You'd Better Not Be So Sure

The other Zhang Heng curiously looked at the knife embedded in his thigh, yet his face showed no pain at all. He merely said unhurriedly, "It seems I have to take back what I said before. You aren't much smarter than your kind after all. Since you already know who I am, you should know that this level of pain doesn't affect me. If you want to pry anything out of me with this method, I advise you not to waste your effort."

"No, don't misunderstand. I did it purely because I wanted to. There was no other reason." Zhang Heng paused. "All right, now we can get down to business. Let's start with a little warm-up question."

"What question?" The other Zhang Heng rolled his eyes.

"I want to know whether you and your people have any special means of communication."

"What counts as a special means of communication?" The other Zhang Heng rubbed his chin against his shoulder.

"Something like the sound waves bats use."

"Oh, you're worried that I may have already passed on the news that you caught me to the others, aren't you?" The other Zhang Heng grinned. "But you already know the answer to that question, don't you? You deliberately captured me, then took a trip to the internet cafe. Aside from rescuing your little girlfriend, you also wanted to see whether my companions at the internet cafe had noticed anything. Very clever, though it won't be of much use. You do still have some time to run, but the ending waiting for you won't change."

"Is that so?" Zhang Heng neither confirmed nor denied it. He then asked his second question, and also the most important one. "Where have you imprisoned the people you replaced?"

"Interesting. What makes you think those people are