Chapter 556: The Riddle-Maker's Time-Wasting Tactic
Chapter 556: The Riddle-Maker's Time-Wasting Tactic
"You?!?!?"
"Your aberrant object is really useful."
As Scorpion Director's eyes widened in shock, Lyon, with his drunken gaze, smirked provocatively, "The automaton core of Corlock Kingdom has undergone extensive waterproofing, divided into over thirty separate waterproof compartments. It's nearly impossible to destroy them all at once, so I thought that damaging half of them would be sufficient."
"But your Whale Shark Puppet is genuinely impressive. I merely commanded it to collide with full force, and every single waterproof compartment shattered, leaving none intact."
"..."
Scorpion Director's expression darkened as he heard these words, his eyebrows furrowing as he asked with a sharp gaze, "So this was your plan all along... You intentionally let me capture you? Just to lower my guard and gain control of the Whale Shark Puppet?"
"..."
Upon hearing Scorpion Director's words, Lyon's smirk faltered slightly, and he fell silent.
The plan was indeed as described, but the fact that he couldn't defeat the director was also true...
Putting aside other factors, Lyon's Lyon Value was only forcibly raised, and his actual reaction speed and mobility remained at the level of a 12-point Lyon Value, far inferior to Scorpion Director. No matter how powerful the Severing Silver Dagger's destructive force was, it was useless if it couldn't hit its target.
"I guess I underestimated you."
Interpreting Lyon's silence as contempt, Scorpion Director's face flushed slightly, and he coldly smiled with anger, "I admit, your scheme was brilliant, catching me off guard. However, the gap in strength between us is not something that intelligence can bridge.
Although you succeeded in damaging Artifex's core, the cost is that you've fallen into my hands. Once the duration of your immortality ends, I'll immediately take you down! In the end, you'll still be the loser!"
"..."
After listening to Scorpion Director, Lyon raised his head and looked at him, his expression showing a hint of sympathy.
It seemed that Artifex's Soul Encoding Technology did affect one's intelligence...
Lyon knew that sacrificing himself for Artifex's core was a bad deal, so why did he insist on destroying it?
"Mr. Lyon!"
Just as Scorpion Director was about to stab Lyon with the sword in his hand to vent his anger, a voice filled with exhaustion suddenly came from Lyon's pocket.
"My second objective failed, but the first one is complete. You can make your move now!"
This voice...
Scorpion Director's expression turned solemn as he recognized the owner of the voice, and he immediately slashed Lyon's pocket, revealing a mouth and ears sewn with threads inside.
Alger?!?!?!
"What have you done?!"
After piercing the threaded ears in Lyon's pocket with his sword and retracting it, Scorpion Director asked coldly, "Alger! Answer me! What did he make you do?!"
"Director..."
Hearing Scorpion Director's agitated questioning, Alger's voice faltered slightly, and he reluctantly replied, "Logically, I should obey your orders, but your mind is not clear at the moment. Let's wait until Mr. Lyon leads us to rescue you; then, I'll explain everything."
"I want you to tell me now!"
"This..."
"It's fine, tell him."
After secretly canceling the exchange targeting the Whale Shark Puppet, Lyon commanded the Word Worm in the Mirror World...
"I'll eat the words written in your own blood on the Unjust Snake Pact," Leon said with a laugh as he addressed Alger. "Even if he knows now, it's too late for him to do anything. You can tell him the situation; it won't matter."
"Alright then," Alger replied, visibly relieved after receiving Leon's permission. He then spoke up amidst the unpleasant expression on Scorpion Director's face.
"Director, Mr. Leon instructed me to be ready. The moment the Automaton Core is destroyed, I'm to enter the 1st Research Zone..."
What?! Is this a diversion tactic?!
Scorpion Director was startled upon understanding Leon's plan. He grabbed Leon's collar and exclaimed, "Your target is Prince Andre? After you had me leave, you sent Alger in to capture him?!"
"Half and half," Leon smiled at Scorpion Director before explaining, "Rest assured, capturing Prince Andre is only our secondary objective. Besides, didn't Alger just say that if the secondary objective fails, you needn't worry about his safety?"
"Yes..." Alger sighed after hearing Leon's words, then added with a hint of helplessness, "I'm sorry, I used about 30% of my body to search for Prince Andre, but as soon as my threads approached the secret room he's in, I lost control and they vanished. So, I didn't continue searching for him."
"It's fine. After all, Prince Andre is a member of the League of Slaughter Kings. If he were an ordinary person without any hidden tricks up his sleeve, that would be strange."
Leon, sensing Alger's self-reproach, offered comfort, "He couldn't have guessed that I'd hold off Director Edward while you sneak into the 1st Research Zone. Even so, he chose to send Director Edward after me, which means he must have other cards up his sleeve, confident in dealing with your attack.
So, from the start, I only set capturing him as our secondary objective. If you can't catch him, it's no big deal. As long as we accomplish our primary goal, we'll be successful."
Primary goal?
Scorpion Director couldn't help but ask, "What's your primary goal?"
"Well..." Leon paused for a moment, then nodded, "It's about time, so telling you won't hurt... Alger's first task is to evacuate all the scholars from the 1st Research Zone, except for Prince Andre, along with some necessary equipment for body reconstruction.
Given his level as a first-rank Purification Bureau agent, once I disable Atifi's Cybernetic Core and create a brief pause in the defense systems of the 1st Research Zone, he'll only need a minute to evacuate everyone alive from the zone."
"Why take them? What's your true objective?"
Come on... I've made it this obvious, and you still haven't guessed?
Leon glanced at Scorpion Director, whose soul was increasingly agitated, even slightly disrupting the "precision" of his soul. Instead of answering, Leon asked thoughtfully, "If you were completely under control, wouldn't you be worried about Alger entering the Research Zone and rush back to defend? But now, instead of rushing to protect Prince Andre, you're pulling my collar and shouting... Could it be that Prince Andre's control over you is not absolute? When your emotions are intense, can you resist the control of Soul Encoding to some extent?"
(End of Chapter)
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