Chapter 9 Gray Fox Killer/Hand on the Dark Web
It was a little boy with black hair and black eyes, who looked to be about ten years old. His eyes were filled with curiosity and fear. He looked at Cheng You with some concern and asked, "Uncle, are you alright?"
Uncle?!
"..." Cheng You's lips twitched, and he suddenly felt less pain in his lower abdomen. "Brother, I'm fine. Whose child are you? Are you lost?"
"..." The little boy thought for a moment and said, "Brother, are you lost too?"
“No,” Cheng You felt this place wasn’t suitable for children, and the person in front of him had probably wandered in by mistake. He smiled gently and patted the other’s head. “I’m here to catch bad guys! If you get lost, come with me, little friend.”
The little boy looked troubled, hesitating whether to follow or not, not believing the stranger's words.
Cheng noticed the little boy's hesitation and thought he must have had a bad experience of being tricked by bad people, so he spoke even more gently: "Don't be afraid, little brother. I have a few police officer friends. If you don't believe me, you can call and verify." He took out his phone and waved it.
The voice was gentle, and the little boy relaxed a bit. Looking at the man's smiling and peaceful face, he finally took the man's hand and asked, "Are you really a good person? Can you help me?"
"Of course," Cheng You said with a smile, but just as he was about to take the little boy away, a sudden change occurred!
—The sound of light footsteps came from afar.
Cheng keenly sensed that someone was approaching—two people. Although one of them moved so lightly that he was almost unnoticed, the person beside him gave away their presence.
The little boy squinted, but before he could see who it was, Cheng You grabbed him and took him deep into the alley to hide.
"Shh, someone's coming," Cheng whispered. Someone with dull senses and no prior training in this area would likely miss the faint footsteps and naturally assume the little boy was just a naive rabbit who had wandered in unnoticed.
Cheng You shielded the little boy, pressing him tightly against the dark alleyway, afraid to make a sound. He hadn't heard the voices of the approaching people, but he guessed it was most likely the distillery's gin and vodka. With the child there, Cheng You didn't intend to confront them directly.
Cheng You never expected that these two would be the ones chasing after her. Why? Did they suspect that she was in cahoots with the blond man?
As he was pondering this, Vodka's voice came from the other end: "Brother, it's not here. Since it belongs to that blond madman, it's definitely not something we can find easily."
Cheng Youwei stiffened almost imperceptibly for a moment: Huh? They really think of me as that blond man's subordinate. Tsk, they're underestimating me. If I were to be someone, I'd be the boss.
As their footsteps faded into the distance and disappeared, Cheng You breathed a sigh of relief before pulling the little boy toward the exit.
"Are those two your enemies?" the little boy asked in a childish voice, his eyes still filled with curiosity.
"Not really, there was a slight mishap, and they mistook me for an enemy," Cheng said helplessly. He thought to himself: Am I some kind of annoying person? I've inexplicably gained a few enemies.
"..." The little boy didn't speak, staring at Cheng You with his dark eyes for a while before quickly looking away.
"Where do you live? I'll call you a taxi. Go home quickly so your parents won't worry." After leaving Xiye District, Cheng Youyu gently advised him.
"Um, you don't need to help me call a taxi..." The little boy hesitated for a long time before saying shyly, "Could you lend me some money... ah, no, I mean give me some money, because I'm not sure if I can pay you back. If I can, I'll try my best to pay you back." His eyes shone with expectation, but there was also a hint of gloom in them.
"?" Cheng You raised his eyes slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in them. "Did you run away from home?"
"..." The little boy looked disappointed. He was silent for a moment and then slowly explained, "Brother, actually my parents gambled and were heavily in debt. They have passed away. I came here to escape the debt collectors. I don't want to go back to my old home. Can you help me?"
"I see..." Although Cheng nodded in understanding, he still harbored some doubts about the little boy's words. Thinking about it this way, the little boy was indeed not as simple as he thought, but Cheng couldn't quite put his finger on what was strange about him.
But since he was just a child, Cheng didn't continue asking. In any case, he would leave sooner or later, and money was just an external thing.
He mentally activated the system to check his wallet balance. Although he was in disguise, the money was still his money. The balance in his wallet included his university scholarships, competition prizes, living expenses, software development copyrights, and a small amount of profit from the "North and South Alley" dessert shop.
However, he still handed the child a credit card, tears welling up in his heart, but smiled gently and said, "No need to pay it back. I'm leaving Japan and most likely won't be coming back."
"Oh? What's your name, brother? I'd like to get to know you." The little boy smiled brightly.
"Matsukawa Yuki".
"Matsukawa-nii, my name is Yuichi. I hope we'll meet again." The little boy waved to him and ran off excitedly.
Cheng watched the little boy leave before taking a taxi back to the hotel. But on the way, seeing the dazzling neon lights and bustling crowds at the night market, he couldn't resist getting out of the car and strolling around for a while, walking from the lively night market all the way to the deserted square.
"Shinichi, all you can think about is the case. Now look what's happened, it's so late, you're definitely going to get a scolding from your parents when you get home."
"Hey, you're the one who's scared and insists on coming with me, aren't you? Won't your mom beat me again?"
