This guy had to be trying to bluff him! Lieutenant General Roxy's plan was flawless, and unlike the infighting-ridden Empire, the Allied Forces were united as one.
How could Imperial agents possibly have learned about their assassination plan?
So he had to be bluffing him. That was it!
Will kept trying to convince himself, even though he knew that John Maslow's appearance in Stone Village alone represented many things.
But he did not dare think about it, nor could he afford to think too deeply.
This plan could fail, but the mistake absolutely could not come from him.
So he immediately took a deep breath and stubbornly denied it.
"I don't understand what you're talking about!"
Playing dumb? Interesting answer.
Unfortunately, to a genius warrant officer like Ben, your resistance was meaningless.
I'm taking this Allied Forces funding. Not even God can stop me. I said so!
John sneered inwardly. He had already seen through everything, including the last trace of defiance in Major Will's heart.
But he also knew that when dealing with someone clenching his teeth this tightly, relentless pressure would only make it harder to get the truth out of him.
He needed to change the subject, perhaps by mocking the man's superior.
He would try to provoke him until his emotions overwhelmed his reason and he subconsciously exposed a flaw, then throw out the final bombshell.
Only then could he drive the man into complete despair and make him obediently reveal the location of the gold John wanted to know about.
Thus, he did not continue pressing him. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject with a smile.
"Come to think of it, I'm rather interested in your Fifth Legion. Although you're nominally under General Orco's command, if I remember correctly, the real command authority rests with