Master Wuji showed no expression at Sikong Jing's first guess, just as Sikong Jing himself had shown none moments ago.
The reason Sikong Jing had made that guess was precisely because—
Master Wuji had gotten everything about him right. Then it could not simply have been about lowering his guard or something of the sort...
Thus, Sikong Jing continued, "Second, if I'm not mistaken, Master, you should be a high-ranking figure within some organization that cannot see the light of day. And that organization has now fallen apart."
As his voice fell, Sikong Jing likewise fixed his gaze on Master Wuji across from him.
The latter still showed no reaction, but his fingers trembled ever so slightly. Sikong Jing caught it in that single instant.
Then Master Wuji calmly asked in return, "What makes you say that?"
"Third, your fragmented organization is almost universally hated. Your leader must no longer be around either, so you need someone like me—someone not accepted by the world—to gather the organization and win over its people."
This third point had already answered Master Wuji's question.
"Because your fragmented organization needs a new core figure, after learning about me from Yin Henzi, Master came to see whether I was a suitable candidate."
Those two consecutive sentences made Master Wuji's fingers twitch several more times.
Because Sikong Jing had hit the mark too precisely—straight at the vital point.
Master Wuji had not merely come, as Xiao Liang said, to seek Boss Su's shadow. He had come to see whether this miraculous young man Yin Henzi had encountered was fit to become the future leader of the organization.
At first, he had not taken it too seriously, because he felt that fragmented organization had almost no chance of ever recovering.
Until Xiao Liang said, this person was