A somewhat familiar voice came from afar. Cheng raised an eyebrow and looked over. It was Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri, who were about ten years old.
Seeing that they were still children, Cheng suddenly had an idea. He walked over, squatted down, and asked with a smile, "Are you two children lost?"
Shinichi Kudo reacted quickly, shielding Ran Mouri behind him and staring at Cheng You with a serious expression.
Cheng You smiled and said, "Let me briefly introduce myself. Kudo, my name is Matsukawa Yuki."
The moment he heard the other person call his name, Shinichi Kudo's face stiffened, but the other person's self-introduction left him somewhat confused. "What do you want?"
“Nothing much, just wanted to get to know you beforehand. We’ll meet again in seven years,” Cheng You slowly stood up. “You’ll encounter a black-clad organization then, but you won’t be alone. If you meet someone named Li Hua, rest assured, he will stand firmly on your side.”
Having said all this, it could be considered paving the way for Cheng You's future plans. Although Shinichi Kudo might not believe it, as long as Cheng You kept this person in his mind, that was enough. Cheng You waved and slowly left.
Shinichi Kudo, still standing there confused, didn't care that Ran was beside him and he didn't want to scare her, so he explained nonchalantly, "What? It's not like Dad sent someone to threaten me, is it? It's okay, Ran, let's go, I'll go home with you."
Back at the hotel, Cheng quickly washed up and decided to squeeze out as much value as possible from the system—using the system interface as a computer.
One advantage of the system is that the identities of the accounts on it cannot be traced by anyone, and you don't have to worry about your phone being lost and your data being copied to reveal your identity.
Although he didn't gain much information during his trip to Nishino Ward, he understood that the Japanese yakuza were now a mixed bag, with chaotic factions and poor communication. What he was thinking about was how to better utilize the yakuza, extract the maximum value from them, and achieve his goals.
Cheng You, an outstanding student in the Computer Science Department who has won national scholarships multiple times, is extremely confident in his computer skills.
In the brightly lit hotel room, Cheng You sat at his desk, his eyes glued to the code editor on the screen. Outside, the night was deep, with only a few scattered lights casting a faint glow. But Cheng You felt neither tired nor lonely; on the contrary, he felt only tension, excitement, and thrill.
His fingers flew across the keyboard, a skill he had acquired through years of study and hard practice.
Cheng Youxian planned out the website's functional components and structure, from user privacy registration to bounty content posting, from task handover to timely destruction, to identity confidentiality, and backend data snooping, each functional module gradually took shape in his mind.
The design drawings are complete; now it's time to turn these ideas into reality. Excitement shone in Cheng's eyes.
Cheng chose a familiar language database to build the basic server architecture. After ensuring that the environment was ready, he opened the front-end code editor and wrote HTML, CSS and JavaScript code line by line.
It was nearly midnight by the time he finished the front-end development, but Cheng You's enthusiasm remained undiminished; on the contrary, he became even more determined. By the time he finished both the front-end and back-end, it was already 5 a.m. the next day.
"We also need a stable API to facilitate seamless collaboration between the front-end and back-end," Cheng You thought to himself.
After finally finishing everything in the morning, he went downstairs for a quick lunch. He yawned a few times while queuing, but Cheng You didn't feel tired at all; instead, he felt incredibly excited.
The system couldn't help but say, "[Host, although... it's good that you work hard, you can be terrifying when you get serious.]" It was hard to tell whether it was concern or teasing.
Cheng smiled faintly, replying inwardly: "Just consider this your way of showing concern. This is the most crucial step in my plan. Since I'm going to go against some outside boss, this method is simple and exciting."
System: [Are you doing something illegal?]
Cheng You: [I'm a law-abiding young person in China, I wouldn't do anything illegal... Besides, isn't this a task you gave me? Shouldn't you be responsible for it?]
The system paused for a moment: 【That's true.】
After a quick meal, Cheng You conducted round after round of unit tests and simulation tests, and found almost no bugs.
Cheng Youyou tried to crack the website he created and its only user—himself. As he had planned, the forced cracking triggered a full website alert, and the virus took the opportunity to invade the intruder's computer.
Cheng was very satisfied: "Ah, it's perfect. Outsiders simply cannot crack this website; user identities are absolutely encrypted. Only I, as the person behind it all, know everything, while they know nothing."
He named the website "Grey Fox Assassin's Web" and quickly spread information about it to the email addresses of some of the shady organizations he had identified. He explained that the website could be used to post bounty missions or to facilitate networking between organizations.
Furthermore, it guarantees that this is an unbreakable black/black website that absolutely protects user security and will erase all traces at any time.
—Sender: Gray Fox Assassin Dark Web Administrator, Nifell.
"In this way, the news spreads from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and the Japanese yakuza will most likely come. That way, we'll have complete information about them."
It is now seven years before the first year of Ke Xue's era. This kind of dark web is already considered a relatively advanced website. Those organizations will definitely send their technical personnel to attack and test it first. However, they are fully confident that they can spread this dark web within the remaining half month.
A note from the author:
The part about code programming was obtained from my research.
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