The room trembled slightly, and dust and fine sand fell from cracks in the ceiling.
It looked up in bewilderment and discovered a look of disappointment on the human's face.
"I thought you were a Crocodile Gentleman. Turns out you're just a fake..."
Chen Lun shook his head as he spoke.
He had sensed something amiss just now. However aloof a Crocodile Gentleman might be, with his 22 points of Charm Value and the +10 interaction charm from [Friend of Animals], it should not have shown absolutely no reaction.
What did I ever do to make you treat me with such disrespect? You won't even call me Mr. Jack...
So Chen Lun had tested it and discovered that it was not particularly strong-at most, it was only [Sequence 9].
All show...
Chaotic mist flashed through his eyes, and his five fingers clamped onto the crown of the Crocodile Gentleman's head.
"Are you coming out yourself, or do I have to pry this open?"
Chen Lun said indifferently.
The Crocodile Gentleman's enormous crocodile head froze, then a flicker of panic flashed through its amber slit pupils.
A glossy black exoskeleton covered Chen Lun's fingers. He exerted a little pressure, and the Crocodile Gentleman immediately felt as though five holes would be punched through its skull in the next instant.
It hastily opened its enormous mouth.
Like a coat being unzipped, the crocodile head's upper and lower jaws peeled apart, and a small white ball emerged from its "throat."
The eyes and nose on the white ball looked as though a child had scribbled them carelessly with crayons. They were extremely abstract and ugly.
"A 'Con-Artist Doll'..."
Chen Lun had seen through its true nature with [Fate-Peering Eye].
It was a Transcendent Creature highly skilled at disguising itself, with an extraordinary ability