Quentin was stunned for a moment: "Yes, of course it doesn't count."
"I think so." Lin En originally thought that the best choice would be to avoid conflict if we were outnumbered, but now that Quentin had threatened his life, he had a reason to fight back, "If my identity is exposed
There will be countless troubles, and I will most likely die because of these troubles."
"How could it be..." Quentin didn't want to give Lin En the opportunity to attack him legitimately by just saying a word, "It's just a name. People with so many names will not have much impact on you..."
"Really?" Three coins flew out of Linn's pocket.
Seeing three coins, Quentin, who simply wanted to scare Lin En, was a little panicked.
He wasn't sure whether what he just said triggered cause and effect.
If it is triggered, it will be difficult to determine who wins and who loses in an instant.
If it hadn't been triggered and I had taken action before Lin En, then the cause and effect would have been triggered and it would have affected the next mission.
Seeing that Quentin's threats made him passive, Clifford came forward to make peace: "Quentin was just joking. If you are dissatisfied, you can also expose our names."
"Is there anything else you can do now?" Lin En's murderous intention subsided a little, and he asked everyone in a cold voice.
"But you don't have to feel insecure." As the leader of the organization, Clifford has always been calm and collected. "If we really talk about it, the cause and effect has already been triggered."
"Early?"
"when?"
Several extraordinary beings focused their attention on Clifford.
Linn narrowed his eyes, vaguely guessing what Clifford's words meant, and was ready to use [Space Displacement] to teleport back to the apartment in Tswold City.
"You are secretly investigating us, and at the same time you are unwilling to reveal the purpose of the investigation. We have reason to believe that you intend to harm us, so if we attack you now, there is a high probability that the mysterious existence will judge it to be reasonable." Clifford first suppressed and then raised the threat, and threatened again.
Asked Lynn, "So, why not make a deal that's a good deal for you."
After Clifford said this, the other four extraordinary beings were no longer so afraid, and they all tensed up, ready to start fighting at any time.
Lin En's [Perception] can only sense the most hostile person nearby at one time.
From his perspective, these four extraordinary beings were taking turns occupying the 'top spot'.
It looked like they wanted to kill themselves immediately.
Lin En sighed inwardly, but on the surface there was no movement: "Let's talk about it."
"It's very simple. Tell the truth about your purpose of spying on us." Clifford said, "Just tell the truth and you can leave."
"Aren't you afraid that I will lie?" Lin En laughed.
"Then let me tell you something so that I can check the authenticity of what you say."
This is a bit troublesome.
You can't gamble, you can only deal with it based on the other party's ability to detect lies.
Lin En lied, saying that he was just checking casually and had no hostility, and that the other party could easily see through it.
Lin En told the truth, saying that he just wanted to investigate their details and wait for the next mission to be solved together. Then there was the possibility of triggering the cause and effect, which gave these people a reasonable reason to join forces to encircle and suppress him.
It makes no sense to show that you have changed your mind at this time.
If you were on your own terms and knew that someone else had the intention of killing you, you wouldn't be able to give up the opportunity to kill yourself after triggering the cause and effect, leaving hidden dangers in the future.
"You'd better really have the ability in this area. I don't want any more misunderstandings to arise." Lin En decided to use some clever means to tell several truths, and then combine these truths together to form a conducive story.
Your own lies.
"Just say it." Clifford winked, signaling the other four to be ready to attack Linn.
Lin En cleared his throat and said: "My other companion and I do have the ability to check the identity of similar people. When we first met Quentin on the train, we knew he was a transcendent."
Quentin took a few steps back, trying to keep a safe distance.
"My other companion and I have both had life-and-death conflicts with similar people, so we are very cautious in dealing with similar people. We chose to hide our identities and secretly investigate Quentin's details to verify his situation."
"Then why was it traced to us?" Clifford asked.
"Another of my companions saw Quentin's men coming to the mansion last night, so we boldly guessed that Quentin might know other people of the same kind, so we came together today to test it out," Lin En said.
The bald transcendent Derrick asked: "You still haven't hit the point! You have confirmed our transcendent, what do you want to do?!"
"Going on a mission with you."
As soon as these words came out, the extraordinary beings headed by Clifford were stunned.
Lin En and Reiner approached, and the purpose of investigating them was to perform a mission with them?
Quentin, Derrick and others looked at Clifford again, waiting for the results of his 'screening'.
"Go on." Clifford did not point out whether what Linn said was true or false, but still asked him to continue.
Judging from the behavior of others who paid close attention to Clifford's statement, does this person really have the ability to detect lies?
