By now, even if Huo Gu were stupid, it could infer the true nature of its conversational partner from its words. Besides, it was not stupid.
"Unfortunately, just like you, I don't know who I am."
That was a lie. How could Huo Gu possibly not know who it was?
It answered that way out of expediency. It still did not know why the other party wanted to learn its true identity, so naturally, it would not reveal it voluntarily.
Telling the other party that it did not know either would not only allow it to evade the question without provoking them, but would also increase their sense of kinship.
Even if the other party's previous answer had been a lie, a similar response would make it easier for them to accept.
At present, Huo Gu did not know whether the other party had any means of attacking directly in this state. If knowing the other party's true identity was the condition for launching an attack, then handing its identity over to an enemy who wanted it dead would undoubtedly be like thinking it had lived too long and wanting to die sooner.
Besides, using verbal tactics to pry information out of an enemy was also an option.
[Hmph! Just as I said...]
A faint sense of dejection could be felt in the conversational partner's words.
Huo Gu was unsure whether this was a genuine expression of emotion or a hypocritical pose put on to deceive it.
If it was genuine, Huo Gu could use it as a breakthrough point to learn information about the enemy. If it was false, then it was most likely an act meant to lower its guard.
Perhaps I can use this...
Huo Gu steadied itself, doing its best not to reveal the fact that