He Ao had considered probing with words, but after thinking of De Nock's ability to control thoughts, he realized that De Nock might instead use his "fake thoughts" against him, so he ultimately abandoned the idea.
Of course, there was no such thing as a ball of thread without any loose ends. Fundamentally, He Ao was more inclined to believe that there was no interval between De Nock's uses of his ability.
The reason was simple. His method of using his ability at such high frequency far exceeded what a normal B-rank could endure.
Even He Ao could not recklessly overdraw Hypermemory like that.
The more powerful the force, the greater the price one often had to pay to wield it.
And this situation made He Ao think of another possibility.
It was what made De Nock different from other Evil God believers.
He was human.
Though that seemed "normal," it was anything but normal among Evil God believers.
Although De Nock had solidified some of the power of his gifts, he had not undergone the God of Chaos's complete transformation like most Evil God believers. Unlike the believers He Ao had encountered before, he had not mutated into a twisted monster.
Without that mutation, he had naturally lost the explosive Physical Fitness that could exceed ten thousand, but the gifts he had acquired had not disappeared.
From what he had learned from "Sot," compared with other Evil God believers, De Nock had killed no fewer people and received no fewer gifts from the Evil God.
Since he had not used those gifts to complete his mutation, he must have spent them elsewhere.
The gifts of gods were broad in application. They did not necessarily have to be used for crude mystical muscle-building and strength enhancement.
So He Ao guessed