew?

Of course, after thinking about it, I still decided to renew the subscription. If I didn't figure things out when I got back, that guy named Shimizu Ritsu would definitely give me a taste of all sorts of torture techniques.

After all, the other party showed no courtesy whatsoever to this old man who looked like an expert, and interrogated him with great skill and efficiency.

Then he watched a “seminar” for more than five hours.

At this point, Takaoka Yūnen finally understood that these people had been waiting here to create a martial arts technique, and this old man was "hired" to create this technique, only the way he was invited was a little unusual.

These people, aside from resting, have been constantly discussing how to develop this project, seeming quite anxious. Although no one has urged them, he can sense this from them. It seems the main force behind this isn't even Shimizu Ritsu, who has him under her control. After observing for a while, he noticed that the current leader of this team seems to be this strange young man named He Xin Changping, which is also quite odd.

Then there is no more then.

Indeed, after a five-hour seminar, the cultivation technique has clearly not been created. Although he doesn't understand these things and has no idea about the progress, judging from the discussion, it seems that there is not even a clue.

The old man who had been captured kept telling them that it would take a lot of time and was simply impossible. He kept trying to persuade these people to send him back, and from the conversation, he knew that the old man seemed to be from the Anti-Japanese Division.

But these people didn't waver at all. If the old man didn't cooperate, Shimizu Ritsu would make him cooperate. All the torture he saw was for this reason.

This process continued until that person appeared.

Indeed, as the orange portal that Takaoka Yūnori found quite familiar suddenly appeared in the center of the warehouse, his previously drowsy mind instantly cleared up.

He hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and it was truly remarkable that he had managed to hold on until now. Then, suddenly seeing this portal, he instantly stood up. For some reason, the scene felt strangely familiar, as if he had encountered a similar situation before.

Yes, he suddenly recalled unpleasant memories. After all, he had reenacted the experience of being hunted down by Linton countless times. Now, encountering a similar situation again felt like a nightmare replaying itself.

He even had an instinctive urge to run. But then he realized something was wrong; this time he didn't need to run.

That's right, he's now one of Linton's men, and these guys are also Linton's men, so there's no need for him to run away, right?

From Takaoka Yūnori's perspective, Shimizu Ritsu, while unaware of the specific mission he received, is clearly still working for Linton, right? Therefore, it's quite normal for Linton to be here now; he's probably here to check on the mission's progress... right?

Although that's what he thought, seeing the four people standing up from the table with serious expressions, Takaoka Yūnori suddenly had a bad feeling.

"What's going on?" It wasn't until this first question came out that Takaoka Yūnori knew something terrible had happened, because the person who asked the question was none other than Linton.

It was obvious that Linton didn't know what was going on here, which meant that this situation wasn't his doing at all. This... Takaoka Yūnori seemed to suddenly realize what the "powerful enemy" that the others had mentioned to him earlier really meant.

“The numbers don’t match up,” Linton said, glancing at the people in front of him. Then he pointed to the old man who had been stuck in the iron chair. “And what’s wrong with this old man?”

Before anyone could answer, Linton waved his hand and said, "Never mind, I'm too lazy to figure out what's going on. I'm in a hurry. You guys probably don't have any last words, right?"

(End of this chapter)