Laying the cards on the table

Lorry was slightly startled, then Brain turned quickly and was about to speak.

Lieutenant Colonel smiled softly at this moment, leaned back comfortably, put his arms on Long Sofa, and a trace of teasing emerged from the corner of his mouth. "Don't deny it in a hurry.

"Maybe I haven't told you about my experience yet?"

He glanced leisurely at Lorry's face. "I didn't stay at Poorhouse for a few years. The old dean who took me in died of illness. The new dean didn't like me, so he had me kicked out.

"Then I started my wandering life again.

"By chance, I helped MI9 catch a Beyonder who had repeatedly committed murders, and was recruited by them to become a Informant.

"Over the years, I have continued to earn Merit, and have exchanged it for the identity of Official Member, and Arbiter" Pathway's Potion.

"Step by step I have come to where I am today - when it comes to my experience of being at the bottom of society, when it comes to solving crimes, and when it comes to observing people's emotions, I am much better than a young boy like you."

Lieutenant Colonel paused and continued, "And, maybe you don't know, right?

"After I came back to hand over the task this time, Deputy Director, who was in charge of Logistics's work, met with me in private and said something similar to what you just said.

"He wanted me to give up the task at hand and become his deputy."

Lorry took a deep breath and tried to smile, "This is a good thing----"

"Yes, of course I know this is a good thing." Vera suddenly sat up straight and said in a deep voice, "But that doesn't stop me from wanting to know Truth."

"What did you find out?"

"Don't try to deceive me, I know you are already Swindler", but I am still confident that I can tell the authenticity of the content."

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""Swindler" does not mean that there is no truth in his mouth----" Lorry smiled bitterly, discussed the conditions with Lieutenant Colonel, and asked without answering, "If I tell the truth, can you give up investigating this matter?"

Vera sneered, "Have you forgotten how Alyosha revealed the secret himself?

"I was a Interrogator"."

Lorry Silence.

Lieutenant Colonel also stared at Lorry without saying a word.

The two were in a stalemate for a moment, then Vera sighed and put his right hand into his pocket, "Okay, I promise you.

"Who made you my Informant and not a criminal suspect? You can tell me now. I just want to know the truth."

"Actually - there is no truth." Lorry raised his head and looked at Lieutenant Colonel calmly, "It's just that I sensed a dangerous aura."

"Maybe it's the premonition Potion gave me?"

"I have an intuition that the implications of this matter may be very deep, unimaginably deep. If the investigation continues, it may be——"

"Everyone involved will die."

Lieutenant Colonel nodded thoughtfully. "So----you haven't provided much new information since then.

"Including the whereabouts of Hayes, when I asked you last time, you said you didn't find out. Could it be because you didn't want to tell me?"

"Yes." Lorry admitted simply. "Since becoming Informant, you have always taken good care of me - I don't want to push you to a point of no return Abyss just because of my little Merit."

Lieutenant Colonel suddenly asked, "What about yourself?"

"Ah?" Lorry was stunned by this sudden and irrelevant question.

Vera smiled, "You just said that everyone involved will die, and now you say you don't want to push me to Abyss. What about you? Are you still continuing to investigate this matter?"

"I----of course not." Lorry said solemnly, "I admit that I sympathize with these poor people, but that doesn't mean that I will use my own life as a bet just because I sympathize with them.

"Maybe one day in the future, I will pick it up again.

"But not now."

"One day in the future----" Lieutenant Colonel repeated in a low voice, "But at this time, is the victim still alive?"

"The book says that Emperor Roselle once asked the ministers a question:"

Justice is late, is it still Justice?"

His eyes flickered slightly and landed on Lorry's face. "What do you think? You are the author of "Young Roselle" and you should be an expert on him."

Lorry hesitated and said, "I think so.

"And he also said: Only by living can you exert greater value."

"Now that I am weak, I may only be able to save ten or twenty people, but when my Sequence is higher, I may be able to save a hundred or two hundred people."

"Has he ever said this?" Vera frowned slightly.

Maybe, maybe, probably? How do I know? Anyway, I made it up----

Lorry nodded without thinking, "Of course I did.

"As you just said, I am an expert on him."

Lieutenant Colonel glanced at his Informant suspiciously, but couldn't think of a rebuttal, so he nodded gently after a moment of silence. "You can say so."

"At least I can feel the kindness in your words."

After saying that, he smiled softly and said in a mellow voice, "I will consider your suggestion carefully."

"By the way, there's one more thing." As if something suddenly occurred to him, Lieutenant Colonel took his right hand out of his pocket and spread his palm to reveal White Bone Ring.

"The old guy always wants to find you.

"While I'm on vacation, it belongs to you for the time being.

"If I take Potion, I may not be able to sense the changes in that Badge in time. I will feel more at ease if you hold it."

With an attitude that he could not refuse, he put "Curse of Knowledge" into Lorry's hand, then picked up the water glass and drank it all in one gulp, then got up and prepared to leave.

"It's getting late, you should have some rest."

"Okay." Lorry stood up and said, "Then I'll give it to you."

After a while, he closed the door and returned to Single Sofa to sit down.

Lorry picked up his glass of water and drank it dry, exhaling forcefully. "Anyway, I finally said what I wanted to say."

"I hope Lieutenant Colonel can figure it out----"

After thinking about it, he looked at White Bone Ring and lifted the layer of Spirituality covering the surface.

"Old Gentleman, long time no see."

Lorry suppressed his melancholy thoughts and said hello with a slight smile.

"It's your boy, haha."

The old voice seemed quite happy, but soon coughed and turned serious. "When are you going to Exam?"

"Ah?"

Lorry falls into a sluggish state.

Haven't your debts been cleared?

"What? Didn't that Vera boy who always likes to cheat and play tricks not tell you?" The old voice suddenly became darker.

Immediately, it explained, "That's it. He still has three debts of Exam, and he said that he has negotiated with you and you will repay it on his behalf."

"----"Lorry laughed angrily.

Now he suddenly realized why Lieutenant Colonel's attitude just now was so unacceptable.

I am "Swindler" and I was deceived----

The digestion progress of "Swindler"Potion will not be significantly reversed, right?

Lorry thought worriedly.