Fortunately, it seems that it got through.
Linn secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
What he said was the truth, but he didn't tell the whole story.
He and Reiner really wanted to investigate the situation of Clifford's group and carry out a mission with them.
But the purpose of performing the mission is not to stay together for warmth, but to wait for the mission to require them to eradicate dissidents and achieve the ultimate goal of cleaning up garbage.
"What are you going to say?" Lin En pretended to be dumbfounded.
"Since you want to cooperate with us, then I invited you to stay, why did you refuse?" Clifford asked.
"The purpose of our investigation is to verify your character. If you are honest, it will be safe to cooperate. If you are despicable, it will definitely be unsafe to cooperate. So, do you understand why I refused?" Lin En still said.
The sentence told the truth, but he used words very skillfully to cover up the information that was not beneficial to him.
"What you mean is that you think we are not people worthy of fighting side by side." Clifford said.
"Yes." Lin En didn't think much about this sentence.
Quentin snorted: "Let's not talk about whether we are really that despicable, but since you think we are not suitable for cooperation, why do you still stay in my hotel?"
"I was about to leave, but I didn't expect that Clifford brought someone here." Lin En used Clifford's extraordinary ability to clear himself from suspicion, "You can tell the truth from the false, so you should be able to prove that what I said is true.
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"Mr. Clifford." Quentin asked.
"What he said is true." Clifford nodded.
Linn shrugged: "Can I leave now?"
"I have another question. You have been dealing with Quentin since the train. It is not difficult to confirm that he is not suitable for cooperation. But you should only have met us face to face. How did you decide that we are not good?" Clifford asked again.
"Is this beyond the scope of the transaction? You said it yourself that you will let me go as long as I answer the purpose of the secret investigation." Lin En refused to disclose.
"If you refuse to answer this question, then I can still think that you are hiding information that is not beneficial to us." Clifford turned his back and threatened.
"Huh." Linn looked at Clifford who was expressionless, "You are also triggering cause and effect by constantly forcing others to reveal their trump cards."
"This is self-defense. You triggered the cause and effect first."
"Okay, then you go ahead and see if I trigger it." Lin En said.
Clifford immediately ordered the bald extraordinary Derrick to put pressure on Lynn: "Okay, Derrick, go ahead."
"I..." Derrick, who was still aggressive after a minute, began to hesitate.
He was worried that Linn really had no hostility towards them.
After all, if you kill them, you will have to bear the karmic punishment. No one of the same kind would be so stupid.
"What?" Derrick hesitated to move, and Clifford felt a little embarrassed.
"...You should go first." Derrick suggested.
"That's why I don't think highly of you." Lin En chuckled and accused Clifford, "You doubted me, but you weren't sure, so you wanted to ask others to take action. In this way, even if there is karmic punishment, there will be no
It affects you. Unfortunately, others are not fools, so how can they be willing to be your knife?"
This sentence made the atmosphere a lot more tense.
The five of them banded together in order to survive better, not because they wanted to take risks for no reason.
In a nutshell, we can share blessings, but we cannot share hardships.
Cliffordton felt that he was riding a tiger and was in a difficult position. Not only did he fail to test and eliminate hidden dangers, but he also created gaps within them.
"The most important point is, do you know whether karmic punishment will be assessed based on each person's thoughts or actions? Even if I really want to kill you, but I don't put it into practice, so what? I don't believe it.
You have never had the thought of killing someone. Is it possible that every time you have such a thought, the mysterious being will punish you?" Lin En stopped chatting with the five people and strode out of the living room with a comfortable expression.
The living room was deathly silent.
"Mr. Clifford." Quentin swallowed and asked for Clifford's opinion. "I always feel that he has evil intentions in secretly investigating us. And he should have known from the train that I was killing civilians. There is no need to further verify."
"Do you dare to be the first one?" Clifford looked at Quentin.
"I..." If it was his turn, Quentin didn't dare to take the risk.
Clifford decided to trick Quentin: "He's lying."
"Lying?!" Quentin said in shock.
"Yes. His purpose in investigating us was not to cooperate. He lied about this, so his purpose must be detrimental to us." Clifford said in a very sure tone.
In fact, Clifford didn't see anything unusual when Lin En used the method.
But his instinct told him that Lynn must be hiding a secret that would threaten his safety.
Therefore, he decided to persuade Quentin to take action at the last moment.
If the guess is correct, everyone will be happy.
If you don't guess correctly, you won't lose anything.
"That……"
"Let's go together!" Clifford stopped talking nonsense and pretended to take action towards Linn who opened the door and was about to go out.