One of the players who had come with Jiang Qiao to pick him up.
The implication was obvious: if Xu Huo hadn't kept such a large stockpile of antidote fungi, how could he have contaminated the entire detention room? Even though all the liquids were highly toxic, a test would show that they were nothing but the "corpses" of antidote fungi!
Team Leader Lu and Jiang Qiao looked displeased, but neither stopped the player from speaking.
"Why don't you name your terms?"
Although the man's manner was calm and his expression barely changed, and he showed no contempt or disdain for what seemed like Xu Huo's attempt to raise the stakes, his words still made the air in the room grow tense.
Speaking in such a businesslike, faintly condescending negotiating tone meant that the Special Defense Department had no intention of maintaining a friendly, cooperative relationship with Xu Huo over this matter.
It wasn't hard to understand. Mutual benefit required both sides to have equal bargaining power. But right now, Xu Huo was the only one who could stop this disaster. Though the Special Defense Department might make big promises, they had nothing they could offer in exchange of equal value. They also had neither the time nor the patience for a diplomatic discussion, so they could only skip straight to the final stage.
Xu Huo turned to look at the player. He wasn't annoyed at being "seen through" or questioned. Instead, he said, "So I used up all the antidote fungi I'd stockpiled to save myself."
The man had never expected him to answer that way. For a moment, he didn't know how to counter such a brazen, almost shameless reply. After all, they had no direct evidence that Xu Huo had hoarded a considerable amount of antidote fungi.