Ye Feng was very fond of people with such straightforward personalities, but that sort of personality was ill-suited to surviving in the universe. Otherwise, Rhode would never have ended up in such a state.
So Ye Feng got straight to the point:
"Your father and I came here today because we've developed a high-grade, intermediate-tier restorative Paper Talisman, and we want to test its effects on you!"
To his surprise, Rhode agreed without the slightest hesitation.
As he spoke, he lay down properly, looking ready for them to begin at any moment.
Seeing this, Ye Feng could not help laughing.
"Although I quite like your personality, it makes you very easy to deceive. Have you already forgotten how someone tricked and poisoned you?"
Unexpectedly, Kalu visibly froze at those words, then asked somewhat agitatedly:
"What poisoning? Wasn't Rhode accidentally poisoned in the Secret Realm?"
Ye Feng was taken aback as well and turned a puzzled look toward Rhode.
Ye Feng had previously noticed that the poison afflicting Rhode showed no signs of having formed naturally. It seemed more like something synthesized through special means.
And when he had interrogated Descartes earlier, Descartes had clearly known nothing about the poison. That left only two possibilities: someone else had intervened, or Descartes's subordinates had betrayed him.
However, Rhode was the only one afflicted with that poison. Although the others had died too, their deaths had been caused by snake venom, and their bodies bore venomous snake bites, with no signs that anyone else had attacked them. So it was most likely the work of Descartes's subordinates.
Seeing Ye Feng staring at Rhode, Kalu also turned his gaze toward him, its meaning unmistakable:
"What else have you been hiding from me, boy?"
Realizing he could no longer hide the truth, Rhode could only