"Me?" Luo Lin smiled. Propping his chin up with one hand, he looked at Uroboros and suddenly shook his head. "There's actually nothing in particular that I want..."
That was a lie. Of course, Luo Lin wanted many things: money, knowledge, power, friends, fun, and so on. But he had no intention of asking the True Creator for any of them, even if he could afford the price.
Letting someone understand one's desires was a dangerous thing. At the very least, Luo Lin was not ready to lay his desires bare before the True Creator. After all, the Creator's faction was nothing like Klein and the others, whom Luo Lin could trust.
Luo Lin could cooperate with the True Creator to a limited extent, but that was all.
Uroboros paused, apparently not expecting such an answer. His brows furrowed as though he were troubled.
"Why fool the Great Serpent? He's already dumb enough. If you keep fooling him like this, he'll only get dumber." Medici spoke up then. The War Angel's red eyes stared directly into Luo Lin's, as if trying to see through his soul.
He said, "You're not someone without desires. At the very least, you're very interested in both me and this stupid snake."
Luo Lin smiled at that and replied unhurriedly, "I am indeed interested in both of you. Or rather, anyone with a sense of curiosity would find it impossible to remain unmoved by two Angel of Kings."
"Tch!" Medici clicked his tongue. He could tell that Luo Lin's interest in them was far more than what he claimed, but without crucial information, even the War Angel found it difficult to reach an accurate conclusion.
At that moment, Luo Lin seemed to think of something and put on a look of sudden realization. "Oh, right. I do have one request."
"What request?" Uroboros asked.
"I have a small grudge against Amon, so..." Luo Lin's smile turned radiant. "Help me deal with Amon once. That will be the content of our next transaction."
Uroboros paused before nodding. "Alright."
Medici, meanwhile, thought of the Time Worm Luo Lin had produced earlier and could not help feeling a little gleeful at Amon's misfortune.
Amon had also been an accomplice in Tudor's hunt for him back then. Now that Amon was in trouble, Medici could not have been happier.
"Then, see you next time, gentlemen!" Luo Lin promptly assumed the posture of seeing guests out. His gaze then fell upon Medici again, as though he had recalled something. "Oh, right, Mr. War Angel. Tsundere is no longer in fashion."
"Huh?" Medici genuinely had no idea what he was talking about.
"So, Mr. War Angel, there's no need to hide your fondness for me. I know you don't dislike me as much as you pretend to."
Luo Lin continued with a smiling expression. That was the honest truth. After everything that had happened just now, Medici's favorability toward him had already reached twenty or thirty. It was not especially high, but considering they had only just met, it was certainly not low either.
Thanks to that favorability, Luo Lin could now directly borrow the power of a Sequence 6 Conspirer. That counted as a modest gain.
In comparison, Uroboros, who seemed easier to talk to, only had about ten points of favorability toward him. Was it because his humanity was too faint?
Luo Lin gave Uroboros a thoughtful glance before turning his gaze back to the War Angel and saying with a smile, "Perhaps we can become friends when we meet next time."
"Heh, who would become friends with something as awful as you? Someone like you should torment each other with that little crow." Medici rolled his eyes irritably, though inwardly, he was somewhat surprised. He believed he had hidden his emotions well, yet the other party had still seen through him.
He was more perceptive than expected.
Uroboros did not think so much about it. Since Luo Lin had already made it clear that he was seeing them out, and Uroboros was indeed eager to take Medici back to meet their Lord, he did not linger. After politely bidding Luo Lin farewell, Uroboros left the safe house with Medici.
Luo Lin, meanwhile, tidied up the room at an unhurried pace. After clearing away the traces everyone had left behind, he departed the safe house through the spirit world and returned to his residence in Hillston Borough.
"So sleepy!" Luo Lin yawned. After everything today, he had used up eighty or ninety percent of his spirituality. He truly could not hold on any longer.
Luo Lin did not make himself suffer. He returned straight to his room to catch up on sleep, and when he woke, it was already the next afternoon.
"Good thing I took leave in advance, or this would count as skipping work..." Luo Lin rubbed his eyes, splashed some water on his face, and finally woke up considerably.
He then swiftly freshened himself up, soon becoming a handsome gentleman fit to grace the cover of a magazine once again.
Luo Lin cooked himself pumpkin porridge, fried a sandwich, and warmed some milk. He had always been someone who enjoyed life; whenever he could indulge himself, he would never make himself suffer.
Only after leisurely finishing breakfast did Luo Lin have the energy to take stock of yesterday's gains.
First, after a series of "provocations" against the War Angel and thoroughly entertaining himself, Luo Lin had finally finished digesting the Troublemaker potion. It had taken him just over half a month.
Considering that the Troublemaker potion was inherently harder to digest than ordinary Sequences, Luo Lin's digestion speed could be considered exceptionally fast. He owed much of it to the wholehearted contributions of weakened big shots like Pallez, Azzik, and Medici. Without them, Luo Lin estimated that it would have taken him at least another month or so to finish digesting the Troublemaker potion.
At the same time as digesting the Troublemaker potion, Luo Lin had also successfully obtained the supplementary ingredients for brewing the Actor potion from Medici. He could advance seamlessly right away, without wasting any time at all.
Second, Luo Lin had successfully reached an agreement with the True Creator for their next transaction. Not only had he raised Medici and the others' favorability and gained a round of benefits, broadening the abilities he could borrow, but he had also killed two birds with one stone by using this transaction to carry out his "beat up Amon" partnership with Pallez.
As for whether Pallez would recognize Uroboros and realize that the True Creator stood behind him, it did not really matter. Being able to make use of an Angel of Kings backed by a True God was, in itself, proof of strength.
Lastly, Luo Lin had also tentatively confirmed the attitude of Adam, this Angel of Kings. Though Adam had not chosen to show goodwill toward him as the True Creator had, he clearly had no intention of becoming enemies with him for the moment. He was probably still observing him, or rather, watching him.
"Of course, most importantly, I really got a lot of fun out of all this." Luo Lin placed a hand on the camera that had rendered great service yesterday, and the corners of his lips could not help but curl up.
"Too bad Adam ran off too quickly. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been wonderful to get Adam and Medici to take a photo together eating hot pot?" Luo Lin shook his head with some regret, casually making another dark joke.
After clearing away the tableware, he went to the laboratory on the second floor.
Now that the Troublemaker potion had been fully digested and the supplementary ingredients for the Actor potion were in hand, Luo Lin naturally had to advance to Sequence 8.
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