Suspicion!

Why did Geng Jin use this mission to obtain Truth Stone? Because for the past three months, he had been investigating the cause of Ding Fire's death, and he always suspected that someone had tampered with it from within.

He probed indirectly for three months, suspecting many people and ruling out many others.

Geng metal is characterized by its rigidity and straightforwardness. Its style of doing things is always simple and brutal, but it is also the most righteous.

Unlike Jia Wood, which naturally possesses strong leadership qualities due to its high position, Geng metal is fiercely opposed to evil and cannot tolerate any injustice.

If he has any doubts about something, he will definitely investigate it thoroughly.

Regarding the Ding Fire incident, he not only suspected Ren Water, but also other Heavenly Stems, such as Jia Wood and Ji Earth, who arrived at the scene immediately.

But after several investigations, he still couldn't find any clues.

Since asking questions won't yield any results, we'll have to resort to some special methods.

For example, with Alpha 147, Truth Stone, people might lie, but the Containment Object won't.

This is a lie detector, and Ren Water and Ding Fire obviously did not notice that Geng Metal secretly took out the Truth Stone.

Even Yi Wood was taken aback by Geng Metal's sudden question.

She quickly came to Geng Jin's side and pulled him aside, then whispered, "What are you saying? We're about to go on a mission."

Considering the bigger picture, Yi Wood believed that it was rather inappropriate for Geng Metal to bring up this matter at this time.

Geng (庚) represents the hardness of metal and the gentleness of Yi Wood, making them the most standard symbols of men and women.

However, due to the historical tradition of male superiority and female inferiority, an unhealthy saying has been passed down over time, claiming that the Yi-Geng Combination is a lowly union.

Yi Wood represents delicate things like flowers and grass, while Geng metal represents hard things like swords. The combination of the two should represent a balance of softness and strength.

But why is this considered a base combination? Because often, Geng metal completely ignores Yi Wood, always going straight to the point, while Yi Wood can only compromise and yield.

Therefore, the Yi-Geng Combination is also a combination of superior and inferior.

However, there are indeed some historical examples where the man's strength and the woman's weakness led to the man's debauchery and multiple marriages.

But this is just one example and cannot be applied to everyone.

"Geng metal and Ren water are already grieving over the death of Ding Fire. Now that the higher-ups have sent him on a mission, they want him to forget about this as soon as possible. Aren't you just provoking him by saying these things now..."

"A woman's view."

"If there are worms within the organization, as long as they are not removed, the tragedy of Ding Fire may be repeated."

"I need an answer to this matter now, Ren Shui, give me your answer."

"Was Ding Fire's death related to you?!"

Faced with Geng metal's questioning, Ren water was first confused, then angry.

"You're saying I killed Ding Fire?!"

"Ding Fire and I have been teamed up for half a year. During this time, she has taken meticulous care of me without ever complaining. At some point, I came to regard her as my family."

"To me, Ding Fire is far more than just a partner. I wouldn't dare say I love her, but I can say I like her and want to protect her from the bottom of my heart."

"I like her unintentional mischief, her quirky personality, her thoughtfulness, and her gentleness."

"Therefore I dare to swear to the heavens that if Ding Fire dies because of me, I will be struck by lightning and reduced to ashes!"

Truth Stone did not generate heat, but instead emitted a cool sensation.

This proves that Ren water did not lie.

The power of the Truth Stone is so great that it will become scorching hot if anyone utters a single lie within a certain radius around it.

From the moment Ren water was mentioned until the moment Truth Stone finished speaking, there was no sign of it heating up.

This only proves that everything he said was true.

Geng Jin lowered his hands from behind his back. "I'm sorry to doubt you, but ever since the Ding Fire incident, I've doubted everyone, not just you."

"There are others. I must find out why. If there is a mole among us, I will find him no matter what."

Ren Shui gritted his teeth, "Perhaps for you, you've only lost a teammate, but not me."

"So don't joke with me about this kind of thing."

After saying that, Ren Shui turned around and left.

Although Geng Jin felt ashamed upon seeing this, he didn't say much. Yi Wood sighed helplessly, "I told you, can you please not be so impulsive?"

"We're all working together on this mission, so we'll inevitably need to communicate along the way. You've created such a tense atmosphere. If something unexpected happens, who will be responsible?"

Geng Jin put Truth Stone into his pocket, saying, "I'll take care of it."

"Perhaps this is unfair to Ren Shui, but I have to do it because I cannot act with someone I do not trust."

Yi Wood shook his head. "Now you trust him, but if you doubt him like this, how can he possibly trust you?"

"Unimportant."

"Anyway, I'm enough on my own."

Geng Jin then went to change into his battle uniform.

Seeing this, Yi Wood felt utterly powerless. There was already one less Heavenly Stem, and now there was internal conflict. How could this be allowed to continue?

How can we face external threats when we are insecure internally?

Seeing Yi Wood sigh several times, Binghuo, who was passing by, came over and asked, "What's wrong, little sister Yi Wood? Did Old Jin bully you again?"

"No, it's just that Geng metal and Ren water had a little conflict."

Upon hearing this, Bing Huo crossed his arms and asked, "Really? Why?"

"Because Geng metal suspects that Ding Fire's death is related to Ren water."

"I see..."

"But if it were me, I would probably also doubt Ren water."

"Why?"

"Because I really hate that guy. As a Heavenly Stem, he's too ordinary in both ability and personality. I think there are many people who can replace him."

Bing Huo's words are true; he has always disliked Ren Shui.

"He was a crane freak during training, and he was always getting injured when he went on official missions. I still can't understand why we let someone like him do the job."

"There are clearly many people in the organization who are more capable than him."

This idea is not unique to Bing Fire; there have long been contradictions among the Heavenly Stems. The reason for separating them is to avoid these contradictions.

Because in addition to the Five Combinations, there are also Four Clashes among the Heavenly Stems.

Jia-Geng Clash, Yi-Xin Clash.

Bing-Ren Clash, Ding-Gui Clash.

Bing is Yang Fire, and Ren is Yang Water. When two Yang elements come together, water and fire cannot coexist; this is called Yang clash.

They are naturally inclined to dislike each other; this is unavoidable.

But why is there only Four Clashes and not a five-way clash?

If we compare east, west, south, and north to metal, wood, water, and fire, then earth is the center. The center is free from worldly strife and therefore free from conflict.

In modern terms, he's like a nice guy.

Soon, Ren Shui, Geng Jin, and Ji Mu set off.

The helicopter was piloted by a white man because the United Nations is located in North America, in New York.

Later, the GOC was established, and the international common land owned by the United Nations expanded accordingly, but this still did not change the fact that it was located in New York.

Therefore, after Qin Leng took control of GOC and renamed it, the headquarters was set up here, and many locals were also recruited.

The largest number of these people are from North America, followed by Europe.

However, in order to avoid repeating the tragedy of the GOC, the Nine-Tailed Fox has never adopted the practice of having representatives from various countries and continents.

The O5 Council currently has 15 chairpersons; excluding Qin Leng, the remaining 12 are all Chinese.

Only two of them were brought in by NATO, and the other by the EU.