He was once the legend of esports known as Nightshade. At eighteen, he won three major championships and rose to the top. At twenty, he mysteriously retired, vanishing without a trace after saying, “I'm bored.”
No one knew he had retreated to a bamboo grove deep in Jiangnan, where he grew vegetables, practiced calligraphy, conducted research and experiments, and occasionally wrote anonymous game guides or filed a few patents for others.
Then Future Arena launched worldwide, giving birth to a dangerous game that could connect to the nervous system and affect real-world technology.
When teams around the world discovered that the top-tier boss, Bamboo Hermit, always cleared stages before they did, patched game exploits, and even secretly rewrote dangerous code, the global esports scene launched the wildest manhunt in history.
“Find him! Whatever it takes!”
Deep in the bamboo grove, he had just finished writing the latest patch code with his calligraphy brush. Hearing engines approach in the distance, he sighed:
“Guess I need another secret identity... Why won't this world ever let me grow tomatoes in peace?”
