Linnaeus: This Is a Huge Gamble!

"It was getting late. By now, our commander was probably already dead."

The leader sneered, stroking the gun in his hand.

To survive, and to let his team survive.

And for greater power...

There was only one way: get rid of Urla Silver Wolf, get rid of one of their former commander's most useful blades.

Let that person take power and raise their status another level.

These were all necessary sacrifices.

"Silver Wolf, go in peace."

Lin Nai: This Is a Huge Gamble!

Suddenly, one of them gave Lin Nai and Kiana a thorough once-over and pondered for a few seconds.

Then he took out a sheet of paper from his pocket.

There were portraits on it.

He compared them carefully...

"Boss, it's not these two." The man shook his head. "Neither their names nor portraits are in the mission briefing."

The group immediately exchanged looks.

Lin Nai and Kiana also looked toward Bronya.

"They only told Bronya which floor it was. They didn't tell Bronya the exact location or what the targets looked like."

Bronya answered honestly, "Bronya's mission was to eliminate everyone on this floor."

They were going to die anyway, so it did not matter whether she said it or not.

There had actually been almost no one left on this floor.

Just when she thought it was all over, she suddenly discovered people coming out of another room.

That was why Bronya had disguised herself as room service to attack Lin Nai.

Lin Nai: "..."

So they had barged into this by accident?

"Lin Nai, why don't we pick a normal room next time?"

"Good point."

Lin Nai agreed.

Who knew they would run into something like this?

"What do we do with these two?"

"Shoot them."

The leader did not hesitate. His almost emotionless voice rang out from beneath his helmet.

"It doesn't matter whether these two are on the list."

The leader had no idea that he was about to run out of road.

The last person who tried something was still hanging from a streetlamp.

"Bronya, do you want to live?"

Lin Nai crossed his legs, completely ignoring the group as if they were not even there.

After a year of traveling.

And the growth he had gained from constantly fighting Honkai Beasts.

Lin Nai was no longer the kid who had surrendered because a Gatling gun might endanger the others.

What a joke.

He had not spent that year traveling while Kiana did all the fighting.

Kiana had not even killed as many Honkai Beasts as he had.

"..."

Bronya did not speak. She lowered her head and looked at her hands.

Death...

She had lived every day with her life on the line.

She had been trained into a so-called killing machine.

"The world is huge. Do you really want to die just like that? Die at the hands of a bunch of executioners?"

Lin Nai played with an apple. "Don't you want to change things? You don't like living with your life on the line either, do you?"

"The world is vast. How about going out and seeing it?"

Skill: Eloquence: There is a 10% chance of persuading the other party

Didn't that ten percent chance actually do absolutely nothing?

But...

Lin Nai: This is a huge gamble!

Lin Nai did not know whether he could persuade Bronya. He could only pray that the ten percent chance would trigger.

Ten percent.

That was a higher chance than pulling gold in one try.

Of course, no one liked living with their life on the line.

Some people had become numb.

Some had no way to escape.

Some had no choice.

And Bronya was one of those who had no choice.

Her way of thinking had not completely hardened. She had not been thoroughly turned into some so-called killing machine or mindless soldier.

If she really had to die... Bronya did not know.

There did not seem to be anything in this world worth holding on to.

But after Lin Nai asked her that, she suddenly... did not want to die like this.

To die for such an absurd reason...

That would be far too ridiculous.

If she could change things... she wanted to change her situation too.

Lin Nai looked at the uncertainty in Bronya's eyes and smiled. "That's right, that look."

It triggered. The ten percent.

Lin Nai did not think he had persuaded her. He only thought his passive had activated.

He knew exactly how good his speaking skills were.

All he could say was that he had made the right bet.

"Hm?"

Bronya looked over in confusion.

"Your eyes still don't yearn for the future, but they look much better than that numb stare just now."

At least she looked a little more normal.

There might not have been any brainwashing over there. They had simply taught them to kill and obey orders.

That was why Bronya still had the chance to think for herself.

She was merely numb.

"Kiana, are you ready?"

"Yeah, I've been ready!"

"Move!!"

The two of them suddenly sprang into action, black and white afterimages erupting in an instant.

The two people closest to them were sent flying backward.

"Fire! Fire!!!"

The leader had never expected their combat ability to be so absurdly powerful.

He immediately shouted.

Bullets flew through the air.

Yet every one of them stopped in midair.

Lin Nai raised a hand, and a blue flash froze every bullet in flight.

Note: Gauss Stasis: Can be used to stop attacks from missiles and bullets

Every enemy froze on the spot when they saw it.

Bronya seemed to understand why she had failed to kill him back then.

That power...

What was it?

Lin Nai: Gauss Power, kid!

The first to snap out of their daze was Urla Silver Wolf.

Bronya was certainly no pushover.

Anyone who could earn the title Urla Silver Wolf in such a short time was clearly not weak.

And now she had the desire to live.

So Bronya casually picked up a fruit knife from the table and killed someone with a thrown blade.

Her attacks were ruthless and sharp.

There was not the slightest hesitation.

When people were killed, they died.

If she did not fight, she could not survive!

That was the lesson she had learned in the concentration camp and training camp.

Or rather, been forced to learn.

And now, since they harbored hostility toward her, she would kill them all.

That training camp.

To her, it had been a nightmare, something like a living horror.

And now.

After witnessing Lin Nai's power.

Bronya knew that she might have a chance to escape.

Having thought it all through, Bronya's eyes flickered.

Her attacks became even more ruthless.

Every strike was lethal.