Fair Duel

"Should I pry them open and take a look?"

Supporting her eyelids apart with slender fingers, Fiona only felt a little dryness.

She wasn't used to it at all. Besides, it felt a little strange.

Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

"There's no point. There are too many places that would need checking."

Sitting in the chair, Lin An shook his head and replied indifferently, indicating that the girl didn't need to keep her eyelids open.

No one knew where the special trait of a Mutant might be. It could even be inside the body—or in the brain.

Surely he couldn't pry open the girl's skull and inspect it carefully?

"All right, then."

Fiona lowered her head in disappointment and rubbed her sore, dry eyes.

After the cold wind blew over her and Lin An explained things, she more or less understood that her thinking had still been too simplistic.

Squatting beside Lin An's feet, the two fell silent again for a while.

As if by some unspoken understanding, neither of them mentioned what had happened before.

"The key to this mission isn't their identities."

After a long while, Lin An was the first to break the silence.

"First of all, even if we could see everyone's identities, it wouldn't matter."

"In the end, we'll still have to rely on voting. The vote decides everything."

Lifting her head, Fiona thought for a moment before replying uncertainly:

"So this mission is supposed to be about winning over the others?"

"Testing our unity?"

"After all, there's another team in this mission too."

"Exactly."

Lin An nodded. He habitually tried to light a cigarette, only to discover that his Space Ring had been locked as well.

"Finding the hidden Mutant is useless if we can't vote them out."

"Our team has nineteen people. Assuming