I am the devil, I only know how to trade.

For Yukino, this was an event that could lead to either progress or despair, but for Sora Ginko, it would only affect the purity of her yearning for shogi.

If she had seen more of this kind of thing, she wouldn't be as naive as she is now.

No matter how firm her desire for enlightenment was, Luo Feng didn't want her soul to become tainted, just like he didn't want his figurines to gather dust.

Therefore, the only kind of transactions that Sora Ginko can access are those involving Sayuri Sawamura.

“Okay.” Although Kong Yinzi didn’t know why, she instinctively felt that what Luo Feng was going to do might make her very uncomfortable.

Since that's the case, let's not think about it anymore and leave it to Luo Feng.

All I need to do is play chess well, and that's enough for me.

Watching her go back inside, Luo Feng casually tossed her a bottle of water and a fried chicken frame.

The boy looked starving; he quickly took the chicken frame and began to devour it.

After only a few sips, he started coughing violently; he had choked.

He picked up the water from the ground, and with what seemed like a great deal of effort, he unscrewed the cap and gulped it down.

He doesn't seem very strong; it's probably not something he was born with.

"Phew... thank you..." The boy's heart was still not at peace.

He seemed to be listening very carefully to the footsteps outside.

Those people didn't chase after us? That's great!

They probably thought I ran into the mountains.

Luckily, I was a track and field prodigy in middle school, so they were a bit slow to notice, otherwise...

The thought of going back there sent a chill down his spine.

Thinking about what would happen to those who tried to escape but were caught, he became even more frightened.

Just then, Yukino changed into her casual clothes and returned to the izakaya.

She didn't approach the boy rashly. He was very wary right now, and if she got too close, Luo Feng would probably be unhappy, and the boy would be the one to suffer.

Judging from his age, he looks like a high school student. Her current analysis is that the most likely cause is school bullying, which is very common in Japan.

If he experienced school bullying and still ended up here...

Is this country about to produce another serial killer?

Beneath the surface of order, countless bones have been buried by the undercurrents.

Even if regimes are constantly overthrown, things will gradually turn out this way.

Human nature can never be changed.

All I can do are some trivial things.

"Do you need to call the police?" Luo Feng waved his phone.

"No, no, I don't want to play on my phone anymore, I don't want to, please don't shock me..."

Chapter 188 Training Experiment

The boy reacted as if he had seen a ferocious beast upon seeing the phone, and his whole body began to tremble.

If he hadn't had nowhere else to retreat, I don't know where he would have gone.

Seeing his ghostly appearance, Luo Feng suddenly realized something and couldn't help but look at him strangely.

He thought of the news he had just heard.

Where did they find this expert? This boy looks so familiar...

"So you're... trying to quit your internet addiction?" Luo Feng put away his phone with a half-smile. "Does Japan do this too?"

He waved his hand, and the boy's spirits calmed down considerably.

"Actually, I don't know what they're doing either..." The boy gave a bitter laugh. "Those people are devils. Where we are is simply hell..."

As he spoke, he lifted up his clothes.

His body was covered in all sorts of wounds, from fresh scratches to scorch marks from electric shocks; there were hardly any unscathed spots.

Even though Yukino had seen a lot, she couldn't help but be a little surprised at this moment.

Internet addiction treatment? It must be more than that, otherwise how could it have turned out like this?

Japan also has internet addiction treatment centers that offer a variety of outdoor activities such as sports and group games. They are also staffed with psychologists who provide clinical psychological counseling to help internet-addicted teenagers return to the real world as soon as possible.

In Yukino's mind, this is what it means to quit internet addiction.

Luo Feng, on the other hand, didn't find it surprising that his internet addiction had progressed to this extent.

This kind of place is attacked by netizens in China. Only some parents who can't control their children themselves would send them to such a place.

Everyone thinks that would ruin a person's life, but some parents don't think so. What they want is not an interesting soul, but an obedient child who will only listen to them, even more obedient than a robot.

Therefore, those parents didn't care about the methods used.

Those who didn't go might think that if they had gone, they would have severed ties with their parents, or even taken revenge on society, and so on.

But if you actually go in, get tamed, and then come out, you might not have the courage to do it again.

