The setting sun sank ever farther west, dusk slowly slipped away, and night crept in from all around.
Richard followed Long Mei Er all the way beyond Pompeii Town, stopping on a small slope halfway up Vesuviius Dak Volcano.
Long Mei Er glanced at the fading afterglow in the west, then turned back and said, "Wizard Richard, what Qiekafu said just now was actually correct, wasn't it?"
"Hm?" Richard was slightly taken aback. He had not expected Long Mei Er to say such a thing.
Long Mei Er looked unconcerned as he said evenly, "Even if not everything Qiekafu said was right, at least part of it was—just as I suspected, you really did act against the organization's interests before.
"Some of what you said to Qiekafu earlier may have made sense. But the Eye of Truth's reaction cannot be changed. Its surface turning black proves that you were indeed lying, that you are guilty."
Richard's breathing hitched slightly. Nothing showed on his face, but the muscles beneath his clothes quickly tensed. His hand clenched faintly, then relaxed, sweat seeping into his palm as he prepared at any moment to draw a weapon and fight.
Honestly, he had not expected Long Mei Er to expose the truth so bluntly. He had not expected Long Mei Er, who had defended him just moments ago, to now display the same attitude as Qiekafu.
Was he planning to deal with him in private?
Then he could only resist.
Using the nuclear weapon he had just manufactured was out of the question. At this distance, if he dared use it, he would certainly die faster than Long Mei Er.
Perhaps it would be more reasonable to use a large number of Gloves of Extinction to bind Long Mei Er as before, pull back some