No matter what kind of courage you have, it can be completely worn away in that kind of place; otherwise, how would you 'graduate'?

Those who have experienced such darkness and still dare to resist are true warriors.

"Tell me about it, maybe I can help you." Luo Feng smiled slightly.

The boy gritted his teeth. He was terrified that Luo Feng would kick him out. Luo Feng didn't seem like a bad person, but what if he called the police...?

"Please promise me you won't call the police?" The boy pleaded, "The police are in cahoots with them."

"Then can't we inform your parents?" Yukino felt a pang of heartache as she listened to the boy's words.

Police have never been widely trusted by the Japanese public.

Various forms of cover-ups are one thing, and a low crime-solving rate is another...

"No, he's the one who brought me here..." The boy struggled. "I just want to leave this place. I'll go to work, I'll work at a convenience store, I'll go undercover, I'll even try to smuggle myself out of the country. I'll do anything as long as they don't let me go back."

“Alright, that doesn’t matter,” Luo Feng said. “I’m not one to meddle in other people’s business. If your story doesn’t move me, I’ll take some reward and compensation and then send you back.”

What he meant by "moved" was, of course, the value of the transaction.

Yukino thought that it would be best if his story didn't move Luo Feng, so that she could intervene.

If it really is a suspicious organization, then find Yuuki Fubuki and Karma Akabane, and together we'll take it down.

Hearing the words "send you back" terrified the boy, and he quickly began to tell his story.

The boy's name is Naoto Uesaki, and he is just an ordinary high school student.

His father was a gambler who was heavily in debt. By chance, he got a chance to pay off his debts and gamble some more: to participate in an experiment.

The participants in the experiment cannot be adults, and the experimental process must be kept absolutely confidential. If a leak is made, not only will there be exorbitant compensation, but the institution conducting the experiment will also refuse to acknowledge it.

The people they selected all came from poor families; in fact, it could be said that the disappearance of these families would not have any impact on them.

They know this can help people break their internet addiction, but what they really want to do is to make these people obey them completely, a kind of 'taming' method.

The future experimental goal of this plan is to transfer experience, technology and talent to organized crime, conglomerates, governments, etc., so that they can train obedient assassins.

Therefore, this is not simply about quitting internet addiction; it's just one testing phase.

When Naoto Uesaki first went in, he knew nothing. He thought that cell phones and computers could be used normally at school.

He is not dependent on these things, but he is not averse to them either.

Unfortunately, life here was not what he had imagined.

The school confiscated their original electronic devices and gave them new ones.

Anyone who uses it will be electrocuted and punished, even if they use it unintentionally or just glance at it a couple of times. They will only stop when they see these things and are afraid.

Is that all?

No, the research will move to the next phase, which is the phase of getting them to obey orders.

Many of those children have been tortured to the point of being delirious, and some have even electrocuted people to death because they couldn't control the amount of electricity they were charged.

In the end, all that was delivered to the parents were sums of compensation.

Human life is the least valuable thing there.

Watching lives slip away one by one, and seeing his companions dwindle in number, Naoto Uesaki began to feel fear.

He has been at the school for a semester, and recently, taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere at the start of the semester, he has devised a plan.

He didn't dare tell anyone about this plan, not even his best friend at the school; he just wanted to escape.

Now, he has finally escaped that hellish place.

Unfortunately, that was all he could do. He could only escape the school when no one was looking, and he never thought about what would happen after that.

He was just a high school student, not some kind of secret agent. It was already quite an achievement that he managed to escape from that school.

He watched helplessly as countless people were subjected to even more severe torture because they failed to escape.

“A place like this…” Yukino gritted her teeth after hearing this: “The government actually allows a place like this to exist?”

"Perhaps it's government-led? I wouldn't be surprised if the Japanese government did something," Luo Feng chuckled.

"This is so inhumane." Yukino was becoming increasingly resistant to the Japanese government.

However, this is a situation she can never change.

"My purpose is none of my business..." Luo Feng's gaze fell on Uesaki Naoto: "Are you really planning to escape alone? Don't you want revenge?"

Chapter 189 The Real Him

"Revenge?" Naoto Uesaki was taken aback.

“That’s right, take revenge on those teachers, take revenge on those who made you like this,” Luo Feng said with a smile.

"No, I dare not..."